Civil Engineering is considered to be the most versatile branch among all the engineering branches. It is the branch with a lot of diversity from geotechnical sciences to structural engineering, environmental to hydraulics, transportation to hydrology; Civil Engineering can be considered as a single largest branch among all the engineering branches.
The Department of Civil Engineering was established in 2009, with an objective to impart teaching, conduct research and to provide consultancy in various facets of Civil Engineering. The Department is offering an Undergraduate course in Civil Engineering (B.Tech) with an approved intake of 60 by AICTE.
The academic activities of the Department emphasizes deep understanding of fundamental principles, development of creative ability to handle the challenges of Civil Engineering and the analytical ability to solve problems which are interdisciplinary in nature. The Department also encourages its students to engage in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, essential for development, nurturing of team spirit, and developing organizational skills.
The Faculty of the Department continues to strive loftier by exploring new frontiers of knowledge, imparting the latest technical knowledge to the students and conducting high quality research.
Objectives of the Program
a) To impart value based technical knowledge through qualitative theoretical inputs and practical exposure.
b) To bridge the gap between Industry and Institute to facilitate design and implementation of Add-on-Courses that match Industrial requirements.
c) To promote and establish Industry-Institute interaction and partnership for exchange of technical know how in emerging fields and thus making the students best fit in the Industry.
d) To Upgrade innovative R&D Skills among the faculty and students.
e) To provide value based consultancy services.
f) To keep pace with the growing needs of the society at large and Industry in particular through fundamental and applied research in the field of Civil Engineering.
Vision
“The Faculty and Staff of the Department of Civil Engineering at SITECH are in pursuit of excellence in preparing Engineers to provide innovative solutions to the world’s challenges in sustaining the Environment and the Infrastructure”
Mission
“Our Mission is to provide the highest quality of education in Civil Engineering and leadership to our students, as well as life-long learning opportunities, and innovation to our profession for the benefit of the country and the World”
Short Term Goals
a) To Upgrade innovative R&D Skills among the faculty and students.
b) Conducting Workshops / Seminars on recent trends and Developments in Civil Engineering (Staad Pro, ETABS, GIS, FEM, ERDAS etc.,) by Industry and Academic experts.
c) Establishing Industry – Institute Interaction and Partnership in order to enhance the technical knowledge of students by organizing student visits and training.
d) Encouraging and Guiding students in doing In-house projects in diverse areas of Civil Engineering there by providing solutions to the problems of Industry.
e) Encouraging faculty members to have interaction with industries.
f ) Encouraging faculty members to get involved in research Departments leading to award of Doctoral Degree.
g) Conducting Technical Quiz, Seminars, Group Discussions and Debates frequently in order to improve
communication and organizational skills in the students.
h ) Shaping students as industry ready professionals.
i ) Creating Organizational Culture that promotes cooperative learning and team work.
j ) Forming Civil Engineering Students Association and designing special logo for the Association.
k ) Planning to held wide discussions to have MoU’s with various industries to adapt academic Exchange program and to undertake Research Oriented and Industry Sponsored Design Projects and also to provide Industry Exposure to the Budding Engineers.
l) Encouraging Faculty members and students to have Professional Society Memberships like ISTE, Concrete
Engineers of India etc.
m) Establishing Centre for Energy & Sustainable Technologies with state of art facilities to conduct Research & Development in the upcoming areas like Alternative Building Technologies, Green Buildings, Biomass Gasification, Solar photovoltaic and Solar thermal power etc.
n) Establishing Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering to carry out high quality interdisciplinary research, leading to technology development and competency building in various areas related to environmental problems.
o) Establishing Centre for Water Resources Development and Management to carry out research in the areas of sustainable development and environment friendly management of the available water resources, Non-conventional methods for utilization of water such as cropping system modeling & planning, inter-basin transfer, ground water recharge through rainwater harvesting, and application of Remote sensing & GIS etc.
Long Term Goals
a ) To establish a training, consultancy and testing centre in the department for interaction with local industries.
b ) To have collaborative Departments and research tie-ups with reputed industries and government laboratories.
c ) To establish the department as recognized and well-known research centre in different areas of Civil Engineering.
Departmental Research Areas
a ) Construction Engineering and Management
b ) Application of Genetic Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy systems in Construction planning and Management
c ) Network Analysis, Value Engineering
d ) Construction safety, working capital management
e ) Alternative Building Technologies, Green Buildings and Infrastructure
f ) Removal of Hazardous chemicals from Groundwater using Novel Technologies
g ) Physico-Chemical and Biological treatment of water and wastewater
h ) Groundwater treatment using Low cost Adsorbents
i ) Bioenergy Recovery during waste management
j ) Microbial Fuel Cells
k )Application of Nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment
l ) Composite Materials
m ) Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composite structures
n ) Application of Genetic Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks in the Design of Reinforced Concrete structural Elements
o ) Recycled Construction materials
p ) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
q ) Water Resources Engineering and Management
r ) Application of Remote sensing and GIS in Water Resources management
s ) Fracture in Concrete
FACULTY
| S.No | Name of the Faculty | Designation | Qualification | Experience |
| 1 | Mr.Sanjeeva Kumar Y | Assoc. Professor & HOD | M. Tech (N.I.T) | 7 years Teaching 1 year Industry |
| 2 | Mr. Siva Charan S | Asst. Professor | M.S (U.K) | 3 years Teaching 5 years Industry |
| 3 | Mr.Navin M | Asst. Professor | M. Tech (N.I.T) | 2 year Teaching 5 years Industry |
| 4 | Mr. Sanjeev Kumar K | Assoc. Professor | M. Tech(Phd) | 16 year Teaching |
| 5 | Ms. Aruna G | Asst. Professor | B. Tech(Civil) | Fresher |
| 6 | Mr. Harinder D | Asst. Professor | B.E(Civil) | 1 year Teaching |
Publications
Y. Sanjeeva Kumar (Assoc. Professor & HOD)
a ) Vaishya, R.C. and Yedavalli, S.K. (2010). “Removal of Lead and Copper from ground water using Iron Oxide Coated Sand”, submitted to Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, ASCE, Ms No. HZENG -86.
b ) Vaishya, R.C. and Sanjeeva Kumar, Y. “ Removal of Lead from groundwater by Oxide Coated Sand Media” has been accepted in the international conference on Energy Environment and Disasters (INCEED 2005) going to held on July, 24-30, 2005 at Charlotte, U.S.A.
c ) Sanjeeva Kumar, Y. and Vaishya, R.C.(2006) “ Removal of Lead and Copper from Groundwater Using Iron Oxide Coated Sand (IOCS)” A research paper has been accepted as oral presentation in International Conference on Safe Water 2006 held at Rio, Brazil on Oct., 23-25 , 2006.