We are glad to bring out this Issue 2 of Newsletter. Our goal is to create a forum

for exchange of information on all aspects of Mechanical Engineering. The success of

this News letter depends on your response and feedback.

Prof. Shridharmurthy H N Prof. Pavan Kumar Reddy Prof. Kalburgi Bharath

Happy that the department of mechanical engineering is com-

ing out with issue 2 of news letter show casing the various talents of

their students and faculty. I am sure that the forum encourages the stu-

dents and faculty of the department to achieve their best.

With best wishes

Dr. M S Bhagyashekar

Principal, RRIT

Principal’s Message

The department of Mechanical Engineering has highly

qualified and experienced faculty members, well trained and experi-

enced technical staff to assist in laboratories. The department is

equipped with state of art facilities. The students in the department are

always encouraged to equip themselves in diversified fields to meet the

needs of tomorrow. The department is continuously striving to moti-

vate the students to engage in different activities along with regular curriculum through

the Department association ARME. Under the banner of ARME, Industrial visits, Techni-

cal Talks, Invited lecture, Seminars, Conferences, Symposiums etc., have been organized

on a regular basis to enrich & strengthen the students. I am exulted to say that the depart-

ment is bringing up its Volume 1, Issue 2 of Newsletter RR Mech Chronicle. I wish all the

success for the editorial Board.

R R I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y

July 2017 Volume 1, Issue 2

RR MECH CHRONICLE Upcoming Events

State level student symposium

W o r k s h o p o n Applications of Modeling

Workshop on Poly-mer Matrix Compos-ites

S e m i n a r o n Advancements in Energy sector

Training on solar energy harvesting t e c h n i q u e s f o r students

Seminar on Thermal Power Plants

Industrial visits

Inside this issue:

Activities 2

ICETIME 2017 3

Achievements 5

Research Publica-tions

6

Toppers list 8

Students Placed 9

Photo Gallery 10

Message from Editors

HOD’s Message

Once we decide we have to do something, we can go miles ahead!

Narendra Modi

The mechanical departmental association “ARME” was started in

the year 2016. The association effectively brings the students of the depart-

ment together and bridges them to the outside world.

Aims and Objectives

1. Improving technical and practical skills of the students.

2. Participating in technical seminars, workshops, Guest lectures.

3. Engaging in international and national workshops and conferences.

Treasure of Knowledge

ARME

Association of RRIT Mechanical Engineers

Activities

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Industrial VisitIndustrial Visit s s

Students of the department visited Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) to get exposure on modern machine tools on 27/01/2017 . Industrial visit to Karnataka Soap and Detergents Limited to get exposure on soap manufacturing process Yeswanthpura for 4th sem students on 19/04/2017.

Technical TalksTechnical Talks

Seminar on “IMAGINEERING AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNS - PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE” by Dr. N Ramani, Principal, NTTF School of PG Studies, Bengaluru on 18-04-2017. Seminar on “AGILE MANUFACTURING” by Dr. K S Badarinarayan, Principal, M S College of En-gineering, Bengaluru on 25-04-2017.

Workshops conducted Workshops conducted

Five days workshop by resource person Prof. Shridharmurthy H N, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, R R I T trained students on “FUNDAMENTALS OF MODELING” from 24-01-2017 to 28-01-2017.

One day workshop on “BASICS OF MESHING” by Mr. GuruPrasad, Senior Engineer CAE (SSSprings) & Mr. Sathish H.B, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, R R I T on 22-04-2017.

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About ICETIME-17 International Conference on Technological Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (ICETIME-17)was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, RRIT, in association of Institute For Engineering Re-search and Publication (IFERP), Chennai from 26th - 27th May 2017 . This conference was organized to provide a platform for the talented researchers from academic & industry to showcase their research potential in the field of Mechanical Engineering and share their innovative ideas amongst the fellow researchers for the benefit of man-kind. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. M S Bhagyashekar, Principal, RRIT, Dr. H V Panchakshari, HOD, Dept of ME, RRIT, Prof. Dr. N.V.S. Raju, Professor &Vice Principal JNTUH College of Engineering Jag-tial, Telangana by lighting the lamp at 10am in the Seminar Hall, the delegates from different parts of the country and abroad were participated in the conference. Sri Dr. B.K. Venkataramu. Retd. Associate Director-LPSC, Dr. Satish Dhawan Scientist ISRO Bengaluru released the proceedings of the conference. We have received tremendous response from the researchers to present their research articles in ICETIME-17. We have selected 95 papers for the conference, out of which thirty papers were presented on the first day of the conference and thirty papers were presented on the second day.

The paper “ Effect of Exhaust gas recirculation on performance and emission of a CI Engine using Diesel and Biodeisel blends” by Prof. R. Seetharamaiah, Professor, Sambhram Institute of Technology Bengaluru won the best paper award. The paper on “Development & Fabrication of Universal Tubular Micro Algae Photo Bioreactor” pre-sented by Professor Pavan Kumar Reddy, RRIT won the best presentation award.

The chief guest Dr.Ashokraj Jayachandran, Research Scientist, Federal Institute of Materials research & Testing (BAM) Berlin, Germany addressed the gathering at the valedictory and presented a technical talk on Macro Wear of Materials. The prizes and certificates were distributed to the participants followed by the presiden-tial address and national Anthem.

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International Conference on Emerging Technological Innovations in Mechanical Engineering ( ICETIME 2017)

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Dignitaries present on ICETIME 2017 Inauguration of ICETIME 2017

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Releasing the Souvenir at ICETIME 2017 Talk by Dr. B.K. Venkataramu. Retd. Associate Director-

LPSC, ISRO Bengaluru

Delegates presenting their work at conference Certificates distribution for the Delegates

Honoring chair persons of conference Talk by Dr. N V S Raju, JNTUH, Jagtihal

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If you want something you never had,

You must be willing to do something you have never done.

- Thomas Jefferson

Dr. M S Bhagyashekar is a Member of VTU Ph.D. Registration Expert committee for the

AY 2016-17.

Dr. M S Bhagyashekar is a Reviewer & Editorial member of the Journal of Minerals and Materials

Characterization & Engineering.

Prof. Shridharmurthy H N delivered expert lecture on “Fundamentals of modeling” in the five

day workshop.

Prof. Pavan kumar Reddy delivered expert lecture on “Zero energy buildings”.

Prof. Sathish delivered expert lecture on “Basics of meshing”.

Expert Lecture delivered by Prof. Pavan Kumar Reddy on “CAREER GUIDANCE” for PUC

students invited by Times group Vijaya Karnataka at various Talukas of North Karnataka.

Prof. Pavan Kumar Reddy won Best Presentation Award for the paper titled. “Development and

fabrication of universal tubular micro algae photo bioreactor”. ICETIME 2017.

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Achievements of Faculties

Achievements of Students

Funded Project Funded Project

One final year students project titled “Design and development of Universal Micro Algae Tubular

Photo- Bioreactor to meet high yields” is funded by KSCST.

Best Project award winner at college levelBest Project award winner at college level

Project titled “Fabrication of Flex sensor Wheelchair” carried out by, Sagar Singh, Arnab Mandal,

Md. Isaq Bhandari &Anupam Kumar Sarkar won the best project award at college level in Meraki-

2017 Project exhibition.

Department level best project Department level best project

Project titled “Design and development of Universal Micro Algae Tubular Photo- Bioreactor to

meet high yields” carried out by, Subramanya Udupa, Dominic George, Deepak &Chandan won

the best project award at Department level in Meraki-2017 Project exhibition.

Kalataranga 2K17 prize winnersKalataranga 2K17 prize winners

Nitin Rao Gaikwad and Group won 2nd Prize for group dance at Kalataranga 2K17.

Project selected at National Level Project selected at National Level

Pramod M Jayya, Shivanand Sarwad, Vinay C R, Raghavendra Ghawalkar exhibited their project

titled “Major Transportation” at national level organized by KPIT Technologies.

Prospectus projectsProspectus projects

“Fabrication of Flex sensor Wheelchair” carried out by, Sagar Singh, Arnab Mandal, Md. Isaq

Bhandari &Anupam Kumar Sarkar.

“Design and development of Universal Micro Algae Tubular Photo- Bioreactor to meet high

yields” carried out by, Subramanya Udupa, Dominic George, Deepak & Chandan.

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Research Publications

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words

are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far

-Dalai Lama

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Papers Published from January 2017 : Papers Published from January 2017 : K. Srinivas, M.S.Bhagyashekar and S.M.Mahesh “Effect of Mono and Hybrid Fillers on Tensile

Properties of Filled Epoxy Composites” Proc. of Int. Conf. on Current Trends in Eng., Science and Technology, ICCTEST, 2017.1.31

Pavan Kumar Reddy, M S Bhagyashekar, “Development of Biomass Briquetting Technology for Northern Dry Regions of Karnataka using Tamarind Seed Powder as Binder”, JAST, Vol 12, Issue 25, December 2016, ISSN 2230-9659

Avinash D N et al. “Design and Fabrication of Micro scale wind turbine Blades using advanced light weight materials based on Rapid prototyping Techniques”, ICETIME 2017.

Nagendra Reddy H R et al. “Corrosion, wear properties of boron carbide and graphite reinforced Al2024 hybrid metal matrix composites”, ICETIME 2017.

Shamanth V et al. “Effect of spinoidal decomposition products on the mechanical properties of super duplex stainless steels”, ICETIME 2017.

Panchakshari H V et al. “Effect of deep cryogenic treatment on corrosion behavior of Al6061/Al2O3 MMC’s”. ICETIME 2017.

B N Sathyanarayana Reddy, H V Panchakshari et al. “Effect of groove area on angular distortion in carbon dioxide arc welding process”. ICETIME 2017.

Nagendra Reddy H R et al. “A review of the reinforcement principles for development of an hy-brid metal matrix composite system”. ICETIME 2017.

Naveen G et al. “Effect of silicon carbide on mechanical properties of aluminium alloy (A357) composite (Al Sic)” . ICETIME 2017.

Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. “Development and fabrication of universal tubular micro algae photo bioreactor”. ICETIME 2017.

R G Deshpande, K A Venugopal, H V Panchakshari “Investigation on the benefits of cryogenic treatment on Tungsten carbide tool inserts in machining C-45 steel”, ICETIME 2017.

Mohan A E, Girisha H N, Amarnath G “Analysis of tensile and hardness properties of aluminum 7075 based Metal matrix composite”, ICETIME 2017.

Shridharmurthy H N et al. “A review on mechanical characterization using rice husk ash in con-crete”. ICETIME 2017.

Amarnath G et al. “Synthesis and study of tribological properties of WC particulates reinforces Al nanocomposites” . ICETIME 2017.

K. K. Srinivas, Bhagyashekar M S “Effect of particulates of Aluminium, Copper and hybrid (Aluminium-Copper) on Thermal conductivity of epoxy”, Communicated.

Prashanth H.K. “Studies on operation of ammonia heat pipe with multiple heat sources.” ICE-TIME 2017.

In association with Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Develop-

ment (MGIRED) the department is actively associated with research on

Renewable energy sources.

Research on Extraction of Biofuels using Algae has been initiated and initially

the project is funded by KSCST.

Prof. Pavan Kumar Reddy registered for Ph.D under Mechanical Engineering

Research Center, RRIT.

Research on Forced Convection Heat transfer is in progress by Research

scholar S Santosh Kumar.

Many of the projects carried out by students of department are Research

Oriented and are being applied for the grants under various schemes of Govt

of India and Karnataka.

Research at Department

“Research is to see

what nobody else

has seen, and to

think what nobody

else has thought”

- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Energy Club

Energy club was inaugurated on 1st March 2017 in association with

Department of Mechanical engineering and Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

Energy club is setup with a vision of imparting the knowledge on harvest-

ing techniques of energy from non conventional techniques and make the stake

holders of RRIT aware of necessity of green technologies for present and future.

Energy Club has signed MOU with Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural

Energy and Development (MGIRED), Bengaluru for conducting various training

programs and to provide internships for students of RRIT specially in the field of

Rural development and renewable energy sources.

The club is actively handled by Prof. Pavan Kumar Reddy of Mechanical

Engineering department and is coming up with various programs and activities for

the benefits of society and stakeholders of RRIT.

Energy Club has Conducted 2 Programs so far,

Seminar on “Zero Energy Building” by Prof. Pavan Kumar Reddy on 8th April

2017.

Earth Day celebration at MGIRED campus with students off RRIT on 22nd

April 2017

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“From Screwing to

Manufacturing,

We do it all..! ”

- Anonymous

“When words are

both true and kind.

They can change

the world”

- Swami Vivekananda

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“If death strikes,

before I prove my

blood, I swear I'll

kill death.” –

Capt. Manoj Kumar

Pandey

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Toppers of the Department

Department Topper

7th Semester

5th Semester

3rd Semester

1st Semester

“Man needs

difficulties in life

because they are

necessary to enjoy

the success”

–Anonymous

BASAVARAJ H S -77.6% DOMINIC GEORGE- 76.2% HARISH C P - 74.2 %

BISHAL RAI -77.8% SALEEM MULLA -77.11% SANJAY AGRAHARI -73.55%

GHANSHYAM TIWARI –78.2% MILAN DHAKAL - 77.5% CHANDRAKISHORE M - 71.1%

PITAMBER CHOWDARY - 78.3% ARUN KUMAR YADAV - 77.5% MANJIL POUDEL– 70.8%

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SUSHIL KUMAR - 88.3% , FIRST SEM. MECHANICAL

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Happiness Index by Exit students

Students Placed

Photo Gallery

Industrial visit to Karnataka Soap and Detergents Limited Students watching machines at BIEC, Bengaluru

Talk by Dr. K S Badarinarayan on Agile Manufacturing Visit to BIEC, Bengaluru

Honoring Dr. N Ramani, Principal NTTF, Bengaluru News covered by Vijaya Karnataka on Carrier guidance program by

Pavan Kumar Reddy

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“Flex Operated Wheel Chair” developed by Final year students Micro Algae Photo Bio Reactor

Mechanical department students winner 2nd prize for group

dance at Kalataranga 2K17

Fashion show by Mechanical department Students

at Kalataranga 2K17

Sri Rama Navami Celebration by Mechanical Students at Heritage day on 15th April

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Student participants in the workshop

“Basics of Meshing”

Prof. Sathish H B on “Basics of Meshing” Resource person Mr. Guru Prasad, SSS Springs

honored by Dr..Panchakshari H V

Prof. Shridharmurthy H N addressing students at

“Fundamentals of modeling”

Graduating students of 2016-2017

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