Department of Civil Engineering (CIE) offers UG, PG Programs (M.Tech in Structural and Construction Engineering) and PhD in Civil Engineering. The program is designed for students and industry professionals seeking to advance their careers and for academics preparing to address challenges in research and teaching. Additionally, the courses are designed to establish a delicate balance between academic fundamentals and industry requirements, in this program.
In addition, our PhD Program is designed to develop outstanding scholars for careers in research and teaching at leading academic institutions throughout the world. You can explore yourself meaningfully with conviction and passion. Fundamental and applied research is carried out to cater to the various needs of society without limiting it to Engineering and Technology. Department comprises a wide spectrum of active researchers working in several areas of research in the Civil Engineering, such as Structural Engineering, Construction Management, Geotechnical Engineering, Pavement Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, and Disaster Management.
Research Areas under the program
Department of Civil Engineering (CIE) offers UG, PG Programs (M.Tech in Structural and Construction Engineering) and PhD in Civil Engineering. The program is designed for students and industry professionals seeking to advance their careers and for academics preparing to address challenges in research and teaching. Additionally, the courses are designed to establish a delicate balance between academic fundamentals and industry requirements, in this program. In addition, our PhD Program is designed to develop outstanding scholars for careers in research and teaching at leading academic institutions throughout the world. You can explore yourself meaningfully with conviction and passion. Fundamental and applied research is carried out to cater to the various needs of society without limiting it to Engineering and Technology. Department comprises a wide spectrum of active researchers working in several areas of research in the Civil Engineering, such as Structural Engineering, Construction Management, Geotechnical Engineering, Pavement Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, and Disaster Management.
Research Areas under the program
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Doctoral programs at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham are designed to develop outstanding educational researchers with a wide range of research skills as well as in-depth knowledge and practical understanding and expertise in their chosen field of educational research.
B. Tech / M. Tech in any Engineering discipline.
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| CAMPUS | TUITION FEES PER YEAR |
TUITION FEES TOTAL |
HOSTEL & MESS PER YEAR |
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| Coimbatore | 30,000 | * | 78,000 (Includes One Time 5000 CD*+Transcript/ Registration Fees 1000) | |
Advanced oxidation process for water treatment
Emerging contaminant treatment
Sustainable water and waste management
Nano material for water treatment
Environmental Engineering
Sustainable technologies for carbon capture
Earthquake engineering
Reinforced Concrete design
Resilience-based design
Performance-based design
Experimental Investigation of seismic Behavior
Buildings/Bridges using shaketable
Blast analysis of geotechnical structures
Experimental study on pavement shakedown
Landslide prediction using IoT
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Large scale floating solar system on reservoirs
Water resources systems
| Title of the Project | Funding Agency |
| Development of Boron Carbide Cement Concrete for Neutron Shielding | BRNS |
| 3M -Scotch Brite Waste management research | Government of Karnataka |
| Restructuring and Enhancing Strategies with a Transformative Approach for Integrated Water Disaster Management in India and the Netherlands (RESTARTIN). | DST & NWO under Indo-Dutch research on water disaster management |
| comprehensive approach to disentangle climate and land cover change impact on water resources (DECLARE) | DST & DAAD |
| Impacts of recent El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus in South Asia | Swedish Research Council |
| Structured Dialogues for Sustainable Urban Water Management | DST: WTI-Urban Water Systems |
| Design and development of cost-effective floating solar energy generation technologies and infrastructure for achieving (nearly) zero-energy villages | DST |
| Loading frame, Load cell and Indicator | 25 and 50 Ton single acting cylinder assembly,
Manual Hand Pump Assembly |
| Data Acquisition System | Q. Brixx gate IP
Q. Brixx A107 Q. Brixx A116 With test logger software LVDT (25,50mm) |
| LCM Foam Generator with compressor | 35 litter capacity |
| shake table | Static analysis, dynamic analysis, nonlinear and linear analysis and time history analysis under dynamic analysis.
2-ton capacity, uniaxial. |
| Electro chemical workstation | 2- channel potentiostat
Powered by EC lab software High resolution EIS measurements |
| Thermal conductivity | To investigate thermal conduction in common materials used in building construction
With inner and outer hot plates |
| Humidity incubator | To test products at different set points 50C TO 600 C, RH 90%, |
| Concrete permeability apparatus with compressor | With three specimen holder assembly as per standards, with maximum pressure of 20 bar,
Specimen size is 15CM |
| Impedance tube | To measure the sound absorption coefficient of materials.
4 microphone and 2 sound card system. |
| Hot press | To fabricate hard and brittle materials. |
| Rapid chloride penetration test apparatus. | 8 cells with data acquisition system
With vacuum desiccator and vacuum pump. |
| Universal Testing Machine (Electronic type) | 400 KN capacity,
Computerised. |
| Digital compression Testing Machine | 3000 KN capacity,
Computerised. |
| Torsion Testing Machine | 100 Nm capacity digital. |
| Flexure Testing Machine | 4-point loading with 100KN capacity. |
| Marshall Apparatus | 5KN capacity with rammer, sample extruder and 4 moulds |
| Viscometer | Brookfield Viscometer with Rheocalc software and water bath |
| Silver Schmidt Hammer | It is an advanced version of the traditional rebound hammer, equipped with digital features for enhanced accuracy and efficiency. |
| Ultra sonic pulse velocity meter | Transmit time rang 0.1 to 9999µs
Resolution 0.1 µs Energising pulse 125 V, 250 V, 350 V, 500 V, AUTO, frequency range 24-500 kHz. |
| Elcometer |
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| SCC testing apparatus (L-box, U-box, V- funnel, J-ring) | To find the properties and characterises of self-compacting concrete. |
| Steel cone apparatus | 2 litter capacity. |
| Compression testing machine | 2000KN capacity. |
| Hot chamber | Maximum temperature 1000 degree of chamber size 75*75*75 cm |
| B.O.D Incubator | temp range 5 to 50 Degree |
| Bench top Incubator cum orbital shaker | Can accommodate 8x250ml, or 8x500ml (Max.) conical flasks, shaking speed 20 to 200 orbital strokes per minute & the orbit diameter of 25 mm. Temp. range ambient +5°C to 60°C, platform size: 325 x325 mm |
| Immersion type Photo reactor | Capacity 1 litter and UV light with different wavelength |
| Revolutionary centrifuge | Max. rpm – 5250
Digital speed indicator Step less speed regulator 0-99 minutes’ digital countdown timer Max. capacity 400ml |
| Muffle furnace | Maximum temperature 1000 degree of chamber size 10*10*10 cm |
| Direct Shear Apparatus | Proving ring with 2 kN capacity
Strain rate :0.0002mm -1.25mm/minute |
| Unconfined Compression Test Apparatus | Proving ring with 2 kN capacity
Strain rate: 1.25mm -2.5mm/minute |
| CBR Apparatus | Proving ring with 50 kN capacity
Strain rate :1.25mm -2.5mm/minute |
| Standard penetration Test apparatus | Drive weight cast iron 63.5 Kg
Guide pipe assembly bore 73 mm Tripod with pulley and built-in ladder ‘A’ type drill rod .5 meters Manila rope 19 mm dia 10 meter. |
| Tri axial shear test apparatus | Proving ring with 2 kN capacity
Strain rate 0.00048 mm- 6mm/minute |
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Total station |
1.Trimble m3 (5″) Total station with standard accessories |
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GPS |
Juno SA handheld with terrasync standard software (GPS) |
The department has received a Research Grant of about 582 lakhs to date. Several consultancy works are also carried out to promote applied research and community development as well.
The department has state-of-the-art laboratories in the areas of Survey & Geoinformatics, Construction Engineering & Material Evaluation, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical & Transportation Engineering, Environmental & Water Resources Engineering. Some of the major facilities available for research are Uniaxial Shake Table (FIST-Fund approved), SEM, XRD, High Performance Computing (CEN) etc. Software: MATLAB, STAAD Pro, ETABS, Perform 3D, COMSOL, ABAQUS, ANSYS
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Ph. D Coordinator
Dr. C. Prakash
Assistant Professor (SG),
Department of Civil Engineering,
School of Engineering, Coimbatore
E Mail ID:c_prakash@cb.amrita.edu
Contact No.