INTRODUCTION is specially designed for Teachers of REGISTRATION FORM (SDEE 2005)

Engineering Colleges who are involved

A course on Soil Dynamics and or likely to be involved in teaching of 1. Name:
Earthquake Engineering is planned to be the subject at the Undergraduate and
conducted at IIT Madras during 13th - Postgraduate levels. Recognising that 2. Designation:
17th June 2005 under the aegis of SDEE is a broad, multi-disciplinary field,
National Programme on Earthquake the course attempts to introduce 3. Mailing Address:
Engineering (NPEEE). Fundamentals of Soil Dynamics, Wave
Propagation and Earthquake
In the aftermath of the Bhuj earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. A test will be Telephone:
in 2001, the NPEEE was initiated with the conducted at the end of the course to Fax:
support of the Ministry of Human evaluate the value addition of the E-mail:
Resource Development (MHRD) to training.
develop better teaching capability in the 4. Educational qualifications
area of Earthquake Engineering. As a OBJECTIVES
part of this strategy, several short term
1. To give a broad perspective of the
courses are planned to be conducted, at 5. Experience
concepts and theories of Soil
all the resource institutes consisting of
Dynamics.
the IITs and IISc. Details of NPEEE may
2. To highlight the issues involved in
be found at http://www.nicee.org/npeee. 6. Motivation for attending the course
the design of Geotechnical
and future plans
structures in the seismic
As a resource institute for the project, a
environment.
series of four short-term courses will be
conducted at the Department of Civil 7. Name of the Sponsoring
COURSE CONTENTS
Engineering, IIT Madras during June - Organisation/College/University
July 2005. The first course is (1) Seismic 1. Fundamentals of Soil Dynamics
Retrofit of Multistoried Buildings (SRMB 2. Seismology and Wave Propagation
2005). The second course is on Soil 3. Strong Ground Motion 8. Boarding and Lodging required Y/N
Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 4. Dynamic Soil Properties
(SDEE 2005). The other two are (3) 5. Seismic Site Response Analysis
Finite Elements in Earthquake 6. Seismic Stability of Earth Structures 9. Signature and date
Engineering (FEEE 2005), 4 – 8th July
th
7. Soil-Foundation-Structure
2005; (4) Probability Methods in Interaction (SFSI) Analysis
Earthquake Engineering (PMEE 2005), 8. Liquefaction and Mitigation Note:
11th – 15th July 2005. Measures • In addition to this form, candidates should
9. GIS and Microzonation fill the NPEEE application form for teachers
to participate in the training programme and
The course on Soil Dynamics and 10. Soft Computing Techniques get the recommendation of the Head of their
Earthquake Engineering (SDEE 2005) Institution on the same.
 The course is planned to be conducted National Programme on
at the Geotechnical Engineering
Division, IIT Madras, which has Earthquake Engineering
considerable expertise in the area of Soil Education (NPEEE)
Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering. The Faculty of Short Term Course on
Geotechnical Engineering Division who
has teaching, consultancy and research
experience in the subject will deliver the
Soil Dynamics and
lectures. Both theory and tutorial Earthquake Engineering
sessions will be conducted. In addition,
demonstration of laboratory and field
June 13 – 17, 2005
dynamic tests is also proposed.

IMPORTANT DETAILS
• Only permanent full-time faculty of AICTE
recognized engineering colleges are eligible to
MAIL TO apply. Only 30 seats are available.
• Cancellation after registration is highly
Dr A Boominathan
Coordinator, SDEE 2005
discouraged and application will be given low 14-19 July 2003
preference during selection for future courses.
Department of Civil Engineering • Candidates are eligible for III AC train fare
Indian Institute of Technology Madras from the nearest station on production of a
Chennai 600 036 copy of the ticket. Non-AC double room
accommodation will be provided on a shared
basis during the workshop period. Coordinators
• Last date for Registration 30 May 2005 Dr A Boominathan
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Dr G R Dodagoudar
CORRESPONDENCE
Dr A Boominathan
Coordinator, SDEE 2005
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036

Email: boomi@iitm.ac.in Department of Civil Engineering

Phone: (044) 2257 8294 Indian Institute of Technology
Fax: (044)-2257 0545 Madras, Chennai 600 036