School of Civil Engineering (SCE)
Facilities
Facilities Offered
Laboratories are well equipped with modern facilities and specialized software, and provide state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and advanced research. The school has actively assisted local industries and Government departments in structural, environmental and transportation engineering related studies.
List of Laboratories
- Advanced Strength of Materials Lab
- Civil Engineering Computing Centre
- Concrete Technology Lab
- Concrete 3D Printing Lab
- Digital Construction Lab (Opening soon)
- Environmental Engineering Lab
- Fluid Machinery Lab
- Geotechnical Engineering Lab
- Heritage Research Lab
- Non-Destruction Testing Lab
- Strength of Materials Lab (Accredited from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), Oct 2020 to Oct 2022)
- Structural Engineering Lab
- Survey Lab
- Transportation Engineering Lab
Concrete 3D Printing Lab
Learning and research activity:
- Students are able to print complex 3D models using cementitious materials.
- They can use concrete 3D printing technology to express their ideas, creativity, and demonstrate their knowledge, or make a transformation.
- Students perform research on developing a 3D printable cementitious material for construction industry.
- They also preform research on topology optimised structural elements.
Major equipment available:
- R and D Concrete 3D Printer
- 3D Printer progressive cavity pump extrusion system
- Tvasta software
Fluid Machinery Lab
Learning and research activity:
- Students practice testing the efficiency of different types of pumps and turbines.
- Students perform research on designing on various types of pumps and turbines.
- They also research on various on blades and impellers design.
Major equipment available:
- Pelton Turbine
- Francis Turbine
- Kaplan Turbine
- Centrifugal Pump Variable
- Speed
- Pipe Surge And Water
- Hammer
- Jet Pump
- Self Priming Pump
- Impact Of Jet On Vanes
- Multistage Centrifugal Pump
- Submersible Pump
- Centrifugal Pump – Rated
- Speed
- Reciprocating Pump
- Gear Oil Pump
Transportation Engineering Lab
Learning and research activity:
- Students practice quality tests on pavement materials, design of pavement binder mixes.
- They practice collecting road traffic data.
- Students perform research on developing better performing pavement mixes, pavement evaluation.
- They also research on solving traffic operations problems and traffic safety.
Major equipment available:
- Skid Resistance Measurement Instrument
- Visco 2000 Rotational Viscometer
- Automatic Compactor For Marshal Stability Test
- Marshal Stability Test Equipment
- Bump Integrator With Unevenness Index
- Los Angeles Abrasion Testing Machine
- Ductility Testing Machine
- High Speed Shear Mixer
- Thin Film Oven
- Aggregate Polishing Machine
- Video Camera (Handicam)
- Radar Speed Gun
- Garmin GPS instruments