Admissions to PhD Programme

of Department of Civil Engineering

(on continuous basis)
The Department

Established in 1961, the Department of Civil Engineering

at IIT Kanpur aims at producing high-quality technical
human resources to meet the needs of the nation
industries, R&D organizations and educational institutes.
The Department is active in conceptual teaching,
research in frontier areas, national-level consulting, and
strong outreach activities.

The PhD Programme

The Department offers Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

degree in the following specializations:

Environmental Engineering
Geoinformatics
Geotechnical Engineering
Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering
Structural Engineering
Transportation Engineering
The emphasis of the PhD programme is on learning
fundamental principles in the subject area, developing
deep understanding of a facet of the chosen
specialization, honing creative & independent thinking,
and on adapting & solving problems of inter-disciplinary
nature.
For
details
of
admission
procedures,
eligibility
requirements,
financial
assistance
and
course
requirements, please visit:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/ce/CIVIL/pgadmission.htm.
The completed application forms can be submitted
anytime during the year.

Research Facilities

The state-of-the-art research facilities added in the

Department over the last decade include:
Servo-hydraulic actuators, shake table, eccentric
mass shaker, accelerometer-based wireless measurement system, fibre optic-based strain & temperature measurement system, pseudo-dynamic
testing facility
Advanced triaxial system including dynamic loading, bender elements, ring shear apparatus, dilatometer, SASW, pressure meter, seismic down
hole system
Robotic & motorized total stations, digital theodolites & levels, geodetic differential GPS receivers,
terrestrial laser scanner, range camera, integrated GPS and INS system, photogrammetric workstation, softwares for geospatial processing
AAS, WDXRF, resistivity meter, hydrobios sediment corer echo sounder, water analysis equipment, exploration seismograph, stereoscopy station for the worldwide aeronet project, GPS, drill
cores scanner, GPR, survey instrument, petrological microscopes
Facility for physical modelling of rivers and hydraulic testing of pipes, acoustic doppler velocimeter, apparatus for measuring fluid friction, momentum and energy losses, hydrology system,
hydro-meteorological observatory
Profilograph, rotational viscometer, vacuum viscometer, asphalt fatigue testing, skid tester, thin film
oven tester, driver testing, stone polish ma-chine,
traffic speed radar, asphalt ignition tester, GPS,
vehicle classification system
HR-TOF-MS, IC, HPLC, AAS, TOC, CHNOS analyzer, GC-ECD-FID, UV-visible spectrometer, GC-MS,
HDTLC, OPC, CCP, SMPS, APS, CCN, particle
absorption soot photometer, MOUDI, fog chamber

Current Research Interests

Mechanics and modeling of rivers; surface &

groundwater management; flow & transport
through saturated porous media; integrated
hydrological modelling; neural networks & knowledge extraction; stochastic hydrology
Transportation network optimization; traffic flow
theory; traffic facilities design; driver behaviour
modeling; traveler information system; pavement
material charac-terization; pavement design &
maintenance; traffic safety; highway financing

Remote sensing for earth resources, urban

mapping, environment, archaeology; photogrammetry, GPS, GIS and pattern recognition
applications; terrestrial, airborne and mobile
laser scanning; visualization; LBS, flood and
noise propagation modeling; WebGIS
Structural dynamics, mechanics & stability;
earthquake engineering; concrete; reinforced
concrete, masonry, and steel structures; structural health monitoring; performance-based
design; multiscale, multiphysics in mechanics &
materials; robust optimization of structures
Soil-structure interaction; soil dynamics and
liquefaction; ground improvement; physical
modeling of foundation systems; constitutive
behaviour of geomaterials; railway geotechnology; slope stability
Environmental chemistry; wastewater treatment; environmental systems; modeling &
management, atmospheric pollution & its
effects on climate

Student Conveniences

The facilities offered at IITK to students include:

Married student accommodation on campus

Office space
Wireless LAN on campus
Sports and recreational facilities
Travel grants for attending conferences in
India and abroad
Awards for papers published in recognized
journals

For more information, please contact

Dr. Nihar Ranjan Patra (nrpatra@iitk.ac.in)
Convener
Department Post-Graduate Committee
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur 208016
Phone: (0512) 259 7413