Dr. Puppala delivered a keynote presentation on “Ground Improvement Studies on Problematic Soils: Innovative Materials with Sustainable Applications” at Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022. The researchers at Texas A&M University have been studying innovative stabilization methods to address some of the prevailing problems of traditional stabilization methods. Application of metakaolin-based Geopolymers and novel silica-based admixtures […]
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Geomechanics/Geotechnical Research Group will be at 2023 TRB Annual Meeting
Geomechanics/Geotechnical Research group members are going to attend Transportation Research Board (TRB) 102nd Annual Meeting, to be held January 8-12, 2023, in Washington, DC. PhD students will be presenting their current research. The following are the details of the workshop/presentations/posters: Workshop: Session: Effects of Drainage on Pavement Structural Capacity and Resilience Title: Performance of Flexible Pavements Reinforced […]
Dr. Puppala delivering Keynote at ASCE GI Houston Chapter Luncheon Technical Session
“GROUND IMPROVEMENT STUDIES ON PROBLEMATIC SOILS WITH FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND DURABILITY” Construction of pavements and other lightweight structures on problematic soils including soft soils and expansive soils is a considerable cause of concern for transportation infrastructure practitioners around the Texas and several other states in USA. Pavement undergoes settlements, rutting, cracking, shoulder dropping, and […]
Live webinar on Sustainability Studies and Assessment of Ground Modification Works for Civil Infrastructures
On Oct 5 @ 12pm ET, join American Society of Civil EngineersSustainability Technical Committee and Geo-Institute of ASCE for a free, live webinar via ASCE Continuing Education: Sustainability Studies and Assessments of Ground Modification Works for Civil Infrastructure, presented by Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori and Dr. Anand Puppala. #Ground #improvement design is key to the preparation […]
Dr. Puppala’s Keynote at SPARC International Symposium 2022
Dr. Anand Puppala virtually delivering a Keynote Lecture on Insights into Resilient Moduli Characterisation of Stabilised Geomaterials in The State Of Practice And Advancements – Materials, Testing And Design Session at the SPARC International Symposium 2022 organized by Monash University and other partners from 29th – 30th September 2022. Check out the symposium website for more […]
Dr. Puppala’s Keynote at Southwest Symposium in Tempe, Arizona
Arizona Geo-Institute organized the 7th annual 2022 Southwest Symposium last week at Memorial Union, Tempe, Arizona. Prof. Anand Puppala presented a lecture on ‘Stabilization Studies for Problematic Soils: Innovative Materials and New Perspectives’. We had Prof. Ellen Rathje hooked em and Prof. Puppala gigged em! Link to the post
New Journal Paper Alert – Geotechnical Visualization and Three-Dimensional Geostatistics Modeling of Highly Variable Soils of a Hydraulic Fill Dam
Recently published Paper in the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volume 148 Issue 11 – November 2022. Special thanks to the support of Dr. Anand Puppala during this study, and the contribution of other authors Dr. Tejo Bheemasetti and Dr. Sayantan Chakraborty, Ph.D.. The authors would like to acknowledge […]
New Journal Paper Alert – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Monitoring Airport Asset Surfaces
Here is our new research on the Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Monitoring Airport Asset Surfaces published in Transportation Research Record (#TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine The technologies used in this study facilitated a virtual walk-through of the high-quality 3D model of an airport from the […]
Dr. Anand Puppala to join Geo-Institute of ASCE as Board of Governors
Congratulations to Dr. Anand Puppala, Professor | A.P. and Florence Wiley Chair in Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Susan E. Burns, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Professor in School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (CEEatGT), for being nominated to join the Geo-Institute of ASCE Board […]
New Journal Paper Alert – UAV for Structural Health Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure Assets
Check out our research on the application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (#UAVs) for Structural Health Monitoring (#SHM) of #TransportationInfrastructure Assets published in Transportation Research Record (#TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Link to post