Department of Mechanical Engineering

About the Department

The journey of Mechanical Engineering Department of Asansol Engineering College started in the year 2003 with intake capacity of merely 30 students. With gradual advancement the present intake capacity has increased to 120 students from the year 2011. The department is engaged in the advancement of learning and dissemination of technical knowledge and to provide continuous industrial interaction to the students. With the changing market scenario, emphasis has been laid down for academia- industry interface for better knowledge enhancement & build expertise in specialized technological areas. Pass-out students of the department have been successfully placed in various renowned industries like Komatsu Mining Corp.,Asahi India Glass, Supreme & Co., H&R Johnson, TVS Motor Company Ltd, BOC, TCS, TIL, ALSTOM, L&T, JSWL, Jessop etc. Beside Industry placements, students are also pursuing higher studies at IITs, NITs, universities abroad etc. The department has organized Vocational Training for rural and urban sectors. Department has credit to organize several Seminars, Workshop in Collaboration with KGEC, Kalyani and NIT Durgapur. It has undertaken several consultancy works. Department has promoted the students to participate in prestigious International competition like the one organized by NASA, USA, April, 2013 where ME, AEC student secured 16th position across the World. One of our student of 2006-2010 batch represented WBUT in International Rowing Competition. In National arena students have participated and secured their achievements in different events like Robotics, extempore, model making, air riffle shooting etc. The Students are working on projects in Automobile Engineering, Robotics, and Air conditioning and Refrigeration.