The Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering has been in existence since 1959 and has grown into a full fledged interdisciplinary graduate research department over the years. The Department focuses on academic activities in three broad areas viz., Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics. The Department has played a major role in contributing to the academic community and society. The faculty have won international recognition for their industrial research and sponsored projects. Some of the facilities available in various laboratories of this Department are unique in the country.
The Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering was established in 1959 and is one of the oldest departments in IIT Madras. We are a truly interdisciplinary department with a very strong research atmosphere and is the only department in IIT Madras with an exclusive focus on post-graduate students. At present, we have 28 faculty members, 3* post-doctoral fellows, approximately 125 PhD students, 60 MS scholars apart from about 30* M.Tech students on our rolls.
The Department has three broad groups – Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics. However, the background of the faculty members are in varied disciplines as Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace, Chemical, Electrical, Biomedical and Applied Physics and reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Department.