Civil Insight: A Technical Magazine Volume 2 | Page 9

CIVIL INSIGHT 2018 9 MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT Dr. Prachand Man Pradhan Associate Professor and Head of Department Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering Kathmandu University I am really proud of my students of Civil Engineering who are about to publish the second issue of ‘Civil Insight: A Technical Magazine’ through the Kathmandu University Civil Engineering Club (KUCEC). I can imagine how much effort and dedication it needs for this purpose and from the fi rst issue’s indication, I am confi dent that this issue too will be outstanding. The ISSN number has also been acquired this time with the sole effort of our students. I appreciate the contributing authors and the well-wishers who have supported for this magazine’s success in the past and expect their continuous cooperation in days to come. I am sure that the articles will be useful to the readers as well as to the researchers in Civil Engineering arena. Lastly, let me congratulate KUCEC, faculties who have helped directly or indirectly and the dedicated editorial team for this magazine’s publication. I wish a grand success of SANKALPA’18 program.