The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology organized a guest lecture on design tools and automation. The lecture was held on February 20, 2020 in the Smart Class Room and was attended by 67 third year mechanical engineering students. The guest speaker, Dr. S. Kumar from Sigma Leaders of Innovation, spoke about computational fluid dynamics and its applications in manufacturing industries. Students actively engaged with the speaker and found the lecture to be useful.