Conference & FDP

The department takes initiative in organising Conferences on a regular basis. These conferences become a platform for students and young researchers to connect and discuss the latest developments and research in the domain of Civil Engineering. The first national conference on Alternate Building Materials and Construction Practices (NABCP) was hosted in the campus in the year 2015. 

This was followed by a conference series titled SECON (Structural Engineering and Construction Management) during the year 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The department ensures that proceedings are published.
 

First international Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management SECON 2020

The International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management was conducted on the 14th and 15th of May 2020. The theme of the  conference was “Innovative Practices in Construction, Rehabilitation and Demolition of Structures'' and had seven sub themes through which a wide range of issues were discussed in the conference. Dr. Rajashree M S, Honorable Vice CHancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University inaugurated the conference. Two keynote lectures were presented by Prof. Ir.Ing Serge Vandemeulebroecke, Visiting Professor, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Prof. Ir.Lic.Bart Van Zegbroeck, Visiting Professor, University of Hasselt, Belgium during the inaugural function. The conference was conducted in association with ASCE, ICI, IEI and Paradigm Consultants Pvt. Ltd. A total of 315 submissions were received from across the country and abroad of which 160 were shortlisted and 85 were accepted for presentation and publication after intrinsic reviewing and plagiarism check. The proceedings are publshed by Springer in Lecture notes in Civil Engineering. 

Dr. Kavitha P E and Mr. Jawahar Saud S were the convenors of the event. Owing to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the conference was completely hosted on the online platform Google Meet. The team effort of the faculty in planning and coordinating the event completely was widely appreciated by the chairs, authors and participants. They also positively commented on the initiative taken by the department for hosting the event online.

Web: https://secon2020.fisat.ac.in

Proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030551148

Third National Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management – SECON’2019
 

SECON’2019 was conducted association with  ICI Kochi Chapter, IEI Kochi Centre and ISTE. The  two-day conference was held on 15th and 16th of May 2019. The inaugural event was graced by the esteemed presence of two eminent personalities, Dr. Radhakrishna G. Pillai, Associate, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, who inaugurated the Conference and by the Guest of honour Er. C. Prathapmohan Nair, trained civil engineer and urban planner, certified PPP specialist and UNECE enlisted PPP advisor, member of the royal institute of chartered surveyors who released the conference proceedings. The themes of the conference was presented by Ms. Asha Joseph, Convener, SECON’19 and the inaugural function was concluded by a vote of thanks, proposed by Dr. Kavitha P. E.
The two day session comprised of  the keynote addresses by some of the most eminent personalities such as Dr. Radhakrishna G. Pillai ,Er. C. Prathapmohan Nair, Dr. Sudheesh T.K., Assistant Professor, IIT Palakkad, Dr Sunil Kumar N., Principal, Cochin University College of Engineering, Kuttanad, Dr. Job Thomas, Professor, CUSAT, Kochi and Dr. Sajith A.S., Associate Professor, NIT, Calicut. A total of 63 papers were presented during the two day session across various venues. The proceedings was published in Scopus Indexed Springer publication - 'Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering'

Web: https://secon19.fisat.ac.in

Proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030263645

Second National Conference in Structural Engineering and Construction Management, SECON’18
 

The Second National Conference in Structural Engineering and Construction Management was organized during 17th and 18th of April 2018. The conference consisted of seven sessions over two days. A panel of twelve experts including Dr. Katta Venkataramana, Dr Kavitha P E, Dr. Praseeda K I, Dr. C Justin Jose, Dr Vinay Mathews, Dr. Sunitha K Nair, Dr Abhay Shankar, Ds Deepa G Nair, Dr Vasudev R, Mr Elson John, Mr Shyju P Thadathil and Dr Aysha Zaneeb reviewed and chaired the sessions. There were 57 papers and the proceedings were published with ISBN Number 978-93-5311-002-4

Web: https://sites.google.com/fisat.ac.in/secon18/

First National Conference in Structural Engineering and Management, SECON’17

The First National Conference in Structural Engineering and Management, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering during 3rd and 4th March 2017. The theme of the conference was broadly divided under two heads viz. Structural Engineering and Construction Management. The conference consisted of three sessions spanned over two days. The first and second session were devoted to Structural Engineering and was chaired by Dr. Job Thomas, Professor, CUSAT and Dr. Sajith A S, Associate Professor, NIT Calicut. The third session was devoted to Construction Management and was chaired by Mr. Shibi Varghese, Professor, MACE, Kothamangalam. There were 26 papers and the proceedings were published with ISBN Number 978-93-5268-714-5.

Web: http://secon17.fisat.ac.in/

National Conference on Alternate Building Materials and Construction Practices, NABCP’15 

The National Conference on Alternate Building Materials and Construction Practices, NABCP’15 was held on 18th  September, 2015. There were 38 delegates from different colleges and the proceedings carried 19 research papers. The conference was inaugurated by Mr. Shreeganesh V. Nair, GRIHA Trainer and Evaluator, GTCS and there were 3 key note speakers. This was the first ever National Conference organised by the department. Dr. Anoop C K was the convenor and Ms. Rinu J Achison was the  Co-convenor. The conference was supported by ICI, FISAT Management and also PTA. The proceedings were published with an ISBN Number.

Web: https://sites.google.com/a/fisat.ac.in/civilconference2015/
 

Faculty Development Program (FDP)
 
Faculty development programs play an integral part in maintaining the quality of teachers by updating their knowledge members and keeping them abreast with the latest in the domain. The department has been very keen in ensuring that all faculty members undergo regular faculty development programs organised both internally and externally. The department has hosted FDP’s in various domains including Design of Steel and Concrete Structures. The details of the FDPs organised by the department are below: