Invited talks (pavements)
1.
Research scope in
pavement engineering, (September 23, 2019), Challenges
of Civil Engineering Infrastructure in 21st Century, September
23-24, 2019, Department of Civil Engineering, HBTU.
2.
Imaging studies
on asphalt binder, aggregates and asphalt mix, (July 12, 2019), Civil
Engineering Department, University of Minnesota Duluth.
3.
Basic principles
of pavement analysis and design and innovations in pavement materials and
design, (November 9, 2018), Workshop on Innovative Construction Materials for
Roads & Buildings, November 9-13, 2018, Department of Civil Engineering,
NIT Silchar, Silchar.
4.
Pothole
generation and its propagation (September 11, 2018), Workshop on Pothole
Prevention and Treatment Science, Technology and Practice, September 11,
2018, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc
Bangalore, Bangalore.
5.
Some studies on
characterization of aggregates (July 12, 2018), Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames.
6.
Imaging studies
on aggregates and asphalt mix - from microscope to camera (July 10, 2018),
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University.
7.
Pavement design
practice in India and comparison with other guidelines with special reference
to the U.S. practice, (June 27, 2018), SPIC-ODOT Workshop, ODOT
Commission Room, Oklahoma City.
8.
(i) Pavement failures and evaluation, and (ii) Principles of
bituminous mix design (expert talks) (April 19, 2018), Pavement
Geotechnics for Urban Infrastructure (PGUI-2018),
IITRAM Ahmedabad, April 19-20, 2018.
9.
Design and
construction of pavements - current trends and future, (invited speaker)
(February 17, 2018, National Conference on Advances in Civil and
Infrastructure Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, February 16-17, 2018.
10. Innovations in pavement design (December 8, 2017), Lucknow Conference on New Technology for Road
Construction, BBA University, Lucknow, December 8-9, 2017.
11. Emerging trends in pavement engineering
research (keynote lecture I), (October 28, 2017), All India
Seminar on Innovations and challenges in materials and construction,
October 28-29, 2017, The Institution of Engineers (India), Kanpur Center and
Department of Civil Engineering, HBTU, Kanpur.
12. Imaging studies on aggregates and asphalt
mix - from microscope to camera (session keynote 1) (July 21,
2017), International Conference on Advances in Highway Engineering &
Transportation Systems, University of
Moratuwa, July 21, 2017, Hotel Jetwing
Blue, Negombo.
13. Imaging studies on aggregates and asphalt
mix - from microscope to camera (July 4, 2017), Road and Pavement Engineering
Division, TU-Darmstadt, Darmstadt.
14. Emerging trends in pavement engineering
research, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, March 31, 2017.
15. Stresses in concrete pavement (December 20, 2016), 12th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC), December 19-21, 2016, IIT Bombay.
16. Recycling of asphalt pavements - some research challenges (keynote address) (March 11, 2016), Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavement for Developing Countries (CONSAP), March 11-12, 2016, CRRI, New Delhi.
17. Emerging trends in pavement engineering research, NIT Patna, September 4, 2015.
18. Principles of asphalt pavement design - current practice and future (July 3, 2015), (ii) Pavement Engineering research I do at IIT Kanpur (July 7, 2015), Highway Engineering Research Group, Research Institute on Transportation and Territory, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia.
19. Studies in frequency domain for characterization of aggregate shape and road surface, and (ii) Principles of asphalt pavement design, (May 19, 2015) Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi.
20. Principles of flexible pavement design (January 8, 2015), principles of pavement evaluation (January 8, 2015), principles of overlay design (January 9, 2015), Training programme on Design, Construction and Maintenance of Roads, Transportation Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering, January 7-9, 2015, Trivandrum.
21. Analysis of concrete pavement (December 16, 2014), Analysis of bituminous pavement (December 16 and 17, 2014), Backcalculation of pavement material properties (December 17, 2014), Short Term Course on Recent Advances in Highway Design and Construction, Department of Civil Engineering, December 15-19, 2014, IIT Delhi.
22. Sustainability considerations in pavement design, (keynote lecture) (October 18, 2014) International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure (ICSCI-2014), ASCE-India Section and Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, October 17-18, 2014.
23. Analysis of pavement structures, Part I (August 21, 2014) and Part II (September 25, 2014), Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi.
24. Some interesting results on angle of repose of aggregates and asphalt mix, (Kumar, A., Rehan, S. A., and Das, A.) (July 10, 2014), Road and Pavement Engineering Division, Technical University of Darmstadt.
25. Pavement Engineering
research I do, (July 3, 2014), Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto
University.
26. Principles of asphalt pavement design -
current practice and future (May 28, 2014), Workshop on Advances in Bituminous Pavement in Transportation
Sector, May 27-28, 2014, Indian
Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur.
27. Pavement Engineering Research I do, (May
17, 2014), Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Private Limited, New
Delhi.
28. Choosing the best layer thickness
combination in asphalt pavement design, (April 7, 2014), Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
29. Recycled asphalt pavements: pavement
design issues, (keynote address), (January 15, 2014), National
Seminar on Recycling of Bituminous Pavements, January 15-16, CSIR-CRRI, New
Delhi, 2014.
30. Tutorial on Asphalt mix design: The
state-of-the-art, (December 12,
2013), 2nd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India,
Jaypee Palace Hotel & International Convention
Centre, Agra, December 12-15, 2013.
31. Tutorial on Analysis of Pavements, (December 12, 2013), 2nd Conference of
Transportation Research Group of India, Jaypee
Palace Hotel & International Convention Centre, Agra, December 12-15, 2013.
32. Innovative concrete pavements, (October 27, 2013 and February 20, 2015), A Short Term Training Programme for Engineers of Rural Engineering Service, October 25-27, 2013 and February 16-20, 2015, Department of Civil Engineering, HBTI Kanpur.
33. Reduction of asphalt pavement design
thickness with new, alternative and innovative materials, (March 20, 2013), National
Workshop on New and Alternative Pavement Materials, March 20-21,
2013, CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi.
34. Reliability considerations in structural
design of asphalt pavements, (December 03, 2012), Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University.
35. Pavement Engineering Research at IIT
Kanpur, India, (October 19, 2012), Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
36. Preliminary constituent proportioning for
recycled asphalt mix, (Das A. and Krishnaswamy, A.),
(October 18, 2012), Rhode Island Transportation Research Center, Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Rhode Island.
37. An optimum design of layer thicknesses for
asphalt pavements, (October 17, 2012), Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
38. Optimum thickness design for
asphalt pavements, The Kent Seminar Series, (September 6, 2012),
Illinois Center for Transportation and Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
39. Reliability of bituminous mix design - a case study
for Marshall method, (June 26, 2012), Fachgebiet Straβenwesen, Technical University of Darmstadt,.
40. Principles of bituminous mix design (April 16, 2012) and Principles of bituminous pavement design (April 17, 2012), Workshop on advances in Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, April 16-18, 2012, NIT Silchar.
41. How to build good roads? (January 3, 2012), Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Durgapur.
42. Concrete pavements for low volume roads, (August 27, 2011, September 23, 2011 and July 26, 2013 (keynote lecture)), A Short Term Training Programme for Engineers of Rural Engineering Service, August 25-27, 2011, September 22-24, 2011 and July 26-28, 2013, Department of Civil Engineering, HBTI Kanpur.
43. Cement concrete pavements, (Keynote lecture), (August 25, 2011), A Short Term Training Programme for Engineers of Rural Engineering Service, August 25-27, 2011, Department of Civil Engineering, HBTI Kanpur.
44. NPTEL course on Advanced Transportation Engineering, National
workshop on deployment and use of NPTEL courses, August 20, 2011.
45. Pavement engineering research at IIT Kanpur, Fachgebiet Straβenwesen,
Technical University of Darmstadt, June 10, 2011.
46. Structural design of pavements with stabilized layers, Seminar on New Materials in Road Construction for Stabilized Pavements, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, March 01, 2011.
47. Principles of asphalt pavement design - a discussion, (October 20, 2010), Conference on Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning, CiSTUP, IISc Bangalore, October 18-20, 2010.
48. How to build good roads? (October 5, 2010), IGS Local Chapter, SGSITS, Indore
49. Innovative materials for asphalt pavements, (keynote lecture), (October 1, 2010), All India Seminar on Advances in Materials & Techniques in Construction, The Institution of Engineers (India), U.P. State Centre & Kanpur Local Centre, IIT Kanpur, October 1-2, 2010.
50. In quest of an optimal pavement design, (July 31, 2010), Indo-US Workshop on Highway and Airport Pavement Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities, IIT Kharagpur, July 30-31, 2010.
51. Pavement design using recycled asphalt, Sustainable
asphalt construction and maintenance technologies: a road to a green future,
New Delhi, June 24, 2010.
52. Interpretation of falling weight deflectometer
data, Seloflex World Conference, New
Delhi, February 5, 2010.
53. Why roads fail?, Siddhananda Memorial Lecture, Bengal
Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, December
18, 2009.
54. Design principles for design of bituminous pavement
with stabilized/ cemented layer, National Workshop on Stabilization
of Soil and Granular Layers for Pavements, PEC University of Technology,
Chandigarh, October 24, 2009.
55. Perpetual pavements :
innovations in pavement design, (keynote lecture), (September 19,
2009), Civil Engineering Conference - Innovations Without Limits,
September 18-19, 2009, NIT Hamirpur, Hamirpur.
56. Pavement engineering research at IIT Kanpur, NTEC,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, July 17, 2009.
57. Disaster management and mitigation related issues
related to road infrastructure, (March 20, 2009), Workshop on disaster
management and mitigation, HBTI, March 16-21, 2009, Kanpur.
58. Do we know how to build roads? National Seminar in
Geotechnical Engineering for applications in pavement, embankment and retaining
wall constructions, IT-BHU, November 13, 2008, Varanasi.
59. Aggregate shape characterization for bituminous mixes,
National Seminar in Geotechnical Engineering for applications in pavement,
embankment and retaining wall constructions, IT-BHU, November 13, 2008,
Varanasi.
60. Design of bituminous pavements for airports,
CRRI-SHELL workshop on Future Technologies in Bituminous Construction for
Highways and Airfield Pavements, October 27, 2007, New Delhi.
61. Pavement Engineering research
at IIT Kanpur, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, June
27, 2007, Waterloo.
62. Principles of bituminous pavement design and the
recent trends, (April 25, 2007), Short term course on Pavement Engineering
with Geosynthetics : Looking Ahead, IIT Delhi, New Delhi.
63. Some current issues related to design and maintenance
of road pavements, (April 01, 2007), 2nd NatFOE
Symposium, IIT Delhi, March 31 - April 01, 2007, New Delhi.
64. On mechanistic-empirical asphalt pavement design, Indo-US
Workshop on Recent Advances in Transportation Engineering, January 12,
2007, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai.
65. Some basics of bituminous mix design and pavement
design, PMGSY training programme, November 25,
2006, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering & Technology,
Bhubaneswar.
66. Pavements - more mechanistic than empirical!, (November 20, 2006), 67th IRC Annual
Session, November 17-21, 2006, Panchkula.
67. A revisit to aggregate shape parameters, Workshop
on aggregates - flakiness and elongation indices (WSOA-2006), CRRI, June
13, 2006, New Delhi.
68. Optimization of pavement design, 66th
IRC Annual Session, November 11, 2005, Bhubaneswar.
69. Cold in-place recycling with bitumen emulsion, Indo-Belarus
Seminar on Bitumen Emulsion and Cold Mix Technologies, CRRI, October 19,
2005, New Delhi.
70. Micromechanical analysis of asphalt mix, Department of
Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, July 19, 2005, Chennai.
71. Chances that a bituminous mix design will meet
specifications, L&T ECC (Transportation Infrastructure Sector), November
05, 2004, Chennai.
72. Emerging materials in highway engineering and their
innovative applications, National Conference on Materials and Their
Applications in Civil Engineering, August 26-27, 2004, NIT Hamirpur, Hamirpur.
73. Emerging Construction Materials, Short term course on building
material testing laboratory, Institute of Research Development and
Training, June 25, 2003 and November 5, 2003, Kanpur.
74. Fatigue testing machine for bituminous mixes, Workshop
on computer-based data acquisition and control for automation of Civil
Engineering laboratories, April 7-8, 2003, IIT Kanpur.
75. Modern trends in bituminous mix design jointly with
IIT Roorkee, IRC Annual Session, January 03 to
06, 2003, Guwahati.
76. Chances that a bituminous mix design will meet
specifications, IIT Roorkee, December 24, 2002, Roorkee.
77. Some considerations in bituminous mix design awaiting
implementation in highway construction, (May 02, 2002), International Training
Program on Highway Engineering - New Technologies in Highway Construction and
Contract Management, Consultancy Development Center (CDC) and New Zealand
Institute of Highway Technology (NziHT): May 02-04,
2002, New Delhi.
78. Pavement engineering research at IIT Kanpur, Facgebiet Strassenwesen mit Versuchsanstalt, Technical
University of Darmstadt, October 2001, Germany.
79. Evolution of mechanistic pavement design for Indian
conditions, (November 06, 2000), IRC Annual Session, November 04-07,
2000, Calcutta.
