Civil Engineering
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About Department
The Department of civil engineering has been functioning since 2009 under Gandhinagar Institute of Technology and has grown into a full-fledged department with specializations in all the major areas of Civil Engineering. The department has produced several eminent engineers who have made significant contributions in the planning and execution of Civil Engineering projects in India as well as abroad. The department has highly qualified faculty members engaged in teaching with the aim of achieving excellence in various fields. The faculty members are specialized in different disciplines of Civil Engineering.
Courses Offered:
- B. Tech. Civil (90)
Vision
To produce engineers having professional and leadership potentials with capacity to take up professional and research projects in the field of Civil Engineering with focus on innovative approach at global perspectives and to make them ethically strong engineers to build our nation.
Mission
- To nurture civil Engineers with competent technical skills, professional and ethical values to serve the Nation.
- To transform the department into a center of excellence in the field of civil engineering and allied research.
- To impart soft skills, leadership qualities and professional ethics among the graduates to handle projects independently.
- To inculcate innovation and eco sustainable construction in the minds of budding civil engineers to face ever evolving challenges.
PEOs
- To set out on effective careers as Civil Engineers and in related work capacities in Consulting, Government and Private Sectors.
- To be competent, specialized, and administrative capability to require an obligation for designing and screening projects.
- To multidisciplinary approach and co-relate designing issues to social and natural foundation in a broader sense so that they can pursue higher studies.
- To have a great understanding of social, natural, and moral issues in which their engineering studies will be utilized as an helping hand to the society.
- To make graduates of Civil Engineering program capable of contributing towards Nation's development by providing sustainable solutions to a wide range of diverse and complicated Civil Engineering problems in different application sectors including physical infrastructure.
PSOs
- Illuminate complex Civil Engineering problems and give the leading possible design solutions utilizing different modern building instruments.
- Examine complex Civil designing problems with professional knowledge and ability.
- Application of significant aspects of mathematics in engineering analysis and design.
- Implement the provisions made in Indian Standard Codes/ other relevant codes/ specifications/ guidelines and applicable laws including labour laws and environmental laws.
- Capability to manage large infrastructure projects ensuring safe and cost-effective execution of projects having knowledge of fast track construction and project management.
- Ability to use building software packages to calculate safe loads and stresses for designing structural members to ensure safety and serviceability.
- Ability to provide innovative solutions for traffic safety and efficiency through intelligent transportation systems and mitigate the environmental impact of construction by adopting green building concepts.
- Ability to engage in life-long learning.
What Students Learn in Civil Engineering?
- Environmental Science
- Construction Technology
- Engineering Surveying
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics
- Mechanics of Solids
- Structural Analysis
- Building Planning & Architecture
- Concrete Technology
- Environmental Engineering
- Highway Engineering
- Railway and Airport Engineering
- Water Resources Engineering And Hydrology
- Irrigation Engineering
- Design of Structures
- Design of Steel Structures
- Design of Prestressed Structures
- Construction Project Management and Equipment
- Estimating Costing and Valuation
- Traffic Engineering
- Urban Transportation System Planning
- Repairs and Rehabilitation of Structures
- Infrastructure Management
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Remote Sensing and GIS
- Earthquake Engineering
- Foundation Engineering
- Societal & Global Impact
- Indian Constitution
- Effective Technical communication
- Contributor Personality Development Program
- Softwares : Staad Pro & Auto Cad
