Summary

Field of Specialization

Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering – Engineering and Technology

Qualification Summary

• 1983 - Bachlors of Engineering (BE) in Civil Engineering from Govt BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere, Mysore University - India.
• 1986 - Master of Science (MS Engineering) in Geotechnical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - India.
• 1991 - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering
• 1992-94 - Post Doctoral Research at center for earth sciences and engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Texas - USA.

Education

• 1983 - Bachelor of Engineering(BE) in Civil Engineering University of Mysore, Karnataka - India.

  Graduated from from Govt BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere, Mysore University, Karnataka - India.

  Topper in class.

  First class with distinction.

• 1986 - Master of Science (MS Engineering) in Geotechnical Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - India

  Thesis - T.G. Sitharam (1986) Some studies on Volume Change and strength behaviour of soils as affected by environmental factors, M.Sc. (Engg), Thesis, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Link to Thesis

• 1991 - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  Thesis -T.G. Sitharam (1991) Numerical simulation of Hydraulic fracturing in Granular media, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. Link to Thesis

• 1992-94 - Post Doctoral Research University of Texas, Austin, USA

Research Interests

My core interest and expertise lies in teaching and research in geotechnical arena. I am particularly interested in following:

• Rock mechanics and Rock engineering
• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
• Microzonation and site response studies
• Micromechanics of Granular materials
• Numerical Methods in Geomechanics
• Earth dams and Tailing ponds
• Reinforced earth structures
• Instrumentation in Geotechnical Engineering
• Engineering Education: web based education