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CIVIL ENGINEERING
Postgraduate education in the department is aimed at attaining an understanding of
the basic scientific principles underlying various disciplines in Civil Engineering. In
addition, the research component of the postgraduate programs is meant to develop
capabilities to confidently undertake an independent analysis of complex field
situations. Our graduates have gone on to become leaders in their professions and
have significantly contributed to research and development in Civil Engineering and
related fields

POST-GRADUATE
PROGRAMMES OFFERED
Master of Technology (M.Tech.) MS by Research (MSR)
❖ Environmental Engineering (EE) ❖ Environmental Engineering (EE)
❖ Geoinformatics (GI) ❖ Transportation Engineering (TE)
❖ Geotechnical Engineering (GTE)
❖ Hydraulics and Water Resources
Engineering (HWRE)
❖ Infrastructure Engineering and Diploma of IIT (DIIT)
Management (IEM)
❖ Structural Engineering (STR) ❖ Geoinformatics (GI)
❖ Transportation Engineering (TE)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

❖ Environmental Engineering (EE)
❖ Geoinformatics (GI)
❖ Geotechnical Engineering (GTE)
❖ Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering (HWRE)
❖ Infrastructure Engineering and Management (IEM)
❖ Structural Engineering (STR)
❖ Transportation Engineering (TE)
LABS/FACILITIES
In each of the areas of specialization, the Department is equipped with well developed
laboratory facilities. The state-of-the-art research facilities in the Department include
the following:

❖ Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) and Optical Emission

Spectrometer (ICP-OES), Microwave Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-
AES), Ion Chromatograph (IC), High Performance Liquid Chromatograph, AAS,
TOC, CHNOS Analyzer, GC-ECD-FID, Weather Monitoring Station, UV Visible
Spectrophotometer, HDTLC, GC-MS, Particle-Size and Zeta Potential Analyzer,
Optical Particle Counter, Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer, Aerosol Mass
Spectrometer, Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposition Impactors, Aerodynamic Particle
Sizer, Cloud Condensation Nuclear Counter, Particle Soot Absorption Photometer,
Particle Absorption Soot Photometer, Cloud Combination Probe, Condensation
Particle Counter, Fog Chamber, Optical Particle Sizer, Micro Pulse Lidar, Sun
photometer, Gas Analyzers (Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon Mono Oxide, Nitrogen
Oxides), Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer, High Performance Computing Clusters,
Freeze-Drying Apparatus/Lyophilizer
❖ Robotic and Motorized Total Stations, Digital and Auto Levels, Digital Theodolites,
Single and Dual Frequency Geodetic Quality Differential GPS Receivers,
Navigational GPS Receivers, Permanent GPS Reference Station for Engineering
and Scientific Applications, Gravimeters (CG-6 and gPhoneX), Low-cost GNSS
stations, Terrestrial Laser Scanner, Range Camera, Integrated GPS and INS system,
Digital Photogrammetric Workstation, Software for Geospatial Applications:
ERDAS lmagine, ERMapper, Arclnfo and ArcView, AutoDesk and Bentley
Microstation Suites, Terrascan, Terramodeller, Polyworks, Leica Photogrammetry
Suite.
❖ Advanced Cyclic Triaxial Testing Facility, In-situ Testing, SCPT Plate Load Test
Facility, Spectrum Analyzer for Surface Waves, Seismic Down-Hole Testing Facility,
Geotechnical Digital System (GDS), Geosynthetics Testing Facility for Geogrids and
Geonets, Facility for testing unsaturated soils, Unsaturated triaxial system, Gas
permeameter, Toxic interface system.
❖ Complete Infrastructure for Physical Modelling of Rivers for studying scour
patterns and river training works, Fluid friction apparatus, Momentum
measurement apparatus, Apparatus to calculate sudden losses in expansion,
Contraction and bends, Wind tunnels, Hydrology system, Tilting flumes, Acoustic
Doppler flowmeter, Ultrasonic and Electromagnetic flowmeters, Hydro-
meteorological observatories.
LABS/FACILITIES
❖ Pseudo Static Cyclic Testing Facility, Shake Table Test Facility for Small Scale
Models, Accelerometer-Based Wireless Measurement System, Fibre Optic-Based
Strain and Temperature Measurement System, State-of-the-Art Teaching
Laboratory for Structural Dynamics, Construction Materials Testing Facilities
including NDT equipment, Equipment for determining the Properties of Fresh and
Hardened Concrete, Universal Testing Machines, Vibration Survey System
(including eccentric mass shaker) for In-situ Measurement of Dynamic Properties
of Existing Structures.
❖ Centrifuge Bitumen Extractor, Marshall Test, Fatigue Test for Bituminous Mixes,
Profilograph, Rotational Viscometer, Vacuum Viscometer, British Pendulum Tester,
Traffic Speed Measurement Radar, Stone Polishing Machine, Thin Film Oven
Test,Asphalt Content Tester by Ignition Method, GPS Set-up, State - of – the – art
Instrumented vehicle (Sensors installed: Lidar, IMU GPS Unit, Steering angle
sensor, Brake pedal sensor, accelerator pedal sensor, Gear shift force sensor, OBD
GPS data logger), CBR testing, Light Weight Deflectometer, Universal Testing
Machine for Asphaltic and Granular Materials, Vacuum Density Measurement for
Mixes, Benkelmen beam deflection apparatus, Dynamic cone penetrometer,
Micro-calorimeter, Simultaneous DSC-TGA.
❖ Computational facilities for project planning, scheduling, and visualization.
Hardware and software capabilities to assist Building Information Modelling
(BIM) learning and advanced Construction 4.0 aspects. Tabletop models of
modern Construction equipment to understand how the equipment operates and
its mechanical and operational limitations. Construction quality tools and
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

National Centre for Geodesy, IIT Kanpur

A National Centre for Geodesy (NCG) has been setup at IIT Kanpur, with the support
from Department of Science and Technology (DST). The objective of this centre is to
nucleate and strengthen activities in the area of Geodesy education, capacity building
and academic research and development by preparing well trained PG students,
conducting state of the art research and development activities. This centre acts as the
National Resource Center for extensive support (laboratory, equipment, training,
library, SW, etc.) to students and researchers from various universities and
institutions and advise state/central government departments on all issues related to
Geodesy. NCG offers M. Tech, MSR and PhD programs in the areas of
Geodesy/Geoinformation. The eligibility requirements are the same as those listed
under Geoinformatics in the earlier section.
FACULTY LIST
❖ Abhas Singh, Ph.D. (Washington University, St. Louis): Environmental geochemistry of
heavy metals and inorganic contaminants, Inorganic contaminant fate and transport in
groundwater, Contaminant remediation in natural as well as engineered environments,
Recycling and stabilization of municipal and hazardous solid waste
❖ Abhijith G R, Ph.D. (IIT Madras): Monitoring and controlling water quality in drinking
water supply systems, Developing cost-effective water and wastewater treatment
technologies, Improving the reliability and equity of water supply in rural and urban
settings, Leakage detection and control in water supply systems, Fate and transport of
contaminants in natural systems
❖ Abhishek Chaudhary, Ph.D. (ETH Zurich): Sustainable Development, Environmental
Modeling, Life Cycle Assessment, Biodiversity conservation, Sustainable agriculture and
diets, Sustainable infrastructure, Climate Change and Environmental Impact Assessment.
❖ Aditya Medury, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley): Road safety (crashbased
prediction models, surrogate safety estimation, exposure modeling, road user behaviour),
transportation infrastructure management (optimization problems for resource allocation,
performance modeling)
❖ Amar Nath Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D. (National University of Singapore): Stability of plate
and shell structures. Mechanics and design of thin-walled structures. Molecular dynamics
simulation of materials.
❖ Animesh Das, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur): Pavement design, Pavement materials, Pavement
evaluation and maintenance.
❖ Anubha Goel, Ph.D. (University of Maryland): Characterization of emissions from
combustion sources for source identification a selection of mitigation strategies, technical
interventions, indoor environmental quality, emission factors for pollutants from vehicular
exhaust, impact of inhaled particles on human health, agricultural activity and climate
change, management of solid waste for sustainable development.
❖ Arghya Das, Ph.D. (University of Sydney): Constitutive modeling of Geomaterials.
Micromechanics of granular materials. Bifurcation & instability analysis in Geomaterials.
Numerical & physical modeling in Geotechnical Engineering.
❖ Bipin Kumar Gupta, PhD (University of Waterloo): Foundations for Offshore Wind
Turbines, Soil-structure interaction analysis and design, Numerical and Analytical Methods
in Geomechanics
❖ B. Nagarajan, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University): Geodesy, Satellite altimetric and
gravimetric studies, Earth rotation and polar motion, photogrammetry and remote
sensing, Topographical surveying and mapping, Regional Geoidal models
❖ Balaji Devaraju, Ph.D. (University of Stuttgart): Signal processing on the sphere, Satellite
gravimetry, Future satellite missions, Geodetic sensors for environmental monitoring, Data
assimilation andAdjustment theory.
❖ Bharat Lohani, Ph.D. (University of Reading): Terrestrial, Mobile and airborne laser
scanning, Remote sensing, GIS, GPS, Electronic surveying, Algorithm development, Terrain
modeling, Geodata visualization, andApplications.
❖ Chinmoy Kolay, Ph.D. (Lehigh University): Behaviour of structures under extreme load
events (e.g., earthquake, windstorm, and blast), Real-time hybrid (pseudo-dynamic)
simulation, Structural dynamics and control, Nonlinear structural analysis, Numerical
techniques and Soil-structure interaction.
FACULTY LIST
❖ Chirag Kothari, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, USA): Construction management,
Construction 4.0, Socio-technical Infrastructure Asset Management, Digital Twins for Civil
Infrastructure Systems, Sustainable Smart Cities
❖ Chunendra K Sahu, Ph.D. (University of Alberta, Canada): Flow and mixing in porous
media, Buoyancy and density-driven flows, Carbon sequestration, Theoretical and
experimental methods.
❖ Durgesh C Rai, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor): Experimental seismic behavior
of structures, Seismic evaluation and strengthening, Energy dissipation devices, Masonry
and Steel-RC composite members.
❖ GourabanandaPahar, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur): Computational and experimental hydraulics,
Lagrangian particle methods.
❖ Gaurav Tiwari, Ph.D. (IISc Bangalore): Geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics and rock
engineering, experimental rock mechanics, probabilistic rock engineering.
❖ Harish K Venkatanarayanan, Ph.D. (Clemson University): Microstructure of cement-
based material, Material characterization techniques, Advanced cementitious materials,
Sustainable construction materials, Repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures.
❖ Hemant Gehlot, Ph.D. (Purdue University): Transportation network modelling,
Combinatorial optimization, Disaster management, Intelligent transportation systems.
❖ Jagdish Prasad Sahoo, Ph.D. (IISc Bangalore): Foundation Engineering, Reinforced earth
structures, stability of tunnels, underground openings and slopes, Pavement geotechnics,
Strength behavior of rocks
❖ Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur): Water treatment and water quality
management, Wastewater treatment and recycling, Smart water supply systems,
Integrated urban water management, Remote sensing based water quality estimation,
Circular economy in waste management.
❖ Mukesh Sharma, Ph.D. (University of Waterloo): Air quality modeling and management,
Fate processes of organic pollutants and parameter estimation, GHG emissions and
mitigation.
❖ Nihar R Patra, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur): Pile foundations, Soil-structure interactions, Ground
engineering, Soil arching, Liquefaction potential evaluation, Sustainable geotechnics.
❖ Onkar Dikshit, Ph.D. (Cambridge University): DIP, GPS, GIS, Remote Sensing and Pattern
recognition applications.
❖ Partha Chakroborty, Ph.D. (University of Delaware): Traffic flow theory and traffic
engineering, Optimal transit system design, Transport system evaluation and management.
❖ Partha Narayan Mishra, PhD (University of Queensland): Engineering behaviour of
unsaturated soils, Electromagnetic measurement and monitoring of soil properties,
Biomediated and bioinspired geotechnics, Geotechnics of tailings and industrial wastes.
❖ Prabin Kumar Ashish, Ph.D. (IIT Bombay): Performance based mechanistic
characterization of asphalt binder and mixes, Semi Flexible Pavement (SFP) based
composite materials, Non-destructive methods for understanding pavement materials
behavior, Bonding/debonding between aggregate and asphalt binder, Development of
sustainable pavement materials.
❖ Pranamesh Chakraborty, PhD (Iowa State University): Intelligent Transportation
Systems, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Naturalistic Driving Studies
FACULTY LIST
❖ Prishati Raychowdhury, Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego): Soil dynamics,
Geotectnical Earthquake Engineering, Seismic soil-structure interaction.
❖ Priyanka Ghosh, Ph.D. (IISc Bangalore): Bearing capacity of foundations and Stability of
slopes under both static and seismic cases, Method of characteristics, Upper bound limit
analysis and Finite element analysis, Liquefaction analysis.
❖ Purnendu Bose, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst): Physicochemical processes
for water and wastewater treatment, Advanced oxidation processes for water and
wastewater treatment, Abiotic remediation of groundwater resources.
❖ Rajesh Sathiyamoorthy, Ph.D. (IIT Bombay): Numerical and Physical modeling, Geo-
Environmental Engineering, Geosynthetics, Unsaturated soil mechanics, Railway
Geotechnology.
❖ Richa Ojha, Ph.D. (Purdue University): Flow and transport through unsaturated porous
media, scaling of hydrological processes.
❖ Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Ph.D. (University of Reading): Laboratory measurements of
aerosol absorption and hygroscopic properties, Fog processing of aerosols, Aerosol climate
impacts, Electrical properties of aerosols, Development of new techniques to measure
carbonaceous aerosols.
❖ Salil Goel, Ph.D. (University of Melbourne and IIT Kanpur): Indoor/Outdoor Navigation,
Cooperative Localization, LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Sensor fusion, Filtering and estimation
theory, Integrated navigation/mapping systems, UAV applications
❖ Samit Ray Chaudhuri, Ph.D. (University of California, Irvine): Structural dynamics,
Earthquake Engg., Performance-based design, structural rehabilitation, seismic soil-
structural interaction, structural health monitoring & structural testing.
❖ Saumyen Guha, Ph.D. (Princeton University): Subsurface Flow and Transport;
Bioremediation of Toxic Organics in Natural Systems; Fate and Transport of Pesticides and
Heavy Metals in the Natural Systems; Metal Uptake in Plants; Natural Isotopes.
❖ Shivam Tripathi, Ph.D. (Purdue University): Statistical hydrology, Sediment transport,
Eco-hydrology.
❖ Subhadip Das, Ph.D. (University of Windsor): Open channel flow; Bluff body hydraulics;
Multiphase flow; River mechanics and sediment transport..
❖ Sudhir Misra, Ph.D. (University of Tokyo): Durability of concrete and nondestructive
testing; Infrastructure management; Sustainability in construction; Concrete engineering.
❖ Sudib K Mishra, Ph.D. (University of Arizona, Tucson): Multi-scale, Multiphysics in
materials and Mechanics, Stochastic optimization, Reliability analysis of structures,
structural damage assessment.
❖ Suparno Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D (Columbia University): Structural Identification and
Health Monitoring, Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering
FACULTY LIST
❖ Syam Nair, Ph.D. (Texas A&M): Stabilization of pavement subgrade soils and base
materials, Post-stabilization swelling in expansive soils, Characterization and performance
prediction of cementitious materials, Use of recycled materials and by-products in
pavement construction, Surface properties of aggregates and interaction with binding
materials.
❖ Tarun Gupta, Sc.D. (Harvard University): Development of instruments for aerosol
measurement, Engineering control of particles in ambient and indoor settings, Physico-
chemical characterization of atmospheric pollutants, Personal exposure assessment and
health effects of inhaled particles.
❖ Tushar Apurv, PhD (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): Drought risk management,
hydro-climatology, water resources systems analysis, hydrologic modelling, coupled
human-natural systems
❖ Venkatesan Kanagaraj, Ph.D. (IIT Madras): Traffic Flow Theory, Crowd Dynamics,
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.
❖ Vinay K Gupta, Ph.D. (University of Southern California): Random vibrations, Earthquake
engineering.
BROAD RESEARCH AREAS
The broad research areas in each area of specialization are listed below:
❖ Environmental Engineering: Environmental geochemistry of heavy metals and
inorganic contaminants; Investigate physical and chemical processes such as
adsorption, precipitation, and reduction-oxidation occurring at mineral-
watermicrobial interfaces, and relate them to larger scales; Predict inorganic
contaminant fate and transport through surface complexation and flow-through
reactor modeling; Develop tools to target contaminant remediation in natural as well
as engineered environments; Evaluating the impact of human consumption activities
on different environmental domains (climate change, water use, land use,
eutrophication, acidification; Generating quantitative information to guide transition
towards sustainable technology, systems and human behaviors; Developing methods
for biodiversity and ecosystem service impact assessment; Environmental life cycle
assessment (LCA); Product environmental footprint (PEF) assessment; Characterising
the sustainability status of global diets and food systems through nutrition, human
health and environmental indicators; Characterization of emissions from vehicular
exhaust; Indoor and ambient air quality assessment; Size segregated distribution of
particulates and organic pollutants on aerosols; Health risk assessment;
Environmental modeling, Fate and transport of pollutants; Solid Waste Management;
Agricultural impact on climate change; Air quality modelling and management; Fate
processes of organic pollutants and parameter estimation; Physico-chemical
processes for water and wastewater treatment; Abiotic remediation of groundwater
resources; Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment;
Aerosol Science and Technology; Low-Cost Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring; Air
pollution source identification in near real-time; Aerosol-Land Use-RainfallClimate
coupling; Large-Scale Chamber Aerosol Experiments for Reactor Safety; Development
of instruments for aerosol measurement; Engineering control of particles in ambient
and indoor settings; Physico-chemical characterization of atmospheric pollutants;
formation of secondary organic aerosol; Personal exposure assessment and health
effects of inhaled particles; Source apportionment of air pollution; formation and
control of engine exhaust emissions, and risk assessment; Processes for natural
resource conservation and regeneration; Physicochemical, Biological and Ecological
processes, Water and wastewater treatment; Modelling and simulation of
environmental systems; EIA& EA.
❖ Geoinformatics: Satellite Altimetry and Gravimetric Studies; Earth Rotation and
Polar Motion; Photogrammetric and Remote sensing; Topographical Surveying and
Mapping; Regional Geoidal Models; Physical Geodesy; Future Satellite Gravity
Missions; Geodetic tools for monitoring the environment; 3D laser imaging and LCS
measurement; Technology for motion correction and error analysis in laser scanning;
Propagation modelling using high resolution LiDAR data (flood, sound, GPS signal); As
built mapping using terrestrial laser scanning of complex structure including heritage
structures; Development of LiDAR simulator-airborne and spaceborne; GIS for
optimized land consolidation; Remote Sensing Applications, Photogrammetry; GIS;
GPS and DIP for engineering and Natural Resource Management Problems;
Unmanned Aerial ehicles (UAVs), LiDAR, Photogrammetry, GNSS/INS Integration,
Filtering and estimation, Sensor fusion.
BROAD RESEARCH AREAS

❖ Geotechnical Engineering: Constitutive modeling of geomaterials; Micromechanics

of granular materials; Bifurcation & instability analysis in geomaterials; Numerical
and physical modeling in geotechnical engineering; Foundations for Offshore Wind
Turbines; Soil-structure interaction analysis and design; Numerical and Analytical
Methods in Geomechanics; Rock Mechanics, Probabilistic methods in Rock
Engineering; Foundation Engineering; Reinforced earth structures; stability of
tunnels; underground openings and slopes; Pavement geotechnics; Strength behavior
of rocks; Pile Foundations; Soil Arching; Liquefaction Potential Evaluation; Soil
dynamics; Geotechnical earthquake engineering; Seismic soil-structure interaction;
Bearing capacity of foundations; Retaining walls and earth pressure theory; Pullout
resistance of anchors; Stability of slopes; Geo-Environmental Engineering; Ground
Improvement Techniques; Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils;
Stability of engineered landfills and ash dyke; Electromagnetic methods for
measurement and monitoring of soil properties; Geotechnics of tailings and industrial
wastes; Biomediated and bioinspired geotechnics.
❖ Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering: Flow and mixing in porous media;
Buoyancy and density driven flows; Dye-attenuation technique; Carbon sequestration,
groundwater contamination, geothermal energy recovery; Computational and
experimental hydraulics; Lagrangian particle methods; Subsurface Flow and
Transport; Fate and Transport of Pesticides and Nutrients in the Natural Systems; ;
Flow and transport through variably saturated porous media; Flow and transport in
porous media; Scaling of hydrological processes; Hydrologic extremes; Statistical
hydrology; Sediment transport; Eco-hydrology; Drought risk management; Hydro-
climatology; Water resources systems analysis; Water cycle, treatment, recycle and
conservation in urban, industrial and rural environment, Natural isotopes in
Hydrology, Hydrologic Models.
❖ Infrastructure Engineering and Management: Construction Project Management,
Infrastructure Asset Management, Infrastructure Financing, Smart Cities, Sustainable
Construction Methods, Construction Engineering, Sustainable Materials, Quality and
Safety in Construction, Construction Productivity, Life Cycle Assessment, Impact
Assessment of Infrastructure Projects, Building Information Modelling (BIM),
Construction 4.0, Digital Twins for Civil Infrastructure Systems, Lean Construction.
❖ Structural Engineering: Structural dynamics; Structural control; Earthquake
engineering; Random Vibration; Structural Identification and Health Monitoring;
Performance evaluation of structural and non-structural components and systems;
Performance-based design and structural rehabilitation; Behaviour of structures
under extreme load events (e.g., earthquake, windstorm, and blast); Real-time hybrid
(pseudo-dynamic) simulation; Seismic soil-structure interaction; Probabilistic Safety
Assessment; Structural testing; Non-destructive testing; Experimental seismic
behavior of structures; Energy dissipation devices; Masonry and Steel-RC composite
members; Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis; Nonlinear structural analysis;
Numerical techniques; Multi-scale Modeling of Materials;Thin-Walled Structures;
Stability of Structures; Structural Form Finding and Optimization; Mechanics of Plates
and Shell;
BROAD RESEARCH AREAS

❖ Sandwich Structures; Concrete materials; Microstructure of cement based material;

Material characterization techniques; Advanced cementitious materials; Sustainable
construction materials; Repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures; Durability
and deterioration of concrete structures.
❖ Transportation Engineering: Traffic flow theory and Traffic Engineering; Driver
behaviour modeling; Crowd Dynamics; Traffic facilities design; Transit Systems and
Vehicle Routing; Pavement materials; Pavement design; Pavement evaluation,
maintenance and rehabilitation; Recycling of infrastructure materials; Chemical
stabilization of soils/aggregate; Utilization of industrial by-products; Transportation
infrastructure management; Disaster management; Transport System Evaluation and
Management; Transportation network modeling; Combinatorial optimization; Travel
Demand; Road safety management; Naturalistic Driving Studies; Intelligent
transportation systems; Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Machine Learning; Big
DataAnalytics.
CONTACT

Prof. Gourabananda Pahar

Email: dpgcce@iitk.ac.in
Phone: 0512-259-2011

Mr. Prateek Yadav

Email: officece@iitk.ac.in
Phone: 0512-259-7631

Webpage: https://www.iitk.ac.in/ce/pg-admissions