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DEPARTMENT OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

About The Department

The Department of Earthquake Engineering started as School of Research and Training in Earthquake Engineering
(SRTEE) in 1960 and was renamed as Department of Earthquake Engineering in 1969. It is internationally recognized
as a leading centre of Earthquake Engineering and is actively engaged in teaching, training, research, development
and consultancy. The Department offers M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees and electives at undergraduate level. The
Department also conducts short-terms courses for training of teachers and professionals in the area of Earthquake
Engineering. The Department has played a key role in providing consultancy services to a large number of
government and non-government organizations on major engineering projects involving earthquake resistant design
of structures and equipment of various types. These include nuclear, hydro and thermal power projects, refinery and
industrial complexes, major concrete, masonry and earth dams, bridges, multistoried buildings and many other special
structures. The department provides major inputs in the formulation of Indian Standard codes of practice related to
Earthquake Engineering. The Department also houses the headquarters of the Indian Society of Earthquake
Technology.
Department is currently engaged in several important studies such as Seismic Microzonation of Mega Cities, Seismic
Hazard and Risk, System Identification of Structures, Earthquake Response Analysis, Seismic evaluation and
vulnerability assessment; and seismic retrofitting of structures, Structure Response Control, Seismic base isolation of
buildings, Inelastic Seismic analysis and Performance Based Seismic Design (PBSD).
 Research And Facilities

Areas of Expertise Laboratories

lSeismic hazard and risk analysis lShock Table Laboratory
lSite specific design earthquake parameter studies lShake Table Laboratory
lSeismic analysis and design of structures lQuasi Static Testing Laboratory

lVibration control lSoil Dynamics Laboratory

lNon-linear finite element analysis lStructural Dynamics Laboratory

lMachine foundations lSeismological Observatory

lGeotechnical Earthquake engineering

lDynamic characteristics of soils

Major Projects
lSoil liquefaction

lSeismic slope stability and embankments

lMicroseismic zonation and prediction of earthquake
hazards in the Himalayas
Major Equipment/Facilities lStudy of shallow earthquake using SAR differential

interferometry
lServo-hydraulic controlled shake table facility lBroad band seismographs network for modeling of

lDynamic tri-axial testing facility earthquake source and upper crust

lStrong motion arrays lIndo-Norwegian collaborative project on seismic risk

lStrong Floor, Reaction Walls and Servo-Hydraulic reduction in Indian subcontinent.

Actuators lSeismic studies, upgradation and maintenance of

lShock Table facility instrumented multistoried building.

lLiquefaction table lSite specific strong ground motion prediction and

study of local site effects using 3-D simulation of

seismic wave propagation
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Academic Programmes

Postgraduate
M.Tech. (Structural Dynamics):
This PG program is aimed at complementing and augmenting the basic training imparted in UG Civil Engineering
curriculum to design structures for dynamic loads. While the primary emphasis is on the design for earthquake effects,
the training equips the students to handle any dynamic problem, such as, strong winds, machine induced vibrations
etc.
M.Tech. (Soil Dynamics):
This PG program focuses on all the important aspects of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in addition to other
areas of Soil Dynamics. The curriculum covers dynamic soil properties, ground response analysis, liquefaction of soils,
seismic stability of slopes and retaining walls, earthquake resistant design of foundations, seismic ground improvement
techniques and machine foundatios.
M.Tech. (Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment):
This PG program has been started from the current academic session 2012-2013. This program aims to provide
students with a robust appreciation of Earthquake Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk and cater to the needs of major
industries, large engineering projects and utilities, infrastructure, urban population, economy and society at large.
Postgraduate Programmes

List of courses
M.Tech. (Structural Dynamics):
l Theory of Vibration
l Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
l Advanced Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures.
l Finite Element Method for Static & Dynamic Problems
l Earthquake Resistant Design of Bridges and Dams.
l Earthquake Resistant Design of Masonary Structures
l Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of Structures
l Reliability Based Design

M.Tech. (Soil Dynamics):

l Theory of Vibration
l Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction
l Earthquake Resistant Design of Foundations
l Finite Element Method for Static & Dynamic Problems
l Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
l Ground Improvement Techniques
l Machine Foundations
l Seismic Slope Stability

M.Tech. (Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment):

l Vibration of Elastic Media
l Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Analysis
l Earthquake Precursors and Early Warning Systems
lGeoinformatics
lSeismic Instrumentation and Model Testing
lSeismological Modeling and Simulation
lSeismic Risk Mitigation and Management

For detailed course structure/syllabi please refer the link :

http://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/EQ/pages/Academics+Courses_Offered.html
 A Glance At Our Recent Works

Pushover Testing of Infilled Soft-storey frame Testing of interior beam-column joint

with open ground storey specimens under cyclic loading

Soil profiling using MASW technique Testing of Masonry Buildings on

Shock Table

Testing of a Steel Frame on Bore-hole Testing of Soil

Shake Table
List of companies
lDar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners) India Pvt Ltd.
lKalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
lLarsen & Toubro Ltd., Construction

lLovely Professional University,Jalandhar,Punjab,India

lMangalayatan University, Aligarh, India

lPratap University, Sunderpura (Chandwaji),Delhi-Jaipur Highway, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

lPrempraksh Gupta Institute of Engineering and Management, Bareily, Uttar Pradesh.

lSMEC India Pvt. Ltd.

lSpectrum Techno Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

lTATA Consulting Engineers Limited

lTata Steel Ltd.

lWater and Power Consultancy India Ltd(WAPCOS)

lAarvee Associates Architects Engineers & Consultants Pvt Ltd

lCareer Point Ltd

lChoice Solutions

lCognizant Technology Solutions

lDe Core Science & Technologies Limited (Product Designer)

lEgis India Consulting Engineers

lW S ATKINS India Pvt. Ltd.

Message from The Head of Department

Prof. H.R. Wason

Earthquakes do not kill people, structurally unsound buildings do

Almost 59 percent of Indian landmass is prone to earthquakes and associated societal aspects
necessitate trained human resource development. It gives me pleasure to give an insight to the PG
programmes offered by the Department of Earthquake Engineering, a unique department of its kind in
the country, which bears an interdisciplinary character and is closely linked with the practical
earthquake resistant design of structures. These programmes with specialisation in 'Structural
Dynamics', 'Soil Dynamics' and 'Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment' are designed to enable
students have a deeper understanding of practical design problems of structural and geotechnical
engineering, and seismic hazard and risk assessment and train them in meeting the challenges of real
life problems faced by industry in the fields of energy, infrastructure, building and construction,
insurance, and risk planning. The Department envisions to produce earthquake engineers well versed
with the modern computational tools, techniques and design procedures needed for solving industrial
problems.

Department Faculty Incharge Department Coordinators (Student)

(Placement) Postgraduate
Dr. Yogendra Singh Shakeel Ahmad Waseem
Associate Professor M.Tech. (Structural Dynamics)
Department of Earthquake Engineering Department of Earthquake Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee- 247667, Uttarakhand, India Roorkee- 247667, Uttarakhand, India
Phone: +91-1332-285534 Phone No: +91-9758461370
Email: yogenfeq@iitr.ernet.in Email id: shakeelwaseem@ymail.com