About the Conference
There is fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerging through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it brings jobs and homes, elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life. The expansions of civil engineering infrastructures such as dams, railways, highways, bridges, mass transit systems, ports, and airports form the infrastructure which aids in improving the living standards of the ever-increasing global population. Rising demands for energy, drinking water, clean air, safe waste disposal, and transportation require environmental protection and infrastructure development. Along with these, the society continues to face increased threats from natural events, accidents, and perhaps other causes such as terrorism. Proud of its legacy, the global civil engineering community cannot rest on its laurels. Meeting these challenges requires active engagement on a variety of environmental and infrastructure fronts. Dealing with the preceding problems will require intra-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and multidisciplinary collaboration on projects and in research and development. More advances in areas such as concrete science, structural and geotechnical engineering are required. For this, existing problems in contemporary structural and geotechnical engineering must be looked upon, solved and extended for use in the context of soil-structure interaction, construction, structural materials and geometry, etc. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the researchers and the practising engineers working in the broad field of concrete technology, structural and geotechnical engineering, to keep abreast of the latest trends and developments in these fields with the aim of updating their analytical and practical skills. Keeping in view the above perspective, an international conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering is being organized by the Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani during October 25-27, 2009.
Call for Papers
We are pleased to invite you to submit the abstracts of maximum 300 words with title, author’s name, affiliation, E- Mail, and maximum of 5 key words under any one of the following conference themes, but not limited to:
Advanced composite materials
Composite structures
Concrete Technology
Low Cost Housing
Sustainability of construction, design and management
Rehabilitation/Retrofitting of structures
Offshore structures
Bridge Structures
Structural Design
Retaining structures
Seismology and Ground motion studies
Soil - structure interaction
Geohazards - Liquefaction, microzonation, landslides, etc
Geotechnical instrumentation
Ground improvement techniques, soft soil stabilization, slope stabilization
Geosynthetics – Materials and applications
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Numerical modelling –Geomechanics and under ground structures
Applications of FEM, Nano Technology in Civil Engineering
Important Dates
Submission Deadline for Abstracts : February 28, 2009
Notification of Acceptance of Abstract : March 15, 2009
Submission of Full-length Papers : April 30, 2009
Submission of Papers after Review : June 30, 2009
Registration Fee
Before 15th July 2009 After15th July 2009
Delegates from Abroad US $200 US $250
Accompanying Person US $50 US $50
Delegates from India Rs 2000 Rs 2500
Accompanying Person Rs 1000 Rs 1000
Indian Students Rs 1000 Rs 1200
Foreign Students US $100 US $125
Accommodation
Accommodation will be arranged in the Institute Guest House (VFAST) and in Hostels on Payment basis on prior request.
Accomodation charges are as follows:
In VFAST Hostel (Visiting Faculty and Students Hostel)
Twin Sharing (Non A/C) : Rs. 400/- per Day
Twin Sharing (A/C) : Rs. 400/- per Day
Tripple Sharing (A/C) : Rs. 400/- per Day
An Appeal to the Prospective Sponsors
Private, semi-Government and Government organizations involved with manufacturing, construction, consultancy, R&D and other areas related to Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering are requested to sponsor ACSGE-2009. Details of sponsorship fees are provided below.
Category Sponsorship Fees Entitlement
Platinum Sponsor Rs. 1,00,000 4 free delegates
Gold Sponsor Rs. 50,000 2 free delegates
Silver Sponsor Rs. 25,000 1 free delegates
Names of organizations in any of the above categories will appear on the conference website and proceedings. Their contributions would be duly acknowledged through display at the Conference venue. Additionally, they would have the freedom to display their products and services at the venue. Organizations willing to come forward and financially support ACSGE-2009 are requested to contact the organizing chairman.
Exhibition
An exhibition of books and products related to concrete, structural and geotechnical engineering is planned during the conference.
Patron: Prof. L.K. Maheshwari
Vice-Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Advisory & Technical Committee
Prof. Venkateswaran, Advisor, BITS Pilani
Prof. M. Ramachandran, BITS Pilani, Dubai
Prof. V. S. Rao, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
Prof. K. E. Raman, BITS Pilani, Goa
Prof. G. Raghurama, BITS Pilani
Prof. R. K. Mittal, BITS Pilani
Prof. R. N. Saha, BITS Pilani
Prof. Rajiv Gupta , BITS Pilani
Prof. A. K. Sarkar, BITS Pilani
Prof. R. K. Dhir, Univ. of Dundee, UK
Prof. Nabil F. Grace, LTU, USA
Prof. Mukesh Limbachiya, Kingston Uni.,UK
Prof. V.M.Karbhari, Univ. of Alabama, USA
Prof. Ahmed Elgamal, RPI, USA
Prof. Zishen Wu, Ibaraki Univ., Japan
Prof. Paramasivam, Singapore
Prof. S. P. Shah, Northwestern Univ., USA
Prof. Kyle Rollins, Bringham Young Univ.
Prof. Anand Puppala, Univ. Texas, USA
Prof. D. T. Bergado, AIT Bangkok, Thailand
Prof. Gopalarathnam,Univ.of Missouri, USA
Prof. Achintya Haldar, Univ.of Arizona, USA
Prof. Venkatesh P. Kodur, MSU, USA
Prof. Mukesh Limbachiya, STRC, UK
Prof. Naveed Anwar, AIT Bangkak, Thailand
Prof. Ashwini Kumar, IIT Kanpur
Prof. B. Bhattacharjee, IIT Delhi
Prof. V. K. Gupta, IIT Kanpur
Prof. K. G. Sharma, IIT Delhi
Prof. Tarun Kant, IIT Bombay
Prof. S. K. Jain, IIT Kanpur
Prof. D. K. Paul, IIT Roorkee
Prof. G. L. Asawa, IIT Roorkee
Prof A. D. Pandey, IIT Roorkee
Prof. K Rajagopal, IIT Madras
Prof. Ravindra Gettu, IIT Madras
Prof. D. N. Singh, IIT Bombay
Prof. Abhijit Mukharjee, TIET, Patiala
Prof. R. N. Iyenger, SBMJCE
Prof. Anuj jain, MNNIT Allahabad
Prof. Anurag Misra, MNIT Jaipur
Prof. A.K.Gupta, JNVU, Jodhpur
Prof. G. Sundar, BITS Pilani
Prof. B. R. Natarajan, BITS Pilani
Prof. Ravi Prakash, BITS Pilani
Prof. N. V. M. Rao, BITS Pilani
Prof. B. V. Babu, BITS Pilani
Prof. S. Gurunarayanan, BITS Pilani
Prof. M. K. Kashiramka, BITS Pilani
Prof. Meenakshi Raman, BITS Pilani
Prof. Surekha Bhanot, BITS Pilani
Prof. J. P. Misra, BITS Pilani
Prof. Rahul Banerjee, BITS Pilani
Dr. K. S. Sangwan, BITS Pilani
Prof. S. K. Verma, BITS Pilani
Dr. G. V. Ramana, IIT Delhi
Dr. S. Barai, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. B. N. Singh, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Deepankar Choudhury, IIT Bombay
Dr. D. S. N. Murthy, IIT Bombay
Dr. Sandeep Choudhary, MNIT Jaipur
Dr. C.S. Viswanatha, CATPL
Dr. Gopal Rai, SPCRIPL
Mr. V.C. Bhowmik, TCE
Mr. Prafulla Kumar, GFSPL
Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Jaipur Airport
Mr. P.P. Lahiri, EIL
Mr. Cyrus M. Dordi, Ambuja Cement
Organizing Committee
Organizing Chairman Prof. S. B. Singh
OrganizingSecretaries Dr. Hanumantha Rao & Mr. Dipendu Bhunia
Members: Dr. Ajit Pratap Singh
Dr. Anshuman
Dr. Manoj Kumar
Dr. Ravi Kant Mittal
Dr. Kamalesh Kumar
Dr. Anupam Singhal
Dr. Sanghamitra Kundu
Dr. K. Rajitha
Dr. Varun Singh
Dr. K. Nallasivam
Mr. Rajan Choudhary
Mrs. Meghana Charde
Mr. G. Muthukumar
Mr. S. Madappa
Mr. P. K. Misra
Addresses for Communication
Organizing Chairman
Dr. Shamsher Bahadur Singh, Associate Professor, Group Leader, Civil Engineering Group, BITS Pilani,
Pilani (Rajasthan) -333031, INDIA, E-Mail: [email protected]; [email protected];
Ph: +91-1596515353; Mobile: +91-9414648283; Fax: +91-1596-244183
Organizing Secretaries
Dr. Hanumantha Rao Chappidi, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Group, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan–333031, India
E-mail: [email protected]; Ph.: +91-1596-515357, +91-9829227457
Mr. Dipendu Bhunia, Lecturer, Civil Engineering Group, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan - 333031, India
E-mail: [email protected]; Ph.: + 91-9983523153
The information will get updated periodically and will be accessible through the following website:
http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/conference/acsge
About Pilani
Climate
Pilani experiences a very comfortable weather in the month of October with the campus covered in calm and soothing greens with an average temperature of 15-20o C.
How to reach Pilani
Pilani is located 200 km west of Delhi and 220 km north of Jaipur. Direct buses to Pilani are frequently available from Delhi (ISBT, Kashmiri Gate) and Jaipur (RSRTC Bus Stand, Sindhi Camp). It takes about 4 hours by taxi and 6 hours by bus from both of these two cities to reach Pilani.