Mek-IT-Tronics (Mechatronics Domain Group) | PICT-Top Engineering College

Introduction

Mechatronics (Mek-IT-Tronics) is an interdisciplinary domain of engineering that focuses on the mixing of mechanical, electrical, and electronic engineering systems. This also includes a combination of robotics, computer science, information technology, control, and product engineering, haptic and tactile devices, and telecommunications systems. This domain aims to design and develop products by applying interdisciplinary knowledge in development. To work on the principle of recycle-reuse-reproduce to make it cost-effective, sustainable, and easy to fix at the end-user. The developed product and skills are capable of meeting the needs of social challenges through the application of cutting-edge technology to better people's lives. This can be achieved through quality technical interactions and networking of like-minded people in the surrounding. The knowledge acquired through workshops, seminars, training programs, internships, in the domain can be further transformed into product and job opportunities.

Objectives:

Areas of the Interest of the Group Include but not limited to:

Associated Members

Sr. No.	Name	Member	Contact Number	Email ID	Area of Interest
1	Dr. Girish. S. Mundada	Domain Leader and Member	9850538480	gsmundada@pict.edu	Power grids and drive, renewable energy sources
2	Mr. Nitin. B. Patil	Representative	9689881159	nbpatil@pict.edu	Power grids and drive, renewable energy sources
3	Dr. Satish. S. Narkhede	Member	9822648639	ssnarkhede@pict.edu	Analog and digital controls, Instrument and control systems
4	Dr. Vaibhav B. Vaijapurkar	Member	9822865220	vbvaijapurkar@pict.edu	Haptic and tactile devices, sensors and actuators, mechanical systems
5	Mr. Lalit P. Patil	Member	9922503853	lppatil@pict.edu	Analog and digital controls, power grids and drive, database management
6	Ms. Sakshi M. Hosamani	Member	9975167161	smhosamani@pict.edu	Analog controls, Embedded systems, sensors, and actuators
7	Mr. Nitin. P. Sapkal	Member	9970317454	npsapkal@pict.edu	Mechanical systems, 3D printing, electric vehicles
8	Mr. Sunil S. Khot	Member	8605799698	sskhot@pict.edu	Mechatronics and control systems, electric vehicles, 3D printing
9	Mr. Shrikant D. Hade	Member	9975240230	sdhade@pict.edu	Mechanical systems, 3D printing, electric vehicles
10	Mr. Anil S. Bodhe	Member	8668703019	asbodhe@pict.edu	Electric vehicles, power grids and drive, renewable energy sources
11	Mr. Amol Ingole	Member	8275293819	asingole@pict.edu	Analog and digital controls, embedded systems, database management
12	Mr. Kundalik S. Ugale	Member	8999424452	ksugale@pict.edu	Mechanical systems, 3D printing, electric vehicles

Industry Collaboration/Partnership

1. Join domain as participant/member
2. Join as expert to deliver seminar/conduct hands on workshop, and training.
3. Enquiry for consultancy, technical support, collaboration, and project development

Infrastructure & Facilities

Major Equipments:

Sr.No	Laboratory Equipment/Systems	Specification	Quantity	Amount
1	Pneumatic training system	Pneumatic system to control single acting and doble acting cylinder 1. With 3/2 push button, hand leaver, and solenoid direction control valve. 2. With 5/2 solenoid and 5/3 hand leaver direction control valve To Prototype Weight measurement system.	1	60,000/-
2	Position and Velocity measurement system	Using optical encoder 1. Angular Velocity measurement system. 2. Linear Velocity measurement system.	01	36,000/-
3	Liquid Level, flow measurement system	0-300 ml, 4-20 mA	01	35,000/-
4	Object Sorting system	1. Size 2. Shape 3. Color 4. Texture	01	10,000/-
5	1 and 3 phase power control panels and power converter systems	1. Single phase half, and full wave and bridge-controlled rectifier with resistive load and inductive load 2. Single phase AC voltage regulator with resistive and inductive loads. 3. DC shunt speed control and load test series motor 4. Load test 3 Phase induction motor 5. Control panel of 3 Phase and 1 Phase AC supply and 220V DC, 10 A.	10	2,00,000/-
6	Data Acquisition	NI My DAQ	10	4,10,000/-
7	PLC	Allen- Bradley Micrologix 1200	01	37,000/-
8	3D printing	Separate Lab is available to support	04	-
9	Conveyor belt mechanism	Bottle filling plant (1 and 2 Ltr)	01	34,000/-
10	Microcontroller boards	Arduino: Uno, Mega, Nano, Mini Raspberry Pi: A, B, A+, B+, Zero, Pico PIC: 18FXX ARM: 2138, 2148, Cortex	05	Tinker Development

Software:

Sr.No	EDA Tool	Specification	Quantity	Amount
1	Auto CAD	Auto CAD 2019 Education	-	-
2	Solid works	Solid works 2019	30	6,00,000
3	LabVIEW	Part No. 779798-01, NI Academic Site License- Department Teaching LabVIEW Core, Software includes 1 Year Standard License 2012.	01	3,66,000
4	MATLAB	Mathwork Product R-2010 i) MATLAB ii) Optimization Toolbox iii) Symbolic Math Toolbox iv) Partial Differential equation Toolbox v) Data Base Toolbox	01	89,189
5	Multisim	Multisim V 12.0 15 USER, Multisim (Spice Simulation & Capture) Education Along with Multi MCU	01	2,36,250
6	Rs Logix	RS Logic PLC Ladder SW	01	55,000

Projects & Grants Received

Completed Sponsored Projects:

Sr.No	Title	Name of Principal Investigator/ Co-Investigator	Amount in RS.	Funding Agencies	Duration
1	Design and develop tactile feel display for improved correctness in human sensing	Mr. Vaibhav B. Vaijapurkar Dr. Y. Ravinder	1,50,000	SPPU Pune	02 Years

Completed Consultancy Projects:

Sr.No	Title	Name of the faculty member	Client Name	Revenue generated	Duration
1	Mechatronics Virtual Lab	Dr. G. Mundada Mr. S. S. Khot Mr. Zakee Ahmad	FDP	10,000	01 week

• Consultancy under Chartered Engineer Certification
The Chartered Engineer certificate is often useful for the following purpose:-
• To be empanelled as Valuer, Loss Assessor in various financial institutions like Bank, Insurance companies etc.
• To be empanelled as Chartered Engineer in the Original Side of High Courts, Central Excise and Customs and other similar govt concerns.
• To get contract of works from Municipal Corporation and similar govt bodies.
• To be employed and/or promoted in foreign companies.
• To practice as self-employed consultant in India and abroad.
In general, the Chartered Engineer certificate issued plays the role of recognition and acceptance of one’s techno-academic qualification and professional attainment on a global platform.
The Role of Chartered Engineers in Import and Export of Machinery/ Goods/ Hardware- Software in India:
Chartered engineers are important when it comes to getting a clearance for machinery and other shipments. Clearance is needed in order to facilitate a hassle free import and export of the shipments like old machinery or used plants. Many growing businesses are not aware of the rules related to export and import of machinery/ goods/ gadgets.

Inhouse product/ project/ circuits development:

Sr.No	Project/Product Title	Name of the faculty	Specifications	Cost	Duration
1	Contact less water Tap (for Drinking water, urinals, and wash basins)	Dr. S. V. Gaikwad Mr. S. L. Dhende Mr. L. P. Patil Mr. N. B. Patil Mr. V. B. Vaijapurkar Mr. A. S. Sutar Mr. S. M. Shinde Ms. S. M. Hosamani Mr. A. M. Chavan Mr. N. B. Gawade Mr. O. M. Bodele	Day/ night detection 12 V, 1 A, solenoid control	1,00,000	06 Months
2	DC Power supply	Mr. L. P. Patil	0-30V, 1A CV, CC Digital readout for voltage and current	5,000	-
3	Experimental kits	Mr. L. P. Patil Mr. D. M. Mankar	Analog and Integrated circuits, Digital circuits, Microcontroller, and power electronics. According to SPPU syllabus (2005 -2019) revisions	10,000	-
4	Experimental kits	Mr. N B Patil Mr. S. M. Pawar Mr. A. M. Chavan	Electrical Panels Single Phase AC / DC 230 Volts & Three Phase 440 Volts. Experimental set up for load test of DC series motor, 3 phase induction motor	10,000	-
5	Experimental kits	Mr. S L Dhende Ms. S M Hosmani Mr. N B. Gawade	V-I Characteristics (Diode), Operational Amplifier characteristics	5,000	-
6	Charts and boards	Ms. S M Hosmani	Prototype of Experimental display boards. Charts of Different types of Basic Electronic Components	5,000	-
7	Experimental kits	Mr. H S Thakar	SMPS for power electronics circuits	6,000	-

Patents

Sr. No.	Name of the faculty / student (Inventors)	Title	Application no.	Date of filing (Filed / Published / Granted)	Status: Applied / Published/ Granted / Licensed
1	Dr. G. S. Mundada	Wearable Technology: Computer Science	201921027968	16-08-2019	Published
2	Dr. G. S. Mundada	Monitoring Fuel Usage: Physics	201921028449	16-08-2019	Published
3	Dr. G. S. Mundada	Facilitating Waste Management: Mechanical	201921027495	16-08-2019	Published

Paper Publications

Sr. No.	Name of the faculty / student (Inventors)	Title	Journal/ Conference/ Symposium	Date of filing (Filed / Published / Granted)	Status: Applied / Published/ Granted / Licensed
1	1. V. B. Vaijapurkar 2. Yerram Ravinder	Development of Tactile Display and an Efficient Approach to Enhance Perceptual Analysis in Rehabilitation	Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ: Scopus indexed) Volume 4, Issue 4, Page No 01-11, 2019, DOI: 10.25046/aj040401	2019	Published
2	1. Dr. G S Mundada 2. Dr. RC Jaiswal 3. Dr. Zakee Ahmed	Exploring Mechatronics System and Technical Investigation of Hydraulic and Pneumatic System Maneuver for Archetupal Engineering Applications	Presented and Published: 33rd Indian Engineering Congress, Udaipur: 2018 Technical Volume PP359-364 ISBN: 978-81-938404-9-8	2018	Published
3	1. Dr. G S Mundada 2. Dr. Zakee Ahmed 3. Mr. S. S. Khot	Opting Suitable Data Acquisition System for Environmental Temperature Analysis	Published: The IET India Volume 2, 2018 ISBN: 978-81-939709-0-4 PP50-53	2018	Published
4	1. Dr. G S Mundada 2. Dr. Zakee Ahmed 3. Mr. A S Rasal 4. Mr. A S Ramteke	An Innovative Method of Servomotor Design for the Ease of Visual Understanding	Published: The IET India Volume 2, 2018 ISBN: 978-81-939709-0-4 PP09-13	2018	Published
5	1. Ms. Sweta A. Javalekar 2. Mr.V.B. Vaijapurkar 3. Dr. Y Ravinder 4. Dr. M. V. Munot	Study and Modeling Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloy Wire	International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences (IJETMAS17) Vol.5 Issue 7, 774-782, ISSN: 2349-4476.	2017	Published
6	1. Mr. V.B. Vaijapurkar 2. Dr. Y Ravinder	A survey on recent trends and technologies in tactile interfaces with sensing perspective	2015 Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), New Delhi, 2015, pp. 1-5.doi: 10.1109/INDICON.2015.7443158	2015	Published

Achievements / Honors

Sr.No	Name of the Faculty/Students	Details	From
1	Dr. G. S. Mundada	Best Teacher Award	SPPU, Pune
2	Dr. G. S. Mundada	Scroll of Honor	The Institution of Engineers (India)

Prototype Development of Mechatronics Kits

Team:
Staff: Dr. G .S. Mundada and Mr. S.S. Khot
Students: Yash Rao, Deepak Patel, Ahmed Patil
Utilization :
1. Performing Mechatronics Practical
2. Learning Prototype Development of Electronics Product
Details: In-house development has been done with open source hardware Arduino Uno and software Arduino-IDE, PLX-DAQ, total 06 experiments have been designed and developed. Following kits have been developed for Mechatronics Lab, which was integrated part of state level workshop conducted for faculty members at PICT Pune during 18-20 Aug 2017.

Sr.No	Name of Experimental Kit
1	Position Control Using Servomechanism
2	Measurement of Displacement using encoder
3	Measurement of Velocity using encoder
4	Measurement of Liquid Level using Ultrasonic Sensor.
5	Measurement of Weight using Load cell
6	Measurement of Liquid Flow using flow sensor
7	Implementation of Data Acquisition System

Training / Certificate Programs Conducted

Sr.No	Title	Coordinator/s	Resource Person/s	Sponsorer/ Association	Target participants	No. of partici- pants	Funds Generated in Rs	Academic Year
1	Development of Mechatronics System using Arduino – A Project Based Learning Approach	Dr. G. S. Mundada Mr.S. S. Khot Dr. A. Zakee	Mr. Manav Technical Developer TCS Mr. Abhijit Mulay, Dy.Manager Automotive Electronics ARAI Mr. Awadh Singh, Director Finex Equipments Pune. Dr. G. S. Mundada Dr. M.V.Munot Prof.M.P.Turuk Prof.S.S. Khot Prof L.P. Patil Prof. Zakee Ahmed Prof A.S. Dixit, from PICT, Pune	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Pune Local Network and Institution of Engineers (IEI), Pune Local Centre	Faculty and students in Mechatronics from Maharashtra State	32	15,000/-	2018-19
2	3 D Printing and Use of Slicing Software	Prof. N. P. Sapkal	Prof. Shivaji Munde Prof. N. P. Sapkal, Prof. S. D. Hade from PICT, Pune	Self	Faculty	20	Inhouse Development	2020-21

Opportunities with domain

3D Printing / Agriculture Electronics/ Power Electronics/ Automation/Automobile
a) Internship:
• Domain offers internship opportunities to participant for 3-6 months
• Problem statement and assessment will be made available after mutual interaction Seminar/Workshop/Training program
• Domain offers technical seminars, workshops, and training program on recent tools, applications relevant to domain interest.
b) Project work:
• Project work relevant to domain interest will be offered with technical support and resource sharing.