Department of Civil Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, has been constantly contributing to the cause of engineering education and training right since its inception in the year 1942.
Over the last five decades, the department has grown manifold and shared immensely in the technology transfer and the propagation of technological advancements to the industry in particular and to the masses in general. With the changing technological order across the country and the globe, the department too, has maintained pace in becoming at par with the latest and most sophisticated R&D, design, testing, instrumentation and computation facilities etc. The training and education of the personnel in a wide range of fields has been a constant endeavor of the department over these years. The department has a very well qualified faculty supported by excellent laboratories and the state of the art computing facilities. The department owns a rich library having 9000 text and reference books.
Many research projects sponsored by A.I.C.T.E., U.G.C., D.S.T., C.S.I.R., D.R.D.O., C.S.T. (U.P.), Ministry of Environment and Forest and Indian Oil Corporation, Govt. of India have been successfully completed in the past. The faculty members have published significant number of Research papers in International Journals, National Journals and the Proceedings of various International and National Seminars, Conferences, Symposia and Workshops.
The faculty members have also published several textbooks and prepared an appreciable number of Technical Reports, Laboratory Manuals, and other Teaching Aids. The faculty members also have to their credit many awards such as Khosla Award, Suchit Kumar memorial Award, Institution of Engineers (I), Khosla Research Prize, ISET Best Paper award, Deshpande award (FM & FP, India), Jai Krishna Award, Sir Arthur Cotton Memorial Gold Medal to name a few.
Many faculty members have chaired technical session of different National and International meets and have also been the members of the various technical committees within the country and abroad as well. The research publications of the faculty members have been widely cited and some of the faculty members are also the reviewers of International Journals.
At the under graduate level, the Civil Engineering Department offers B. Tech. (Civil) course and at the post graduate level M. Tech. course is offered in three major fields of specialization viz. Structural Engineering, Hydraulic Structures, and Environmental Engineering. At the Doctoral level, the Department offers Ph. D. in Structural Engineering, Hydraulic Structures, Environmental Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering.
Zakir Husain college of Engineering and Technology is one among the seven institutes identified by M.H.R.D., Government of India, for the upgradation to the level of Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.).
First installment of the grant for this purpose has already been received and the process of upgradation has begun with the upgradation of laboratories. The process of upgradation is expected to take five more years during which period the department is expected to become at par with I.I.T.
The department of Civil Engineering is playing a major role in the development of infrastructure required for the purpose.
Major Thrust Areas Of The Departments:
Structural Engineering Fibre Composites and New Construction Materials Transient Dynamic Analysis of Structures Structural Masonry Experimental Stress Techniques and Non-Destructive Testing Numerical Modelling and Optimization Techniques Reliability Analysis and Risk Assessment of Structures Earthquake Resistant Low Cost Housing Wind Engineering Offshore Structures Corrosion Engineering Fly ash Utilization Instrumentation Technique, Application of Optical Fibre Hydraulic Engineering Hydraulic Structures Hydrology Computational Hydraulics Geotechnical Engineering Fly Ash Utilization and Disposal Ring/Annular/Shell and Pile Foundations Soil Structure Interaction and Environmental Geo-Technology Application of Geo-synthetics in Ground Improvement Techniques Hazardous and Solid Waste ManagementPhysico Chemical Treatment ProcessesCorrosion ControlAir Pollution Modelling and Simulation of Treatment Processes
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