Department of Civil Engineering

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60

Approved Intake for B.Tech
18

Approved Intake for M.Tech
3

Programs (B.Tech, M.Tech & Ph.D)
IITs & NITs

Alumni Faculty Members
9

Well Equipped Labs
3

Ongoing Govt. Projects
700+

Books in Dept Library
Consultancy Projects

OVERVIEW

Department of Civil Engineering at SMIT was established in 2009 and currently the Department offers Btech in Civil Engineering, Mtech in structural Engineering, and PhD programme. The Department has well established state-of-the-art, Material Testing, CAD and Geoiformatics, Geotechnical Engineering, Surveying, Geology, Model museum, Environment Engineering, and Fluid Mechanics Laboratories. Students of the Department are being exposed to the latest advancements in design & construction technologies with sufficient field exposures.

Vision

To develop young Civil Engineering professionals with an active and creative mind who can contribute to building the society and the nation.

Mission	Objectives
To develop the department as the best resource house for efficient and updated learning experience of students.	To establish a national level department of excellence. To impart value education, quality training and hands on learning experience. To build efficient professionals with excellent knowledge and skills in Civil Engineering.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (BTech in Civil Engineering)

To empower students with skills and employability to solve real life problems.
To sensitize students towards social issues and to inject ethics in professional practices.
To enhance technical skills and enthusiasm among students to carry out higher studies and research.
To develop human potential to its fullest extent so that intellectually capable and imaginatively gifted leaders and entrepreneurs can emerge.

PROGRAMS OFFERED

UNDERGRADUATE

BTech in Civil Engineering

Stream Specialization	Interdisciplinary Courses	Open Elective
Natural Hazard and Disaster Management Earthquake Resistant Structures Environment Engineering Geoinformatics	Artificial Intelligence Data Science Robotics & Automation Machine Design Cloud Computing Management Information Systems (MIS)	Entrepreneurship for Engineers Optimization Techniques Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Financial Planning and Analysis

POSTGRADUATE

M.Tech in Structural Engineering

P.hD (Contact Person)

Prof. Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan

Professor & Head of the Department

Email: hod.ce@smit.smu.edu.in

Mobile: 6296878065

KEY FEATURES

All faculty members are alumni of reputed IITs and NITs
Highly experienced faculty members
Consultancy Projects
Curriculum designed to equip the student to be industry ready
Compulsory Industrial training in two phases
Mentor/Mentee Scheme through Project Based Learning
Industry Visits
Guest Lectures by Experts
MOU with reputed Higher Education institutions and research organizations
Nine well equipped labs
Distinguish Alumni across the world in both academia and industry
Strong alumni Network
Three ongoing Government Projects
ICT enabled class rooms
LAN and Wi-Fi facility for both Students and Faculty members
State of the art Departmental Library

CORE COMPETENCIES

Geotechnical Engineering	Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics	Strength of Materials	Structural Analysis
Design of RC Structures	Surveying	Transportation Engineering	Irrigation Engineering
Building Materials & Concrete Technology	Planning & Drawing (CAD)	Construction Planning & Management	Environmental Engineering
Estimating, Costing & Valuation	Design of Steel Structures	Engineering Hydrology	Engineering Geology
Remote Sensing & GIS	Structural analysis and design by advanced softwares

SOFT SKILLS IMPARTED

Leadership	Communication Skills	Problem Solving
Design Thinking	Critical Thinking	Entrepreneurship

INDUSTRY/ACADEMIA COLLABORATIONS

MOUs:

National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee
Vaanahaa Education and Innovation Labs
National Water Mission, Ministry of Water Recourses, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt. of India

MAJOR RESEARCH AREAS

Application of Remote sensing and GIS
Natural Hazard and Disaster Management
Solid waste Management
Composite structures
Finite element simulation
Advanced concrete technology
Soil-structure interaction
Geotechnical Earthquake engineering
Landslide hazard assessment
Wind Engineering
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering
Transportation planning in Mountainous region
Water resources Assessment and Management
Spring-shed delineation
Climate change impacts
Riverbank erosion modelling
Earthquake Resistant Structures
Environmental Impact Assessment

FACULTY

The aim of the Department is to meet the global changes in development, innovation and application of state of the art technology in the service of humanity. ”

Dr. Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan

HOD, Department of Civil Engineering

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FACILITIES

The campus has first-rate facilities like laboratories, workshops and practice school for hands-on learning. There are also cafeterias, and transport facility for students' ease.

CAD & Geoinformatics Lab

It is equipped with highly configured Computer system installed with latest Version of AutoCad, Staad Pro, and Programming Software such as C to enable the students to draft & design building drawings.

SURVEYING LAB

This lab is equipped with latest device such as Total Stations, Electronic Theodolites, Auto Levels along with traditional surveying instruments such as plane tables with accessories, chains, tapes compass etc.

GEOLOGY LAB

The lab is has a large collection of Rocks & minerals samples and has instruments such as Planimetres and microscope for identification and study of various samples.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAB

The lab is equipped with pH meter, Conductivity meter, magnetic stirrers with hot plates, BOD incubator and other equipments to measure the quality parameters of water and sewage.

FLUID MECHANICS LAB

It is equipped with various types of Turbines such as Pelton wheel Turbine, Francis turbine, Kalpan turbine, Orifices, mouth pieces, venture flume, standing wave flume, Impact on jet, friction losses in pipes etc.

SOIL MECHANICS LAB

The lab is equipped with all experimental setups such as triaxial testing machine, consolidation, permeability, & index properties

MATERIAL TESTING LAB

The lab is equipped with digital Compression and flexure testing Machine,, Los Angles abration, Vee-Bee consistometer, aggregate impact value, rebound hammer, set up for testing fresh conrete, cement, sand aggregate etc.

DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY

More than 700 books
IS Codes
BTech/MTech Project Reports

Project & Analysis Lab

It is equipped with highly configured computer system installed with latest version of ABAQUS, ARC - GIS, SAP and ETABS software. The lab is dedicated to perform the project work of PG students.

Model Museum & Project Lab

The lab is equipped with various types of structural models and prototypes of civil engineering structures. The objective of the lab is to demonstrate about the various types of structures, support conditions, loading and functions of civil engineering structures.

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GALLERY

Geology Lab

Surveying Lab

Geotechnical Engg Lab

Fluid Mechanics Lab

Environment Engg Labs

CTM

News

January 20,2025

Hon’ble Prime Minister inaugurates 100 ‘5G Use Case Labs’

NAAC 2022

Events

December 05,2024

BAL VIVAH MUKT BHARAT CAMPAIGN

The Ministry of Education, through a letter dated November 26, 2024, referenced D.O. letter No. 138/2020-WW Part (1) dated November 18, 2024, from the Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), emphasized that child marriage represents one of the gravest violations of human rights.

November 04,2024

Handing-Over Ceremony

The event started on 4/11/24 at 5:30 PM with Torsha Guha, a Team of officials from SRF, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, marking the beginning of the handing-over ceremony

October 10,2024

Ultracoherent Lasers and Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator for Optical Sensing Applications

The seminar titled “Ultracoherent Lasers and Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator for Optical Sensing Applications” was organized by Student Research Forum, SMIT, SMU in collaboration with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering as a part of SRF, SMIT, SMU event calendar.

September 23,2024

Building A Greener Tomorrow: Life-Cycle Thinking to Sustainable Design

The event titled “BUILDING A GREENER TOMORROW: LIFE-CYCLE THINKING TO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN” was a joint seminar organized by both the CESA (Civil Engineering Student’s Association) Council and Student Research Forum, SMIT, SMU as a part of Research activity scheduled for the month of September.

September 07,2024

RECENT TRENDS IN ECE

The event titled “Recent Trends in ECE” was a joint seminar organized by both the ECSA Council as a part of alumni talk and Student Research Forum, SMIT, SMU as a part of Research activity scheduled for the month of August.

September 04,2024

INTRA-UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL TRIALS 2024

On September 4th, 2024, the Sports Council organized the Intra-University Basketball Trials 2024. Students from all the branches and years are eligible to participate in this, where they will be competing against each other to be on the college team.

September 04,2024

Connect 24

Connect’24 marked an exciting milestone in the ongoing efforts to align education and industry by featuring two insightful panel discussions focused on the "Future of Learning" and "Creating Dynamic Industry-Academia Partnerships."

September 03,2024

INTRA-UNIVERSITY TABLE TENNIS TRIALS 2024

On September 3rd, 2024, the Sports Council organized the Intra-University Table Tennis Trials 2024. Students from all the branches and years are eligible to participate in this, where they will be competing against each other to be on the college team.

August 22,2024

Talk on "Sustainability and its Impact" | Event

On 22nd August, 2024, the TP&IL in collaboration with JLL, organized an insightful tech-talk on "Sustainability and Its Impact." The Speaker for the event was Mrs. Umit Bhatia, Sr. Director, Sustainability Delivery Management, JLL.

CONTACT US

Prof. Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan

Professor & Head of the Department Department of Civil Engineering, SMIT

Mobile: 9836562555 / 6296878065

Mail: hod.ce@smit.smu.edu.in

TESTIMONIALS

SMIT has provided me the best faculties, well equipped labs that have always provided me the correct guidance and showed me the path for success. Thank you SMIT for what I am today

Sreejita Biswas Department of CE

Dept. has outstanding faculty, their persistent dedication and effort helped me in understanding fundamentals which has helped me become a successful civil engineer

Dawa Tenzing Tamang Department of CE

It was a great time I spent in SMIT. The relationship between faculties & students is very cordial and campus environment is very positive.

Subir Roy Department of CE

I had a wonderful experience as a student of this institute. Life wouldn't have been so much excited without the friend circle and hard work of teachers of Civil Engineering

D R Dhakal

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IITs & NITs

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