Civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works, as they are related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. Most civil engineering today deals with power plants, bridges, roads, railways, structures, water supply, irrigation, the natural environment, sewer, flood control, transportation and traffic. In essence, civil engineering may be regarded as the profession that makes the world a more agreeable place in which to live.

Vision Statement

• Specially trained human resources at Department of Civil Engineering, NITW will handle critical areas in System planning, Design and Rehabilitation, management of the infrastructure for giving much needed impetus for economic development and improve quality of life, meeting the societal needs.

Mission Statement

• To generate a specialized cadre of Civil Engineering by imparting training through the state of the art laboratories and updated hardware and software.

• To excel in R&D and Industrial Consultancy with linkages in India and abroad and bring teaching, research and consultancy to international standards in the field of Civil Engineering.

Milestones

1959   B.Tech. Civil Engineering

1964    M.Tech. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering

1964    M.Tech.  Hydraulic Engineering (now it is renamed as Water Resources Engineering)

1967   M.Tech.  Structural Engineering

1968   M.Tech.  Transportation Engineering

1978   B.Tech. For Diploma Holders (FDH)

1978   Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) for M.Tech. and  Ph.D.

1996   Graded as A⁺ for both B.Tech. and M.Tech. Courses by NBA

2000   M.Tech. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

2005   M.Tech in Environmental Engineering

2008   M.Tech in Construction Technology & Management.

Divisions

For administrative reasons, the Department has been divided into four divisions, depending on the specialization, viz., Engineering Structures Division, Geotechnical Engineering Division, Transportation Division and Water & Environment Division. The broad areas of expertise and major laboratories of each division are as follows:

(i)Engineering Structures Division

Broad areas of expertise:

Concrete Technology, Prestressed Concrete, Structural Material Evaluation, Rehabilitation of Structures, New Materials of Construction like Ferro cement, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Silica Fume Concrete.

Major Laboratories:

Concrete Lab, Structures Lab and Material Testing Lab

Major Equipment Available:

Microprocessor based data acquisition system, Non-destructive test equipment, Digital strain indictor, large capacity load frames

(ii)Geotechnical Division

Broad areas of expertise:

Engineering Behaviour of Soils and Rocks, Foundation Design, Design of Earth Dams, Geotextiles, Reinforced Earth, Geophysical Investigation, Remote Sensing Applications, Advanced Surveying

Major Laboratories:

Soil Mechanics Lab, Rock Mechanics Lab, Engineering Geology Lab, Remote Sensing Lab, Survey Lab

Major Equipment Available:

Microprocessor based triaxial test unit, Automatic compactor, pile load and plate load test equipment, Large direct shear equipment, Plane photometer, Doppler radar, Large format optical enlarger

(iii)Transportation Division

Broad areas of expertise:

Urban and Regional Transportation Planning, Transportation Systems, Traffic Engineering, Highway Capacity, Road Safety, Pavement Design and Highway Material Testing

Major Laboratories:

Highway Engineering Lab and Transportation Engineering Lab

Major Equipment Available:

Automatic road unevenness indicator, Driver test equipment, Traffic counter and classifier, DIPSTICK, Wheel Tracking Equipment, Geogauge, Sound Level Meter, Pavement Thickness Gauge, Benkelman Beam, Marshal Stability Apparatus

(iv)Water & Environment Division

Broad areas of expertise:

Hydrologic Modelling, Water Resources System Studies, Water Distribution Systems, Irrigation Management, Waste Management Systems, Urban Stormwater Modelling, Watershed Management, Groundwater Development, GIS and Remote Sensing Application, Analysis of Water and Wastewater and Performance Studies of Hydraulic Machines and Hydraulic Transients

Major Laboratories:

Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources Lab and Environmental Engineering Lab

Major Equipment Available:

High performance liquid chromotograph, Basic hydrology system, Centrifugal pump test rig, Large tilting flume, Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, Automatic exhaust analyser, Air pollution testing apparatus, Ion analyser, Microbalance