Department of Aerospace Engineering

Department of Aerospace Engineering was established in the year 2009, a collaborative body between JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) and Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries (SIATI) offers engineering courses in the field of Aerospace. The department works with Jain University – Faculty of Engineering and Technology (JU-FET) to prepare the students in Aerospace Engineering for research oriented professions as well as careers related to industrial designing, problem solving and innovation in the aeronautics sector.

Why Aerospace Engineering at JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)?

UG program was accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
Taught by experienced faculty who are alumni from IISc, IITs, NITs and other esteemed Universities
All students are mentored by former scientists/managers/professors from prestigious national organizations/ Institutions such as DRDO, HAL, ISRO, CSIRNAL, IISc, and IITs
The course is designed to equip the students with relevant skills that are required to undertake industrial tasks in aerospace engineering
National Education Policy (NEP-2020) compliant Curriculum
Learning progression through M Tech programs (in niche areas of Aerospace Structures, Propulsion, Aerodynamics and Defence Technology) and Ph.D. program
Well-equipped lab facilities in the areas of Aerospace Structures, Aerodynamics, Avionics and Aircraft Propulsion
Flight lab training at IIT Kanpur for all B. Tech students
State-of-the-art computational lab for tool-based learning using 3D Experience, MSC Nastran, Ansys-CFD, MATLAB and FEAST
Cessna 172 static flight simulator – Hands-on experience
Value Added Programs (VAP) such as aero modelling workshop and co-curricular activities such as participation in national competitions, student club etc.
Training through Project Centric Learning (PCL) for entrepreneurial development/patent filing/research publication
JUiNCUBATOR to support aspirant entrepreneurs
MoUs with aerospace organisations for student internships/project work/certifications
Opportunity to carry out project work in niche areas of funded research projects such as digital twin, gas turbine engines, flight simulator and others

Programs offered by the Department

B.Tech

M.Tech

Ph.D

Aerospace Engineering

Vision

To be one of the leading Aerospace Engineering departments to provide quality education and contribute to research and technological development.

Mission

To provide the best possible educational facilities for rendering well designed curriculum
To impart sound knowledge through best Teaching-learning practices and training for acquiring requisite skills
To engage in research through funded projects and collaborating with industry for technological development

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

Graduates will have a successful professional career in the field of aerospace engineering.
Graduates will be highly motivated for taking up higher education and research.
Graduates will have the ability to work independently as well as in a team with professional ethics.

Program Outcomes (POs)

Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
Individual and teamwork: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one's own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

Graduates will possess skills in design, development and testing of structures and systems for aerospace vehicles.
Graduates will become professionally competent to take up real time projects through aerospace industries.
Graduates will become Globally competitive by pursuing research In Multidisciplinary areas.

BOS Members

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Official Address
1	Dr. Antonio Davis	HoD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
2	Dr. N V H Krishnan	Registrar, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University),	JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3	Prof. Sridhara Murthy	Director, Academics & Planning, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University),	JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
4	Dr. B. Dattaguru	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
5	Dr. AR Upadhya	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
6	Dr. K. Natarajan	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
7	Dr. S. P. Govinda Raju	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engg, IISc (Retd.)	Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Mathikere, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012
8	Dr.T.S.Ramamurthy	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engg, IISc(Retd.)	Department of Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Mathikere, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012
9	Dr. Ananda C M	Group Head, Systems Engineering Group, NAL	HAL Airport Road, Bangalore 560017, India
10	Dr. S. Rajagopal	Scientist, ADE	New Thippasandra Post, Bengaluru 560075, India

PAC Members

Sl.No.	Name	Designation	Official Address
1	Dr. K. Natarajan	Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
2	Dr. Amalesh Barai	Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
3	Dr. Allamaprabhu C Y	Associate Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
4	Prof. Amritharaju	Assistant Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
5	Prof. K. S. Vishwanath	Assistant Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
6	Prof. Vamsikrishna Chowduru	Assistant Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
7	Prof. Samuel Vivek Williams	Assistant Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
8	Prof. Naveen Kumar Rajendran	Assistant Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
9	Prof. Indranil Roy	, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
10	Dr. Ashish Kumar Gupta	Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
11	Prof. T. Paramesh	Assistant Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
12	Dr. Ashok Kuppuswamy	Assistant Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
13	Dr. Sudhir Shastry	Professor, IIAEM, Jain (Deemed to be University)	Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112 Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India

DAC Members

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Official Address
1	Dr. Antonio Davis	HoD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
2	Prof. Sridhara Murthy	Director, Academics & Planning, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University),	JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3	Dr. K. Natarajan	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
4	Dr. Rajagopal	Scientist-G, ADE(DRDO)	New Thippasandra Post, Bengaluru 560075, India
5	Dr. C. M. Ananda	Principal Scientist, CSIR-NAL	HAL Airport Road, Bangalore 560017, India
6	Dr. Govindaraj	Professor, IISc, Bangalore (Retd.)	Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Mathikere, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012
7	Dr. B. Dattaguru	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
8	Dr. A. R. Upadhya	Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
9	Dr. Sundeep Rao	Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology	Jain Global Campus, Jakkasandra Post, Kanakapura Taluk - 562112, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India
10		Alumni
11		Parent Nominee
12		Student Nominee

Experiential Teaching Methods

Display of Aircraft components for teaching 18AS34 Aerospace Vehicles and Systems – III Sem.

Static Flight Simulator for teaching 18AS52 Flight Mechanics – V Sem.

Scaled Models of Satellites: 18AS54 Introduction to Space Technology – V Sem.

Exposure to Aeromodelling for teaching 18AS61 Aerospace Design – VI Sem.

Exposure to flying at IIT K 18AS67P Flight Lab Course – VI Sem..

HPT-32 Display Aircraft : 18AS732 Aircraft Systems – VII Sem.

Teaching - Learning Practices

Tool Based Learning

Poster Presentation

Virtual Learning

Collaborative Learning

In-Class Teams

Model Based Learning

Innovations by Faculty in Teaching & Learning

Innovations by the faculty in TLP

The learning in the Institute has always been student centric since the status became deemed to be university in 2009. Student centric approach has always created a sincerer, vibrant and enthusiastic participation of students in the learning process as they are allowed to experience, participate and would inculcate problem solving attitude.

In every classroom, the pace of learning varies from student to student. 10-15% students will be brilliant and 10% of them will be very weak in grasping the lessons. Others will be mediocre performers which may also improve gradually and performs well in exams on which the entire result depends upon. Basically the objective of “Innovations by Faculty in Teaching & Learning” is to improvise outcome based education which helps to shorten difference between the curriculum and the industry requirements by bridging the gap, revising the curriculum, making the teaching more effective and interactive, motivating the students to go for higher education, research, projects and to develop entrepreneurial skills. The Innovations by the Faculty in Teaching and Learning were approved and was planned to include in the curriculum by BOS team with proper analysis which included routine class teaching learning and the methodologies innovated by faculties. The main contributor to the innovative Teaching Learning is Multimedia approach, i.e., through Text, Image, Audio and Video apart from other means of innovative techniques.

The department/institution through BOS, will go through appropriate processes for implementing innovative practices for effective Teaching & learning. It also takes care that the methods will be available to the public for reference and reviews through University website.

The flow chart for the same is shown below

The Routine Teaching Learning includes:

Classroom teaching (Board, Chalk and Talk)
Labs
Student Assignment
Case studies

The flow chart for the same is shown below

For improved Teaching - Learning outcomes, certain initiatives were taken by the faculty members and BOS through weekly meetings in the Department level and half yearly meetings with BOS team for peer review. The details regarding the initiatives can be found in the academic records and in the institute website. In view of this, The Faculties are advised to participate in faculty development programs, to contribute in research, present in Conferences and publish in International journals of high repute as they are facilitated with online e-journals, and also are encouraged to work in funded projects. At the same time, the students are made to go through

Choice Based Credit System: In this system, the student will get an opportunity to get a minor in a different domain or Branch of the same course (Degree) that enhances the interdisciplinary knowledge increasing the job prospectus.
Student seminar assignments: Students are asked to present in the seminar to enhance their expressive vocabulary, to reduce the stage fear and improve personality.
Industrial visits
Workshops, Conferences, Distinguished Guest lectures, Tool based learning (SDPs): All these would create awareness about cutting edge technologies, industry perspectives and their requirements.
Placement, Soft skills training and Communication development activities (Personality development): These activities would improve the personality, enhances the positive attitude, and boosts up confidence level to face public in a more expressive way.
Multimedia: PPTs, Audio-Video files, MOODLE, NPTEL (Massive Open Online Courses - MOOC): These are utilized by students as a reference at certain times.
Quizzes or MCQs and other activity-based learning: To increase the learning and answering capabilities that would help appearing in interviews and competitive exams.
Course mid survey, course end survey, bi monthly feedback through Google forms: These are helpful to know the issues faced by students and will be addressed immediately.
Remedial classes: The learning capacity differs from student to student. In order to address the problems of weak students in academics, remedial classes will be conducted on every Saturdays.
Alumni survey: Opinion of Alumni is also considered valuable for enhancing the Teaching Learning Practice. If any valuable feedback is obtained then it will be implemented accordingly after the approval from BOS.
Adherence to Bloom’s Taxonomy during Internal and External examination: All the tests and exams are conducted with adherence to Bloom’s taxonomy. This helps us to analyze the level of understanding by students.
Mentor Mentee sessions: These sessions will be held by Mentors for a group of students addressing their problems and issues

The flow chart for the same is shown below

Activity based learning techniques are as below:

Activity 1: Think-Pair-Share

State the problem and give short time to work on the problem individually.
Then form pairs and reconcile/improve solutions.
Call several individuals or pairs to share responses.
Provide little more time to think more.
Individual thinking leads to greater learning.

Activity 2: Model Based Learning

Define an activity and form teams of 4 members each to build the model
The team has to prepare CAD model and identify methods for fabrication
Execute model fabrication using possible fabrication process.
Present the model and demonstrate its operation

Activity 3: In-Class Teams

Group up students with a maximum of 4 students and choose recorders
Give 15 seconds – 3 min to Summarize prior material
Answer a question
Start solving the problem
Think of an example
Explain a concept
If the answer is wrong, try to explain the reason for it.
Brainstorm a list....

Activity 4: Collaborative Learning

To improve problem solving, creativity and thinking skills in students.
To understand team-based learning as an approach to collaborative learning and importance of team work.
To make students understand complex concepts.
To develop oral communication skills, Fosters and develops interpersonal relationships.
Writing, speaking and/or other forms of self-expression
Information gathering, such as the use of the library, computer/electronic resources, and experimentation or observation.

Activity 5: Tool based Learning

In the tool-based learning, students are exposed to design and analysis software’s.
Each and every individual student will be evaluated based on the exercise assigned to them
Students will be presenting the design they developed using the modern tools to their classmates.

Short-term courses are conducted by IIAEM for scientists and engineers who belong to other organizations and are held in the area of their specializations or related fields to enhance their knowledge and to connect with their peers.