Civil Engineering Academic Programs

@ IIIT Hyderabad

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad

Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500 032, India
Civil Engineering
• IIITH is successfully running an innovative Building Science &
Engineering (BSE) teaching and research program with B.Tech
in Civil Engineering and MS by Research in Building Science.

• It aims for conducting research to build an environmentally

sustainable habitat by integrating environment, materials,
services, science and engineering while making use of latest
technology in computer science and electronics.

Civil engineering is an oldest engineering discipline that

deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of
roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
BSE Programme
• Given the multi-disciplinary nature of the proposed program,
the program will address two broad areas;

• R&D gaps and

• Knowledge gaps and
• would collaborate with other institutions to address the
skill gaps.

• The 5-year Dual Degree program in Building Science and

Engineering, has been conceived at IIIT-H as an outcome of a
well experimented and thought-out academic endeavor to
create well-qualified, trained manpower and researchers in
this emerging area.
Objectives of BSE Programme
• Motivate researchers and students to undertake inter-
disciplinary research in an integrated and holistic
manner keeping the Indian socio-cultural and
environmental context.

• Conduct Focused research in the frontier areas like

• disaster resistant buildings
• tall buildings
• building automation & green buildings
• asset & facilities management
• city & regional planning
• integrated building design
Objectives of BSE Program…
• Help build knowledge in all components of the building system
including indigenous and modern practices with ability to
interact with various specialists
• Materials
• Services
• Retrofit & repair
• Water & waste management.

• BSE besides contributing to existing codes on RC and Steel, will

also focuses on development of design manuals & codes for
natural materials.
Objectives of BSE Program…
• Students in the graduate program will learn
how to apply scientific methods and state-of-
the-art technologies in order to address the
multi-faceted challenges posed by high
performance and sustainable buildings.
Innovative Curriculum to support the
Research Program
• Covering the basic sciences, core engineering and
computational technologies

• Integrative and cutting-across courses designed

keeping in view of the need to address emerging
challenges through inter-disciplinary and multi-
disciplinary approach
Innovative Curriculum to support the
Research Program
• Opportunity for students to specialize in a Research
Stream with supporting courses in related streams

• A Research component leading to a Masters’ thesis.

• All the courses are based on the central philosophy of

the Institute, the model of “Practice-Theory-Practice”,
which provides as much emphasis on practice as on
theoretical aspects.
 Role of BSE in Infrastructure
Development Building Science Engineering:
• Task control of lightning, heating,
Structural Engineering:
• Earthquake engineering, Design
of RC structures, Numerical
simulation of non engineered
buildings, Earthquake disaster,
mitigation and Collapse analysis
of structures
Geotechnical Engineering:
• Ground motion studies, Site
Characterization and Seismic
Microzonation of Indian Mega
cities, Site amplification studies,
Estimation of Vulnerability,
Index using Microtremor
measurements, Liquefaction
Studies in Soils
• Air conditioning using fuzzy logic.
• Smart occupancy sensors.
• Fuzzy logic based protocol for
wireless sensors network
• Intelligent Building
• I.T. in Building science
Water Resources Engineering:
• Distribution of pipe networks,
Hydraulics, water treatment and
Water Quality Management,
Reservoir Operation, Irrigation
Planning, Design of Hydraulic
Structures
Spatial Informatics:
• Application of GIS & Remote
Sensing to sustainable
environmental Issues and Natural
Resource Management, Human-
Land-Water interactions
Research Areas

Water Resource Engineering

Structural Engineering

Intelligent Buildings

Geotechnical Engineering
Remote Sensing and GIS
Earthquake Engineering Research Centre
Research Centers

Dr. M Venkateshwarulu (PhD, University of Waterloo) Professor

Areas of Interest:
Discrete systems, Wave propagation in solid media, Finite Element
Models, Probability, Statistics, Stochastic processes in Civil
Engineering

Dr. R Pradeep Kumar (PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan) Professor

Areas of Interest:
Earthquake engineering, Structural Dynamic Analysis, Design of RC
structures, Numerical simulation of non-engineered buildings,
Development of awareness raising tools for earthquake disaster and
collapse analysis of structures
Geotechnical Engineering Research Laboratory
Research Centers

Dr. Neelima Satyam (PhD, IIT Delhi) Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest:
Ground motion studies using finite fault simulation technique, Site
characterization and seismic microzonation of Indian mega cities,
Site amplification studies, Estimation of vulnerability index using
microtremor measurements, Post earthquake damage studies,
Earthquake awareness and preparedness
Dr. Supriya Mohanty (PhD, IIT Kanpur) Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest:
Liquefaction potential evaluation, Nonlinear dynamic response
analysis, Soil dynamics, Geotechnical earthquake engineering
Centre for IT in Building Science
Research Centers

Dr. Vishal Garg (PhD, IIT Delhi) Associate Professor

Areas of Interest:
Task control of lightning, heating, Air conditioning using fuzzy
logic, Smart occupancy sensors, Fuzzy logic based protocol for
wireless sensors network, Intelligent building, I.T. in building
science
 Lab for Spatial Informatics
Research Centers

Dr. K S Rajan (PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan) Associate Professor

Areas of Interest:
Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Modeling & Simulation,
Regional and Global Environmental Change, Human-Land-Water interactions, Role
of S&T in Policy making, Open Source Software
Dr. P Ramchandra Prasad (PhD, Osmania University) Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest:
Remote sensing and GIS applications in Natural Resource Management

Dr. Shaik Rehana (PhD, IISc Bangalore) Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest:
Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change, Statistical Downscaling, Uncertainty
Modeling, Water Quality Management, Reservoir Operation, Irrigation Planning
 MS by Research & PhD
Program in Civil Engineering
Aims to make cities and rural areas disaster safe, environmentally sustainable
and affordable to people through improvements in design, analysis, energy
efficiency, management of solid waste, etc.

Research Areas
Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Intelligent Buildings
Environmental Engineering
Water Resources Engineering www.civil.iiit.ac.in
Potential Research Topics
• Understand and overcome barriers in use of multi-
disciplinary, collaborative, and integrated building
delivery systems – building information model

• Building assessment and evaluation of existing

structures and strengthen them for appropriate
standards

• Design guidelines for various building typologies

and climates using local materials and practices

• Develop best practices for onsite storm water

management, including effective utilization,
treatment, and infiltration storage

• Study and devise strategies to minimize impact of

buildings and impervious surface on urban heat
island.
Potential Research Topics
• Modeling and Simulation of Disaster Safety including Evacuation, Fire spread
models, building criticality. Safety of non-structural elements in buildings.
Structural stability of Tall buildings- wind shear impacts, CFD modeling

• Geospatial tracking and location of occupants within indoor environments,

with appropriate standards for Indoor GML

• Studies on building related water use and develop integrated water

management system

• Prototype and data interoperability models including BIM to standardized

spatial data model

• Geotechnical studies and site characterization for building foundations

• Micro-climatic studies of building distribution including its typologies

Role of BSE in Infrastructure
Development

Safety Assessment of Building

Building Automation Tool

Crowd Management at Godavari

Pushkaralu

Drought
Assessment Tool
Liquefaction Assessment Tool
Here is a sample of Work done by BSE
Students
4D Visualization of Flooding Demo

Crowd Visualization of Godavari

Pushkaralu Demo
Products related to structural &
earthquake engineering

Products related to Geotechnical

Engineering
Placements
IIIT Hyderabad has a dedicated Career Service and Brand Management Office:
- Assists students pursue their career goals by providing
- Career counseling
- Career information services, and
- Conducting skill development workshops
-A student-driven placement committee works closely with and supports the
Career Service Office and its activities.
- Partial list of companies who recruited CASE students
Looking Forward
to Having You @
IIIT-H!