Department of Civil Engineering

Program(s) Offered: Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)

Purpose of this program

The Civil Engineering undergraduate program of SITECH prepares students to face real-world challenges by providing a sound education in mathematics, physics, science and engineering fundamentals, all while emphasizing hands-on design projects and case studies that supply context and motivation. Students are taught how to combine theory, measurement and modeling to develop a good understanding of the problems at hand and point the way to desirable solutions.

Innovative approach

Because of recent real estate crisis, the experts of civil engineering, architects, and material experts are looking for various ways of reducing the cost of construction with the help of innovative solutions. It has become a dire necessity to look for alternative materials for construction, new methods of construction, and designs for minimizing the costs. Construction based on the concept of Green housing is another new area catching up for reducing the energy intensive materials and make efficient users of natural energy.

SITECH is collaborating with renowned persons and agencies in this area for giving a new direction and make civil engineering most appropriate for today and future needs of the society.

Academic requirements

The departmental unit requirements are based on the ones stipulated by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India, providing flexibility for students who wish to have different electives in the fourth year of their study. Further, value-added courses are also planned for those students who desire to have expert knowledge in areas related to but not restricted to Fluid Mechanics, Remote Sensing and GIS, Traffic Systems and Control, Pollution Control and Environmental Studies.

Industry Networking

The Civil Engineering Department of SITECH has signed an MOU with Sagar Cements who are one of the oldest cement manufacturers and now collaborated with VICAT a French company for expansion for collaboration and as incubation centre. The collaborator will provide a platform for practical training of the under graduates. Similarly the collaboration is established with M/s Satyavani Homes, a consultancy company in civil engineering, and number of infrastructure companies for placement. Further, the department would focus on specialized areas of applied research like Behavior of Metal Structures, Design of Concrete Shells, Advanced Matrix Analysis of Structures, Dynamic Design of Structures, Reliability Assessment of Structures, Structural Steel Design, Reinforced Concrete Design, Structural 3D Modeling, Structural 2D Drafting, Architectural Animation such as Product Animation, Walkthrough, and Flythrough, Architectural Rendering, Architectural 3D Modeling, Architectural 2D Drafting, 3D Aerial View, Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage, Transportation Mapping Services, Urban Planning Mass Transportation, Micro-electromechanical Systems, Drainage & Storm water Management, Remote Sensing and GIS, Greening of Surface Transport, Modal Shift and Decongesting Transport Corridors, Mcroelectromechanical (MEMs) in Transportation Engineering, Discrete Fluids, Subsurface Imaging, and Oceanographic Analysis. Technical and financial support would be sought from industries, Government organizations and Laboratories for establishing Advanced Centres for Research in certain areas mentioned above.

To summarize….

This program provides a solid foundation for practice in both classical and newly developing areas of civil engineering, including structural analysis and design, engineering materials, geotechnical analysis and design, sustainable built environments, and transportation and logistics. It also provides a solid foundation for graduate studies and a direct transition to the Master of Engineering program.