The Department of Mechanical Engineering is a R&D Center for students wishing to earn a Doctoral degree under Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. The Department has highly proficient faculty members with rich Industry exposure as Research Supervisors.
Faculties and their areas of research are listed below.
Sl No |
Name |
Area of Research Work |
University |
1 |
Dr. P B Shetty |
Glass Reinforced Composites |
V.T.U, Belgaum |
2 |
Dr. P G Mukunda |
Powder Metallurgy & Casting |
IIT KGP |
3 |
Dr. Sekhar Majumdar |
Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Durgapur University |
4 |
Dr. Kiran Aithal S |
Materials and Design |
N.I.T.K, Surathakal |
5 |
Dr. Sudheer Reddy |
Materials and Design |
N.I.T.K, Surathakal |
6 |
Dr. Desai Gowda HS |
Material Characterization and Design |
NITK Surathkal |
7 |
Dr. Madhusudhan |
Thermal properties characterization and Design |
NITK Surathkal |
8 |
Dr. Pradeep V Badiger |
Investigations on Characteristics and Performance of Hard Thin Films Developed by Cathodic Arc Evaporation |
NITK Surathkal |
9 |
Dr. Vinyas M |
Static behavior of functionally graded Magneto-Electro-Elastic plates and beams in thermal and hygrothermal environment |
NITK Surathkal |
10 |
Dr. Sachin B |
Experimental Investigations on Diamond Burnishing of 17-4 Stainless Steel under Sustainable Cooling Environments |
NITK Surathkal |
11 |
Dr. Samir Kumar Panda |
Gold-Polypyrrole Bimorph Actuator for Underwater Robotics Operation |
IIT - Guwahati |
12 |
Dr. Ramesh Babu N |
Development and Characterization of AI Si based FGM through Directional Solidification |
NITK Surathkal |
13 |
Dr. Smruthirekha Sen |
Studies on melt behavior of vertical centrifugal casting process in obtaining sound aluminum-based casting |
V.T.U, Belgaum |
The research areas in the Department are:
Sl. No |
Name |
USN |
YEAR OF REGN |
Area of Research Work |
| 1. | Mr. Chethan K S |
1NT13PMN02 |
2013 |
Materials & Design |
| 2. | Mr. Manjunath H N |
1NT15PMJ01 |
2015 |
Solidification and Heat Transfer |
| 3. | Mr. Sunil Kumar H S |
4MC16MJ05 |
2016 |
Robotics |
| 4. | Mr. Arun Kumar |
1NT15PMJ03 |
2015 |
Heat Transfer |
| 5. | Mr. Praveen B A |
BL1MP019 |
2015 |
Composites |
| 6. | Mr. Shiv Pratap Singh Yadav |
15PCW49016 |
2015 |
Materials |
| 7. | Mr. Avinash L |
ME13P05 |
2013 |
Metal Matrix Composites. |
| 8. | Mr. Sriram Mukunda |
ME11P05 |
2011 |
Materials Characterization |
| 9. | Mr. Vikram Kedambadi Vasu |
4KV15PMJ01 |
2014 |
Micro-Machining |