Research Areas
Structural Engineering
Participating faculty
Dr GVP Bhagath Singh
Assistant Professor
bhagathsingh.g@srmap.edu.in
Dr Arijit Saha
Assistant Professor
arijit.s@srmap.edu.in
Dr Kona Veera Ganesh
Assistant Professor
veeraganesh.k@srmap.edu.in
Dr G Santhosh Kumar
Assistant Professor
veeraganesh.k@srmap.edu.in
Major Research Areas:
Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
- Vibration Control of Structures, Base Isolation System, Uncertainty Quantification and Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Reliability-Based Design of Structures, Life-cycle-cost Based Design Optimisation and Resilience of the Structural System, Small Scale Experimental Investigation using Shake Table Test, Seismic Hazard Analysis, Multi-hazard Risk Assessment, Nonlinear Analysis and Seismic Resistant Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Seismic Response Evaluation of Buildings Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effects, Application of artificial intelligence.
Characterization of Construction Materials
- Material characterisation, microstructure, sustainable construction materials, low energy binders, fly ash-based geopolymers, magnesium cement, limestone calcined clay cement, nucleation seeding, carbonation, cellular concrete, high volume fly ash concrete, self-compacting concretes, concrete admixtures, 3D concrete printing, non-destructive testing and durability of concrete.
Multiscale modeling of material damage due to liquid droplet impingement
Modeling of Residual Stress in Structural Steel Members and Welding Connections
Modeling of Fluid-structure Interaction at Multiple Length Scales
Life cycle assessment of industrial and agricultural wastes included concretes
Geotechnical Engineering
Participating faculty
Dr Raviteja KVNS
Assistant Professor
raviteja.k@srmap.edu.in
Dr Pranav R T Peddinti
Assistant Professor
pranav.rt@srmap.edu.in
Major Research Areas:
Pavement Geotechnics
- Drones and advanced sensors for civil engineering applications and heritage conservation, Pavement Geotechnics and Reliability-based pavement designs, Nanocomposites and advanced materials for soil stabilisation and structural surface protection, Heritage structure conservation and sustainable protection strategies.
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- The research work mainly focused towards rendering reliability and probability design improvements for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering systems. Assessment of variability and spatial heterogeneity associated with the Geotechnical design parameters. Development of sustainable Geosynthetic-Clay liners for MSW containment facility using industrial by-products. Application of probabilistic optimization and GMM for the design improvements in MSW landfill slope stability analysis. Sustainable amelioration of problematic soils using industrial by-products.
Environmental Engineering
Participating faculty
Dr Siddhant Dash
Assistant Professor
siddhant.d@srmap.edu.in
Dr Mohit Aggarwal
Assistant Professor
mohit.a@srmap.edu.in
Major Research Areas:
Water and wastewater treatment
- This research focuses on the treatment of water and wastewater, with attention on emerging contaminants such as carcinogenic, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. Machine Learning techniques are applied for predictive modelling of contaminant behavior and treatment efficiency. Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis are used to evaluate the environmental and economic impacts of various treatment processes.
Ecological Engineering
- This research focuses on all aspects of aquatic ecology, primarily wetlands. This includes the application of Environmetrics in the assessment of water quality, sedimentology, heavy metal contamination in wetland ecosystems, and nutrient dynamics for assessing eutrophication problems.
Waste Management
- This research focuses on managing waste, including solid, industrial, and municipal waste, and converting it into useful products. Machine Learning is applied to optimize waste-to-energy processes. LCA and TEA are applied to assess the environmental and economic impacts of these strategies.
Fate and Transport of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns
- This research focuses on microcosmic understanding of the fate and transport of Pesticides, Per-and-Poly Fluorinated Compounds, Organic Compounds, Micro and Nano plastics, Bisphenols, Phenolic Compounds, etc. in the natural environment.
Water Resources Engineering
Participating faculty
Dr Ainal Hoque Gazi
Assistant Professor
ainalhoque.g@srmap.edu.in
Dr Geeta Devi
Assistant Professor
geetadevi.r@srmap.edu.in
Major Research Areas:
Hydraulics
- Scour under the Combined Action of Waves and Current, Mathematical Modeling of Scour, Fluid Structure Interaction, Hydrodynamics and CFD on Scour by OpenFOAM, Reef3D.
River Hydraulics
- River hydraulics for understanding river flows, sediment transport, and river morphology through advanced 3D- numerical models. By integrating field measurements, laboratory experiments, and CFD and GA.
- Impacts of climate change on water resources management, focusing on changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events affect water availability, quality, and distribution. Using climate models, hydrological simulations, and risk assessment frameworks
Transportation Engineering
Participating faculty
Dr Uma Maheswar Arepalli
Assistant Professor
umamaheswar.a@srmap.edu.in
Major Research Areas:
Pavement Engineering
- Materials, Management, and Design, Sustainability and Cost-effectiveness, Transportation Engineering
Geospatial Technology
Participating faculty
Prof. Manoj K Arora
Vice Chancellor
manoj.a@srmap.edu.in
Dr Harish Puppala
Assistant Professor
harish.p@srmap.edu.in
Major Research Areas:
Remote sensing and GIS
- Digital Image Processing, Machine Learning, Soft Computing, Hazard and Risk Studies. GIS for Renewable Energy, Urban planning, Land use management, and Urban growth modelling.
Urban sensing
- Terrestrial remote sensing, 3D city modeling, Nexus between urban composition and environmental parameters, Multi-criteria-based decision-making (MCDM)-GIS-based tools, Urban heat island studies, Air pollution mapping, and mitigation strategies.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- UAVs for asset management, Crop health monitoring, and yield estimation.
