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CE 101 Field Project

Objectives

1. Working in a group

2. Contact with a faculty in CE

3. Addressing a Practice based issue in Civil Eng

4. Open-ended knowledge gain

5. Communication & Presentation skills

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1. Construction

1. CMRL construction - Overhead section construction method

2. CMRL Underground Construction Works

3. Construction Equipment & Methods at IITM Hostel Buildings

4. Technologies for Rapid Mass Urban housing: Application toIITM requirements

5. Evaluating Sustainability of Construction Methods at IITM

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2. Environmental

1. Sewage Treatment at IITM. Current & Future requirements &technologies

2. Solid waste disposal at IITM: Current Practices & Improvements

3. Outdoor Air Quality in Chennai & IIT Madras

4. Indoor air quality at IITM buildings

5. Evaluation of Water Quality of water supplied at IITM-Bottled water and Tap water

6. Monitoring the health of the water bodies of IITM-lake and wells

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3. Functional & Architecture

1. Energy usage & Functional aspects of IITMClasses/Labs/Hostels

2. Increasing Sustainability practices at IITMCampus

3. Analysis of IITM campus master plan

4. Does IITM campus have an architecture ?Comparisons of University Architectures

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4. Geotechnical

1. Geotextiles in construction: Case Applications

2. Soil profile at IITM and resulting foundations ofbuildings

3. Locating and Designing a landfill site for IITM

4. Rebuilding the Swimming-pool at IITM:

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 5. Materials

1. Tall Buildings in Concrete: Material & constructionchallenges

2. Glass as a construction material: Feasibility andapplications

3. Common Concrete Tests: Requirements & importance

4. Building Repair with Composite construction materials

5. Recycled materials in concrete: Need & Feasibility

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6. Structures

1. Retrofit of SAC building at IITM

2. Pedestrian Bridge across SP road.

3. Sikkim earthquake - damage and repair

4. Adding a floor to BSB- Feasibility

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7. Transportation

1. Increasing Environmental friendly transport at IITM

2. Traffic Management at IITM

3. Madyakailash / IITM – Koturpuram Junctionproblems & Solutions

4. Routing and Designing exclusive cycling lanes

5. Comparison of Concrete vs Bitumen Roads

6. Im rovements of Bus Service at IITM

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8. Water Resources

1. Meeting water requirements of IITM throughRainfall

2. Water network at IITM, Present & Future

requirements

3. Using recycled water at IIT Madras Current andfuture scope

4. Rainwater harvesting/drainage at IITM.