Ground Improvement Techniques / Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Bd.297 (PDF)

Rajesh Sathiyamoorthy is Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. He holds Doctor of Philosophy (2010) in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT Bombay and Master of Technology (2001) from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University. He was at University of Joseph Fourier, LTHE, Grenoble, France as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2011); Tongji University, Shanghai, China, as a Talented Young Scientist (2019-2020); University of Applied Sciences, Darmstradt, Germany, as Young Researcher (2004-2005). His research studies focus on hydro-mechanical behaviour of geomaterials, numerical and physical modelling of geostructures, application of geosynthetics and engineered cover systems and has published more than 95 technical papers in journals and conferences and delivered more than 25 keynote/ invited lectures at various conferences and other events. He is a recipient of Institution of Engineers (India) Young Engineers Award-2013 (Civil Engineering), Talented Young Scientist Award-2018 from Ministry of Science and Technology China and Distinguished Alumni Award-2019 (Academic and Research) from VIT university. Dr. Rajesh is also a recipient of Prof. G. A. Leonards Biannual Award-2011, IGS - Prof. A.V. Shroff Biannual Award-2013, IIT Kanpur Best Instructor Award (seven times) and few best paper awards (IGS-Bangalore Chapter YGE Award-2015 and 2019, IGS-Prof. C.S. Desai Biennial Award-2020, IGC-2020). He is ISSMGE, TC-106 (Unsaturated Soils) committee member representing India.

Dr. Arif Ali Baig Moghal is Distinguished Researcher and an Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal. Dr. Arif received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. Prior to joining NIT, he had worked at Bugshan Research Chair in Expansive Soils at King Saud University, Riyadh as professor. He has over 16 years of research, teaching and consulting experience within the broad fields of civil, geotechnical, geoenvironmental engineering addressing the nexus between sustainability and the environment. His research was funded by KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), India. Dr. Moghal is the author of 53 journal papers, 1 edited book, 11 book chapters, 33 ASCE Geotechnical Special Publications and 25 full conference papers. He has given 23 invited presentations in India and Saudi Arabia. He is Fellow of the Indian Geotechnical Society (FIGS), Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, India (FIE), and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE).



Dr. S. P. Jeyapriya is currently working as Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (Geotechnical), Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching and research. She has published around 30 research articles in international and national journals, 50 papers in international and national conferences. She has coordinated around 15 programs that include faculty development programs, workshops, conferences and seminars. She has delivered invited lectures in several academic institutions. She is a reviewer of research articles submitted to journals and conferences and had done peer reviewing of e-course developed in the domain environmental engineering under NAIP. She has received two best paper awards. She is serving as State Government Nominee to the Board of Governors of few institutes. She is a life member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), New Delhi, India, and Honorary Secretary of IGS-Coimbatore Chapter and has coordinated in establishing more than 20 student chapters at various institutes. Her areas of interests include soil mechanics,foundation engineering, ground improvement techniques and environmental geotechnology. She has been doing consultancy services to various government, quasi government and private organisations.