Civil Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium (CEURS) enables final year undergraduates to share and disseminate their research findings with the aid of a poster presentation together with an extended abstract of the research.
The proceedings of CEURS comprise the extended abstracts accepted for publication subsequent to review in three main sub-disciplines of Civil Engineering: Water and Environmental Engineering, Materials and Structural Engineering, and Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering.
The research symposium and its proceedings as a publication has given an excellent opportunity for undergraduates to experience the importance of conducting engineering research as well as the art of publishing research for wider dissemination.
The objectives of the CEURS:
- To develop students’ skills in research communication
- To provide students with opportunities to disseminate their research findings
- To further strengthen the research culture in the Department of Civil Engineering
Expected outcomes of the CEURS:
- Strengthened skills of research and analysis
- Improved writing and oral presentation skills of research among students
- Increased interaction among students
- Strengthened research culture within the department and the faculty
Themes
1. Water and Environment
Weather and climate analysis, coastal engineering and coastal zone management, wave and harbour processes, wave-structure interaction, tsunami and storm surge hydrodynamics, coastal hazard analysis and assessment, coastal sediment transport and morphological evolution, wave-current boundary layers, flow and sediment dynamics in rivers and channels, system dynamics in water resources management, reservoir water quality modeling, flood modeling, application of soft computing techniques in water management, sediment transport with non-uniform sediments, catchment erosion, performance of berm and reef breakwaters, dam safety and emergency action plan, water and wastewater treatment, material development for advanced water treatment processes, water quality and water safety, waste and landfill monitoring, waste and wastewater characterization, and adsorbent material characterization.
2. Structures and Materials
Engineering mechanics and materials, shear behaviour of concrete structures, structural retrofitting, non-linear simulation of concrete structures, temperature modelling of concrete, time-dependent behaviour of concrete, non-structural cracking of concrete, earthquake-resistant design and analysis of structures, precast/prestressed structural systems, self-centering structures, seismic pounding of structures, structural fire engineering, chemistry and microstructure of concrete, design of customized bone implants, mechanics of nanostructures, nanotechnology and application in concrete, numerical modeling of chemical processes/reaction kinetics of cementitious material, use of sustainable concrete materials such as slag, fly ash, silica fume, recycled aggregate, geopolymer, etc., performance of concrete, synthesize and formulate low CO₂ footprint concrete material, chemical admixtures for concrete, structural health monitoring, structural failures, stress analysis, fatigue of metals, earthquake engineering, blast resistant structures, ferro-cement, ground penetration radar, corrosion of steel structures.
3. Geotechnical and Transportation
Soil improvement chemical stabilization, alkali activated geopolymers as borehole well cement, mechanical integrity of well cement, mechanical method of ground improvement, feasibility of using pozzolanic materials (fly ash, silica fume, etc.) for geotechnical applications, geotechnical characteristics and modelling of municipal solid waste dump sites, shear strength characteristics and degradation of ballast in railroads, use of geomats for reinforcing earth, soil-gas diffusivity measurements and modeling in differently-characterized soils, diffusivity-based characterization of porous media for earth and space-based applications, and modeling multiphase transport of multicomponent gases in heterogeneous porous media, highway pavement behaviours, pedestrians’ safety and behaviors, efficiency of transport modes, mode choice analysis, GIS applications for land use changes and other engineering applications.
Important Dates
- Call for extended abstracts: 10th May 2023
- Deadline for extended abstracts submission : 29th May 2023
- Notification of acceptance of extended abstracts: 20th June 2023
- Submission of revised extended abstracts: 5th July 2023
- Notification of second revision: 20th July 2023
- Camera-ready copy submission: 5th August 2023
Submission Guidelines
Follow the submission guidelines to prepare your extended abstracts
- Page limit of extended abstract: Maximum 4 pages
- Font and font size: As specified in the template
- Key words: Up to 5
- Language: English
Submit your extended abstracts via the submission links provided on the website under “submission links” on or before the deadline specified under Important dates.
Upload your submission form to the same link under “Supplementary Materials”. No extended abstract will be accepted without the submission form.
Further, a high resolution (300dpi or higher) digital copy of the figures should be submitted. Number the figures in the order in which they are cited in the text.
All the submitted extended abstracts will be reviewed, and if accepted, the corresponding authors will be notified by the due date, along with the extended abstract and reviewers’ comments.