Dr. D Nagesh Kumar and Dr. Sudhirkumar Barai Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 721 302 India Email : nagesh@civil.iitkgp.ernet.in Fax : (03222) 55303 Phone : (03222) 83436 (O), (03222) 83437 (R)
HIGHLIGHTS AND COURSE CONTENTS
Tremendous developments took place in Information Technology (IT) over the last decade. IT has almost become indispensable in every field of life. IT has also made its strong impact in various disciplines of civil engineering over the past few years. The proposed two week short term course `Advanced IT Applications to Civil Engineering' (AITACE) aims at deliberating on various applications of IT in different disciplines of civil engineering such as structural, water resources, environmental, transportation and geo-technical engineering. This course covers introduction to following topics and their applications to civil engineering fields.