MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BLOG

Tractor Team “Torero” competed in the Tractor Design Competition (TDC) organised by SAE Southern Section at SRM University, Chennai from 22nd to 24th August 2019. Consists of 21 student members & faculty co-coordinators Manu Moses Jacob & Rohit Rajeev

AICERA 2019 is an  International Conference dedicated to Go-Green-Gamification. Academicians and experts from variegated domains of Automobile, Electronics, Electrical and Mechanical Engg. are expected to attend, making it a truly productive one. The three-day event will provide exposure to erudite work by researchers in the field. It also facilitates interaction among academicians, engineers and research scholars. Sessions on the side-line will discuss recent advances, challenges, breakthroughs and research innovations on various gaming aspects of green technologies

Seagulls have inspired Geelong researchers’ new device for “small-scale” production of green energy. Deakin University’s Dr. Jorg Schluter used the shape and function of seagull wings to design a “modern generation” of wind turbine blades. The blades delivered up to 15 percent more power than a conventional wind turbine, his research found. Dr. Schluter said research into small-scale turbines was previously lacking. “We saw the potential to improve the generating capacity of the small-scale turbines and looked to the sky for ideas to improve the blade design “I think many of us have stood at the shoreline at some point in our lives and marveled at sea birds soaring in the breeze, mastering aerodynamics better than anything man-made.” The new design could improve green power generation in remote locations, Dr. Schluter said. “Increasing the capacity of these small-scale turbines make them far more useful for reliable power generation, especially in rural and remote a