DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Eighth National Conference on

LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING( LACE - 2018 )

LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING( LACE - 2018 )

R.M.K.ENGINEERING COLLEGER.M.K.ENGINEERING COLLEGER.S.M. NAGAR,

KAVARAIPETTAI- 601 206.

Technically Supported by

Indian Concrete Institute

Dr. Binu Sukumar

DATES TO REMEMBER

ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Last date for submission of abstract : 30.03.2018

Intimation of abstract selection : 04.04.2018

Last date for submission of full length paper

& registration : 18.04.2018

Dr. Binu Sukumar

Professor & Head

Department of Civil Engineering

R.M.K. Engineering College

R.S.M. Nagar, Kavaraipettai, Chennai - 601 206

Phone: 044- 33303220

E-mail :conference.civil@rmkec.ac.in

Prof. M. S. Palanichamy Former Vice-Chairman, TNSCTE &

Former Vice-Chancellor, TNOU

Dr. A.R. Santha Kumar Prof., Emeritus, IIT Madras

Mr. L.S. Kannan Head, Concrete Technlogy, L&T, Construction

Mr. C.N.V.S. Rao Sr. Product Manager, PERI GmBh

Dr. T.S. Thandavamoorthy Former Scientist, SERC

Dr. M. Neelamegam Former Scientist, SERC

Dr. S. Arul Jayachandran Professor of CE, IIT Madras

Dr. Indumathi Nambi Associate Professor, IIT Madras

Dr. Arun Menon Asst. Prof., IIT Madras

Er. R. Radhakrishnan Secretary General, ICI, Chennai

Dr. Kurian Joseph Prof., Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University

Dr. J. Prabakar Sr. Principal Scientist, SERC

Dr. G.R. Dodagoudar Professor, IIT Madras

Dr. V. Balakumar Sr. Consultant, Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. Chennai

Dr. S.T.G. Raghukanth Associate Professor, IIT Madras

Dr. S.R. Sathishkumar Associate Professor, IIT Madras

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chief Patron:

Patrons:

Convener

Co-ordinators

Shri. R.S. MUNIRATHINAMFounder & Chairman

Smt. MANJULA MUNIRATHINAMChairperson

Shri. R. JOTHI NAIDUDirector

Shri. R.M.KISHOREVice-Chairman

Shri. YALAMANCHI PRADEEPSecretary

Dr. DURGA DEVI PRADEEPVice - Chairperson

Smt. SOWMYA KISHOREManagement Trustee

Dr. M.S. PALANICHAMYAdvisor

Dr.K.A. MOHAMED JUNAIDPrincipal

Dr.K. CHANDRASEKARANDean

Dr. ELWIN CHANDRA MONIEDean-Research

Dr. S. PAVAI MADHESWARIAcademic Co-ordinator

Dr. BINU SUKUMAR Professor & Head - Dept. of Civil Engg.

Dr. M. Usha Rani Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg.

Ms. A. Hemamathi Assitant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg.

Convener

Dr. Binu Sukumar

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17th MAY 2018

Presents

Co-ordinators

Dr. M. Usha Rani Ms. A. Hemamathi

ISTE Sponsored

Institution of Engineers, India

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Eighth National Conference on

LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN

CIVIL ENGINEERING

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R.M.K. Engineering College (RMKEC), started in the year 1995 by the Lakshmikanthammal Educational Trust, has acquired recognition and public acknowledgement as one of the top ranking institutions in Tamil Nadu State. In 2008, the College was conferred Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for its Overall Performance, followed by the Best Principal Award in the year 2012, by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) New Delhi. The College has been accredited by NAAC with 'A+' Grade. The institution has secured 84th Rank among all Engineering Institutions across India including IITs and NITs in the NIRF 2017 Ranking published by MHRD, Govt. of India. The institution has been awarded as the "Best Industry linked Electronics & allied Engineering Institute" (No.1) in the year 2015 and also awarded the prestigious 'PLATINUM' category certification for the four disciplines in the year 2016 in the AICTE-CII Survey of Best Industry Linked Technical Institutes 2016 in the Country. The college has been achieving Academic Excellence for the past 22 years and has always been in the top 10 positions among all the engineering colleges affiliated to Anna University. RMKEC has also been maintaining an excellent placement record all these years. The College has been rated as one of the 20 engineering institutions across India for having the best academia-industry tie-up based on a CII AICTE Joint Survey. The college has established Industry Sponsored 15 Centers of Excellence (COE) Laboratories in various disciplines to provide industry oriented training and skill building to students in niche areas. The College has been undertaking a lot of activities as a part of its Corporate (Institutional) Social Responsibility to provide services to the rural areas in and around the College. The College is located in a picturesque environment at Kavaraipettai at a distance of 30kms from Chennai on NH5 Chennai - Kolkatta highways near Gummidipoondi which is easily accessible by road and rail transport.

The Department of Civil Engineering was stared in the academic year 2006-07 with a vision to impart quality education and to produce professionally competent Civil Engineers accomplishing global needs with right attitude towards social responsibility with a team of highly qualified faculty with the rich experience in diversified streams of Civil Engineering. The department is fully equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and modern equipments for training students of Civil Engineering and other disciplines for their interdisciplinary experiments and also carryout Ph.D. level research activities. Since its inception the department is showing consistent growth in academic excellence and placements. Every year good number of university ranks are being produced along with gold medal, twice from 2013 and 2016 batch. The department is maintaining good interaction with industries and has established a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on concrete and formwork in collaboration with L&T Construction, Chennai. The department is actively involved in consultancy activities like material testing, concrete mix design, soil testing, water quality testing and surveying using total station. The department also organizes Short term training programs, Faculty development programs, Workshops, Seminars and Value added training programs every year as a part of continuing education for enhancement and upgradation of faculty's knowledge. The department has been awarded Construction Industry Awards 2014 for the Excellence in Civil Engineering Education, Outstanding Student Chapter Award of Tamil Nadu from ICI (Chennai Centre) - Ultra Tech for two consecutive years 2015 & 2016 and Best Engineering College Student Chapter of India 2017 from the Institution of Engineers India (IEI).

Our world is rapidly changing, presenting new challenges in globalization, local & national economies and the sustainability of our planet. In this dynamic environment, the public depends on the expertise and creative thinking of Civil Engineers to design, build, operate and maintain the world's public infrastructures, sustaining and improving the lives of people everywhere.

The conference aims to create a forum for research scholars, faculty members, students and practicing engineers to share their knowledge, experiences, innovations and inventions in the field of Civil Engineering and to promote the social responsibilities of Civil Engineers towards fulfilling the requirements of the Society.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The department has been accredited by National board of accreditation (NBA). The department has organized AICTE sponsored Training programme under Emeritus Professor fellowship scheme on Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering by Dr.Virindra K Raina during 21st and 23rd December 2017.

Conference website : www.rmkec.ac.in/lace2018

Papers can be submitted : conference.civil@rmkec.ac.in

TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

ELIGIBILITY

REGISTRATION FEE

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v Composite Materials and Structures

v Application of Nano Materials in Civil Engineering

v Building Information and Modelling

v Energy Efficient Building Technology

v Urban Waste Management

v Finite Element Modelling and Analysis

v Advanced Construction Materials and Sustainability

v Hazard Resistant Structures

v Smart Structures and Smart Materials

v Dynamic Behaviour of Soil, Foundation and other Geotechnical Structures

v Reliability Assessment & Retrofitting of Structures.

v Structural Health Monitoring

v Prefabricated Structures

v Coastal and Offshore Structures

v Legal Aspects in Construction Engineering

v Application of Remote Sensing & GIS in Civil Engineering

v Solid Waste Management

v Water Resources Planning and Management

v Surface Water and Ground Water Modelling

v Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Management

v Disaster Mitigation and Management

v Transportation Systems and Traffic Modelling

Faculty from AICTE recognized Institutions, research scholars, research personnel from

academics/industries, engineers from Government and Private Organizations and students

pursuing post graduation.

Application of IOT in Contemporary Civil Engineering.

v Participants from Industries and Academic Institutions : Rs.1000/-

v Student participants : Rs.500/-

Fee should be sent by demand draft in favor of �The Principal�, R.M.K Engineering

College, payable at Chennai.

CALL FOR PAPERSOriginal contributions from on- going research and unpublished research work are

expected from the authors. Authors are requested to submit the full length research

paper in the format available in the conference website. Selected papers will be published

in Conference proceedings.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

Industry / Academic Student

Signature with seal

(Head of the Department / Institution)

ISTE Sponsored

17th May 2018

LACE-2018