About

METRIX (Mechanical Engineering Time for Research Ideas Exchange) is an annual event of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Ropar. The department launched the event in 2018 and has successfully organized four editions till now. The aim of the event is to enhance knowledge by facilitating the exchange of ideas among research scholars, faculty members, and invitees (from industry and academia). The key events include lab poster presentations, research talks, expert talks (from industry and academia), and panel discussions.

The goal of this event is to provide a forum for presenting and exchanging research ideas among scholars, faculty members, and experts from industries working in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

The program will take place in the ME Seminar Hall at the Satish Dhawan Block in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

This event provides a platform for presenting and exchanging research ideas among scholars, faculty members, and experts from industries working in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

• The event aims to bridge the gap between industry and academia. This will assist research scholars in generating new research fields relevant to state-of-the-art industrial development. It will enhance the quality of research and foster stronger collaborations between academia and industries.

• The event will showcase the available research facilities in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Ropar, which will enable researchers from other organizations to utilize them.

• The event will instill a sense of enthusiasm and encouragement in master's and undergraduate students from different parts of the country, encouraging them to pursue higher studies and consider research as a viable career option.

It is one of the largest departments of the Institute, housing 27 faculty members with varied expertise and hundreds of undergraduate, postgraduate, and more than 160 PhD research scholars. The department has awarded doctorate degrees to 60 PhD students since its inception in 2008. The faculty members in the department can be broadly categorized into Design, Manufacturing, and Thermal. Currently, the department offers a B. Tech. in Mechanical with minors in many fields. The department also offers master’s degrees in four disciplines: Manufacturing Engineering (MF), Mechanics and Design (MD), Thermal Fluids Engineering (TF), and Computational Mechanics (CM). The main thrust areas of the department are Additive Manufacturing, Bio Mechanical Engineering, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, Intelligent Mechanical Systems, and Micro/Nano Engineered Systems. The Department also has a unique “Department Research Facilities (DRF)" portal through which most of the equipment and departmental facilities are open to researchers and engineers from other institutes or industries.