| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professional Core | Machine Tools and Metrology | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Professional Core | Thermal Engineering | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Professional Core | Design of Machine Elements | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Elective | Professional Elective-I (choice of 4, see below) | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Open Elective-I / Entrepreneurship | Open Elective-I OR Entrepreneurship Development & Venture Creation (choice of 5, see below) | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Professional Core | Thermal Engineering Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Professional Core | Theory of Machines Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Skill Enhancement Course | Machine Tools and Metrology Lab | 0-0-4 | 2 |
| 9 | Engineering Science | Tinkering Lab | 0-0-2 | 1 |
| 10 | Evaluation of Community Service Internship | Community Service Internship | – | 2 |
Total: 15-0-10, 23 credits.
Also offered as optional add-ons outside the core total: a Minor Course from the specialization-minors pool (3-0-3, 4.5 credits), a Minor Course via SWAYAM/NPTEL (3-0-0, 3 credits), and two Honors Courses from the honors pool (3-0-0, 3 credits each). These minor/honors slots are drawn from a separate elective pool spanning many possible named subjects rather than one fixed syllabus, so they are not expanded subject-by-subject here.
Professional Elective-I options:
Design for Manufacturing · Conventional and Futuristic Vehicle Technology · Renewable Energy Technologies · Non-Destructive Evaluation
Open Elective-I options:
Sustainable Energy Technologies · Applied Operations Research · Nano Technology · Thermal Management of Electronic Systems · Entrepreneurship
Machine Tools and Metrology
covers how material-removal machines actually cut metal and how precision measurement verifies the result, pairing the two halves of workshop practice that every production engineer needs.
- Unit 1: Metal-cutting theory — tool nomenclature, orthogonal/oblique cutting, Merchant’s force diagram, Taylor’s tool-life equation, and tool wear
- Unit 2: Lathe construction, operations, and taper/thread cutting; shaping, slotting, and planing machine principles
- Unit 3: Drilling, boring, and milling machine principles, operations, and machining-time calculations
- Unit 4: Grinding, lapping, honing, and broaching; limits and fits, gauge design, and linear measurement instruments
- Unit 5: Angular measurement (sine bar, bevel protractor) and surface-roughness and optical measuring instruments (toolmaker’s microscope, autocollimator)
Thermal Engineering
extends first-year thermodynamics into the real machines that convert heat into work, covering engines, turbines, and compressors that mechanical engineers design and analyse professionally.
- Unit 1: Air-standard cycles (Otto, Diesel, dual, Brayton) and their comparison against actual engine cycles
- Unit 2: IC engine classification, systems, and performance; boiler principles, mountings, and draught
- Unit 3: Steam nozzles, impulse and reaction steam turbines, and steam condensers
- Unit 4: Reciprocating, rotary, centrifugal, and axial-flow compressors, plus gas turbine cycles
- Unit 5: Jet propulsion, rocket propellants, and an introduction to solar engineering
Design of Machine Elements
teaches the calculation-driven design of individual machine components under static and fatigue loading, the direct follow-on from Mechanics of Solids.
- Unit 1: Design for static loads (theories of failure) and dynamic/fatigue loads (Soderberg, Goodman criteria)
- Unit 2: Design of bolted joints (preload, torque) and welded joints under bending and torsion
- Unit 3: Design of power-transmission shafts and couplings (flange, bushed-pin, universal)
- Unit 4: Design of friction clutches, brakes, and helical/leaf springs
- Unit 5: Design of sliding and rolling-contact bearings, and spur gear design via the Lewis equation
Design for Manufacturing
(Professional Elective-I) — teaches engineers to design parts that are cheaper and easier to actually produce and assemble, rather than optimizing geometry in isolation from manufacturing reality.
- Unit 1: DFMA fundamentals and design-for-manual-assembly guidelines
- Unit 2: Design rules for machining ease, tolerances, and surface finish
- Unit 3: Design considerations for metal casting, extrusion, and sheet-metal work
- Unit 4: Design guidelines for welded and forged joints
- Unit 5: Design for assembly automation and design for additive manufacturing
Conventional and Futuristic Vehicle Technology
(Professional Elective-I) — surveys where automotive powertrains are headed, from advanced combustion in conventional engines through to hybrid, electric, and fuel-cell propulsion.
- Unit 1: Advanced engine technologies — direct injection, variable compression, turbocharging, and engine management systems
- Unit 2: Advanced combustion technologies including HCCI, PCCI, and RCCI concepts
- Unit 3: Low-carbon fuel technology — alcohol, ammonia, methane, and hydrogen fuels
- Unit 4: Hybrid and battery-electric vehicle configurations and their challenges
- Unit 5: Fuel-cell technology for automotive applications, including hydrogen storage
Renewable Energy Technologies
(Professional Elective-I) — surveys non-fossil energy conversion routes so mechanical engineers understand the systems increasingly displacing conventional thermal power.
- Unit 1: Solar radiation fundamentals and PV module/system design
- Unit 2: Battery storage for PV systems
- Unit 3: Solar collectors and thermal-energy storage/applications
- Unit 4: Wind energy fundamentals and biomass conversion
- Unit 5: Geothermal energy, ocean energy, and fuel cells
Non-Destructive Evaluation
(Professional Elective-I) — covers how engineers inspect components for flaws without damaging them, a critical quality-assurance skill in aerospace, pressure-vessel, and welded-construction industries.
- Unit 1: NDE applications across industries, and radiographic testing principles
- Unit 2: Ultrasonic testing — wave propagation, transducers, and interpretation
- Unit 3: Liquid penetrant testing and eddy current testing
- Unit 4: Magnetic particle testing — magnetization, procedure, and standardization
- Unit 5: Infrared and thermal testing techniques
Sustainable Energy Technologies
(Open Elective-I) — covers the same renewable-energy conversion landscape as a standalone open elective, aimed at students from any branch wanting a systems-level view of clean energy.
- Unit 1: Solar radiation and PV module/system design
- Unit 2: Battery storage in PV systems
- Unit 3: Solar collectors and thermal storage/applications
- Unit 4: Wind energy and biomass conversion
- Unit 5: Geothermal energy, ocean energy, and fuel cells
Applied Operations Research
(Open Elective-I) — introduces the quantitative optimization toolkit used to schedule, allocate, and plan resources in engineering and business operations.
- Unit 1: Linear programming — formulation, graphical and simplex methods, and duality
- Unit 2: Transportation and assignment problems, and job-sequencing problems
- Unit 3: Replacement theory and game theory
- Unit 4: Queuing theory and project management (PERT/CPM)
- Unit 5: Dynamic programming and simulation
Nano Technology
(Open Elective-I) — introduces materials engineered at the nanoscale, covering how their unique properties arise and how they’re synthesized, characterized, and applied.
- Unit 1: Classification of nanostructured materials and their applications
- Unit 2: Unique mechanical, magnetic, electrical, and optical properties at the nanoscale
- Unit 3: Synthesis routes — bottom-up (CVD, sol-gel) and top-down (mechanical alloying, nanolithography) approaches
- Unit 4: Characterization tools — XRD, SEM, TEM, AFM, STM
- Unit 5: Applications across electronics, sensors, medicine, textiles, and energy
Thermal Management of Electronic Systems
(Open Elective-I) — applies heat-transfer principles to the specific problem of keeping electronic components cool, an increasingly important cross-over skill between mechanical and electronics engineering.
- Unit 1: Conduction fundamentals and fin design for heat dissipation
- Unit 2: Forced and free convection, and radiation heat transfer in electronic enclosures
- Unit 3: PCB and chip-package cooling, air cooling, and single-phase liquid cooling
- Unit 4: Two-phase cooling, pool boiling, and heat pipes
- Unit 5: Thermoelectric coolers, phase-change materials, heat sinks, and micro-channel cooling
Entrepreneurship
(Open Elective-I) — gives engineering students the business-formation vocabulary to evaluate and potentially launch a venture, positioned as an alternative to a purely technical open elective.
- Unit 1: Entrepreneurial competence — personality traits and skills of successful entrepreneurs
- Unit 2: The entrepreneurial environment — business climate and support organizations
- Unit 3: Industrial policies and regulations, including international business
- Unit 4: Business plan preparation — feasibility studies, project profiles, and capital budgeting
- Unit 5: Launching and managing a small business, including incubation and venture capital
Thermal Engineering Lab
hands-on testing of engines, fuels, and compressors that verifies the thermodynamic and combustion theory taught in the lecture course.
- Engine timing-diagram determination and fuel-property tests (flash/fire point, viscosity)
- Engine performance testing: Morse test, heat-balance test, and load testing on petrol/diesel engines
- Compressor performance testing and boiler/solar-PV installation demonstrations
Theory of Machines Lab
practical verification of the kinematics, vibration, and balancing theory covered in the Theory of Machines lecture course.
- Gyroscope motion, governor characteristics, and flywheel moment-of-inertia experiments
- Damped and undamped free/forced vibration frequency determination
- Cam-follower displacement plotting, slider-crank kinematics, and gear-type demonstrations
Machine Tools and Metrology Lab
combines hands-on machine-tool operation with dimensional inspection practice, directly reinforcing the paired lecture course.
- Machine tools section: lathe, drilling, shaping, slotting, and milling operations including gear indexing
- Metrology section: calibration of verniers/micrometers, machine-tool alignment tests, and thread/surface-roughness inspection
Tinkering Lab
a hands-on prototyping course meant to build maker-space fluency (electronics, Arduino, 3D printing) alongside formal coursework.
- Basic electronics and circuit-building exercises (breadboard circuits, traffic-light and street-light simulations)
- Arduino/ESP32 microcontroller exercises — LED control, sensor interfacing, and mobile-app control
- 3D-design and design-thinking exercises, including printing a walking robot and redesigning a motorbike
Community Service Internship
(evaluation credit) — the PDF lists only the credit line for evaluating this internship in III Year I Semester; it carries no unit-wise syllabus of its own, since the internship content is fieldwork defined by the community placement rather than classroom topics.