Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Undergraduate Term Projects

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Dropwise condensation on textured surfaces and multi-scale modeling

Dropwise condensation is a heterogeneous
phase-change process in which vapor
condenses in the form of discrete
liquid drops

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Droplet Hydrodynamics during Lysozyme Protein Crystallization

A team of researchers at IIT Kanpur
has studied experimentally the fluid
flow pattern inside the droplet

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Energy optimal walk of an 8 DOF compliant biped robot

A team of researchers at IIT Kanpur
have designed and experimentally evaluated
a new 8-DOF biped robot

Events

Aug
17
2026

Weekly ME Colloquium: Join us for a talk by Prof. Sovan Lal Das on 17th August 2026 titled "Granular Flows Through Vertical Channels and Pipes" at FB-370 from 5.15 PM. [Poster]

Aug
10
2026

Weekly ME Colloquium: Join us for a talk by Prof. Chhavi Jain on 10th August 2026 titled "From Rock Mechanics to Planetary Interior Dynamics" at FB-370 from 5.15 PM. For more details regarding the speaker and seminar topic, please visit the official announcement here.

Aug
03
2026

Weekly ME Colloquium: Join us for a talk by Prof. Pankaj Wahi on 03rd August 2026 titled "Can Non-Resonant Limit Cycle Vibration Absorbers Control Self-Excited Instabilities?" at FB-370 from 5.15 PM. For more details regarding the speaker and seminar topic, please visit the official announcement here.

Jul
08
2026

Join us for a talk by Dr. Sohanjit Ghosh on 08th July 2026 titled "Dynamic Behavior of Heterogeneous Materials: Integrating Experiments and Digital Twin Numerical Modeling at Different Length Scales" at FB-370 from 5.15 PM. For more details regarding the speaker and seminar topic, please visit the official announcement here.

May
08
2026

Join us for a talk by Dr. Rahul Kumar Singh on 08th May 2026 titled "The Enigma of Turbulence in Polymeric Flows" at FB-370 from 5 PM. For more details regarding the speaker and seminar topic, please visit the official announcement here.

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ME Fast Facts

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Faculty
625
B.Tech Students
19
Dual degree students (B.Tech-M.Tech)
119
M.Tech. Students
10
M.S. by research Students
150
PhD Students