Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sponsored Projects from Government Funding Agencies
| Sl. No. | Name of the research project/ endowment | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co-investigator | Sanction Letter / Reference | Year of Award | Amount Sanctioned in Rs. | Duration of the project | Name of the Funding Agency | Status of Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Design and Development of a Fine Kora Grass Splitting Machine | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran & Dr.V.Sivakumar | Ref:R.4/2/UG/2024-25/RDUG2024017 | 2024-2025 | 32,000 | 1 Year | The Institution of Engineers (India) under IEI R&D Grant in - Aid scheme | On Going |
| 2 | Hyacinth Plant Extracting Machine | Mr.M.Ramar | F.No. 6(19)/Sanction to CAN/Incubation/ 2022-23 / 08.08.2023 | 2022-2023 | 11,70,000 | 1 Year | MSME | On Going |
| 3 | Tree Measurement using LIDAR with Bullt-in Navigation System | Mr. S. Valai Ganesh | TNSCST/ SPS/2022-2023/A-574 | 2022-2023 | 7,500 | 6 Months | TNSCST | Completed |
| 4 | Smart Stick for Blind-Deaf People | Mr. M. Ramar | TNSCST/ SPS/2022-2023/PS-346 | 2022-2023 | 7,500 | 6 Months | TNSCST | Completed |
| 5 | Trashbot filling alert system for smart cities | Mr.T.Selva sundar | TNSCST/ SPS/2022-2023/EME-0610 | 2022-2023 | 6,500 | 6 Months | TNSCST | Completed |
| 6 | MUSA-Holder (To protect Banana Trees from heavy winds) | Mr. M. Santhana Maruthu Pandian | F.No. 6 (19 /Sanction to CAN/ incubation / 2022-23 | 2021-2022 | 12,87,500 | 1 Year | MSME | On Going |
| 7 | Portable Rotary Fluidized bed Heat Pump Dryer for Herbal Leaves | Mr. M. Ashokkumar | F.No. 6 (19 /Sanction to CAN/ incubation / 2022-23 | 2021-2022 | 15,00,000 | 1 Year | MSME | On Going |
| 8 | Multipurpose Wheel chair | Mr. P. Pavithran | F.No. 6 (19 /Sanction to CAN/ incubation / 2022-23 | 2021-2022 | 1,82,800 | 1 Year | MSME | On Going |
| 9 | Experimental Evaluation of Mixed Mode Fracture Toughness of Aluminium Metal Matrix Composites and Validation Through Mathematical Modelling | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran &Mr.C.Gururaj | Ref:R.4/2/UG/2021-22/ UG2022003 | 2021-2022 | 31,970 | 1 Year | The Institution of Engineers (India) under IEI R&D Grant in - Aid scheme | Completed |
| 10 | Imposing severe plastic deformation on CP-Ti for producing ultrafine grain through repetitive corrugation and straightening technique for biomedical applications | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran & Mr.P.Sureshkumar | Ref:R.4/2/UG/2019-20 / UG2020019 | 2019-2020 | 30,000 | 6 Months | The Institution of Engineers (India) under IEI R&D Grant in - Aid scheme | Completed |
| 11 | Design and separation of ground nut pod separator | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran, Dr.P.Sureshkumar & Mr. S. Maharajan | Email received from RuTAG IIT Madras / dated on 25.05.2020 | 2019-2020 | 1,03,000 | 6 Months | RuTAG- IIT Madras | On going |
| 12 | Industrial Automation using Smart Production Stations | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran | File No 84-3/2019-2020 (Rural) | 2019-2020 | 17,75,667 | 2 Years | AICTE MODRAB | Completed |
| 13 | Design and Development of Dehydrating device for continuous processing of herbal leaves | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran Mr.M.Ashok Kumar Mr.R.Arun Kumar Mr.M.Sivagaminathan @ Balaji | F.No.:DST/SSTP/ 2018/161(G) | 2018 - 2019 | 15,75,010 | 3 Years | DST under SSTP | Project completion report submitted |
| 14 | Development of smart humaniod flexo Grab | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran & Mr. S.Valai Ganesh | UG2019032 | 2018 - 2019 | 20,000 | 6 Months | IEI R&D Cell Technical Department The Institution of Engineers (India) | Completed |
| 15 | Improving Productivity of solar still by using Heat pipes | Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran | SPSC1819 | 2018 - 2019 | 7,500 | 6 Months | TNSCST | Completed |
