SMVDU Students presented a paper at an International Conference SDCEE-2024

B Tech students in the third year and final year of the School of Civil Engineering (SoCE), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University presented a technical paper at an International
Conference on “Sustainable Development in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (SDCEE 2024)”. Kevin Somra and Pooja Kharra presented a paper titled “Use of Spent Ballast as a Column Material for Enhancing Load Carrying Capacity of Soft Clay Bed:

Numerical Analysis” Another group of students Sashwat Singh, Abhijeet Gupta, and Rishikesh Kanitkar also presented a paper titled “Utilisation of fly ash as a top layer of
foundation under embankment loading: Numerical Study”. Also, Abhivek Singh, Mansi Thakur, Sagar Singh, and Khwaish Gupta presented a paper titled “Application of
demolished construction waste as a column infill to improve soft soil’s strength: Numerical Analysis”. All the groups were guided by Mr Srijan (Assistant Professor, SoCE).

The conference was organized by Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. The papers of the students stand a chance of getting published in SCI/SCIE-indexed journals.