Faculty
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Dr. Rahul R Pai
Assistant Professor
Specialisation:Geotechnical Engineering
Room:ACII-202
Educational Qualifications
- B. Tech in Civil Engineering from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam (2004 – 2008)
- M. Tech in Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering from S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat (2013 – 2015)
- Ph.D. in Transportation Geotechnics from S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat
Employment History
Assistant Professor at Albertian Institute of Science and Technology (AISAT), Kalamassery, Kochi (3 years)
Research Fellow in DST sponsored Research Project at S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat (3 years)
Estimation Engineer at DYWIDAG Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd. (Now STRABAG Intl.) (4 years)
Teaching Interests
- Geotechnical engineering
- Transportation engineering
- Pavement analysis & design
- Construction & building materials
- Ground improvement
- Environmental geotechnology
Research Interests
- Utilization of sustainable and innovative materials in highway infrastructure
- Quality control aspects of construction of pavement with industrial wastes
- Non-conventional design and construction approaches of cemented base and subbase layers of flexible pavements with innovative materials
- Structural evaluation of flexible pavement with falling weight deflectometer
- Impact of seasonal variation and traffic intensity on cemented base of flexible pavements
- Fatigue performance of cemented base and subbase materials
- Accelerated pavement testing
Publications
- Pai, R. R., Bakare, M. D., Patel, S. and Shahu, J. T., 2021, “Asserting the applicability of copper slag and fly ash as cemented base materials in flexible pavement from a full-scale field study,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004123. (In press) (Q1, SCI)
- Pai, R. R., Bakare, M. D., Patel, S. and Shahu, J. T., 2021, “Structural evaluation of flexible pavement with steel slag-fly ash-lime in base layer,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003711. (Q1, SCI)
- Patel, S. Pai, R. R., Bakare, M. D., and Shahu, J. T., 2020, “Field evaluation of road pavement constructed with waste materials through nondestructive testing,” Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.04.146. (Q2, Scopus indexed)
- Pai, R. R., Patel, S., and Bakare, M. D., 2020, “Applicability of utilizing stabilized native soil as a subbase course in flexible pavement,” Indian Geotechnical Journal., Springer, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 289-299, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-020-00432-4. (Q2, Scopus indexed)
- Bakare, M. D., Pai, R. R., Patel, S. and Shahu, J. T., 2019, “Environmental sustainability by bulk utilization of fly ash and GBFS as road subbase materials,” J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste, ASCE, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 1-10. 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000450. (Q2, ESCI & Scopus indexed)
- Pai, R. R. and Patel, S., 2019, “Effect of GGBS and lime on the strength characteristics of black cotton soil,” Ground Improvement Techniques and Geosynthetics, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 14, pp. 319-328. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0559-7_36. (Scopus indexed conference proceeding)
Conference presentations:
- Jayalekshmi, S., and Pai, R. R., 2021, “Applicability of marginal materials as base and sub-base course in flexible pavement – A Review” Proceedings of Eighth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference 2021, Indian Geotechnical Society, Chennai Chapter.
- Jayalekshmi, S. and Pai, R. R., 2021, “Laterite as a Base and Subbase Material for Flexible Pavement – A Review,” International Conference on Sustainable Environment & Civil Engineering (ICSECE’21), SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai.
- Pai, R. R., Bakare, M. D., Patel, S. and Shahu, J. T., 2019, “Early performance of flexible pavement constructed with industrial wastes in base and subbase layers,” Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2019, S.V. NIT Surat.
- Patel, S. Pai, R. R., and Shahu, J. T., 2018, “Evaluating the compatibility of industrial wastes as a potential pavement material,” Asia Steel International Conference, Bhubaneswar organized by Indian Institute of Metals & Tata Steel Ltd.
- Pai, R. R., Patel, S. and Shahu, J. T., 2017, “Factors influencing structural evaluation of unbound layers of flexible pavement by falling weight deflectometer – A Review,” Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC 2017, IIT Guwahati.
- Pai, R. R., and Patel, S., 2017, “Applicability of industrial waste in improving the strength of expansive soil to utilize as a subbase course in flexible pavements,” Conference on Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics, IIT Roorkee.
Membership of Technical societies:
- Member of Institution of Engineers (MIE), India. [ID: M-1702240]
- Associate Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (A.M. ASCE). ID: 11866381]
- Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Kochi Chapter.
