This book is designed for course on Basic Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The book closely follows the undergraduate engineering syllabus. The text has been infused with several short answer questions, fill in the blanks and true or false statements which will provide competitive edge to students and prove instrumental in preparation of competitive and university examinations.
G Shanmugam obtained his BE in Mechanical Engineering in 1951 from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, and ME in IC Engines in 1958 from Purdue University, USA, where he had an opportunity to serve as a part-time teaching Assistant. During his distinguished academic career, he has been in the teaching profession for the past 65 years, out of which he has taught abroad for 20 years. He has served as Professor of Mechanical Engineering at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, University of Basrah, Iraq, and Gulf Polytechnic, Bahrain. As founder Principal, he served in Mepco Schlenk Engineering College for a period of 18 years and developed it as the numero uno Technical Institution in Tamil Nadu. The college received the first National Award as the Best Engineering College in 1998 from ISTE, instituted by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai.
Prof. Shanmugam has received more than 13 personal awards at the regional, state and national levels including the Best Principal Award, Outstanding Engineer Award, Achiever Award and many more. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata. He is a Life Member of ISTE Quality Forum of India and Acoustic Society of India. At present, even at the age of 88, he is actively serving as Advisor at Kamaraj College of Engineering and Sri Vidya College of Engineering. He is also a member of the Governing Council at Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai. He is a widely travelled person having visited more than 17 countries so far. He has recently authored an autobiography titled Secret of Success and this book is being distributed to many school, college and polytechnic libraries, free of cost.
M S Palanichamy obtained a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from PSG College of Technology and MTech and PhD degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. His teaching experience spans over 43 years. He was a faculty of Anna University in the Structural Engineering Department for a decade. He served as the Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department and then as the Principal of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. Later he served as the Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, for two terms and Vice Chairman of Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education. Currently, he is serving as the Advisor of RMK Group of Engineering Colleges, Kavaraipettai, Chennai. He has published six books and 60 papers in his professional career. Also, four candidates have obtained their PhD degrees under his guidance.
He is a member of various professional bodies like American Concrete Institute (AUI), Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), Institution of Valuers, etc., and he has also served as the member of National Executive Council of the Indian Society of Technical Educational and All India Council for Technical Education and as member of Engineering Accreditation Committee, NBA, New Delhi. He was the Chairman, Board of Studies, Civil Engineering, of Madurai Kamaraj University and Anna University.
He has been conferred with many awards such as Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Fellowship by the Indian Society for Technical Education at State and National Level respectively, Live Award by Loyola College, Chennai, and France Heritage Award by Gavoty Foundation, France.
At present, he is serving in the governing councils of many technical institutions and private universities in Tamil Nadu.