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We are thrilled to announce three recent journal publications from our research group over the past two months! Our team has been hard at work investigating resilient infrastructure solutions. Sopharith Chou has published two impactful papers focusing on lime sludge and calcium-based stabilization of expansive soils. “Experimental study on engineering and microstructural behavior of lime sludge stabilized […]

Dr. Puppala’s research group had a strong presence at the 105th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, D.C., from January 11-15, 2026. Our team presented cutting-edge research through both lectern and poster sessions, contributing to important discussions in transportation engineering and infrastructure. Dr. Anand Puppala delivered a keynote lecture titled “Innovative […]

Dr. Puppala delivered a invited talk at the 2nd annual seminar organised by G-I chapter at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He presented on “Ground Improvement Studies on Problematic Expansive Soils” discussing on expansive soils and stabilization challenges. The event was organized with more than 90 attendees including engineering professionals, faculty members, and students. […]

Dr. Puppala presented on ‘Resilient Built Infrastructure Design and Levee Asset Inspection in a Hazard Environment‘ at the ASCE Geo-Extreme Conference 2025, organized in Long Beach, CA. This presentation is part of the plenary session on “Regional Modeling and Sensing for Community Resilience Against Natural Hazards“. This lecture highlighted the coastal hazards due to extreme […]

Dr. Puppala recently attended the Geotech Asia 2025 Conference, held in Goa, India, in October 2025. He delivered a keynote lecture titled “Sustainability and Resilience Assessments of Geosynthetic Reinforcement and Geothermal Technologies for Supporting Transportation Infrastructure.” His lecture emphasized the pivotal role of transportation geotechnics and the growing importance of sustainability techniques in future transportation […]

We are excited to share our new publication, “Ground Improvement Studies on Problematic Soils: Innovative Materials with Sustainable Applications,” selected as an Editor’s Choice Article in Volume 55 of the Indian Geotechnical Journal!  Authored by Dr. Nripojyoti Biswas, Dr. Anand J. Puppala, Dr. Sayantan Chakraborty, and Dr. Jungyeon Jang, this study investigates sustainable techniques for […]

In September 2025, Dr. Antonio Bobet visited the Texas A&M campus. Dr. Antonio Bobet is the Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Professor in Civil Engineering at Purdue University’s Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, specializing in geotechnical engineering. At Texas A&M university Dr. Puppala and his students gave him laboratory tour of the […]

We are excited to welcome four new PhD students to Dr. Puppala’s Geomechanics and Geotechnical Research Group at Texas A&M University in Fall 2025. Fonjo Desmond Ngwayu joins us from the University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon with Bachelor’s (B. Eng) and Master’s (M. Eng) degrees in Civil Engineering. Hyunjong Cha pursued Bachelor of Science and Master […]

Dr. Puppala recently delivered a keynote lecture on “Geopolymers and Geosynthetics for Sustainable and Resilient Transportation Infrastructure” at the International Conference on Ground Improvement, Landfills, and Sustainability (GLS-2025), organized by the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru (July 17–19, 2025). In his keynote, Dr. Puppala highlighted cutting-edge advancements in […]

In early July of 2025, Dr. Puppala visited University of Cambridge in UK. He visited multiple research laboratories and held meetings and discussions with Prof. Abir Al Tabbaa and Prof. Gopala Madabhushi. During his visit he also met with Dr. Abbas Solouki, a Future Roads Fellow at Cambridge. Dr. Puppala served as an international member […]