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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (popularly known as IITK) is one of the premier

institutions established by the Government of India in 1959. It is ranked as the best

engineering institute of India in recent years, continuing the excellence in research and

teaching programs for 50 years. The aim of the Institute is to provide meaningful education,

to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in

technological innovation for industrial growth and research development. The Institute not

only celebrates freedom of thought, cultivates vision and encourages growth, but also

inculcates human values and concern for the environment and the society.

The Kanpur Indo-American Programme from 1962 to 1972 was instrumental in setting up

the Institute's academic programmes and developing laboratories for instruction as well as

research. Under this program, the Institute received technical assistance from a consortium

of nine leading universities and institutions of U.S.A. It is now an autonomous engineering

and technology-oriented institute of higher education in India.

The Institute offers various academic programmes in engineering, sciences and humanities.

IIT Kanpur strives to create an intellectual reservoir for the contemporary and future needs

of the society by recruiting highly qualified faculty and admitting brilliant students by the

most stringent selection processes. The Institute has about 3000 undergraduate and 2000

postgraduate students, 350 faculties, and more than 1500 supporting staffs.

IIT Kanpur has a sprawling campus spread over an area of approximately 4.3 square km with

all the amenities for developing the personal, social and academic skills of the community.

The institute provides world class facilities to its students.

The P. K. Kelkar Library of IITK is a technical library with a collection of more than 5,00,000

volumes and subscription to more than 1400 print and online periodicals. It is one of the

best libraries in the nation. Microform and CD-ROM databases, technical reports, Standards

and theses are important part of this collection.

The Computer Centre caters to the computing needs of the faculty, staff and students for

their research and teaching. This fully air conditioned centre has a number of state-of-the-

art servers, high end Linux and Windows labs and application software. It supports an

institute wide 40 Gbps fibre optic network that connects all the academic departments,

hostels, library and other central facilities to this hub.

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Established in 1964, Aerospace Engineering Department is a premier teaching and research

centre today. The department is engaged in engineering science instruction, flight

laboratory work, aerodynamic testing, indigenous design and fabrication of advanced

facilities and instruments. The department specializes in aerodynamics, flight mechanics,

propulsion, and aerospace structures.

The Department has a unique flight laboratory with four powered aircrafts, four gliders and

a 1000 m runway. The Department provides facility of using the Flight Laboratory to all

other institutes and organizations in the country.

The National Wind Tunnel Facility (NWTF), established in 1999, was set up at IIT Kanpur to

meet the national needs in areas of aeronautical and non-aeronautical R&D activities. It

houses the most versatile and efficient wind tunnel in India. NWTF has unique and

nationally recognized capabilities to evaluate aerodynamic performance of flight and road

vehicles as well as wind effects on civil structures.

The Department has highly qualified faculty, having an expertise in their respective fields

and involved in projects of National and International Importance. The department has

completed and is currently involved in a large number of sponsored and consultancy

projects for the agencies like AR&DB, ARMREB, ADA, ADE, ADRDE, ASTE, AICTE, DST, DRDL,

GTRE, VSSC, ISRO, CSIR, HAL, MHRD, ARDE, HEMRL, CEMILAC, Indian Railways.

Aerodynamics

Aircraft

Structures

Propulsion

Flight

Mechanics

Supersonic

Flow

Internal Flow

Control

Turbo-

machinary

Combustion

Aircraft Design

Development

Conventional

Flight Mechanics

Transonic

Flow

Subsonic

Flow

Aero

Elasticity

Structural

Dynamics

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High Speed Aerodynamics Lab

Low Speed Aerodynamics Lab

Flight Lab Design Lab

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Structures Lab

Helicopter Lab

Propulsion Lab High Performance CFD Lab

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Development and Design of an Autonomous Mini Helicopter (DST)

Low Speed Air Intake Tests - LCA Model Preparation & Testing (ARDB)

Study of spray combustion in a swirl stabilized dump combustor (ISRO-STC)

Improve Rail Fastening, (TMRS)

Multi-Scale Analysis Based Modelling of Damage Evolution in Uni-Directional Composite

Laminates, (ARDB)

Boundary element method (BEM) modelling of the human microcirculation

Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) simulations of rarefied hypersonic flows over re-

entry vehicles

Moreover a number of consultancy projects have been completed in the past few years and

are going on in the Department.

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Every year 35-40 students, admitted through JEE, graduate in Aerospace Engineering

getting. Also every year nearly 30 postgraduate students, admitted through GATE, complete

their post-graduation here.

Students strive here for overall personality development by learning engineering skills

through tough academics, by developing interpersonal, Leadership, Communication and

Management skills through managing and participating in several Club activities, national

level festivals, Hostel administration etc.

The academic curriculum and the extracurricular activities at the institute instil a confidence

to face any challenge posed to them and tackle any problem be it related to engineering or

the society. The curriculum at the Department is featured by the following:

Aerodynamics

Aircraft

Structures

Propulsion

Flight

Mechanics

High

Speed

Aerodynamics

Jet Engine cycle

&

Turbomachinary

Combustion,

Rocket Engines,

& Experiments

Basic

Flight

Mechanics

Stability

&

Control

Low

Speed

Aerodynamics

Aero Elasticity

Buckling

Analysis

Basic Aircraft

Structure

Analysis

IIT JEE Qualified: B. Tech. & B. Tech. M. Tech. Dual Degree Students

Basic Science Courses

Basic Engineering Courses (Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, etc.)

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INTERNSHIP:

3rd year Students of Department undergo a nearly 10-12 weeks long internship programme

at companies and universities across the globe which helps them get a grasp of the real

world applications of the theory learned.

It is given so much of importance that department has a proper internship collaboration

with Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas (USA). So far many students have

undergone their internship programmes in DRDO, NAL, ISRO, Boeing and many other well-

known companies and universities.

SUMMER PROJECT

In the summer vacations of 2nd year, the students get involved in several projects under the

professors of the Institute. Apart from these, the Summer Undergraduate Research Grant

for Excellence (SURGE) program at the Institute promotes innovative ideas and projects of

the students by funding them and providing other facilities essential for the projects.

Also, there are students who do projects under the different Science and Technology clubs

like Aero-modelling Club, Electronics Club, Robotics Club, Programming Club, etc.

SEMESTER PROJECTS

Some students of department work under a professor during semester to explore their field

of interests. These projects are different from the course projects and not included in the

academic curriculum.

COURSE PROJECTS

In a number of courses of department there are projects like RC aero-model making,

fabricating and testing composite, designing experiments for various needs, etc.

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Students of department participate in various extracurricular activities like sports, cultural

events, science and technology events, national level event organization, administrative to

develop a good overall personality. Some of the students’ festivals incorporating several

sports and cultural events are as follows:

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL (SnT COUNCIL)

The Institute has a Science and Technology (SnT) Council under the Students’ Gymkhana

which has several technological clubs under it which cater to the hobbies of students in

technological fields other than their department. The clubs under the SnT council are

Aero-modelling Club

Electronics Club

Robotics Club

Programming Club

Business Club

Ham Club

Astronomy Club

Gliding and Soaring Club

These clubs inculcate in the students practical knowledge in the fields of electronics,

robotics, programming, aero-modelling. This helps students learn about several

components, like sensors, microcontrollers, ICs, etc., which otherwise they would not be

able to learn owing to a busy academic curriculum.

SOCIETY OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (SAE)

Society of Aerospace Engineers is the group of department students which acts as an

interface between professors and students, between different batches, organizes industrial

trips, departmental technical festival, fresher’s party, farewells etc. to ensure a healthy

culture in the Department.

UDGHOSH

Annual Sports festival of IIT Kanpur

TECHKRITI

Annual Technical and Entrepreneurship festival of IIT Kanpur

ANTARAGNI

Annual Cultural festival of IIT Kanpur

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AIMS is an initiative by the students of Department of Aerospace Engineering,

IIT Kanpur. Under this system, we invite universities/labs to offer 2-3 months

long summer internship programme to the students of the Department. It is

headed by the faculty-in-charge of the Department and the work is handled by

the student coordinator.

FACULTY IN-CHARGE

Dr. C. S. Upadhyay

Professor

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India)

E-mail: shekhar@iitk.ac.in

Homepage: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shekhar

COORDINATOR

Navin Kumar

Junior Undergraduate

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India)

E-mail: navin@iitk.ac.in

Contact Number: (+91) 955 975 3773

You can also mail us at aims@iitk.ac.in

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Aerospace Internship Management System

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

India 208016

http://www.iitk.ac.in/aero/AIMS

Photo Credits (Back): NASA Night Launch, http://nasa.gov