Admissions to PhD Programme of Department of Civil Engineering (on continuous basis)

1. Admissions to PhD Programme of Department of Civil Engineering (on continuous basis) • The Department • Established in 1961, the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur aims at producing high-quality technical human resources to meet the needs of the nation― industries, R&D organizations and educational institutes. The Department is active in conceptual teaching, research in frontier areas, national-level consulting, and strong outreach activities. • The PhD Programme • The Department offers Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the following specializations: • Environmental Engineering • Geoinformatics • Geotechnical Engineering • Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering • Structural Engineering • Transportation Engineering • The emphasis of the PhD programme is on learning fundamental principles in the subject area, developing deep understanding of a facet of the chosen specialization, honing creative & independent thinking, and on adapting & solving problems of inter-disciplinary nature. • For details of admission procedures, eligibility requirements, financial assistance and course requirements, please visit: • http://www.iitk.ac.in/ce/CIVIL/pgadmission.htm. • The completed application forms can be submitted anytime during the year. • Research Facilities • The state-of-the-art research facilities added in the Department over the last decade include: • Servo-hydraulic actuators, shake table, eccentric mass shaker, accelerometer-based wireless mea-surement system, fibre optic-based strain & tem-perature measurement system, pseudo-dynamic testing facility • Advanced triaxial system including dynamic load-ing, bender elements, ring shear apparatus, dila-tometer, SASW, pressure meter, seismic down hole system • Robotic & motorized total stations, digital theodo-lites & levels, geodetic differential GPS receivers, terrestrial laser scanner, range camera, integra-ted GPS and INS system, photogrammetric work-station, softwares for geospatial processing • AAS, WDXRF, resistivity meter, hydrobios sedi-ment corer echo sounder, water analysis equip-ment, exploration seismograph, stereoscopy sta-tion for the worldwide aeronet project, GPS, drill cores scanner, GPR, survey instrument, petro-logical microscopes • Facility for physical modelling of rivers and hy-draulic testing of pipes, acoustic doppler veloci-meter, apparatus for measuring fluid friction, mo-mentum and energy losses, hydrology system, hydro-meteorological observatory • Profilograph, rotational viscometer, vacuum visco-meter, asphalt fatigue testing, skid tester, thin film oven tester, driver testing, stone polish ma-chine, traffic speed radar, asphalt ignition tester, GPS, vehicle classification system • HR-TOF-MS, IC, HPLC, AAS, TOC, CHNOS analy-zer, GC-ECD-FID, UV-visible spectrometer, GC-MS, HDTLC, OPC, CCP, SMPS, APS, CCN, particle absorption soot photometer, MOUDI, fog chamber • Current Research Interests • Mechanics and modeling of rivers; surface & groundwater management; flow & transport through saturated porous media; integrated hydrological modelling; neural networks & know-ledge extraction; stochastic hydrology • Transportation network optimization; traffic flow theory; traffic facilities design; driver behaviour modeling; traveler information system; pavement material charac-terization; pavement design & maintenance; traffic safety; highway financing • Remote sensing for earth resources, urban mapping, environment, archaeology; photogra-mmetry, GPS, GIS and pattern recognition applications; terrestrial, airborne and mobile laser scanning; visualization; LBS, flood and noise propagation modeling; WebGIS • Structural dynamics, mechanics & stability; earthquake engineering; concrete; reinforced concrete, masonry, and steel structures; struc-tural health monitoring; performance-based design; multiscale, multiphysics in mechanics & materials; robust optimization of structures • Soil-structure interaction; soil dynamics and liquefaction; ground improvement; physical modeling of foundation systems; constitutive behaviour of geomaterials; railway geotech-nology; slope stability • Environmental chemistry; wastewater treat-ment; environmental systems; modeling & management, atmospheric pollution & its effects on climate • Student Conveniences • The facilities offered at IITK to students include: • Married student accommodation on campus • Office space • Wireless LAN on campus • Sports and recreational facilities • Travel grants for attending conferences in • India and abroad • Awards for papers published in recognized • journals • For more information, please contact • Dr. Bharat Lohani (blohani@iitk.ac.in) • Convener • Department Post-Graduate Committee • Department of Civil Engineering • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur • Kanpur 208016 • Phone: (0512) 259 7413