The department provides liberal facilities for research to the postgraduate students and to the faculty members. Some areas of research presently undertaken by the department are ‘low cost automation’, the use of LPG in IC Engines, shear stiffness and buckling of corrugated shear-webs, combined heating and power plants, automotive air-conditioning, design of gas fired domestic appliances. The department also offers refresher courses in various fields of mechanical engineering the industries. It arranges lectures/seminars on different technical aspects of mechanical engineering by local and foreign experts. The department renders advisory services to a large number of organizations in the fields of production engineering, stress analysis and thermal sciences.
Energy technology development center
Current research work is in progress about the following grounds.
- Solar sterling engines
- Optimization of solar energy Panels
- Alternative fuels
- Biodiesel
- Diesel blends
- Gasohol (petrol blends)
- Wind Turbines (Vertical Axis Wind Turbines)