MISSION

To develop and disseminate effectively the technical information aimed at improving the infrastructure and environmental well-being of the society. The Programme aims to provide a well-rounded and superior engineering education that produce talented graduates and creative engineers.

OBECTIVES

• To produce graduates who have a strong foundation of scientific and technical knowledge and are equipped with problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills that will serve them throughout their career;
• To produce graduates who have the ability to pursue careers as practicing civil engineers;
• To produce graduates who have the ability to pursue advanced studies in all the grids of Civil Engineering.
• To produce graduates who have the ability to assume professional leadership roles; and
• To produce graduates with skills and qualifications for careers outside the traditional focus areas of Civil Engineering.

Laboratories

The Department has the following well equipped laboratories to cater to the university curriculum and modern technological development.

• Material Testing Laboratory.
• Geotechnical Laboratory.
• Strength of Materials Laboratory.
  
• Surveying Laboratory.
• Fluid Mechanics Laboratory.
• Transportation Laboratory.
• Environmental Engineering Laboratory.
• CAD Laboratory.
• Geology Laboratory.

Special equipments like Universal Testing Machine, Compression Testing Machine, Torsion Testing Machine, Total Station, Direct Shear Apparatus, Triaxial Compression, and California Bearing Ratio Apparatus, are available for experimentation.

Civil Engineering Association (CEA)

The Civil Engineering Association was created for the purpose of providing ample opportunities to the students to exhibit their talents in all the aspects. The Association organizes various activities and events, to unfold the prospects of Civil Engineering in the present day world. Industrial Visits, Talks by prominent experts in the field, acquainting the students about the recent developments in the Industry such as emerging building trends, useful software, etc.

Conferences and Symposia

The Department organized 3 National Conferences namely NSDMM 06, ETCM 07, NCRTC 08 to encourage research and education in the field of Civil Engineering and 2 National Symposia FUEGO 06, REICON 08 to enlighten the budding engineers to compete and excel in the frontier areas of Civil Engineering.

Upcoming Events.

National Conference on Recent Trends in Civil Engineering (NCRTC 09)

Achievements

Journal Publications:

• Mr.. T. Senthil Vadivel, Assistant Prof & Head, Civil Engineering, Published a paper entitled “Future of Engineering Education” in The Journal of Technical & Vocational Education, December 2006, NITTTR, Taramani, Chennai.

• Mr. T. Senthil Vadivel, Assistant Prof & Head, Civil Engineering, Submitted a paper and awaiting for publication in the  Silver Jubilee Edition in the Journal of Technical & Vocational Education, NITTTR, Taramani, Chennai, titled “Web Based Education – A Sustainable Tool for Future Engineering Education”.

Conference Publications:

• Mr. T. Senthil Vadivel, Assistant Prof & Head, Civil Engineering presented a paper entitled “Advanced Scheduling Techniques for Project Management ” in  Xeta 08 – National Conference organized by Jayam College of  Engineering & Technology, Dharmapuri

• Mr. T. Senthil Vadivel, & Mr. D. Praksh Kumar of Civil Engineering presented a paper entitled “Application of Information Technology in Construction Management ” in  Xeta 08 – National Conference organized by Jayam College of  Engineering & Technology, Dharmapuri

• Mr. T. Senthil Vadivel, Assistant Prof & Head, Civil Engineering presented a paper entitled “A Review on Smart Structures and Smart Materials ” in      NCRTC 08 – National Conference organized by Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal

• Mr. T. Senthil Vadivel & Ms. M. Doddurani of Civil Engineering presented a paper entitled “A Review on Lean Construction ” in   ETCM  07 – National Conference organized by Mahendra Engineering College, Namakkal

Faculty Development Programme

• Mr. T. Senthil Vadivel, & Mr. D. Praksh Kumar of Civil Engineering attended  National Level Workshop on  “Repair & Rehabilitation of Structures”, on  March 2008 at MPNMJ Engg. College, Chennimalai.

• Ms. C. Mythili of Civil Engineering attended a staff development programme on “Instructional Design and Delivery” on February 2008 at Mahendra Engineering College.

Students' Achievements:

• Mr. C. Satyan of Final year B.E.Civil Engineering presented a paper entitled “Replacement of Waste Ceramic as Fine Aggregate in Concrete ” in  Xeta 08 – National Conference organized by Jayam College of  Engineering & Technology, Dharmapuri

• Mr. V. Nagendran, Mr. S. Ramachandran of III year B.E.Civil Engineeering Students participated in a Workshop on Repair & Rehabilitation of structures on March 2008 at MPNMJ Engg. College, Chennimalai.

Career Opportunities

Civil Engineering is one of the broadest of the engineering disciplines, extending across many technical specialties. Civil engineers career options includes of planing, designing, and supervising the construction of facilities essential to modern life. These facilities vary widely in nature, size, scope and include space satellites and launching facilities, offshore structures, bridges, buildings, tunnels, highways, transit systems, dams, airports, harbors, water supply and wastewater treatment plants. Civil Engineers work in diversified areas such as structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources and environmental engineering, transportation engineering, ocean and coastal engineering, and construction engineering.