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CAD Modeling and Drafting using Fusion 360 (Workshop)
Date: 15/12/2025
This workshop is designed to equip students with essential skills in modern Computer-Aided Design (CAD). This workshop will provide hands-on exposure to 3D modeling, parametric design, assembly creation, and technical drafting using Autodesk Fusion 360, one of the most widely used tools in the design and manufacturing industry. The session will help students develop a strong foundation in digital design workflows, enabling them to visualize, simulate, and document engineering components effectively. The workshop was conducted online, ensuring flexibility and accessibility for all participants. After participating in this workshop, students will be able to understand CAD fundamentals, develop 3D Modeling skills, generate detailed engineering drawings, learn assembly & visualization, improve problem-solving & design thinking and enhance career & project readiness.
CAD Design Event - CADATHON – Sketch the Spark, Draft the Future
Date: 18/09/2025
CAD Student Club of Chamos Matrusantha Department of Mechanical Engineering organised a competition of modelling and assembly of components using Solidworks software titled "CADATHON" on 18th September, 2025 for Mechanical Engineering students from various universities across the Anand region. The event was organized with our industrial partner Engineering Technique, Vadodara. The theme of the event was "Sketch the Spark, Draft the Future", focusing on testing students' creativity, speed, and design thinking skills in CAD modeling within a limited time frame. The event received enthusiastic participation with students showcasing innovative design solutions. The competition created a healthy environment of learning, collaboration, and competitive spirit. Mr. Gaurav Patel from Engineering Technique was invited for evaluation and judging the event. The total prize pool of ₹ 6500 was awarded to the winners, and certificates were distributed to all participants.
Numerical Modeling of Welding and Additive Manufacturing (Expert Talk)
Date: 25/08/2025
This expert talk on "Numerical Modeling of Welding and Additive Manufacturing" on August 25, 2025, for second, third, and final year B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering students. The session was delivered by Dr. Amit Arora, Associate Professor in the Materials Engineering Department at IIT Gandhinagar, who also leads the Advanced Materials Processing Research Group. During the session, Dr. Arora provided an in-depth overview of the fundamentals and applications of numerical modeling in understanding welding and additive manufacturing. Through case studies and examples from his research group, he showcased how numerical simulations are used to design new alloys, optimize printing strategies, and achieve high-performance components. The talk concluded with a vote of thanks, acknowledging Dr. Arora's efforts in sharing his expertise and motivating students to explore research in welding, additive manufacturing, and simulation-based engineering.
Faculty Development Program on SOLIDWORKS Modelling & Simulation
Date: 02/06/2025 to 06/06/2025
In a continued effort to align academic excellence with the evolving needs of the industry, CHARUSAT remains committed to preparing students for real-world challenges. Recognizing the importance of staying current with technological advancements, the university also ensures its faculty members continuously upgrade their technical knowledge. As part of this initiative, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, under the aegis of CHAMOS Matrusanstha, organized a Faculty Development Program (FDP) on "SOLIDWORKS Modelling & Simulation" from June 02–06, 2025, in collaboration with Engineering Technique, Vadodara. The sessions were led by experts including Mr. Nilesh Wakode, Industry Consultant Manager at Dassault Systèmes India, and three professionals from Engineering Technique — Mr. Ashutosh Rajput (Design Expert – Technical Lead), Mr. Dhruval Parmar (Application Engineer – CAD), and Mr. Gaurav Patel (Application Engineer – Simulation). The week-long FDP aimed to enhance the technical proficiency of faculty members in advanced 3D modelling and simulation techniques using SOLIDWORKS. The program included hands-on sessions, demonstrations, and case studies tailored to bridge the gap between academic instruction and industrial practices.
One Day Workshop on CAD Modeling and Drafting
Date: 12/04/2025
CHAMOS Matrusanstha Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a one-day workshop on "CAD Modeling & Drafting" on 12th April 2025. The sessions of workshop were conducted by Mr. Naimesh Shetiya, Managing Director, Sopan Institute of Engineering & Design and Founder & Director, Jenik Engineering Services and Dr. Punit Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. 509 participants from the Second Semester of B.Tech. CE/IT/CSE/AIML/EC have participated in the workshop. The sessions explore techniques of how to make modelling and drafting for engineering components using CAD software such as Fusion 360 & SolidWorks. It also discovers how to make part and assembly drawings for various engineering objects. Moreover, it explores the concept of rendering and animation concepts to demonstrate the object.
Industrial Visit at Adani Industries (Power, Solar, Wind, Wilmar, Port, SEZ), at Mundra, Kuchh
Date: 04/04/2025 to 05/04/2025
The CHAMOS Matrusanstha Department of Mechanical Engineering has organized two day industry visit at various Adani Industries (Power, Solar, Wind, Wilmar, Port, SEZ) at Mundra, Kutchh, during 4th & 5th April, 2025 under Project Udan scheme of Adani Foundation. Total 47 students of B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering 4th & 6th semester and M.Tech. AMT 2nd semester along with 4 staff members have participated in this visit. Adani Group is a diversified organisation in India comprising 10 publicly traded companies. It has created a world class transport and utility infrastructure portfolio that has a pan-India presence. Students gained insights into the functioning and integration of advanced technologies used in thermal power generation, port logistics, oil refining, and solar power production. The visit enhanced students' understanding of mechanical engineering applications in industrial environments, boosting their interest and readiness for future industry roles.
Fusion 360 (Webinar)
Date: 08/03/2021
This webinar was carried out by the expert Mr. Vipul Hingu, Khodiyar CAD Center Pvt. Ltd. for first year mechanical and electrical students. Expert talk included various topics viz. Introduction about Fusion 360 Software, Overview of other CAD Softwares, 2D Sketching and 3D modeling, Drafting of the object, Assembly Drawing, Rendering, etc. Total forty four students had participated in webinar.
Research Trends in Advanced Materials (Workshop)
Date: 06/11/2020 to 07/11/2020
In this workshop research scholars, faculties from various institutes of Gujarat had participated. The expert talks during the workshop were organized to explore the various methods of synthesis & characterization of nanomaterial and applications of nanomaterial. Dr. Ajay M. Sidpara, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Dr. Anand Joshi, GCET, V.V.Nagar, Dr. Vijay Chaudhary, Dr. Mayur Sutaria, Dr. Kamlesh Chauhan, and Dr. Dattatraya Subhedar from CHARUSAT had delivered the expert talk during the workshop. The workshop became a grand success with an active participation of 44 participants.
Manufacturing Processes & ESPRIT CAM software-by SOPAN Institute (Workshop)
Date: 30/10/2020 to 31/10/2020
ESPIRIT CAM software is a global favorite for all types of mechanical applications ranging from small hometown job shops to multifunctional enterprises, client trust ESPRIT to help them create the parts that drive aerospace, medicine, energy, construction, and a host of other industries. This workshop explained briefly the Esprit CAM Interfaces, 2D Geometry, Machine set up, Simulation and Garneting NC Codes. The expert talk was delivered by Mr. Naimesh Shethiya, SOPAN Institute of Engineering & Design. This workshop was attended by teaching and non-teaching staff of mechanical engineering department.
Know how to make part modeling, assembly & drawing using Solidworks- by SOPAN Institute (Webinar)
Date: 05/09/2020
This webinar demonstrated the Modeling, Assembly and Drawing for different components using SOLIDWORKS. Mr. Naimesh Shethiya, SOPAN Institute of Engineering & Design had given this expert talk. This webinar was organized for second year mechanical students. Total 109 students had participated in this webinar.
EV Mathematical Modeling on Sci-Lab (Workshop)
Date: 22/08/2020 to 23/08/2020
AutoLexi is an E-learning community to reinvent the world of automotive vehicles to an easy to learn and implement format, such as courses and master-classes. This platform can make students fully equipped for learning and building formula student and Supra-SAE India vehicles. This event was for exploring the knowledge of Electric vehicle and its components used to make EV. Students learns to apply Mathematical modelling and how to simulate any parameters with this mathematical modelling after attending the workshop. Students also learn the factors affecting in the performance of EV.
Think, Design and Visualize with Revit MEP (Webinar)
Date: 01/08/2020 to 01/08/2020
This webinar was carried out by the expert Mr. Kaushal Shahand, Khodiyar CAD Center Pvt. Ltd. and delivered a talk on MEP REVIT including major areas of mechanical engineering as mechanical Systems, HVAC design, Electrical Systems, Piping Systems, etc. This webinar was organized for second, third and final year of mechanical, civil and electrical engineering students. Total sixty-eight students had successfully participated in the webinar.
Solid works: Introduction and Basic (Webinar)
Date: 22/05/2020
This webinar was delivered by Mr. Yash Patel, Khodiyar CAD Center Pvt Ltd. and explained "Solid works Introduction and Basics" including Concepts, Terminology, User Interface, Design Process, Design Intent, Design Method, Sketches, Features, Assemblies, Drawings, Model Editing, etc. This webinar was organized for second, third and final year of mechanical, civil and electrical engineering students. Total twenty-five students had successfully participated in the webinar.
Formula Bharat 2020
Date: 22/01/2020 to 26/01/2020
Twenty-five Students from Mechanical and Electrical Department from CSPIT, CHARUSAT are Participated in this event and they completely fabricated the car from scratch and cleared Technical Inspection. This event included the learning of Team Building, Learning theory on real practical knowledge, Sustain in any critical condition, Management skills, Practical approach with reality, etc.
Fundamentals of Electric Vehicle and EV Projects (Workshop)
Date: 20/01/2020 to 21/01/2020
Two-day workshop on "Fundamentals of Electrical Vehicles & EV projects" was organized by Dr. Dattaraya Shubhedar & Sujal Dadhaniya, Assistant Professor, Mechanical engineering department, CSPIT, CHARUSAT for second & third year mechanical students. Thirty students had participated in the workshop. This workshop was successfully completed with hands on session.
Certificate program on Basic Pneumatics and Electro-Pneumatics
Date: 25/11/2019 to 29/11/2019
This program was carried out by Dipal Patel, CSPIT, CHARUSAT, Kundan Patel, CSPIT, CHARUSAT, and Viral Panara, CSPIT, CHARUSAT under FESTO Center of Excellence-CHARUSAT. This program elaborated the "BASIC PNEUMATICS and ELECTRO PNEUMATICS" including the Pneumatic control systems, Pneumatic valves, Compressed air preparation, Pneumatic cylinders, Pneumatic compressors, Electro-pneumatics-I, and Electro-pneumatics-II.
Solidworks Advanced (Workshop)
Date: 18/09/2019
Solidworks Authorized Training Center (SATC), Sayajigunj is a Pioneer in Parametric modeling education in Vadodara city since past 4 years. This workshop was organized for third year mechanical students with 07 hours discussion and covering major learning modules as Sketch, Part Modeling, Assembly Design and Animation & Drafting. This workshop was very useful for design engineering related subjects and 59 students were enthusiastically participated and got to know more advanced features of software which they might use in their professional studies or in career as well.
Hands-on training on LaTeX
Date: 1/11/2019
LaTeX is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting, which is preferably used for technical/scientific papers writing for journals by researchers, engineers, and mathematicians at large. The typesetting system offers programmable writing features and extensive facilities for automating most aspects of typesetting. This training provided a comprehensive theoretical and hands-on practical experience on LaTeX to the beginners.
One day workshop on Fusion 360
Date: 12/10/2019
This workshop is organized specifically for first-year students to learn 2D and 3D drafting. Fusion 360 software is selected due to it is a cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE platform for product development. The problems of orthographic view and isometric view are solved during this software. Hands-on practice of Fusion 360 software is also carried out during this workshop. The tools in Fusion 360 enable fast and easy exploration of design ideas with an integrated concept-to-production toolset. It combines industrial and mechanical design, simulation, collaboration, and machining in a single package. It gives the best platform to the students to demonstrate their ideas and innovation of their fieldwork of engineering in the form of models using Fusion 360. Faculty Coordinators: Sagar Chokshi & Nipun Gosai.
seminar on "Aluminium-Silicon Cast Alloy: Processing and Characterization"
Date: 9/10/2019
Al-Si alloys have been found most promising for production of cast components and MMC development for various industrial applications due to its lighter weight. There is a wider scope of improvement in primary and secondary processing of these alloys. This one day seminar will help students, teachers and researchers to widen knowledge and awareness on the research perspectives in the processing of Al-Si alloys and importance of its characterization.
Workshop on Solidworks
Date: 19/9/2019
SOLIDWORKS is a software tool that is used right from the conceptualization of the design until the final manufacturing of the product. As the world's leading tool in designing, it supports interactive learning of 3D modeling. The implementation of such software can lend several benefits to the users, such as shortened Design Cycle, Increased Productivity of Engineers and Designer and Faster Deliver Innovative Products. The workshop will help students to use the software with confidence and design/draft the next innovative things.
Workshop on Fusion 360
Date: 18/09/2019
Fusion 360 is a cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE platform for product development. It combines industrial and mechanical design, simulation, collaboration, and machining in a single package. The tools in Fusion 360 enable fast and easy exploration of design ideas with an integrated concept-to-production toolset. The main objective of this workshop is to provide exposure about the various features of Autodesk Fusion 360 (Including: SolidModeling, SurfaceModeling, Collaboration, Data & Process Management, Conceptual Design, Machining, Mechanical Design, Simulation, Visualization & Rendering)
Fluid Mechanics Mini Project Exhibition-2019
Date: 13/04/2019
A mini project is one learning opportunity to develop students in various aspects.
The objective of the event for B. Tech 2nd year student was to:
• Develop ability to apply the theory.
• Develop students' technical skills.
• Change the focus of student to look Lab work as a research assignment.
• Prepare students for open-ended investigative work.
Creative Model Exhibition 2019
Date: 13/04/2019
The aim of this exhibition is to encourage students for preparing and taking participation with innovative ideas to solve basic problems of society. Students of mechanical engineering department have participated in creative model exhibition with creative models and try to solve basic problems with innovative logics.
Poster presentation on "Effective Ways to Make Yourself More Employable"
Date: 13/04/2019
Day by Day here's a large pool of job seekers, and not enough positions to go around. As a result, employers can afford to be extremely picky. They're looking for qualified applicants who bring more to the table.
The aim of the event was:
• Participant can explore the major qualities any employer looking in new candidate while the selection process for their firm.
• How to prepare the poster and manage the given space effectively.
• Presentation skill
workshop on "Research trends in renewable energy sources"
Date: 19-07-2018 to 20-07-2018
The workshop "Research trends in Renewable energy sources" consisting two days including expert talk on the topic by imminent experts from industry as well as academia to throw light upon the need for the alternate energy sources. Mr. Shreelal Jha who has worked since years in the field of wind power generation, who is also inventor of smallest wind power generator, has shared his experience and his journey towards the implementation of such system under the government sector. Dr. Dhaval Vankhade, who has pursued his doctorate in the field of solar thin film development, has shared views on the equipment to produce thin film coating. On the second day of the workshop, a visit to Seva Muni Ashram, Goraj, Vadodara was arranged, where students and the participants could see actual implementation of the renewable sources like solar panels, solar cookers, bio gas plants, sewage system, and all of them were running through the power generated through solar. Furthermore, the interaction between students and experts has helped the participants to clear their thoughts and gave direction of the research area to work upon for their betterment of the future. This workshop did not only spread awareness about the need for renewable sources but also helped to approach for the same with broader view.
workshop on "Know Your Vehicle"
Date: 05/04/2018 to 06/04/2018
Theoretical hands on problem resolving techniques in routine with many automobiles learning like engine system, combustion system, and many more. Knowledge sharing about automobile transmission system, brake and clutch and other assemblies. Automobile part inspection and discussion.
Seminar on "Career Growth through Six Sigma"
Date: 17/07/2018
In this workshop research scholar, faculties and students from our Universities were participated. Experts talk and exercise session was organized to explore the various aspects of Six Sigma & it's importance in current trend for a mechanical engineer. During workshop following topics were discussed:
• Why candidate should go for Six Sigma Certification?
• Lean Six Sigma Program
• Lean Tools
• Six Sigma as Philosophy
• DMAIC Approach
Mr. Hiren Kakkad and Tarun Gajjar Sr. Consultant- at M/S. CONCEPT BUSINESS EXCELLENCE PVT. LTD. Were the Chief Guests as well as Main speakers for the event.
One week Mechanical Engineer Skill Development Program
Date: 10/02/2018 to 31/03/2018
CHAMOS Matrusantha Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology (CHARUSAT) had organized a One Week Mechanical Engineer Skill Development Program-Phase I on every working Saturday in between 17th February to 31st March 2018. In this One week Faculty Development Program, All teaching faculties of CHAMOS Matrusanstha Department of Mechanical Engineering, CHARUSAT had participated. Experts talk and Laboratory session was organized to develop the skill in the various areas like Metal Casting and Composites, Welding Practices for Engineer, CNC Programming.