Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Our beloved former president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam86th birthday has been celebrated on 16th October 2016. Two eminent personalities from Aerospace industry were invited as chief guests for the function. Group Captain A. Arunachaleshwaran, commanding officer, MTI from IAF, Tambaram and Mr.S. Ganesan, DRDO Scientist, RIC-IIT Madras were the chief guests.
Welcome address was delivered by HoDDr.Asad Ahmed and rhePresidential address wasdelivered by our principal Dr. G. Prabakaran. Group CaptainArunachaleshwaran gave a lecture on “Design Consideration for Aircraft Brake Parachutes”.It was an interactive lecture and he quoted that developing indigenous technologies was thekey mantra of Dr.Kalam.
Mr.S. Ganesan gave a lecture on “Solid rocket motors and combustion instabilities”. He discussed about the current research activities and detailed the research outcomes on combustion instability. After the guest lectures, Vote of Thanks Given by Professor Dr K.Vijayaraja.Students interacted with the guests and posed various questions on current aeronautical challenges, which were enthusiastically answered by the guests.