
School of Civil Engineering (SCE)
Research Group
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Division
Group members
- Dr. Muthumani K – Group Head
- Dr. Helen Santhi M
- Dr. S. Elavenil
- Dr. V. Vasugi
- Dr. I. Yamini Sreevalli
- Dr. S. Karthiyaini
- Dr. ShanmugaSundaram M
- Dr. Arun Kumar A
- Prof. Senthil Pandian
- Prof. Vasugi K
- Prof. Karthikeyan K
- Dr. Ramesh Kannan M
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The research group provides facilities and research expertise to expand the Civil Engineering profession. The group focuses on research and training in thrust areas such as nano materials for construction, recycling of waste materials, repair and strengthening, condition assessment, constructability analysis, fibre reinforced concrete, analysis and design of high rise buildings, etc.. |
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Research Interests
- Design of concrete and steel structures
- Load Resistant Factor Design of steel structures
- Design of bridges
- Seismic analysis and ductility based design
- Active and passive energy dissipation
- Prestressed concrete
- Prefabricated structures
- Analysis and design of tall structures
- Advanced concrete technology
- Geopolymer concrete
- Steel concrete composite structure
- Data science and AI in civil engineering
- Construction Engineering and Management
- Infrastructure engineering
- Ground improvement
- Design of foundation
- Geosynthetics and their applications in Civil engineering
Environmental, Water Resources and Transportation Engineering Division
Group members
- Dr. Mohan K– Group Head
- Dr. P. C. Sabumon
- Dr. Saravanan K
- Dr. Anjali Gopakumar
- Dr. Goutham Sarang
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Publication of research work in reputed journals |
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Projects to address real time issues that are socially relevant |
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Funded projects |
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Consultancy |
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Research Interests
- Nutrient removal/ recovery from wastewaters
- Recycling and Reuse of wastewater
- Bioremediation of contaminated water and soil
- Green building materials from waste
- Waste to energy by biogas production (CH4) and Hydrogen
- Industrial effluent treatment for disposal and resource recovery
- Groundwater treatment (F-, As, Mn, Fe, NO3-, etc)
- Physico-chemical treatment of water and wastewater
- Odour control by biofiltration
- Biological processes for treatment of wastewaters
- Bio-solids treatment and management
- Nano and nanocomposites for environmental remediation
- Solid waste, landfill liners and contaminant migration
- Micropaleontology, Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography, climate change, Gas Hydrates and Engineering Geology
- Surface and ground water modeling
- Numerical modeling
- RS and GIS-based spatial data analysis, modeling and visualization
- Optimization algorithms in water resources
- Hydrologic modeling
- Irrigation and water resources management
- Soft computing applications in water resources engineering
- Pavement materials, design and construction
- Soil stabilization
- Traffic engineering and transport planning
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Contact
The Dean,
School of Civil
Engineering (SCE),
VIT Chennai,
Vandalur – Kelambakkam Road,
Chennai – 600127.E-mail deancc.smbs@vit.ac.in
+91-44-3993-1220