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Rees Jeffreys Award
Developing Professional Award
Rees Jeffreys Award
University of Nottingham – Virginia Tech joint studentship

Patent

Formulation of Asphalt Emulsion and Development of Low- Modulus Cement Asphalt Mortar for Tropical Climates by Kuna K. K., B R. R., Suthar H. L. - (2025)

Journal

Performance characteristics of bituminous mixtures containing bio-ethanol industry-based lignin by Andiyappan T., Kuna K.K. Construction and Building Materials 491 - (2025)
The effect of base bitumen properties on the performance of bitumen blends containing higher dosages of bio-ethanol industry-based lignin by Andiyappan T., Dadige N., Kuna K.K. Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 58 - (2025)
The effect of biomass type on the performance of bitumen blends containing bio-ethanol industry-based lignin by Andiyappan T., Kuna K.K. Construction and Building Materials 504 - (2025)
Chemical and Rheological Properties of Bitumen Partially Substituted with Rice-Straw-Based Lignin from Bio-Ethanol Industry Residue by Andiyappan T., Banapuram R.R., Minchala D., Kuna K.K. Transportation Research Record - (2024)
Development of Bitumen Selection Criteria for Cold Recycled Bituminous Mixes with Foamed Bitumen by Ghosh Mondal P., Baditha A.K., Guduru G., Gottumukkala B., Kuna K.K. Transportation Research Record - (2024)
Influence of Aggregate Mineral Grain Size and Size Distribution on Pavement Surface Microtexture Deterioration by Roy N., Kuna K.K. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B: Pavements 150 - (2024)
Influence of Asphalt Emulsion Formulation Parameters on the Fluidity of Cement Asphalt Mortar for High-Speed Rail Tracks by Banapuram R.R., Andiyappan T., Kuna K.K., Reddy M.A., Deb A. Transportation Research Record - (2024)
Influence of curing process on the moisture loss, mechanical and performance characteristics of cold recycled asphalt mixes by Kumar R., Goli A., Gottumukkala B.V., Shankar S., Kuna K.K. Road Materials and Pavement Design 25 259-275 (2024)
Measuring the Macrotexture of Pavement Surface Using an Image Processing Technique by Roy N., Baditha A.K., Biswas S., Kuna K.K. Transportation Research Record 2678 184-197 (2024)
Influence of physical properties and chemical compositions of bitumen on foam characteristics by Ghosh Mondal P., Kuna K.K. Road Materials and Pavement Design 25 1528-1550 (2024)
Reliability-Based Pavement Roughness Progression Modeling Using Bayesian Approach by Biswas S., Kuna K.K. Transportation Research Record - (2024)
Effect of emulsifier type on the properties of cement asphalt mortar for non-ballast slab tracks by Reddy M. A., Kuna K. K. Materials and Structures 57 1-17 (2024)
Effect of emulsifier type on the properties of cement asphalt mortar for non-ballast slab tracks by Banapuram R.R., Kuna K.K., Muppireddy A.R. Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 57 - (2024)
Laboratory Evaluation of Marginal and Industrial Waste Material in Geocell-Reinforced Pavements under Cyclic Loading by Minchala D., Gottumukkala B.V., Pulikanti S.P., Kuna K.K. Journal of Testing and Evaluation 52 - (2024)
Effect of polymer dispersion characteristics and incorporation methodology on properties of cement asphalt mortar for high-speed rail slab track system by Reddy M. A., Kuna K. K., Deb A. , Reddy B. R. Construction and Building Materials, 449 - (2024)
Allowable limits for Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) content in hot mix asphalt using simple indicative tests by Guduru G., Kuna K.K. Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 56 - (2023)
Optimal Change-Point Analysis of Pavement Condition Data for Identification of Homogeneous Sections by Biswas S., Kuna K.K. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B: Pavements 149 - (2023)
Machine learning techniques to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt pavement by Botella R., Lo Presti D., Vasconcelos K., Bernatowicz K., Martínez A.H., Miró R., Specht L., Mercado E.A., Pires G.M., Pasquini E., Ogbo C., Preti F., Pasetto M., del Barco Carrión A.J., Roberto A., Ore kovi M., Kuna K.K., Guduru G., Martin A.E., Carter A., Giancontieri G., Abed A., Dave E., Tebaldi G. Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 55 - (2022)
Effect of Blending Steel Slag Aggregates on the Polishing Resistance of Asphalt Pavement Surface by Roy N., Pal R., Andiyappan T., Kuna K.K. Journal of Testing and Evaluation 51 - (2022)
Mix design considerations for foamed bitumen stabilized materials: A review by Mondal P.G., Kuna K.K. Construction and Building Materials 326 - (2022)
Estimation of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) characteristics using simple indicative tests by Guduru G., Tavva T.L., Kuna K. Road Materials and Pavement Design 23 822-848 (2022)
Classification of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) material using simple indicative tests by Guduru G., Kuna K.K. Construction and Building Materials 328 - (2022)
Permanent Deformation Behavior of Foamed Bitumen Stabilized Mixes by Mondal P.G., Gottumukkala B., Kuna K.K. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 33 - (2021)
Effectiveness of Different Categories of Rejuvenators in Recycled Asphalt Mixtures by Guduru G., Kumara C., Gottumukkala B., Kuna K.K. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B: Pavements 147 - (2021)
Effect of coarse aggregate mineralogy on micro-texture deterioration and polished stone value by Roy N., Sarkar S., Kuna K.K., Ghosh S.K. Construction and Building Materials 296 - (2021)
Design of asphalt mixes with steel slag aggregates using the Bailey method of gradation selection by Swathi M., Andiyappan T., Guduru G., Amarnatha Reddy M., Kuna K.K. Construction and Building Materials 279 - (2021)
An investigation into the influence of aging and rejuvenation on surface free energy components and chemical composition of bitumen by Matolia S., Guduru G. , Gottumukkala B. , Kuna K. K. Construction and Building Materials 245 - (2020)
Flexible pavement design for hot climates a case study by Kuna K. K., Kelly K. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport 172 164-173 (2019)
Viscoelastic characterization of cold recycled bituminous mixtures by Kuna K. K., Gottumukkala B. Construction of Building Materials 199 298-306 (2019)
Structural design of pavements incorporating foamed bitumen mixtures by Kuna K. K., Airey G. , Thom N. Construction Materials - (2017)
Mix design considerations of foamed bitumen mixtures with reclaimed asphalt pavement material by Kuna K. K., Airey G. , Thom N. International Journal of Pavement Engineering 18 902-915 (2016)
Development of a tool to assess in-situ curing of Foamed Bitumen Mixtures by Kuna K. K., Airey G. , Thom N. Construction and Building Materials 124 55-68 (2016)
Laboratory Mix Design Procedure for Foamed Bitumen Mixtures by Kuna K. K., Airey G. , Thom N. Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2444 1-10 (2014)
Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements in Bituminous Mixes by Kuna K. K., Rampally R. , Reddy M. A., Pandey B. B. Indian Highways 42 12-19 (2014)

Conferences

Physical and Rheological Properties of High-Float Emulsified Asphalt Residues for Chip Seal Applications by Banapuram R.R., Biswas K., Kuna K.K. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 653 LNCE 227-236 (2025)
Influence of Feeding Sequence on the Fluidity and Fluidity Time of Cement Asphalt Mortar for High-Speed Rail Slab Track by Banapuram R.R., Kuna K.K., Amarnatha Reddy M. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 434 181-191 (2024)
Influence of Feeding Sequence on the Fluidity and Fluidity Time of Cement Asphalt Mortar for High-Speed Rail Slab Track. by Reddy B. R., Kuna K. K., Reddy M. A. n International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries - (2024)
Lessons Learnt from a Premature Failure of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) on a High-Volume Indian Highway by Mondal P.G., Baditha A.K., Ahriwar D., Chattaraj R., Kuna K.K. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 354 LNCE 283-294 (2023)
Delineation of Pavement Stretches into Homogeneous Sections Using Pavement Condition Data: An Optimization Approach by Biswas S., Kuna K.K. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 261 189-204 (2023)
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of Geocell Reinforced Pavement in Hilly Terrain by Kashyap A., Thanikella V., Bharat G., Kuna K.K. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 280 291-302 (2023)
Rutting Characterisation of EVA Modified Bitumen for High Modulus Asphalt Mixes (HiMA) by Anil Kumar B., Gaurav G., Kuna K., Amaranatha Reddy M., Sudhakar Reddy K. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 218 81-92 (2022)
Flexible Pavement Design Best Practices for Hot Climates a case study by Kuna K. K., Kelly K. International Conference on Asphalt, Pavement Engineering and Infrastructure - (2016)
Climate Resilience of Highways: Assessment of Current Practice by Quao Y., Casey D. , Kuna K. K., Kelly K. International Conference on: Asphalt, Pavement Engineering and Infrastructure - (2016)
An investigation into the effects of accelerated curing on cold recycled bituminous mixes by Oju C., Kuna K. K., Nick T. , Gordon A. 12th International Society for Asphalt Pavements Conference - (2014)
Mechanical characterization of reclaimed asphalt mixes for modelling purposes by Lopresti D., Brown L. , Kuna K. K., Gordon A. , Scarpas T. MAIREPAV 7, 7th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements - (2012)

Others

Performance evaluation of dense graded emulsion mixes with rejuvenated reclaimed asphalt pavement by Vamsikrishna G., Sasidharan D., Bharath G., Rajput S.P.S., Kuna K.K. Road Materials and Pavement Design 25 860-873 (2024)

Book Chapter/Section

An Attempt to Characterize the RAP Material for Hot Recycled Mix Design Purposes by Guduru G., Kuna K. RILEM Bookseries 27 199-205 (2022)
Study on Aging Resistance of Bitumen Rejuvenated with Various Rejuvenators for Hot Recycling by Kumara C., Guduru G., Gottumukkala B., Kuna K. RILEM Bookseries 27 1697-1704 (2022)

Edited Volume

Tests Campaign Analysis to Evaluate the Capability of Fragmentation Test to CCharacterize Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Material by M. RILEM Book series 965-976 (2016)

Principal Investigator

Technical Assistance During the Rehabilitation Design of Kampala-Jinja Highway
Assessment of Condition of Existing Subgrade Condition of Taldangra - Panchmura Chowbeta Road (Km 10.00 to Km 34.00) Under Bankura Highway Division, PW Roads in Bankura District
Pavement Design Review of Govindpur (Rajgunj) Chas West Bengal Border Section of NH-32 from Km 0.000 to Km 56.889 in the State of Jharkhand
Mix Design of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) for Strengthening of NH 60 from Nalhati to Moregram
Dry Lean Concrete Mix Design with RAP Material
Failure Investigation of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) for Strengthening of NH 60 from Nalhati to Moregram
Foamed Bitumen Mix Design for NH66 in Kerala
Short term and long-term solution for the rehabilitation of NH 60 from Nalhati to Moregram in West Bengal
Technological Investigations and Pilot Projects for Alternatives to HMA in Road Construction (Phase-I)
Bitumen emulsion testing as per Japanese JIS K 2208
Testing of Soil and DBM Cores from NH 34
Pavement Design for Patna Gaya Dobhi Section of NH-83 from km 39+000 to km 127+217
Design of Emulsion Stabilised for NH 208 Improvement in the State of Tripura
Failure investigation DBM layer of NH83 (Gaya to Patna)
Skid resistance investigation for Goa airport
Rolling resistance study for Dust-A-Side treatment for mines haul roads (Tata Steel at Noamundi)
Evaluation of performance of GlasGrid in bituminous layer of High Volume Roads
Skid resistance investigation of runway of Darima Airport (Ambikapur, Chattisgarh)
Development of Mix Design Method for Cold In-situ Recycling
DBM mix design with RAP for Behrampore Farakka Highways Limited (BFHL) in West Bengal
Pavement Surface Characteristics for Safe and Sustainable Indian Roads
Indigenous Development of Cement Asphalt Mortar (CAM) for High Speed Railway Track
Skid resistance investigation of runway of Maa Danteswari Airport (Jagdalpur, Chattisgarh)
Testing of materials for construction of 4-laning of Purulia Bypass Section from kn. 84.030 to km 83.345 of NH32 in state of West Bengal
Evaluation of Unbound materials, aggregates, bitumen, bitumen emulsion, bituminous , mastic asphalt and cold mixes of different government and private agencies

Co-Principal Investigator

Advice on Widening and Strengthening of Barasat - Bashirhat Road (Chainage 0+000 to 20+000) North 24 Parganas in the State of West Bengal
Advisory Services for Preparation of DPR for Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan for Nabadiganta Industrial Township
Analysis of wide panels of two existing concrete pavements (i) Belgaum to Khanapur in the state of Karnataka and Iii) Ankaleswar to Manubar section of Vadodara Expressway in the state of Gujarat
Design and Evaluation of Mixes Containing Steel Slag of TATA Aggreto and TATA Nirman for Lean and Previous Concrete Blocks
Design of jointed plain concrete pavements for four laning of Munger to Mirzachauki of NH-80 in the state of Bihar
Design of short-panel concrete pavement for Periya Shanthi- Bantwal section of NH-48
Development of Technical Specifications for Cold Foamed In-placed Recycling Technology for Uganda National Roads Authority, Uganda
Evaluation and Mix Design of Subgrade, Granular Subbase, Base Cource of Different Pavement Layers Related to Various Types of Highway and Airport Pavements
Evaluation of Granular Subbase Material for Resurfacing of Runway at Air Force Barrackpore, Kolkata
Evaluation of Overlay of existing bituminous pavement with RAP material and Design of bituminous mixes for 4- laning of Jaora to Nayagaon Section of SH-31 from Km 125.000 to Km 252.812 (127.82 kms) in the State of Madhya Pradesh
Evaluation of Road Aggregates and Borrow Soil for Six Laning of Bihar-Jharkhand Border (Chordaha) to Gorhar Section of NH-2 from Km. 249.525 to Km. 320.810 in the State of Jharkhand under NHDP Phase-V on EPC Mode
Evaluation of Soil Samples Related to Development of Emergency Landing Facilities of National Highways in Balasore - Kharagpur Section from Km.83.400 to Km.88.400 (total 5 kms.) of NH - 60 (New NH - 16) in the State of West Bengal under NHDP Project on EPC Basis
Failure Investigations of Different Flexible and Rigid Pavements of State and National Highway
Improvement of Subgrade Properties for Resurfacing of Runway at Air force Barrackpore
Inventions for Enhancing Road Safety on Selected Highway Stretches in India
Investigation of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
Laboratory Performance Evaluation of LD Slag - TATA Aggreto for High Volume Road Applications
Laboratory Performance Evaluation of Modified Binder Containing CMR Bitplast and Bituminous Mix
Performance evaluation of dense graded bituminous mixes for overlay at the Six Lane pavement section of Chandikhol -Jagatpur fromKm 413 to Km 418 and Km 0 to Km 62 in the state of Odisha
Preparation of principles for determining toll rates for National Highways
Preparation of Report for On-Street Parking Management in New Town Kolkata
Proof checking of Design of short slab concrete pavement of NICE Road, Bengalure
Proof Checking of Flexible Pavement Design for TumkurÃ?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â-Shivamogga Section of NH-206
Proof Checking of Flexible Pavement Design Report Related to 4 Laning Work of NH179A in the State of Tamil Nadu
Proof Checking of FWD Report for the work of Two-laning with Paved Shoulder of Khagaria-Purnia section of NH-31
Proof Checking of Panel Concrete Pavement Design for Four-Laning of Tumkur-Shivamogga Section of NH-206 in the State of Karnataka
Proof checking of Pavement Design for 6-lane Greenfield expressway from Meerut to Prayagraj in Uttarpradesh
Proof Checking of Pavement Design for Four Laning of Rewa-Katni-Jabalpur Section of NH-7 from Km 397.000 to Km 465.500 (Package IV) in the State of Madhya Pradesh under NHDP-IV on EPC Mode
Proof checking of pavement design report on upgradation to 2 lane with paved shoulder work of NH-122B from Hajipur to Bachhwara in the state of Bihar
Proof Checking of Pavement Design Report Related to Chennai - Tada Project on EPC Mode
Proof Checking of Pavement Design Report Related to Rehabilitation & Upgradation of Jabalpur - Hiran River Section of NH-12 from Existing Km 11+400 to 66+400 in the State of Madhya Pradesh
Proof checking of pavement design report, plan and profile of Four Laning of Mehgama - Hansdiha section of NH - 133 from existing Km 41+900 to existing Km 93+000 in the State of JHARKHAND
Proof Checking of Pavement Design Reports (i) Four Laning of Rajauli to Bhakhtiyarpur Section of NH 20 (Old NH 31) in km 54+405 to km 101+630 and (ii) Four Laning of Rajauli to Bhakhtiyarpur Section of NH 20 (Old NH 31) in km 101+630 to km 152+520 in the state of Bihar on HAM Basis
Proof checking of Rigid Pavement design of Addahole-Bantwal Road Project
Proof checking of Rigid Pavement design of Four laning of Tulajapur-Ausa project (including Tulajapur bypass) of NH-361 in the state of Maharashtra
Proof checking of Rigid Pavement design of Four laning of Wardha-Butibori Section of NH-361 from km 465.500 to 524.690 under NH(Q) project in the state of Maharashtra
Proof Checking of Rigid Pavement Design of Four Laning of Yavatmal-Wardha (Package III) Section of NH-361 from KM 400.575 to 465.500 under NHDP-Phase IV on Hybrid Annuity Mode in the State of Maharashtra
Proof Checking of Rigid Pavement Design Report Related to Four Laning of Waranga to Mahagaon (PKG-1) from km 253.700 to km 320.580 Section of NH-361 in the State of Maharashtra
Proof Checking of the Report on Pavement Design related to Rehabilitation and Upgradation of Two Lane with Paved Shoulders from Nakrekal to Tanamcherla from km. 0.000 to km 72.600 Section of NH-365 in the State of Telengana under NHDP Phase-IV through EPC mode
Proofchecking of pavement design of Paniyala-Alwar_Barodaemo road
Rehabilitation of existing concrete pavement and design of new concrete pavement inside Rashmi Metaliks Limited at RML-6, near Kharagpur
Remedial Measures for Slippage of Bituminous Concrete Over Dense Bituminous Macadam
Review of Concrete Pavement Design of NH-6 in Odisha
Review of pavement design and pavement investigation reports of Amritsar-Jamnagar expressway
Review of the Reports on the Investigation of Galgalia to Bahadurganj four-lane highway (NH-327E)
Road Safety Audit on Five (5) State Highways in the State of West Bengal
Soil Stabilization of Subgrade Material: Re-surfacing of Runway and Allied Works at AFS, Bagdogra
Structural Evaluation of Existing Bituminous Pavement of 3 km Length on NH-6 using Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD)
Technical audit of rigid and flexible pavement construction, testing and evaluation of Paskura- Ghatal (SH-4) road in the state of West Bengal
Technical Consultancy for Premature Failure of Surface Layers on Some Sections of Road Project
Traffic Study for URBANA - PHASE 2 Residential Township Complex
Vetting of Road investigation report of Kolaghat - Haldia, NH - 116 (old NH - 41)

Civil Engineering

Faculty

Kranthi Kumar Kuna

Research Areas

Principal Investigator

Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Aman Kashyap

Giri Babu Kunchala

Jatoth Pavani

Majji Swathi Sudharsini

Megha S Nair

Shaik Shakee Ur Rahaman

Shivam Bhai Patel

Soumyarup Biswas

Subhajit Banerjee

MS Students

Baldeo Rajan

Gandla Harshita

Saurav Kumar

Vinayak Sahu