SMVITM Civil Engineering Students Won KSCST State Level Best Project Award

Final year Civil Engineering students of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVITM), Bantakal have won the State Level Best Project Award for the project title “Sensor based device for predicting moisture content of agricultural field and safe bearing capacity of soil” organized by Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology for the year 2020-21.

The project work was carried out by Naveen Hegde, Harshavardhan N, Sowrav K, Mohammad Noufal under the guidance of Prof. Sunil Haldankar and Dr. Sachin S Bhat. The sensor based system uses Artificial Intelligence to measure the self bearing capacity and moisture content of the soil. At present penetration test is the method adopted to measure the moisture in soil need heavy instruments to carry out the test. Whereas the new method reduces the overall weight of the hammer from 65 kgs to 20 kgs and minimises the labour work involved. Also the sensors mounted on the device uses AI technology to measure the bearing capacity and other characteristics of the soil on the spot thus avoiding manual testing in the lab. Principal Dr. Thirumaleshwar Bhat and Management congratulated the team for their splendid achievement.