UG Curriculum - Mechanical Engineering - Saveetha (Autonomous) Engineering College

Soft Skills

Creative Skills for Communication

System of Numerical and Logical Terminologies

Advanced Quantitative and Logical reasoning

Employment Enhancement Skills

Company Specific Assessments for Employability

VISION

The Mechanical Engineering Department strives to be recognized globally for outstanding education and research leading to well-qualified engineers, who are innovative, entrepreneurial and successful in advanced fields of engineering and research

MISSION

Imparting quality education to the students and enhancing their skills to make them globally competitive Mechanical Engineers. Maintaining vital, state of the art research facilities to provide its students and faculty with opportunities to create, interpret, apply and disseminate knowledge. To develop linkages with world class research and development organizations and educational institutions in India and abroad for excellence in teaching, research and consultancy practices.

PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)

Have high level of technical competency combined with research and problem solving skills to generate innovative solutions in mechanical engineering or related areas.
Be able to communicate effectively to various stake holders and practice their profession with high regard to societal needs, diversity, constraints in the professional workplace and ethical responsibilities.|
Continuously updating themselves in areas and technologies that are relevant to their career, participate in personal development and increasing their understanding of matters that are current and important to society at national and international context.
Solve complex technical problems and /or design systems that are useful to society by applying the fundamental scientific principles that underpin the mechanical engineering profession.
Graduates are able to undertake lifelong learning and adapt to the changing environment.

PROGRAME 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 the 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 to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the eliminations.
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 to the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and 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 multi-disciplinary 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 the set one‘s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multi-disciplinary environments.
Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (PSOs)

Mechanical Engineering Program Leaners will be able to

1. To develop product/process design for mechanical systems.
2. To evaluate the mass and energy flow in thermal systems
3. To select suitable manufacturing process to meet industrial requirements.

Flexible choice based credit system

The learner can select the course he is interested to study during a semester. The course can be opted by the learner, with the prerequisite courses completed by the learner. For courses which do not have prerequisite, the learner can study the course in any semester, whenever its offered.

The learner should have earned the credits in each category namely HS, BS, ES, PC, PE, OE, MC to become eligible for the award of the degree.

CATEGORIZATION OF COURSES

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES (HS) (Credits to be earned: 11)

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Contact Hours Per Week			Credits	Prerequisite
S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	Credits	Prerequisite
1	19EN101	Communicative English*	3	0	2	4	NIL
2	19EN102	Technical English*	3	0	2	4	NIL
3	19MS152	Total Quality Management	3	0	0	3	NIL

*Courses exempted for Lateral Entry students

B. BASIC SCIENCE COURSES (BS) (Credits to be earned: 24)

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Contact Hours Per Week			Credits	Prerequisite
S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	Credits	Prerequisite
1	19MA201	Calculus and Matrix Algebra*	3	1	0	4	NIL
2	19MA205	Differential Equations and Laplace Transforms*	3	1	0	4	19MA201
4	19MA211	Statistics and Numerical Methods	3	0	2	4	19MA201
5	19PH202	Fundamentals of Engineering Physics*	3	0	2	4	NIL
6	19PH211	Materials Science*	3	0	2	4	19PH202
7	19CY208	Basic Engineering Chemistry*	3	0	2	4	NIL

*Courses exempted for Lateral Entry students

C. ENGINEERING SCIENCE COURSES (ES) (Credits to be earned: 26)

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Contact Hours Per Week			Credits	Prerequisite
S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	Credits	Prerequisite
1	19ME301	Engineering Graphics*	3	0	4	5	NIL
2	19CS301	Problem Solving and Python Programming*	3	0	2	4	NIL
3	19EE306	Basic Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering	2	0	2	3	NIL

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Contact Hours Per Week			Credits	Prerequisite
S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	Credits	Prerequisite
4	19ME303	Engineering Mechanics for Mechanical Engineers*	3	1	2	5	NIL
5	19ME304	Strength of Materials for Mechanical Engineers	3	1	2	5	NIL
6	19ME305	Fluid Mechanics and Machinery	3	0	2	4	NIL

*Courses exempted for Lateral Entry students

D. PROFESSIONAL CORE COURSES (PC) (Credits to be earned: 54)

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Contact Hours Per Week			Credits	Prerequisite
S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	Credits	Prerequisite
1	19ME401	Engineering Thermodynamics	3	0	2	4	NIL
2	19ME402	Manufacturing Technology– I	3	0	2	4	NIL
3	19ME403	Kinematics of Machines	3	0	2	4	NIL
4	19ME404	Manufacturing Technology–II	3	0	2	4	NIL
5	19ME405	Thermal Engineering	3	0	2	4	19ME401
6	19ME406	Heat and Mass Transfer	3	1	2	5	19ME401
7	19ME407	Design of Machine Elements	3	0	2	4	NIL
8	19ME408	Metrology and Measurements	3	0	2	4	NIL
9	19ME409	Dynamics of Machines	3	0	2	4	19ME403
10	19ME410	Design of Transmission Systems	3	0	2	4	19ME407
11	19ME411	Finite Element Analysis	3	1	2	5	NIL
12	19ME412	Mechatronics	3	0	2	4	NIL
13	19ME413	Power Plant Engineering	3	0	2	4	NIL

PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVE COURSES (PE) (Credits to be earned: 21)

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Contact Hours Per Week			Credits	Prerequisite
S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	Credits	Prerequisite
1	19ME501	Composite Materials and Mechanics	2	0	2	3	NIL
2	19ME502	Design of Jigs, Fixtures and Press Tools	2	0	2	3	NIL
3	19ME503	Design of Pressure Vessel and Piping	2	0	2	3	NIL
4	19ME504	Mechanical Vibrations and Noise Control	2	0	2	3	19ME409
5	19ME505	Computer Aided Design	2	0	2	3	NIL
6	19ME506	Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics	2	0	2	3	NIL
7	19ME507	Product Design and Development	2	0	2	3	NIL
8	19ME508	Design Concepts in Engineering	2	0	2	3	NIL
9	19ME509	Design of Heat Exchangers	2	0	2	3	19ME406
10	19ME510	Energy Conservation in Industries	2	0	2	3	NIL
11	19ME511	Automobile Engineering	2	0	2	3	NIL
12	19ME512	Turbo Machinery	2	0	2	3	19ME305
13	19ME513	Gas Dynamics & Space Propulsion	2	0	2	3	19ME401
14	19ME514	Refrigeration and Air Conditioning	2	0	2	3	19ME405
15	19ME515	Advanced Internal Combustion Engineering	2	0	2	3	19ME405
16	19ME516	Additive Manufacturing Technology	2	0	2	3	NIL
17	19ME517	Advanced Metrology	2	0	2	3	NIL
18	19ME518	Casting and Welding Processes	2	0	2	3	19ME402
19	19ME519	Engineering Materials and Metallurgy	2	0	2	3	19PH211
20	19ME520	Non-Traditional Machining Processes	2	0	2	3	NIL

21	19ME521	Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems	2	2	3	NIL
22	19ME522	Measurement and Controls	2	2	3	NIL
23	19ME523	Non-Destructive Materials Evaluation	2	2	3	NIL
24	19ME524	Sustainable and Green Manufacturing	2	2	3	NIL
25	19ME525	Production, Planning and Control	2	2	3	NIL
26	19ME526	Quality Control and Reliability Engineering	2	2	3	NIL
27	19ME527	Hydraulics and Pneumatics	2	2	3	NIL
28	19ME528	Principles of Robotics	2	2	3	NIL
29	19ME529	Process Planning and Cost Estimation	2	2	3	NIL
30	19ME530	Machine Vision	2	2	3	NIL
31	19ME531	Intellectual Property Rights	2	2	3	NIL
32	19ME532	Entrepreneurship Development	2	2	3	NIL

F. OPEN ELECTIVE COURSES (OE) (Credits to be earned: 12)

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Remarks
1	19XXXXX	Open Elective Courses*	8	Courses offered by other departments
3	19OC601	Online Course 1	2	Approved Courses
4	19OC602	Online Course 2	2	Approved Courses

*Courses will be offered by the Institution/Department in collaboration with industries

G. EMPLOYABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSES (EEC) (Credits to be earned: 16)

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Contact Hours Per Week			Credits
S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	Credits
1	19ME701	Design and Fabrication Project	0	0	4	2
2	19ME702	Project Work Phase-I	0	0	4	2
3	19ME703	Project Work Phase-II	0	0	12	6

Mandatory Courses (MC)
The learner should complete all the courses in this category to be eligible for award of the degree.

MANDATORY COURSES

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	Credits
1	19MC801	Professional Ethics	0
2	19MC802	Environmental Science	0
3	19MC803	Constitution of India	0
4	19MC804	Internship/Entrepreneurship/Consultancy	2*
5	19MC805	Inplant Training	1*
6	19MC806	Paper Publication	1*
7	19MC807	NSS^#	0
8	19MC808	NSO^#	0
9	19MC809	YRC^#	0

*Credits not included for CGPA
^# Any one course to be taken

List of open elective courses
Learners can select any courses from the list of courses provided in the category, so as to earn 6 credits.

LIST OF OPEN ELECTIVES OFFERED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title	L	T	P	C	Prerequisite
AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING
1	19AG601	Principles of Crop Production	2	0	2	3	NIL
2	19AG514	Food Packaging Technology	2	0	2	3	NIL
3	19AG509	Human Engineering and Safety	2	0	2	3	NIL
4	19AG424	Remote Sensing and GIS Applications	2	0	2	3	NIL
5	19AG421	Dairy and Food Engineering	2	0	2	3	NIL
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
6	19BM601	Fundamentals of Nutrition	3	0	0	3	NIL
7	19BM602	Biomedical Waste Management	3	0	0	3	NIL
8	19BM603	Healthcare Technologies	3	0	0	3	NIL
9	19BM604	Prosthetic Engineering	3	0	0	3	NIL
10	19BM605	Medical Devices	3	0	0	3	NIL
11	19BM606	Biology for Engineers	3	0	0	3	NIL
CIVIL ENGINEERING
12	19CE510	Integrated Water Resources Management	3	0	0	3	NIL
13	19CE521	Air Pollution Engineering	3	0	0	3	NIL
14	19CE525	Traffic Engineering	3	0	0	3	NIL
15	19CE527	Construction Engineering and Occupational Safety	3	0	0	3	NIL
16	19CE528	Contract Laws and Regulations	3	0	0	3	NIL
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
17	19CS601	Database Management Systems	3	0	0	3	NIL
18	19CS602	Business Intelligence and Its Applications	3	0	0	3	NIL
19	19CS603	Object Oriented Analysis and Design	3	0	0	3	NIL
20	19CS516	Software Testing and Quality Assurance	3	0	0	3	NIL
21	19CS525	Industrial IOT	3	0	0	3	NIL
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
22	19EE601	Embedded Based Product Design and Development	3	0	0	3	NIL
23	19EE602	Electrical Safety	3	0	0	3	NIL
24	19EE603	Renewable Energy Sources	3	0	0	3	NIL
25	19EE604	Fundamentals of Electric Power Utilization	3	0	0	3	NIL

26	19EE605	Industrial Automation and Robotics	3	0	0	3	NIL
27	19EE606	Solar Photovoltaic Energy	2	0	2	3	NIL
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
28	19EC601	Electronic Packaging	3	0	0	3	NIL
29	19EC602	Introduction to Micro Electro Mechanical Systems	3	0	0	3	NIL
30	19EC603	Fuzzy Logic Systems and ANN	3	0	0	3	NIL
31	19EC604	Consumer Electronics	3	0	0	3	NIL
32	19EC605	Electronic System Design	3	0	0	3	NIL
33	19EC606	Drones for Agriculture	3	0	0	3	NIL
ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING
34	19EI601	Electrical and Electronic Measurements	3	0	0	3	NIL
35	19EI602	Instrumentation and Control Systems	3	0	0	3	NIL
36	19EI504	Environmental Instrumentation	3	0	0	3	NIL
37	19EI508	SCADA Systems and Applications	3	0	0	3	NIL
38	19EI511	Telemetry and Tele Control	3	0	0	3	NIL
39	19BY201	Introduction to Biology	2	0	0	2	NIL
MEDICAL ELECTRONICS
40	19MD501	Tele Health Technology	3	0	0	3	NIL
41	19MD509	Bio MEMS	3	0	0	3	NIL
42	19MD512	Medical Wearable Systems	3	0	0	3	NIL
43	19MD601	Biomedical Sensors and Measurements	3	0	0	3	NIL
44	19MD602	Biomedical Optics	3	0	0	3	NIL
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
45	19CH503	Energy Technology	3	0	0	3	NIL
46	19CH505	Green Technology	3	0	0	3	NIL
47	19CH511	Food Technology	3	0	0	3	NIL
48	19CH512	Drugs and Pharmaceutical Technology	3	0	0	3	NIL
49	19CH516	Corrosion Technology	3	0	0	3	NIL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
50	19IT517	Data Security	3	0	0	3	NIL
51	19IT518	Game Theory	3	0	0	3	NIL
52	19IT519	Data Analysis using R Programming	3	0	0	3	NIL
53	19IT520	Linux Fundamentals	3	0	0	3	NIL
54	19IT521	Internet Technologies	3	0	0	3	NIL
55	19IT522	Fundamentals of Databases	3	0	0	3	NIL
ENGLISH
56	19EN601	Creative Writing	2	0	0	2	NIL

57	19EN602	English through Media	2	0	0	2	NIL
58	19EN603	Introduction to Design	0	0	4	2	NIL
59	19EN604	Design Thinking	2	0	0	2	NIL
60	19EN605	Modern Trends in Physical Education and Sports Sciences	0	0	4	2	NIL
61	19EN606	Psychology for Professionals	2	0	0	2	NIL
62	19EN607	Heritage Studies	0	0	4	2	NIL
63	19EN608	MIME Theater Art	0	0	4	2	NIL
64	19EN609	Gender Sensitization	2	0	0	2	NIL
65	19EN610	French - Basic	0	0	4	2	NIL
66	19EN611	French - Advanced	0	0	4	2	19EN610
67	19EN612	German - Basic	0	0	4	2	NIL
68	19EN613	German - Advanced	0	0	4	2	19EN612
69	19EN614	Japanese - Basic	0	0	4	2	NIL
70	19EN615	Japanese - Advanced	0	0	4	2	19EN614
71	19EN616	Yoga and Meditation	0	0	2	1	NIL
72	19EN617	Product Design for future	0	0	4	2	NIL
73	19EN618	Indian Astronomy and Mathematics	2	0	0	2	NIL
74	19EN619	Inventions and Discoveries	2	0	0	2	NIL
75	19EN620	Mandarin	0	0	4	2	NIL
76	19EN621	Spanish - Basic	0	0	4	2	NIL
77	19EN622	Spanish - Advanced	0	0	4	2	19EN621
78	19EN623	Dream, Draw and Create	0	0	4	2	NIL
MATHEMATICS
79	19MA601	Resource Management Techniques	3	0	0	3	NIL
80	19MA602	Statistics for Engineers	3	0	0	3	NIL

LIST OF APPROVED ONLINE PLATFORMS

S.No.	Online Platforms	Category
1	NPTEL (nptl.ac.in)	OE
2	COURSERA (https://w>ww.c oursera.org/)	OE

CREDIT SUMMARY

Category	Credits	Credit%
Humanities and Social Science Courses	11	6.75
Basic Science Courses	24	14.72
Engineering Science Courses	26	16.56
Professional Core Courses	54	33.13
Professional Elective Courses	21	12.88
Open Elective Courses	12	7.36
Employability Enhancement Courses	16	8.59
Total	164	100
Mandatory Courses	4*

*Not included in CGPA

SCHEDULING OF COURSES SEMESTER WISE (SAMPLE)

Sem	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5	Course 6	Course 7	Course 8 / Other Activities	Credits
1	Communicative English (4)	Calculus and Matrix Algebra (4)	Fundamentals of Engineering Physics (4)	Basic Engineering Chemistry (4)	Engineering Graphics(5)	Soft Skills (1)			22
2	Technical English (4)	Differential Equation and Laplace Transforms (4)	Material Science (4)	Problem Solving and Python Programming (4)	Engineering Mechanics (5)	Creative skills for communication (1)		NSS/NSO/YRC (0)	22
3	Statistics and Numerical Methods (4)	Basic Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (3)	Strength of Materials for Mechanical Engineers (5)	Fluid Mechanics and Machinery (4)	Engineering Thermodynamics (4)	Manufacturing Technology - I (4)	Environmental Science (0)	System of Numerical and Logical Terminologies (1)	25
4	Kinematics of Machines (4)	Manufacturing Technology – II (4)	Thermal Engineering (4)	Metrology and Measurements (4)	Professional Elective I (3)	Professional Elective II (3)	Constitution of India (0)	Advanced Quantitative and Logical Reasoning (1)	23
5	Heat and Mass Transfer (5)	Design of Machine Element(4)	Dynamics of Machines (4)	Professional Elective III (3)	Professional Elective IV (3)	Open Elective I (3)	Paper Publication– Scopus Indexed / IEEE Digital Explore (1*)	Employment Enhancement Skills (1)	23
6	Design of Transmission Systems (4)	Finite Element Analysis (5)	Mechatronics (4)	Design and Fabrication Project (2)	Professional Elective V (3)	Open Elective II (3)	Online Course I (2)	Company specific Assessments for Employability (1)	24
7	Power Plant Engineering (4)	Open Elective III (2)	Professional Elective VI (3)	Professional Elective VII (3)	Professional Ethics (0)	Online Course II (2)	Project Work Phase – I (2)	Inplant Training (1*)	16
8	Project Work Phase – II (6)	Total Quality Management (3)						Internship/ Consultancy/ Entrepreneurship (2*)	9
Total Credits to be earned									164+4*

NOMENCLATURE

CODE	DEFINITION
AG	AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING
BM	BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
BS	BASIC SCIENCE
C	CREDITS
CE	CIVIL ENGINEERING
CH	CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CS	COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING
CY	CHEMISTRY
EC	ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
EE	ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
EI	ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING
EN	ENGLISH
ES	ENGINEERING SCIENCE
EY	EMPLOYABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSE
HS	HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
IT	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
L	LECTURE
MA	MATHEMATICS
MC	MANDATORY COURSE
MD	MEDICAL ELECTRONICS
ME	MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MS	MANAGEMENT
OC	ONLINE COURSE
OE	OPEN ELECTIVE
P	PRACTICAL
PC	PROFESSIONAL CORE
PE	PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVE
PH	PHYSICS
T	TUTORIAL