Overview
- Presents applications of environmental geotechnics and geosynthetics
- Covers innovative technologies in structural safety and health monitoring
- Discusses the challenges in designing earthquake-resistant structures
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 143)
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Conference proceedings info: TRACE 2020.
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Dr. Sudharshan N. Raman is Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia. He obtained his Ph.D. with a focus in structural engineering and infrastructure protective technologies from The University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Raman is Past President of the Malaysian Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (MalaysiaChapter – ACI); Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), UK; Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI); and Committee Member of the Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). Over the years, he has built his reputation as an active researcher in concrete structures and materials, and infrastructure protective technologies. Dr. Raman has published extensively in the areas of cement and concrete engineering, and structural resilience; has served as reviewer for prestigious journals in civil & structural engineering, and built environment; and currently sits in the editorial boards of three international journals. Prior to joining the academia, he was in employment with an engineering design consultant, and a specialist prestressed concrete contractor.
Dr. Bishwajit Bhattacharjee is Emeritus Professor at the Departmentof Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi. He obtained B.Tech. (Hons.) degree from I.I.T. Kharagpur, M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from IIT Delhi. He worked for M/s Gammon India for two years after B.Tech. He is Nominated Fellow of Indian Association of Structural Engineers and Member of several professional bodies such as ICI. He was involved with academic activities with several international institutions, namely EPFL Switzerland, University of Dundee UK, University of Dresden Germany, and Catholic University at Leuven, Belgium. He is involved with industry as a consultant also in training. Dr. Bhattacharjee has supervised 162 M.Tech. and 26 Ph.D. theses till date and currently guiding 7 ongoing Ph.D. research projects. He has published more than 150 papers in journals and conferences. He is active in several national committees involving DST, CBRI, NCCBM, Dr. Fixit Laboratory, BIS, etc. A bio-sketch of Prof. Bhattacharjee titled "A Teacher and a Research worker" under the feature "People" is available in August 2012 issue of ICJ and also under the title "Gems of Structural Engineering" in SEFI. A recipient of ICI lifetime achievement award (North) 2012, he acted as Member of the editorial board of Magazine of Concrete Research and International Journal of 3R’s. He is Guest Editor of ICJ January 2015 issue on “Concrete Research” and also in 2019.
Dr. J. Bhattacharjee is Former Chief Engineer & Jt. Director General (Ministry of Defence/MES) & Professor in Amity University, Noida, since January 2012. He obtained his B.E. (Civil) degree from B.E. College, Shibpur, Calcutta; M.Tech. (Structure) from IIT Madras & had M.Phil. degree from Madras University. He got Ph.D. degree in Disaster Management from Shri Venkateswara University, UP. He has vast experience of over 49 years in the industry in planning, designing & execution of various types of Civil Engineering works. He has presented/published technical papers more than 135 numbers so far on various subjects in national/international seminars/conferences and journals. He is Life Member of 17 (seventeen) Technical Bodies in India/abroad & is Governing Council Member of Indian Building Congress (IBC). He has received two prestigious “Awards for Excellence” from Indian Building Congress (IBC) for two prestigious Projects of Consultancy jobs. He received “CIDC Vishwakarma awards” for best professionally managed company for two years in 2009 & 2010 on behalf of the company. He was considered as a Rehabilitation expert in the Department. He has developed and is teaching number of new courses at undergraduate & postgraduate levels, while serving in the Department of Civil Engineering at Amity University. He has written a Book on Concrete Structures- Repair, Rehabilitation & Retrofitting, which was published by CBS publishers on August 16. He is the recipient of CIDC Viswakarma Awards 2017 in the category of “Achievement for Academician”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Geotechnics and Structural Engineering
Book Subtitle: Select Proceedings of TRACE 2020
Editors: Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Sudharshan N. Raman, Bishwajit Bhattacharjee, J. Bhattacharjee
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6969-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6968-9Published: 30 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6971-9Published: 01 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6969-6Published: 29 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2366-2557
Series E-ISSN: 2366-2565
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 724
Number of Illustrations: 108 b/w illustrations, 354 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Building Construction and Design