Research and Development

Research Thrust Areas

S. No.
Thrust Area Faculty Description

1.

Ground Improvement and Slope Stability

  • Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Kumar Gupta
  • Dr. Saurabh Rawat
  • Mr. Niraj Parihar
  • Soil Nailing and Helical Soil Nailing.
  • Slope Stability Analysis and Mitigation
  • Stone Columns for Ground Improvement
  • Soil Stabilization using Leather Waste

2.

Municipal Solid Waste Management and Air Quality Monitoring

  • Prof. (Dr.) Ashish Kumar
  • Dr. Rishi Rana
  • Renewable Energy Sources
  • Assessment of Methane Potential from different types of Biodegradable Waste
  • Environmental Monitoring and Pollution

3.

Construction Materials and Structural Dynamics

  • Dr. Saurav
  • Dr. Tanmay Gupta
  • Dr. Amardeep
  • Dr. Sugandha Singh
  • Enhancing the Strength Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete
  • Innovative Solution to Prevent the Dampness in Concrete Structure
  • Analysis of Special Geometrical Layout for Bridges
  • Seismic Behaviour of Concrete Bridges
  • Low–Cost Material Utilization in Construction Blocks

 

Research Projects/Grants (Ongoing and Completed)
S. No. Project Coordinator/ Principal Investigator(s) Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Grant (in Lakhs)

1.

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta (PI) & Prof. Vivek Sehgal (CO-PI)

Intelligent Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Structures

Directorate of Innovation, Research and Development (DRID)

2021-ongoing

38

2.

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta (PI) ,  Dr. Tanmay Gupta (C0-PI), Dr. Saurabh Rawat (Co-PI)

Geological Hazards Mitigation using Stone Concrete Block Retaining Wall and Helical Soil Nailing

District Disaster Management Authority, Solan, HP

2021-ongoing

25

3.

Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)

Dr Garlapati Vijay Kumar (Co-PI)

Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

Production and Phyco-upgradation of Biogas from pine straw co-digested with food waste.

Directorate of Innovation, Research and Development (DRID)

2023-ongoing

0.5

4.

Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)

Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

Pine Needles conversion to Biofuels for Rural Empowerment

Directorate of Innovation, Research and Development (DRID)

2022 24

7.0

5

Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)

Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

Biogas Production for Sustainable Energy Generation in Rural HP using one Stage Portable Digester

H.P. Council for Science, Technology and Environment, HIMCOSTE

2016-2018

7.87

6

Dr. Ashish Kumar (Nodal Officer)

Chief Minister’s Startup/Innovation Projects/New Industries Scheme

Department of Industries, H.P.

2017- ongoing

77.53

7

Dr. Ashish Kumar (PI)

Effect of Steam–wise Spacing of Circular Bridge Piers on Flow characteristics and local scour

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

2013-2016

9.9

8

Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)

Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

Bioconversion of JUIT Mess Waste to Biogas for the Purpose of Lighting and Power Generation

Jaypee Research Fund

2010-2011

0.95

Patents
S No Patent No. and Date of Grant Application No. Title Department and Inventors

1.

Granted:

12.01.23

124895/319983-001

CBR No.: 14079

Movable Biogas Reactor

Civil Engineering;  Biotechnology & Bioinformatics

Inventors

Mr Karam Dass, Ankur Choudhary, Dr. Ashish Kumar, Dr. Sudhir Kumar

2.

Published:

18-04-2023

202311028088

An Apparatus for testing of a helical soil nail 

Civil Engineering

Inventors

Dr. Saurabh Rawat, Dr.  Ashok Kumar Gupta,

Dr. Pankaj Sharma

3.

Published:

07.06.2023

202311038969

Landslide Prediction System Using IOT and Machine Learning

Civil Engineering,

Computer Science and Engineering

Inventors

Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta, Dr. Vivek Kumar Sehgal,

Dr. Tanmay Gupta and Mr Arush Kaushal

4.

Published:

26.05.2023

202311029769

Use of waste plastic glass as an anti – glare component to avoid road accidents

Civil Engineering, CSE, ECE and BT/BI

Inventors

Archit Kaushal, Shruti Jain, Sudhir Kumar, Aman Sharma, Saurabh Rawat

5.

Filed:

04.03.2023

202311014587

Microfine slag amended blue leather waste ash as a novel material of treating expansive soils

Civil Engineering

Inventors

Dr.  Niraj Singh Parihar, Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta

 

PhD Research Scholars
PhD completed (Awarded)

S.No.
En. No. Name of Scholar Faculty Supervisor Broad Research Area

1

126602

Saurabh Rawat

Prof Ashok Kumar Gupta

Testing and Modelling of Soil Nailed Slopes

2

146601

Rishi Rana

Prof. Rajiv Ganguly & Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Analysis in Tri-City

3

126601

Saurav

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Experimental Studies of Strength and Durability Analysis of Concrete Incorporating Ultrafine Slag

4

166604

ANCHAL SHARMA

Prof. Rajiv Ganguly & Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Municipal solid waste characterization and analysis in Himachal Pradesh

5

166605

AAKASH GUPTA

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Prof. Ashish Kumar

Prioritization of maintenance management decisions for rural road network in Himachal Pradesh

6

166603

Disha Thakur

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Prof. Rajiv Ganguly

Characterization and settlement analysis of Municipal Solid waste

7

176605

Ankur Choudhary

Prof. Ashish Kumar & Prof. Sudhir Kumar

Bio-gas production for sustainable energy generation in rural Himachal Pradesh using one-stage portable digester

8

166610

Aditya Kumar Tiwary

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Post fire exposure behaviour of circular concrete field steel tube column under axial loading

9

166606

Ankit Thakur

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Dr. Saurabh Rawat

Ground improvement using encased stone columns

10

176606

Pankaj Sharma

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Dr. Saurabh Rawat

Behaviour of Helical Soil Nails: An experimental and theoretical study

11

186605

Prachi Vasistha

Prof. Rajiv Ganguly

Water quality determination and modelling of natural lakes

12

166607

Niraj Singh Parihar

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Stabilization of expansive soil using leather industry waste ash

13

186602

Sudheer Kumar Jala

Dr. Saurabh Rawat & Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Performance of Hybrid confined Stone columns in loose ash fills; Experimental and numerical Investigation

PhD ongoing

 

S. No. En. No. Name of Scholar Faculty Supervisor Broad Research Area Status

1

176602

Preetpal Singh Rihal

Dr.Amardeep & Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Use of MSW soil in pavement construction

Submitted

2

176603

Amanpreet Tangri

Dr. Saurabh Rawat

Use of flexible facing for soil nail walls

Submitted

3

196603

Abhishek Thakur

Dr. Saurav

Structural Health Monitoring by Using Carbon Nano tubes

On-going

 

4

206601

 

Akash Bhardwaj

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Assessing tourism sustainability for Shimla using sustainable tourism benchmarking tool and ARCGIS

On-going

5

206602

Aishwarya Thakur

Dr. Saurav

Corrosion protection in RCC

On-going

6

206610

Pradeep Kuhar

Dr. Amardeep

Utilization of different additives in construction of cool pavements

On-going

7

206611

Manoj Kumar Poonia

Dr. Amardeep

Sustainable construction of green highways

On-going

8

216602

Rohit Sharma

Dr. Tanmay Gupta & Prof. Ashish Kumar

Experimental investigation of stone concrete block

On-going

9

216607

Chandra Pal Gautam

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Structural Health Monitoring Using AI and ML

On-going

 

10

226603

 

Akshat Sharma

Dr. Amardeep & Dr. Yugal Kumar

Computer Application in Identification of Potholes and Characterization of Modified Bitumen Having Different Addictives

On-going

 

11

226604

 

Nikita Raheja

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Dr. Kushal Kunwar

Soil stabilization through lime and applications of AL and ML in soil

On-going

12

236002

Manish

Dr. Tanmay Gupta & Dr. Vikas Bhagel

Performance measurement of structure system after natural disaster

On-going

13

246601

Amreen Khatun

Dr. Sugandha Singh & Dr. Nishant Jain

Effectivness of structural walls in non-planar orientation on earthquake resistance of residential buildings

On-going

14

246602

Manisha Thakur

Prof. Ashish Kumar & Prof. Sudhir Kumar

Development of technology for continous prediction of methane using lignocellulosic biomass

On-going

15

246603

Kannan Thakur

Dr. Niraj Singh Parihar & Prof. Hemant Sood

Biostabilization of slopes

On-going

16

226604

Richa Sharma

Dr. Rishi Rana & Dr. Raj Kumar

Removal of emerging pollutants from various waste water sources using Bio-remediation.

On-going

M.Tech. Projects


S.No.
Students Involved Faculty Supervisor Project Title

1.

Vivek Kashyap

Dr. Tanmay Gupta

Evaluation the dynamic Response of Retaining Walls and retrofitting Strategies

2.

Divyanshu Pandit

Mr. Chandrapal Gautam

An Approch to predict the retrofitting technique of the concrete structures using AI and ML

3.

Akhil Raj

Dr. Sugandha Singh

Evaluation of structural Walls in Non–Planar orientation in Low–cost residential buildings

4.

Ajeet Singh

Dr. Sugandha Singh

Probabilistic seismic risk assessment of low–cost residential buildings with non–planar structural walls

5.

Sankar Nath Sarkar

Mr. Kaushal Kumar

Adhesives Bounded Steel Concrete Composite Structures

6.

Rohit Kumar

Dr. Saurav

Predicting Hydration kinetics and performance of fly ash based cementitious binders using deep learning models

7.

Khetup Namgial

Mr. Kaushal Kumar

Analysis of Shear lag effect in Box girder Bridges

B.Tech. Projects


S.No.
Students Involved Faculty Supervisor Project Title

1

PARAS SHARMA, Avishya Jaswal & Aditya Rana

Dr. Saurabh Rawat

Image Based Detection of Structural Members

2

KARMA YOEZER & Phurpa Dorji

 Mr. Akash Bhardwaj

Exploration of Ground Water Potential Zones for Shimla District using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

3

DECHEN WANGMO & Astha Sharma

Dr. Rishi Rana

Pine Needles as Green Material for Removal of Metal Ions and Dyes from Waste Water

4

JATIN GUPTA, Ankit Ravi & Siddharth Dogra

Dr. Amardeep

Application of e-waste as a Reinforcement in Construction of Sustainable Pavement

5

PIYUSH CHAUHAN

Dr. Rishi Rana and Akash Bhardwaj

Dairy Wastewater Management

6

SHARAD SINGH

Dr. Ashish Kumar and Akash Bhardwaj

An Assessment of Microplastic in the Himalayan River and Canal System between Rishikesh and Roorkee

7

SONAM PELZOM & Pramod Kumar

Mr. Niraj Singh Parihar

Parametric Analysis of Leachate from Blue Leather Waste and Microfine Slag Stabilized Pavement Model in Varied pH Environment

8

JITENDER VERMA & Kanav Sharma

Mr. Kaushal Kumar

Fatigue Life Prediction of Highway Bridge Steel Girder using ABAQUS

9

SHASHWAT NANDAN SHARMA & Saurabh Kharyal

Dr. Sugandha Singh

Flooding Risk Assessment of Dams

10

CHANDAN

Mr. Chandar Pal Gautam

Assessment of Porous Concrete with Fibre-Reinforced Concrete

11

ARUSHI & Prateek Sharma

Dr. Tanmay Gupta

Digital Image Correlation in Civil Engineering Structural Monitoring

12

KARAN SHARMA & Divyam Nagraik

ChandarPal Gautam and Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Enhancing Structural Performance: Incorporating Steel Fibers in Concrete Blocks

13

Pranjal Srivastava & Mohit Thakur

Dr. Sugandha Singh and Dr. Tanmay Gupta

Analysis of Landslide Remedies using Geological Surveys Data & A Case Study on Landslides in Solan, Shamti

14

UTKARSH SINGH & Neeyati Gupta

Dr. Saurav

Experimental and Numerical study to improve seismic performance of a low–rise load bearing masonry wall