Ground Improvement and Reinforced Soil Structures: Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020 Volume 2

Improvement of Soft Clays using Stone Columns With and Without Encasement.- Stabilization of Soft Clay using Nylon Fiber and Fly Ash.- Decontamination of Soil by Electro Kinetic Treatment.- Lateral Displacements of Soft Ground under Embankment Loading.- Stabilization of Artificial Soils using Waste Marble Dust.- Dynamic Response of Dry Rubber Tire Chips and Sand Mixture.- Sustainability Study on Geosynthetic Reinforced Retaining Wall Construction.

Dr. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy is a Professor of Civil Engineering at College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, and has 28 years of teaching, research, and consultancy experience. His expertise and research interests are in the areas of reinforced soils, ground improvement, landfills, soil retention in excavations, deep foundations, and forensic geotechnical engineering. He obtained B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from Nagarjuna University, M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, M.E. (Structures) from Andhra University, and Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, India. He has guided 8 Ph.D. scholars and 92 M.Tech. dissertations. He has more than 110 publications in various national and international journals and seminars/conference proceedings. He has organized more than 30 seminars, workshops, and training programs. Dr. Sireesh Saride is currently Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad. His expertise and research interests are in the area of pavement geotechnics, geosynthetics, and ground improvement. He graduated from JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada, in 2000 and earned his Master’s degree integrated with Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, in 2006. Prior to joining IIT Hyderabad, he was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Saride has published more than 200 referred journals, conference articles, and technical reports. He is Member of ASCE, ICE, TRB, International Geosynthetic Society, Life Member of IRC, and Fellow of Indian Geotechnical Society. Prof. A. Murali Krishna is currently Faculty Member in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati. Prof. Krishna obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, M.Tech. degree from IIT Kanpur, and B.Tech. degree from Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati. His research interests include earthquake geotechnics, geosynthetics and ground improvement, site characterization, and numerical and physical modeling of geotechnical structures. He was recipient of BRNS Young Scientist Research Award, BOYSCAST fellowship, and HERTAGE fellowship. He was Visiting Fellow at Bristol University (UK), Surrey University (UK), and University of Torino (Italy) He supervised 7 doctoral students and 24 masters students; co-authored nearly 180 publications of technical papers in international/national journals and conference/seminar proceedings, including book chapters.