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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (popularly known as IITK) is one of the premier institutions established by the Government of India in 1959. It is ranked as the best engineering institute of India in recent years, continuing the excellence in research and teaching programs for 50 years. The aim of the Institute is to provide meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in technological innovation for industrial growth and research development. The Institute not only celebrates freedom of thought, cultivates vision and encourages growth, but also inculcates human values and concern for the environment and the society.
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The Kanpur Indo-American Programme from 1962 to 1972 was instrumental in setting up the Institute's academic programmes and developing laboratories for instruction as well as research. Under this program, the Institute received technical assistance from a consortium of nine leading universities and institutions of U.S.A. It is now an autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institute of higher education in India.
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The Institute offers various academic programmes in engineering, sciences and humanities. IIT Kanpur strives to create an intellectual reservoir for the contemporary and future needs of the society by recruiting highly qualified faculty and admitting brilliant students by the most stringent selection processes. The Institute has about 3000 undergraduate and 2000 postgraduate students, 350 faculties, and more than 1500 supporting staffs. IIT Kanpur has a sprawling campus spread over an area of approximately 4.3 square km with all the amenities for developing the personal, social and academic skills of the community. The institute provides world class facilities to its students. The P. K. Kelkar Library of IITK is a technical library with a collection of more than 5,00,000 volumes and subscription to more than 1400 print and online periodicals. It is one of the best libraries in the nation. Microform and CD-ROM databases, technical reports, Standards and theses are important part of this collection. The Computer Centre caters to the computing needs of the faculty, staff and students for their research and teaching. This fully air conditioned centre has a number of state-of-theart servers, high end Linux and Windows labs and application software. It supports an institute wide 40 Gbps fibre optic network that connects all the academic departments, hostels, library and other central facilities to this hub.
Established in 1964, Aerospace Engineering Department is a premier teaching and research centre today. The department is engaged in engineering science instruction, flight laboratory work, aerodynamic testing, indigenous design and fabrication of advanced facilities and instruments. The department specializes in aerodynamics, flight mechanics, propulsion, and aerospace structures.
The National Wind Tunnel Facility (NWTF), established in 1999, was set up at IIT Kanpur to meet the national needs in areas of aeronautical and non-aeronautical R&D activities. It houses the most versatile and efficient wind tunnel in India. NWTF has unique and nationally recognized capabilities to evaluate aerodynamic performance of flight and road vehicles as well as wind effects on civil structures. The Department has highly qualified faculty, having an expertise in their respective fields and involved in projects of National and International Importance. The department has completed and is currently involved in a large number of sponsored and consultancy projects for the agencies like AR&DB, ARMREB, ADA, ADE, ADRDE, ASTE, AICTE, DST, DRDL, GTRE, VSSC, ISRO, CSIR, HAL, MHRD, ARDE, HEMRL, CEMILAC, Indian Railways.
Aerodynamics
Aircraft Structures
Propulsion
Flight Mechanics
Supersonic Flow
Structural Dynamics
Combustion
Conventional Flight Mechanics
Transonic Flow
Aero Elasticity
Turbomachinary
Aircraft Design Development
Subsonic Flow
Internal Flow Control
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The Department has a unique flight laboratory with four powered aircrafts, four gliders and a 1000 m runway. The Department provides facility of using the Flight Laboratory to all other institutes and organizations in the country.
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High Speed Aerodynamics Lab Low Speed Aerodynamics Lab
Flight Lab Design Lab
Helicopter Lab
Propulsion Lab High Performance CFD Lab
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Structures Lab
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Development and Design of an Autonomous Mini Helicopter (DST) Low Speed Air Intake Tests - LCA Model Preparation & Testing (ARDB) Study of spray combustion in a swirl stabilized dump combustor (ISRO-STC) Improve Rail Fastening, (TMRS) Multi-Scale Analysis Based Modelling of Damage Evolution in Uni-Directional Composite Laminates, (ARDB) Boundary element method (BEM) modelling of the human microcirculation Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) simulations of rarefied hypersonic flows over reentry vehicles
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Moreover a number of consultancy projects have been completed in the past few years and are going on in the Department.
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Every year 35-40 students, admitted through JEE, graduate in Aerospace Engineering getting. Also every year nearly 30 postgraduate students, admitted through GATE, complete their post-graduation here. Students strive here for overall personality development by learning engineering skills through tough academics, by developing interpersonal, Leadership, Communication and Management skills through managing and participating in several Club activities, national level festivals, Hostel administration etc. The academic curriculum and the extracurricular activities at the institute instil a confidence to face any challenge posed to them and tackle any problem be it related to engineering or the society. The curriculum at the Department is featured by the following:
Basic Science Courses
Basic Engineering Courses (Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, etc.)
Aerodynamics
Aircraft Structures
Flight Mechanics
Propulsion
High Speed Aerodynamics
Buckling Analysis
Stability & Control
Combustion, Rocket Engines, & Experiments
Low Speed Aerodynamics
Aero Elasticity
Basic Flight Mechanics
Jet Engine cycle & Turbomachinary
Basic Aircraft Structure Analysis
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IIT JEE Qualified: B. Tech. & B. Tech. M. Tech. Dual Degree Students
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INTERNSHIP: 3rd year Students of Department undergo a nearly 10-12 weeks long internship programme at companies and universities across the globe which helps them get a grasp of the real world applications of the theory learned. It is given so much of importance that department has a proper internship collaboration with Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas (USA). So far many students have undergone their internship programmes in DRDO, NAL, ISRO, Boeing and many other wellknown companies and universities.
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SUMMER PROJECT
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In the summer vacations of 2nd year, the students get involved in several projects under the professors of the Institute. Apart from these, the Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence (SURGE) program at the Institute promotes innovative ideas and projects of the students by funding them and providing other facilities essential for the projects. Also, there are students who do projects under the different Science and Technology clubs like Aero-modelling Club, Electronics Club, Robotics Club, Programming Club, etc.
SEMESTER PROJECTS Some students of department work under a professor during semester to explore their field of interests. These projects are different from the course projects and not included in the academic curriculum.
COURSE PROJECTS In a number of courses of department there are projects like RC aero-model making, fabricating and testing composite, designing experiments for various needs, etc.
Students of department participate in various extracurricular activities like sports, cultural events, science and technology events, national level event organization, administrative to develop a good overall personality. Some of the students’ festivals incorporating several sports and cultural events are as follows: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL (SnT COUNCIL)
Aero-modelling Club Electronics Club Robotics Club Programming Club Business Club Ham Club Astronomy Club Gliding and Soaring Club
These clubs inculcate in the students practical knowledge in the fields of electronics, robotics, programming, aero-modelling. This helps students learn about several components, like sensors, microcontrollers, ICs, etc., which otherwise they would not be able to learn owing to a busy academic curriculum. SOCIETY OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (SAE) Society of Aerospace Engineers is the group of department students which acts as an interface between professors and students, between different batches, organizes industrial trips, departmental technical festival, fresher’s party, farewells etc. to ensure a healthy culture in the Department. UDGHOSH Annual Sports festival of IIT Kanpur TECHKRITI Annual Technical and Entrepreneurship festival of IIT Kanpur ANTARAGNI Annual Cultural festival of IIT Kanpur
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The Institute has a Science and Technology (SnT) Council under the Students’ Gymkhana which has several technological clubs under it which cater to the hobbies of students in technological fields other than their department. The clubs under the SnT council are
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AIMS is an initiative by the students of Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur. Under this system, we invite universities/labs to offer 2-3 months long summer internship programme to the students of the Department. It is headed by the faculty-in-charge of the Department and the work is handled by the student coordinator.
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FACULTY IN-CHARGE Dr. C. S. Upadhyay Professor Department of Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India) E-mail:
[email protected] Homepage: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shekhar COORDINATOR Navin Kumar Junior Undergraduate Department of Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India) E-mail:
[email protected] Contact Number: (+91) 955 975 3773
You can also mail us at
[email protected]
http://www.iitk.ac.in/aero/AIMS
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Aerospace Internship Management System Department of Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur India 208016
10 Photo Credits (Back): NASA Night Launch, http://nasa.gov
