Our Hearty Congratulations to T.R.MOTHILAL B.E (Mechanical, 2007-2011) who has achieved 26th rank in the University Examination of Anna Univerisity of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

                                      Our Hearty Congratulations to S.ANBARASAN B.E (Mechanical, 2007-2011) who has achieved 46th rank in the University Examination of Anna Univerisity of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

A one day 'Workshop on Global Warming & Green Supply Chain Management' was organised by our Department of Mechanical Engineering  on 12th April, 2012 for the benefit of the Faculty of Engineering Colleges, Research Scholars, PG and UG Students of all the Engineering Colleges. Administrative Officer Prof. S. Nagarajan, welcomed the gathering. Dr. P. Sivakumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering introduced the guests to the gathering. In the first session the Resource Person Dr. Adekunle, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria focussed on the adverse affect of global warming on quality of life and appreciated the Management of Vickram College of Engineering for conducting the workshop with a cause to spread awareness about Global Warming and Green Supply Chain Management. He also encouraged the participants for sustainable research and project work in this field. He also explained the research work done by him on 'Inverter powered lawn mower using CAD software'. He said that this lawn mower reduces noise and air pollution. The second session was handled by Dr. R. Rajaram, Professor & Dean, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Vickram College of Engineering. He gave his presentation on 'Cause and Affect of Global Warming'. He said “Human activities have led to large increases in heat-trapping gases over the past century”. He further said “ The global warming trend in the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced increases in heat-trapping gases”. The other Resource Persons included Dr. P.L.K Palaniappan, Associate Professor, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, and Dr. M. Saravanan, Principal, SBM College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul. Dr.Palaniappan held the view “ Human "fingerprints" also have been identified in many other aspects of the climate system, including changes in ocean heat content, precipitation, atmospheric moisture, and Arctic sea ice.” On the other hand Dr. M. Saravanan said “ Global temperatures are projected to continue to rise over this century; by how much and for how long depends on a number of factors, including the amount of heat-trapping gas emissions and how sensitive the climate is to those emissions”.40 students and scholars participated in this workshop and reaped the benefits. The workshop came to the end with a vote of thanks proposed by Prof. D. Pritima of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

We the Department of Mechanical Engineering Proudly organizes a Workshop titled " Global Warming & Green Supply Chain Management " on 12/04/12  at conference hall in Main block at 9.30 AM.

All are welcome.

We Congratulate the following students B.Harish & G Suresh of Second Year Mechanical have won the first prize and cash award in the event ASSEMBLING & DISMANTLING in PROFEST'12 conducted by SACS MAVMM Engineering College

Date: 15.3.12

Chief Guest:    Mr. Selvarathinam
                           Vice President
                           Madras Suspension Pvt Ltd.
                           Madurai.

Chair Person: Dr.R.Parthipan
                           Assistant  Professor
                           Department of Production Engineering,
                           National Institute of Technology
                          Tiruchirapalli

Events Conducted:

                        1. Poster Presentation
                        2. Tech Spark
                        3. Water Rocketry
                        4. R.C.Car

Prize Winners:

1.Poster Presentation

2. Tech Spark

3.Water Rocketry

4. R.C.Car

CONGRATULATION TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS OF FINAL YEAR MECHANICAL ENGIEERING  WHO GOT PLACED IN METAL SCAN INSPECTION SEVICES,CHENNAI

1.S.ANANTH

2.S.ALAGURAJAN

3.M.BATHUSHA

4.G.DEVA

5.M.GOWTHAMAN

6.M.IYYAPPAN

7.R.JAYASEELAN

8.M.JEYAGANESH

9.M.MANOJ PRABHAKARAN

10.M.MOHAMMED FAISAL

11.NITHIN V.JOSEPH

12.S.PRAKASH

13.S.VAIRAMUTHU

14.B.VARATHARAJ

The five core elements of personal development listed below create a cycle of perseverance and the power to overcome obstacles to reach and exceed your goals.
1. Focus – How distracted are you by television, entertainment, shopping, and friends? To achieve the goals that have been beyond your reach will require that you block out the distractions that have taken up your time. You must determine what that special place is where you can close out distractions and give all of your attention, and all of yourself, to the target of your focus.
2. Enthusiasm - Enthusiasm gives you the mental power to ignore what people think of you, when you believe in what you’re doing. With enthusiasm you are tireless to learn and work and learn more in pursuit of the object of your enthusiasm. Personal development is about choosing the optimum attitude in any given situation to achieve your goals and overcome difficulties. Enthusiasm is that optimum attitude that fuels your creativity and hope, and provides the energy to chase your plan.
3. Action - When you have focused and produced, been driven to learn and grow through enthusiasm, you find yourself packed with information and ideas. The time comes for action, and once it does, there is nothing that will bring you relief till you take it. Action gives the seed a chance to germinate. It makes use of the fuel you’ve stored up from creating and researching and learning. Once you have taken action the process continues. But before long, you’ll need to take action again.
4. Optimism – Once your action has been taken, you’ve also taken risk. And risk can be scary. Optimism says that it will all go well, and turn out right… that all your effort is well worth your action. And that even if it doesn’t go as planned, optimism says you’ll learn from it and make it work out the next time. Optimism believes that what you hope for is at hand. It tells you to expect success.
5. Tenacity – When your hope is unfulfilled and your action didn’t bring the thing you desired, tenacity keeps you holding on and not letting go of your dream. Tenacity gives you time to get back to the focusing, and fueling it with enthusiasm, then taking more action, and believing the action will bring the desired results, leading you to more optimism that it will all work out in the end…and tenacity to keep you from letting go.
The only thing that can prevent you from winning is quitting. You just have to continue to stay in the fight, reaching for your dream, as long as it takes until you succeed.
Think about each of these core strengths, and how they lead one to another. Think about how you can choose and embrace each one in the face of challenge. Doing that will develop the strength that will see you through far greater trials in the future.

Introduction to How the Air Car Works

         Gasoline is already the fuel of the past. It might not seem that way as you fill up on your way to work, but the petroleum used to make it is gradually running out. It also pollutes air that's becoming increasingly unhealthy to breathe, and people no longer want to pay the high prices that oil companies are charging for it. Automobile manufacturers know all of this and have spent lots of time and money to find and develop the fuel of the future. The search is on, but what will this fuel of the future be? Ready-made fuels like petroleum are becoming more difficult to find and automobile manufacturers are turning to greener energy sources like batteries. These batteries can be charged with energy and placed in a car where that energy can be released. As good as that idea might seem, some manufacturers think air could become an even better energy source.

         Air? At first glance, the idea of running a car on air seems almost too good to be true. If we can use air as fuel, why think about using anything else? Air is all around us. Air never runs out. Air is nonpolluting. Best of all, air is free.Unfortunately, air alone can't be used as a fuel. First, energy has to be stored in it by squeezing the air tightly using a mechanical air compressor. Once the compressed air is released, it expands. This expanding air can be used, for example, to drive the pistons that power an engine. The idea of using compressed air to power a vehicle isn't new: Early prototypes of an air-powered vehicle go back to the middle of the 19th century, even before the invention of the internal combustion engine.

How Compressed Air Can Fuel a Car

        The laws of physics dictate that uncontained gases will fill any given space. The easiest way to see this in action is to inflate a balloon. The elastic skin of the balloon holds the air tightly inside, but the moment you use a pin to create a hole in the balloon's surface, the air expands outward with so much energy that the balloon explodes. Compressing a gas into a small space is a way to store energy. When the gas expands again, that energy is released to do work. That's the basic principle behind what makes an air car go
The first air cars will have air compressors built into them. After a brisk drive, you'll be able to take the car home, put it into the garage and plug in the compressor. The compressor will use air from around the car to refill the compressed air tank. Unfortunately, this is a rather slow method of refueling and will probably take up to two hours for a complete refill. If the idea of an air car catches on, air refueling stations will become available at ordinary gas stations, where the tank can be refilled much more rapidly with air that's already been compressed. Filling your tank at the pump will probably take about three minutes [source: Cornell].

       The first air cars will almost certainly use the Compressed Air Engine (CAE) developed by the French company, Motor Development International (MDI). Air cars using this engine will have tanks that will probably hold about 3,200 cubic feet (90.6 kiloliters) of compressed air. The vehicle's accelerator operates a valve on its tank that allows air to be released into a pipe and then into the engine, where the pressure of the air's expansion will push against the pistons and turn the crankshaft. This will produce enough power for speeds of about 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour. When the air car surpasses that speed, a motor will kick in to operate the in-car air compressor so it can compress more air on the fly and provide extra power to the engine. The air is also heated as it hits the engine, increasing its volume to allow the car to move faster [source: Cornell].
 

Congratulation to the following students of Final year mechanical Engineering who got placed in Solamalai Automobiles private Limited, Madurai.

1. Rasik Jaffar, A.S.

2. C.Ramaraj

3. V.Pradap

4. S.Sasi kumar

5. N.Dhanabal

6. J.Rajesh Kannan

7. M.Sundarraj

8. S.Alagurajan

9. Anoop pokkalath

Hearty Congrats to C.Selva kumar of final year Mechanical Engineering who got placed in INDAID Engineers Private Limited, Chennai.