CONSULTANCY

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING CONSULTANCY GROUP

  1. Dr. Thankachan T. Pullan
    Ph.D., M.Tech (Machine Tool Engg), MBA
    Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: thankachantp@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Design, Automation, Industrial Engineering, Material Engineering, Manufacturing Systems, CAD/CAM, CIM.
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=9jANPz0AAAAJ&hl=en
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8270-1040

  2. Dr. Jibin Noble
    Ph. D., M.Tech (Process Metallurgy), B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering).
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: jibinn@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Friction Stir Welding and allied processes/Dissimilar Metal Joining.
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kphIa3oAAAAJ
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8434-6804

  3. Dr. Athul Sathyanath
    Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech (Manufacturing Engineering), B.Tech (Production Engineering).
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: athuls@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Engineering Materials (processing-microstructure-property correlation), PH stainless steel, Heat treatment, Strain hardening behaviour, Machining of materials, Engineering Drawing.
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C3CxKecAAAAJ&hl=en
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6548-5254

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY GROUP

  1. Dr. Manoj G. Tharian
    Ph.D., M.Tech (Computer aided structural analysis & Design), B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
    Associate Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: manojgt@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Applied Mechanics, Finite Element Method, FEA of Steel structures subjected to static and dynamic loading. Testing of Materials.
    Consultancy Work completed successfully:
    Name of the company: ShipTech-ICON, CITTIC, CUSAT, INDIA- 682 022
    Nature of Work:To study the excessive vibration of exhaust gas scrubber on an existing ship and suggest suitable methods to stop the vibration. Modifications on the foundation of the scrubber were suggested, drawings were given for the modification and these modifications were successfully implemented onboard the ship.
    Consultancy Fee: INR 25000/-
    Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=uTGY5WQAAAAJ

  2. Dr. Ajith Kumar A
    Ph.D., M.Tech.(Aerospace Engineering), B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
    Associate Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: ajithk@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Leak detection studies, Electrosprays, Numerical simulations.
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-6401

  3. Mr. Jithin P N
    M.Tech (Computer Aided Structural Analysis & Design), B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Doctoral student
    Asst Professor & Asst. HoD
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: jithinpn@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Structural Analysis.
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YzR_sbYAAAAJ
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7508-5086

 

THERMAL SCIENCE CONSULTANCY GROUP

  1. Dr. Mathew Joseph 
    Ph.D. (Cooling Systems for Thermal Management Applications); M.Tech (Thermal & Fluids Engineering); B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
    Associate Professor & HoD
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: mathewj@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Thermal management solutions for engineering systems using advanced materials including nanomaterials, Application of nanomaterials for sustainable engineering solutions, Energy and exergy analysis of energy systems, Heat recovery techniques for air-conditioning systems.
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=vi-AC-8AAAAJ&hl=en
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0702-2643
    Recognised reviewer for international journals like Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier, Q1-indexed), Internal Journal for Thermal Sciences (Elsevier, Q1-indexed), International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis, Q2-indexed).
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-mathew-joseph-22709382

  2. Dr. Vishnu Sankar
    Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech.(Thermal Engineering), B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering).
    Asst. Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: vishnus@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Coatings in I.C Engines, Biodiesel Production and Testing in I.C Engines, Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering.
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=NxDyIGsAAAAJ&hl=en
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8489-5504
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-vishnu-sankar-69200471

  3. Dr. Geo Sebastian
    Ph.D.  (Solar thermal application for freshwater production), M.Tech. (Propulsion), B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
    Assistant Professor,
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: geos@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Solar thermal applications, Heat transfer.
    Google Scholar:   https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=916Q-B0AAAAJ&hl=en

    ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-9873

 

ENERGY ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY GROUP

  1. Fr. Dr. Joel George Pullolil
    Associate Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: joel_p@rajagiritech.edu.in
    Area of Expertise: Energy Management.
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yVs9pNAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-3492-9400

  2. Mr. Akash James
    M.Tech (Energy Engineering & Management), B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Doctoral student.
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: akashj@rajagiritech.edu.in

    Area of Expertise: Energy Engineering, Thermodynamics, Thermal Energy Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Cryogenics.

    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YzR_sbYAAAAJ
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1901-2370

    TECHNICAL SERVICES/FACILITIES

    Technical services can be extended to industries for fabrication of machine components using the following facilities:

    SL.  No.

    Equipment/Infrastructural facility

    Specifications

    Availability

    1

    CNC Milling Machine

    CNC Vertical Machining Centre (BFW Agni+V4)

    Yes

    2

    CNC lathe

    Stallion 100S Siemens 828D CNC system

    Yes

    3

    Muffle furnace           

    Electric furnace (max 1400 ºC)

    Yes

    4

    Data acquisition system                 

    Agilent 3472A

    Yes

    5

    Magnetic Stirrer with hot plate                           

    0-1250 rpm
    0-300 ºC

    Yes

    6

    Precision electronic  balance

    LC: 0.001g

    Yes

    7

    DC power supply       

    0-5 A, 0-60 V

    Yes

    8

    Hot air oven   

     

    Yes

    9

    Auto transformer       

    0-240 V AC

    Yes

    10

    pH meter

    0-14 pH, Systronics 361

    Yes

    11

    Double Disc polishing machine

    Almicro, 400 to 1400 rpm

    Yes

    12

    Jominy End quench apparatus

    Almicro MMP13

    Yes

    13

    Tribometer

    Ducome instruments, TR 20

    Yes

    14

    Metallurgical microscope

    Leica microsystem Germany, Model DM ILM
    Camera: Leica MC170 HD

    Yes

    15

    UV-VIS Double Beam Spectrophotometer

    Systronics 361
    200 nm-1100 nm

    Yes

    16

    Water double Distillation System

    Borosil 3362
    4 litre

    Yes

    17

    Autoclave

    KEMI KAUC A1
    22 litre
    Max. temp 121  ºC, 15 psi

    Yes

    Infrastructural facility

    1

    Workshop facility

     

    Yes

    2

    Water and electricity

     

    Yes

    3

    Power generator

     

    Yes

    4

    AC Room

     

    Yes

    5

    Computational facilities ANSYS, FLUENT Licensed version

     

    Yes

    6

    Telecommunication facilities (email & fax)

     

    Yes

    7

    Transportation

     

    Yes

    8

    Administrative/secretarial support

     

    Yes

    9

    Internet facilities

     

    Yes

    10

    Laboratory space/furniture

     

    Yes

    11

    Laboratory facilities

     

    Yes

     

    Laboratories:


    CAD Lab
    • The computer lab of the department is provided with 40 Workstations and one server machine in good working condition with internet facility.
    • AMC with latest updates for all licensed Softwares are maintained.
    The lab is supplied with sufficient Softwares which include those outside the syllabus for improved learning experience.
    • Preventive maintenance of the lab is done once in a month.
    • Each computer of the lab is assigned with a unique identification number.
    • Any repairs or maintenance done are entered in the register kept in the laboratory with respect to the identification number of each computer.
    • The lab is provided with Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS).
    • The lab is well lit and air conditioned.

    Mechanical Workshop
    The mechanical workshop is equipped with all the experimental set ups as prescribed in the syllabus. The workshop consists mainly of six sections: fitting, carpentry, foundry, sheet metal, welding and smithy. The lab contains fitting, carpentry, and foundry; smithy and sheet metal sections. The lab is well lit and properly ventilated. The lab is provided with additional computer facility for improved learning experience. The lab is utilized by first year students for the course mechanical engineering workshop.

    Machine Tool Lab
    The machine tool lab is one of the biggest labs in the department which is equipped with sufficient number of machines as prescribed in the syllabus and beyond. The lab is equipped with lathe, shaping machine, slotting machine, milling machine, drilling machine, grinding machine and a CNC lathe. The lab is well lit and properly ventilated. The lab is provided with additional computer facility for improved learning experience. The lab is utilized for different lab courses in mechanical engineering B.Tech program and for various project works.
    HMT-RSET Combined CNC Training Program for B.Tech students is conducted every year.

    Heat Engines Lab
    The heat engines lab consists of various engine test rigs, boiler and turbine test rigs, redwood viscometer, flash and fire point tester and bomb calorimeter. The lab is also equipped with cut section of engines, various automobile parts accessories for better learning experience. The lab is extensively used for various project works. The lab is having additional computer facility for improved learning experience.

    Hydraulic Machines Lab
    The hydraulic machines lab consists of various types of pumps, turbines and hydraulic ram. The lab is provided with additional computer facility for improved learning experience. The lab is utilized by students of various branches.

    Mechanical Systems Lab
    The mechanical engineering lab consists of air compressor test rig, centrifugal blower test rig, fluidized bed apparatus, whirling of shaft apparatus, gyroscope test rig, governor apparatus, static and dynamic balancing apparatus, governor apparatus and cam analysis apparatus. The lab is mainly utilized by mechanical engineering students.

    Fluid Mechanics Lab

    The fluid mechanics lab consists of various flow measuring devices like notches, venturimeter and orifice meter, orifice and mouthpiece apparatus, Reynolds apparatus, pipe friction apparatus, Bernoulli’s theorem apparatus, minor losses determination apparatus and adjustable channel apparatus. The lab consists of experimental set ups beyond the syllabus for improved learning experience.
    Computer Lab
    The computer lab consists of 36 computers with Windows 8 and Linux and Pro E / Creo 2.0, AutoCAD 2014 and ANSYS19. The lab is mainly utilized by students of third and fifth semester mechanical engineering and first year students. The lab is extensively used for various departmental purposes and for conducting seminars, online conferences and other activities. Certification courses have been conducted regularly on AUTODESK FUSION 360 & CATIA.
    Mechanical Measurements Laboratory
    This lab aims at introducing relevant measurement systems and equipment’s that are used on the shop floor and in calibration rooms. Basic knowledge about the usage of measuring devices, their calibration and measurement standards are imparted to the students.
    SUNYA LABS
    SUNYA LABS was established in 2017 at Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology. At Sunya labs 3 main facilities available are– High Performance Computing Laboratory (HPC Lab), Cloud Computing Lab and Fab Lab which are used by students for their projects.
    Our advanced solutions exploit high performance techniques and tools to deal with the exponential growth of users, data, knowledge and services that need to be efficiently stored, managed, analyzed and retrieved.
    HPC Facility

    High Performance Computing (HPC) refers to the practice of aggregating computing power in a way that delivers much higher performance than one could get out of a typical desktop computer or workstation in order to solve large problems in science, engineering, or business.

    The HPC system at RSET has a computing power of upto 6.1 TFLOPS, catering to the ever-increasing demands of high performance computing for scientific and engineering research at the college.
    The cluster consists of state-of-the-art computing systems connected by a powerful high- speed Infiniband switch and cables, with sophisticated software packages. It consists of four computing nodes, one head node and one storage node. The centre will have the support from HPC-Now, which is an HPC consultancy Services Company based in Barcelona, Spain. They have offered their expertise and knowledge-sharing in setting up and managing this center through their efficient supercomputer administrative suite, called sNow.




    HPC CLUSTER SPECIFICATION
    HPC Cluster has been set up with 1 HEAD NODE, 1 STORAGE NODE and 4 COMPUTING NODES. The specification for each node is given below:



    Head Node (sNow Server)
    Processor - Intel Xeon Processor E5-2620 v4 (8 cores) * 2
    RAM - 64 GB
    HDD - 500 GB*2
    Clock Speed - 2.1GHz

    Storage Node
    Processor - Intel Xeon Processor E5-2620 v4       (8 cores) * 2
    RAM - 64 GB
    HDD - 800 GB
    Storage - 5*2 TB
    Clock Speed - 2.1GHz

    Computing Node with GPU – 1 No
    Processor - Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 (14 cores) * 2
    RAM - 128 GB
    HDD - 500 GB SSD
    Clock Speed - 2.6 GHz

    Computing Nodes-3 Nos
    Processor - Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 (14 cores) * 2
    RAM - 128 GB
    HDD - 500 GB SSD
    Clock Speed - 2.6GHz

    Infiniband Switch
    MSX6015F-1SFS---
    MellanoxSwitchX®-2 based FDR
    InfiniBand 1U Switch, 18 ports

    Chassis & Server Model
    HP Apollo r2200 12LFF CTO Chassis
    HP Apollo r2600 24SFF CTO Chassis
    HP ProLiant XL190r Gen9 CTO Svr
    HP ProLiant XL170r Gen9 CTO Svr

    HPC APPLICATIONS



    GROMACS

    It is a versatile package to perform molecular dynamics, i.e. simulate the Newtonian equations of motion for systems with hundreds to millions of particles.

    OpenFOAM

    Free open source CFD software to solve anything from complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer, to acoustics, solid mechanics and electromagnetics

    WRF

    The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model is a weather prediction system designed for both atmospheric research and operational forecasting needs.

    ABINIT

    It is an open-source suite of programs for materials science, distributed under the GNU General Public License.

    mpiBlast

    It is a parallel implementation of NCBI BLAST. Allows multi-threading in more than one node.
    Application: Bioinformatics

    Quantum Espresso

    It is an integrated suite of Open-Source computer codes for electronic-structure calculations and materials modeling at the nanoscale. It is based on density-functional theory, plane waves, and pseudopotentials.

    Application Libraries

    OpenMP is used for shared memory multiprocessing programming.
    MPI is used for message-passing multiprocessing programming.
    CUDA technology is used for GPU computing and parallelising tasks in Nvidia GPUs.

     
    MINI FAB LAB
    Mini Fab Lab has been setup in RSET inside Sunya Lab in June 2017. It has been up and running. RSET Sunya Fab Lab has 3D printer, Laser Engraver, Vinyl Cutter, Sand Blaster and an Electronic Work Station.
    Regular weekly training program is conducting for students. 40 interested candidates from all the departments are participating in this. Final year students have immense use with 3D printer and they are using it effectively. Some of the student projects are Prosthetic Hand, Pen Plotter and Morphing Wings. Before the beginning of semester, training program for faculty members and technical staffs were conducted. Fab Lab hosted an FDP conducted by Kerala Start Up Mission from 23rd oct 2017 to 26 th oct 2017. Fab Lab together with IEDC and RSET incubation cell can inspire and facilitate students for implementing innovative ideas.
    MINI FAB LAB EQUIPMENTS

    Laser Cutter
    Laser cutters are among the easiest machines to use in a Fab Lab. A laser cut engraves or cuts a piece of wood in the shape you decided on the computer. The precision is usually very good: less than 0.02mm. Other materials are allowed such as acrylic, fabric, rubber, leather… Laser cutters will give your Fab Lab a nice burnt wood smell, but you will also need to invest in a ventilation system. Cost: $9,995.(laser-cutter + Atmos Exhaust System)


    CNC Router
    A ShopBot is a CNC router that is excellent for woodworking, manufacturing, prototyping, creating furnitures, music instruments, signs or boats… They come in many sizes and features. You will need a dust collector to go with. Cost: $22,158 (ShopBot Closed Loop + Dust Collector)

    3D Printer
    3D printers are very useful machines to own in a Fab Lab. Manufacturers are now proposing 3D printers for small prices. Home printers like Makerbot or Ultimaker are more and more used in Fab Labs because they are now more reliable and precise.The 3D printer will create your design layer after layer. Like these shoes for example:

    A Milling Machine
    At the difference of 3D printers that work by adding material, Milling machines subtracts material. They can make a great variety of prototypes and products such as cases, jewelry, light metal mold, etc.

    Vinyl Cutter
    Vinyl cutters are perfect for making signs, stickers, apparel decoration or vehicle graphics. 


    Cloud Computing Facility
    Sunya Labs has set up a Cloud computing research cluster using OpenStack cloud middleware.
    It is an OpenStack minimal three node architecture. We have used OpenStack Juno for our implementation. It has a Network Node, Controller Node, three Compute nodes and few on-site Client nodes. All machines run Ubuntu 14.04 as the Operating System.

     
    For more details contact:
    1. Mr. Krishnakumar M. R
    M.Tech (Production & Industrial Engineering), BE (Mechanical Engineering), Diploma In Mechanical Engineering
    Workshop Superintendent
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
    Email: krishnakumarmr@rajagiritech.edu.in

    Consultancy Work completed successfully:

    1. Name of the company: Rovonize Systems Pvt. Ltd.

      2. Nature of Work:

    2. To design and fabricate a part of the shock absorber in the landing gear of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,
    3. Design and fabrication of BLDC motor hub for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
    4. Design and fabrication of a gear train for an helicopter prototype.
    5. Name of the company: Ambit Automation

      Nature of Work: To Design and fabricate Spur gears for their automation project of a coir factory

    6. Name of the company: Meta Tek Marine & Safety

      Nature of Work:  To check and correct the dimensions of  marine bushes in High carbon steel.

    7. Name of the company:  Yextreme Technologies

      Nature of Work: Design and fabrication of various components of machines and Dies