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Civil Engineering Research

  • Concrete Technology
  • Pavement Design
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Water Quality
  • Waste water treatment
  • Industrial waste water
  • Solid waste management
  • Hazardous waste management
  • Air Pollution
  • Seismic Analysis of Buildings Using Software

Research Faculty Details

S.No Research Supervisor Specialization Awarded University Year of Award
1. Dr. B G Mahendra Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil Bangalore university 2020
2. Dr. Shruti G Comparison between RCC and steel hopper with wind and earthquake analysis using Staad pro Shri Satya Sai University Sehore Madhya Pradesh 2020
3. Dr.S.R.Mise Removal of chromium from water using lignite and calcite Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 2002

Research Scholars

S.No Guide Name USN Student Name Field of Study Scholar Type Research Type Year of Admission
1. Dr.Ramakrishna Hegde 20SUPHDF176 Doddappa appa Patil Environmental Engineering Part Time Ph.D 2020
2. Dr A B Harwalkar 3PD19PCV02 Sujeet Patil Structural Engineering Part Time Ph.D 2018
3. Dr S S Awanti 3PD19PCV Nitin Keerti Civil Engineering Part Time Ph.D 2018
4. Dr Rajendra Harsoor 3PD19PCV Gajendra Civil Engineering Part Time Ph.D 2018
5. Dr.Shivasharnappa G Patil 3PD18PEV01 Nitin Kodle Environmental Engineering Part Time Ph.D 2018
6. Dr.Shivasharnappa G Patil 3PD18PCV01 Sandeep Samsan Civil Engineering Part Time Ph.D 2018
7. Dr.S.S.Awanti 3PD16PCJ05 Sharat Chowka Civil Engineering Part Time Ph.D 2016
Contact Person Name : Kedarnath Police Patil
Description : This laboratory is a scientific facility dedicated to the testing and study of earth elements, particularly soil and rock.
Contact Person Name : Vishwanath G M
Description : Environmental Engineering Laboratory is fully equipped for developing state-of-the-art advanced water treatment technologies, testing of water and water quality solutions. It has significant environmental chemistry instrumentation and has access to in-house and collaborative support equipment.
Contact Person Name : B.G.Zalkikar
Description : Strength of materials laboratory services are critical for the construction industry. Whether it is the surface materials or building materials testing such as concrete testing, steel testing for construction, you need to know that all the components you use in your construction projects are safe, durable, and meet important industry standards
Contact Person Name : Sharvan Kumar
Description : The concrete laboratory intends to train the students in the field of testing the ingredients of concrete and to study the behavior of fresh concrete
Contact Person Name : B.G.Zalkikar
Description : The Transportation Engineering lab has equipment required to conduct all standardized tests to assess quality of highway materials, pavement evaluation and traffic engineering studies. Experiments are conducted in pre-, during- and post-construction phases of highways. The Transportation Engineering lab does quality assurance and quality control tests for the Roads, Traffic engineering surveys are also conducted in the lab and students learn to conduct spot speed studies, volume counts, and conflict studies for preparing road improvement plans to enhance road safety.
Contact Person Name : Basavaraj Aurad
Description : The Geology lab has equipment required to study and identify some important minerals. Recognize the minerals of rocks

Project Title : Strength and durability study of Geopolymer concrete

Sanctioned Year : 2021

Amount : 10,00,000

Funding/Sanction agency : VGST

Status :

Principal Investigators : Dr. S.G Patil

Project Title : Performance of high Volume fly ash concrete for rigid pavements

Sanctioned Year : 2008

Amount : 8,00,000

Funding/Sanction agency : AICTE

Status :

Principal Investigators : Dr.S.S.Awanti and Dr.A.B.Harwalker

Project Title : Treatment of blended distillery spent wash and milk processing using UASB reaction

Sanctioned Year : 2011

Amount : 14,00,000

Funding/Sanction agency : AICTE

Status :

Principal Investigators : Dr.S.R.Mise

Project Title : Utilization of foundary waste sand (100%) in the preparation of concrete and mortar

Sanctioned Year : 2014

Amount : 80,000

Funding/Sanction agency : ALSTOM

Status :

Principal Investigators : Dr.Suresh G Patil

Project Title : Alternate building materials terracotta bricks

Sanctioned Year : 2018

Amount : 2,90,000

Funding/Sanction agency : Funded by ITBT

Status :

Principal Investigators : Prof.Sujeet Patil

Project Title : Sustainable waste management by rapid composting

Sanctioned Year : 2018

Amount : 3,00,000

Funding/Sanction agency : Funded by ITBT

Status :

Principal Investigators : Prof.Nitin. kodle

Project Title : Flexural and Shear Behavior of Geopolymer Concrete

Sanctioned Year : 2018

Amount : 30,09,060

Funding/Sanction agency : MHRD & TEQIP

Status :

Principal Investigators : Dr. S.G Patil

Project Title : Mathematical module for treatment of blended (diary and distillery) waste water using electrolysis enhanced up- flow (EE-UASB)

Sanctioned Year : 2019

Amount : 17,64,000

Funding/Sanction agency : AICTE

Status :

Principal Investigators : Dr. S.R Mise

Project Title : Strength and durability study of Geopolymer concrete

Sanctioned Year : 2015

Amount : 10,00,000

Funding/Sanction agency : VGST

Status :

Principal Investigators : Dr.SURESH G PATIL

Student Name : Dr A B Harwalkar,

Title of the Paper : Flexural Fatigue Behavior of High-Volume Fly Ash Concrete under Constant Amplitude, Compound, and Variable Amplitude Loading

Research Description : Conference proceedings of Airfield and Highway pavements 2019, Chicago, Illinois, USA pp- 389-398

Faculty Coordinator : Dr S S Awanti

Student Name : Yousuf Ahmed

Title of the Paper : Seismic behavior of offshore steel jacket platform braced horizontal and vertical planes

Research Description : International journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering (IJITEE), 2019 8(2) pp 1947-1953

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. A B Harwalkar

Student Name : Manoj Kumar

Title of the Paper : Behavior of fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete

Research Description : International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 2019, 9(1), pp. 848–852

Faculty Coordinator : Dr Suesh G Patil

Title : MEDINI

Description : The MoU will help students to learn and understand latest trends & technologies in the construction Industry.

Reference Files:

  • medini_Mou.pdf
  • Title : National Highway Authority of India

    Description : Adoption of NH's by P.D.A College of Engineering

    Reference Files:

  • NHAI_MoU.pdf
  • Title : Larsen & Toubro Ltd Construction

    Description : MoU for Conducting material testing and Mix Design for Constructions Projects in Kalaburagi

    Reference Files:

  • LT_MoU.pdf