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Professor

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA


Office: Room No. 314 Faculty Building, IIT Kanpur

Email: hsrajesh@iitk.ac.in rajesh.sathiyamoorthy@gmail.com

Phone:  91-512-2596054

Sponsored Projects

Major Research Projects Undertaken (Academic):

1

BRNS, DAE, India

2025-28

Effect of confinement on load transfer mechanism of piles in piled-raft foundation considering both connected and disconnected piled rafts, Co-PI (Collaborator: Prof. N.R.Patra, IIT Kanpur)

2

SERB DST (CRG), India

2023-26

Electrokinetics in stone column encased by conductive geotextile: Development. Performance Assessment and Soft soil response, PI

3

CSIR-HRDG, EMR-II, India

2023-26

An experimental and numerical assessment of time-dependent behavior of jute geotextile encased stone columns supported embankment over layered soft soils, PI

4

SERB DST (CRG), India

2019-22

Hydro mechanical behavior of compacted soils under varied stress state and saturation conditions, PI

5

Shanghai Council of Science & Technology, China

2018-21

Centrifuge modelling of embankments on geosynthetic encased stone columns, PI (Collaborator: Prof. Jianfeng Chen, Tongji University, Shanghai, China)

6

BRNS, DAE, India

2018-23

A study of time effects on behaviour of pile-raft foundations, Co-PI (Collaborator: Prof. N.R.Patra, IIT Kanpur)

7

PAAB, MHRD, India

2017-21

Field validation of stabilised material for subgrade pavement, Co-PI (Collaborator: Prof. N.R.Patra, IIT Kanpur)

8

RDSO, Indian Railways

2015-16

Design of micropiles to stabilise railway embankment, PI

9

SERB DST (Young Scientist), India

2013-16

Hydro-Mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soil barriers of landfill lining systems, PI

10

IIT Kanpur-Initiation grant, India

2011-13

Development of an experimental facility to evaluate the effectiveness of the hydraulic barrier as a gas barrier layer in the landfill system, PI

 

Associated Projects:

  • Risk of cracking of clay liners for landfill capping and environment hazard

  • Centrifuge Model Studies on the Performance of Geogrid Reinforced Soil Barriers of Landfill Covers

  • Investigation of Landslide at the Bank of River Volga in Ulyanovsk, Russia

  • Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential using Geographical Information System

  • Suitable Ground Improvement Technique for SASTRA Campus, India

  • Soil Information System (SIS) for Various Geotechnical Needs - A GIS Approach