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The road to success is always under construction
PANIMALAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
NEWSLETTER
EDITORIAL BOARD
Chairman
Dr.P.CHINNA DURAI
Secretary and Correspondent
Mr. C.SAKTHIKUMAR , M.E
Director
CHIEF EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr.K.MANI , M.E ., Ph.D
Principal
STAFF EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr.M.MAGESWARI,M.E ., Ph.D
Professor and Head / Civil
Dr.A.S.KANAGALAKSHMI,M.E ., Ph.D
Professor / Civil
Dr.K.DEEPA,M.E ., Ph.D
Associate Professor / Civil
UPCOMING EVENTS
Instruofete 2016
Workshop by Terazaghi Institute
Technical Events
Model making Exhibition
Faculty Development programme
Short term training programme
Seminars
Conference & Symposium
India needs 4 million civil
engineers by 2020:
Despite a projected demand of 95
billion sq ft in real estate and
construction by 2020, the sector faces
a likely manpower crisis. A research
report 'Real Estate and Construction
Professionals in India by 2020' by
RICS ( Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors) indicates a probable
demand-supply gap of 44 million core
professionals comprising civil
engineers, architects and planners, by
2020.
The research has highlighted that as of
2011, the supply of professionals in
built environment comprises nearly 50
million people, of which only 2
million are professionally qualified
(across core and non core
professionals). The remaining are
mainly unskilled workers.
There is a demand-supply gap in the
range of 82-86% in the core
professions group comprising civil
engineers, architects and planners
BE PROUD TO BE A CIVIL ENGINEER
Civil Engineering is the broadest of the engineering fields. Civil Engineering
focuses on the infrastructure of the world which include water works, sewers, dams,
power plants, Transmission towers, Railroads, Highways, bridges, Tunnels ,
Irrigation Canals, River Navigation , Shipping canals , Traffic canals , Mass transit,
Airport Runways , Terminals , Industrial plant buildings , skyscrapers, etc. Among
the important subdivisions of the field are construction Engineering , Irrigation
Engineering , Transportation Engineering , soils and foundation Engineering ,
Hydraulic Engineering , Coastal and Ocean Engineering.
Civil Engineers build the world’s infrastructure. In doing so, they quietly shape the
history of nations around the world. Most people cannot imagine life without the
many contributions of civil Engineers to the public’s health, safety and standard of
living.
Instruofete is a one day national level technical symposium conducted every year, which provides a platform to the
Students of the engineering fraternity for exchange of ideas and information to keep themselves abreast of the current
developments.

The events organized by civil department were well appreciated by the organizers and external participants. The name
of the department was held high throughout the symposium, as a result of the unabated efforts of the students.

The Paper presentation organized by the final year and pre final year students with the support of the second year
students was one of the beguiling events of the entire fest. The events like Poster presentation, CAD drawing, Code
cracking, Eco friendly modeling, and Technical quiz to the external participants earned appreciation, for their different
style and presentation
2016 INSTRUOFETE

WORKSHOP BY TERZHAGI INSTITUTE FDP ON STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II

Faculty Development Programme has been

conducted by the department of Civil
Engineering to upgrade the teaching,
training and research skills of the faculties
, especially those who have not had an
opportunity to acquaint themselves with

A workshop has been conducted by the Terzaghi Institute for the recent developments and research
methods in structural analysis II. It
students of civil Engineering about building construction module.
provided an opportunity to the faculties
The key feature of this workshop is to discuss the integrated
to present papers and exchange
approach combining materials fabrication, analytical and
knowledge and ideas about the subject
modeling techniques in construction field.
 CLASS TOPPERS IN UNIVERSITY EXAMS

SEMESTER: 1/ I Year SEMESTER: 3 / II YEAR

RANK NAME OF THE STUDENT GPA RANK NAME OF THE STUDENT GPA
1 AKASH M S 9.115 1 SAKTHIPRIYA V 9.458

2 IRIN PRISCILLA P 9.000 2 HARINI S 9.333

3 SWATHIKA A 8.962 3 KAVITHA V 9.208

SEMESTER 5/III YEAR SEMESTER 7 / IV YEAR

RANK NAME OF THE STUDENT GPA RANK NAME OF THE STUDENT GPA
1 ANUBHARATHI.V.T 8.875
1 RAVIVARMAN S 8.652
2 LAVANYA.B 8.750 PRIYANGA P R
DHILIPKUMAR.P 2 8.565
SANTHOSH KUMAR M
3 SAKTHI SREE.M 8.708
SIBI RAJAN.R 3 SURYA J 8.435

With the aim of enhancing the spirit of

practical learning and team work, the
INDUSTRIAL Visit

students of third semester visited Larsen

& Toubro company locate d in
manapakkam, Chennai.144 students
took part in visiting the company as
three batches from 22nd of june to 24th of
june 2015 , under the guidance of
Dr.M.Mageswari , Dr.K.Deepa ,
Mr.A.Parthiban , Mr.A.Vijay and Mr.
R.Vinoth Kumar

III year students had a very educative

trip to Water treatment plants located in
chembarambakkam , puzhal and kilpauk
on 17th of july accompanied by staff
members Mr.A.venkatesan, Mr.
V.Samidurai and Mr.S.Abilash . 145
students of III year have visited
Sathanur dam in tiruvannamalai on 3rd
july accompanied by staff members
Mr.L.Ranjith kumar , Mr.G.Murali.

Final year students have visited the solid waste management site Special Training Programme
near the vellore golden temple accompanied by 5 staff members
Dr.A.S.Kangalakshmi , Mrs.A.Latha , Mr.G.Murali , The students are given special training in
Mr.V.Samidurai and Mr.S.Abilash on 28th of july. civil engineering softwares like RIVET,
AUTOCAD, STAAD and PRIMAVERA
Civil Quiz
1. How many kilometers makes a mile?
Questions

2. A house of 100 sq.m area. Convert it in sq.ft. which is the conventional unit used by the builders.

3. If a person purchases a plot of 5 acres, what is the maximum number of houses he will be able to fit
in that plot if each house is of 2000sqft area.

4. An area of panimalar campus is 60 acres, Express it in hectares.

1. 1 mile = 1.60934 kms

Answers

2. 1sq.m = 10.7639 sq.ft , hence 100sq.m = 1076.39sq.ft

3. 108 houses , 1 acre = 4046.86sq.m , 1 cent = 40.4686 sq.m

4. 1 hectare = 10000 sq.m , 24.28116 hectare

CIVIL ENGINEERING MARVELS

Pioneers IN CIVIL ENGINEERING BHAKRA NANGAL DAM

KARL VON TERZAGHI: FATHER OF SOIL MECHANICS

Karl von Terzaghi (October 2, 1883 – October 25, 1963) was an

Austrian civil engineer and geologist known as the "father of soil
mechanics". He after an extensive experience in industry and
military experiences started his academic career in 1913.He
worked on bringing true engineering understanding of soil as an
engineering material whose properties could be measured in
standardized ways.
Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity
He set up a laboratory, using only the most rudimentary of
dam across the satluj river in bilaspur,
equipment, and began his revolution. Both his measurements and
himachal Pradesh in northern india.
his analysis of the force on retaining walls were first published in
English in 1919, and they were quickly recognized as an important The dam, located at a gorge near the (now
new contribution to the scientific understanding of the fundamental submerged) upstream Bhakra village in
behavior of soils Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh of
The American Society of Civil Engineers established in 1960 the height 226 m.[1] The length of the dam
Karl Terzaghi Award to an author of outstanding contributions to (measured from the road above it) is
knowledge in the fields of soil mechanics, subsurface and 518.25 m and the width is 9.1 m. Its
earthwork engineering and subsurface and earthwork reservoir known as "Gobind Sagar" stores
construction. The Terzaghi and Peck Library, which is managed by up to 9.34 billion cubic meters of water.
the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, in Oslo, Norway, holds an The 90 km long reservoir created by the
extensive collection of his papers. The Mission Dam in British Bhakra Dam is spread over an area of
Columbia, Canada, was renamed in his honor as the Terzaghi 168.35 km2. In terms of quantity of water,
Dam in 1965. it is the third largest reservoir in India, the
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS first being Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya
Pradesh with capacity of 12.22 billion cu
Department congratulated Mr.V.Samidurai, Who m and second Nagarjunasagar Dam
secured 94% in April/May 2015 University
Examination