M.Tech. (Excavation Engineering):

Scope and application to Industry

Department offers PG course M.Tech. (Excavation Engineering) course which is available to Civil, Construction and Mining Engineering graduates through GATE.

Vision:

To maintain the standard of mining education and commitment for basic research and applied research in the diverse fields of mining, excavation engineering and other interdisciplinary areas and continuously striving to be recognized internationally for education, research and service to the mining and allied industry.

Mission:

To create an environment conducive for attaining professional competence in the field of Mining Engineering and to provide specialized training for developing need-based human resource, while fostering within students and staff committed to academic, social and professional development.

Scope of Excavation Engineering
Excavation industry has seen an exponential growth in India in the last decade with respect to excavations in soil and rock strata. The prime areas where it is required are:
Slope engineering, tunnels engineering, underground space technology, underground waterways, caverns for power houses, foundations for high rise building, railways, metros, soil exploration, environmental restoration , dam foundation excavation and also development of rapid transit, parking, utilities, sewage and water-treatment plants, fluid storage, warehouses surface mines, underground mines . Some of the problems tackled by excavation engineers are in the areas of deep excavations, excavations in fragile and mountainous regions, excavations and tunneling in urban areas, utilization of underground space in urban areas for storage, waste disposal and habitats, reduction in excavation costs, management of excavations, and making mining ores and building material profitable and sustainable.
Professionals trained in the above areas are essentially to meet the challenges and contribute effectively in this nation building activity.
Engineers after completion of this course are intended to provide the input to enhance their engineering knowledge in the field of excavation engineering, sub-surface space technology and for mining which would be useful to serve the construction and mining industry in most technically and economically effective way.

Objectives the M.Tech Course:

• To train students at post graduate level in the area of excavation engineering, slope designs, sub-surface road designs, mechanized drivages and blasting methods, and produce professionals to serve the challenges of the huge excavation industry in the country and abroad.
• To generate new knowledge and enhance economy, productivity and safety of excavation industry including, tunneling, mining, and underground space technology.

This PG Course is designed with following curriculum content. Students are imparted with knowledge and trained to cater the need of excavation and related construction industry:

Outcome, knowledge and scope of M.Tech.(Excavation Engineering), VNIT for construction and mining Industry and prospective Employer:
Graduates have potential for
1. Application of experimental knowledge for Geo-technical studies for rock and soil to generate the field and laboratory data for surface and underground excavations for construction and mining Industry.
2. Design of engineered slope and its stability through numerical modelling techniques.
3. Modelling of surface and underground excavations for stress and stability analysis.
4. Support and lining design for surface and sub-surface excavation like caverns, tunnels, underground stations, hydroelectric projects, waterways etc.
5. Application of underground drivage technology for openings and tunnels like roadheaders, excavators, drilling-blasting, Tunnel Boring Machines(TBM) etc.
6. Use of Blasting Technology with non-electric initiation systems using down-the-hole delays and shock tube; Air-deck blasting for safe and economic operations; Controlled perimeter blasting for increased pull in underground excavations;
7. Prediction, monitoring and control of blast induced ground vibration, noise and air-overpressure and study of structural response;
8. Design of supports-natural (ribs/sills, pillars/remnants etc.) as well as artificial (roof bolts, mobile supports and other conventional supports), especially during underground extraction and subsequent validation with emphasis on underground roadways for mining and tunneling in soft strata.
9. Groundwater management along with ground improvement techniques with emphasis on grouting.
10. Environmental monitoring, evaluation of environmental parameters, critical analysis of parameters and preparation of EIA and management plan of mines and allied industry.
11. Application of contract and construction management techniques for excavation and construction industry.

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