International Webinar series was organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research Coimbatore on 27th and 28th of May 2020.
The webinar was organised in association with Indian Chapter of American Concrete Institute and the Students Chapter of Indian Society for Technical Education(TN -366). A total of 678 participants attended the webinar.
Dr. S. Neelamani, Senior Research Scientist, Coastal Management Program, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KUWAIT was the guest speaker on 27th May 2020. Dr. S. Neelamani gave lecture on the topic Challenges for Civil Engineers in the Ocean & Coastal Engineering Developments.
Dr. S. Neelamani is involved in the development of Ocean and Coastal Engineering technologies and works on the environmental impacts and technical challenges of Coastal Engineering projects. The lecture helped the students to apply the theoretical knowledge in the practical area of ocean and coastal engineering. The students learnt the uncertainties in the optimal design of structures for the ocean and coastalarea.
Dr. D. John Albino, Post-doctoral Researcher at University of Calgary Canada was the guest speaker on 28th May 2020. Dr. John gave lecture on Emerging Contaminants in wastewater and its treatment challenges with respect to tertiary treatment.
E-certificates were provided to all participants.