1. Issue-1 February 2012

NIRMAAN-A NEW BEGINNING
News Letter from Civil Engineering Department, Goa College of Engineering
February, 2012
ISSUE 1
ACES Council Installation 2011-12
For
the
Civil
Engineering
Department,
academic year 2011-2012 began with the
Inaugural function of ACES (Association of
Civil Engineering Students). The function was
held on 10th August 2011. Shri Shridhar Kamat
(Chief Executive Officer Fomento Green &
Waste Management Pvt. Ltd.) was the Chief
Guest & Shri John Aguiar (News Co-Ordinator
Dept. Of Information & Publicity, Government
Of Goa) was the Guest Of Honour. The function
was well co-ordinated by the students & staff
members of Civil Engineering Department
making the function a grand success.
ACES COMMITTEE (2011-12)
CORE COMMITTEEChairman- Shekhar Shirke (TE Civil)
Vice Chairman- B. R. Anirudh (TE Civil)
Secretary- Mahadev Anawkar (TE Civil)
Treasurer- Gaurav Mhapne (TE Civil)
COMMITTEE MEMBERSEditor- Richa Patil (TE Civil)
Executive MembersRajesh Phadte (TE Civil)
N Tandav Krishna (TE Civil)
Class RepresentativesVishwesh Salvi (TE Civil)
Raj Kullam (SE Civil)
Vibhav Naik (BE Civil)
Principal: Vivek B Kamat
Patron: Dr. C.S.Gokhale
Technical Advisor: Prof. Vikas K Chodankar
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CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NEWS
Seminar on Green Building
Mr. Amar Britto MD of “ACRON
DEVELOPERS” gave a brief presentation
on 14th September 2011 in college
regarding the Green Building concept.
The main function „Green Buildings for a
Green Goa‟ was held at the BITS Pilani
campus
on
24th
September
2011.
Arrangement for transport from various
points in Goa was done free of cost. More
than 70 students from our college
attended the function. This event taught
students of the many benefits offered by
green buildings, thus inculcating within
them a spirit of creating green buildings
through eco-friendly measures.
44th Engineers Day Celebration
The institution of Engineers (India), Goa
State
Centre
had
celebrated
44th
th
Engineers day on 17 September 2011, at
International Centre Goa, Dona Paula.
Dr.Ganesh Hegde Associate Professor,
Civil Engineering Department, Goa
College of Engineering was the key note
speaker on the theme “Engineering
Preparedness for Disaster Mitigation.”
Higher Studies
Rebound Hammer Test
Mrs. Nisha Naik, Faculty of Civil
Engineering Department is presently
pursuing her PhD at IIT Bombay, in
the field of Geotechnical Engineering
from June 2011.
Professor Vikas Chodankar Faculty of Civil
Engineering Department along with lab
assistant Gajanan Sawant carried out Rebound
Hammer Test on 4th June 2011 for the Airport
Authority of India (AAI), Goa.
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“A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person
who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible”
- Freeman Dyson
New Equipment purchased
Department of Civil Engineering has brought four
different types of equipment used for various test.
Triaxial Shear Test Equipment
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2.
3.
4.
Static Cone Penetration Equipment
Pile Integrity Test Equipment
High Strength Dynamic Pile Load
Equipment
Triaxial Shear Test Equipment
Test
Stimulus 2011
Ajay Shet & Huveta Tetseo of BE Civil won
third place for Goa Engineering College among
8 participated colleges, in a Quiz Competition
“Stimulus 2011” Organized by UltraTech
Cements at Dharwad on 10th October 2011.
Field trip
Mix Design Programme
A field visit to ACC Ready Mix Cement
Concrete plant at Kundaim & Cement plant of
ACC at Surla was visited by SE Civil Students
on 18th October 2011 under the giudance of
Dr. K. G. Gupta. First hand information of
making Ready Mix Concrete & blending of
cement was understood by students. The
program was sponsored by ACC Cements, Shri
Krishna Murthy Plant incharge at Surla
explained the need for blending. Labortories of
Surla & RMC plant were visited by the students
to learn Cement testing. Shri Amit Lawande,
Mr.Newton & Mr.Tanvir of ACC Cements
Co-ordinated the program.
Mix design program was carried out by Civil
Engineering Department, through ACES, on
20th october 2011, Co-ordinated by Dr.K.G.Gupta.
The programe was sponsored by UltraTech
Cements Goa division. Shri Joseph, Regional
Manager Kerala of UltraTech trained the
students by interactive session of the Mix
Design program. Shri Putta Raju ChiefTown
Planner, Government of Goa, was the chief
guest, Principal Shri Vivek B Kamat, was the
guest of honour & Shri Vikrant Dessai, Officer
Technical UltraTech Cements Goa, proposed
vote of thanks.UltraTech Cements honoured
Mr.Vishwesh Salvi with cash prize of Rs 2000
for being the highest scorer in the subject
Concrete Technology for the year 2010-2011.
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“Engineering refers to the practice of organizing the design and construction
of any artifice which transforms the physical world around us to meet some
recognized need. “
- GFC Rogers
INDOROCK-2011
Indian Society For Rock Mechanics &
Tunnelling
Technology
Roorkee
Chapter,
Roorkee,
organized
Third
Indian
Rock
Conference “INDOROCK-2011”, from October
13th-15th, 2011. Dr. C.S. Gokhale, HOD of Civil
Engineering Department presented a research
paper on “Physical, Geophysical & Geotechnical
Characteristics of Coal Mine Rocks”
EMS 2011
Department of Civil Engineering is always glad
to
organize
programmes
related
to
Environmental Engineering and Sciences.
Dr. Ulhas. G. Sawaiker, Associate Professor in
Civil Engineering Department as the course
coordinator organized One day seminar on
Environmental
Management:
Towards
Sustainability (EMS-2011), on 16th December 2011.
Dr. Simon de Sousa Chairman, Goa State
Pollution Control Board, Panaji, inaugurated the
programme in the distinguished presence of
Director of Technical Education, Prof. Vivek B.
Kamat.
The programme was planned as an
activity towards 50 years of “Goa Liberation”.
Following technical sessions were held;
a)
“Natural treatment system for wastewater”
by Dr. Manoj Chaturvedi (Dy. Gen. Manager
Hindustan Construction Company Limited,
Mumbai)
b)
“Industrial wastewater treatment” by Dr. U.
S. Hampannavar (KLE College of Engineering
& Technology, Belgaum )
c)
Official test at Quepem Bridge for load & feasibility
“Sustainable Mining - A case study” by Mr.
Krishna
Kulkarni
(Associate
General
Manager, Sesa Goa Limited)
d)
“Overview of Environmental Management :
Current Happenings” by Mr. Pradip Kalbar
(Senior
Research
Scholar,
IIT
Bombay,
Mumbai)
The programme was attended by more than 80
delegates from different industries & academic
institutions.
Shri.
Sandeep
Nadkarni,
The load & feasibility test was carried out by Civil
Engineering department headed by Dr.C.S.Gokhale & his
team at Quepem Bridge. The instruments which were
used for the testing included high precision level, total
station & laser displacement meter. The testing was
carried out to verify the safe loading capacity of the
bridge.
Chief
Engineer, Water Resources Department Chaired
the
Valedictory
function.
The
technical
discussions held during the day generated lot of
ideas
which
will
be
helpful
for
Sustainable
Environmental Management.
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COLLEGE ACTIVITIES
Celebration of 64th Independence Day
Acting Principal Dr. R B Lohani, HOD of
Electronics & Telecommunication Department,
hoisted the triamphant flag. Dr. Dwarkesh
Coordinator of NIT Surathkal, gave a talk regarding
„India & its progress from the time of independence‟.
Ganesh Chaturti
Ganesh Chaturti was celebrated from 1st to 9th
September. During this period, the students‟ council
organized Ghumat Arti & Rangoli competition in the
college
premises.
These
events
saw
active
participation of students from all branches.
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Dahi Handi
Teacher‟s day & Engineers Day Celebration
Every year during the occasion of Janamastami, the
students council organises Dahi Handi competition.
This year it was organised on 29th August, and
several teams within the college participated. A
great deal of enthusiasm was witnessed among the
students. The winning team was awarded a cash
prize of Rs 1000/.
Due to inconvenience, both the functions were held
on same day. The function commenced with lighting
the lamp by honorable principal V B Kamat,
accompanied by the HOD of Science & Humanity
Dept. Dr Sebastian Mesquita, followed by a
Baratnatyam dance & Konkani Skit. The principal
addressed the students about the aspect of „teachers
in student life‟. The vote of thanks was given by
General Secretary Clarence Henriques. The program
ended with the national anthem.
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“Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without
Improvement are roads of Genius”
- William Blake
Tandav 5.0
The annual inter branch cultural
event of Goa Engineering College,
TANDAV 5.0 was held from
29th
September to 1st October.
The
students
from
different
departments
showed
active
participation in both Sports &
Cultural events. This was the fifth
edition of the event.
Celebration of 50th Goa
Liberation Day
Prior to Goa Liberation Day,
„MASHAL YATRA‟ as a part of
completing 50 years of Goan
Liberation was held in the
college. Wherein the march with
torch went through the entire
campus.
Large
number
of
students and staff participated in
this YATRA on the eve of
Liberation Day.
Special Chopper carrying the CMD of
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Nestle India Ltd. landed at Gymkhana
Ground on 6th Jan. 2012
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“The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic diagram”
- Thomas Koenig
Intercollegiate One Act Play
GEC won first prize in Sakal
Karandak Ekankika Spardha -2012
Goa Zone, which was held at
Ravindra Bhavan Margao on
5/01/2012.
Now
GEC
will
be
competing at Pune for the final.
After 4 to 5 months of regular hard
work, GEC students comprising of 16
members could achieve this for first
time in last few years of GEC
history.
Let’s Test our Science!
1) You have two bars of iron. One is magnetized along its length, the other is not. Without using any other instrument and avoiding
north south direction basis, can you find out which is which?
2) Place 2 fingers at the end of a yard stick. Slowly move the finger toward each other. As you will discover always meet in the
middle of yard stick. Now place both finger in the middle of stick. Slowly try moving the two of them out to the opposite ends.
This time you will find that one finger remains in the middle while other moves to the end. Can u explain why?
3) A clever scientist in his lab can bring pure water to a vigorous boil, then immediately pour the water over his head without
scalding himself. How does he do it?
4) Is balancing a baseball bat vertically on your hand easier with the larger end at the top or with the smaller end at the top?
Support Your Answer.
5) You're on a train that's moving forward at 50 mph. You throw a ball in the direction that the train is moving. Relative to you and
the train, the ball leaves your hand travelling at 20 mph. From the point of view of someone standing alongside the tracks, how
fast is the ball moving?
6) How can you sink a needle that is floating in a bowl of water without touching it, dropping anything on it, or shaking the bowl?
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“The finest task for an Engineer – to survey, to plan, to suggest resources and
material, assemble them for task in hand, implement and produce results”
-SIR M.VISVESVARAYA
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7) If a light oxygen tank were tied to a bird so that it can breathe on the moon, would the bird fly faster,
slower or the same speed as it does on earth? (Remember
that there is less gravity on the moon)
8) Two identical jars are placed on a scale, each with one fruit fly in it. One fly is flying and the other one
is sitting. Which jar weighs more & why?
9) You have a cup of water with one cube of ice in it. When the ice cube melts
would there be more water, the same amount of water, or less water in the cup?
10) It is estimated that the earth weighs 6 sextillion tons. How much more would the earth weigh if one
sextillion tons of concrete and stone were used to build a large wall?
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