International Civil Engineering Conference
Civil Engineers should try to learn from the traditional structures (edifices) which are very good examples of sustainable structures, expressed V. Saraswathy, Chief Scientist at CSIR –CERCI, Karaikudi.
She said this while delivering the inaugural address at the Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Practices and Advancements in Civil Engineering (SPACE’22) recently, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering of PSG iTech in association with Deakin University, Australia, the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), and the American Concrete Institute.
Prof. Rajkumar elaborated on the conference theme and shared the unique features of the conference. Ms.Saraswathy, in her address, emphasized the importance of sustainability aspects and advanced materials used in the construction of infrastructure in recent days.
This two-day international conference featured six keynote speakers from different parts of the world and eleven technical sessions on various interesting topics. Around 84 research papers were presented after careful scrutiny of 124 papers received from various Colleges and Universities across the world. Ms.Saraswathy also released the proceedings of the conference.