Civil Engineering

Faculty Achivements


  • The Academic Qualifications of Faculty had been improved. Three Faculty obtained their Ph.Ds from IITs. Faculty strength also improved. Faculty stability is high
  • The number of publications of faculty had been increased.
  • One of our faculty had been selected for Advanced Research at University of Toranto, Canada for Six months by MHRD, Govt of India.
  • One of our faculty presented paper at International Conference in USA and Canada.
  • The Testing and consultancy Cell had shown remarkable progress in the revenue generation.
  • Number of short term courses/ workshops attended by faculty had been increased.
  • The department has taken lead in organizing workshops and seminars.
  • The faculty had been invited to deliver lectures.

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Research Activities


The Department of Civil Engineering is actively carrying out Research in the areas of Groundwater Resources, Earthquake Engineering and Stability of Composite Structures.

The Research emphasizes on

  • Groundwater Modeling, Inverse Modeling of Groundwater Systems,Parameter Estimation using Genetic Algorithms<./li>
  • Structural Control Involving Passive and active control technologies, Self centering earthquake resistant structured systems.
  • Mechanics of composite structures involving buckling , post buckling and Vibrations

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Publications of Faculty


Faculty had number of publications in the recent past in refereed International Journals (12) such as Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier), Engineering Structures, Journal of Sound and Vibration (Elsevier) Journal of composite Structures, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Journal of thermal stresses, ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering , ASCE journal of Engineering Mechanics etc. apart from papers in International and National Conferences.

  • Satish Kumar S R and Prasada rao D V- RHS Beam to Column connection with Web openings- Experimental and Analytical study- Journal of Construction Steel Research, Elsevier Publications Ltd UK, Accepted for publication, 2006
  • Bhaskara Rao A V and Jangid RS-Seismic Analysis of Structures connected with friction dampers, Vol 28, 5, 692- 703, 2006
  • Bhaskara Rao A V and Jangid RS- Harmonic Response of Adjacent Structures Connected with a Friction damper- Journal of Sound and Vibration- Vol 292, 710- 725, 2006
  • Bhaskara rao A V and Jangid RS- Seismic response of adjacent buildings connected with friction dampers- Bulletin of earthquake engineereing-Vol 4, 43-64, 2006 Girish J, Ramachandra LS. Thermomechanical postbuckling analysis of symmetric and antisymmetric composite plates with imperfections. Composite Structures, Vol. 67, No. 4, 2005, pp. 453-460.

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Workshops Organized


  • The Department organised one week workshop on “Environmental Studies” for the benefit of the faculty during July 6-10, 2005 25 faculty members from 19 Institutions attended the workshop. Prof V. Bala Mohan Das, Vice Chancellor, ANU Inagurated the workshop
  • The Department of Civil Engineering in Association with Institution of Engineers (India), Vijayawada and RVR JCCE organized One day seminar on Earthquake Engineering at Vijayawada on 25th August, 2005 Dr M S S Rao and Dr A V Bhaskara Rao, Assistant Professors in Civil Engineering delivered lectures.
  • Dr J Girish, Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering had been invited by Naval Science and Technological Laboratories, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Visakhapatnam to deliver Lectures on Stability of Composite Structures on March 1, 2006.
  • The Department organized one day workshop on “ Mechanics of Composite Materials” on 25th February, 2006.Twenty Faculty Members from various Institutions attended. Apart from Faculty, M Tech Students, Final Year students also attended.
  • The Department of Civil Engineering is rendering consultancy services through Its highly qualified faculty and sophisticated equipment.
  • The Department of Civil Engineering is rendering consultancy services through Its highly qualified faculty and sophisticated equipment.
  • The Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering Group offers consultancy Services in Geotechnical Investigations, Soil testing, Pavement design, Traffic studies etc..
  • The Department is also offering consultancy services in Surveying, Water quality Analysis and waste water quality analysis
  • The Central Government Agencies like Indian Railways, Indian Air Force, BSNL, NBCC State Government Agencies such as Punchayat Raj, Roads& Buildings, Public Health, Municipalities,Iriigation Private Agencies such as L&T, Hutch

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Students


List of number of students who secured Distinction, First class in the University Examinations

Batch Distinction First class Passed out % Pass
2002-06 23 18 45/53 84.09%
2001-05 14 10 30/35 85.71%
2000-04 16 19 39/42 92.9%
1999-2003 8 10 25/31 80.65%
1998-2002 18 18 45/48 93.77
1997-2001 13 06 23/26 88.46
1996-2000 13 22 37/47 78.72

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Student University Ranks

BATCH RANK NAME REMARKS
2002-06 THIRD SEVENGTH EIGHTH,NINETH U. Neelima D Lakshmi Aparna K. Jaya Lakshmi, P. Kanthi Rekha  
2001-05 FIRST THIRD FOURTH M Venkata Naga Pavan Kumar V Madan Kumar N Harika Sir Arthur Cotton Gold Model by Acharya Nagarjuna University
2000-04 FIRST SECOND FIFTH NINETH I Vichika P Mahesh B Sreenivasulu B Bhaskara Rao Sir Arthur Cotton Gold Model by Acharya Nagarjuna University
1999-03 EIGHTH M Ravi Sreenivas

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