Department of Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Engg IITKGP

89 Pages·2014·11.96 MB·English

Welcome to
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Prof. B. N. Singh
Head of the Department
About the Institute
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Established: 1951
1951 Motto:
10 Departments
“Dedicated to the Service of the Nation”
About the Institute
Today, 2014
About 10181 Students and 582 Faculty members
9
1951
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Outline:
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Important Highlights
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Academic Curriculum
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Placement Statistics
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Faculty: Discipline Wise
Major Thrust Research Areas ,Top Ten Journals and Top
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Ten Conferences
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Academic Facilities
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Conferences & Workshops
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Industry & Academia
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Specific Consideration
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Mission, Vision & Roadmap
Summing Up
Important
• Time Line of the Department
Highlights
 1965: Department of Aeronautical Engineering
 1967: First batch of students Received the degree
 1975: M. Tech and PhD started
 1977: First PhD from Department (78 PhD completed so far)
 1989: Renamed as Department of Aerospace Engineering
 1999:
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Centre of Excellence for Composite Structures Technology (Phase –I)
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2008: Centre of Excellence for Associate Node for CFD at IIT Kharagpur
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2008: Academic Program for Korean Students (two Weeks)
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2009: Boeing-University Relation Program
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2011: Centre of Excellence for Composite Structures Technology (Phase –III)
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2014: MoU with HAL to set up Chair Professor
2014: Academic training Program for HAL Management Trainees (82 MTs)
Important
• Major Initiatives Taken
Highlights
 Roadmap for the department to achieve objectives & goals of the vision 2020 of the
department based on the SWOT Analysis
 Identified five major thrust areas of research, conducted Peer review of the department from
external experts and identified Challenge problems for the students
 Identified Top Ten Journals in Aerospace Engineering & Interdisciplinary Areas and also
identified Top ten best academic conferences around the world. The faculty and students are
being encouraged to publish their articles in the top ten Journals and conferences.
 Offering two International summer/winter terms(ISWT course) on “Aircraft Design
Practices” and “Multi scale Modeling of Advanced Materials” with International faculty
 Regular feedback of students and other stake holders on a regular basis on academics
 Major updating of the department website and evolved a mechanism to update the
information on regular basis
 Research scholars day to provide platform to the scholars to share their works and interact
with external experts
 Identified a list of metrics for next five years to monitor the progress of the goals on SWOT
basis
Important
• Major Achievements in last 5 years
Highlights
 The department ranks 1 and 2 in terms of citations per paper and h index, respectively in
the last five years in comparison with all national peers
 The department ranks comparable in terms of citations per paper in the last five years in
comparison with top international peers and even better than many international peers
 The department ranks 2 in terms of citations per paper in the last five years in
comparison with the departments/centres within the institute across disciplines
 The department ranks 3 (about 14%) in terms of contribution towards h-index, i.e., 57 of
the Institute in the last five years in comparison with other departments/centres/schools
within the institute
 The faculty brought many laurels and awards in the last five years and the students
brought many awards and prizes for the department such as Mahindra Satyam awards,
best papers awards, etc.
 The faculties are involved in a large number of major nationally relevant research
projects such as Chandrayaan, ACECOST - III, AMCA, ISRO, Indian Railway etc.
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
QS World University Rankings By Subject (2013)
ENGINEERING - MECHANICAL, AERONAUTICAL & MANUFACTURING
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
19 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
51-100 Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore)
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51-100 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
101-150 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
http://www.qs.com/qs-world-university-rankings-by-subject.html
Department of Aerospace Engineering
 B.Tech (Hons.)
 Dual Degree
– 4 years’ duration
(B.Tech (Hons.)+M. Tech in Aerospace
 M.Tech
Engineering) – 5 years’ duration
 Ph.D
in Aerospace Engineering – 2 years’ duration
in Fluid Dynamics/Flight Mechanics & Control/Solid
 Joint-M. Tech - Ph. D.
Mechanics/Propulsion & Combustion
 M. S.
Programme
(Research)
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Student Strength of the department
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Year wise details
Sanctioned seats in B. Tech, DD (Dual Degree) and PG (M. Tech) Program
B. Tech DD M. Tech 34
32 32
26
25 25
24 24
21
20 20
19 19 19 19
16 16 16
14 14
13 13
12 12 12
10 10
9
7 7
5 5 5 5
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1984 1988 1993 1998 2000 2003 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Current Research students (2013)
Research scholars: 37
MS :01