DOCTORAL PROGRAM- CIVIL ENGINEERING

About the Department

Department of Civil Engineering is Research centre under VTU. It offers part-time PhD for working professionals also. Department has well equipped lab facility to complete doctoral requirement. It offers doctoral programme under wide domains like Structural Engineering, Concrete Rheology, Environmental, Watershed management GIS and Remote Sensing, Geology etc.

Research Supervisors:

Name	Research Areas	University
Dr. Bharathi Ganesh	The experimental study conducted is on parameters related to material behaviour, rheology / workability, strength and durability parameters of (mortar and) concretes, SCC. Use of alternative materials in Concrete SCC etc. Sustainability and Green Concept etc. Application of nanomaterials in Concrete Behaviour of RCC and Steel Structure Structural members to earthquake loads	Visvesvaraya Technological University
Dr. Megha Kulkarni	Infrastructure Development Water and Wastewater Treatment, and Solid Waste Management Smart Cities and Urbanism Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Urban challenges Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Air Pollution and Control Agriculture	Visvesvaraya Technological University
Dr. G. Shalini	Geology Remote sensing and GIS Coastal dynamics and coastal resources Watershed management Hard rock geology Engineering Geology	Visvesvaraya Technological University

Facilities

• Well-equipped Structural Dynamic Laboratory: with Structural Loading Frame equipment of 200T capacity