Avinash Gonnabathula, EIT

Ph.D Student (Jan 2023 – current)

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University,College Station, Jan 2023-Present.

M.Tech., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, 2021.

B.E(Hons.)., Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Hyderabad, 2018.

Avinash is a doctoral student at the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his M.Tech in Civil Engineering degree with focus on Geotechnical Engineering from IISc, Bangalore. His work there was focused on soil dynamics and machine foundations. Avinash completed his B.E (Hons.) in Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad. During his Bachelor’s he worked on Soil Stabilization focused on expansive clays treatment with Alkali Activated Binder.

Student Assistant at IISc, Bengaluru, August 2019 – July 2021
Student Assistant at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, August 2016 – May 2018

Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Student Member, Geo-Institute
Student Member, ISSMGE

• Gonnabathula.S.S.A, Biswas. N, Ramineni. K, Sadiq. M.F, Cetin. B, Velasquez. R, and Puppala A.J. “Evaluating the Performance of Wicking Geotextile Under Freeze-Thaw Conditions Below Pavement Infrastructure” – Transportation Research Record
• Gonnabathula.S. S. A, Bhaskar. P, and Puppala. A. J. “Life Cycle Assessment of Wicking Geotextile for Pavements: A Case Study Approach” – ICSMGE 2026 (Link)
• Puppala. A. J, Gonnabathula. S. S. A, Bhaskar. P & Deshmukh. A “Sustainability Assessments of Geosynthetic Reinforcement and Geothermal Technologies for Supporting Transportation Infrastructure” – Geotech Asia 2025 (Link)
• Ramineni K, Gonnabathula. S. S. A, Huang. J, Bhaskar. P, Lakkimsetti. B, and Puppala. A. J., “Performance of Glass-Based Geosynthetic Reinforced RAP Bases for Unpaved Road Applications” – Geocongress 2026 (Link)
• Lakkimsetti. B, Gonnabathula. S. S. A, and Puppala. A. J. – “Characterization of Recycled Materials for Advancing Sustainable Utilization into Transportation Geotechnical Infrastructure” – Geocongress 2026 (Link)
• Riana M. M., Huang. J, Gonnabathula. S. S. A, and Puppala. A J. “Use of Expanded Polystyrene in Slab-on-Grade Concrete Foundation Systems for Thermal Insulation and Settlement Reduction” – Geocongress 2026 (Link)
• Lakkimsetti. B, Sanei. M, Chou. S, Huang. J, Gonnabathula. S. S. A, and Puppala. A J. – “Relative effectiveness and sustainability assessment of low-carbon cement and geopolymer based soil stabilization methods” – ICSMGE 2026 (Link)
• Mazhar, S., GuhaRay, , Kar, A., Avinash, G.S.S., and Sirupa R. (2018), “Stabilization of Expansive Black Cotton Soils with Alkali Activated Binders”, Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. (Link)
• Mazhar, S., GuhaRay, A., Avinash, G.S.S., and Kar, A. (2018), “Geopolymerization of Expansive Black Cotton Soils with Alkali Activated Binders”, Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC 2018, IISc Bangalore, December 2018 (published as book chapter “Problematic Soils and Geoenvironmental Concerns”, Springer publication). (Link)
• Mazhar, S., GuhaRay, , Avinash, G.S.S., Sirupa R. and Kar, A. (2018), “Geopolymerization of Expansive Black Cotton Soils with Alkali Activated Binders”, Conference on Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development, Kolkata, India, 27-28th July 2018).

Grant.A.Harris Fellowship, 2026
Geosynthetic Institute Fellowship, 2025
Geosynthetic Institute Fellowship, 2024

gssavinash@tamu.edu