IITKGP
Junior Research Assistant (JRA) Position-01 (one) related to on-going project "Vetting of pavement design reports and Performance evaluation of different bituminous and concrete mixtures of Sekura Indian Management Limited". Desirable qualifications: B Tech in Civil Engineering with 75% marks or CGPA of 8.0 on 10 point scale. Salary upto Rs.29,200 per month. Duration: 12 months. For more details, please visit :https://erp.iitkgp.ac.in/SricWeb/temporaryJobs.htm |

Responsibilities

  • Prof-in-Charge, Time Table

Research Areas

Research Interest: Transportation Engineering in particular (i) Evaluation of Pavement Materials (ii)  Analysis and Design of Pavements (iii) Structural Evaluation of Highway and Airport Pavements by Nondestructive Testing (v) Sustainability in Transportation Engineering 
  • Curling of Castin-situ Short Slabs on Lean Concrete Base: Measured versus Theoretical Analysis by Kasu S. R., Patel S. , Chandrappa A. K., Reddy M. A. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2677 1327-1336 (2022)
  • Evaluation of horizontal permeability characteristics of granular subbase material by Kandlavath H.N., Chowdhury P.S., Reddy M.A. Transportation Research Procedia 48 3725-3733 (2020)
  • An Investigation on the Effect of Aging on Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Binders. by Chowdhury P. S., Mullapudi R. S., Reddy M. A. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 32 04022252--04022252-11 (2022)
  • Evaluation of fatigue characteristics of asphalt mixtures using Cracking Tolerance index (CTIndex) by Saha Chowdhury P., Noojilla S.L.A., Reddy M.A. Construction and Building Materials 342 - (2022)
  • Evaluation of effect of moisture on fatigue performance of pavement designed with recycled asphalt mixtures by Bharath G., Kakade V., Reddy K.S., Tandon V., Reddy M.A. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 50 1-10 (2022)
  • Field experiments and numerical analysis of curling behavior of cast-in-situ short paneled concrete pavement on lean concrete base by S. K., S. P., Reddy M. A. International Journal of Pavement Engineering 22 1-14 (2021)
  • Design of asphalt mixes with steel slag aggregates using the Bailey method of gradation selection by Malluru S., A T. , Guduru G. , Kuna K. K., Reddy M. A. Construction and Building Materials 279 - (2021)
  • Influence of stiffness of dry lean concrete base on load stresses in the plain cement concrete slab of concrete pavement by S. K., J. T., Chandrappa A. K., Reddy M. A. Road Materials and Pavement Design 22 - (2021)
  • Influence of polyester microfiber reinforcement on flexural fatigue characteristics of concrete by S. K., Mitra N. , Reddy M. A. Road Materials and Pavement Design 21 1-17 (2020)
  • Investigations on Design and Durability Characteristics of Cement Treated Reclaimed Asphalt for Base and Subbase Layers by Reddy M. A., Reddy K. S., M. K. Construction and Building Materials 252 - (2020)

Principal Investigator

  • Consultancy Services for road projects of Sekura India Management Limited, Mumbai Sekura India Management Limited
  • Development of Accelerated Pavement Test Facility to Evaluate Pavements of Village Roads National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency
  • Development of guidelines for the construction of durable and long life bituminous pavements with cement treated bases National Highways Authority of India
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis Framework for Flexible and Rigid Pavements in Different Geographical and Climatic Conditions based on Field Performance Data Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • Vetting of pavement design reports and Performance evaluation of different bituminous and concrete mixtures of Sekura Indian Management Limited Sekura India Management Limited

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Improved Design Procedures for New and Rehabilitated Bituminous Pavements in India Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • Partial replacement of fossil-based bitumen with unmodified/modified lignin PRAJ INDUSTRIES LIMITED
  • Preparation of principles for determining toll rates for National Highways NITI Aayog (Research and Networking Division)
  • Scrutiny of Project Proposals for the State of West Bengal and Mizoram under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana [PMGSY] National Rural Roads Development Agency
  • Technical Services for pavement design review and mix design support for Kona Expressway project R N INFRA PROJECTS

Ph. D. Students

Danam Venkata Akhilesh

Area of Research: Pavement Analayis and Design

Dipankar Das

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Jatoth Pavani

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Kaniska Sarkar

Area of Research: Characterization of Pavement Material

Megha S Nair

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Pramod Kumar Behera

Area of Research: Pavement Materials and Characterization

Shaik Shakee Ur Rahaman

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Shivam Bhai Patel

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Sidhyanath Panda

Area of Research: Pavement Materials and evaluation

MS Students

Anubhav Chattaraj

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Baldeo Rajan

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Gandla Harshita

Area of Research: Pavement Engineering

Vinayak Sahu

Area of Research: Pavement Materials and evaluation