Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)

• Since 1949 Current Faculty Strength = 33 (29 + 4)

SPECIALIZATIONS

•Structural Engineering
•Geotechnical Engineering
•Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering
•Remote Sensing
•Transportation Systems Engineering
•Environmental Engineering

Current Intake per year Ph D’s  10

M Tech’s  50
B Tech / Dual degree  56

Current students on roll: Ph D’s  ~ 40

M Tech’s  ~ 100
B Tech / Dual degree  ~ 200
 Department of Civil Engineering,
HEAD CE
MESSAGE:

India has entered into a major infrastructural expansion requiring Civil Engineers to play
a important role in national building - the second time around after India's Independence
in 1947. So, the Department has set its goals for a new era with a technology product-
oriented, professional focus, and embarked on undertaking changes towards meeting
the needs for the nation. Updating curriculum of academic programs facilities of
laboratories (including computer lab with new updated software's), including younger
students in projects are three important changes that are underway. This crucial effort of
the Department of Civil Engineering is steered by its active faculty members. The
Department of Civil Engineering with its multifaceted faculty continues to maintain and
cultivate its strong links with the infrastructural industry and academic and research
institutions both within and outside the country. So with the mission to offer world-class
undergraduate and post-graduate education, research guidance, professional
consultancy, outreach and manpower training as well as leadership in Civil Engineering.

Come Join the Rebuilding Again !

 Laboratories of the Department

 Concrete Technology Lab

 Heavy Structures Lab
 Geotechnical Engineering Lab
 Hydraulic Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Lab
 Water Resource & Engineering Lab
 Experimental Mechanics Lab
 Geo-Informatics Lab
 Computer Lab
 Transportation Systems Engineering Lab
 Environmental Lab
 Surveying Lab
Geology Lab
 Ganga Lab
 Selected Research Topics
a) Structural Engineering
1. Study of cable stayed bridges
2. Utilization of fly ash in blending cement
3. RC frame and brick masonry infill composite for residential buildings
4. Appropriate technology for low cost housing
5. Design of structural concrete using strut and tie model
6. Optimal design of structures
7. Reliability based design of structures
8. Fibre reinforced concrete
9. Plastic analysis of pile shafts and orthotropic plates
10. Yield line analysis of slabs
11. Reinforcement corrosion
12. Non linear dynamic analysis of Tension leg platforms
13. Non linear dynamic analysis of compliant structures under seismic loads
14. Retrofitting techniques for heritage structures
15. Seismic proximity study of high rise structures
16. Polymer concrete
17. Finite element applications in structural analysis an Design
18. Wind effects on structures (Cyclone resistant structures)
19. Bamboo applications in soil/ground improvement
 Selected Research Topics

b) Hydraulic Engineering
1. Energy methods for the design of alluvial channels
2. System approach to water resources planning and management
3. Renewable energy utilization for River pollution management

c) Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

1. Shear strength of silty soil
2. Settlement and stress around pile foundations
3. Geo environmental studies
4. Bearing capacity of reinforced soil
5. Geo-synthetic applications
6. Pile foundations
 Selected Research Topics
d) Geo-informatics
1. Airborne and space borne remote sensing
2. Geo-informatics
3. Renewable energy utilization for River pollution management

e) Transportation Engineering

1. Analysis and Design of Rigid Pavement

2. Fuzzy System Modeling and Airways
3. Construction Project Management with special focus on Planning for Fast Track
& Concurrent Engineering Projects
4. Traffic Flow Modeling and Road Accidents Analysis
 Interaction with the outside world - statistics
2007-’08 2008-’09

R and D (externally funded)

New projects 29 on going
13 (new)
Technology transfer
(consultancy)
new projects more than 200

Man power training -

12
short term courses
Papers in referred Journals
77

Papers in conferences
more than 100
 Honorary works and distinctions of Faculty

 Won innumerable international and national awards for research contributions

(e.g., Young Scientists, Young Engineers, etc.)

 On editorial boards of international Journals (e.g., ASCE-JCCE,………..)

 Presidents and Chairmen of national professional bodies, board members of international

professional societies (e.g., ISH, SEC)

 Advisors of important Government and other organizations and high level committees

 Vice Chancellor, Director of Universities. (during leave)

 Alumni

 CEO’s / equivalent of large Indian and multi-national companies

 High ranking government officers

(e. g., Secretaries, Chief Engineers,,,,)
 Successful entrepreneurs
(e. g., in India, U S, Canada, Australia)
 Academicians in prestigious universities
(e. g., Oxford, Stanford, Texas and ….. other IIT;s)

Students

 Enter after a highly competitive and prestigious entrance exam

(selection chance: 2 in 100)

 Placement approx 150 percent (one of the highest paid under graduates)
 Use of Departmental Development Fund (DDF)

 Fellowships to self financing students

 Salary of System Administrator, Admin. Officer, Office Assistants.

 Travel support to students – national and international

 Travel support to faculty–national and international– tagged to performance

 Equipment, contingency requirement of each faculty

 Major equipments, classroom furniture, PCs, laptops, LCD projectors,…….

 Office equipments for each faculty

 Licensed software for classroom teaching

 Fellowships to M.Tech students

 Software's for Computer lab.

 Tour Program for pre-final year students.

 Challenges

 Increasing number of consultancy works with significant technology

development component.

 Undertaking more large-budget and high-impact R and D projects .

 Publishing more in journals of high impact factors and increasing citation values
of publications.

 Recruiting faculty in certain areas where currently no representation.

 Meeting ever increasing demand for space.

 Increasing numbers of new books to students in departmental library.

 Equipping Lab Computers with newly developed Civil Engineering assistant

software's.
THANKS