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The inauguration of the IEEE-PES Student Branch Chapter under the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering of Faculty of Engineering, Christ University was conducted on Wednesday, 13 July, 2016 at First Block Auditorium of Faculty of Engineering. The Program began at 10. A.M in the presence of Mr. Sethuraman Ganesan, IEEE PES Banglore Section Chair, Dr. Balaraman Kannan, IEEE PES Banglore Section Vice Chair,  Rev. Fr. Benny Thomas, Director, Faculty of Engineering , Ms.Nirmala John, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department Co-ordinator and Dr. S. Suganthi, IEEE Student Branch Counsellor. The Events began with an Invocation dance by the IEEE-PES student members. This was followed by Lighting of the Lamp by the dignitaries and the student representatives.  Ms.Nirmala John, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department Co-ordinator welcomed all the dignitaries and other faculty members and IEEE delegates who had come and graced the occasion. Rev...

The Department of civil engineering, in association with Civil Simplified of Skifi Education Labs Pvt Ltd organized a work shop on Transportation Engineering for the 3rd year B.Techstudents on 25th and 26th August 2016. The workshop was handled by Mr. Satadru. The students learnt the concepts of traffic flow and signal design. Once the theory session was concluded, students used industry based simulation software to analyze the traffic flow of a real junction in Bangalore by obtaining data from Google map. The students then learnt how to design a traffic signal system using the tool. Students expressed their enthusiasm in designing the signal system and appreciated the workshop whole heartedly.

The Department of civil engineering, in association with Civil Simplified of Skifi Education Labs Pvt Ltd organized a work shop on construction project management for the Final year B.Tech students on 25th and 26th August 2016. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Vasanth. The students learnt the fundamental concepts of construction management and its importance in the field of civil engineering.  The students underwent a hands on training session in developing a timeline of a project, calculating critical path etc., using software PRIMEVERA. The Workshop was highly appreciated by the students as it gave the graduating batch a very good insight about how the construction project is scheduled.

The Department of civil engineering, in association with Civil Simplified of Skifi Education Labs Pvt Ltd organized a work shop on bridge design, fabrication and testing for the 2nd year B.Tech students on 25 and 26 August, 2016. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Niranjan Yadav. The students learnt the fundamental concepts of bridge design and basics of analyzing a truss bridge.  The workshop was highly interactive, which gave the students hands on experience on designing, fabricating and testing the bridge which the students modeled by balsa wood. The students highly appreciated the workshop. 

The department has excellent laboratory facilities with latest and new equipment. We have well trained laboratory staff assisting our highly qualified and experienced teaching faculty in conducting the labs. There are nine laboratories in the department out of which seven laboratories are for academic purpose these are Material Testing Laboratory, Survey Laboratory, CADD Laboratory, Applied Engineering Geology Laboratory, Geo-technical Engineering laboratory, Concrete Technology Laboratory, Highway Materials Testing Laboratory, Environmental Laboratory and Structural Dynamics Laboratory,theother two laboratories used for academic and research purposes these are Concrete Technology Laboratory and Environmental Engineering Laboratory. The Civil Engineering department also has many design and drafting software packages available in academic labs including CAD, STAAD pro, ETabs and Ansys Basic Material Testing Laboratory was established inApril 2011. The Laboratory has equipments a...

A site visit was organised to SCC RMC Plant on 21 and 22 June, 2016 for VII sem and V sem B. Tech Students respectively accompanied by five faculties, to make students familiar with various equipment’s used, batching of concrete, materials used and its quality checking. The above information was given to students by Quality Engineer of RMC Plant

Mrs Sunny Gungho from The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors delivered a talk on careers in built environment. The students were made aware of the opportunities available to them immediately after their graduation in the field of construction management and built environment. The talk was attended by all the final year students of B.Tech, M.Tech and 3rd year B.Tech.

The Department of Civil engineering in association with A N Prakash Construction Project Management Pvt Ltd conducted in house summer internship “Being Employable” for 15 days between April 15th to April 30th for the students of 2nd year, 3rd year B.Tech and 1st year M.Tech. Close to fifty plus students attended the internship program. The students were extensively given insight about all the responsibilities of a civil engineer in a construction project namely quantity surveying, site monitoring, quality assurance, quality control, structural engineering, building services, project management etc. On 26th April, as part of the internship program the students were taken to a site visit to Brigade Panorama where the students spent an entire day learning various stages of construction. The students got an opportunity to visualize the aluminum form work construction. They also visited the RMC plant housed inside the premises of Brigade Panorama. On the last day of the internship, Mr. ...

Dr. Rajamane delivered a talk on Geo polymers and its applications in the field of civil engineering on 13th November 2015. Dr. Rajamane shared his rich experience of research on geo polymers and enlightened the students about its mechanical and chemical properties creating an interest in both students and faculties to continue the research in field of geo polymers.

The department of civil engineering inaugurated the Christites Association of Civil Engineers for the academic year 2016-2017.The session started with an invocation by the students. Prof.Raghunandan Kumar, Coordinator, Civil Department welcomed the gathering. Mr. Arjun.H.R, Student coordinator announced the office bearers of the students association for the academic year. Dr. R. Nagendra, Technical Director, Civil Aid Techno Clinic Pvt Ltd, Bangalore was the chief guest of the event. He delivered a talk on “Innovative Materials Developed For Construction Industry”.  Another guest talk on“Advances InConcretre and Concrete Technology”delivered by Mr. KaushikHajra, Zonal Technical Services Manager, Aditya Birla Group. He also gave away an award for Ms. AshaShaji, student of 5th semester B.Tech, for scoring the highest marks in Materials of Construction. It was a highly successful event which was well appreciated by all the students and faculty members. Mr. KaushikHajra...

The Department of Civil Engineering organized a visit to the Child care center located in Hennur road, which is about 50 kms from Faculty of Engineering. The Center is under ‘Freedom Foundation’ which is an NGO run by Mr. Ashok Rau.We started from the campus on the late afternoon of a Saturday at 13:30. As we embarked upon this journey, we were on one hand excited and on the other hand curious to know these children.  As we reached, we saw many tiny smiling faces greet us. We met the Residential Councellor, Mr. Naveen who was stationed in the house 24/7 to take care of the children. We learnt about the functioning of the NGO and also how the children were taken care of. There are 14 children currently in the childcare centre, and all of them are AIDS affected children. They live on drugs every day, since their white blood cells or T-cells which provide immunity to the body are weakened by the HIV virus.  We began to interact with the children. First came in this ...