Madras Institute Of Technology

ASSOCIATION OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The Aeronautical Association of the Madras Institute of Technology was established in the year of 1957. The Association of Aeronautical Engineers (AAE) at MIT is one of the ever-buzzing associations with umpteen numbers of activities to promote the interests of budding aerospace community. It is funded and run by the students and faculty members of the Aerospace Engineering Department. Various co-curricular activities like guest lectures, industrial visits, aero modeling activities etc. are conducted throughout the year by the association including a technical symposium FLIGHT annually.

FLIGHT is a National Level Technical Symposium with a plethora of events in the field of Aerospace engineering. This is where the most brilliant minds from the best institutes across the nation turn up every year in order to compete and prove their talents.

Events which provide hands-on experience to students such as Mini and Micro Air Vehicle, Bottle Rocketry, Bridge building, CATIA modelling, Paper presentation, Boomerang contest, Glider and paper plane contests are hosted during this Technical Symposium. This festival provides a platform for many students to expose their talents and to cultivate fresh thoughts. Thus FLIGHT always turns out to be the biggest treasury of practical knowledge for them. The awe and admiration for the flying machines never dies in human hearts which is the greatest strength of Technical Symposiums of this kind. Even people, who are alien to the faculty of Aerospace, prove to have the best interests in knowing the magic of making things fly.FLIGHT never disappoints them either.

FLIGHT also provides a platform to develop a very good rapport and healthy relations with students, institutes and companies.

Currently, Mr.V. Suresh is the in-charge for Association of Aeronautical Engineers

2017-2018 AAE Activities
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2016-2017 AAE Activities
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2015-2016 AAE Activities
- FLIGHT 16 Click here
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KAV PANDALAI

MOTIVATION

One of the essential elements of the education process is taking up sponsored research activities by the University teaching staff. The sponsored research programmes definitely stimulate the intellect, add to the laboratory capability, bring people in contact with peers in R&D/industry, result in peer recognition, provide opportunity for National/International contacts, collaboration, Conference presentations/Journal Publications and finally help in training and placement of students also.

BACKGROUND

Having a great faith on this, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam , the then Scientific Advisor to Defense Ministry and as the chief of DRDO, granted Rs.30 Lakhs in the beginning of the year 2000, as corpus fund and established the “Prof. K A V Pandalai Memorial AR & DB Chair”. Eminent Scientist / Personalities from Aerospace Industry would be invited to take the position as chair Professor to take care of the activities who would get an honorarium from the interest earned from the above corpus fund.

The Chair came into existence since February 2000 with a corpus fund of Rs. 30. Lakhs.

Prof. Rajaram Nagappa, former Associate Director, VSSC , Thiruvananthapuram took over as the first Chairperson in July 2000 and occupied the chair till January 2007. From 2008 to 2015 Prof.V.Kanagarajan served as a Chairperson.

OBJECTIVE

To enhance research activities in the department.

To promote inter disciplinary research activities in the university.

To provide a forum for academic exchange programmes.

To provide liaison with research laboratories in specialized areas.

RESEARCH

The Department has research programs leading to M.S and Ph.D Degrees. The faculty in the Department concentrates on three major field of Aeronautical Engineering viz., Aerodynamics, Aircraft Structures and Propulsion. The Department has the potential to carry out research in Composite Structures, Computational Mechanics, Non – Destructive Testing. In recent past Department has taken up several projects from various funding agency and the details of which are given. Also the faculty has carried out several projects through Centre for Aerospace Research. The Department staff has collaborative research with Prof. Yukio Tamura, Tokyo Polytechnic University through J.S.P.S (Japan Society for Promotion of Science), Government of Japan. Also the Department has taken steps in having collaborative research activities and staff student exchange programmes with Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan and University of Stuttgart, Germany. To improve more research activities, a Chair in Memory of Prof. K.A.V.Pandalai, a former Professor and Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering, has been created in the year 2000 with the financial support from Aeronautical Research and Development Board (AR&DB) Ministry of Defence. Under the chair a number of research activities related to Defence and Space Programmes are being taken up.

PROJECTS

LIST OF ONGOING PROJECTS UNDER TAKEN BY DEPARTMENT FACULTY MEMBERS

YET TO UPDATE

LIST OF COMPLETED PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY DEPARTMENT FACULTY MEMBERS

(2009-10 to 2013-14)

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Workshop Seminar and Events Organised

Workshop/Seminar Name	Any other Contributory Inst./Industry	Developed/ Organized by	Duration	Resource Persons	About the Workshop/Seminar
One day National Workshop on High Temperature Materials and Gas Dynamics of Jet Propulsion	Centre for Aerospace Research	Dr.B.T.N.Sridhar & Dr.S.Thanigaiarasu	4.1.12	Dr.Jayanta Kapat, University of Central Florida, USA Dr.S.B.Varma, NAL, Bangalore Prof.Palaninathan, IIT Madras Prof.S.Panneerselvam, IIT Madras	§ The program enriched the knowledge of the participants in the area of High Temperature Materials and Gas Dynamics of Jet Propulsion. § Participants were exposed to the current trends in the field of High Temperature Materials and Gas Dynamics of Jet Propulsion. § The interactive session paved a way to the participants to clarify their doubts and gather information from the expert of the respective field. § It helped the participants to choose the field of research and to locate the various sources and facilities to carry out their research.
Faculty Development Program on “Computational Fluid Dynamics”	Centre for Faculty Development, Anna University	Dr.B.T.N.Sridhar Dr.C.Senthilkumar	9.5.12 to 16.5.12	Dr.B.T.N.Sridhar Dr.C.Senthilkumar	§ The program enriched the knowledge of the participants in the area of analysis using CFD. § Participants were exposed to the current trends in the field of fluid dynamics and analysis using CFD. § The interactive session paved a way to the participants to clarify their doubts and gather information.
Two day National Conference on Exposition on “Emerging Opportunities and Challenges in Indian Aerospace and Defence	SAE, India (Aerospace Board, Southern Region)	DEAN MIT, HOD Aerospace	17.8.2012 to 18.8.2012	Dr. Satish Chandra, Head, Structural Technologies Division, NAL Mr.Sudhakar Potukuchi, Head, Innovation Center, Eaton India Mr.Vasanth Kini, Managing Director, Titanium Industries Pvt. Ltd. Mr.Bejoy George, ED & CEO, Axis Aerospace & Technologies Ltd. Mr. Dilip H. M. Cheney, MD& CEO, National Skill Development Corporation Dr.Bala Bharadvaj, Managing Director, Boeing R & T, India Prof.R. Dhanraj, Prof of Excellence, MIT Dr. AR. Upadhya, Former Director, NAL Mr .S.M. Vaidya, Executive Vice President, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. Dr. Gajbir Singh, Sr Vice President, Defiance Technologies Ltd. Dr K Tamilmani, CEO, CEMILAC Mr.N.R. Mohanty, CMD, Textron India Pvt. Ltd Mr.Rajendra Velagapudi, Sr.Vice President, lnfotech Enterprises Ltd. Colonel KV Kuber, Independent Consultant, Defence & Aerospace Dr.V Jayakar, GM, Aerospace Division, HAL Prof.Kannan Rajendran, Joint Secretary, SAEINDIA Southern Section	§ To encourage R&D activities in the field of aerospace engineering and the need for such activities were also discussed. § The conference exposed the state of the Aerospace Industry in India, its engineering imperatives and what the various opportunities within this sector pertaining to R&D, Industry Best Practices, Regulatory and Commercial, etc. § The interactive session paved a way to the participants to clarify their doubts and gather information from the expert of the respective field. § It helped the participants to choose the field of research and to locate the various sources and facilities to carry out their research.
Two day Workshop on Recent Advances in Characterization of Aerospace Materials Through Impact Testing (RACAMIT-2013)	Center for Aerospace Research	Dr.B.T.N.Sridhar, Dr.S.Thanigaiarasu, Dr.K.M.Parammasivam	22.3.2013 to 23.3.2013	Mr.Samuthra Gupta-Scientist D-ADE-DRDO-Bangalore	§ Impact damage characterization of composite laminates at both ambient and elevated temperatures § Application of composites in aerospace applications
One day workshop on Opportunities of higher education and research collaboration with RWTH-Aachen University and other European universities in Germany.	Association of Aeronautical Engineers & Aeronautical Society of India	Association of Aeronautical Engineers	23.01.2014	Shri.H.N.Chatterjee	§ The program encouraged the students to their higher studies and research. § The interactive session paved a way to the participants to clarify their doubts and gather information. § It helped the participants to choose the field of research and to locate the various sources and facilities to carry out their research.
Short term course on New Materials their characterization and applications	University Grants Commission (UGC)	Dr.B.T.N. Sridhar, Dr.V.Arumugam	15.10.2014 & 16.10.2014	Prof.J.Kumar, Crystal Growth Centre Dr.K.Jayaraman Professor of Eminence Dept of Aerospace Engineering MIT Campus, Anna University Dr.M.Pradeep, Associate Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering CEG, Anna University Dr.R.Jayavel, Professor & Director, Centre for Nanoscience and Technology Anna University Dr.S.Balasivanandha Prabhu, Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering Anna University Dr.R.Dhanaraj, Professor of Eminence, Dept of Aerospace Engineering MIT Campus, Anna University Dr.S. Kalaiselvam, Head, Dept of Applied Science & Tech, AC Tech Anna University