Our research group is collaborating with Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to monitor the safety of railroad tracks using cutting-edge sensors. As part of the ongoing project funded by FRA, Dr. Surya Congress (Lead-PI) and Dr. Anand Puppala (Co-PI) are deploying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and using Computer Vision techniques to evaluate the safety conditions of the rail infrastructure in rural areas. […]
Texas A&M University Chapter of the ASCE GI team selected for 2022 National G-I Geo-Wall Competition
Texas A&M University’s GI team was selected among the top 12 entries for the 2022 National G-I Geo-Wall Competition (GeoCongress 2022) to be held at Charlotte, NC. The team, comprising of Krishneswar Ramineni, Aditya Deshmukh, Clay Caldwell, and Axel Trujillo, successfully stands amongst the top 4 entries for their excellent design report. A travel grant […]
Journal Paper: Methodology for Resloping of Rock Slope Using 3D Models from UAV-CRP Technology
Safeguarding rail infrastructure has been one of the focus areas of Dr. Surya Congress’ research. Check out how we are deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for monitoring and safeguarding rail infrastructure assets in our recently published article: Congress, S. S. C., Puppala, A. J., Kumar, P., Banerjee, A., & Patil, U. (2021). Methodology for Resloping of Rock […]
Dr. Anand Puppala’s Keynote Lecture at The 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2021
Dr. Anand Puppala will be sharing his experience on design, construction, and monitoring of stabilized expansive soils under transportation infrastructure through efficient ground improvement techniques in his Keynote Lecture “An Overview of Ground Improvement Studies to Better the Performance of Transportation Infrastructure” at the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) – 2021, May 24-27, […]