SECOND YEAR M.E.

CEM
In second year of ME course, students are required
to complete
1)
Attend the course on Preparation of Master
Thesis.One course on research methodology will
be conducted.This will include literature survey
problem
identification
analysis
and
interpretation of results and technical paper
writing. (5-6 hours duration)
2)
One seminar on special topic (100 marks)
3)
Thesis (100 marks 3rd sem and 200 marks
4th sem )
a. Do a project
b.Writea Thesis
c. Give a public, oral presentation of the final
project
A student is:

1.encouraged to learn instead of trying to

know everything
2.learn to plan activities in consultation with
guide
3.develop the ability to apply knowledge in
practice
4.design a final project in consultation with
guide
5.develop the ability
to do research, to
measure, to collect data, to arrange these
data and to
6.interpret the data and generate conclusions ,
take initiative

List of projects/seminar topics is given here. This is

just informative list. Some more topics will be
added. You can also contact the guide and discuss
any other topic you wish to take.
The syllabus copy is also attached herewith.
Carefully read the syllabus details on page 4. Also
read contents on page 32 on words very carefully.

LIST OF TOPICS FOR M.E. PROJECT

1.Managing and controlling of onsite construction

materials
2.Comparisons /issues of various methodologies
for determination of Construction Time and
Extension of Time for Construction Engineering
Projects.
3.Factors affecting project cost and time
4.Effect of value engineering in management of
buildings
5.Development of resource management system
for a construction project

6.Evaluation of new technologies and their impact

on construction of road projects
7.Green house building
8. SRA projects in Mumbai
9. Monorail project
10. Metro rail project
11. Eastern highway project
12. New lines planned in Mumbai
13.
MUTP I
14. MUTP II
15. MUTP III
16. Issue of trespassing of tracks
17. Integrated management system for site
quality control
18. Labour welfare systems and their
effectiveness

19. Schedule Delay Analysis in Construction

Projects: Window analysis or time impact
analysis, as built as planned Analysis using P6
20. Assessing Methodologies for Quantifying
Lost Productivity: measured mile approach
(project specific measurement), total cost
method, comparative approach etc.
21. Project controls in a feedback environment what happens to control of a schedule where a
small change tends to snowball into ever
increasing delay, and how to place controls that
"break" such a feedback?
22. Application of expert system on disputes of
competitive contracts of construction project
23. Built/ operate and transfer contracting
24. Deriving an approximate method for cost
estimation, i.e. Cost estimation and cost
management

25. Management of Assets, issues and control

26. Project Controls, more towards Time,
schedule control, using P6, Earned Value
27. Construction quality management
28. Design-build/alternative contracting
29. leadership development in construction
industry
30. Preservation of Pavement , project
management
31. Rapid infrastructure renewal
32. Sustainable construction
33. Road maintenance and rehabilitation
34. Rapid infrastructure renewal
35. Pavement preservation project management
36. Nighttime work zones
37. Improving productivity of road equipment
38. Improving productivity of excavation

39. Construction method improvement

40. Data fusion/data integration for construction
management
41. Construction visualization
42. Construction administration improvement
43. Building
information
modeling
for
visualization/facility management
44. Building energy management
45. Automation
in
construction
project
management
46. Accelerated construction
47. Application of computer systems for site
management of construction projects
48. Applications of informatics to construction
49. Construction quality management
50. Data and information integration models for
decision making
51. Development of integrated labour site cost
management system for construction project

52. Developing an integrated labour site

management system for construction projects
53. Development of qualification based standard
selection model for contractor selection
54. Implementation of TQM planning and
control in construction project/power plants
55. Infrastructure asset management
56. Life cycle cost analysis
57. Remote
sensing
applications
for
construction/infrastructure management
58. Sustainable infrastructure