DEPARTMENT

OF
CIVIL ENGINEERING
E-mail: civil@nitc.ac.in

Tel: 0495 228 6201/6200

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY
Number of faculty members 32
Number of supporting staffs 10
Programmes offered:
Programme
UG (B. Tech)

Specialization
Civil Engineering
1.

PG (M. Tech)

2.
3.
4.

Structural Engineering
Traffic & Transportation Planning
Offshore Structures
Environmental Geotechnology

Year started
1961
1971
1985
1987
2006

PhD

Civil Engineering (All areas)

1985

PG Diploma

Construction Management

2008

FACULTY PROFILE
Name of Faculty

Designation

Area of
Specialization

Dr. N. Ganesan

Professor

Structural Engg.

Dr. S. Chandrakaran

Professor

Geotechnical Engg

Dr. V. Mustafa

Professor

Structural Engg.

Dr. P. Syamala (Head)

Professor

Hydraulics

Dr. T.P. Somasundaran

Professor

Structural Engg

Dr. J. Sudhakumar

Professor

Building Technology

Dr. Mohammed Ameen

Professor

Structural Engg.

Dr. M.V.L.R. Anjaneyulu

Professor

Transportation Engg.

FACULTY PROFILE
Name of Faculty

Designation

Area of
Specialization

Dr. T. Zachariah Varghese

Professor

Structural Engg.

Dr. N. Sankar

Professor

Geotechnical Engg

Dr. A.P. Shashikala

Professor

Structural Engg.

Dr. P.V. Indira

Professor

Structural Engg.

Dr. T.M. Madhavan Pillai

Professor

Structural Engg.

Dr Santosh. G. Thampi

Assoc. Prof.

Hydraulics

Dr. K Sasikumar

Assoc. Prof.

Water Resources Engg.

Sri K. Saseendran

Assoc. Prof.

Geology

FACULTY PROFILE
Name of Faculty

Designation

Area of
Specialization

Assoc. Prof.

Building Technology

Dr. K. Krishna Murthy

Asst. Prof.

Transportation Engg.

Dr. Praveen Nagarajan

Asst. Prof.

Structural Engg.

Sri. Sajith A S

Asst. Prof.

Structural Engg.

Sri. Harikrishna M

Asst. Prof.

Transportation Engg.

Sri. George K Varghese

Asst. Prof.

Environmental Engg.

Smt. Reesha Bharath K

Asst. Prof.

Construction Technology

Smt. Chitra N R

Asst. Prof.

Hydraulics & Water Resources Engg

Dr. Arun C

FACULTY PROFILE
Name of Faculty

Designation

Area of
Specialization

Dr. Pramada S K

Asst. Prof.

Water Resources Engg

Dr. Mini Remanan

Asst. Prof.

Structural Engg.

Dr. Vinu Palissery

Asst. Prof.

Structural Engg.

Dr. Kodi Ranga Swamy

Asst. Prof.

Geotechnical Engg

Dr. Debraj Bhattacharyya

Asst. Prof.

Environmental Engg.

Dr. Mathava Kumar S

Asst. Prof.

Environmental Engg.

Sri. Sathish Kumar D

Asst. Prof.

Remote Sensing & GIS

Sri. Siva Kumar M

Asst. Prof.

Transportation Engg.

PhDs ONGOING &

COMPLETED
Number of PhDs
produced (so far) 17
Number of PhDs ongoing 27

PhDs Completed

PhDs Ongoing

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Papers published in 2011-12
Journals

- 24

Conferences - 21
Papers published in 2010-11
Journals

- 45

Conferences - 35
Books Published
International - 2
National

-1

Publication Statistics
in
Journals No.
& of
Conferences
Year
Publicatio
ns
2011-12

45

2010-11

80

2009

43

2008

46

2007

13

2006

21

DETAILS OF RESEARCH
PROJECTS
No. of projects undertaken
in 2011-2012 - 10
No. of projects undertaken in 2010-2011

- 08

Projects completed (in last 5 years)

- 22

No. of Research Projects Ongoing &

Year

Project
cost
(lakhs)

2011-2012

67

2010-2011

378.824

2010

24.99

2009

22.30

2008

47.82

2007

30.608

2006

12.0

< 2005

88.94

DETAILS OF CONSULTANCY
PROJECTS
No. of projects undertaken
in 2011-2012 - 27
No. of projects undertaken in 2010-2011

- 33

Projects completed (in last 5 years)

- 85

LABORATORY FACILITIES
Structural Engineering Lab
Geotechnical Engineering &
Geology Lab
Transportation Engineering Lab
Offshore Engineering Lab
Water Resources Engineering
Lab
Environmental Engineering Lab
Survey Lab

Facilities Available in

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LAB

Compression Testing Machine (300 T)
Universal testing Machine (UTM) 100 T

Universal testing Machine (UTM) 40 T

Universal testing Machine (UTM) 20 T
Tension Testing Machine 50 kN
Torsion Testing Machine 50 kg-m
Impact Testing machine- Charpy & Izod
Rockwell Hardness Tester
Vickers Hardness Tester
Brinell Hardness Tester

Facilities Available in

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LAB

Digital Rockwell Hardness Tester
Digital Vickers Hardness Tester
Micro Hardness Tester
E.O.T. Crane 10T
Elevating Crane 2T
Test Cylinder Plant
Garage Crane 2T Capacity
UTM 20 to 300 T
Pre-Stressing System 6T
Hydraulic Jacks 10 T, 5 T, 2.5 T

Facilities Available in
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING &
GEOLOGY LAB
Boring units - Calyx drill

Plate load testing unit

Field vane shear testing unit
Static core penetrometer
Boring Unit - Calyx
Drill
Auger unit
Testing facilities for vibration tests
Pile driving unit

Plate Load Testing

Facilities Available in

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
LAB
Marshall Stability
Test
Centrifuge Bitumen Extractor
Setup for Aggregate Testing
Setup for Bitumen & Emulsion Testing
Benkelman beam
Bump Integrator
Portable Wheel/Axle Weigh Pads
Automatic Traffic Counter
Video Logging Unit
Traffic Signal Controller

Facilities Available in

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
LABMeasuring
Electronic Distance
Instrument
Driver Reaction Time Testing Apparatus
Action Judgment Tester
Action Judgment Tester

Radar Speed Meter

Facilities for Material
Testing

Facilities Available in

OFFSHORE ENGINEERING LAB

Laboratories space - 400 m2.

Wave basin with a mechanical wave
generator
Computerized data acquisition &
analysis system Wave flume of 100 m
length and 4 m width
Installation of wave maker &
instrumentation are in progress

Wave Basin

Facilities Available in

WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

LAB

All instruments for establishing a

meteorological station.
Instruments for measurements of flow,
velocity, and stage, an aqua finder etc.
Facilities for GIS application and Remote
Sensing techniques to natural resources
management (part of Water Resources Lab
Wave Generator

Facilities Available in

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
LAB

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

Toxic Gas Analyzer
Spectrophotometer
Flame Photometer
RO Water Treatment Unit
Double Beam
Spectrophotometer
De-ionizer
Refrigerated Centrifuge
B.O.D Incubator

Flame Photometer

Facilities Available in

SURVEY LAB
Equipment and facilities for conducting
practical courses in surveying.
All modern instruments used in surveying
Auto levels,
Total Station,
A1 size plotter etc.

Total Station and Auto

Level

MAJOR AREAS OF

RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY

Structural Design
Scrutiny and Approval of Third Party
Designs
Geotechnical Investigations
Material Testing and Certification
Site Survey, Levelling, and Layout
Hydrological Surveys
Design of Hydraulic Structures
In-Situ Quality Assessment of
Structures
Environmental sample testing and
analysis
Environmental Impact assessment