The department has initiated the following funded research projects under different thrust areas. DRDO sponsored research on Development of a method to control Ultraviolet Radiation in welding Processes Autonomous mobile robots based on bio-inspired artificial control under the Indo- Italian program of cooperation in science & technology Colorado University - Amrita joint research initiative on Solar Photo Voltaic Based Low Cost LED Lighting System Design.

Other areas of research include:

Bio-diesel process plant
Electrochemical Micromachining
Pressure mapping in the inlet manifold of the IC engine
Welding of composites.

The Current PhD Candidates are:

Mr. J. Gokulachandran
DOE using Taguchi Method

Mr. P. M. Anil
Expert System For Fault Diagnostics
Friction wear monitoring facility

Mr. K. Ganesan
Tolerance analysis

Mrs. S. Thirumalini
Flow optimization of a ceramic reactor using CFD analysis (NAL Project)

Mr. S. Babu devasenapati
Solar photovoltaic-LED based domestic lighting systems
Energy from municipal solid waste and plastics through gasification
Energy audit for industries.

Mr. P. Raghuram
Scale Removal and Fatigue Strength enhancement using Ultrasonic Vibrations.

Mr. V. Sugumaran
Machine Learning approach to Fault Diagnostics
Applications of Neural Network In Mechanical Engineering
Remote Sensing Robot For Profile Detection
Tool Wear Monitoring – New Methodology
Hardness Measurement – A New Methodology

Mr. M. Saimurugan & Mr. S. L. Sajeesh
Performance and emission study of two-stroke engine using bio lubricants Bio-fuels

Mr. N. Saravanan
Design of an alternate architecture for FEM