Skill Development Programme

B.Tech Mechanical Engineering program is accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi up to 30th June 2025

B. Tech Electrical Engineering program is accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi up to 30th June, 2025.

 

The Program Educational Objectives (PEOs):

The Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) of B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering program are:

1. To develop highly competent graduates with strong foundation in science and engineering for successful careers in core mechanical and interdisciplinary industries, higher education and research.
   
2. To develop graduates who can become entrepreneur/innovators to design and develop system/process/product/service to address social and industrial challenges.
   
3. To develop graduates with leadership qualities, strong communication skills, professional and ethical values.
   
4. To develop lifelong learners graduates to excel in their professional career as well as to pursue higher education.

Program Outcomes (POs):

The following are the program outcomes (POs):

1. Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
2. Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
3. Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
4. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
5. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
6. The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
7. Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
9. Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
10. Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with the society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
11. Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
12. Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs):

The following are the program specific outcomes (PSOs):

1. To analyse the problem and create solution by applying engineering knowledge with a multidisciplinary approach.
2. To analyse, interpret and provide solutions to the real life mechanical engineering and its allied problems using engineering software/tools.
3. To work effectively as an individual and in a team to address complex issues by engaging in lifelong learning and following ethical and environmental practices.

 

RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS

Thermal Engineering
Renewable Energy: Biodiesel, Wind energy, Solar hybrid technology, Solar thermal applications, marine renewable energy.

Thermal and Fluid Engineering:
Water desalinization, Thermal comfort, Advance refrigeration system, tri-generation, CFD applications to IC engines and alternative fuels, Industrial effluent treatments.

Thermal system design:
Thermal system design and optimization, Exergy analysis of thermal system, waste heat recovery, Thermal system design for enhancing heat transfer rates for extremely high heat flux applications.

Design Engineering
Finite Element Analysis, Additive Manufacturing/Rapid Prototyping, Bio printing, Drug manufacturing using Rapid Prototyping, Innovative and creative materials for rapid prototyping processes, Application of Additive/Rapid Manufacturing in energy storage devices, Fused Filament Extrusion techniques, Composite materials, computational mechanics of materials: stress analysis and optimization, Mathematical modelling of advanced materials, optimization, continuum damage mechanics, Stress Analysis, Vibration based fault diagnosis and condition monitoring, Signal and Image Processing for state identification of components, Machine learning and Artificial intelligence application in design of components, Optimization techniques.

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
Friction Stir welding of similar and dissimilar metals, Friction stir processing, super plasticity, wear behaviour of surface composites, friction surfacing, hybrid welding, Metal cored and flux cored arc welding, A-TIG welding, Laser welding & ultrasonic welding ; EDM wire cut, EDM; surfacing and electrochemical machining; Surface Metrology & Digital Image Processing, Texture analysis; Tool condition monitoring; Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing; Numerical modelling of manufacturing processes; Formability of tailor welded blanks; Material processing, Machining of hard materials. Additive manufacturing of metals, Non conventional machining process

 

About Mechanical engineering

Mechanical Engineering is a very strategic segment of the Engineering curricula where engineers for the 21st Centuryare being produced with multi-faceted capabilities.It is one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines that involves with production and usage of heat, and use of mechanical power for design, production, and operation of the machines and tools, including human body, which is one of the most complex machines in the universe. Mechanical Engineeringalso deals with materials’ manufacturing and their selection for different designs and tools, Mechanical Engineers, hence, learn about the materials, solids and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, control, instrumentation, design, and manufacturing to understand the mechanical systems.

The Mechanical Engineering Department at PDEU has establisheditself as one of the premier brands in the technical education in India and has been expanding very fast withincreased diversity in the B. Tech, M. Tech, and Ph.D.programs with thrust in the industry and research cultures.In the department, a generic framework for education has been evolved that consists ofcurriculum, laboratory, and student societies to adapt engineering education to the Industry. The present selection process of students into these programs ensures that the bright students are selected without any compromise,and subsequently they are put into a liberal and free academic environment that challengesintellectually to learn the most demanding concepts of the Mechanical Engineering. In order to nurturea sense of intellectual confidence, the Mechanical Engineering Department promotes a new brandof engineering culture. The sense of “can do it” confidence is instilled in the present MechanicalEngineering curriculum.

The vision of the department is “to be recognized globally for excellence in education, applied research and training in the field of Mechanical Engineering through innovation of high Social impact and to prepare youth for tomorrow”. To achieve this goal, the department strives to generate high quality graduates through rigorous coursework and cutting-edge research activities. The students in the department are exposed to the problems faced by today’s societies, and are trained to address those problems through innovative thinking to develop appropriate technological solutions.The focus on “learning by doing” has been inculcatedto motivate the students for innovation andentrepreneurship. These, we firmly believe, are the most important skills for tomorrow’s engineersand leaders in academia, industry and the society.

 

Program Outcome

• M.tech Design PEOs and POs
• M.tech Manufacturing PEOs and POs
• M.tech Thermal PEOs and POs

 

History

The Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in the year 2010. At present, the department offers Graduate, Post Graduate and Doctorate degree courses. It is highly reputed for producing eminent engineers as professionals, researchers and entrepreneurs. The department is proud to be collaborated with well-known industries in the sector.

 

Head of the department

 

 

 

International Relations

The University has collaboration with universities of International repute such as University of Saskatchewan (Canada), University of Tulsa, University of Oklahoma, University of Houston, Ontario (Canada), American Jewish Committee, Texas A & M University (USA), Georgia Tech University, University of Regina (Canada), Georgia Tech Research Corporation.

 

Industrial Relation

Department of mechanical engineering has excellent relations with design, manufacturing and thermal industries. Mechanical engineering department believes in industry-academia relations which would provide mutual benefit to our students and also to industry. Our undergraduate and post-graduate students gets opportunity to do their academic projects under reputed organizations like Indian space research organization (ISRO), Institute of plasma research (IPR), International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), Gujarat energy research & management institute (GERMI), Larsen & toubro (L & T) technology, etc. Organizations like Electrical research & development association, vadodara and Rajiv machine tools, Ahmadabad helps students and research scholars by conducting some useful workshops for them.

 

Contact Us

Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Technology,
Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Raisan, Gandhinagar-392007
Phone No.: (+91-79) 23275406.

 

Course Curriculum

Board of Studies

• MoM BoS Mechanical 2020-21
• MoM BoS Mechanical 2019-20
• MoM BoS Mechanical 2018-19
• MoM BoS Mechanical 2017-18
• MoM BoS Mechanical 2016-17

 

B.Tech

• B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, w.e.f. Academic Year: 2016-17
• B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Approved in 2017-18 and w.e.f. Admission Batch: 2017
• Elective Subjects - B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering Program w.e.f. Admission Batch: 2017
• Curriculum-2020 B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, w.e.f 2019
  • Sem 1 to Sem2
  • Sem 3 to Sem8

 

M.Tech

• M. Tech. Mechanical (Thermal Engineering) Approved in 2018-19
• Curriculum 2020 M. Tech. Mechanical (Thermal Engineering) Program w.e.f 2020
• Curriculum-2020 M. Tech. Mechanical (Design) Program w.e.f. 2020
• Curriculum-2020 M. Tech. Mechanical (Manufacturing Technology) Program w.e.f. 2020

 

Flow Chart for Course

Flow Chart for UG Course

B.Tech Mechanical Engineering UG Course »

 

Flow Chart for PG Course

M.Tech Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering) »

M.Tech Mechanical Engineering (Design) »

M.Tech Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Technology) »

Laboratory

Department has developed a number of sector relevant engineering laboratories which are well equipped to facilitate the pedagogic and research programs. The practical classes are well integrated into the curriculum, but the school encourages even more extensive use of these facilities to nurture a research led environment. The labs are being continuously upgraded with new equipment, to strengthen the research work of the M.Tech and Ph.D students who rely extensively on experiments to validate their work.

e-Yantra Laboratory
We are in a process of development of e-Yantra Laboratory through e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) of IIT Bombay. eLSI supports infrastructure creation at colleges by providing a platform for training teachers in theory and applications of Robotics, in addition to providing guidance in setting up a Robotics lab at the college. eLSI enables colleges to teach Robotics and Embedded systems in an effective manner.

Tinkering Laboratory
We are in a process of development of Tinkering Laboratory. A Tinkerer is someone who enjoys experimenting. Tinkering Laboratory is open for such people with an aim to grow innovators and thinkers, converting their creative ideas into actual engineering products. For them to do whatever they love to do and have limitless hands-on experience as well as spend hours tinkering without any worries.

Workshop

Thermodynamics Laboratory

Strength of Materials Laboratory

Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Laboratory

Production Technology Laboratory

Power Plant Engineering Laboratory

Non Conventional Energy Sources laboratory

Manufacturing Process –II Laboratory

Manufacturing Process –I Laboratory

Mechanical Measurement & Metrology Laboratory

Kinematics of Machines Laboratory

Internal Combustion Engine Laboratory

Heat And Mass Transfer Laboratory

Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Fluid Machinery Laboratory

Elements of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

Engineering Metallurgy Laboratory

Engineering Graphics Laboratory

Dynamics of Machines Laboratory

Design Of Machine Elements Laboratory

Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratory

Computer Aided Design & Engineering Laboratory

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Centre of Excellence

• Welding Research Lab
• Centre for Biofuels and Bioenergy Studies(CBBS)
• Liquid Engineering Lab
• Siemens Centre of Excellence
• Centre of Excellence In Water Treatment and Waste Water Management (India H₂O)

Projects / Seminar

M. Tech Project/ Seminar

• M.Tech Thermal Projects - 2021-22

 

B. Tech Project/ Seminar

• Comprehensive Projects - 2021-22
• Comprehensive Projects - 2020-21
• Comprehensive Projects - 2019-20
• Comprehensive Projects - 2018-19
• Comprehensive Projects - 2017-18
• In-House Projects - 2021-22
• In-House Projects - 2020-21
• In-House Projects - 2019-20
• In-House Projects - 2018-19

 

 

Schedule

Sr. No.	Date of Event/ Activity	Name of Event/ Activity
1	22nd February 2022	Hand on Training on Sand Casting (Offline)
2	11th February 2022	Interaction meeting with PhD Scholars
3	7th February 2022	Sir. M. Vishveshwaraya Memorial Quiz and Project Competition
4	28th January 2022	Online ASME Awareness Session for under- and post-graduate students and faculty members by Er. Tania Rodrigues, ASME India Office
5	7th January 2022	"Bird Eye View Session" on "ASME Student Chapter and Its Revival" under student activity club "ASME PDEU Student Section"
6	27-31st December 2021	Skill Development Programme for UG-PG Students organized by IIW-PDEU Chapter
7	24th December 2021	Young Profession Seminar (Offline) on Cold Spray technique by Tapan Shukla (20MMM008),Cold Metal Transfer for Additive manufacturing (20MMD005),Friction & Friction Stir Welding in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (20MMM003)
8	20th-24th December 2021	Skill Development Programme for UG-PG Students organized by IIW-PDEU Chapter
9	17th December 2021	Women in Welding -Young Profession Seminar on Hybrid Metal-Polymer Joining Using Different Welding Techniques by Falak Patel (18BME023),Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing by Bhumi Patel (18BME010), Tool Designing for Friction Stir Welding Variants by Namrata Thakkar (18BME063)
10	13th-17th December 2021	Skill Development Programme for UG-PG Students organized by IIW-PDEU Chapter
11	3rd December 2021	Quiz Competition on Welding Processes and Metallurgy
12	27th November 2021	Offline Interaction with InoxCVA Officials
13	16th and 23rd November 2021	"Short-Term programs for Hands-On Exposure to various Automobile Engineering and allied technologies, for Sem-3 B. Tech. Automobile Engineering students at iACE, Gandhinagar Module-2: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (4 hours) on (Tuesdays)"
14	10th, 17th and 24th November 2021	"Short-Term programs for Hands-On Exposure to various Automobile Engineering and allied technologies, for Sem-3 B. Tech. Automobile Engineering students at iACE, Gandhinagar Module-1: Paint Shop (9 hours) on (Wednesdays)"
15	28th October 2021	ISO Awareness Program for the Faculty and Staff of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
16	5th August 2021	Training Welding Simulator (Soldamatic IE 4.0)
17	04-06th October 2021	1st International Conference on “Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials - AM2 2021
18	25th September 2021	Industry Connect Conclave-2021
19	31st August to 3rd September 2021	Four Day CFD Training Program via ANSYS and OpenFOAM
20	21st August 2021	Guest Lecture titled "Journey to become a Data Scientist in the context of Industry 4.0" by Mr. Sagar Patil, Data Scientist working in finance domain
21	5th - 16th August 2021.	M. Tech Orientation for their respective disciplines : Thermal Engineering, Design and Manufacturing Technology
22	10th August 2021	2nd Online Scientific Forum Series on the Occasion to Celebrate " WORLD BIOFUEL DAY” (in collaboration with UTP Malaysia) Theme: Renewable and Sustainable Fuel
23	19th July 2021	Webinar on Wire Electro Chemical Discharge Machining Process
24	15th July 2021	Introduction to Fiber Reinforced Composites and their applications using case studies
25	3rd July 2021.	Webinar on “How to write Conference and Journal Papers” Mr. Rutvik Ghiya, PGDIM (2021-23), NITIE, Mumbai, B. Tech Mechanical Engineering (2017-21),
26	30th June 2021	Webinar on "Solar Drying Systems and Potential Applications"
27	24th June 2021	Webinar on "Tribology and Surface Engineering"
28	23rd June 2021	Webinar on "CFD - A tutorial on finite difference method via MATLAB"
29	22nd June 2021	PhD counselling session for Mechanical Engineering
30	16th June 2021	Webinar on "Shape memory alloys- The futuristic Material in Manufacturing sector"
31	9th June 2021	Webinar on "Thermal Spray Coatings"
32	3rd July 2021	Webinar on How to Write Conference And Journal Papers
33	17th June 2021	Webinar on Welding for Additive Manufacturing
34	2nd June 2021	Webinar on "Weldiability of Non Ferrous Materials" under IIW-PDEU Students Chapter by Prof T K Pal, Ex-Jadavpur University, Kolkata
35	3rd May 2021	Webinar on "Ice Slurry Applications in Industry" organised in association with Ahmedabad ISHRAE Chapter
36	26th June 2021	Webinar on "Applied Machine Learning and Image Processing Techniques in Mechanical Engineering"
37	22nd May 2021	PhD counselling session for Mechanical Engineering
38	19th May 2021	"Weldiability of Ferrous Materials" by Prof T K Pal, Ex-Jadavpur University, Kolkata
39	9th May 2021	Webinar on "Additive Manufacturing: Past, Present and Future"
40	7th May 2021	Young Professional Webinar by M.Tech Students on Magnetic Pulse Welding by Dhairya Shah (19MMM005), Superplasticity in Non Ferrous-Alloys by Raj M. Jangid (19MMM008), Ultrasonic Welding of Dissimilar Metals by Vishal Dave (19MMM014)
41	5th May 2021	“Tribological behaviour of Layer Composites for Brakes by Dr T Ram Prabhu from DRDO
42	30th April 2021	Various Joining Methods for Metal to Thermoplastic Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum to Plastic : Experimental approach
43	24th April 2021	Webinar on "Magneto-rheological Fluid Technology"
44	22nd April 2021	Webinar on ‘Current Electrification and IoT Trends in USA by Dr. Shabbir Memon, L&T Technology Services, MN, USA
45	16th April 2021	Guest Lecture on "CMT based Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Process and Applications" by Mr. Sasianand Parthasarathy (Fronious)
46	10th to 14th April 2021	Workshop : Prototype Development Competition on Electric Vehicle Technology (A 5 day event)
47	5th April 2021	Seminar on " Way Forward for Higher Studies (Masters to PhD)
48	25-26 March, 2021	Conference on Advances in Thermal-Fluids Engineering
49	19th March 2021	Formal Interaction with M.Tech Design Students
50	17th March 2021	Alumni Connect on " A case study on Industrial Expectations from Fresh Engineers" by Mr. Manu Arya
51	13th March 2021	Expert talk on "Global Transition towards sustainable energy-research opportunities" under ASME Student Chapter by Dr. K Balaraman, DG of National Institute of Wind Energy, GoI
52	13-March,2021	Industry Connect-2021-MTech Mechanical Engg
53	27th February 2021	Industrial Revolution, IoT & Automation with some current projects of industry by Mr. Jay Chaudhary
54	26th February 2021	Industry Expectations from Fresh Engineers by Mr. Bhaumik Ashar, B.Tech Industrial Engineering, Cadila Healthcare Ltd
55	25th February 2021	Alumni Webinar - A Case Study for becoming Successfule Engineer by Ms Varsha Singh, B.Tech Industrial Engineering, SAP Deloite
56	13th February 2021	Webinar on "Low Cost Water Treatment and Management"
57	5th February 2021	Visit of M.Tech Manufacturing Students to conduct experiments of course of Manufacturing processes I (Lab course)
58	30th January 2021	Webinar titled "The Ultimate Design toolkit" under ASME Student Chapter by Ms. Khevna Mankodi, Owner - Phoenix Design Studio, CEPT Alumnus
59	29th January 2021	"Welding process training- MIG/MAG Welding" - online training program by Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions India Under IIW-PDPU students chapter Mr Amrit Yoga, Sr. Manager-Marketing, Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions India jointly with Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions India (PSFSIN)
60	13th January 2021	A Young Professional Webinar by B.Tech students by IIW-PDPU Students Chapter on Friction Stir Welding of Polymer to Metal, Friction Stir Scrib Welding, Friction Stir Forminig, Friction Stir Spot Welding and its variants
61	11th January 2021	Webinar Series on “Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration”
62	11th January 2021	Industrial visit at Axis Solutions Pvt. Ltd
63	8th January 2021	Welding- Most Lucrative Career Option for Engineers" - Online Training Program,by Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions India Under IIW-PDPU Students Chapter by Mr Amrit Yoga, Sr. Manager-Marketing, Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions India jointly with Panasonic Smart Factory Solutions India (PSFSIN)
64	7th January 2021	CEAT Visit for consultancy work
65	6th January 2021	A Young Professional Webinar by M.Tech Students on Magnetic Pulse Welding, Superplasticity in Al-Alloys, Weldability of Mg-Alloys, Friction Stir Forming, Ultrasonic Welding by IIW-PDPU Students Chapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Focus

Research is an integral and important part of any higher education system. Mechanical department actively promotes research among its staff and students. In addition to basic research, which is the backbone of any applied research, the institute also gives adequate importance and support to applied research. Students undertake research projects as a component of their education programme itself. Teachers conduct research as an integral part of their responsibilities since this enables them to assimilate and disseminate the knowledge as well as generate new knowledge. The students are encouraged to publish their findings in reputed journals and present papers at conferences. Department of Mechanical engineering aims at developing world class research in the field of thermal engineering, manufacturing, design.

Our Focus Areas of Research

 

Research Projects

2019
Low Cost- Renewable Energy Driven (LC- RED) Water Treatment Solutions Centre
Project by Dr. Anurag Mudgal
1 Providing practical and innovative low cost solutions to address the shortfall of freshwater supply 2 Providing practical and innovative solutions to address industrial waste water treatment 3 Analysing potential of using bacteria pre- treatment of waste water 4 Design and develop novel module including EC, ED, adsorption and RO 5 Analyse the potential of wind-driven RO 6 Design and construct advanced prototypes to demonstrate varieties of modules integrating all renewable energy, biological, bacterial and chemical techniques
Funding agency:DST
Total grant received: 3,71,00,000/-

Bio-mimetic and phyto-technologies designed for low-cost purification and recycling of water (INDIA-H2O)
Project by Dr. Anurag Mudgal
1. Develop and introduce novel batch-reverse osmosis technology for a 4-fold reduction in specific energy consumption with high, 80%, recovery ratio 2. Develop forward osmosis based on revolutionary biomimetic membrane technology, for use in wastewater recovery applications including hybrid arrangements with reverse osmosis for further reduction in energy consumption, resulting in an order of magnitude overall reduction in SEC. 3. Pilot small-scale (5‒50 m3/day) rurally-relevant low-cost systems for brackish groundwater treatment to provide safe drinking water at costs below €0.35/m3 (< 30 rupees/m3). 4. Develop phyto-technology solutions for rural domestic wastewater treatment to remove emerging pollutants (e.g. agricultural products), manage rejected brines, and recover energy from the resulting biomass. 5. Develop and demonstrate cost-effective high-efficiency FO/BRO systems with complementary hybrid technologies for industrial desalination, wastewater treatment and recycling with minimum liquid discharge (up to 80% water recovery). 6. Create a Centre of Excellence in water treatment membrane technologies, design operation, piloting, demonstration, training and dissemination in India. 7 Develop and support the evolution of business models to exploit the developed solutions to mutual EU/India economic advantage 8 Brief and influence policymakers on economic models and governance arrangements for viable adoption of these technologies in India.
Funding agency:DBT & European UNION
Total grant received: 5,00,00,000/-

Development of Liquid Desiccant Heat Pump system (LDHP) for Hot and Humid regions
Project by Mr. Kiran Mansuriya,Dr. Vivek K. Patel,Dr. Jatin R. Patel
The proposed LDHP system is an alternative to the traditional VCR system because of its advantages in removing air latent load, ability to reduce electricity consumption and environment-friendly feature. Hot and humid ambient air is subcooled and dehumidified by desiccant before entering to evaporator of VCR unit. The prime objectives of the proposed projects are: 1. Modelling, optimization and development of a small-scale hybrid liquid desiccant heat pump system for comfort air conditioning. 2. Investigate the performance of a proposed system as compared to traditional VCR system.
Funding agency:ISHRAE
Total grant received: 98,000/-

Development of Liquid Desiccant Heat Pump system (LDHP) for Hot and Humid regions
Project by Mr. Kiran Mansuriya,Dr. Vivek K. Patel,Dr. Jatin R. Patel
The proposed LDHP system is an alternative to the traditional VCR system because of its advantages in removing air latent load, ability to reduce electricity consumption and environment-friendly feature. Hot and humid ambient air is subcooled and dehumidified by desiccant before entering to evaporator of VCR unit. The prime objectives of the proposed projects are: 1. Modelling, optimization and development of a small-scale hybrid liquid desiccant heat pump system for comfort air conditioning. 2. Investigate the performance of a proposed system as compared to traditional VCR system.
Funding agency:ISHRAE
Total grant received: 98,000

2018-2020
Development of full penetration CuOF to CuOF welding by GTAW for plate to pipe connection
Project by Co-PI: Dr. Kush P. Mehta, PI: Dr. V J Badheka
The objective is to establish welding technology for CuOF accelerator grid hydraulic piping welding by conventional GTAW process to ensure the full penetration with 100% volumetrically inspectable joint, which further to be qualified for 10-9mbarl/s He leak rate and pressure withstanding capacity of 30bar.
Funding agency:BOARD OF RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR SCIENCES (BRNS) (On going)
Total grant received: 32,99,000/-

Development of dissimilar friction welding joint of higher pipe size for Al-SS and Cu-SS materials
Project by PI: Dr. Kush P. Mehta, Co-PI: Dr. V J Badheka
Joining of dissimilar materials has been a challenging task due to large differences in the chemical, physical and metallurgical properties. These differences of properties consequently leads to the formation of intermetallic compounds (IMCs), low melting eutectics, high hardness, low joint efficiency and low brittleness at the joint area. The core objective of this research work is to develop and investigate the dissimilar friction welding of Al-SS and SS-Cu materials for tube to tube type configuration for the application of cryogenic heat exchangers
Funding agency:BOARD OF RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR SCIENCES (BRNS) (On going)
Total grant received: 26,59,000/-

Repairing of defects generated by Friction stir welding (FSW)
Project by Project Co-guide: Dr. Kush Mehta, project guide: Dr. Jaydeep Patel
FSW leads major defects such as channel, void and cracks. These cracks are repaired with the same process by finding suitable process parameters.
Funding agency:ORSP cell, PDEU (Ongoing)
Total grant received: 68,000/-

Utilization of energy efficient friction stir technique for obtaining dissimilar joints.
Project Co-guide: Dr. Kush Mehta, Project guide: Mr. Vishal Wankhede
Friction stir welding technique was utilized to obtain dissimilar Al-Mg weld. Variant of FSW with cooling assistance was developed to obtain weld of AA6061 to AZ31B. Dissimilar weld was produced with sound joint quality. Material flow and mechanical properties are analyzed for this complex dissimilar joint.
Funding agency:ORSP cell, PDEU (Ongoing)
Total grant received: 47,000/-

Investigation on resistance spot welding of Nitinol alloy
Project Co-guide: Dr. Kush Mehta, Project guide: Mr. Vishal Wankhede
Shape memory alloy of NiTi is subjected to resistance spot welding to obtain successful weld. Welded properties are compared with base material after welding.
Funding agency:ORSP cell, PDEU (Ongoing)
Total grant received: 67,000/-

2018-2019
Investigations on Dissimilar Joints Produced by Energy Efficient Friction Stir Welding
Project by Project guide: Dr. Kush Mehta
Energy efficient friction stir welding technique is developed to obtain dissimilar Al-Mg weld. AA6061 to AZ31B weld is produced with sound joint quality. Material flow and mechanical properties are analyzed for this complex dissimilar joint.
Funding agency:Institute of Engineers (IEI)
Total grant received: 22,000/-

2018
Recovery and Recycling of Industrial Waste Water containing Hazardous Elements
Project by Mr. Pinakeen Patel, Dr. Vivek K. Patel
1. Design and development of innovative, practical and cost effective solutions to address the industrial waste water treatment. 2. Design and construct advanced prototypes to demonstrate up to 2 KLD(2 m^3/day) capacity plant with integrating Electrocoagulation and adsorption modules. 3. Optimize the process according to the type of effluent. 4. Analyse the potential to run the process from renewable energy and waste heat available from various sources viz. solar, wind and process heat.
Funding agency:ORSP
Total grant received: 2,50,000 /-

July 2017 to July 2019
Assessment of wind and wave energy along Indian coastal region using space-based microwave radars
Project by Dr. Garlapati Nagababu
ISRO funded project (16 lakhs) entitled “Assessment of wind and wave energy along Indian coastal region using space-based microwave radars”. (PI – Prof. Surendra Singh Kachhwaha, Co-PI – Dr. Garlapati Nagababu)
Funding agency:ISRO, Ahmedabad
Total grant received: 16,00,000/-

2017-18
Ballistic impact response of fiber reinforced composite,
Project by Dr. Nirav Patel
Funding agency:ORSP, PDEU
Total grant received: 1,75,000/-

IThermal analysis of cooling based friction assisted solid state technique
Project by Dr. Nirav Patel
Funding agency: ORSP, PDEU
Total grant received: 47,000/-

November 2017 to November 2018
Development of a cost effective funnel based wind turbine system for remote and decentralized power generation applications
Project by Dr. Garlapati Nagababu
Office of Research & Sponsored Program (ORSP) funded (Rs: 2,50,000/-) entitled “Development of a cost effective funnel based wind turbine system for remote and decentralized power generation applications”. (PI – Dr. Garlapati Nagababu, Co-PI – Mr. Abhinaya Srinivas)
Funding agency:ORSP, Gandhinagar
Total grant received: 2,50,000/-

2017
Development and investigations on solar dryer integrated with latent thermal storage.
Project by Dr. Jatin R. Patel
Development and investigations on solar dryer integrated with latent thermal storage.
Funding agency:ORSP, PDEU
Total grant received: 1,75,000/-

Design And Development Of Intermittent Solid Adsorption(pump Free) Refrigeration System
Project by Dr. Jatin R. Patel
Design And Development Of Intermittent Solid Adsorption(pump Free) Refrigeration System
Funding agency: ORSP
Total grant received: 71,400/-

DDesign, Development, and Investigations of Dehumidifier for Air to Water Generator
Project by Dr. Jatin R. Patel
Design, Development, and Investigations of Dehumidifier for Air to Water Generator
Funding agency: ORSP
Total grant received: 1,05,000/-

2016-17
Analytical Modelling and Experimental Verification of Crack Detection Method in beams using Vibration based Non-Destructive Technique.
Project by Dr. Nirav Patel
Funding agency: ORSP, PDEU
Total grant received: 1,46,000/-

Super-plasticity of high strength α-β Titanium Alloy.
Project by Dr. Nirav Patel
High strength α-β Titanium Alloy was processed with friction stir processing to check its superplastic behavior.
Funding agency: ORSP cell, PDEU (completed)
Total grant received: 2,00,000/-

2016
Solar Powered High Recovery Desalination (SPHRD) to provide clean Water
Project by Dr. Anurag Mudgal
The project focus on the development of novel thermal energy based i.e. steam driven RO process for the desalination of brackish/saline water
Funding agency: DST
Total grant received: 63,00,000/-

Investigation of Potential Induced Degradation in Glass-to-Glass solar modules for PV/T Applications
Project by Dr. Jatin R. Patel
Investigation of Potential Induced Degradation in Glass-to-Glass solar modules for PV/T Applications
Funding agency: ORSP
Total grant received: 1,75,000/-

2015-16
Investigations of tool design on dissimilar copper-aluminium materials by energy efficient FSW technology
Project by Mr. Kush Mehta
The research project is on dissimilar materials Cu to Al welded by energy efficient FSW process. The aim of this project is to establish the effect of different tool designs and process parameters on properties of dissimilar Cu to Al friction stir welds. It involves study of properties such as tensile strength, fracture to elongation, tensile fracture mechanism, hardness, generation of intermetallic compounds and microstructures investigation by mechanical and metallurgical characterization through tensile test, hardness test, scattered electron microscopy, electro dispersive X-ray spectrographs and X-ray diffraction analysis.
Funding agency: ORSP cell, PDEU
Total grant received: 1,00,000

Development of dissimilar joint by laser beam welding and gas tungsten arc welding..
Project guide: Dr. Kush Mehta
Laser Beam Welding (LBW) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) were used to check the feasibility of welding Cu (OFHC) and Al (6061-T651) of thickness 1 and 3 mm. Power, welding speed, and joint configuration were the crucial parameters in LBW, while current, welding speed, weld edge preparation, and use of compatible filler wire were the major parameters in GTAW.
Funding agency: ORSP cell, PDEU
Total grant received: 1,05,000/-

Estimating the profiles of speed bumps and potholes through experimental quarter car setup.
Project by Mr. Bhargav Gadhvi
The project aims at estimating the road profile information such as speed bump and pothole information which are considered as single obstacles to the ride of the vehicle. This is vital information for the vehicle dynamics engineers and Civil engineers of the country can use this information for monitoring the road network.
Funding agency: ORSP cell, PDEU
Total grant received: 75,000

Dissimilar material joining of SS316LN (UNS S31653) and XM-19 (UNS S20910) Stainless steel joints
Project by Mr. Jaykumar Vora
The main Objectives for the Project are establishment of welding parameters for Dissimilar SS316LN to XM-19 joint using Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process by experimental trials followed by Testing (Destructive and Non-Destructive) and characterization of the dissimilar joints according to applicable standards. The above objectives have been derived from fact that the fabrication of diverter component of ITER machine has need to join SS 316LN to XM-19 Stainless steels.
Funding agency: Board of research in fusion science and technology (BRFST)
Total grant Approved:14, 00,000.

Development of “Key hole” filling techniques in Friction stir welding.
Project guide: Dr. Kush Mehta
Key-hole is formed at the end phase of Friction stir welding that is filled by novel techniques. Higher joint strength is received after filling keyhole area that is found compatible with weld area.
Funding agency:GUJCOST, Government of Gujarat (Completed)
Total grant received: 24,000/-

Design, Analysis and development of innovative internal cooling twist drill bit through 3D printing.
Project guide: Dr. Kush Mehta, Co-Guide: Dr. Vishvesh Badheka
3D printing was utilized to obtain prototype of twist drill bit having cooling channel. Feasibility study was carried out and presented in results.
Funding agency:ORSP cell, PDEUs(Completed)
Total grant received: 80,000/-

November 2015 to November 2016
Design, Analysis and development of Innovative internal cooling twist drill bit trough 3D Printing
Project by Dr. Garlapati Nagababu
Friction stir welding technique is developed to obtain dissimilar Al-Cu weld. AA6061 to ETP CU weld is produced with sound joint quality. Tool design, Process parameters are studied for their influence on mechanical properties of joints. Microstructure and mechanical properties are correlated to each other.
Funding agency:ORSP cell, PDEUs(Completed)
Total grant received: 1,00,000/-

2015
Design and development of a medium scale Solar Forced Convection Dryer System and analyzing its feasibility for commercial use
Project by Dr. Jatin R. Patel
Design and development of a medium scale Solar Forced Convection Dryer System and analyzing its feasibility for commercial use.
Funding agency: ORSP cell
Total grant received: 1,00,000/-

2014-15
Investigations of tool design on dissimilar copper-aluminum materials by energy efficient FSW technology
Project guide: Dr. Kush Mehta, Co-Guide: Dr. Vishvesh Badheka
Friction stir welding technique is developed to obtain dissimilar Al-Cu weld. AA6061 to ETP CU weld is produced with sound joint quality. Tool design, Process parameters are studied for their influence on mechanical properties of joints. Microstructure and mechanical properties are correlated to each other.
Funding agency:ORSP cell, PDEUs(Completed)
Total grant received: 1,00,000/-

2013
Development of a small scale Solar Vapour Absorption Refrigeration System and analyzing its feasibility for commercial use
Project by Dr. Jatin R. Patel
Development of a small scale Solar Vapour Absorption Refrigeration System and analyzing its feasibility for commercial use
Funding agency:ORSP
Total grant received: 1,80,000/-

Interdisciplinary Research

Department of Mechanical engineering is carrying out interdisciplinary research with department of Chemical engineering in the field of Centre for bio-fuels and bio-energy studies (CBBS).

 

Faculty

 

 

Visiting Faculty

 

Staff

• Mr. Alpesh Rajput
• Mr. Arvind Makwana
• Mr. Ashokkumar Chavda
• Mr. Jayesh Panchal
• Mr. Mehul Bhalu
• Mr. Piyushkuma rChaudhari
• Mr. Trushar Prajapati
• Mr. Umang Soni

 

 

Students

• B.Tech Students - Batch 2021 (AUTO)
• B.Tech Students - Batch 2020 (AUTO)
• B.Tech Students - Batch 2021 (MECH)
• B.Tech Students - Batch 2020 (MECH)
• B.Tech Students - Batch 2019 (MECH)
• B.Tech Students - Batch 2018 (MECH)
• M.Tech (Design) Students - Batch 2021
• M.Tech (Thermal) Students - Batch 2021
• M.Tech (Manufacturing) Students - Batch 2021
• M.Tech (Design) Students - Batch 2020
• M.Tech (Thermal) Students - Batch 2020
• M.Tech (Manufacturing) Students - Batch 2020
• Ph.D Scholar

 

 

Alumni

Ph.D Highlights

 

 

Chapters

Report of activities in 2021

• IIW Report October 2021 - September 2022
• IIW Report October 2020 - September 2021
• ISHRAE Report

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

ASME student Section of PDEU is active since 2012 conducting various events for the benefit of the members as well as others. We organise activities such as workshops, expert lectures and industrial visits.

• Currently we are having a community with around 12 active members.
• Previous activity

  • ASME has organized an expert talk on Product Design and its current industrial implementations on Wednesday, 30st August 2017. It was be delivered by Prof. Praveen Nahar, Senior Faculty, Faculty of Industrial Design, at National Institute of Design (NID). The students, from 4th year mechanical engineering, participated in the session, understanding another subdomain in the mechanical engineering spectrum. It developed a whole new perspective to think about products rather than its engineering aspects. It was an august gathering and the audience gained a lot from an eminent professor

    
• Upcoming activity
  • Expert lecture -
    It will be organised on 28th January by kalyani kumar. He will be throwing light on “personality development and soft skills”.
  • Workshop -
    It will be conducted in second week of March. It will be regarding the “Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in Ansys software”. Professional from a private CAD institute will teach the same.

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Student Start-up & Innovation Policy

The Student Start-up & Innovation Policy, is an initiative by Education Dept., Govt. of Gujarat, with an aim to ensure that the students across all the educational institutes of Gujarat get a conductive environment to solve problems and create ideas and opportunities. The policy addresses the need of creating a strong pipeline of innovations out of research and allied efforts across institutes, helping students convert ideas into opportunities, which can be latter supported as start-ups through various existing institutional mechanisms. The Innovation & Pre-Incubation scheme, provides support for creation of support systems for student innovations and early stage students start-ups across the education sector of Gujarat. The scheme provisions funding support for capacity building initiatives, fund initiatives for sensitisation of students regarding innovation and entrepreneurship, prototyping of innovative ideas, IPR and allied efforts.

PDEU has been sanctioned grant-in-aid of Rs. 1 Crore under the Student Start-up & Innovation Policy from Education Dept., Govt. of Gujarat for the period of 05 years.

Key Achievements:

• Established as a Section 8 company
• Recognized as Nodal Institute by Govt. of Gujarat
• In principle approval received for Technology Business Incubator by NSTEDB, Govt. of India
• Recognized as Start-up India Incubator by DIPP, Govt. of India
• Approved by Student Startup & Innovation Policy by Higher Education Department, Government of Gujarat
• 21 Incubatees
• 60+ Entrepreneurship Awareness Events, Boot Camps, Innovation Expeditions
• 600+ Applicants
• Recognized as “Incubation Centre of the Year for Prominent IP Culture” by Intellectual Property Protection Organization (IPPO) in IP Fest 2017
• Approved by Higher & Secondary Education Department, GoG for Student Startup & Innovation Policy (SSIP)
• IIC Incubatee FreeCopy launched their store “Free Copy Zero” in Ahmedabad, and associated with over 200 stores across 3 cities: Ahmedabad, Mumbai & Gandhinagar
• IIC Incubatee successfully launched their product “Saarthi” (Smart Cane Device) at Blind People’s Association Ahmedabad on Oct 12, 2017.
• IIC Incubatee Pin-O-Pen reached its breakeven point and has started making profit. This company expanded its base to Mumbai recently.

 

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ISHARE Chapter

ISHRAE’s primary objective is the advancement of the art and sciences of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Engineering & other related Building Services. It conducts conferences, seminars, workshops and catalogue shows throughout the country with both national and international participation on the latest in terms of technologies, systems and services.

ISHRAE publications strive to help its members keep up to date with the happenings, learn new techniques, improve old designs and adopt the use of new devices to improve indoor air quality in our buildings. The ISHRAE standards, the guide books, the fundamentals booklets, the HVAC, refrigeration and ventilation handbooks and the ISHRAE Journal are a few such initiatives.

ISHRAE students chapters in more than 150 engineering colleges is promoting careers in the HVAC&R industry amongst the students through seminars, quizzes, plant and site visits.

About ISHARE – PDEU Student Chapter
ISHRAE – PDEU Student chapter was installed on 18th April, 2014. This chapter has been working under ISHRAE Ahmedabad chapter and Pandit Deendayal Energy University. Various activities like expert lecture, industrial visits, workshop, competitions, etc have been conducted under this chapter. The students of this chapter are exposed to the various HVAC industries to explore the research gap needed to be resolved through industrial visits. The number of students of department is taking benefits of various activities under this chapter. Every year, the student committee of this chapter is re-formed. The students involved in the committee learn the role of leader, treasurer and executer.

 

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Inaugration of IIW-PDEU Student Chapter

Activities Organized Till Now

The inauguration of the Student Chapter of Indian Institute of Welding (IIW-India) for Pandit Deendayal Energy University, School of Technology, and Department of Mechanical Engineering was held on 19th January 2018. The chief dignitary of the day was Padma Shri, Professor Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, Distinguished Professor, Department of Nuclear Energy. Prof. T.P Singh, Director School of Technology (SOT) also addressed PDEU and IIW for the inauguration of Student Chapter.

The ceremony commenced with a welcoming as well as felicitating of all dignitaries which was then followed by the ceremonious lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries. Prayer of Saraswati Vandana was recited for the event to be enhanced as prayerful ambience.

Then it was then followed by Prof. Vishvesh Badheka, Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, SOT, PDEU addressing along with the student body, with an elaborative and effective presentation and managing it in a memorable and successful event.

The dignitaries present from IIW-India were Mr Deepak Acharya, Chief Operation Officer (COO), INOXCVA and Chairman of IIW-Baroda Branch. Other dignitaries were IIW Baroda Branch, Mr R R Vishwakarma, Mr B S Kandpal and Mr R R Chari graced the occasion with their valuable presence.

The Chief Guest Prof. Ganguly delivered a speech on the importance of welding in Energy Sector for field of research and application based on his experience dealing with the welding metallurgy as well as the latest welding testing methodology.

Prof. T.P Singh and Mr. Deepak Acharya delivered a motivational speech to the students encouraging their interest in the field of Welding by favourable activities to be carried out among the student members at Industry-Oriented level for their Hands-on-experience to be more practical and knowledgeable relating it with their theoretical concepts. IIW-Baroda Branch dignitaries Prof. S.K Agarwal, Founding Chairman IIW Baroda Branch, Mr R R Vishwakarma and Mr R R Chari also shared and motivated the student members with the interaction and by inaugurating the student chapter.

All other Industrialist dignitaries from Mr. B S Kandpal,GM Veritas, Mr. Virmal Thanki from Thanki engineering, Mr. Parag Panchal, Fronius, Mr. Kamlesh Barot, Production Head, Kalpataru Power Transmission,Mr Ranjal Belani from BHEL, Chennai shared their industrial experience correlating with the welding technology challenges faced in day to day life. They also answered many student member queries regarding the research based on welding technology.

With 30 Student members from Final year 14 studnets, Pre Final year 15 students and Second year 1 student of Mechanical Department showed their interest and support by their presence and interaction with all dignitaries present.

The student formation of IIW-PDEU chapter comprised of designated members as tabulated :-

No.	Name of the Member	Designation	Contact Details
1.	Dr. VISHVESH BADHEKA (FACULTY)	CHAIRMAN	9824025256
2.	AKSHAY NAIR	SECRETARY	9724566723
3.	ANMOL BHOJANI	TREASURER	8320609245
4.	PARTH DASADIYA	EXE. COMMITTEE	8469194097
5.	POOJAN VORA	EXE. COMMITTEE	9265175814
6.	BHARGAVI KOROT	EXE. COMMITTEE	9427260006

 

The inaugural ceremony came to an end with Vote of Thanks by Akshay Nair, Secretary IIW-PDEU Student Chapter, PDEU University, Gandhinagar. He thanked the dignitaries for sparing their valuable precious time and gracing the occasion by their presence. He also thanked the students, HODs and faculty members who left no stone unturned to make the inauguration of IIW-PDEU Student chapter.

 

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MECHINERZO

The “MECHINERZO”, a forum for the students and faculties of the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering department established to organize and launch various technical programs/ activities to sharpen their professional and academics skills, and recognize personal lives, while engaging in activities with a societal relevance.

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Society Activities

Shell Eco-Marathon

Shell Eco-marathon is a unique global programme, for science, technology, and engineering students to design and build ultra-energy-efficient cars, and then take them out on the track in competition. Since 1985, the competition has challenged student teams across the globe to design, build and drive the most energy-efficient cars which have resulted in students coming up with an entirely new breed of ‘Hyper-Efficient’ cars. It is one of the world’s leading energy efficiency competitions which takes place in three different continents of the world namely, Asia, America, and Europe.

The Shell Eco-Marathon Challenger events are held in 7 countries of the Eurasian continent which include India, China, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, France, and The Netherlands.

India has hosted the competition twice. In 2018, the competition was held at the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai and in 2019, for the first time ever globally, the competition was held on a Shell site at the Shell Technology Centre at Bangalore on a purpose-built track.

Team Kaizen

Team Kaizen from PDEU has been consistently participating in the Shell Eco-Marathon competition from the year 2015. The team has come a long way in building their prototype vehicles and improvising upon it year after year.

This year, the team participated in the #MakeTheFuture Challenger event held under the flagship of the Shell Eco-Marathon in Bangalore from 19th to 22nd November 2019 and drove their prototype on the first-ever purpose-built track by Shell at Shell Technology Centre.

Team Kaizen with their prototype car ‘Nakshatra’ ranked 2nd amongst teams from all over India by achieving an efficiency of 198.4 km/kWh in the Battery-Electric Prototype category.

The team comprises of 29 undergraduate students from Mechanical as well as Electrical engineering discipline, who have worked endlessly in designing, manufacturing and testing the battery-electric prototype vehicle, finally giving it an amazing aesthetic aerodynamic design, reducing its weight, enhancing its electrical circuitry sophistication and adding kilometres in their efficiency parameters.

The team works under the zealous and indispensable guidance of Dr. Amit V. Sant and Dr. Pankaj Sahlot.

For more information visit:www.teamkaizenindia.com
And follow on https:www.instagram.com/teamkaizenindia/

Team Kaizen 2020
Sr. No.	Roll. No.	Name	Department Worked
1	17BME088	Rutvik Ghiya	Design
2	17BME085	Piyush Rathi	Vehicle Dynamics and Analysis
3	17BEE043	Dhwanil Mody	Powertrain & BMS
4	17BEE066	Piyush Bansal	Motor & Motor Controller Department
5	16BME112	Sumit Singh	Brakes and Wheels
6	16BEE075	Krushnesh Patel	Motor & Motor Controller Department
7	17BME044	Maanvendra Singh	Steering
8	17BEE076	Ritik Sharma	Sensors & Data Acquisition
9	17BEE094	Dhruvkumar Thakkar	Sensors & Data Acquisition
10	17BEE031	Karan Doshi	Motor & Motor Controller Department
11	17BEE048	Ojaswini Sharma	Motor & Motor Controller Department
12	18BME028	Harshil Pancholi	Brakes and Wheels
13	18BME066	Neh Pandya	Brakes and Wheels
14	18BME055	Mihir Raval	Steering
15	18BME059	Mirang Dabhi	Vehicle Dynamics and Analysis
16	18BEE079	Priyanshi Butani	Powertrain & BMS
17	18BEE092	Sakshi	Motor & Motor Controller Department
18	18BEE073	Pranav Pushkar	Motor & Motor Controller Department
19	18BEE104	Trisha H Parekh	Motor & Motor Controller Department
20	18ICT068	Mili Mehta	Motor & Motor Controller Department
21	18BEE002	Abhishek Rawal	Sensors & Data Acquisition
22	19BME081	Neel Patel	Steering
23	19BME032	Harsh Sharma	Design
24	19BEE091	Vivek Singh	Sensors & Data Acquisition
25	19BEE041	Kunal Jha	Powertrain & BMS
26	19BEE057	Raghav Sodani	Sponsorship
27	19BEE002	Achyut	Sponsorship
28	19BCP083	Mustafa Africawala	Sponsorship
29	19BEE059	Dhruv Ribbonwala	Sponsorship

Vehicle Information
Sr. No.	Type	Details
1	Name	Nakshatra
2	Category	Battery Electric
3	Total Weight	48 kg
4	Body Material	Carbon fiber
5	Drag Coefficient	0.0456
6	Steering	Ackermann Geometry
7	Tire’s CRR	0.004-0.005

Performance
Sr. No.	Event	Result
1	Shell Eco-Marathon India 2019	Cleared Technical Inspection; Efficiency: 198.4 km/kWh 2nd in India
2	Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2019	Cleared Technical Inspection; Efficiency: 122.8 km/kWh 12th in Asia and 3rd in India
3	Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2017	Cleared Technical Inspection; Efficiency: 81 km/kWh 16th in Asia and 2nd in India

 

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M BAJA

M-BAJA is an intercollegiate design competition started in 2007 sponsored by Mahindra & Mahindra and SAEINDIA and hosted by NATRiP, Indore and IIT Ropar. The main objective of the BAJASAEINDIA is to make engineering students’ design and fabricate a prototype of a rugged single seated off-road vehicle intended for sale to a non-professional, weekend off-road enthusiast considering the terrain across INDIA. The evaluation process for the BAJA SAEINDIA is a twofold process and students have to clear the Virtual Baja preliminary round before they start manufacturing their buggy’s for the main events.

The teams are judged on six main parameters in the Virtual BAJA event which are – their knowledge of the rule book, the design of the vehicle, the project plan, the design methodology and the design evaluation plan.

The evaluation process in the main event is a different ball game altogether and the students finally got to showcase their finished buggy’s to the judges. In the static tests the buggy’s are evaluation on various factors such as cost, aesthetics and the quality of the fabrication. There are also many dynamic tests such as acceleration. Braking, maneuverability over all terrain and a hill climb test. But none of these tests are more gruelling than the endurance race where the drivers and buggy’s are pushed to their limits till a winner emerges.

Team CZAR
The team has been participating in the competition since the past six years and was the first team from Gujarat to break into Top 10 teams in the nation, which was then followed by the team being ranked 1st in the Virtual BAJA from amongst 400 teams from around the nation the past season. The team participated in the event for the seventh time this year, and their buggy was named as the CZR04. A total of 22 students took part in the team and worked for a year to design, manufacture and test the ATV under the mentorship of Mr. Rahul Deharkar and Dr. Vivek Patel.

The team was able to compete in all the dynamic events which resulted in the team finishing 3rd in Gujarat, 16th in the Suspension and Traction event, 18th in Rock Crawl event and 46th Overall in the nation from amongst 120 teams present at the event. Also, the team secured 25th position in the cost presentation.

Team Information
Sr. No.	Roll. No.	Name	Department Worked
1	16BME021	Devam Patel	Design
2	16BME085	Rohit Iyer	Analysis
3	16BME055	Neemish Tejaswi	Analysis
4	16BME038	Raj Jobanputra	Powertrain
5	16BME039	Maulik Kanakhara	Brakes
6	16BME041	Kirtesh Patel	Suspension
7	16BME036	Urjit Hudka	Suspension
8	16BME145	Sachin Shah	Powertrain
9	16BME078	Donald Rachhadiya	Steering
10	16BIE010	Arrown Dalsaniya	Steering
11	17BCP006	Apoorva Panchal	Analysis
12	17BME022	Dev Shah	Design
13	17BME069	Harshit Patel	Powertrain
14	17BME095	Hrithik Shah	Brakes
15	17BME090	Jeetsinh Sarvaiya	Suspension
16	16BME029	Mihir Fofaria	Steering
17	17BME058	Pallav Gupta	Suspension
18	17BME077	Parth Patel	Powertrain
19	16BME076	Pratik Shah	Powertrain
20	17BME105	Sopan Kane	Steering
21	17BME089	Samarth Acharya	Analysis
22	16BME080	Raj Bhalodiya	Design

 

Vehicle Information
Sr. No.	Type	Details
1	Roll Cage	Made from AISI 4130
2	Suspension	Fox Air Shock absorbers used
3	Steering	Ackerman Geometry with custom rack and pinion
4	Wheels	23 X 7 X 10 inches with 56mm offset
5	Power Train	CVTech CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission)
6	Engine	Briggs & Stratton Engine
7	ATV Dimensions	80 X 56 X 60 (L X B X H)

 

Event Information
Sr. No.	Type	Details & Ranking
1	Virtual	Cleared with AIR 1
2	Technical Inspection	Cleared
3	Dynamic event	Cleared
4	Static event	Cleared
5	Endurance	Cleared

 

 

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E BAJA

E-BAJA is an intercollegiate design competition. Team of 25 students need to design and build electric powered ATV that has Traction motor of 48V with fully automatic transmission having gear ratio of 12 and 160 Ah of battery pack. Considering the vision and road-map of automobile 2020, eBAJA SAEINDIA is a step ahead in gradual liberalization of the automobile sector in India. It is the strong approach towards shaping the future direction of auto industry so as to promote and achieve sustainable growth. This was a new initiative introduced in 2014 on the counsel of former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, in order to promote greener mobility. All entries in this category run on rechargeable lithium ion batteries. While there isn’t any specification on where students must source their powertrains from for this competition, most teams usually use a Mahindra Reva (now Mahindra Electric) engine for their cars. eBAJA is amongst the most significant inventive in India. It is the first of its kind competition throughout the world. Taking up the initiative Mahindra Reva is providing strong upfront and proactive support to all teams in means of providing power train kits and onsite technical assistance. They will provide the kit to the teams with some subsidized rates.

Team Sovereign
PDEU participated in the E BAJA event for the second time in year 2019. This team was comprised of mechanical and electrical undergraduate students. A total of 24 students took part in the team and worked for a year to design, manufacture and test the electrical ATV. Mr Rahul Deharkar and Mr. Ravi Botta were the advisors for the team.

Team Information
Sr. No.	Roll. No.	Name	Department Worked
1	15BEE081	Shishir Raghava	Powertrain
2	15BME051	Bhargavi Korot	Brakes
3	15BME096	Sanket Patel	Design & Analysis
4	15BME080	Jalp Patel	Suspension
5	16BEE096	Saptarshi Pan	Electrical & Electronics
6	16BEE106	Vaikunth Patel	Powertrain
7	16BEE108	Vedant Shetty	Electrical & Electronics
8	16BEE016	Tarun Chopra	Powertrain
9	16BIE018	Karan Shah	Steering
10	16BIE036	Sunny Prajapati	Brakes
11	16BME134	Ishaan Patwari	Design & Analysis
12	16BME137	Nikhil Paravila	Suspension
13	16BME135	Kirtipalsinh Parmar	Design & Analysis
14	16BME142	Viraj Purohit	Suspension
15	16BME117	Jitarth Trivedi	Steering
16	17BME042	Mann Shah	Suspension
17	17BME013	Raj Chokshi	Design & Analysis
18	17BME040	Pritesh Kiri	Steering
19	17BME099	Vrund Shah	Suspension
20	17BME051	Mohit Patel	Brakes
21	17BME032	Hetul Shah	Steering
22	17BME031	Harshit Jobanputra	Design & Analysis
23	17BEE031	Karan Doshi	Electrical & Electronics
24	17BEE005	Ankit Bandyopadhyay	Electrical & Electronics

 

Vehicle Information
Sr. No.	Type	Details
1	Roll Cage	Made from AISI 4130, Total weight: 230 kgs
2	Suspension	Customised progressive stiffness spring dampers
3	Steering	Ackerman Geometry with Rack and Pinion Arrangement
4	Wheels	23 X 7 X 10 inches with 56mm offset
5	Power Train	Tractive System coupled with Motor Controller and 48V DC Battery
6	Engine	BLDC Motor with inbuilt gearbox
7	ATV Dimensions	85 X 55 X 57 inches (length, width, and height resp.)

 

Event Information
Sr. No.	Type	Details & Ranking
1	Overall	AIR 12th
2	Design Evaluation	AIR 3rd
3	Virtual	AIR 9th
4	Technical Inspection	Cleared
5	Endurance	AIR 12th

 

 

Events

Event Name: Two day’s Seminar on “Thermal Systems Design and Applications”, March 15-16, 2019

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Event Name: Recent advances in Modern Manufacturing Processes (RAMMP), 7-8 Feb 2019

Report on RAMMP 2019

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Event Name: M BAJA 2019

Faculty Advisor : Dr. Vivek Patel and Mr. Rahul Deharkar
Team CZAR Report

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Event Name: E BAJA 2019

Faculty Advisor : Mr. Rahul Deharkar and Mr. Ravi Botta
Team Sovereign Report

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Event Name: Workshop on Vehicle Dynamics (Basics)

Student Chapter : SAE Students’ Chapter
Date : 3/12/2016 to 4/12/2016
Organizer’s name :Mr. Krunal Mehta
Expert :Mr. Tushar Joshi, a representative from M/s Monkfox, Bangalore

About The Event -
Initially students were given a theoretical understanding of the various components of an automobile, their working and their role in vehicle mobility. Hands-on demo on ‘Engine Simulation’ software was also provided during the workshop. The topics covered during the workshop are listed below:

• Introduction to ‘Vehicle Dynamics’
• Tyre Dynamics
• Acceleration Performance
• Braking Performance
• Suspension and Steering Systems.

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Event Name: Winter Short Term Training Program-2016

Siemens Center of Excellence
Date : 19/12/2016 to 30/12/2016
Organizer’s name :Dr. Vimal Savsani, Nodal Officer, Mr. Jaydeep Patel, Mechanical Course Coordinator, Dr. Amit Sant, Electrical Course Coordinator
Expert :Mr. Tushar Joshi, a representative from M/s Monkfox, Bangalore

About The Event -
In winter 2016, Siemens CoE-PDEU arranged the short term training program for the other college students, academicians and industry professionals for their skill development in specific domain from 19th December to 30th December, 2016. They have trained 83 trainees under these program which have been participated by different college students and faculties. The different courses those were conducted during the training are: Basics of CNC Programming and CIM Laboratory, Essentials for NX Designers, Low Voltage Switch Gear, Basics of PLC, Intermediate For NX Designers, Basics course on AC-DC drives.

Achievement -

• Review research article of Dr. Kush Mehta and Dr. Vishvesh Badheka titled “A Review on Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding of Copper to Aluminum: Process, Properties, and Variants” is in the list of Most read articles of journal “Materials and Manufacturing Processes”. Editor in chief has selected this article as Free Access article, considering its great impact. Refer link: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showMostReadArticles?journalCode=lmmp20
• Dr. Kush Mehta, faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department, has obtained his doctorate degree (PhD) in January 2017 from School of Technology (SOT), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar.
• Mr. Jaykumar Vora received the best paper award at the Young professional seminar organized by IIW (Indian institute of welding) at Ahmedabad on 1st October. The seminar included papers from industries and universities such as L&T, IGCAR, IPR and IIT Gandhinagar. The Paper was adjudged the best paper across all sessions.

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Event Name and Date: Guest lecture under MECHINERZO on 13th may 2016 on Recent advances in control biped robots

Organizer’s name-Mr. Jaydeep Patel
Expert-Dr. Harshal Oza, Professor- Ahmedabad University

About The Event -
The event Titled “Recent advances in control biped robots” was all about bringing attendees information on the state of the art related to the Advances in robotics engineering. Robotics is a multi-disciplinary area attracting interest from various branches of science such as electrical, mechanical, computer science engineering and bio-medical sciences. The talk will cover basic concepts of control systems engineering and attempt to show its application to robotics. Joint space and the so-called task space control of robots will be discussed where simulation of a walking biped robot will be presented as an example. Biped robotics as a test bed for advanced control will also be briefly discussed.

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Event Name and Date: Guest lecture under ISHRAE on 11th August 2016 on "Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems for Pharmaceutical Industries"

Organizer’s name- Dr. Jatin Patel
Expert- Mr. Sanjay Adhvaryu (President - ISHRAE Ahmedabad Chapter)

About The Event -
There was a expert lecture on "Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems for Pharmaceutical Industries" by Mr. Sanjay Adhvaryu. The lecture presented was about necessity and importance of HVAC in Pharmaceutical Industries. Also presented about AHU (Air Handling Unit) and various sized filters such as HEPA Filters which can fine particles upto 10 microns. The lecture was attended by the B.Tech 3rd year students and M.Tech 1st year students of Mechanical Department.

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Event Name: Workshop on “INNOVATIONS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”

Date: 16/03/2017 to 18/03/2017
Organizer’s name: Dr. Anurag Mudgal and Dr. Jatin Patel

About the Event -
The overall aim of the workshop was to provide an opportunity to initiate and facilitate knowledge transfer between various stakeholders like entrepreneurs, R&D and technical organizations, scientists, academicians and researchers in the field of renewable energy. In addition, the focus was to identify opportunities to strengthen enterprise development and, through a collaborative program, assist in the improvement of regulations, access to finance, facilitation of technology, business model delivery on innovative approaches, and enhancement of skills of energy access entrepreneurs. The key objectives of the workshop were to

• Share the worldwide experience in the Renewable Energy Technologies with special focus on India
• Foster more cooperation among all participants and agencies working in this area

The workshop had in attendance, 52 participants from various organizations Gujarat, representing a diverse spectrum of functions, sectors and capacities

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Event Name: Workshop on Non Destructive Testing: Basics & Training

Date : 24/03/2017 to 25/03/2017
Organizer’s name : Dr. Vivek V. Patel, Dr. Amit Sant, Electrical Course Coordinator
Expert : Mr. Tushar Joshi, a representative from M/s Monkfox, Bangalore.

About the Event -
During 24-25/03/2017, 2-days Non Destructive testing workshop was held by the Mechanical Engineering Department of PDEU. It was organized by Dr. Vivek V. Patel, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Department, PDEU. It was a workshop for the second year students of mechanical department, PDEU. The workshop started at 10:00 a.m. on March 24, 2017. In the beginning of the workshop, a lecture to briefly teach the students about the theoretical knowledge and practical applications of NDT was held. It was taken by Mr. Nilesh Dabgar. It was a very interactive and informative session. Total students participated in this workshop was of 100 and all of them from the 4th semester.

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Event Name: Expert talk on “Fuel Cell Systems”

Student chapter : MECHINARZO
Date : 21/02/2017
Organizer’s name : Dr. Nishit Desai
Expert name : Dr. Atul Bhargav, IIT Gandhinagar

About the Event -
An expert talk on “Fuel Cell Systems” was conducted on 21.02.2017 at E- 302 as a part of MECHINARZO Student Chapter. The talk was attended by sixty B.Tech., M.Tech and Ph.D students from Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, PDEU. Prof. Atul Bhargav, a distinguish speaker from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT-Gandhinagar, had delivered the talk and discussed principle of fuel cell, applications of fuel cell for power generation, cogeneration, electrical vehicle. Further, he has discussed about various research areas and activities in which his department is involved and concluded with the opportunities for PDEU students to work with IIT-Gandhinagar. Finally, with knowledge networking session the workshop was ended. The glimpse of the talk are shown in photographs as following

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Event Name: Workshop on ANSYS and FEAST

Student chapter : ASME
Date : 28/01/2017 and 29/01/2017
Organizer’s name : Dr. Pavan Gurrala
Expert : R_CAD Solutions, Ahmedabad

About the Event -
The main aim of the workshop was to introduce the audience to two widely used solid analysis packages in the industry, ANSYS and FEAST, and to explain how industries make use of these softwares. The event was organized on 28th and 29th January, 2017 from 9am to 6pm. There was a participation of around 40 students from mechanical and industrial engineering departments. The workshop was conducted by R_CAD Solutions, Ahmedabad, a reputed training institute delivers Training and Services of industrial Design Software for CAD-CAM-CAE on advanced automated design softwares. The event commenced by introduction to ANSYS, an analysis software which enables people to solve complex structural, thermal, and fluid engineering problems and make better, faster design decisions. As it progressed, the students were familiarized with the GUI and introduced to ANSYS workbench. An example of iron hook was taken to work upon for the class. Dynamic problems were also solved during the workshop. Further, the significance and effects of mesh size on the results were discussed. Thermal analysis was also a part of this workshop. Students were given hands on experience on the software thereby giving them a taste of how it feels in the industry. Finally, students were introduced to another software, FEAST(Finite Element Analysis of Structures), which is ISRO's structural analysis software based on Finite Element Method (FEM) realized by Structural Engineering Entity of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC).

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Event Name: Expert lecture on Micro Electro Mechanical System

Student chapter : ASME
Date : 21/02/2017
Organizer’s name : Dr. Pavan Gurrala
Expert : Dr Niti Nipun Sharma, Professor and Director, School of Automobile, Mechanical & Mechatronics, Manipal University, Jaipur

About the Event -
The main aim of the workshop was to introduce the 4th year mechanical engineering students to the basics of MEMS which is a growing discipline and is not taught as a part of the regular course curriculum. The lecture was taken by Dr Niti Nipun Sharma a Professor and Director School of Automobile, Mechanical & Mechatronics, in Faculty of Engineering at Manipal University Jaipur. He is an expert in the field of MEMS. With over 30 papers in the field and international tie-up’s with leaders in the research discipline of MEMS. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, or MEMS, is a technology that in its most general form can be defined as miniaturized mechanical and electro-mechanical elements (i.e., devices and structures) that are made using the techniques of microfabrication. The critical physical dimensions of MEMS devices can vary from well below one micron on the lower end of the dimensional spectrum, all the way to several millimeters. The event commenced by on time at 10:30 am. Dr. N. N. Sharma started off with introducing the topic to the audience as they were unaware about it. The discussion started with what range of dimensions does MEMS deal with. The discussion furthered with the inquisitiveness from the audience about why militarization of components is needed. It was explicitly explained by a series of examples like the small acceleration sensors in cars used for airbag actuation. Then the need for dimension reduction was explained. The discussion furthered with sir explaining the research aspect of MEMS and its applicability in the biomedical field. An amazing example of cancer cell separator was also shared with the audience. At the end a video about facilities producing MEMS components was shared to better explain the lectures point. The students, from 4th year mechanical engineering, participated in the session, understanding another sub domain in the mechanical engineering spectrum. The students got to know things out of scope of a bachelor’s degree. It was an august gathering and the audience gained a lot from the imminent professor

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Event Name : Expert Lecture on “Industrial Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems”

Date : 10/04/2017
Expert name : Mr. Nitin Sapre, Senior Manager, Bosch Rexroth, Sanand,
Ms. Chittrangi Bhatt, Engineer, Bosch Rexroth, Sanand Organizer’s name : Dr. Anurag Mudgal and Dr. Jatin Patel

About the Event -
As a part of Industrial Orientation Programme, a technical lecture was conducted by experts from Bosch Rexroth, Sanand on Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems and their applications in industries on 10th April 2017. Mr. Nitin Sapre commenced his lecture on pneumatic systems by giving brief introduction about the working principles of the major components of system. His lecture covered learning topics like manual/pneumatic valves, followed by electric valves and the use of a PLC in a control circuit or in a pneumatic handling system. A detailed explanation of control systems of pneumatic valves, circuit diagrams and their operations was given. Technical difference between pneumatic and hydraulic system explained with perspective from industrial application with working parameters and technical numbers was great and it gave idea of industrial environment and industries which work on accuracy and not on precision. There was also discussion on Industry 4.0 model which is widely used model and how it is different from other model and its advantages. Post lunch Ms. Chittrangi Bhatt took over the session and started with basics of hydraulic systems. She further explained the importance of device sets with industrial standard components used on the hydraulic workstations which are the same ones, which students will find later in their careers in plant and machinery. The training systems cover the following industrial topics: manual operated hydraulic, electro-hydraulics, proportional and closed loop technology. Later learning topics such as manual switching valve technology, electric switching valves or on/off valve technology were covered along with their circuit diagrams. Lecture was well presented as it gave basic idea and essential starter for mechanical engineering students.

 

Vision

To be recognized globally for excellence in education, applied research and training in the field of Mechanical Engineering through innovation of high Social impact and to prepare youth for tomorrow.

Mission

1. To impart excellent education to build capacity of students and enhancing their skills in the domain of energy and engineering to make them globally competitive.
2. Seek to nurture students of extraordinary motivation and ability and prepare them for life-long learning and leadership in an increasingly knowledge driven world.
3. To develop state of art research facility and centre of excellence to provide environment for collaborative research and skill development.
4. To establish association with industry, academic institutes and research centres for collaborative research and consultancy work.
5. To impart excellent education through fundamental knowledge, research and technologies

Mission Element	Mission Component
M1	Globally Competitive (energy and engineering)
M2	Life-long Learning
M3	Skill Development
M4	Industry-Institute Interaction
M5	Excellent Education

 

Campus Recruitment

• Cairn India
• E Y
• ESSAR
• GACL
• GIFT City
• GNFC
• Gujarat Gas
• Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
• Infosys
• L&T
• L&T IES
• Nauvata Engineering
• Quanta Process
• Reliance Industries Ltd.
• Shell
• Tata power
• Toyo Engineering India Ltd

 

 

INDUSTRY ORIENTATION

Industrial visit

As a part of better exposure to industry practices we recommend our students to visit reputed organizations and interact with people to understand the real world problems and prepare themselves accordingly. Students of 4th semester visit different industries and get a better outlook of the practical scenario of the subjects taught to them in classroom. Industries like Bosch Rexroth, Johnson Controls-Hitachi, Kalpataru Power Transmission, Flowchem Industries and many more are visited every year.

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Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd., GANDHINAGAR.

Industrial visit was carried on 11/02/2018 (Saturday) which was organised under PDEU IIW student chapter at Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited, Gandhinagar. Around 20 students participated in the visit. The whole visit was guided by Mr. Kamlesh Barot (Production Head, KPTL). Our chairman Dr Vishvesh Badheka also accompanied us.

Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) is amongst the largest players firmly entrenched in the global power transmission and infrastructure.It footprints in over 40 countries, executing marquee project that deliver complete solutions covering design, testing, fabrication, erection and construction of transmission lines, oil and gas infrastructure and railways projects .The Company has an annual production capacity of over 180,000 MT of transmission towers at its three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in India and an ultra-modern tower testing facility, making it amongst the global largest power transmission EPC Company. KPTL’s wide reach and presence includes international geographies like Africa, CIS countries, the Middle East, SAARC, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

The visit comprised of students visiting the plate section and the angle section .The students were introduced to many industrial machines like CNC,VMC ,the operations like drilling ,punching ,stamping and their applications in making components for the power transmission line .28 grades of mild steel are used in the industry. Cutting operation is performed on plates by plasma cutting machine. In plate section there is a punching section in which holes of particular dimensions are punched on plates. There are CNC as well as PLC manual punching machines which are used for punching plates. According to customers demand drilling is also performed on some plates.

Bending is performed according to design by bending machine. On time checking of bending angle is done by workers through visual inspection. In inspection section all dimensions and quality of final components are checked by manual measuring. If there is any repairable defect then it is moved to weld zone or punching zone.After inspection the plates are galvanized in a separate section where the plates are immersed in a bath for a certain time depending upon the amount of thickness of the layer which is required.

It is rightly said that “See & know’ is better than ‘read & learn’. Students have got real feel of company’s working after this visit. They got a chance to transfer their theoretical knowledge to practical implication. The 2.5 hrs long visit was very fruitful for the students as it exposed them to a lot of industrial learning. This will even help students to understand subject matter clearly in future.

All Student members would like to extend their sincere gratitude to the company for permission and support they gave to make our visit a success with accomplishment of objective and our Head of Department as well as Chairman (IIW-PDEU) Prof. Vishvesh Badheka for arranging this visit for student members.

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• To expose students to various operations of oil and gas industry for enhancing their understanding about application of science and engineering principles studied in first two years of B. Tech programme.
• To develop students’ understating about oil and gas industry operations to facilitate their academic and research learning for the 3rd and 4th year B. Tech programme.
• To create border understanding of oil and gas value chain.
• To expose students to upstream, midstream and downstream operations of oil and gas sector.

 

Civic & Social Service Internship (CSSI)/Rural Internship

As per the directive of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, a Technical program should comprise of at least 20% courses on Humanities and Management. For better execution of policies during one’s professional career, a technocrat is required to come to terms with the realities of life. The importance of civic and social responsibility is paramount to the success of democracy and promotion of dignified living. By engaging in civic responsibility, citizens ensure and uphold certain democratic values written in the Constitution. Those values or duties include justice, freedom, equality, diversity, authority, privacy, participation, truth, patriotism, human rights, rule of law, tolerance, mutual assistance, self-restraint and self-respect. School of Technology, under the aegis of Pandit Deendayal Energy University, established by a special act of Assembly (2007), has introduced Civic and Social Service Internship as a training requirement integral to B.Tech. Program for first year students. It is conceptualized as a platform for pre-planned, organized, structured, supervised off-campus experiences with an academic context.

Associating oneself in understanding issues of civic amenities, societal grievances and models of providing succour to needy and unprivileged, one comprehends meaning of life and living. By getting their hands dirty and actually doing work, students experience the value and impact of giving to people and learn to be productive members of society.

Importance

Volunteering is a form of civic responsibility which involves giving of time or labour without the expectation of compensation in any form. Many people volunteer through NGOs in several ways. Volunteering allows students the opportunity to share their skills and talents as well as to learn new skills while helping those in need of assistance.

Civic Education is a method to teach civic responsibility. It is a way to promote and enlighten responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles. Civic education is a means to actively engage people in the practice of democracy.

Civic and Social Responsibility is comprised of actions and attitudes associated with democratic governance and social participation. Civic responsibility can include participation in government, volunteers and memberships of voluntary associations. Actions of civic responsibility can be displayed in advocacy for various causes, such as political, economic, civil, environmental or quality of life issues.

The students are trained to plan and execute an extensive range of social services, social welfare activities, and work in health and philanthropic organizations.

Objectives of CSSI

• To develop a holistic view of social work and social welfare in the community, with special emphasis on the role of different agencies like Govt. departments and NGOs in human services.
• To enlighten and sensitize students on various types of problems of the people and their diversified cultural background.
• To understand the agency as an organization, its structure, functions, activities and sources of funding.
• To understand and make a commitment to the basic humanistic values and principles of social work practice in a secular democratic society.
• To develop an understanding of the application of the methods of social work practice in the field.
• To develop an understanding of the opportunities in working with diverse populations.
• To develop the self –awareness necessary to assess one’s own values, attitudes, feelings, strengths, limitations, and interests and performance.
• To inspire young technocrats to become change makers

 

Recent Publications

• Rajesh Gujar ,Vinay Vakharia,”Prediction and Validation of Alternative Fillers Used in Microsurfacing Mix-Design Using Machine Learning Techniques”Construction and Building Materials”February 2019 (Article in Press)
• Vipul K. Dave, Vinay Vakharia,andSukhjeet Singh “ Ball Bearing Fault Diagnosis Using Mutual Information and Walsh Hadamard Transform“, Life Cycle ReliabSafEng (Accepted for publications) January 2019.
• NEIL DAVE, VINAY VAKHARIA, UDAY KAGATHARA, M B Kiran,” TEXTURE IDENTIFICATION OF MACHINED COMPONENT USING MULTILEVEL WAVELET DECOMPOSITION AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION” Proceedings of 1st International and 4th National Conference on Reliability and Safety Engineering (INCRS-2018) PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur,February 26-28, 2018 (Accepted for publications in Springer Proceedings, Feb/March 2019)
• V.K. Dave, V. Vakharia,”Fault Diagnosis of Ball Bearing Using Walsh Hadamard Transform and Random Tree Classifier” Proceedings of 1st International and 4th National Conference on Reliability and Safety Engineering (INCRS-2018) PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur,February 26-28, 2018 (Accepted for publications in Springer Proceedings Rajesh, Feb/March 2019)
• Thakur A.S., Joshi K., Parikh V., Vakharia V. (2019) Investigation of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Their Associated Risk Factors Among Indian Railway Coolies - A Cross-Sectional Study. In: Goonetilleke R., Karwowski W. (eds) Advances in Physical Ergonomics & Human Factors. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 789. Springer, Cham.
• Bhalodi D Vinodbhai, Zalavadiya K Satishbhai and Pavan Kumar Gurrala, “Influence of temperature on polymer parts manufactured by fused deposition modeling process”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 41, 113, 2019.
• Ravi, P., Nagababu, G., Abhinaya Srinivas, B., Surendra Singh, K., Seemanth, M., Arun Kumar, S. V. V., Suchandra, A. B., 2019, Performance evaluation of various wave energy converters along the western side of Indian EEZ, Advances in Renewable Energies Offshore, 111-116, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-58535-5. (Editor: GuedesSoares)
• VK Patel, VJ Savsani, MA Twahid. Thermal System Optimization - A Population-Based Metaheuristic Approach. 2019, Springer.
• VK Patel, BD Raja. A comparative performance evaluation of the reversed Brayton cycle operated heat pump based on thermo-ecological criteria through many and multi objective approaches. Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), 2019, 183, 252-265 (Impact factor: 6.377
• Dhari Rahul, Patel NP. A methodology towards the Optimization of Fiber Reinforced Composite Symmetric Laminated plate under Ballistic Impact, Mechanics of Materials, (Status: under Review), (2019).
• P. Sahlot and A. Arora, "Numerical model for prediction of tool wear and worn-out pin profile during frictionstir welding", Wear, 408-409 (2018), 96-107(Elsevier, SCI, IF: 2.96).
• P. Sahlot, K. Jha, G.K. Dey and A. Arora, "Wear-induced changes in FSW tool pin profile: effect of process parameters." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 49, (2018): 2139-2150(Springer, SCI, IF: 1.88).
• P. Sahlot, S. S.Nene, M. Frank, A. Arora and R. S. Mishra, “Microstructural evolution and concurrent mechanical properties of dissimilar lap joint for metallurgically immiscible Cu-Fe alloys upon friction stir welding”, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 24 (2018), 1-6(Taylor & Francis, SCI, IF: 1.94).
• Vakharia, V., Pandya, S. & Patel, P. “Tool wear rate prediction using discrete wavelet transform and K-Star algorithm”Life Cycle ReliabSafEng (2018) 7: 115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41872-018-0057-5.
• Kaushal Joshi, Dhara Joshi, Pavan Kumar Gurrala, GirishAmlani, “Design and Manufacturing of Nasal Conformer”, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 939, 89-94 2018.
• Kaushal Joshi, Dhara Joshi, Pavan Kumar Gurrala, GirishAmlani, “Design and Manufacturing of Nasal Conformer”, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (ICAMM 2018), Tokyo, Japan during June 11-13, 2018.
• Dhrumin. P., Nagababu. G.,Nishil, R., Sohil, P., Mohak, S., and Nisarg, S., 2018, GIS-based approach for the evaluation of offshore wind power potential for Gujarat, Earth and Environmental Science, 154, 012001. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/154/1/012001
• Nagababu, G., Ravi, P., Seemanth, M., Abhinaya Srinivas, B., Surendra Singh, K., Arun Kumar, S. V. V., Suchandra, A. B., 2018, Estimation of Technical Wave Enenrgy Potential in Excusive Economic Zone of India, ASME. International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Volume 10: Ocean Renewable Energy :V010T09A024. doi:10.1115/OMAE2018-77279.
• VK Patel, An efficient optimization and comparative analysis of ammonia and methanol heat pipe for satellite application. Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), 2018, 165, 382-395 (Impact factor: 6.377)
• VK Patel, VJ Savsani, A Mudgal. Efficiency, thrust, and fuel consumption optimization of a subsonic/sonic turbojet engine. Energy (Elsevier), 2018, 144, 992-1002 (Impact factor: 4.52)
• BD Raja, RL Jhala, VK Patel. Thermal-hydraulic optimization of plate heat exchanger: A multi-objective approach. International Journal of Thermal Sciences (Elsevier), 2018, 124, 522-535 (Impact factor: 3.615)
• GG Tejani, VJ Savsani, VK Patel, S Mirjalili. An improved heat transfer search algorithm for unconstrained optimization problems. Journal of Computational Design and Engineering (Elsevier), 2018, 6, 13-32
• Pandya, Bhargav, NishantModi, Vinay Kumar, Ravi Upadhyai, and Jatin Patel. " Performance comparison and optimal parameters evaluation of solar assisted NH3–NaSCN and NH3–LiNO3 type absorption cooling system." Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2018): 1-16 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7561
• Pandya, Bhargav, Vinay Kumar, Vijay Matawala, and Jatin Patel. "Thermal comparison and multi-objective optimization of single-stage aqua-ammonia absorption cooling system powered by different solar collectors." Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2018): 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7193-z
• Pandya, Bhargav, Vinay Kumar, Jatin Patel, and V. K. Matawala. "Optimum Heat Source Temperature and Performance Comparison of LiCl–H2O and LiBr–H2O Type Solar Cooling System." Journal of Energy Resources Technology 140, no. 5 (2018): https://doi: 10.1115/1.4038918
• Kumar, Vinay, Bhargav Pandya, Jatinkumar Patel, and Vijay Matawala. "Vapor absorption system powered by different solar collectors types: Cooling performance, optimization, and economic comparison." Science and Technology for the Built Environment (2018): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2018.1431479
• VK Patel, VJ Savsani, A Mudgal. Efficiency, thrust, and fuel consumption optimization of a subsonic/sonic turbojet engine. Energy (Elsevier), 2018, 144, 992-1002 (Impact factor: 4.52)
• Patel H, Rajai V, Das P, Charola S, Mudgal A, Maiti S. Study of Jatrophacurcas shell bio-oil-diesel blend in VCR CI engine using RSM. Renewable energy, (Elsevier), 2018 122:310-322 (Impact factor: 4.9)
• NP Patel, DS Sharma, An analytical investigation of the best stacking sequence of a symmetric laminated composite plate weakened by a hole, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids (2018), 1-8.
• Patel NP, Sharma DS, Dave JM and Chauhan MM, Effects of Cut-Out Orientation and Fiber Angle on Stress Concentration in an Infinite Orthotropic Plate, International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Accepted, (2018), 1-7.
• Patel NP, Sharma DS, Dhari R, The analytical study of Stress Concentration Factor in an Infinite Plate at various Temperatures, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Accepted, (2018).
• JaykumarGadhiya, Rahul Singh Dhari, MilanpuriGoswami, Nirav Patel, Comparative Investigation of Alloy Plates against Ballistic Impact, blast, and fire loading, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Accepted, (2018).
• JaykumarGadhiya, Rahul Singh Dhari, MilanpuriGoswami, Nirav Patel, Comparative Investigation of Alloy Plates against Ballistic Impact, blast, and fire loading, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering, Ananatpur, India, 20-22 December, 2018.
• Patel NP, Sharma DS, Dhari R, The analytical study of Stress Concentration Factor in an Infinite Plate at various Temperatures, 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering (ICMMPE 2018), Melaka, Malaysia, 14-15 November, 2018
• Vora Jay J. and Vishvesh J. Badheka “Advances in welding technologies for process development” to be published in 2018, by CRC press, Taylor & Francis.
• Vora Jay J. “Insights into Flux assisted Tungsten inert gas welding process” in the book entitled “Advances in welding technologies for process development” to be published in 2018, by CRC press, Taylor & Francis.
• Vora Jay J., Kumar Abhishek and P.L.Ramkumar “Different Approaches for optimization of Welding parameters” in the book entitled “Advances in welding technologies for process development” to be published in 2018, by CRC press, Taylor & Francis.
• Rakesh Chaudhari, Vora Jay J., AlokeshPramanik and D.M.Parikh “Different approaches for the optimization of process parameters for Electrical Discharge Machining operation” in the book entitled “Spark Erosion Machining: MEMS to Aerospace” to be published in 2018, by CRC press, Taylor &
• Subhash Das, Vora Jay J. and Vivek Patel “Investigations on Regulated metal deposition (RMD) Method for process development” in the book entitled “Advances in welding technologies for process development” to be published in 2018, by CRC press, Taylor & Francis.

 

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