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- Dr. Tarun Gupta delivered lecture talk entitled "Measurement Instrumentation for Radiatively Active Constituents"in 1st Climate Science and Policy Workshop, Mumbai on March 7, 2014.
- Dr. S.N. Tripathi delivered lecture talk entitled "Atmospheric Aerosol Measurements: India Perspective" in National Space Science Symposium, Dibrugargh on February 1, 2014
- Dr. S.N. Tripathi delivered lecture talk entitled "Observations and Monitoring Needs" and "Scientific Basis for Knowledge to Action" in Policy Conclave on Reducing Vehicular Emissions to Improve Air Quality, New Delhi on February 4, 2014.
- Dr. D.C. Rai delivered lecture talk entitled "Masonry Research at IIT Kanpur" at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati on March 21, 2014.
- Dr. Bharat Lohani delivered lecture talk entitled "LiDAR Remote Sensing and Its Application Potential" in IIRS User Interaction Meet 2014, Dehradun on February 20, 2014.
- Dr. S.N. Tripathi is fundedresearch project entitled "Building a Novel System for Soot: Measurement, Toxicity Assessment and Source Identification" funded by MHRD, India.
- Visit PG admission section to see the list of selected M.Tech. and M.S.R. candidates in the last round of admissions.
- Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi (Civil Engg.) awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences.
- Dr. Sudib Kumar Mishra (CE), has been selected for the INAE Young Engineer Award of 2016
- Prof. Priyanka Ghosh has become the member of Editorial Review Board in International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (2018).
- Prof. Salil Goel Awarded Best Paper Award for the paper titled "An Indoor Outdoor Cooperative Localization Framework for UAVs" at International Global Navigation Satellite Systems (IGNSS) Conference 2018 held in Sydney, Australia from February 7-9, 2018.
- Prof. SachchidaNand Tripathi awarded 2018 UP Ratna Award, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- Presentation: Welcome to New PG students 2018-19.
- Dr. Tarun Gupta, has been selected for the INAE Innovator Entrepreneur Award 2018.
- Mr. Saifi Izhar (PhD student) has been awarded with Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the international conference AJM 2018 Xian.
- STudent Enrichment Program (STEP) – An initiative to facilitate students’ travel
- PG admission notice 2018-19, 2nd Semester and 2019-20, 1st semester.
- Dr. Salil Goel has been selected for the Young Geospatial Scientist 2018 award and the Rachapudi Kamakshi Memorial Gold Medal.
- Mr. Sunil Nishad received Merit Award - 2018 for his relentless service to the users of the Hydraulics Laboratory.
- Prof. Priyanka Ghosh has been invited as a member of Editorial Board of Indian Geotechnical Journal (2019)
- Prof. Nihar Ranjan Patra has been invited as a member of Editorial Board of Indian Geotechnical Journal (2019).
- Prof. P. Bose has been chosen as the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award 2019.
- Prof. B. Nagarajan has been chosen as the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award 2019.
- PG admission notice 2019-20, 2nd Semester
- Dr. Gaurav Tiwari has been awarded IGS-Prof. Leonard’s Annual Award for the year 2018 for his Ph.D Thesis.
- Mr. Vishwajeet Khan (Ph.D. Student) has been awarded IGS-Bangalore Chapter Young Geotechnical Engineer Award for the year 2019 (Best Paper published in the area of Environmental Geotechnology).
- Dr. Pranamesh Chakraborty is serving as one of the guest editors in the Special Issue "Deep Learning in Transportation" in the BDAT journal.
- Prof. Sachchida Tripathi has been appointed as a member of Editorial Advisory Board of Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
- Prof. Rajesh Srivastava has been chosen as the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award 2020.
- Prof. Partha Chakroborty has been chosen as the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award 2020.
- Prof. Sachchidanand Tripathi has been elected as the Fellow of Indian National Science Academy.
- New programme DIIT program in three broad areas: (i) Geodesy (ii) Navigation and Mapping and (iii) Remote Sensing and GIS.
- Prof. Sachchidanand Tripathi has received the prestigious J.C. Bose Fellowship from SERB, DST.
- PhD student Mr Akshat Verma received a certificate of merit from American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 virtual meeting.
- Prof. Mukesh Sharma has been appointed as an honorary non-remunerative member of the WHO Global Air Pollution and Health - Technical Advisory Group (GAPH-TAG).
- Prof. Sachchida N. Tripathi has been invited to join the Advisory Board of Journal, Environmental Science: Atmospheres, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Prof. Durgesh C. Rai has been awarded the 2021 John B. Scalzi Research Award during The Masonry Society’s Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee
- Prof. Gaurav Tiwari's publication has been awarded IGS-Roorkee Chapter YGE Award 2021(Best Paper published in the area of Rock Mechanics).
- PhD student Behera Prasanna Kumar has been awarded Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award at the 54th Convocation - 2021.
- PhD student Gyanesh Kumar Singh has been awarded Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award at the 54th Convocation – 2021.
- M. Tech student Patel Ajay Kumar Dahyalal has been awarded Prof. ASR Sai Gold Medal at 54th Convocation – 2021.
- B. Tech student Shivansh Tripathi has been awarded Prof. ASR Sai Memorial Medal and General Proficiency Medal at the 54th Convocation – 2021.
- Prof. Tarun Gupta, current occupant of Prof. N.C. Nigam Memorial Chair
- MSR student Tavishi Mishra has received the best oral presentation award at the ICESE 2022 conference organized at IIT Bombay.
- Congratulations to Current Graduating Batch 2022.
Recent Publications
- Chakraborty, S., & Nair, S. (2020). Impact of curing time on moisture-induced damage in lime-treated soils. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 21(2), 215-227.
- Saha, A., & Mishra, S. K. (2021). Amplification of seismic demands in inter-storey-isolated buildings subjected to near fault pulse type ground motions. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 147, 106771.
- Lokhande, S., & Tare, V. (2021). Spatio-temporal trends in the flow and water quality: response of river Yamuna to urbanization. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193(3), 1-14.
- Garg, S., & Misra, S. (2021). Distribution of Rework Issues in Various Reinforced Concrete Building Components. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 35(4), 04021033.
- Das, N. K., Raychowdhury, P., & Ray-Chaudhuri, S. (2021). Experimental and Numerical Study of Shallow Foundation Subjected to Vertical Dynamic Load. In Soil Dynamics (pp. 365-377). Springer, Singapore.
- Ramachandran, N., Saatchi, S., Tebaldini, S., d’Alessandro, M. M., & Dikshit, O. (2021). Evaluation of P-Band SAR Tomography for Mapping Tropical Forest Vertical Backscatter and Tree Height. Remote Sensing, 13(8), 1485.
- Deep, C., Pratihar, A. K., & Sharma, M. K. (2021). Freezing time-temperature behavior and parametric study of cylindrical shaped tylose gel samples: A numerical and experimental study. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 24, 100933.
- Chakraborty, S., Ghosh, A., & Ray-Chaudhuri, S. (2021). A novel tuned mass-conical spring system for passive vibration control of a variable mass structure. Journal of Vibration and Control, 10775463211000497.
- Goel, A., Saxena, P., Sonwani, S., Rathi, S., Srivastava, A., Bharti, A. K., ... & Srivastava, A. (2021). Health Benefits Due to Reduction in Respirable Particulates during COVID-19 Lockdown in India. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 21.
- Rajesh, S., Roy, S., & Khan, V. (2021). Modeling the WRC and volume change behavior of GCLs considering net stress and temperature. Geosynthetics International, 28(2), 174-185.
- Chaudhary, A., & Krishna, V. (2021). Region-specific nutritious, environmentally friendly, and affordable diets in India. One Earth, 4(4), 531-544.
- Dayal, S., Goel, S., Lohani, B., Mittal, N., & Mishra, R. K. (2021). Comprehensive Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) Simulation. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 1-20.
- Jain, S., Venkatesh, K. S., & Das, A. (2021). Design of an active triangulation based measurement device for pavement surfaces. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 1-10.
- Bisht, M. S., & Das, A. (2021). DEM Study on Particle Shape Evolution during Crushing of Granular Materials. International Journal of Geomechanics, 21(7), 04021101.
- Scaria, A., Gupta, I. D., & Gupta, V. K. (2021). An improved probabilistic seismic hazard mapping of peninsular shield region of India. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 141, 106417.
- Kumar, B., & Sahoo, J. P. (2021). Stability of unsupported circular tunnels in anisotropic normally and over consolidated saturated clay. Computers and Geotechnics, 135, 104148.
- Izhar, S., Gupta, T., Qadri, A. M., & Panday, A. K. (2021). Wintertime chemical characteristics of aerosol and their role in light extinction during clear and polluted days in rural Indo Gangetic plain. Environmental Pollution, 282, 117034.
- Verma, A., Sharma, L. M., Pahuja, G., Nilling, J. J., Kumar, A., & Singh, A. (2021). Modified Biosand Filter for Provisioning of Potable Water to Rural Households Affected by Chronic Arsenic Pollution in Groundwater. Environmental Engineering Science.
- Yetbarek, E., & Ojha, R. (2021). Experimental evaluation of different subsurface water movement models in an agricultural field with soil heterogeneity. Journal of Hydrology, 599, 126298.
- Santhoshkumar, G., & Ghosh, P. (2021). Passive Resistance of Retaining Walls Supporting Layered Cohesionless Backfill: A Plasticity Approach. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(8), 06021008.
- Mishra, G., Ghosh, K., Dwivedi, A. K., Kumar, M., Kumar, S., Chintalapati, S., & Tripathi, S. N. (2021). An application of probability density function for the analysis of PM2. 5 concentration during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Science of the Total Environment, 782, 146681.
- Bhat, N. U. H., & Pahar, G. (2021). Diffusion Wave Approximation of Depth-Averaged Flow Interaction with Porous Media. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(2), 04020064.
- Yadav, M., Khan, P., Singh, A. K., & Lohani, B. (2021). An automatic hybrid method for ground filtering in mobile laser scanning data of various types of roadway environments. Automation in Construction, 126, 103681.
- Singh, A. K., and Sahoo, J. P. (2021). "Undrained cyclic loading response of lignosulfonate treated high plastic clay." Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, 150 106943, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2021.106943.
- Kokane, A., Sawant, V. A., and Sahoo, J. P. (2021). "Nail forces and locus of maximum tension of nailed cut subjected to seismic excitations: A calculus approach with log-spiral failure surface" International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002213.
- Ganesh, R., and Sahoo, J. P. (2021). "Vertical uplift capacity of rectangular and square plate anchors in granular soil under seismic forces." Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Taylor and Francis, doi:10.1080/13632469.2021.1964641.
- Sahoo, J. P. and Kumar, B. (2021). "Peripheral stability of circular tunnels in anisotropic undrained clay" Tunneling and Underground Space Technology, Elsevier, 114, 103898, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2021.103898.
- Kumar, B. and Sahoo, J. P. (2021). "Stability of unsupported circular tunnels in anisotropic normally and over consolidated saturated clay" Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier, 135, 104148 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104148.
