Department of Civil Engineering | Sikkim Manipal University
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Department of Civil Engineering

Sikkim Manipal University

Overview

Powering Progress through Technology & Talent

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

To develop the department as the best resource house for efficient and updated learning experience of students.


60

Approved Intake for B.Tech

18

Approved Intake for M.Tech

03

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

09

Well Equipped Labs

03

Ongoing Govt. Projects

700+

Books in Dept Library

PROGRAMS

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

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

SOFT SKILLS IMPARTED

Discipline
Leadership
Communication
Entrepreneurship
Teamwork
Punctuality
Design Thinking
Innovation
Empathy
Lifelong Learning
Critical Thinking
Ideation

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • JAVA
  • FOSS
  • Big Data
  • Robotics
  • LINUX
  • UI/UX
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cloud
  • Data Science
  • Large Language Models
  • Data Analytics
  • DBMS
  • Prompt Engineering
  • AR & VR
  • Blockchain
  • Internet of Things
  • Algorithms
  • Web 3
  • Python
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Virtual Reality
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Computational Social Science

Research

Where Curiosity Meets Innovation

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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

FACILITIES

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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