DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

ABOUT DEPARTMENT

The department of Civil Engineering was started in the academic year 2013- 2014 with an intake of 60 and main aim is for promoting high quality educational knowledge in the field of Civil Engineering. The academic activities of the department emphasis deep understanding of fundamental principles, development of creative ability to handle the challenges of civil engineering and the analytical ability to solve the problems which are inter-disciplinary in nature.

The department currently offers bachelor of engineering (B.E) degree program in Civil Engineering following the JNTUA university curriculum, Ananthapuramu. The curriculum broadly covers the engineering subjects of related fields such as surveying, building materials and constructions, soil mechanics and foundation and so on. Every year technical symposium AAVISKAR is organized for students to explore their technical knowledge and interact with other college students and departments. Every year department magazine “Civil Engineering and Construction Review” will be published half yearly once to develop and improve student’s technical skills and publishing skills. Students are encouraged continuously to participate in various training programs, Industrial visits, site camps for improvement in their technical knowledge.

VISION:

To impart value excellence technical education to women students for developing innovative, ethical and sustainable solutions to global civil engineering challenges.

DEPARTMENT MISSION:
To be a recognized center in providing civil engineering education to develop professional with innovation

  • To inspire young minds through a stimulating and comprehensive program.
  • To inculcate a sense of attitude, discipline, teamwork and social responsibility.
  • To nurture a strong research eco system that facilitates research and lifelong learning.
  • To undertake collaborative projects and consultancy works with academia and industry.
  • To develop interpersonal skills with moral values and ethics.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs):

PEO 1: Impart Application of Mathematical, physical, geotechnical, environmental, hydrological, and structural knowledge for the formulation and framing solution in civil engineering.

PEO 2: To prepare graduates with a solid basic foundation in engineering and technology for a  successful career in civil engineering.

PEO 3: To equip graduates with integrity and ethical values so that they become responsible engineers.

PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (PSOs):

PSO 1: Graduates of the Civil Engineering department should be able to identify, resolve and provide solutions for engineering problems and ability to get employment in different  Construction and software fields.

PSO 2: The civil engineer should be able to analyze, estimate, and take up surveys in various constructional activities which further involve testing, evaluating, and designing Specific civil engineering structures such as irrigation hydraulic structures, Geotechnical, highways, railways, airports, docks harbors.

PROGRAME OUTCOMES (POs):

 

PO1: Engineering Knowledge:

Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

PO2: Problem Analysis:

Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems

reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

PO3: Design & Development:

Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

PO4: Investigations:

Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis, and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

PO5: Modern Tools:

Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

PO6: Engineer & Society:

Apply to reason informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.

PO7: Environment & Sustainability:

Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

PO8: Ethics:

Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

PO9: Individual & Team Work:

Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

PO10: Communication Skills:

Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

PO11: Project Mgt. & Finance:

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

PO12: Life-Long Learning:

Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

LIST OF LABORATORIES

  1. ENGINEERING WORKSHOP
  2. CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKSHOP
  3. ENGINEERING GRAPHICS LAB
  4. APPLIED MECHANICS LAB
  5. SURVEYING LAB
  6. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB
  7. HYDRAULICS & HYDRAULIC MACHINERY LAB
  8. ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  9. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LAB
  10. CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY
  11. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING LAB
  12. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LAB
  13. CADD LAB

ENGINEERING WORKSHOP

Engineering workshop is equipped with various hand and power tools which train the students and equip them in understanding its Utilization in different manufacturing trades such as carpentry, fitting, house wiring, sheet metal forming, and foundry, overflow of metal cutting processes, plumbing and welding through live demonstrations.

CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKSHOP

The Civil Engineering Workshop is intended to familiarize the fundamental experiments in Civil Engineering for all branches. For civil engineering students, this lab is an introductory workshop whereas for other branches the lab facilitates the ideas about basic civil engineering in their day-to-day life.

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS LAB

Engineering Graphics lab helps the students to create a two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional objects. In general, it provides necessary information about the shape, size, surface quality, material, manufacturing process, etc., of the object. It is the graphic language from which a trained person can visualize objects. Student’s ability to perform basic sketching techniques will improve.

APPLIED MECHANICS LAB

Students have the opportunity to use experimental apparatus and compare results against that of accepted theory, developing and enhancing their knowledge of important scientific concepts. Various applications of strain gauges such as diaphragm, thick/ thin cylinders, combined bending & torsion, single/multi-plane balancing exercises can also be conducted. These are very useful for the understanding of vector diagrams.

SURVEYING LAB

The Surveying Laboratory is equipped with the instruments and tools to help students learn techniques for gathering field data with both traditional and modern instruments. Every batch is provided with a dedicated set of instruments to use, including tape, chain, theodolite, total station, leveling staffs, tripods, and other common surveying tools. The lab is equipped with modern instruments like a total station, GPS.

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB

Demonstrating the basic principles in the area of strength and mechanics of materials and structural analysis to the undergraduate students through a series of experiments is the objective of the strength of the materials lab.  Measuring the properties of the materials such as impact strength, tensile strength, compressive strength, hardness, ductility are conducted in the lab.

HYDRAULICS & HYDRAULIC MACHINERY LAB

The hydraulics & hydraulic machinery lab of the Department of Civil Engineering is fully equipped with all necessary equipment along with their accessories, The Laboratory is kept in pace with modern technological advancements. The laboratory includes Flow measurement set-ups and Turbo Machines. The laboratory experiments include Calibration of Flow Meters, Verification of Bernoulli’s Equation, Performance of Turbines and Pumps, Losses through Pipes which help the students to acquire thorough knowledge on the practical utility of these devices in the field.

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Engineering geology lab has a variety of minerals and rocks on display for helping the students in studying the physical properties and identification of minerals and rocks, Rock-forming minerals, Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks, Metamorphic rocks, Geological maps, Problems on Structural geology. It helps the students to understand and appreciate the role of geology and apply the concepts in the design and construction of structures.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LAB

The Geotechnical Engineering laboratory is equipped with all modern machinery required for successful completion of experiments on the determination of various engineering properties of soil like Cohesion, Angle of internal friction, Capillarity, Permeability, Elasticity, Compressibility, and soil bearing capacity.

CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

The Concrete Laboratory is fully equipped with all necessary equipment required to conduct all necessary experiments on aggregates and concrete. The major equipment available in the laboratory is Aggregate Impact tester, Los Angels Abrasion Testing machine, Deval abrasion testing machine, Aggregate crushing value apparatus, Standard penetrometer, Ring and Ball Apparatus, Apparatus for adhesiveness test, Flashpoint and fire point apparatus, standard tar viscometer, Ductility testing machine for bitumen, Marshall apparatus, and Electronic Weighing Balance etc. Using these apparatus students can conduct tests on cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, and concrete.

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING LAB

The Transportation Engineering lab has the equipment required to conduct all standardized tests to assess the quality of highway materials, pavement evaluation, and traffic engineering studies. Experiments are conducted in pre-and post-construction phases of highways. The Transportation Engineering lab does quality assurance and quality control tests for the Roads, Traffic engineering surveys are also conducted in the lab and students learn to conduct spot speed studies, volume counts, and conflict studies for preparing road improvement plans to enhance road safety.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LAB

The Environmental Engineering Laboratory of our department is well equipped with instruments like Computer interfaced Spectrophotometer (Spectronic 20D+), Digital pH meter, Turbidity meter, Conductivity meter, BOD Incubator, Flame Photometer, High volume Air Sampler, Stack Monitoring Kit, Water Analyzing Kit to meet the academic requirements of the students. It trains the students in conducting experimental analysis of physical, chemical, and biological parameters of water and wastewater.

CADD LAB

The CADD lab has been created exclusively to cater training of all students in the latest CAD software. The lab provides excellent high-end latest configuration hardware computer systems facilities for delivering training to the students in various software packages like includes STAAD Pro, REVIT Architecture, REVIT Structural, AutoCAD, Primavera, REVIT MEP and ANSYS 14, 3D Studio Max.

S.No

Name of the Faculty Qualification Designation Date of Joining
1 Dr. Bundi Arun Kumar M.Tech, Ph.D Professor 05/02/2020
2 Dr. T G Vasista M.Tech, Ph.D Professor 13/02/2023
3 Mr. Sagar Darur M.Tech Assistant Professor 20/02/2021
4 Mr. Konduru  Anand M.Tech Assistant Professor 01/06/2021
5 Mrs. V.M. Shruthi M.Tech Assistant Professor 01/06/2021
6 Ms. Syed Parawana  Naz M.Tech Assistant Professor 04/04/2022
7 Mr. Ete Sudharsan M.Tech Assistant Professor 16/08/2022
8 Mr. Bugide Rajasekhar M.Tech Assistant Professor 26/05/2021
9 Mr. Sura Venkata Mahesh M.Tech Assistant Professor 26/05/2021
10 Ms. Muppasani Swaruparani M.Tech Assistant Professor 26/05/2021
11 Mr. S. Anil Kumar M.Tech Assistant Professor 27/03/2023
12 Mr. D Charan Kumar M.Tech Assistant Professor 10/04/2023