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UG Program is NBA accredited for three years in 2016. Ten faculty members have been awarded PhD by various universities for their research work in the areas of fracture mechanics, Watershed Management, Environmental Engg, GIS & Remote Sensing Applications, among them two PhD's are from R&D centre, Civil Engg Dept., RVCE. The Department is involved in various funded projects funded by KPMG,VTU, AICTE, Department of panchayat raj, HUDCO etc.

Nineteen Faculty members are pursuing PhD under various universities and among them ten faculty members are pursuing in the R&D Centre, Civil Engg Department, RVCE. Also  external candidates have registered for MSc Engg.by Research.

The Indian Concerte Institute (ICI) student chapter, Department of Civil Engineering, has consecutively won the best student chapter of Karnataka for the years 2016 and 2017.

Faculty Achievements :

  1. Dr. T. Raghavendra: Award for Research Publications (ARP) by VISION GROUP ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (VGST), Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S & T, Government of Karnataka (2020-2021); Scheme: Awards for Research Publications (ARP); Total Amount: Rs.25,000/- (One-time grant); Subject Name: Civil Engineering; Date of announcement: 17/08/2021 at http://www.vgst.in/index.php

  2. Dr. T. Raghavendra: ICI (BC) – UltraTech Endowment Award For Best Doctoral Thesis in Civil Engineering – 2018-Jury Appreciation by Indian Concrete Institute, Bengaluru Centre & UltraTech Cement Limited, Bengaluru

  3. Dr. T. Raghavendra: Young Researcher Award – 2018 by ISTE - RVCE CHAPTER

  4. The Faculty members have publications of 91 in International Journals, 22 in National Journals, 98 in International Conference proceedings and 63 in National Conference/Seminars/ Symposium proceedings in the last five years.The publications are  in areas of Watershed management, Fracture mechanics, Alternative building materials, Environmental Engg, Earthquake Engineering, Structural Masonry,Remote sensing&GIS and controlled low strength Materials.
  5. The Faculty members have been recipients of best paper publication, best scientist and excellence in teaching from various organizations.
  6. Dr. R.Ravindra is awarded Sir M V Award for research in Structural stability by A M C College of Engineering, NSRS 2017

Books Published:

  1. Raghavendra T, Jawad Fayaz, Gurunandan M and Vageesh H P “20 - Application of fly ash in flowable fills and self-compacting concretes”, Editor(s): Kamal K. Kar,

    Handbook of Fly Ash, (Elsevier Imprint) Butterworth-Heinemann, 2022, Pages 611-656,

    ISBN: 9780128176863, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817686-3.00014-1. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128176863000141)

  2. Dr. M. S. Nagakumar, Co-Authors: Dr Vijayakumar H, Dr. Prakash K. E., Dr. Sakey Shamu published a book titled Design of Steel Structures by LSM. Publisher: MEDTECH, A Division of Scientific International, ISBN No. 978-93-88716-59-8, Year: Jan 2020.

  3. Ashwin M. Joshi, S. M. Basutkar and K. S. Jagadish- “Sustainable Materials in Building Construction. Building Pathology and Rehabilitation” Springer Nature, Print ISBN 978-3-030-46799-9 Online ISBN- 978-3-030-46800-2.

  4. Eshwari, S. K., Chandrashekar, G. J., Maaz, A., Mohith, N., Manjunath, T. N., & Raghavendra, T (2017) “Experimental Studies on Effects of Steel Studs in Composite Slabs” In International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017 (pp. 213-224). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481219.019, Published online: October 24, 2017, © 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers. http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784481219.019
  5. Reliability Analysis and Design for civil Engineers By Dr. Devraj V. and Dr. Ravindra R, I.k.International Publishing house Pvt Ltd, New Delhi,2016.

  6. Dr Anjeneyappa prepared Manual for Citizen monitoring of PMGSY Roads, 2016.

  7.  Dr. Udayashankar B C & Raghavendra T (2014) contributed a chapter “Proportioning Controlled Low Strength Materials Using Fly Ash and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag” in Advances in Materials Science for Environmental and Energy Technologies III: Ceramic Transactions, Volume 250 (eds T. Ohji, J. Matyáš, N. J. Manjooran, G. Pickrell and A. Jitianu), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9781118996652.ch2

  8.  Dr Radhakrishna Contributed a Chapter for Text book on” Eco-efficient Masonry Bricks and Blocks; Design, Properties and Durability“  Elsevier Woodhead publishers, UK, 2014.

Patents:    

Sl. No

Patent details

Inventors

Details

1  A Method and System to Enhance the Properties of Cementitious Product

Dr. Ujwal Shreenag Meda

Dr. Radhakrishna

Mr. Sachin K C

Application No: 202141015076

Dated: 31-03-2021

(Published Online)

2 "Stabilization of the earth for construction with a stabilizer"

Dr. M S Nagakumar,

Sunderasha Rao,

Pradeep C P

Application No: 201741039721

Dated: 08-11-2017

(Published Online)

3

“Waste plastic incorporated fiber reinforced polymer bars”

Jawad Fayaz, Adarsh C Y,

Dr T Raghavendra,

Dr K Natarajan,  Dr B C Udayashankar.

GRANTED

PATENT NO. 354719

4 “Controlled Low Strength Material composition for construction and maintenance of pavements”

Dr T. Raghavendra , 

Dr B.C. Udayashankar,

Y H Siddanagowda.

Application No: 201641012935

Dated 13-04-2016

(Published Online)

5 “Methods and system for preparing a plasticizer from rain tree pods”

Dr R. Ravindra,  Dr Raviraj A Kusanur

Vinutha Bai N, Bhagyashree F Kategeri,

AkhilInfant, Ankit sharma

Application No: 201641019570

Dated 07-06-2016

(Published Online)

6 "Changes In Metal Leaching From Coal Fly Ash During Wet Storage & Reuse" Shiva Prasad H
Shashi Kiran C R
Ashwin Thammaiah K
Ravi Kiran S Wali
Shruthi H G
Gowtham Prasad M E
Rashmi Khambenour
Mallikarjun S Dengi

Application No: 202241002935

Dated 04-02-2022

(Published Online)

Awards

  • Mrs. K Gajalakshmi, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, has been awarded  BEST PAPER Award for “Hydrogeomorphology Based Land-Use Planning For Sustainable Development Of Hard Rock Terrain Region Of Karnataka” from ANDALAS UNIVERSITY, Padang INDONESIA.
  • Dr. Radhakrishna was awarded “Best Academician & Researcher 2016 award” by Association of Consulting Civil Engineers,  Indian Concrete Institute & Jain University on 05.04.2016.
  • Dr. B C Udayashankar was awarded “Best Academician & Researcher 2016 award” by Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Indian Concrete Institute & Jain University on 05.04.2016
  • Mrs.Lokeshwari M, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, has been awarded Icon SWM 2015 Excellent paper award in the 5th International Conference on Solid waste management, Icon SWM 2015, at Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru. November 24-27, 2015.
  • Mrs.Lokeshwari M, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, has been awarded Best paper award at National Conference on Futuristic technology in Civil Engineering for sustainable development” conducted by SJB Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. 9th May 2015.
  • Mrs.Lokeshwari M, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, has been awarded Icon SWM 2014 Excellence Award in the 4th International Conference on Solid waste management, Icon SWM 2014, at N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. Organised by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, C&DMA, India, Centre For Quality Management System, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water. January 28-30, 2014.
  • Ms.Lokeshwari.M has been awarded Young Researcher award by ISTE-RVCE chapter on occasion of Teachers Day-2013
  • Ms.Lokeshwari.M has been awarded Young Environmentalist Award in the International Congress of Environmental Research – ICER 2012, at University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia.
  • Dr. M.V.Renukadevi has been awarded Best Young Teacher by ISTE, RVCE Chapter 2011.
  • Dr.Radhakrishna has been awarded as “BEST SCIENTIST” for the technical paper at 4th KannnadaVijnanaSammelana,Belgaum organized by VTU.

                                      

Dr. T. Raghavendra: Award for Research Publications (ARP) by VISION GROUP ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (VGST), Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S & T, Government of Karnataka (2020-2021); Scheme: Awards for Research Publications (ARP); Total Amount: Rs.25,000/- (One-time grant); Subject Name: Civil Engineering; Date of announcement: 17/08/2021 at www.vgst.in/index.php">http://www.vgst.in/index.php" target="_blank">www.vgst.in/index.php">http://www.vgst.in/index.php

                  

Dr. T. Raghavendra: ICI (BC) – UltraTech Endowment Award For Best Doctoral Thesis in Civil Engineering – 2018-Jury Appreciation by Indian Concrete Institute, Bengaluru Centre & UltraTech Cement Limited, Bengaluru

                 

Dr. T. Raghavendra: Young Researcher Award – 2018 by ISTE - RVCE CHAPTER

                      

 

Mrs. K Gajalakshmi Received BEST PAPER Award for “Hydrogeomorphology Based Land-Use Planning For Sustainable Development Of Hard Rock Terrain Region Of Karnataka” from ANDALAS UNIVERSITY, Padang INDONESIA.

                      

Mrs.Lokeshwari M, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, has been awarded Icon SWM 2015 Excellent paper award in the 5th International Conference on Solid waste management, Icon SWM 2015, at Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru. November 24-27, 2015.

Students Achievements:

  1. ASCE President, Mr. Satyansh Singh, 2021-22 was awarded with the 2022 student leadership award for outstanding leadership and dedication to the RV College of Engineering, ASCE student chapter.
  2. Represented India in the “ASCE UESI Surveying Society wide finals competition” in Ruston, Louisiana, USA virtually, 2022

  3. Won the “ASCE UESI Student Symposium Surveying Competition”, 2022 organized by UPES, Dehradun in India

  4. Bagged the third place in "Ace the Space" organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, 2021

  5. Bagged the second place in "Cadathon" organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, 2021

  6. Bagged the second place in "Unbreakable Quiz" organized by Vellore Institute of Technology , 2021

  7. Secured the second place in "ASCE Sustainable Solutions Competition” organized by Vellore Institute of Technology (19th-21st March, 2021)

  8. Secured the first place in "ASCE UESI Surveying Competition" organized by Vellore Institute of Technology (19th-21st March, 2021)

  9. Secured the first place in "ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition" as a part of the Annual ASCE India Region Conference organized by Vellore Institute of Technology (19th - 21st March, 2021)

  10. Ranked 5th in the ASCE Can-do competition worldwide organized by University of Wisconsin, Platteville virtually (28-30th June, 2021)

  11. Won the “Jury Appreciation” for Outstanding ICI Student Chapter at the Concrete Day and “Construction Excellence Awards” 2020 organised by Indian Concrete Institute and Ultratech Cements Ltd.

  12. Secured second place in “Aurazap”, a competition to build a Microbial fuel cell to treat domestic waste water (March 4, 2020)

  13. Secured first position in the “Kegcrete Ball Battle Competition”, held at and organised by the Bannari Amman Institute of Technology(March 4, 2020)

  14. Secured the first position in “Quigle”, Quiz Competition held at and organised by the Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (6th March 2020)

  15. Stood first the in the “ASCE UESI Surveying Competition”, held at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (March 4, 2020)

  16. Members of the executive team received prizes in the “civil engineering students’ symposium Nirmaan”, organized by BMSCE, Bangalore (9th, 10th November, 2019)

  17. Overall Champions at the Technical Fest "Srujanothsava" organised by Acharya Institute of Technology (19th and 20th of September, 2019)

  18. Stood 3rd in the “ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition”, organized as a part of the first ever ASCE Student National Conference, India Section, by VIT Vellore, held at Krishnapatnam Port, Nellore (March, 2018)

  19. Won an “overall championship trophy” in a technical fest at 'Sagartech' organized at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (29th and 30th April, 2019)

  20. Secured first prize in the state level quiz competition “Mind Bend” organized by ACCE and Ramco Cement Pvt Ltd at the AMC Engineering College, Bengaluru, 2018

  21. Secured second place in “Traffinier event”, second place in “mead paper event”, third place in “surveyor challenge event” and third place in “constrologer event” in ASCE conference organized by Vellore Institute of Technology (April, 2018)

  22. Dhanush S, Yashas V, Aman Bagrecha.published a international journal paper titled Feasibility study of floating solar panels over lakes in Bengaluru City. Name of the Conference - Second ASCE Conference in India on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies (CRSIDE 2020)”, Volume No. 1 (ISBN: 978-93-5396-500-6), Issue: Edition: 2020 (Edition No. 1).

  23. Dhanush S, Yashas V, K Balakrishna Rao (MIT, Manipal).published a international journal paper titled Feasibility study of floating solar panels over lakes in Bengaluru City. Name of the Conference - Second ASCE Conference in India on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies (CRSIDE 2020)”, Volume No. 1 (ISBN: 978-93-5396-500-6), Issue: Edition: 2020 (Edition No. 1).

  24. S Prajwal, Nishchel C N, Chaturi B Rajapur, Sonali Kumari , Vivikt Pharale, Harshitha S M, Under the guidance of Prof. Ramthilak, Dept. of Civil Engg awarded First prize in UESI surveying competition organized by ASCE, region 10 champions eligible to represent India in the first annual ASCE surveying championship to be held in Lawrenceburg Indiana, USA by ASCE India Section Competition held at BAIT, Erode on 4th March 2020

  25. Nishchel C N, Sonali Kumari  awarded First prize in QUIGLE national level quiz competition organized by ASCE, India section by ASCE India Section Competition held at BAIT, Erode on 4th March 2020

  26. Gagan Patel B , Ranjith M , Sabina Ahmed Borah, Under the guidance of Prof. Dhanush S, Dept. of Civil Engg awarded by First prize in KEGCRETE national level concrete bowling ball competition organized by ASCE, India section by ASCE India Section Competition held at BAIT, Erode on 4th March 2020

  27. Anupriya Sakya , Arpit Asim Verma, Yashas V, Under the guidance of Dr. Ujwal Sreenag Meda, Dept. of Chemical Engg awarded Second prize in AURAZAP microbial fuel cell competition organized by ASCE, India section by ASCE India Section Competition held at BAIT, Erode on 4th March 2020.

  28. Dr K. Gajlakshmi, Prasoon Kumar, Saransh Gupta, Jitendra Yadav, published a international journal paper titled Micro simulation Modelling of Traffic Adaptive Signal Control for Unsaturated Flow at Signalized Intersection. Name of the journal International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJIRSET), 16th -18th August, 2018, India, Volume & No. 9,isuue 5 Page No. 2574-2584

  29. Sasalatti Vinod Maruti, Radha krishna and M. Mounesh, published a international journal paper titled Properties of Geopolymer Cement Mortar and Blocks with Calcium Carbonate. Name of the journal International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, IConAMMA 2018, 16th -18th August, 2018, India, 16th -18th August, 2018, India, Volume & No. 24 (part 2), Page No. 1518-1524.

  30. Indian concrete Institute(ICI) student chapter of the Department Received Best ICI-student chapter award 2016 on October 5th 2016.

 Activities:

  1. Organized a workshop on insight for GATE preparation by an alumnus of ASCE executive team member with AIR 141, 2020 (7th October, 2022)

  2. Workshop by Prof. Dhanush S, Faculty Advisor, ASCE Student Chapter on StaadPro (July 23rd, 2022)

  3. Successfully completed 10th edition of concrete fair, 2021

  4. Participated in paper presentation organized by VIT, 2021

  5. Participated in “Vision Modelerie” organized by BIT, 2021

  6. Organized an event called "Swarakshith" in collaboration with NSS (28th September- 2nd October 2021)

  7. Celebrated Engineer’s Day virtually through a workshop (15th September, 2021)

  8. Organized webinar on “Stress Management for Educators” (6th September, 2021)

  9. Organized a webinar series on "Latest trends in Engineering" (23rd July, 2021)

  10. Organized a webinar on “Retention of Deep Excavations: Theory & Practice” (16th July, 2021)

  11. Organized a webinar on “Applications of Remote Sensing in Civil Engineering” (10th July, 2021)

  12. Organized a webinar on “Importance of Plants & Equipment for Quality in Road Construction” (2nd July 2021)

  13. Organized a virtual competition on “Sustainable green modelling” (11th June, 2021)

  14. Organized online workshop on ETABS (15th May 2021)

  15. Organized second edition of the 20 day quiz challenge (11th April – 30th April, 2021)

  16. Visit to Cubbon Park on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti (October 2, 2020)

  17. Organized a webinar on ”Climate Change, Consequences and Opportunities” on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi (2nd October 2020)

  18. Released 6th Edition of annual technical magazine "The Avenue" (July 6, 2020)

  19. Conducted a webinar titled “Building Resilience among College Students during uncertain times” (June 22nd, 2020)

  20. Hosted a webinar on "Special Concrete for Special Structures” (9th May, 2020)

  21. Organized essay writing competition on “the impact the COVID 19 pandemic and the consequences of the ensuing global lockdown on daily life and learning” (May 2020)

  22. Organized 20 day quiz challenge contest (26th March – 14th April, 2020)

  23. Organized a cleanliness drive at Cubbon park on the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in association with NSS-RVCE (2nd October, 2019)

  24. Conducted a Free Eye check-up Camp in collaboration with Rotaract Club of RVCE (22nd October, 2019)

  25. Organized a two day "Industry Academia Interaction Workshop" for Final year Civil Engineering Students (October 8-9, 2019)

  26. Participated in the "ASCE National Concrete Canoe Challenge" organized by SRMIST, Chennai, and made a concrete canoe named “Avyaan” 2019

  27. Organized the Swachh Bharat Go Green Drive in collaboration with NSS-RVCE on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi, in Cubbon Park, 2019

  28. Organized an intradepartmental annual competition “Battle of ACES” (26th August, 2019)

  29. Organized a field visit to KPTCL Pavagada Solar Power Plant (14th June, 2019)

  30. Conducted a plantation and cleanliness drive on the occasion of World Environment Day at Melukote, Karnataka (5th June, 2019)

  31. Arranged an expert guest lecture session on “Overview on Shell Structures” (April, 2019)

  32. Organized “Aguamenti event” to make water filter on World Water Day (22nd March, 2019).

  33. Conducted a free dental check up camp in joint collaboration with RAAG, RVCE (Jan 2019)

  34. Been a part of blood donation camp conducted in association with rotaract club, NSS, NCCM RAAG and Kannada Sangh, 2019

  35. Conducted an eye test camp event in association with rotaract club, 2018

  36. Organized concrete bowling ball competition, 2018

  37. Paper presentation at the international conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Structures at IIT Roorkee (March 2018)

  38. Organized “Battle of Aces” (January, 2018)

  39. Conducted “Swachh Bharat Awareness Drive at cubbon park (14th October, 2017)

  40. Conducted a plantation drive and Engineer’s day celebration (15th September, 2017)

  41. Conducted expert lecture on “Transplantation of existing armoury house of Tippu Sultan Era” (12th September, 2017)

  42. Organized a guest lecture on “Concrete Mix Proportioning” (29th August, 2017)

  43. Organized a guest lecture on “Highway Engineering” (9th August, 2017)

                           

             Principal Dr.K.N.Subramanya receiving the award from ICI Bangalore Centre

Students of Department of civil engineering participated in various events at national and state level and won prizes. Ms.Saloni Agarwal was awarded gold medal from VTU for securing highest marks among the lady candidates in the year 2010. Mr.Prithviraj.P was awarded best outstanding student of RVCE in the year 2011.Mr.Santhosh M.R was RVCE autonomous topper in the year 2012. students get merit scholarships from brigade group and saarthaka trust. Mr.Venkatesh of PG Structural Engineering was awarded the best outstanding student of RVCE in the year 2015. Our PG students have obtained Ranks under VTU at University Level.

Patent :Students of VII Semester filed patent during the academic year 2015-16.

  1. Jawad Fayaz, Adarsha C. Y., Raghavendra, T., Dr. Natarajan, K. and Dr. Udayashankar, B. C. 2016. “Waste Plastic Incorporated Fibre Reinforced Polymer Bars” Indian Patent Application 201641027374, filed 10th August 2016. Patent Pending.

Students of VII semester Jawad Fayaz,Adarsha C Yatanoor won Most Innovative Project award among all UG Projects of RVCE for the year 2015-16.The Title of the project is "Structural Behavior of Fibre Reinforced Polymer(FRP) incorporated Reinforced Concrete (R.C) Members".

                           Students with Project Guides Dr.B.C.Udayashankar and T.Raghavendra

 

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Mr.Arvind Mani of Civil Engineering Department won the 200 metre backstroke gold at the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati on 7th February 2016. 

             

Mr. Arvind M of Civil Engineering Department secured KOA Award in Swimming. He Represented India In World University Games.

 

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