About NITTE (Deemed to be University)
Nitte (Deemed-to-be University) has its roots in a group of Institutions established by the Nitte Education Trust. The Trust was established in 1979 by one of India’s respected Statesman, Late Justice KS Hegde, Supreme Court Judge and Speaker of Lok Sabha, with the mission of empowering rural youth through quality education and healthcare. The Trust has established 36 institutions spread in three campuses at Nitte, Mangaluru and Bengaluru. It offers education in diverse areas of learning including health professions education, engineering, management, humanities, general education, vocational training, and school/pre-university education.
The University offers a total of 98 programs in the disciplines of engineering, medicine, allied health sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, speech and audiology, biological sciences, media and communication, commerce, science, management and Architecture. It has 10,000+ students, over 875 faculty members and over 2475 support staff on roll. The University campuses are spread over 52 acres in Deralakatte-Paneer areas of Mangaluru and 110 acres in Nitte.
The University received A+ Grading in NAAC accreditation in 2021. It has been consistently placed in the Top 70-80 rank band in NIRF. The University is placed in the 401 to 450 Rank Band in the QS Rankings for Asia Region. It has received Diamond rating in the QS I-Gauge India Ratings. The Constituent colleges of the university have good standing in their disciplines in the NIRF rankings. In 2021, the dental college was ranked 6th and the medical college and pharmacy colleges were ranked 45th in NIRF. All the Undergraduate Programs of NMAMIT are accredited by NBA. Further, the BPharm program of the University is accredited by NBA. The teaching hospital is accredited by both NABH and NABL.
About the Institution
Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology (NMAMIT), affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, is an autonomous Institution offering UG, PG and Doctoral programs. It is a unit of Nitte Education Trust, Mangaluru. It currently offers 10 UG programs in engineering, 8 M.Tech programs, MBA and MCA programs. All the UG programs are accredited by NBA, New Delhi. The Institute is ISO 9001:2015 certified and is also accredited by NAAC, with ‘A’ grade. The institute is ranked 138 in the NIRF ranking (Engg. Institutes)-2021, Govt. of India. The Institute has been awarded “Diamond” rating by QS I-GAUGE Indian Institute Ratings. The college has signed MoU with reputed industries, research organizations, and foreign universities to promote close interaction in areas of recent technologies, research & development, and skill development programs.
About the Organizing Department
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at NMAMIT was established in the year 1986, with an intake of 40 students. Since then, the department has shown substantial growth and at present the passing out strength of UG students is ~200 per year. The department has two master’s degree programs namely Machine Design and Energy Systems Engineering with an intake of 18 students each. The department is accredited by the NBA under Tier-1 category. The department is recognized as an established Research Centre under Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Belagavi and so far, 15 students have completed their PhD, and there are several part-time and full-time doctoral students. The department has six centres of excellence. The research work carried out in micro-machining has won four awards in the prestigious IMTEX exhibition in the last 5 years. The most recent one is 2nd best prize for Research on “Two axis TIG welding of Aluminum alloy with synchronized pulsating wire feeder” in the IMTMA-IMTEX-ToolTech2020 Exhibition held at Bengaluru in January 2020. The institute also won Best Student Project Award in the Fluid Power Society of India Exhibition 2019. Some of the products have been patented and some products have moved from Lab to Land. The students are provided with all-round development opportunities through professional societies, branch association, and several professional club activities.
Organized by:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Conference Chair:
Dr. Srinivasa Pai P.
Professor & Head
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Organizing Secretary:
Dr. Ravindra
Assistant Professor
Dr. Austin D. D’Souza
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nithin Kumar
Assistant Professor
About the Conference
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte is organizing a Two Day International Conference on ”Smart and Sustainable Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering (SME-2022)” as a part of the Multi-Conference “International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering” (ICETE- 2022) on 22 – 23 December 2022. The conference is dedicated to driving innovation in nearly every aspect of mechanical engineering. The conference provides a platform for researchers, professionals, executives and practicing engineers from various research institutes, educational bodies and from industries to share and exchange their ideas on the theme of conference. A series of keynote presentations, technical paper presentations are planned to discuss the emerging trends, feasible solutions to pressing problems and to shape and enable the development of mankind.
Theme of the Conference
Smart and Sustainable developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering (SME) is focused on research and emphasizes the latest technological innovations. It showcases the commitment of NMAMIT in bringing together various disciplines, converge and amalgamate various new ideas, fields and technologies. The focus of the conference is to open a new paradigm to deliberate on eco-friendly and robust design use of materials with less environmental impact, use of fewer materials, optimal utilization of resources during manufacturing processes with zero defects. Also, produce less pollution, waste, reuse and recycling of materials. The emphasis is on application of newer technologies like Artificial Intelligence to enhance the productivity, safety and better management of the systems and processes. This conference is the fourth in the series.
Thrust Areas
- Smart and Sustainable Developments in Materials
- Smart and Sustainable Developments in Manufacturing
- Smart and Sustainable Developments in Energy
- Applications of AI in Mechanical Engineering
Sub Themes to be addressed in this conference include, but not limited to the following:
Smart and Sustainable developments in Materials
| Smart and Sustainable developments in Manufacturing
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Smart and Sustainable developments in Energy
| Applications of AI in Mechanical Engineering
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Invited Speakers
Eminent researchers, academicians and industrialists will be delivering invited talks on topics pertaining to the three major themes of the conference. The list of invited speakers and related details will be updated in the website.
Dr. Puneeth Tandon
Professor,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
IIITDM, Jabalpur, MP, INDIA
Dr. Dasappa S.
Professor,
Centre for Sustainable Technologies,
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA
Dr. Ketan Kotecha
Director at Symbiosis Institute of Technology,
Dean of Faculty of Engineering,
Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA
Dr. M. T. Mathew
Director of Faculty Research;
Associate Professor,
Cedric W. Blazer Endowed Professor of Biomedical Sciences
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Illinois, USA
Committee
Patron:
Sri N. Vinaya Hegde, Chancellor, Nitte (Deemed to be University) & President, Nitte Education Trust, Mangalore
Steering Committee:
Sri. Vishal Hegde, Pro-chancellor, Nitte (Deemed to be University)
Dr. N.R. Shetty, Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, Karnataka
Dr. Takamoto Itoh, Vice Dean- Mech Engg, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Dr. Harish Kumar Madhyastha, Professor, University of Miyazaki, Japan
Dr. Omid Ansary, Senior Associate Dean & Professor, Penn State University, USA
Dr. Shripad T. Revankar, Professor, Purdue University, U.S.A
Dr. Shuhaimi Mansor, Professor, University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
Mr. Michio Kaida, Director, Chairman, NIDEC-READ Corp., Kyoto, Japan
Dr. Prasad Yarlagada, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Mr. Tomonari Kobayashi, President, Kobayashi Create Co. Ltd., Aichi-Ken, Japan
General Chair:
Dr. Niranjan N. Chiplunkar, Principal, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
General Co-Chairs:
Dr. I. R. Mithanthaya, Vice Principal & Dean (Academics), NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Dr. Shrinivasa Rao B. R., Vice Principal & Controller of Examinations, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
SME 2022 Chair:
Dr. Srinivasa Pai P., Professor & Head, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Organizing Secretaries:
Dr. Ravindra, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg., NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte,
Dr. Austin D D’Souza, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg., NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Dr. Nithin Kumar, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg., NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Internal Organizing Committee:
Dr. Shashikantha Karinka, Professor
Dr. Muralidhara, Professor & Head, Dept. of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Mallikappa, Professor
Dr. Gururaj Upadyaya, Assoc. Professor
Dr. T R Venugopal, Assoc. Professor
Dr. Udaya D, Assoc. Professor
Dr H S Kumar, Assoc. Professor
Mr. Suresh Shetty, Assoc. Professor
Dr. Ananthakrishna Somayaji, Assoc. Professor
Dr. Vijeesh V, Assoc. Professor
Dr. Grynal D’Mello, Asst. Professor
Mr. Srinivas Prabhu, Asst. Professor
Mr. Mohan Poojari, Asst. Professor
Dr Ajit Hebbale, Associate Professor
Dr Rashmi P Shetty, Asst. Professor
Mr. Aneesh Jose, Asst. Professor
Mr. Vincent Linish D’Souza, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Ravikiran Kamath, Asst. Professor
Mr. Melwyn Rajesh Castelino, Asst. Professor
Dr. Vidyasagar Shetty, Asst. Professor
Mr. Dilip Kumar K, Asst. Professor
Mr. Goutham Hebbar, Asst. Professor
Mr. Divijesh P, Asst. Professor
Dr. Veeresha R K, Asst. Professor
Mr. Manjunath Maiya, Asst. Professor
Mr. P Venkatesh Murthy, Asst. Professor
Mr. Sunil Kumar Shetty, Asst. Professor
Mr. Ravishankar Bhat, Asst. Professor
Mr. Bhaskar P, Asst. Professor
Mr. Rajath N Rao, Asst. Professor
Dr. Vishwanath J S, Asst. Professor
Dr. Sharathchandra, Asst. Professor
Mr. Raghavendra Pai, Asst. Professor
Mr. Adarsh Rai, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
Advisory Committee:
Dr. Rajkumar P. Singh, Senior Director, Kalyani Center for Technology & Innovation, Bharat Forge Ltd
Prof. Milind Atrey, Dean (R & D), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Dr. N. Ranapratap Reddy, Principal Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore
Mr. V.V. Kamath, Managing Director, Fronius India Private Limited, Pune
Mr. Ashoka Kumar, Director RV- RV-Skills Center for Emerging Technologies, Bangalore
Dr. Mangalpady Aruna, Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Mining Engg., NITK, Surathkal
Dr. Anand B. Dhaulakhandi, Additional Director, DRDO, New Delhi
Dr. Peter Fernandes, Principal, Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moodbidri
Dr. M Ravi, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR- NIIST, Trivandrum
Dr. K.Venkateswaralu, Principal Scientist CSIR-NAL, Bangalore
Dr. M.T Mathew, Director of Faculty Research; Associate Professor, Cedric W. Blazer Endowed Professor of Biomedical Sciences University of Illinois College of Medicine, Illinois, USA
Dr. Dasappa S, Professor, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalure
Dr. Anand M Shivapuji, Principal scientist Centre for sustainable energy, IISc, Bangalore
Dr. Ravi Bhate, Scientist-F & Team Leader, CLPM-ARCI, Hyderabad
Dr. Manish Tak, Scientist-E, CLPM-ARCI, Hyderabad
Dr. G. Siva Kumar, Scientist-F, Center for Engineering Coatings (CEC), ARCI-Hyderabad
Dr. Shiv Prakash Singh, Scientist-D, Centre for Ceramic Processing (CCP), ARCI-Hyderabd
Dr. S. Karunanidhi, Scientist, Control Systems Laboratory Research Centre, Hyderabad
Dr. Yeong-Do Park, Professor, Dong-Eui University, Busan, South Korea
Dr. Murali Tumuluru, Senior Welding Consultant, Tumulru Welding Consulting, USA
Dr. Raj B K N Rao, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, COMADEM International, UK
Dr. Amit Banerjee, Professor, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, USA
Dr. Ning Fang, Professor, Utah State University, USA
Mr. S. Gopinath, Advisor, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte , Former Executive Director – BHEL Trichy
Dr. G. Ravichandran, Adjunct Professor, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Former General Manager, WRI, Trichy
Dr. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi
Dr. Shripad P Mahulikar Avon Humboldt Fellow, Professor Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IIT-Bombay
Dr. A. K. Sharma, Professor, IIT Roorkee
Dr. J. M. Mallikarjuna, Professor, IIT Madras.
Dr. K V Gangadharan, Professor, NITK Suratkal
Dr. Satyashankara Sharma, Professor & Head, Dept. Mechanical & Manufacturing Engg., MIT, Manipal
Dr. Dinesh Singh Thakur, Professor, DIAT, Pune
Prof. R. Natarajan, Former Director – IIT Madras
Prof. Ajit Kumar Kolar, Retired Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department – IIT Madras
Prof L. M.Das, Professor, Centre for Energy Studies – IIT Delhi
Prof. H. S. Maiti, Former Director, CGCRI, INAE Distinguished Professor, Department of Ceramic Engineering, NIT Rourkela
Dr. Hoysala N Chanakya, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Dr. Ketan Kotecha, Director, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Dr. Srikanth Rao, Professor, Mechanical Engg. Department, NITK, Surathkal
Dr. Ramesh M R, Assoc. Professor, NITK, Surathkal
Dr. Prakash K R, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. NIE, Mysore
Dr. Shivaprakash Y M, Assoc. Professor, MIT, Manipal
Dr. Srinivasa C V, Professor & Head Dept. of Mechanical Engg., GMIT, Davangere
Scientific Committee:
Dr. Narasimha Marakala, Professor, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Dr. Sudheer M, Professor & Dean, SJEC, Mangalore
Dr. Narasimha Bailkere, Professor, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Dr. Mallikappa, Professor, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Dr. Gururaj Upadhyaya, Assoc. Professor, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Dr. Grynal D’Mello, Asst. Professor, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
Dr. Manjunath S H, Professor, Adichunchanagiri University, Mandya
Dr. Praveen MP, Director, Numentrix Consulting, Bengaluru
Dr. Rajeshwar. S. Kadadevaramath, Professor, SIT, Tumukur
Dr. Yogesh Velankar, Principal, Cambridge institute of Technology, Bangalore
Dr. Jayashree D. Mallapur, Basaveshwar Engineering College (Autonomous), Bagalkot
Dr. Vijay G.S., Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, MIT, Manipal
Dr. J V Simha, Numentrix Consulting, Bengaluru
Dr. Madeva Nagaral, Deputy Manager, Aircraft Research and Design Centre, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore
Dr. Girisha K.B, Professor, Adichunchanagiri University, BGSIT, Bangalore
Dr. Nayaka G P, Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Dr. Channabasappa Hampali, Professor, Reva University, Bangalore
Dr. H C Chittappa, Professor, UVCE, Bangalore
Dr. B M Rajaprakash, Professor, UVCE, Bangalore
Dr. Sharanappa, Associate Professor, NITK Surathkal
Dr. Sudheer Reddy, Professor and HoD, NMIT, Bangalore
Dr. Ezil Vannan, Professor, MCE, Hassan
Dr. Sumana B G, Associate Professor, Government Engineering College, Hassan
Important Dates
| Submission of Full-length manuscript – Open | 01/03/2022 |
| Last date to submit Full-length manuscript | |
| Extended date to submit Full-length manuscript | 01/09/2022 |
| Notification of acceptance | 20/10/2022 |
| Early Bird Registration Start | 05/11/2022 |
| Submission of Camera Ready Manuscript | 20/11/2022 |
| Early Bird Registration Close | 20/11/2022 |
| Late Registration | 30/11/2022 |
| Conference Dates | Dec 22-23, 2022 |
Publishing Partners
Note: All accepted and presented papers will be published in SCOPUS Indexed Materials Today Proceedings (Elsevier). Selected papers will be published in International Journal of COMADEM based on the area. Submission of papers will happen in only one channel.
Paper Submission
The research paper submitted should be an original work and should not have been submitted in any another conference or journal. The journal format should be followed for preparing the manuscript of the paper.
Manuscript needs to be prepared by keeping plagiarism below 15%. Manuscripts in electronic format (DOC, DOCX only) need to be submitted.Upload your manuscript in the easychair link provided here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sme2022.
Accepted papers presented in the conference need to be resubmitted by the author(s) to the Materials Today Proceeding portal, which will be activated after the conference. Necessary instruction regarding the same will be given to the author(s) at the appropriate time.
Conference Registration
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/RHmN1GeWmaQbr3Za6
Registration Fees
Mode of Payment
Registration fee can be paid through NEFT as per the details given below:
Name : NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY
Account Number : 110047322915
Type of account : Savings Bank
Bank : Canara Bank, Nitte
Nitte IFSC : CNRB0010115
MICR Code : 576015041
NOTE: Delegates must mention their NAME and SME-2022 without fail during online payment. The proof of online transfer (UTR No., date & time) need to be scanned and uploaded in the registration portal.
Accommodation
Limited accommodation on payment basis is available in hostel / guest house (twin sharing) on a first-cum first served basis. Accommodation can be arranged in Hotels in Nitte, Belman and Karkala on prior request.
Conference Location
Nitte is a village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The village is on the way from Padubidri to Karkala. It is 8 km away from Karkala, 36 km from Udupi and 54 km from Mangalore. It is located on the foothills of the Western Ghat Mountains and receives very high rainfall. Nitte is well connected by road. There are frequent express and local buses to Mangalore, Udupi, Padubidri and Karkala. The state highway SH-1 cuts across Nitte which connects to the National Highway NH-66 at Padubidri and NH-13 near Karkala. There are buses to Mumbai and Bangalore on a daily basis. Every 10 minutes there is connectivity of buses to major cities like Mangalore and Udupi.
Famous places to visit nearby:
Temples (Sri Krishna Math, Kollur, Kateel, Shringeri, Horanadu etc.)
Malpe, Padubidri & Maravanthe Beach
Thousand Pillar Temple, Moodbidri
Gomateshwara statue & Chaturmukha Basadi, Karkala
Attur Church, Karkala
Light house, Kaup
Contact Us
Dr. Srinivasa Pai P.
Professor & Head
Mob: +91-9448296723/+91-8660845500
Dr. Ravindra
Assistant Professor
Email: ravindra@nitte.edu.in
Mob: +91-9844618428
Dr. Austin D D’Souza
Assistant Professor
Email: austindinesh@nitte.edu.in
Mob: +91-8762698926
Dr. Nithin Kumar
Assistant Professor
Email: nithinmech33@nitte.edu.in
Mob: +91-9535621260
