Fr. CRCE [Dept. Mechanical Engineering]

Introduction:

Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering physics, engineering mathematics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering disciplines which emerged as a field in the 18th century during industrial revolution in Europe.

Core areas like Mechanics, Dynamics, Thermo dynamics, Material Science, Structural analysis and Electricity need to be understood for the Mechanical Engineering field. Other tools like computer aided Design, Computer aided Manufacturing and Product life cycle management will further add values to the field.

News Letter

Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering has 35 years of experience in technical education and has established a legacy in Production Engineering since its inception in 1984. With this rich experience, we are introducing graduate programme in Mechanical Engineering affiliated to University of Mumbai.

The institute also conducts post graduate and doctoral programmes in Mechanical Engineering. The Department of Production Engineering has established a strong rapport with manufacturing industries besides IT companies like Larsen &Toubro, Godrej and Boyce, Siemens, Mahindra and Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, General Mills, Mazgaon Dock, Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture etc., who regularly offer internships and placements to our students. This legacy will be continued by the Department of Mechanical Engineering also. Our students have secured admissions for higher studies in reputed foreign universities like Cornell USA, Georgia Tech USA, Harvard, USA, Delft Netherlands, KTH Sweden etc.

Infrastructure and Facilities:

A well established Machine Shop includes adequate conventional lathes, shapers, milling machines, drilling machines, grinders, universal milling machine (Deckle) along with modern production grade CNC turning and milling machines.


Vertical CNC Milling Machine (VMC)		CNC Turning Centre (LMW)

Lathe Machines		Jig Boring Machine (Deckle, German Make)
CAD/CAM Centre includes graphic workstations with software like Ansys, NX11, Solidworks, Autocad for 3D modeling and analysis.

CAD/CAM Centre
Advanced Manufacturing facilities include 16 Ton Mechanical Press, Dynamometers and 3D printing machines.

Mechanical Press		3D printing machine
Automation and Control engineering equipments include Festo Pneumatic and Electro-pneumatic trainers, PCS trainers and software like FluidSim.

Festo Pneumatic Trainer		Hydraulic Trainer Kit
Thermal and Fluids equipments include Diesel engines, petrol engines, heat exchanger models, vapour compression refrigeration test rig, Venturimeter, Impact of Jet Apparatus, Pipe Friction Apparatus, Bernoulli's apparatus.

Diesel Engine		Venturimeter and Impact of Jet

BMW Engine		Petrol Engine Test Rig
Materials and Material Testing facilities include metallurgical microscope, muffle furnace, disc polishers, Elmachopedstal Grinder, Jominy end Quench equipment, Oil quenching tank, Universal Testing Machine, Impact testing equipment and Torsion Testing Machine.

Digital Universal Testing Machine (UTM)		Inverted Digital Microscope with Material Characterization Software
Metrology and Quality Engineering equipments include Vickers hardness tester , Profile projector, Surface plate, Vernier calliper, Outside micrometer, Inside micrometer, Vernier height gauge, Dial test indicator, Slip gauges, Mechanical comparator, Monochromatic check light unit, Optical flat with specimen, Gear tooth vernier and Sine bar.

Vickers hardness Tester		Profile Projector
Mechanisms and Machines equipments include Static & dynamic balancing apparatus, Whirling Speed of shaft apparatus, Gyroscope, Governor, Cam analysis apparatus, Coriolis Component of acceleration apparatus, Piezoelectric vibrometer, Force table Apparatus, Coil & belt friction apparatus, Friction slide apparatus, Simple beam apparatus, Collision of elastic bodies apparatus and Bell crank lever.

Experimental Setups for Engineering Mechanics		Coriolis Component of Acceleration Apparatus
Industrial Engineering and operations management facilities include software such as Arena manufacturing system analysis and MATLAB.

Professional Associations

Professional Societies and Student Chapters in Mechanical and Production Engineering domain are SAE, ASME, IIIExCRCE. SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers): SAE is a U.S. based professional engineering society established in 1911 which represents every engineering and scientific discipline. Our vision is to continuously enrich knowledge base of practitioners in mobility industry and institutions in service of humanity. SAE-CRCE established in 2011 aims to enhance student’s formal education and professional development. The SAE-CRCE has been organizing many events since its inception for enhancing the learning experience of students. It is the engineering society for advancing mobility on land, sea, air and space.

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers): Founded in 1880 by a group of leading industrialists which enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skills development across all engineering disciplines. ASME CRCE was established in 2011 to promote art, science and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences. ASME CRCE is the only International Production Council in Fr. CRCE. ASME will be instrumental in organizing national and international seminars, competitions and paper presentations.

IIIE (Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering): IIIExCRCE is a student chapter of IIIE, Mumbai started in year 2017. Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) is a non-profit organization and registered professional body whose headquarters is at Belapur, Navi Mumbai. Under this Chapter, Students can join seminars, workshops, training programs, special lectures, industry visits and other professional activities of Institution.

Institute also has many more interdisciplinary student chapters such as ACM, SME, E-CELL, NSS, TedxCRCE, IEEE, WIE, CSI, ITSA, P-Cell, Codelabs, Mozilla, Mavericks, Rotract, Debsoc and Literary Club.

Technical Competitions

We constantly motivate and support our students to participate in various technical competitions. Our students have performed very well in prestigious competitions related to ATVs, Go-Karts, Robotics, Aero, Quad-copter, Hackathons, Idea competitions at national and international levels every year.

Team Abadha represented Fr. CRCE at the national level competition SAE BAJA wherein engineering students are asked to design, build and fabricate an ATV. This team overall ranked 34th in the nation at Indore in Jan 2019.
Team Abadha represented Fr. CRCE at the national level competition Mega ETV at Goa and ranked 17th in the nation at Goa in Mar 2019.
Team CFR participated in racing competition held at Buddh International Circuit, Delhi, India in Coimbatore in Jan 19 and secured 26th position
Team Avistrota Participated in International Series of KARTING – ISK 2019 at Bangalore organized by international series of Karting. Competition was held on Mar 2019 and team secured 16th position.
Team Vaayushastra Participated International level competition held at Texas, USA in Mar 2019 and achieved 5th ranking in technical, 9th overall and 13th in Design stage.

Summer Internships

Institute encourages and facilitates students to attend summer trainings in order to enhance their skills and gain competitive edge. Internship expo is organized every year. Institute has an experience that companies offer placement for performing candidates.

Placements

The institute has a well established placement services cell and our students are placed by reputed recruiters like Larsen &Toubro, Godrej and Boyce, Siemens, Mahindra and Mahindra, Mercedes Benz, General Mills, Tata Consultancy Services, Mazgaon Dock, Accenture etc

Higher studies Our students are welcomed in various reputed national institutes and international universities in USA and UK. In the past, students have got admitted to reputed universities abroad like Cornell USA, Georgia Tech USA, Harvard USA, Delft Netherlands, KTH Sweden.

Research

There is a vast scope for research in Mechanical Engineering field. A few research areas that may be of interest in the recent years are

Micron Scale Mechanical components
Friction stir welding
Composites & Composite materials
Mechatronics
Finite Element Analysis
Computational Fluid Dynamics

However Institute has facilities to conduct research in following areas.

Open Architecture CNC machines
Minimum Quantity Lubrication
Vision based measurement systems
Manufacturing systems analysis
Rapid prototyping of injection moulds
Advanced casting methods
Materials analysis and testing

Program Outcomes [POs]:

Engineering Graduates will be able to

Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

Design/Development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling of complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.

Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and the need for sustainable development.

Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

Project Management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

Life-long learning: Recognized the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.