Research Highlights

The Faculty members of the Department have been actively involved in Research and Development activities in the field of alternative fuels, heat transfer, new engine development, vibration analysis in vehicles etc. They had published their work in renowned National and International Journals, conferences and also filed patents in their area of research. The department has well developed infrastructures and laboratory facilities. The students are exposed to various relevant topics like design of automobile components, types of fuels used in automobiles with their property analysis, different types of energy losses in the vehicle, latest technology and standards used in engine design and manufacturing, air conditioning in the automobiles, dynamics of motor vehicles, vibration analysis, vehicle maintenance and auto electrical and electronics. Software such as ProE, MATLAB and ANSYS are being taught on workstations for design and development of vehicles.

Thrust areas

• IC Engines,
• Combustion and Emissions,
• Alternate fuels
• Automotive materials,
• Noise control
• New engine testing/development
• Advanced vehicle system design
• Biodiesel Development and Characterisation,
• Microsensor Development for IC Engines.

 LABORATORIES

• Automotive components laboratory
• Automotive fuels and lubricants laboratory
• Computer aided engine and chassis design laboratory
• Engine performance and emission testing laboratory:\
• Automotive Vehicle maintenance laboratory
• Automotive Electrical Laboratory

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

• The research activities in the department are actively performed by the senior professors, faculty of core specialization and also students with faculty mentors.
• The research activates are expected to arrive an efficient output that are beneficial to the society such as sustainable materials, energy optimization, environmental protection, conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources and more.
• Consultancy for Government organizations  like ‘Rural Development Department’, ‘Vellore Corporation’, etc., and leading industries like Sundaram Clayton Ltd., Saint Gobain Pvt. Ltd., J. K. Geotech, Harinarayanan Structurals Pvt. Ltd. etc. were carried out by the Department.
• The faculty members submit proposals and have received funded proposals from ‘Department of Science and Technology (DST), AICTE, etc., to promote the laboratory facilities in order to enhance research activity of the department.

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer | Flame Photometer | Gas Chromatography | UV Spectrophotometer

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Our line of research work continues to make its mark in industry as our faculty members, researchers and graduating students establish excellence through their knowledge in adapting to new technologies. The department has grown its programs to extend across business information systems, networking, cloud computing, cyber security, data science, programming and software development, web design and development, as well as game design and development. For those with wider interests, we also focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.
• The Department of CSE has been recognized as a nodal research centre by Anna University, Chennai from the academic year 2015. 80 % of faculty is pursuing research in the department.
• Supported by many inter-departmental collaborations and industry engagements, the Department of CSE at KCG campus is committed to continue to provide endless opportunities embedding in the form of Centre of Excellence.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• The department has been recognized as Research Centre for pursuing research under Ph.D. and M.S. (By Research) programs. There are 11 part time scholars and 3 full time scholars pursuing research in the nodal research center.
• The department has qualified and accomplished supervisors in various domains of Electronics and Communication. Faculty members of this department have considerable academic, industrial and research experience.
• Research funds worth Rs.16 lakhs has been received from ISRO, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology and AICTE.
• The department has specialists in the fields of Electronics, Communication Systems, VLSI Design, Wireless and Mobile Communication, Medical Electronics and in various other fields.

OPTICAL EQUIPMENT	SPECTRUM ANALYZER

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• The infrastructure and lab facilities in the department is adequate to cater to the needs of researchers for pursuing research in Anna University as well as to guide the students to do research projects and consultancy projects.
• The faculties in the department are involved in research in the areas of Process Control, Automation, and Bio Medical Instrumentation.
• About 50% of the faculty is pursuing research in Anna University. They are actively involved in research publications. The department has Anna University research supervisors to guide Ph.D research Scholars.
• The faculty and students have done consultancy projects worth Rs.10 Lakhs titled Poke Yoke system with Barcode automation Inspection Machine to Hyundai Motor India Ltd and TVS head lamp housing assay Machine to TVS Motor Company.

FINDINGS

The following are the significant findings by our faculty in recent years

• Implementation of IoT in Industrial Automation
• WSN based Irrigation System

LIST OF MAJOR EQUIPMENTS

• Process Stations for Flow, level, temperature
• PH Process Station
• SCADA & PLC for Industry Automation
• MIMO Process Station
• Process Control Trainer Kit
• Industry Level flow control unit

Poke Yoke system with Barcode automation inspection machine

Poke Yoke system with Barcode automation inspection machine	TVS head lamp housing assy Machine with TVS

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Research is “creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge”. It involves the collection, organization and analysis of information to increase understanding of a topic or issue.

• The department laboratories are interconnected through a well-designed seamless network with a bandwidth speed of 100 Mbps to facilitate students’ access to web resources.
• Received Rs.2,91,000 from AICTE to conduct of Short Term Training Programme (STTP) under AQIS 2019-20 during the financial year 2020-21.
• MoUs with NASSCOM, Virtusa, Guires, Pepgra, DELL EMC, Gavs, Palo alto and Servion have been signed to equip the faculty with the latest cutting edge technologies for research and consultancy.
• Supported by many inter-departmental and industry collaboration projects various research publications is being carried out in the department.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• Research projects worth nearly Rs. 20 Lakhs have been undertaken by our faculty, including the project under the AICTE RPS Scheme.
• The Department of Mechanical Engineering has been recognized as a nodal research centre by Anna University, Chennai from the academic year 2015. At present there are 3 supervisors and 32 research scholars in the research centre.
• Research activities are carried out on Machining, Manufacturing, Metal Joining, Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Characterization, Supply chain, Materials, Heat Transfer, Alternate Fuels, IC Engines, Solar Energy, Vibration and condition monitoring studies, Hybrid Systems, MRF Dampers, Polymer Composites and Metal Matrix Composites.

THRUST AREAS

The Department of Mechanical Engineering builds on the field’s strong core disciplines to design solutions to modern engineering challenges and applies these core strengths to key thrust areas of great current and future need.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
The faculty of the Department carry out research in diversified fields and publish papers in reputed journals.
The department organized a two days National Conference on Fuzzy Sets and its Applications.
Five faculty members of the Mathematics department are doctorate degree holders. The department has recognized Anna University and Hindustan University research supervisors.

THRUST AREAS
Specific topics of research currently engaged in by our faculty within the above areas of their interests are
• Functional Analysis
• Theoretical computer science
• Fuzzy Analysis
• Fuzzy Models
• Fuzzy Optimization
• Stochastic Models and Queuing Models
• Formal Languages and Automata theory
• Stochastic Models in Manpower Planning
• Operations Research
• Graph Theory.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

The department is approved as a recognized research centre for doing Ph.D. and M.S. (By Research) programmes by Anna University.
The faculty of Physics are equipped in various fields of research, publish papers in reputed journals and present papers in conferences. Multidisciplinary Research is also undertaken with inter-departmental collaborations.

FINDINGS
• Herbal Drug efficacy
• Laser Dyes

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

The Chemistry Division consists of research groups which involve in interdisciplinary research and educational activities. The division focuses on research thrust areas like environment, health, sensor and disease. Faculties are engaged in a wide variety of projects that involve

• The synthesis of nanomaterials with controlled compositions, sizes, shapes, structures, and properties;
• Investigation of the relationships between size, shape, structure, and property;
• The fabrication of electronic/photonic/sensing devices; and  the exploration of new applications in catalysis, photonics, information storage, energy harvesting/storage/conversion, environmental science, imaging, and biomedicine.
• The exploration of new applications in catalysis, photonics, information storage, energy harvesting/storage/conversion, environmental science, imaging, and bio medicine

The rigors of chemistry at each level are balanced with a number of other related activities, which include guest lectures, science day celebrations and seminars. The division organized couple of two days National Conference on important themes in the past to discuss and disseminate new and imperative research findings that alleviate the global issues. The faculty has published many research articles in various reputed peer reviewed journals. The faculties with Ph.D in the division are recognized Anna university research supervisors.

FINDINGS

The following is a collage of the significant findings by our faculty in recent years

• Enhancement of heat transfer in automobile radiator Using CuAl₂O₄ Nanofluids Biogenic synthesis of metal nanoparticles for potential application
• Temperature &  pressure   controlled  steam  inhalation   kit  with tube
• Nitrogen doped NiCO₂O₄ impregnated porous carbon electrode  development  for hydrogen generation from waste water

The Department is enthusiastically involved in various cutting-edge and exciting research areas. Our strong commitment to research is evidenced by publications in top most international journals leading to a total of  74 publications with + 765 citations. The impact of this research has led to the bestowment of, Editorship/membership of Editorial boards of International Journals,  as well as Institute teaching excellence awards on our Department faculty.

The Department is also actively involved in conducting Seminars, conferences, quiz competition and outreach activities for technological awareness among school children. The Department has also hosted two national conferences.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• The infrastructure and laboratories in the department are adequate to cater to the needs of researchers and guide the students to do projects and to have industrial collaborative research works.
• The faculty in the department are involved in research in the areas of automation, productivity improvement in garment manufacturing, product/process optimization and development, design interventions, textile material research, functional clothing, Technical textiles, textile value addition, and textile Testing and evaluation.
• Research publications and filing of patents are being carried out in the department
• The facilities also enable the faculty to give consultancy services to garment start-ups, textile sector skill council etc.
• MoU’s with garment manufacturers, Dyeing & Printing industries, Testing and Evaluation service centres strengthen the industry collaborations of the department.