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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The first day of Faculty Development Program on Software Packages in Civil Engineering (18/06/2015) started with a welcome address by Head of the Department Dr. S. Lavanya Prabha. It was followed by a brief speech on FDP by our Dean Dr. K. Kathiravan. FDP was conducted by Sai Career Visions and CADD Centre and it was organized by Department of Civil Engineering. A five day workshop on different softwares such as Revit Architecture, Etabs, Pro Steel, Ansys Civil was conducted starting from 18/06/15 to 22/06/15 at Computer Aided Design and Drafting Laboratory of Civil Engineering Department. Faculties of Civil Engineering from different colleges such as SRM Ramapuram Campus, VIT and Easwari Engineering College nearly 25 in numbers participated in FDP. FDP had two sessions namely software learning session and practice session. Separate manuals were provided for each software and different exercise problems were given for practice. The FDP session ended up on 22/06/2015 with an

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informative speech given by Principal Dr. M. Sekar followed by distribution of certificates and vote of thanks by Head of the Department Dr. S. Lavanya Prabha.

(Clockwise from Top Left) Dean addressing the faculty; faculty of Civil Engineering

Department under training; representative from CADD centre briefing about Revit

Architecture; Principal issuing certificates to the faculty

DIGITAL INDIA WEEK

Digital India Week that is 2nd week of July (6/7/15 to 11/7/15) initiated by our Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was followed by all our faculty members. All the classes on 6th and 7th of July

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were taken using presentations. Various technical videos were shown for better understanding of concepts. Students found it very useful and it encouraged in good teaching learning process.

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Lectures given by Mr. N. Vishnuvardhan (Asst. Professor), Mr. A. Mahesh (Asst.

Professor), Professor Dr. M. Neelamegam

(clockwise from top) during Digital India Week

ICI STUDENT CHAPTER meet-1

The ICI Student Chapter meeting was conducted on 15.07.15 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Civil Block Smart class (4th Floor). The meeting began with the Welcome address by Deepa. S of III-A. The welcome address was followed by the objective of the day which was “ANTIQUES”, a Paper presentation

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competition on the ancient monuments and structures of INDIA. There were 13 participants from both second and the third year divided into 7 groups and they presented about a variety of ancient structures.

There were presentations about 1. Step Well by Anusha. P & Akshaya. C (III-A) 2. LePakshi Temple by Sowmini. A & Savetha Raj Anand (III-B) 3. Meenakshi Amman Temple by Arjun & Gokul (II-A) 4. Mahabhodhi temple by Devi Bharathi & Kamini. S (III-A) 5. Agra Fort by Archana. S (II-A) 6. Golden Temple by Gnaneshwar. S & Jayarohindh. J (III-A) 7. Golconda Fort by Karthikeyan & Prabhakaran (III-B)

The presentations were judged by Dr. M. Neelamegam and the meeting came to an end with the Vote Of Thanks by the Head of The Department Dr. G. Lavanya Prabha, she also addressed the gathering and shared her knowledge on the topic of the evening along with the planning for the next ICI Student Chapter meeting.

Welcome address by Deepa. S (III-A)

Presentation on LePakshi Temple by

Sowmini. A & Savetha Raj Anand (III-B)

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Presentation on Meenakshi Temple by

Arjun & Gokul

(II-A)

Presentation on Mahabodhi Temple by

Devi Bharathi and Kamini. S (III-A)

IE STUDENT CHAPTER– Meet 1

The Institution of Engineers (IE) Student chapter of SRM Easwari Engineering College Ramapuram, held its first meet successfully on 24/07/2015 at 3:45 pm. The event focused on providing exposure to Third year and Second year civil engineering students on presenting their ideas through a poster. The topic given to them was ‘Tall Structures’. Overall, six teams from second and third years presented their ideas through slides or handmade posters. They represented various engineering marvels stressing the construction detailing, foundation detailing, load calculations, etc. about the tall structures throughout the world. This series of presentation was followed by a wonderful speech given by Mrs. L. Chandrakanthamma about the departmental roles in IE and also about the active participation of students in the club. She also talked about the support offered by the Head of the Department in this venture. The participants were keenly noted on their confidence level, way of presentation, points covered and the detailing provided for the structure they had taken. This event was judged by Professor Dr. M. Neelamegam who not only judged the event but also provided a motivational speech which included various points to be considered in designing and real life use in being an active participant in professional bodies. Thus the first IE meet held on 24/07/2015 on Tall Structures (Poster Presentation) helped the students to understand on how to design a poster and also to present a good topic in front of a crowd. This not only increased the public speaking ability among students but also proved to impart technical knowledge on construction and maintenance of a tall structure on various soil conditions.

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Institute of Engineers Student Chapter

conducts a poster presentation event

Students keenly listening to the ongoing

presentations

II year students making a poster

presentation on Tall Structures

Professor Dr. M. Neelamegam and other

faculties keenly listening to the

presentations made by the students

MODEL BASED TEACHING WEEK

A model based teaching week was followed by our faculty members from 21/07/2015 to 25/07/2015. This week focused on engaging the interests of our students by teaching with the help of models and prototypes. It proved beneficial as it piqued the students’ interests and also increased their understanding of the subjects.

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Mrs. L. Chandrakanthamma (Asst.

Professor) explaining concepts of Fluid

Mechanics to second year students

Mr. N. Vishnuvardhan (Asst.Professor)

explaining Bernoulli’s theorem using

model to second year students

Mr. S. Paramaguru(Asst.Professor)

explaining about pavement block to third

year students using a model

Mr. A. Arunraj (Asst.Professor) explaining

reinforcement details of cantilever

retaining wall for final year students

INDUSTRIAL VISIT

The students of Final Year A went to precast apartment construction site of Ra-Ni Precast Consultancy Private Limited near Siruseri IT park for Industrial Visit on 29/07/2015. The students had a chance to know about emerging precast technology, on-going projects and advantages of this technology.

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RA-NI PRECAST CONSULTANCY

Precast Technology is the emerging technology in the construction industry in India. Precast concrete structures were made as segment of high quality under factory environment with precise dimension accuracies. It can be transferred to the construction site at the required time, installing the same with lifting machineries and minimum man power. Transferring this technology to our country is the biggest challenge and Ra-Ni Precast Company will continue to focus of Precast Design, Technical Assistance, Shop Drawings, PMC in Precast projects, QMS for Precast Projects, Precast Mould Fabrications, Setting up Precast plant as an Industry / on site, and Special projects on Turnkey basis. We will provide ONE STOP solution for those who look for Precast / Prefab structures.

ON-GOING PROJECT:

The entire project consists of four to five buildings with a total of about 500 apartments. They are designing two of the buildings: one a 14-storey building, the other an 8-storey, as well as an underground parking area. The underground structures are constructed in situ, but the rest of the structures are all precast. In total approximately 20,000 square meters.

Earthquake proof high-rise Houses constructed with precast concrete structures are yet an unusual sight in Indian cities, and with Siruseri being in earthquake zone III, the construction of these particular buildings is even more challenging.

Private apartments with green views The apartments are designed for middle class families. Each apartment has two to three bedrooms, a hall and a kitchen.

To ensure privacy to the residents, built-in vertical window gardens add space between the apartments and allow each apartment to have a green view instead of a view to the flat next door.

The roof of each building will have a recreational green area with a garden, playground, yoga space, a pool and club house.

WALLS:

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COLUMNS:

ADVANTAGES OF PRECAST TECHNOLOGY

Saves times at least 1/3rd of the project Structure works completion (Time = Money) Quality Constructions as it is factory product where the quality could be easily monitored and

controlled Less manpower required Better safety, environment and health for the employers & employee

The above tings were explained by them. Students found the Industrial Visit very useful. At this time we thank our department HOD for organizing such a useful visit.

cIVIL ENGINEERING TODAY

SMART WINDOW MATERIALS THAT CAN CONTROL LIGHT,ENERGY

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Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin are one step closer to delivering smart windows with a new level of energy efficiency, engineering materials that allow windows to reveal light without transferring heat and, conversely, to block light while allowing heat transmission.

The illustration demonstrates the dark, bright and cool mode made possible by the researchers' new architected nanocomposite. The team organized the

two components of the composite material to create a porous interpenetrating network. This organization enables substantially faster switching between

modes.

By allowing indoor occupants to more precisely control the energy and sunlight passing through a window, the new materials could significantly reduce costs for heating and cooling buildings. The team has engineered two new advancements in electrochromic materials -- a highly selective cool mode and a warm mode -- not thought possible several years ago. The cool mode material is a major step toward a commercialized product because it enables control of 90 percent of NIR and 80 percent of the visible light from the sun and takes only minutes to switch between modes. The previously reported material could require hours. The researchers are now working to produce a similarly structured nanocomposite material by simple methods, suitable for low-cost manufacturing. Milliron and her team, including Cockrell School graduate student Clayton Dahlman, have reported a proof-of-concept demonstrating how they can achieve optical control properties in windows from a well-crafted, single-component film. The concept includes a simple coating that creates a new warm mode, in which visible light can be blocked, while near-infrared light can enter. This new setting could

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be most useful on a sunny winter day, when an occupant would want infrared radiation to pass into a building for warmth, but the glare from sunlight to be reduced. "These two advancements show that sophisticated dynamic control of sunlight is possible," Milliron said. "We believe our deliberately crafted nanocrystal-based materials could meet the performance and cost targets needed to progress toward commercialization of smart windows."

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GEORGE VIJU (BE Final Year A)

N E VANDANA (BE Final Year B) Ms. P. S. AARTHI AP/Civil

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