Research at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Research

Research
Highlights

Centre of Excellence

Faculty Research

Student Research

Innovation and Competency

Consultancy Works

CONSULTANCY THROUGH INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH CENTRE (ICRC)

Academic Year: 2016-17

Academic Year: 2015-16

Academic Year: 2014-15

Academic Year: 2013-14

Academic Year: 2012-13

MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

The projects which received funding amount greater than Rs. 1,00,000/- are indicated below:

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

VISION

Providing leadership for research, development, capacity building and transfer of technology for applications of Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering

MISSION

To address problems in Civil Engineering domain by employing Artificial Intelligence techniques

THRUST AREA

Development of models in water resources, coastal, environmental, geo-technical, transportation and structural engineering using AI techniques such as ANN, Deep learning, Genetic Programming, Support vectors, Fuzzy logic, Random forest
Exploring latest AI techniques for possible applications in Civil Engineering

GOALS

Incorporating AI component in all domains of civil engineering
Development of AI based models for government as well as non-government organizations, industries.
Training civil Engineering faculty in various engineering colleges in AI techniques
Involving UG/PG/PhD students in research and development activities in the field of AI
Develop and deliver academic courses containing AI techniques for students of Civil Engineering

SCIENTIFIC STRENGTH

Dr. Preeti Kulkarni : faculty In-charge COE-AAICE
Prof. Shreenivas Londhe , Professor ,Civil Engineering Department
Prof. Shardul Joshi, Professor ,Civil Engineering Department
Dr. Pradnya Dixit , Associate Professor , Civil Engineering Department
Dr. Shrikant Shinde, Head and Associate Professor , Civil Engineering Department
Prof. Yogesh Dandawate, Professor ,E and TC Department
Dr. Kirti Wanjale , Associate Professor ,Computer Engineering Department

ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT – RELATED TO UG. PG COURSE (IRRIGATION ENGINEERING, HYDROLOGY)

An Android app is developed for forecasting the Krishna River flow at different locations as per the requirement of Sangali irrigation section, WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra

Aim : To develop an handy mobile android app for flood forecasting which will be utilised to give an early warnings of floods at the time of real time decision support system by the engineers of WRD , Govt. of Maharashtra . This app is delivered to Sangli Irrigation division, WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra
Faculty Involved: Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit, Dr. P.S. Kulkarni, Dr. K. Wanjale (This app is developed in together efforts of Civil and Computer engineering department. It is an Interdisciplinary innovative Application)

Faculties of Department of Civil Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune (VIIT., Pune), Prof. Shreenivas Londhe, Dr. Pradnya Dixit, Dr. Preeti Kulkarni, Dr. Keerti Wanjale (Computer Engineering Department) developed an ANDROID APPLICATION for 24 to 72 hours advance forecasting of Krishna River flow, with the help of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and GENETIC SYSTEM and was handed over to Water Resources Department of Maharashtra Government on 30th September 2022.

On this occasion, Hon. Mr. V. G. Rajput, Secretary of Water Resources Department of Government of Maharashtra (Project Coordination) Department of Water Resources, Ministry, Mumbai, Prof. D. G. Regular -Professor Govt. College of Engineering, Aurangabad, Mr. Bharat Agarwal – Managing Trustee VIIT, Pune, Prof. V. S. Deshpande, Director – VIIT, Pune, Dr. H. T. Dhumal – Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department Pune, Er. M. J. Naik – Superintending Engineer of Sangli Irrigation Department, Dr. S. T. Shinde -Associate Professor & Head, VIIT Pune, Mr. Bandivadekar -Executive Engineer, Kolhapur Irrigation Department and all department heads, deans, faculty and students of VIIT were present.

By predicting the flow of the river 24 to 72 hours in advance through this system, it will be possible to reduce financial and life losses in the area.

At the same time, “CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING” was inaugurated in the Department of Civil Engineering

GLIMPSES OF DEPLOYMENT CEREMONY

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

LIST OF JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 2018-19 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 2019-20 NATIONAL CONFERENCES

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 2018-19 NATIONAL CONFERENCES

NATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

RESEARCH PAPER PUBLICATION- INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: 2017-18

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: 2016-17

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: 2015-16

BOOKS PUBLISHED

LIST OF BOOKS: 2017-18

LIST OF BOOKS:2016-17

LIST OF BOOKS:2015-16

Student publications

INNOVATION AND COMPETENCY

Vishwakarma Online Learning Platform (VOLP): All the faculty members of Civil Engineering department use VOLP for course development, planning, execution, sharing of notes, Laboratory videos created by self.
Easy Pariksha Portal, Easy check, plagiarism check: All the faculty members of Civil Engineering department use Easy Pariksha System for assessment of students performance.
Faculty members use Ithenticate software for plagiarism check provided by the own VIIT institute.
Experiment deliverable videos created by faculties in institute laboratory: Few faculty members have created the videos of laboratory experiments and those were made available to all the concerned students through VOLP/ Google class etc.
Innovative efforts: Prof. Londhe and Dr. Dixit prepared deliverable videos for the laboratory experiments of Fluid Mechanics subjects for SY BTECH students.

Some of the links of these videos are presented below.

INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

a. Android app development – related to UG. PG course (Irrigation Engineering, Hydrology)

An Android app is developed for forecasting the Krishna River flow at different locations as per the requirement of Sangali irrigation section, WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra

Aim : To develop an handy mobile android app for flood forecasting which will be utilised to give an early warnings of floods at the time of real time decision support system by the engineers of WRD , Govt. of Maharashtra . This app is delivered to Sangli Irrigation division, WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra
Faculty Involved: Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit, Dr. P.S. Kulkarni, Dr. K. Wanjale (This app is developed in together efforts of Civil and Computer engineering department. It is an Interdisciplinary innovative Application)

30^th Sept 2022 , Deployment Ceremony of WRD Application

Sr. No.

Title of the Product

Faculty involved

Output and remarks

Photos of working models

Flow forecasting models for Krishna River basin using data driven techniques specially for Ankali station

Prof. S.N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit, Dr. P.S. Kulkarni
Product is delivered to Sangli Irrigation division, WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra.

Output: DDT models
Data was received from WRD.

Model	Input	Output
Model 1	Krishna (t), Khodshi(t)	Irwin (t)
Model 2	Krishna (t-1), Khodshi(t-1)	Irwin (t)
Model 3	Krishna (t), Khodshi(t), Krishna (t-1), Khodshi(t-1)	Irwin (t)
Model 4	Krishna (t), Khodshi(t), Krishna (t-1), Khodshi(t-1)	Irwin (t+1)
Model 5	Krishna (t), Khodshi(t), Krishna (t-1), Khodshi(t-1)	Irwin (t+2)
Model 6	Irwin (t), Warna(t)	Ankali(t)
Model 7	Irwin (t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t)
Model 8	Irwin (t), Warna(t), Irwin (t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t)
Model 9	Irwin (t), Warna(t), Irwin (t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t+1)
Model 10	Irwin (t), Warna(t), Irwin (t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t+2)
Model 11	Irwin (P)(t), Warna(t)	Ankali(t)
Model 12	Irwin (P)(t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t)
Model 13	Irwin (P)(t), Warna(t), Irwin(P) (t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t)
Model 14	Irwin (P)(t), Warna(t), Irwin (P)(t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t+1)
Model 15	Irwin (P)(t), Warna(t), Irwin (P)(t-1), Warna(t-1)	Ankali(t+2)

Development of Data Driven Models for forecasting the Koyana reservoir inflow and outflow:

These models were developed using the previously measured rainfall data of 9 rain gauge stations of Koyana catchment and Inflow-outflow records of Koyana reservoir (operated and maintained by WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra) . Models were developed as per the requirement of WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra using the specific combinations of input -output parameters .

Sr. No.	Title of the Product	Faculty involved	Output and remarks	Photos of working models
1	Flow forecasting models for Krishna River basin using data driven techniques specially for Ankali station	Prof. S.N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit, Dr. P.S. Kulkarni Product is delivered to Sangli Irrigation division, WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra.	Output: DDT models Data was received from WRD.

Application of ANNs in Civil Engg –An innovative lecture series

This series was conducted by Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit, Dr. P. S. Kulkarni, in almost all the major institutes of SPPU within the Maharashtra and in few institutes outside of Maharashtra also.It is a continuous activity from 2018-19.

Development of new courses at UG and PG levels:

Faculties of Civil Engineering department has contributed in the new course development at VIIT and at SPPU for UG and PG level courses.

UG Level Course: TY BTECH: in SPPU: Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P. R. Dixit, Dr. P.S. Kulkarni designed an open elective course of “Artificial Neural Network” in VIIT and SPPU and successfully implemented the course in 2020-21 , 2021-22.
PG Level Course: FY MTECH: Prof. S. N. Londhe designed an open elective course of “Soft Computing Techniques” in VIIT and successfully implemented the course in 2020-21, 2021-22.

Development of training program on formwork technique industry people:

Mr. R.A. Joshi trained the industry people for formwork technique

Development of staircase models: Dr. Preeti Kulkarni developed various staircase models for demonstrating various types of staircases to undergraduate students under the umbrella of building planning and construction courses.

Development of Plaster Machine:

Dr. A.G. Tanawade developed the plastering machine. This project focuses on establishing standard Quality Control/Quality Assurance guidelines for the cement mortar used in plastering machine. Additionally, the work also intends to develop improved Plastering Machine catering to the indigenous requirements and applications.

Construction of ferrocrete concrete water tank for Valene village: A joint effort of students and faculty of Civil Engg.

Department; Dr. A.G. Tanawade: VIIT’s Civil Engineering department constructed a Ferrocement Water Tank of capacity 2500 liters at the primary school of Valene village which is adopted by VIIT under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (#UBA) & National Service Scheme (#NSS); solving the crucial problem of water scarcity that was faced by the primary school students, especially during the summer season. Ferrocement Water Tank is a cost effective and durable solution to conventional plastic water tanks.

**Fabrication and press filling of mortar work**

Inhouse development in FM lab of experimental set ups to explain the theoretical concepts through experimental set ups:

Dr. Dixit and Prof. Londhe along with Mr. Bhagat (lab assistant FM LAB) developed few experimental set ups which are in regular use for laboratory sessions of SY and TY BTECH students. Total 9 instrument set ups are there which are showcased below.

Outcome of the in-house development:

A joint effort of both faculty members and UG students resulting in experiential learning
Complex concepts taught in the classroom that are difficult to understand, are understood easily
Approximately more than 500 students have performed their experiments on these setups

Sr. No.	Title of the model/ chart / monogram	Course name and faculty involved	Concept / phenomenon covered through this model
1	Water lifting device (Inhouse development: Developed by the students for the students)	Fluid Mechanics II TY BTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R.Dixit)	How to lift the water using the water energy and pressure energy concept.
2	Three Reservoir Problem set up (Inhouse development: Developed by the students for the students)	Fluid Mechanics I SY BTECH Course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R.Dixit)	To explain the three Reservoir Problem concept
3	Humps (Outcome of BCUD Funded project)	Fluid Mechanics II TY BTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit)	To explain the transitions in open channel flows using abrupt rise in the bed level: Total 46 humps were developed
4	Electrical analogy set up	Fluid Mechanics II TY BTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit)	To study the concept of flow below the weir using electrical analogy
5	Aerodynamic styling of cars	Fluid Mechanics II TY BTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit)	To determine the drag on the various car models
6	Heleshaw apparatus	Fluid Mechanics I SY BTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R.Dixit)	To observe and understand the characteristics of Laminar flow
7	Discharge measuring instrument	Fluid Mechanics I SY BTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R.Dixit)	Calibration of Venturimeter and orifice meter
8	Set up for development of boundary over flat plate in wind Tunnel for horizontal movement	Fluid Mechanics II TY BTECH , FY MTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit)	Development of boundary over flat plate
9	Velocity Distribution set up	Fluid Mechanics II TY BTECH , FY MTECH course (Prof. S. N. Londhe, Dr. P.R. Dixit)	Velocity Distribution set up