Focused communities formechanical engineering research.
The School brings together faculty expertise across manufacturing, thermal sciences, materials, computational engineering, robotics and energy systems.
Explore the groupsResearch groups andareas of expertise.
Mechanical Engineering faculty research at KIIT is organised into focused communities, each led by a coordinator and supported by faculty members with shared interests.
Fifteen groups span manufacturing, thermal and fluid sciences, materials, design and robotics, aligned with the School's research thrust areas.
Precision machiningand process performance.
The group covers machining processes and related areas of manufacturing research.
Machining beyondconventional limits.
The group covers non-conventional machining processes and their optimisation.
Building componentslayer by layer.
The group covers additive manufacturing and related manufacturing-process topics.
Joining and shapingengineering metals.
The group covers welding, metal forming and related fabrication topics.
Digital design andintegrated manufacturing.
The group covers computer-aided design, manufacturing and integrated manufacturing systems.
Robotic systems forengineering applications.
The group covers robotics and related mechatronic systems.
Engineering efficientsystems and operations.
The group covers industrial engineering and production-related research.
Enhancing heat transferin thermal systems.
The group covers heat transfer augmentation, including jet and spray impingement and nano-scale heat transfer.
Combustion, enginesand emissions.
The group covers combustion, engine performance improvement and pollution control techniques.
Energy technologiesfor a sustainable future.
The group covers renewable energy technology and related energy-systems topics.
Computational methodsfor fluid flow.
The group covers computational fluid dynamics and related fluid-flow and heat-transfer topics.
Understanding vibrationand structural response.
The group covers structural dynamics, noise, vibration and harshness, and machine vibration.
Materials and metallurgyfor engineering use.
The group covers engineering materials, metallurgy and materials characterisation.
Bio- and nano-scalematerials research.
The group covers bio-materials, nano-materials and related materials topics.
Computational studyof aerodynamics.
The group covers computational aerodynamics and related fluid-flow topics.
A common framework forresearch activity.
The groups support scholarly output, proposal development, industry collaboration and research training.
Research Publications
Supporting high-quality scholarly research and publication.
Funding Proposals
Developing competitive proposals for research funding.
Industry Collaboration
Strengthening academic and industry research partnerships.
Advanced Research
Promoting interdisciplinary and emerging mechanical engineering research.
Research Training
Supporting doctoral scholars, workshops and advanced research activities.
Explore the School's widerresearch environment.
Discover the laboratories, projects, publications and research activities supporting Mechanical Engineering at KIIT.