Prof. Jin-Hung Hwang delivered the 1st INSPIRE Lecture Series in Civil Engineering

Prof Jin-Hung Hwang delivered the 1st INSPIRE Lecture Series in Civil Engineering in NIT Silchar on 10th November, 2010. It was organised by the Civil Engineering Society with the help of Prof. A.K. Dey of NIT Silchar. Prof Dey and Prof. Hwang are currently pursuing Indo-Taiwan Joint Research project on the following topic “Centrifuge modelling and Numerical Analysis on Seismic Response of Clay Embankment”.

Biography

Prof Hwang is a distinguished Professor of the Dept. of Civil Engineering of National Central University of Taiwan. His research interests are in Soil Liquefaction, Tunnel Engineering, Pile Engineering, Soft Clay Engineering, Geotechnical Construction Vibration.

Homepage:http://www.cv.ncu.edu.tw/html/_EnglishVersion/doc_html/00gd5.htm

 

Lecture Topic

Prof. Hwang delivered lectures of the following topics, the presentations of which are provided below.

1. Seismic Capacity Assessment of Sanyi Old Railway Tunnel.

2. A practical reliability-based method for assessing Soil-Liquefaction Potential.

Summary

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More than 150 undergraduate and graduate students of Civil Engineering Dept. of NIT Silchar attended the event including Prof. Satyabrata Choudhury, Dr. A.K. Das and Mr. Parthajit Roy.  Prof. Hwang encouraged NIT Silchar students to apply to NCU for Masters and Doctoral studies and scholarships. Prof. A. K. Dey also expressed his comments and knowledge on the topic after the lecture.

The event was coordinated by Amartya Dey (General Secretary, CES) and Manabendra Saharia (Coordinator, MISSION 2015).

Read about MISSION 2015 here:

https://cesnitsilchar.wordpress.com/mission-2015/

Management Studies and CAT Preparation

SPEAKER: Mr. Nabanshu Bhattacharjee (NIT Silchar, ECE Class of 2008).

Total Attendees: 230 students, 20th September 2010.

Presently: Pursuing MBA in IIM Lucknow.

Mission 2015 is a comprehensive 5 year initiative by Civil Engineering Society(CES) with innovative programs like INSPIRE Lecture Series in Civil Engineering, INSPIREmini, INSPIRING INTERNS, Koffee with CES.

As a part of our INSPIREmini Series programme CES cordially invited Nabhanshu Bhattacharjee, from IIM Lucknow (NIT Silchar, ECE Class of 2008). He belled the CAT with a score of 99.6 percentile.  Prior to his IIM life, he worked in IBM Bangalore, as an application developer.

The session was organised on 20^th September 2010 in CET hall.  It was expected to be a 1-hr session but was prolonged due to an overwhelming response wherein around 200 students took part.  The session was kick started with a brief introduction of the day’s guest by chief coordinator, Manabendra Saharia.  The General Secretary of the Gymkhana, Sourav Dhal, took the opportunity to acknowledge the civil engineering society for being vibrant and active and wished all the success in its endeavours.  The General Secretary of CES, Amartya Dey, felicitated the guest and extended a hearty welcome on our campus.  The photography secy, Debankur Jana, helped in capturing the moments of the seminar.

The guest chose not to be monotonic, but was keen in having an interactive session.  He first gathered the queries which ranged from preparation perspective of entrances to the life beyond.  Most of the questions seemed to be clustered around the preparation of CAT, as it is of prime importance for 4^th year and 3^rd year students.  The questions also hovered around the necessity of further studies after a Bachelor’s degree.  Though time was a constraint the session was highly productive to the gathering as the guest tried to clear the general cobwebs which a student in a professional college encounters.  He was also generous to offer another visit for an exclusive CAT seminar as he felt that it should be dealt with in depth analysis.

The session was concluded with a memento presentation to Nabanshu Bhattacharjya by general secretary of CES on behalf of the gathering.

This news report was prepared by an enthusiastic first-year student of the Dept. of Civil Engg., NIT Silchar – Praveen Kumar (Civil Engineering, Class of 2014). CES wishes him lots of luck for his career and hopes that more young students will take an interest in the activities of CES.