• RVS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

    (An Autonomous Institution)

    Accredited by NAAC A+ | AICTE, New Delhi | Affliated to Anna University, Chennai

    Kumaran Kottam Campus, Kannampalayam Post, Coimbatore - 641402


Course Overview

Thermal engineering is a broad field of engineering that encompasses technologies dealing with heating and cooling systems, transfer of heat, and fluid mechanics. Instruments that control temperature are essential in many areas, including the electric power industry; the automobile industry; and the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. The principles of thermal engineering are also crucial to the operation of vehicles and other machines.

Course Breakup

The curriculum prepares prospective graduates in Mechanical engineering for beginning their professional career or for more advanced studies.

    Semester I

  • The students are made to learn the various advanced field through theory and practicals like:
  • Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Fuels and Combustion and Computation Methods and Thermal Engineering Laboratory

    Semester II

  • The second semester focuses on the design and instrumentation field through theories like:
  • Design of Thermal Systems, Instrumentation for Thermal Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control.
  • Also students are motivated to take their own electives with related the thermal engineering field like : Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fans, Blowers and Compressors, Food Processing, Preservation and Transport, Nuclear Engineering, Industrial Refrigeration Systems, Refrigeration Systems Design, Energy Management in Thermal Systems.

    Semester III

  • In third semester there are 3 electives which are selected by students related to the thermal engineering field like:
  • Design and Analysis of Turbo machines, Boundary Layer Theory and Turbulence, Advanced Power Plant Engineering, Steam Generator Technology, Fluidized Bed Systems, Advanced Thermal Storage Technologies, Cogeneration and Waste Heat Recovery Systems

    Semester IV

  • Students are motivated to gear up their knowledge through fabrication and analysis projects which are related to recent trends in thermal engineering field.

Career Opportunities

    Job Prospect

  • There are a lot of career opportunities in this field. Engineers from this field are employed mostly in production firms or they can also opt for managerial and executive positions in public and private sectors. Professionals in this career can also opt for teaching jobs in universities and colleges. This field has lot of opportunities for those who want to pursue a career as a researcher. Thermal engineering is one of the highly remunerative and challenging fields.
  • Thermal engineers can get job opportunities in both private and public sectors of various types and their work differs by industry and function. Defense and railways require thermal engineers to assist in maintenance and design of their machinery. Thermal engineers also maintain centers for electric motors, pump sets, oil engines and other manufacturing equipments.

    Career pathways

    Our graduates can enter the various traditional fields like:

  • Petroleum engineer
  • Process Engineer
  • Energy engineer
  • Power plant Engineer
  • Power plant Engineer
  • Power plant Engineer
  • Refrigeration Engineer
  • Safety Engineer
  • Trainee Planner
  • Graduate Trainee
  • Maintenance Engineer
  • Field Service Engineer
  • Independent Consultants

    Academic Pathways

  • Our graduates got opportunities in academic procession as a assistant professor in various colleges in all over India. Also they can start their research in the areas related to thermal field in various institutions in various countries.

Faculty

Dr.G. Mohan Kumar

Dr.G. Mohan Kumar

Designation: Professor and Principal
Qualification: M.E., Ph.D.
Experience: 32 Years
Area of Specialisation: Production Engineering
Email: drgmohankumarnit@gmail.com
AU Supervisor REF No: 8220245

Dr.P. Rajendran

Dr.P. Rajendran

Designation: Professor
Qualification: M.Tech., Ph.D.
Experience: 34 Years
Area of Specialisation: Industrial Tribology
Email: rajenmce@gmail.com

Dr V.R. Sivakumar

Dr V.R. Sivakumar

Designation: HOD/MECH
Qualification: M.E., Ph.D.
Experience: 23Years
Area of Specialisation: Thermal
Email: vrsivakct@gmail.com

Dr.V. Kavitha

Dr.V. Kavitha

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E., Ph.D
Experience: 13 Years 6 Months
Area of Specialisation: CAD CAM
Email: kavigunas@gmail.com

Dr. C. Senthilkumar

Dr. C. Senthilkumar

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E., Ph.D
Experience: 9 Years 2 Months
Area of Specialisation: Thermal Engineering
Email: sndlmech@gmail.com
AU Supervisor REF No 4320036

Dr. C. Ganesan

Dr. C. Ganesan

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E., Ph.D
Experience: 9 Years 2 Months
Area of Specialisation: Engineering Design
Email: ganesanac@gmail.com

Mr. N. Srisaravanan

Mr. N. Srisaravanan

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E. (Ph.D)
Experience: 16 Years
Area of Specialisation: Industrial Engineering
Email: qualitysri14@gmail.com

Mr. T T Nanjundamoorthi

Mr. Nanjundamoorthi T T

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E., MBA, (Ph.D)
Experience: 14 Years 2 Month
Area of Specialisation: Engineering Design
Email: nanjundamoorthi.t@gmail.com

Mr. V. Hariganesh

Mr. V. Hariganesh

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E.
Experience: 12 Years 2 Month
Area of Specialisation: Thermal
Email: hariganeshg11111987@gmail.com

Mr. S. Rafick

Mr. S. Rafick

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E.(Ph.D)
Experience: 10 Years 2 Months
Area of Specialisation: Manufacturing Engineering
Email: rafick.mech@gmail.com

Mr. R. Manivannan

Mr. R. Manivannan

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E.(Ph.D)
Experience: 15 Years
Area of Specialisation: Product Design and Development
Email: manivannancbe15@gmail.com

Mr. R. Sampath

Mr. R. Sampath

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E.
Experience: 12 Years
Area of Specialisation: Thermal Engineering
Email: arangasampath@gmail.com

Mr. R. Saravanan

Mr. R. Saravanan

Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E.
Experience: 1 Year and 3 Months
Area of Specialisation: Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Email: iamsaravananr7@gmail.com

About The Department

The department of mechanical engineering has been in existence since 2009. The department is grown into a full – fledged one with well – equipped lab facilities, infrastructure and faculty members of various specializations. Activities in the department are carried out to consort the global innovations, inventions alternate resource development in the mechanical world for the human kind journey. The students are trained to upgrade themselves and the department is striving to mould them in to a better engineer in the society.

Individual attention and sessions have drawn out innate capabilities of the students. The department also organizes frequent industry visits, subject related seminars, guest lectures, workshops etc. to enhance the depth of the subject

Laboratory

CAM LAB

S.No Model Specification Qty
1 HP202 -G2MT Intel Core i3-4130T, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, 256 GB SSD Hard
Disk, Intel Mother Board, 18.5” Backlit LED Monitor.
30 Nos
  • Total No of Systems : 30 Nos

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