Thermal Engineering

Curriculum for M.Tech in Thermal Engineering

S.No	Course No	Course Name	New Credit System
			Lecture	Tutorial	Extended Tutorial	Afternoon Lab Session	Time to be spent outside of class	Total Time Commitment per Week in Credit-hours	Credits in new system
1	ME 5101	Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer	3	1	0	0	6	10	10
2	ME 5103	Incompressible Fluid Flow	3	0	0	0	6	9	9
3	ME 5105	Applied Thermodynamics	3	0	0	0	6	9	9
4	ME 5107	Numerical Methods in Thermal Engineering	2	0	0	3	5	10	10
5	ME 5109	Measurements in Thermal Engineering	2	0	0	3	5	10	10
		Semester Total Credits :						48	48

1		Professional Elective I	3	0	0	0	6	9	9
2		Professional Elective II	3	0	0	0	6	9	9
3		Profesional Elective III	3	0	0	0	6	9	9
4		Professional Elective IV	3	0	0	0	6	9	9
5		Professional Free Elective	3	0	0	0	6	9	9
6	ME 5180	Thermal Engineering Lab	0	0	0	3	0	3	3
		Semester Total Credits :						48	48

		Summer after 2nd Semester
	ME6490*	Project Phase I	0	0	0	0	40	40	20

	ME6490*	Project Phase II	0	0	0	0	35	35	35
		Semester Total Credits:							55

	ME6490	Project Phase III	0	0	0	0	40	40	40
		Semester Total Credits :							40
		PROGRAM TOTAL CREDITS:							191
		* Grade assigned in fourth semester

		LIST OF ELECTIVES
1	ME5520	Explosion and Safety	3	0	0	0	6		9
2	ME5530	Thermofluid dynamics of climate	3	0	0	0	6		9
3	ME5550	Flow and Thermal Instabilities	3	0	0	0	6		9
4	ME5560	Heat and Mass Transfer in Biological Systems	3	0	0	0	6		9
5	ME5570	Jetflow & Acoustics	3	0	0	0	6		9
6	ME6001	Theory of Fire Propagation	3	0	0	0	6		9
7	ME6002	Turbomachinery Noise and Control	3	0	0	0	6		9
8	ME6060	Fundamentals of Combustion	3	0	0	0	6		9
9	ME6100	Rocket technology	3	0	0	0	6		9
10	ME6110	Combustion technology	3	0	0	0	6		9
11	ME6120	Air-breathing engines	3	0	0	0	6		9
12	ME6130	Transport Phenomena	3	0	0	0	6		9
13	ME6180	Energy and Environment	3	0	0	0	6		9
14	ME6200	Conduction & Radiation	3	0	0	0	6		9
15	ME6220	Heat exchanger design	3	0	0	0	6		9
16	ME6230	Convection and two-phase flow	3	0	0	0	6		9
17	ME6250	Heat Transfer in Energy Systems	3	0	0	0	6		9
18	ME6270	Design of Power Plant Systems	3	0	0	0	6		9
19	ME6280	Design and Optimization of Energy Systems	3	0	0	0	6		9
20	ME6300	Design of hydro-turbines	3	0	0	0	6		9
21	ME6310	Design of pumps	3	0	0	0	6		9
22	ME6320	Pump Application Engg.	3	0	0	0	6		9
23	ME6330	Cavitation	3	0	0	0	6		9
24	ME6340	Vortex Element Methods	3	0	0	0	6		9
25	ME6350	Mechanical Design of Hydroturbomachines	3	0	0	0	6		9
26	ME6360	Standards in Hydroturbomachines	3	0	0	0	6		9
27	ME6370	Experimental Methods in Hydroturbomachines	3	0	0	0	6		9
28	ME6380	Design of Turbomachines	3	0	0	0	6		9
29	ME6390	Micro Hydro Power	3	0	0	0	6		9
30	ME6400	Design of combustion engines	3	0	0	0	6		9
31	ME6410	Two Stroke Engines	3	0	0	0	6		9
32	ME6420	Simulation of IC Engines Processes	3	0	0	0	6		9
33	ME6430	Engine systems and performance	3	0	0	0	6		9
34	ME6440	Alternative Fuels	3	0	0	0	6		9
35	ME6450	Gas Turbines	3	0	0	0	6		9
36	ME6460	CFD and Its Applications to Engine Processes	3	0	0	0	6		9
37	ME6470	Engine Instrumentation & Electronic Management	3	0	0	0	6		9
38	ME6480	Transport Processes in Engines	3	0	0	0	6		9
39	ME6490	Laser Diagnostics in Engines	3	0	0	0	6		9
40	ME6500	Airconditioning and ventilation	3	0	0	0	6		9
41	ME6510	Refrigeration machinery and components	3	0	0	0	6		9
42	ME6520	Sorption refrigeration and heating systems	3	0	0	0	6		9
43	ME6530	HVAC Systems and Applications	3	0	0	0	6		9
44	ME6540	Food Processing, Storage and Transport	3	0	0	0	6		9
45	ME6550	Vacuum Engineering	3	0	0	0	6		9
46	ME6560	Advanced Cryogenic Systems	3	0	0	0	6		9
47	ME6570	Thermal Energy Conservation	3	0	0	0	6		9
48	ME6580	Utilization of Solar Energy	3	0	0	0	6		9
49	ME6590	Renewable Energy Technology	3	0	0	0	6		9
50	ME6600	Aerodynamic Design of Axial Compressors and Turbines	3	0	0	0	6		9
51	ME6610	Theory of steam and gas turbines	3	0	0	0	6		9
52	ME6620	Theory and design of centrifugal m/c	3	0	0	0	6		9
53	ME6630	Theory of axial compressors	3	0	0	0	6		9
54	ME6640	Advanced Topics in Turbomachinery	3	0	0	0	6		9
55	ME6650	Computational Fluid Dynamics of Turbomachinery	3	0	0	0	6		9
56	ME6660	Fans, Blowers and Compressors	3	0	0	0	6		9
57	ME6670	Gas Turbine Engineering	3	0	0	0	6		9
58	ME6680	Measurement Techniques in Thermal Turbomachines	3	0	0	0	6		9
59	ME6690	Compact Heat Exchangers	3	0	0	0	6		9
60	ME6910	Diagnostic Methods in Combustion Systems	3	0	0	0	6		9
61	ME6920	Performance Analysis of Hydroturbomachines	3	0	0	0	6		9
62	ME6930	Engine Tribology	3	0	0	0	6		9
63	ME6940	Engine Noise and Vibrations	3	0	0	0	6		9
64	ME7270	Microscale Fluid Flow and Machinery	3	0	0	0	6		9
65	ME7770	Theory & Tech. of Fuel Cells	3	0	0	0	6		9
66	ME7790	Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media	3	0	0	0	6		9

Mr. Arnab Chakraborty received INAE's Innovative Student Project Award at Master's Level for the year 2022. He is one of the 8 awardees in 2022 and the only recipient from IIT Madras. The department is proud of this achievement and congratulations to Arnab and his research advisor Dr. Srikrishna Sahu

Congrajulation to Dr. Vimal Edachery, Department of Mechanical Engineering on receiving the "Young Tribologist Award" for excellence in research in the area of Tribology for young researcher, sponsored by Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation (TTRF Japan) at the IndiaTrib-2022.

Congratulation to Prof. Chakravarthy Balaji, Department of Mechanical Engineering on being invited to serve as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Elsevier for the period 2023-2025.

A book entitled "ஆராய்ச்சி என்றும் ஆனந்தம்” (The Joy of Research, Tamil edition)" by Prof. Chakravarthy Balaji, Department of Mechanical Engineering has been published by Ane Books Private Limited, New Delhi.

Prof. Arvind Pattamatta and Dr. Kameswararao Anupindi, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the 'International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

Prof. K. Arul Prakash, Department of Applied Mechanics and Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the 'Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal'.

Prof. Dhiman Chatterjee and Dr. Shyama Prasad Das, Department of Mechanical Engineering of the 'International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment'.

A book 'Vapour-liquid Two Phase Flow and Phase Change' by Profs. Sarit Kumar Das and Dhiman Chatterjee, Department of Mechanical Engineering has been published by Ane Books.

Congratulations to Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan on being bestowed the 'National Tech Excellence Award 2022' under the category Woman Scientist in Translational Research (Senior) by the Technology Development Board, a Statutory Body under Department of Science & Technology.

Thermal Engineering

Curriculum for M.Tech in Thermal Engineering

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