M. Tech. in Structural & Construction Engineering

• Create man power in Structural and Construction engineering with competence in planning, design and execution of diverse projects as well as for academia.
• Develop an attitude of lifelong learning through research and multidisciplinary studies with consideration to global requirements and issues concerning society and environment.
• Demonstrate the ability to function as ethical and responsible professionals with leadership and management skills.

• Ability to demonstrate a degree of mastery in order to identify, formulate and solve problems in the domains of Structural and Construction Engineering
• An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools to analyze critically, carry out safe and economical design
• An ability to independently carry out research /investigation and development work to solve practical problems
• Ability to write and present a substantial technical report/document
• Ability for professional practice; to engage in lifelong learning to gain knowledge of contemporary issues and adapt oneself to the changing needs of the society.
• Competence to function as a member of a multidisciplinary team with sense of ethics, integrity and social respo

Uniqueness:

Blend of exposure to strong theoretical foundation, practical design & construction approaches through adequate computational, analytical and execution skill development.

Program Designed for:

• students preparing for the challenges of industry or research
• industry professionals seeking to advance their careers
• establishing balance between academic essentials and industry requirements

• Apart from class room teaching, technical sessions with subject specialists are made available through online classes and video conferencing.
• Special courses to improve the competence in Technical Communication, Soft Skills etc.
• Centre for Corporate Relations & Placement provides placement opportunities
• Courses equip the students to get employed in Government, private corporations, public sector undertakings, teaching and/ or research institutions.

• Students are encouraged to participate in workshops and conferences.
• Projects are focused on thrust areas and students are encouraged to publish their research works in reputed journals and conferences.

• Cultural education & Counseling system – help the students in decision making
• Extension & Social Activities- students get a chance to involve in the service activities
• Yoga training – enable students to handle stressful situations.
• Clean and green campus – provides Serenity.

• Earthquake resistant structures
• Development of high ductile concrete for seismic areas
• Study on Strengthening/retrofitting of RCC structures Using Fibre Reinforced Polymer
• Foam concrete for Structural Applications
• Experimental Investigation on Damping Property of Rubberized Concrete
• Study on Stabilized Earth for Interlocking Block and House Construction
• Condition Assessment of Buildings under Adverse Loading conditions
• Experimental and Numerical Studies of R.C structures under Elevated Temperature

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M.Tech student Achievement

• SachinVenuJaya, (CB.EN.P2SCE20027), M Tech “Structural and Construction Engineering” student visited the “University of Twente, Netherlands”” as a part of his student exchange programme during his final semester. During this period, he has completed four courses and one interdisciplinary project, along with Amrita major project.
• MTech 2015 Batch Student – CB.EN.P2SCE15001, Mr. Akshay Nadiger, received best thesis award for the student, during the Concrete Day Celebrations on 28^th December 2018 for the thesis entitled as “Strength prediction and mix optimization of reactive powder concrete by fuzzy logic interface system and experimental investigations” guided by Dr.K.M.Mini, Professor & Chairperson, Department of Civil Engineering.
• Tech 2015 Batch Student – CB.EN.P2SCE15005, Ms. ARDRA MOHAN received the Appreciation Award for her M.Tech thesis during the Construction Excellence Award 2018 organised by Indian Concrete Institute (Coimbatore Chapter) and UltraTech Cement Limited on 28th December 2018. “Strength and Durability Studies of SCC Incorporating Silica Fume & Ultrafine GGBS” guided by Dr. K.M. Mini, Professor & Chairperson, Department of Civil Engineering.
• Aravind N R, Dhanya Sathyan, K M Mini (2019), “Rice Husk Incorporated Foam Concrete Wall Panels as a Thermal Insulating Material in Building” , Indoor and built environment, DOI: 1177/1420326X19862017
• Varun Kumar, T. Jothi Saravanan, R. Sreekala, N Gopalakrishnan, K.M. Mini , “Structural Damage Detection Through Longitudinal Wave Propagation Using Spectral Finite Element Method” Geomechanics and Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2017) 161-183, https://DOI.org/10.12989/gae.2017.12.1.161
• M.Mini ,Akhila Padanattil,Jayanarayanan Karingamanan, Novel Hybrid Composites Based on Glass and Sisal Fiber for Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Construction and Building Materials, 133 (2017)146-153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.12.045
• Abhirami Suresh, K.B.Anand , “Strength and Durability of Rammed Earth for Walling”, ASCE, Technical note J. Archit. Eng., 2017, 23(4): 06017004.
• Manisha Vasumithran, B.Anand, Dhanya Sathyan, Effects of fillers on the properties of cement grouts. Construction and Building Materials. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118346
• Bhagyasree Raj, Dhanya Sathyan, Mini K. Madhavan, Amritha Raj, Mechanical and durability properties of hybrid fiber reinforced foam concrete, Construction and Building Materials.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118373
• Vighnesh Rameshkumar, Prabhath Ranjan Kumar, V. Poornima, R. Venkatasubramani & V. Sreevidya, Improvements in mechanical and durability parameters of bio-engineered concrete with metakaolin as a partial substitute for cement, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering.
• Saranya Raj S. Anil Kumar Sharma, K.B. Anand, “Performance appraisal of coal ash stabilized rammed earth” Journal of Building Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2018.03.001
• Ardra Mohan , K.M.Mini, Strength and durability studies of SCC incorporating silica fume and ultra-fine GGBS, Construction and Building Materials 171 (2018) 919–928, Elsevier.
• J.Chandini, K.B.Anand, Utilization of recycled waste as filler in foam concrete, Journal of Building Engineering 19 (2018) 154–160, Elsevier
• Pradeep Kumar, K.M. Mini , Murali Rangarajan, “Ultrafine GGBS and calcium nitrate as concrete admixtures for improved mechanical properties and corrosion resistance”,  Construction and Building Materials 182 (2018) 249–257, Elsevier.
• Parvathi, E., Lakshmanan, M., Mini, K.M., “Strengthening Steel Members with Holes Under Tension Using Unidirectional GFRP Sheets” International Journal of Steel Structures, 2018
• Parvathy S, S., Sharma, A.K., Anand, K.B., “Comparative study on synthesis and properties of geopolymer fine aggregate from fly ashes”, Construction and Building Materials, 198, (2019), 359-367.
• Nadiger, A., Madhavan, M.K. “Influence of mineral admixtures and fibers on workability and mechanical properties of reactive powder concrete”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 31(2),04018394
• Sharon Raju/Dr.Sreevalsa Kolathayar/Dr.Anilkumar Sharma, “Modification of subgrade properties using waste generated from sand manufacturing unit & fibre”, International conference soil and environment, Indian Geotechnical society & Indian Institute of Science, July 22-23, 2016.
• K, Poornima.V, “Study on Absorbency of superabsorbent polymer in water and cement pore fluid and its incorporation in cement mortar” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET). IAEME Publication, 01.11.17.
• Sindhu Menon.M, Dhanya Sathyan, Dr.K.B.Anand, “Studies on Rheological properties of superplasticized PPC Paste” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET). IAEME Publication, 01.11.17.
• V.Wishwesh, K.B.Anand, “PVA Fiber -flyash cementitious Composite Assessment of Mechanical Properties” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET). IAEME Publication, 01.11.17.
• Varunkumar, Mini.K.M, “Monitoring the corrosion resistance offered by addition of mineral admixtures & FRP” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET). IAEME Publication, 01.11.17.
• Akhil S Raju, Participated and presented the paper “Partial replacement of ordinary portlant cemnt by LCD glass powder in concrete” in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus, August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Himanshu Madhwani, Participated and presented the paper “Study on durability and hardened state properties of sugarcane fiber reinforeced foam concrete” in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus, August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Manisha Vasumithran, Participated and presented the paper “Effects of fillers on the properties of cement groups” in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus, August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Priyanka E, Participated and presented the paper “Functional and strength characteristics of EPS beads incorporated foam concrete -wall panels” in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus, August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Rahul S Nampoothiri , Participated and presented the paper “Influence of fungi :Trichodermas viride on the properties of mudbrick and concrete blocks” in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus , August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Roja A Nambiar, Participated and presented the paper “Mechanical and durability study of high performance concrete with addition of natural fiber (JUTE), ” in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus, August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Smrithy Subash, Participated and presented the paper “Incorporation of natural rubber latex as concrete admixtures for improved mechanical properties, ”in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus, August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Unnikrishna Pillai U, Participated and presented the paper “Performance evaluation of polyurethane -nano silica modified cement mortar ”in the International conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing conducted by ICON AMMA, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Bengaluru Campus, August 29^th -31th, 2019.
• Navaneeth Krishnan, K., Hari, R., Mini, K.M. Comparative Study on Strengthening of Concrete Structures using Natural and Artificial fibers” Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1172(1),012002
• Animesh Sharma.R. Ramkrishnan , Parametric Optimization and Multi-regression Analysis for Soil Nailing Using Numerical Approaches, Geotech Civil Engg.
• Deepa Devaraj, Ramkrishnan R., Prabu T, Dr. Sreevalsa K, Prof. TG Sitharam.Synthesis of Linear JTFA Based Response Spectra for Structural Response and Seismic Reduction Measures for North-East India, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami.
• K.P, Ananthkumar.M “ Characteristics study on concrete steel double skinned tubes and concrete filled steel tubes under axial compressive strength” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET). IAEME Publication, 01.11.17.
• Akshay Nadiger, C. Harinath Reddy, Shankar Vasudevan and K.M. Mini “Fuzzy Logic Modeling for Strength Prediction of Reactive Powder Concrete” International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 632. Springer, Singapore (2018) Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
• Swetha S Kurup, Sreevalsa.K, “Seismic bearing capacity factor considering composite failure mechanism: Pseudo-Dynamic approach” International journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, (2018) Volume 9, Issue 1, 1 January 2018, Pages 65-77.
• Dhanya Sathyan, K.B.Anand, Aravind J Prakash, Premjith.B, “ Modeling the Fresh and Hardened Stage Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete using Random Kitchen Sink Algorithm, International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials.
• Aswin K Joseph, Dr.K.B.Anand, “Mechanical properties and shear strengthening capacity of high volume fly ash cementitious composite”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• Kastro Kiran V, Dr.K.B.Anand, “Study on identically voided previous concrete made with different sized aggregates”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• Gokul Krishnan, Dr.K.B.Anand, “Industrial Waste utilization for foam concrete, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering”, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• Aparna S, Dhanya Sathyan, K.M.Mini, Optimisation of superplasticizers in PPC Mortar at concrete, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• Aravind J Prakash, Dhanya Sathyan, K.B.Anand, Aravind N.R, “Comparison of ANN and RKS approaches to model SCC strength”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• Dhanya Sathyan, K.B.Anand, Chinnu jose, Aravind N.R, “Modelling the minislump spread of superplasticized PPC paste using RLS with the application of Random Kitchen sink”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• P, R.Ramkrishnan, “Crumb Rubber Recycling in Enhancing Damping Properties of Concrete”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• P, R.Ramkrishnan, Keerthana.G, Saravana MuruganS, “Experimental Investigation on Damping Property of Coarse Aggregate Replaced Rubber Concrete, , IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• k, Ananthkumar.M, Raghava priya, Effect of Alkaline Solution with Varying Mix Proportion on Geopolymer Mortar, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• R, K.B.Anand, Utilization of fly ash and ultrafine GGBS for higher strength foam concrete, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• M.G, Poornima.V, Venkata Subramani,sreevidya, Enhancement of crack healing efficiency and performance of SAP in biocrete, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing Ltd.
• Sowmiya Gopinath, K.B.Anand, Properties of cement grout modified with ultra-fine slag, Frontiers of structural and civil engineering, Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Harinath Reddy, C., Mini, K.M., Radhika, N. Structural health monitoring—An integrated approach for vibration analysis with wireless sensors to steel structure using image processing Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics 30, pp. 1595-1610
• Varun Kumar, K., JothiSaravanan, T., Gopalakrishnan, N., Mini, K.M. Analytical investigations on structural damage identification using torsional wave propagation, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering,11, pp. 1087-1095