Department : Civil Engg
Department Profile:

Civil Engineering Department was started with intake strength of 60 students in the academic year 2008. Intake was enhanced to 90 in the next academic year. Post graduate program in Structural Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering was started in the academic year 2010. The department is having nine different laboratories. The department is equipped with advanced and sophisticated equipments like Total Station, 400KN and 1000KN Universal Testing Machine, 2000KN compression testing machine, triaxial and consolidation testing units. Computer lab is having licensed softwares like NISA civil, Autocad education etc. which the students can use for analysis, design & drawing of structures. Civil Engineering Association has been established so that the students can take part in these association activities and enrich their technical knowledge and also improve their confidence level through addressing, gathering, group discussions.

Mission:
The Mission of Civil Engineering Department is to produce outstanding Civil Engineering graduates with highest ethics. The department aims in imparting strong basic and applied research for National needs to serve industry, profession and community through novel solutions

Vision:
The Vision of the department is to become a leading centre of excellence in Civil Engineering education which will be highly recognized at national and international levels as well as contributing to the technology for the sustainable development of the society

Goals:
  • Building up of competitive and creative Engineers through imparting high quality Civil Engineering education
  • The department develops conducive educational environment for the aspiring research scholars to persue research at their full potential.
  • To become an effective source of Engineering expertise for providing know-how and engineering services through various R& D projects, consultancy for industrial sector , Governmental organization and the general community.
  • To train the Engineering graduates such that high success rate is achieved in capacity building

Objectives of the Department:

Civil Engineering is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering discipline extending across many technical specialties. The career options in this discipline include planning, designing and supervising the construction activities which are required for providing essentials to modern life. The scope of this discipline includes buildings, bridges, water supply and waste water treatment, irrigation and hydrology, marine structures, tunnels, highways, airports, space satellite and launching facilities - each vary widely in nature and size to create infrastructure requirement for the need of the society. Experts from different parts of the state have prepared the curriculum, which is taught in the course is well planned and provides knowledge in diversified areas such as structural engineering, surveying, geotechnical engineering, water resources and environmental engineering, transportation engineering, ocean and coastal engineering and construction engineering etc. A graduate from this discipline can become an entrepreneur or serve Government/ Private agency/ R&D organization to serve the nation.

Faculty
S. No. Name Designation Qualification and Specialization
1 Dr. Pranesh M R Professor & Advisor M.E.,Ph.D
2 Dr. Ramesh B R  Professor & HOD M.Tech.,Ph.D
3 Nagaraja Gupta Asst. Professor M.Tech(Ph.D)
4 Ganganna Asst. Professor M.Tech
5 Ashok P G  Senior Lecturer M.Tech
6 Sridhar R  Senior Lecturer M.Tech
7 Sanjay Kumar K R Senior Lecturer M.Tech
8 Pushpa B L  Lecturer M.Tech
9 Jairaj  Lecturer M.Tech
10 Ashwini G  Lecturer M.Tech
11 Vindhya R G Lecturer M.Tech
12 Siddesh K N Lecturer M.Tech
13 Raghuveer N  Lecturer M.Tech
14 Anitha B H Lecturer B.E
15 Deepa B S Lecturer B.E
16 Archana D V Lecturer B.E
17 Chandisha E V Lecturer B.E
18 Thejashwini  P T Lecturer B.E
19 Ganesh Kumar S B  Lecturer B.E 
20 Swathi Rani Lecturer B.E 
21 Rohith B E Lecturer B.E 

Laboratories in the Department - Click here for details

1. Basic Material Testing Laboratory

Basic material testing laboratory introduces to the students, the testing procedure of materials used in the civil engineering discipline like - cement, aggregate, concrete, steel timber, bricks and tl The need for compliance with current standards and specifications for materials is also stressed in the course le etc. The equipments are used to understand the practical behavior of the materials evaluating the physical properties, mechanical properties; suitability of material for use in construction, material selection code provisions, etc, this knowledge is of paramount importance in order to establish the relationship between material properties and the overall behavior of a structure. The need for compliance with current standards and specifications for materials will be understood through tests on materials

The Major Equipments in the Laboratories
  • Universal Testing Machine {400KN & 1000 KN}
  • Compression Testing Machine (2000 KN)
  • Torsion Testing Machine
  • Flexural strength of Tile Testing Machine
  • Hardness Testers (Vicker's,Brinnel's,and Rockwell )
  • Impact testing Machine
2. Surveying Laboratory

The Surveying laboratory aids in the developments of fundamental laboratory on land surveying to civil engineering students. Laboratory compraises of instruments for distance measurements and for measuring heights of the objects. Laboratory aims with the purpose of enabling students to practice land surveying techniques, using a wide spectrum of surveying equipments ranging from chains compass, traditional levels, Transits and Theodolites to latest electronic Total satiations

The Major Equipments in the Laboratories
  • Total Station
  • Theodolites
  • Dumpy Levels
  • Auto Levels
  • Plane Table Sets
  • Compass
  • Abney Level
  • Plani Meters
  • Cylon Ghat trace
3. Engineering Geology Laboratory

Engineering Geology deals with the application of geologic sciences to engineering practice for the purpose of assuring that the geologic factors affecting the location, design ,construction ,operation and maintenance of civil engineering structures. Engineering geologists investigate and provide recommendations on the character of the geology of the area for engineering analysis and design. The geology laboratory comprise of samples of minerals, stones and models of folds/faults, earthquake etc. A coarse work laboratory trains civil engineering students in identification procedures of minerals and stones and study of geological maps.

The Major Equipments in the Laboratories
  • Crystallographic models
  • Models of earth's crust
  • Models of earth and solar system
  • Models of earth quake and Sunami
  • Minerals
  • Stones
  • Models of geological structures
4. Hydraulic and Hydraulic Machinery Laboratory

The laboratory is equipped with a number of equipment and experimental setups to study the fundamental and applied aspects of hydraulics and hydraulic machines. The setups are used for calibration of flow measuring devices used in channels and pipes. Measurements of critical Performance parameters like efficiency, flow rate etc of various hydraulic machines such as turbines, pumps are also measured in this lab. The equipment is operated in a closed loop system which conserves water and averts the need for large quantities of water supply.

The Major Equipments in the Laboratories
  • Kaplan Turbine
  • Pelton Wheel
  • Venturi Flume
  • Ogee and Broad crested weir
  • Vertical orifice
  • Impact of jet on vanes apparatus
  • Notch apparatus
  • Friction losses in pipes
  • Venturi meter
  • Rain gauge
5. CAD Engineering Lab:

Computer softwares are used in all disciplines for various applications. Likewise in civil engineering field also various softwares are used for many applications like Surveying, Analysis, Designing and Drawing, Quantity calculations, and costing . etc. of civil engineering structures. In CAD Lab two softwares are available namely Auto CAD Education Suite (which comprises of eleven softwares) used for various applications like Drafting, Modeling, Quantity estimation .etc and NISA Civil software for Analysis and Designing. Laboratory also comprises of forty computer systems with latest configuration.

Major Softwares Available
1) Auto CAD Education Suite.
  • Auto CAD-Civil 3D
  • Autodesk-3ds Max
  • Auto CAD-Map 3D
  • Auto CAD-Inventor
  • Auto CAD-Revit .etc.
2) NISA- Civil.
6. Geotechnical Engineering Lab:

In many engineering problems such as design of foundation, retaining walls, slabs, bridges, piles, sheet piling- the value of the internal friction, cohesion of the soil, particle size are required for the evaluation of the strength and deformation characteristic as well as permeability characteristics of the soil media. High rise buildings and other infrastructures, seismic resistance buildings, industrial structures are to be designed within the permissible settlement values and within permissible bearing capacities. The laboratory is equipped with the instruments to ascertain the aforesaid soil properties

The Major Equipments in the Laboratories
  • Triaxial Test apparatus
  • Unconfined compression test apparatus.
  • Direct shear test apparatus.
  • Consolidation test apparatus.
  • C.B.R test apparatus
  • Vane shear apparatus
  • Proctor compaction apparatus.
  • Swell test apparatus
  • Split spoon sampler
  • Permeability apparatus
7. Environmental Engineering Laboratory.

Establishment of the Laboratory is under Process

8. Concrete and Highway material testing laboratory

Establishment of the Laboratory is under Process

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