Vinod P. Designation. : Professor Highest Qualification : Ph.D (Geotechnical Engg.) Academic Details : University Institution % of marks

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1 Vinod P. Designation : Professor Highest Qualification : Ph.D (Geotechnical Engg.) Academic Details : Degree B.Tech [ Civil Engg.] M.E. [Civil Year of acquiring degree 1985 Geotechnical Engg] 1987 Ph.D [Civil Engineering] 1996 University Institution % of marks University of College of Engineering, 84.77%, First Rank in Kerala Trivandrum Kerala University I.I.Sc., I.I.Sc., Bangalore CGPA=7.6 First Rank Bangalore in Dept. of Civil Engg I.I.Sc., I.I.Sc., Bangalore Bangalore Past Service details : Institution. Designation Period Years Months TKM College of Engg, Kollam, College of Engg, Trivandrum GEC, Thrissur Lecturer from to Lecturer [Senior Scale] from to Lecturer [Selection Grade] from to ¾ Lecturer/Assistant Professor from to Associate Professor from to ½ Professor from to ¾ Professor from till date -- 1 Teaching Interests/ Courses offered in past: Total : 29½years PG courses offered : Advanced Foundation Engineering; Applied Numerical Methods and optimisation; Geotechnical investigation for infrastructure projects. U.G courses offered : Geotechnical Engineering ; Site Investigation & Soil Testing; Research Interests: Engineering Mechanics; Mechanics of Solids; Structural Analysis, Fluid Mechanics I. Prediction/characterisation of soil behaviour

2 Ground improvement studies Publications: [a] International Journals Sl. Title of the Paper No. 1 Triaxial compression of clay reinforced with sandcoir fiber core Name & issue of the journal, year of publication Geotechnical Testing Journal, 30 (4), 2007 Publisher ASTM 2 Use of sand -coir fiber composite columns in stabilisation of soft clay deposits Journal of Natural Fibers, 6, 2009 Taylor & Francis Discussion: Evaluation of strength and stiffness 3 response of coir-fiber reinforced soil by G.L.Sivakumar Babu and A.K.Vasudevan 4 Behaviour of a square model footing on loose sand reinforced with braided coir rope 5 Compressibility behaviour of undisturbed kuttanad clay & correlation with index properties 6 Use of coir geotextiles in unpaved road construction 7 Contribution of hand knotted coir netting to the bearing capacity of loose sand 8 Compressibility behaviour of preloaded highly plastic clays 9 Shear strength behaviour of preloaded highly plastic clays 10 Model studies on woven coir geotextile reinforced sand bed 11 Packing characteristics of aggregates for high performance concrete 162, 2009 Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 27, 2009 Int. Jl. of Geotechnics and Environment, 2010 Geosynthetics International, 17(4), 2010 Geosynthetics International, 17(6), , 2011 Int. Jl. of Geotechnical Engineering,5(2), , 2012 Int. Jl. of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 5(1), 2012 Elsevier Research Science Press Intl. Geosynthetics Society Intl. Geosynthetics Society J.Ross Publishing Inc. Cafet Innova Tech. Society 12 Remoulded shear strength at plastic and semisolid states Geotechnical Engineering, 34,, Durability studies on high strength high performance concrete Int. Jl. of Civil Engineering and Technology, 4(1), 2013 IAEME 14 Effect of compaction energy on CBR and compaction behaviour 168, Investigations on enhanced in-situ bio-oxidation of methane from landfill gas(lfg) in a lab scale model Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2015, DOI:0.1007/s Springer

3 16 Re-examination of compaction behaviour of fine grained soils 2015, doi.org/ /grim (b) National Journals Sl. No Title of the Paper. 1 Bishop s method with anisotropy in cohesion 2 Settlement of circular footings on layered soils Name & issue of the journal, year of publication Indian Geotechnical Journal, 19 (4), 1989 Indian Geotechnical Journal, 25(2), 1995 Publisher IGS IGS 3 Prediction of CBR value of lateritic soils using liquid limit and gradation characteristics data HIGHWAY RESEARCH JOURNAL, 1(1), 2008 IRC 4 Compression index of highly plastic clays an empirical correlation 5 A simplified mix proportioning method for high strength high performance concrete Indian Geotechnical Journal, 40(3), 2010 Indian Concrete Journal, 87(10), 2013 IGS ACC Ltd. [c] International Conferences Sl. No Title of Paper Details of Publication Year 1 Ground improvement through provision of a strong soil layer for shallow foundations Int. conf. on Ground improvement techniques, Macau Analysis of two layer system beneath rigid footing a global approach 3 Bearing capacity of two layer soil systems beneath rigid footings 4 Role of coir fibers in precompression of sand beds 5 Ground improvement through effective use of coir fibers 6 Influence of preloaded area on stabilization of Kuttanad clays 7 A critical reappraisal of cone penetration method for liquid limit determination 8 Shear strength determination of soft soils with very high natural water content 9 Influence of mineral and chemical admixtures on the packing density of high strength HPC Int. Symp.on earth reft., Fukuoka, Japan, Vol.I. 4 th Int. Conf. on Ground Improvement Techniques, K.Lumpur, Malaysia, Vol.II. 4 th Int. Conf. on Ground Improvement Techniques, K.Lumpur, Malaysia, Vol.II. Int. Conf. on Geosynthetics and Geo- Environmental Engineering, I.I.T.Bombay, Mumbai. 5 th Int. Conf. on Ground Improvement Techniques, K.Lumpur, Malaysia, Vol.I. Ist Int. Conf. on Technological Trends [ICTT 2010]. Int. Conf. on Ground improvement and ground control, Australia. Int. Conf. on innovations in concrete construction, Punjab

4 10 Absorption characteristics of flowable high strength HPC 11 Variation in grain size distribution characteristics of higly plastic clay under loading [d] National Conferences Int. Conf. on sustainable challenges & advances in concrete technology, Coimbatore. Int, Symp. On Advances in Foundation Engineering, Singapore Sl. No Title of Paper Details of Publication Year 1 Three-dimensional stability of slopes by Bishop s method with anisotropy in cohesion 2 Analysis of rectangular footings using an equivalent diameter concept 3 Ground improvement through coir fiber reinforced stone columns Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore Indian Geotechnical Conference, Indore Compressibility characteristics of Kuttanad clays Nat. Conf. on Technological Trends, Trivandrum Studies on engineering behaviour of lateritic soils of Nat. Conf. on Technological Trends, Trivandrum, northern Kerala 6 Stabilisation of submerged clay beds using electroosmosis Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore Mini-plate load tests on preloaded Kuttanad clays Indian Geotechnical Conference, Bangalore Effective use of coir products in ground improvement Indian Geotechnical Conference, Guntur Sponsored Research Projects : Sl. No Project Ttitle Funding agency Starting year and duration 1 Studies on improving the engineering behavior of Kuttanad clays using preloading 2 Studies on subsoil stabilization using woven coir geotextiles 3 Investigations on ultra high performance cementitious composites KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala Amount sanctioned [Rs.] 2006, 4years lakhs 2007, 3½ years 9.03 lakhs 2009, 3 years lakhs Guidance of Ph.D thesis Sl. No. 1 Title of the Thesis Compressibility and shear strength behaviour of preloaded Kuttanad clay Name of the Research Scholar 2 Studies on effective use of coir for ground improvement Dr. Ajitha B. Bhaskar 3 A simplified mix proportioning method for flowable high strength high performance concrete Month & Year of Award of the Ph.D Degree Dr. Bindu J. May, 2011 June, 2012 Dr. Jeenu G. April, 2014

5 4 In-situ bioremediation of landfill pollutants: maximizing the remediation potential of select indigenous and exogenous microorganisms 5 Experimental investigation on strength and behavior of engineered cementitious composite structural elements 6 A framework for compaction characteristics and CBR value of fine grained soils Membership in Professional bodies: 1. Indian Society for Technical Education - Life Member 2. Indian Geotechnical Society Life Member 3. Indian Geotechnical Society [ Kochi Chapter] Life Member Deepa Nair K. Sunitha S. Sreelekshmy Pillai [QIP] Work under progress Work under progress Work under progress Industrial consultancy works: Served as Geotechnical Consultant in the soil exploration works and foundation design for various Govt. Organisations such as the Corporation of Trivandrum, PWD, and MES. Awards/Honours : [ [i] Anantha Siva Iyer Gold Medal for having secured the highest percentage of marks in the B.Tech degree examination [ 1985; Civil Engineering ] in the University of Kerala [ii] Prof.N.S.Govind Rao Medal for being the best M.E. student in the Dept. of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Bangalore for the year [iii] CERD Researcher of the year Award-2010 instituted by CERD, Govt. of Kerala for the best researcher in Government Engineering Colleges in the State [1 st recipient of the Award]. [iv] Dr.Vasudev Award instituted by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) for the best sponsored research project report submitted in 2010 under the Science Research Scheme of the Council. [v] Prof.V.K.M.John National Award instituted by the ISTE for the best Engineering College Teacher of Kerala State Expert lectures to faculty/students of Engg. Colleges &Training to PWD Engineers

6 . Delivered Expert Lectures in the Short Term Training Programmes organized by NIT Calicut, Govt, Engineering College Trichur, College of Engineering Trivandrum and Saint Gits College of Engineering, Kottayam.. Engaged remedial classes at GEC, Idukki.. Trained and interacted with Engineers of the Kerala PWD through the training programmes organized by the College of Engg. Trivandum as well as the Kerala Highway Research Institute. Participation in Short Term Training Programmes Sl. Title of Programme Period, duration Organizer no. 1 Modelling and design of foundations 1988, 13 days ISTE, IIT Kanpur 2 Effective teaching and evaluation 1989, 5days CCE, CET 3 Class room techniques and teacher effectiveness 1991, 3ays ISTE, CET 4 Analysis and prediction of soil behavior 1996, 12days CCE, I.I.Sc., Bangalore 5 Environmental Geotechnics 1996, 12days CCE, I.I.Sc., Bangalore 6 Vibration Engineering Recent trends in analysis, design & testing 1998, 14days AICTE, TKMCE, 7 Management of water resources 1999, 12days ISTE, TKMCE, Kollam 8 National Symposium on advances in geotechnical engineering 2004, 2days IISc., Bangalore 9 Case studies in Geotechnical Engineering 2005, 2days IISc., Bangalore 10 Seismic soil structure interaction 2009, 5days ISTE, CET 11 Recent advances in the use of geosynthetics in transportation and 2011, 14days AICTE, CET geotechnical engineering 12 Recent advances in subsoil investigation 2013, 3days DTE, CET 13 Accreditation Awareness Programme 2014, 1day ISTE, CET 14 Advances in Geoenvironmental Engg. and landfill 2015, 3days DTE, CET Teaching Effectiveness Index Year Subject Class Teacher effectiveness index 2002 Fluid Mechanics I III Semester B. Tech Structural Analysis I IV Semester B. Tech Deep Foundations VIII Semester B. Tech Geotechnical Engineering II VII Semester B. Tech Mechanics of Structures III Semester B. Tech Geotechnical Engineering I V Semester B. Tech Mechanics of Structures III Semester B. Tech Advanced Foundation Engineering I Semester M. Tech 99.77

7 2010 Engineering Mechanics I & II Sem B. Tech Applied Numerical Methods III Semester M. Tech Special foundations and structural II Semester M. Tech design of Foundations Geotechnical Engineering I VI Semester B. Tech Geotechnical investigation for I Semester M. Tech infrastructure projects 2015 Engineering Mechanics I & II Sem B. Tech Other Academic & Administrative Duties Role/Position Period Staff Advisor B.Tech Engaging of GATE coaching classes Since 2003 Secretary, Civil Engineering Association Treasurer,CETAA 2008, 2009 Staff Advisor M.Tech Co-ordinator [Time table] Civil Dept , Executive member, PTA Lab in Charge, Geotechnical Engineering lab Presiding Officer[Civil Dept.], College Union election 2012 Expert Committee member for verification of tabulation & providing purchase recommendations of tenders for equipments in Polytechnics under the assistance of MHRD 2012 Evaluation of project proposals at AICTE Headquarters, New Delhi 2013 Setting up of question papers for the LATERAL ENTRY Examination conducted by the Joint Controller of Examinations 2014 Senior Staff Advisor B.Tech Reviewer of IGJ as well as Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Since 2007

8 Contact information Permanent Address : dr_pvinod@gectcr.ac.in; dr_pvinod@rediffmail.com; : Lavanya, TC 9/ [K-128], Poornima Lane, Kochar Road. Sasthamangalam Thiruvananthapuram,