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

 

Funded Research Projects/Other Grants

S. No.		 Project Title Funding Agency Amount (Lakhs) Duration (Years) Start Date Investigators

1.

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

Directorate of Innovation, Research and Development (DRID)

0.50

1

28.02.23
  • Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)
  • Dr Garlapati Vijay Kumar (Co-PI)
  • Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

2.

Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Structures

Directorate of Innovation, Research and Development (DRID)

38 (for First Year)

2

01.04.22
  • Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta (Coordinator)
  • Dr. Vivek Sehgal (Co–Coordinator)

3.

Pine Needles conversion to Biofuels for Rural Empowerment

Directorate of Innovation, Research and Development (DRID)

7

1

01.04.22
  • Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)
  • Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

4.

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

District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Solan, HP

25

3

01.07.21
  • Dr. Tanmay Gupta (PI)
  • Dr. Saurabh Rawat (Co-PI)
  • Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Kumar Gupta (Co-PI)

5.

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

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

7.87

2

18.10.16
  • Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)
  • Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

6.

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

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

9.9

3

01.01.13
  • Dr. Ashish Kumar

7.

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

Jaypee Research Fund

0.95

1

01.05.10
  • Dr. Sudhir Kumar (PI)
  • Dr. Ashish Kumar (Co-PI)

8.

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

Department of Industries, H.P.

87.53 (Received up to date)

--

08.05.17
  • Dr. Ashish Kumar (Nodal Officer)

*The project has been rated as very good on the performance of first year by the committee of HIMCOSTE

Patents Granted

S. No.		 Patent No. & Application no. Date of Grant Patent Title Department Inventors

1.

124895/319983-001 CBR No.: 14079

12.01.23

Movable Biogas Reactor
  • Civil Engineering
  • Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
  • Karm Dass
  • Ankur Choudhary
  • Dr. Ashish Kumar
  • Dr. Sudhir Kumar

 

Current Student Projects

PhD Projects

 

S. No. Students Involved Faculty Supervisor Project Title

1

Preetpal Singh Rihal

Dr. Amardeep

Use of MSW soil in pavement construction

2

Amanpreet Tangri

Dr. Saurabh Rawat

Use of flexible facing for soil nail walls

3

Abhishek Thakur

Dr. Saurav

Structural Health Monitoring by Using Carbon Nano tubes

 

4

 

Akash Bhardwaj

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

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

5

Aishwarya Thakur

Dr. Saurav

Corrosion protection in RCC

6

Pradeep Kuhar

Dr. Amardeep

Utilization of different additives in construction of cool pavements

7

Manoj Kumar Poonia

Dr. Amardeep

Sustainable construction of green highways

8

Rohit Sharma

Dr. Tanmay Gupta & Prof. Ashish Kumar

Experimental investigation of stone concrete block

9

Chandra Pal Gautam

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Structural Health Monitoring Using AI and ML

10

Pankaj Narwal

Dr. Rishi Rana & Dr. Hemant Sood

To Develop Sustainable Construction Material Using Agricultural and MSW

 

11

 

Akshat Sharma

Dr. Amardeep & Dr. Yugal Kumar

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

 

12

 

Nikita Raheja

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Dr. Kushal Kunwar

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

13

Arun Nischal Guleria

Dr. Rishi Rana & Dr. Aman Sharma

Smart Waste Segregation and Monitoring System using IoT

14

Manish

Dr. Tanmay Gupta & Dr. Sunil Datt Sharma

Performance measurement of structure system after natural disaster

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

 

Past Research Scholars (PhD Awarded)

S.No.		 Students Involved Faculty Supervisor Project Title

1

Saurabh Rawat

Prof Ashok Kumar Gupta

Testing and Modelling of Soil Nailed Slopes

2

Rishi Rana

Prof. Rajiv Ganguly & Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Analysis in Tri-City

3

Saurav

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

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

4

ANCHAL SHARMA

Prof. Rajiv Ganguly & Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Municipal solid waste characterization and analysis in Himachal Pradesh

5

AAKASH GUPTA

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Prof. Ashish Kumar

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

6

Disha Thakur

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Prof. Rajiv Ganguly

Characterization and settlement analysis of Municipal Solid waste

7

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

Aditya Kumar Tiwary

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

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

9

Ankit Thakur

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Dr. Saurabh Rawat

Ground improvement using encased stone columns

10

Pankaj Sharma

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta & Dr. Saurabh Rawat

Behaviour of Helical Soil Nails: An experimental and theoretical study

11

Prachi Vasistha

Prof. Rajiv Ganguly

Water quality determination and modelling of natural lakes

12

Niraj Singh Parihar

Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Stabilization of expansive soil using leather industry waste ash

13

Sudheer Kumar Jala

Dr. Saurabh Rawat & Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta

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

 

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