Preface

Civil Engineers are the builders of a nation. They always have played a significant role in providing the infrastructure required for the society. Ever increasing population, rapid urbanization and industrialization, global warming and climate change, increasing incidents of natural and manmade hazards and environmental degradation have become major concerns of the society today and these concerns pose several challenges to the Civil Engineers. There has been a noticeable change in the environment within which civil engineers carry out their work. There is a growing concern on the adverse consequences of the development activities. There is a need for Civil Engineers to rise up to face these challenges and contribute to the development and betterment of the nation in all core areas. A multitude of threats confront us in our effort to achieve the same. Civil engineers have always been looking for innovative tools and techniques for solving the challenging problems that they face during planning, analysis, design and construction of civil engineering structures. It was in this context that the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India, has come out with the proposal of organizing an International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Structures 2020 (ICMMS 2020) with major funding from Technical Education Quality Improvement Program-Phase III. This conference was aimed to provide a forum to all Civil Engineers to deliberate on the innovative tools and techniques that are needed to face the challenges in the fields of Materials, Mechanics and Structures. List of Comittees and editors are available in this pdf.