From the Desk of Head

It's a matter of great pleasure that Mechanical Engineering Students' Association in our department is publishing the First Edition of its annual magazine. The magazine shares the knowledge of the different conventional & emerging fields of mechanical engineering through its technical articles alongwith general articles which serve as a basis for career of the students. I congratulate the entire working body of MESA, especially the publication committee for this grand success. I am also thankful to the faculty members of the department for their motivation and cooperation. I am confident that MESA, with this pace and desire, will always achieve its goals. I wish all the best to MESA in its future endeavours. It is a matter of great pleasure to me that Mechanical Engineering Students' Association (MESA); IIT-Guwahati is going to publish the 1 st edition of its annual magazine. At this stage, I would rather recall George Bernard Shaw's statement, " If you have an idea, and I have an idea, and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas ". The articles presented in this magazine has drawn upon a diverge range of skills and experiences from faculties and students of Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department. In this way, it is an endeavor to share the knowledge about the updates in various fields of engineering and technology through meaningful articles. It also covers the research contributions from the students of ME-Department at UG and PG levels. I express my sincere thanks to Dr. P. S. Robi (HOD) and my colleagues of department for their valuable suggestions and financial support for the magazine. I congratulate all the members of MESA, especially the publication committee for this great success. Suggestions for improvement of this magazine are most welcome and would be incorporated in the next edition with a view to make this magazine more useful. Welcome, MESA, a spirit embarked few years ago, with the aim to strengthen the integrity among future mechanical engineers, is now turning into a big success. With all the enthusiasm and hard work delivered by its members, MESA has a very bright future for sure. Considering our active involvement in spreading technical knowledge & personality development of students, the department has given us official status of Students' Association at the beginning of current academic year (2005-06). Adding another feather in our hat, I am pleased that the first edition of MESA's …