Recent Developments in Geotechnics and Structural Engineering

Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla is a world-renowned expert in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering. He is Founding Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer Nature, Switzerland, and Founding Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Research Group Leader at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Australia. He holds the Distinguished Professorship of Civil Engineering at ten universities, including Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai and Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India. He has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, consultancy, administration/management, and professional engagement. He is registered Chartered Professional Engineer in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering, Engineers Australia, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineer in Civil Engineering, and International Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering, International Engineering Association. He collaborates with several world-class universities, research institutions, industries and individuals on academic and field projects. As a consulting geotechnical engineer, he has successfully provided solutions to the challenging field problems faced by many engineering organisations. He has authored more than 300 research papers and technical articles, including over 195 refereed journal publications. He is also an author/editor of 25 books, including 7 textbooks and 24 book chapters. During 2020-2022, his ICE textbooks, namely Core Principles of Soil Mechanics and Core Concepts of Geotechnical Engineering, have been ranked #1 by Amazon. His research and academic works have been cited well. Shukla’s generalized expressions for seismic active thrust (2015) and seismic passive resistance (2013) are taught in universities and routinely used by practising engineers worldwide for designing the retaining structures. Shukla’s wraparound reinforcement technique, developed during 2007–2008, is a well-establishedsustainable ground improvement technique. He is among the world’s top 2% of scientists for both career-long and single recent year 2021 impacts as Elsevier announced in October 2022. He has been honoured with several awards, including 2021 ECU Aspire Award by the Business Events Perth, Australia, and the most prestigious IGS Award 2018 by the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), USA, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development and use of geosynthetics. He serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He is a fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Australia, a life fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Geotechnical Society, and a member of several other professional bodies.
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. He is Past President of the Malaysian Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (Malaysia Chapter―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 Active Researcher in concrete structures and materials and infrastructure protective technologies. He has published extensively in the areas of cement and concrete engineering and structural resilience; has served as Reviewer for prestigious journals in civil and 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 Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi. He obtained B.Tech. (Hons.) degree from IIT Kharagpur, and 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 in 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 Consultant also in training. He 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 him 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. 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 3Rs. He is Guest Editor of ICJ January 2015 issue on “Concrete Research” and also in 2019.
Dr. Priyanka Singh is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Amity University Uttar Pradesh (Noida). She obtained her Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from C.U.S. University, Gujarat, and Master's degree in Structural Engineering from M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat. She completed her B. Tech. in Civil Engineering with distinction from M.I.T. in year 2001. She has vast experience of 20+ years out of which 15 years in academics and 5 years in industry. She is Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), and Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE). She has presented/published technical papers more than 100 numbers so far on various subjects in national/international seminars/conferences and SCI/Scopus-indexed journals. She has served as Reviewer for prestigious journals in civil and structural engineering. She is in the editorial board and scientific committee members of many international and national journals/conferences. She has also contributed as Co-author in chapters published by Springer. She has supervised 43 M. Tech. students and currently guiding 5 Ph.D. research scholars. Her main research interests are in the areas of innovative and sustainable construction materials, structural health monitoring and remaining service life of structures, green concrete, self-healing concrete, and neural networks in civil engineering domain.