DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

The aim of the department of civil engineering is to ensure that graduates will have a

mastery of fundamental knowledge, problem solving skills, engineering experimental

abilities, and design capabilities necessary for entering civil engineering career and/or

pursuing higher studies and to prepare students to enter a modern civil engineering

workforce and to be successful in their career and profession.

Courses Offered are

1. BE (Civil Engineering)

2. ME

3. Ph.D

Vision: The vision of the department is to give an exposure to budding civil technocrats

to various challenges in the profession. The department with its multifaceted faculty

members continues to maintain and cultivate strong links with infrastructure industry and

academic and research institutions within and outside the country.

Mission: The mission of the department is to provide quality education to prepare

nationally competitive undergraduate students for a successful career in civil engineering;

to provide advanced skills and knowledge in state-of-the-art research and design in sub-

areas of civil engineering for graduate students; and to provide service to the university,

engineering profession, and the public.

CIVIL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES

SURVEYING LAB

This laboratory involves learning the

basic principle of surveying, measuring

of distance, direction and elevation in

the field by using various instruments

like chains, measuring tapes, theodolite,

dumpy level, tacheometer also used in

calculating longitudinal profile of road,

leveling of land

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

The students learn the basic load which

the beams, columns and arches can

safely bear without failing is important.

Hence tests are conducted to check

deflection in beams, buckling in

columns if the load exerted on

structural member exceeds safe limit or

not.

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS LAB

Department of civil engineering boasts

of a well established mechanics of

solids lab with state-of-the-art

equipments and latest techniques for

analysis. It gives students a chance to

apply textbook principles and theory.

Students perform experiments which

yield the type of data which form the

basis of established mechanical

properties. By doing this students both

confirm the theory and realize some of

the limits of its application. Latest

machines like Computerized Universal

Testing Machine, Concrete Testing

Machine etc help the students to

perform experiments with accuracy and

can study the behavior of materials

exactly.

FLUID MECHANICS

At completion of this course, students

should have the knowledge of absolute,

differential, and gauge pressure, Basic

pressure measurement, Elementary

flow visualization tools, to deduce fluid

physics information from flow

visualizations, Basic fluid velocity

measurement techniques. The state-of-

the-art wind tunnel apparatus at fluid

mechanics lab helps the students to

study the boundary later velocity

profiles and to determine boundary

layer and displacement thickness.

The students have the freedom and

opportunity to design their

own experiments and establish the

relationships like the exponent in the

power law of velocity distribution using

the wind tunnel apparatus.

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

The laboratory introduces the students

to some basic geologic principles,

starting off with basic identification of

geologic materials, map use and

deformation of rock analogs. The

students are taken outdoors to explore

geologic and geophysical mapping

techniques; and illustrate

environmental, geologic and

engineering topics through visits to

local field sites.

BUILDING MATERIALS AND

CONSTRUCTION

The building materials like cement,

concrete reinforcement, bricks, mortars

and steel etc are being tested in this lab.

Construction and building materials

provides essential information about

the materials that help effectively to

link theory with practical knowledge

and application. Laboratory helps to

analyze data using experiments and to

have exposure to different equipments

and machines.

CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

The concrete laboratory provides

extensive practical knowledge to

students so as to make them confident

in the preparation and testing of

concrete like slump test, compaction

test, and compressive strength at

different ages and to cast slabs, beams

etc.. The lab is well equipped and

would make students familiar with the

nature and properties of concrete by

conducting laboratory tests.

TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING

The lab is designed in such a way that

the student does an in-depth analysis of

aggregate, bitumen and bitumen mixes.

The testing of various qualities of

aggregates like crushing strength

,impact strength and specific gravity

and that of bitumen like softening , fire

and flash point, viscosity, moisture

content are carried out.

ENVIRONMENTAL

ENGINEERING LAB:

This lab is well equipped with all the

facilities for Water and waste water

testing for physico-chemical and

biological parameters by using

equipments like BOD incubators, pH

Meters, Turbidity meters, jar test

Apparatus. The primary objective of

this lab is to demonstrate environmental

engineering testing procedures, to

understand how to interpret the data,

and how the information can be applied

in environmental engineering practice.

This lab is continuously upgraded with

the latest environmental equipment like

BOD incubator, Hot air oven, digital

physical balance; Spectrophotometer.

Students contribute through water

testing procedures to build a pollution

database of the nearby rivers and

sewage treatment plant.

GEOTECH ENGINEERING LAB

This Laboratory has the well equipped

machines and equipments to conduct

various experiments for students to

satisfy the academic curriculum. The

laboratory is also being used for

consultancy works of private and

government bodies to test the soil

samples obtained from the field, so as

to identify and classify the soils, assess

the strength and compressibility

characteristics of the soil, estimate the

safe bearing capacity and settlement of

soil in the field. The laboratory is also

equipped to assess suitability of soil for

usage as a construction material in

embankments and dams. This

laboratory involves testing of soil for

its various properties like permeability,

grain size analysis, shear strength,

compressive strength, moisture content,

specific gravity.

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COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN LAB

Students learn to use the CAD (computer aided drafting) software and its utilities in the

engineering software. Study of the various toolbar options and exercises to familiarize all

the drawing tools is being conducted in this lab. They study the basic initial setting and

viewing of the drafting software interfaces, use of basic entities in 2D, uses of various

modify commands of the drafting software. In this lab students are being trained on

various other Civil Engineering Software’s also.

TRAINING AND FIELD VISITS

Specially designed training programs for the students such as on non-destructive testing

of concrete, total station are the regular part of the academics. To keep students abreast

with latest tools and techniques the department keeps on organizing training programs in

latest happening in Civil Engineering. Field visits are also being conducted on regular

basis.

CIVENG CLUB:

The Club established by the Civil Engineering students organizes number of extra-

curricular activities like workshops for students, civil quests, inter and intra-university

technical events and also provides guidance to fresher and students who are new to the

university. It provides an opportunity to the students think freely and build on their

technical skills by working on application based projects. The faculty extends their whole

hearted guidance and support to the students in maintaining and running the club.

ON GOING PROJECTS

• Integrated project on energy efficiency of buildings

• Water quality check and control with lab designed experiments

• Study of non-destructive testing of concrete

• Remote sensing applications in civil engineering

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Abhishek Singh Kshatriya presented his findings and gave a presentation on

Flyash for which he stood first in Presen-o-Mania, held in Chitkara University,

Punjab.

2. Sumit jaswal secured 1st position in Inter University technical quiz event, Civil

Quest.

3. Amrinder Singh stood first in Maths Olympiad Contest, held at Chitkara

University, Punjab.

4. Deepak singla attended the international conference on Green buildings held at

New Delhi. He is also the event head for various events and won 1st prize in arch-

bridge and 2nd

prize in sewage treatment plant during the TechFest 2011.

5. Balwant Thakur, Manoj Kumar and Amit Kumar attended a programme

on "Durability Aspects of Concrete" organized by Ambuja Cement at Hotel

Holiday Home, Shimla on 12/04/2012

6. Chirag Sehgal worked with AIESEC as an intern at University of Morarwa, Sri

Lanka as an intern.

7. Ashish malik performed street play on corruption for NSS and he received the 2nd

position in inter-university volley-ball championship and 3rd

position at charishma

modeling event.

8. Diviya Diwaker and Balwant Thakur won 1st position for preparing structural

models in the model-o-mania event.

9. Arun Thakur participated in a Group Discussion on Education System in India

organized in Baddi University TechFest

10. Mayank Thakur participated in all India University Gatka Championship held at

Punjabi university and got 3rd

position.

11. Navjot thakur won 1st position in Lan Ganiur (Age of Empire) in Inter-university

& 3rd

prize in civil quest in inter university.

12. Navneet Sharma is the winner of inter hostel cricket championship and the inter

hostel cricket championship held in Chitkara University

13. Rohit Jamwal is the winner of inter university street football held in 2010.

14. Naveen kumar got 1st position in inter hostel volleyball tournament.

15. Navneet Sharma is the winner of inter hostel volleyball championship and also

winner of inter hostel cricket championship.