Guest Lecture On “Design Of Steel Structures”

The Department of Civil Engineering, organized a Guest Lecture on “Design of Steel Structures—Industrial Practice” on 11 Feb. 2020. The session was handled by Er. M. Jey Srether, an alumnus of the Department of Civil Engineering (M.E Structural Engineering 2010-12). Er. M. Jey Srether presently works as an Assistant Engineering Manager at Larsen & Toubro Constructions, Chennai and is an expert in Structural Steel Design. The guest lecture covered concepts of Steel Structure Design under different types of loading conditions, pre- engineered buildings and different building codes used in India and other countries for design. Mr. Jey Srether also explained in detail about the design of pipe rack structures used in Petrochemical and Power Plants and the launching techniques in steel bridges. The session was attended by the final year and pre-final year students and 12 faculty members from the department of Civil Engineering.