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Dr. Supriya Mohanty
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT(BHU)
supriya.civ@iitbhu.ac.in
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Area of Interest: 
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Liquefaction Potential Evaluation, Nonlinear Dynamic Response Analysis, Soil Dynamics, Waste Utilization

EDUCATION:

·DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (April, 2014)

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
    Department of Civil Engineering, Specialization:  Geotechnical Engineering
    Thesis: “Dynamic Characterization and Analysis of Pond Ash Embankments from Talcher, Panki and Panipat Sites of India”
    Adviser: Prof. Nihar Ranjan Patra
    Course Work Cumulative Performance Index (CPI): 8.6 out of 10

·BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (May 2010)

  • Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Orissa, India
    Department of Civil Engineering
    Overall Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): 9.37 out of 10

·DIPLOMA EXAMINATION (May 2006)

  • Women’s Polytechnic, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
    Department of Civil Engineering
    Overall Percentage Marks: 83.3%, First Class (Honours).

AWARDS  AND  RECOGNITIONS:

  • Selected for “Young Scientist in Civil Engineering”, under the Engineering Discipline, 5th Venus International Research Awards - VIRA 2019, Venus International Foundation, August 2019.
  • Selected for “Knowledge Co-Creation (KCC) Program for Young Leaders (Disaster Reduction course)” from 6th to 25th November, 2017 in Japan supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
  • International Travel Support Grant, SERB Division, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India, 2017, for attending Geotechnical Frontiers-2017, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 12-15, 2017.
  • Early Career Research Award, SERB Division, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India, 2016.
  • Received MHRD Scholarship for pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur. (2011-14).
  • UNIVERSITY GOLD MEDAL for the BEST ENGINEERING GRADUATE for the Academic year 2009-2010 in B. Tech at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Orissa, Burla.
  • Achyutananda Pujari Memorial GOLD MEDAL for the BEST CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE for the Academic year 2009-2010 in B. Tech at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Orissa, Burla.
  • UNIVERSITY SILVER MEDAL for the BEST CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE for the Academic year 2009-2010 in B. Tech at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Orissa, Burla.
  • Ranked 233 (98.8 percentile, GATE Score: 623) among 19406 Civil Engineers in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, GATE 2010.
  • 2nd Rank holder in 2007 Lateral Entry Joint Entrance Examination (LE-JEE) in the State  of Orissa.
  • 1st Rank holder in Diploma Program in Civil Engineering, Women’s Polytechnic, Bhubaneswar.

TEACHING  EXPERIENCE

Post Graduate Courses Taught, IIT BHU

  • Advanced Soil Mechanics
  • Advanced Foundation Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering Lab-I
  • Geotechnical Engineering Lab-II

Under Graduate Courses Taught, IIT BHU

  • Geotechnical Engineering I
  • Geotechnical Engineering II
  • Geotechnical Engineering I-Lab
  • Geotechnical Engineering Design
  • Basic Surveying
  • Advance Surveying
  • Building Planning, Drawing and Estimation

Post Graduate Courses Taught, IIIT Hyderabad

  • Foundation Engineering & Design
  • Advanced  Engineering Mathematics
  • ​Design of Underground Structures

Under Graduate Courses Taught, IIIT Hyderabad

  • Engineering Drawing
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Estimation and Costing
  • Human Values I and II

Under Graduate Courses Taught, RGUKT- IIIT Basar

  • Ground Improvement Techniques

Student Tutor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India

  • Geotechnical Measurements and Exploration, I Semester 2013-14.

Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India

  • Engineering Graphics, I Semester 2011-12.
  • Soil Mechanics, I Semester 2012-13.
  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, II Semester 2012-13.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

  1.  “Investigation on Dynamic Response Analysis of Shallow Foundation Resting on Pond Ash Deposits” (Sponsored by SERB Division Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India under the scheme of “Early Career Research Award”): Current Status: Ongoing (2016).
  2. “Measurement of Shear Wave Velocity Using Bender Element Tests for Earthquake Response Analysis” under Institute Research Project/Grant to Individual Faculty Scheme of IIT (BHU), Varanasi. Current Status: Ongoing (2018). 
  3. “Numerical Investigation on Seismic Soil-Foundation-Interaction” IIIT Hyderabad (Initiation Grant Scheme), 2016. 

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

  1. Organized a workshop on “Emerging Geoenvironmental Engineering Technologies & Sustainability” on 16th August 2019 at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  2. Treasurer, CEP Short Term Course On “Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics and Structural Health Monitoring (RASD & SHM-2019)” 25th-27th March, 2019 at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  3. Treasurer, International Conference on “River Health: Assessment to Restoration” during 14-16 February 2019 at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  4. Organized 3-Day Short Term Course on “Site-Specific Geotechnical Investigations for Buildings & Critical Structures” during 7-9 Dec 2017 at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  5. Organized 3-Day Short Course on "Site-Specific Geotechnical Investigations for Medium & High-Rise Buildings" during 3-5 Nov 2016 at IIIT Hyderabad.
  6. Organized 3-Day Short Course on “Advances in Foundation Design for Buildings & Critical Structures” during 8-10 Oct 2015 at IIIT Hyderabad.
  7. Co-Coordinated “Academia-Industry Meet” (AIM-2015), on 4th Nov 2015 at IIIT Hyderabad.

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS AT IIT (BHU)

Institute Level

  • Warden, GSMC Ext., IIT(BHU), (Dec. 2018–July 2019).
  • Warden, IIT(BHU) Girls’ Hostel-I, (July 2019-Present)
  • Member, Purchase Committee for the Orientation/Induction Programme 2019, IIT (BHU).
  • Faculty Coordinator (Skill Development), Student Counselling Service (SCS), IIT (BHU), (Nov. 2018–Present).
  • Member, User Committee for Faculty Residential Quarters, IIT (BHU), (Sept. 2017–Present).
  • Chairman, User Committee for Design works GRTA, IIT (BHU), (Sept. 2017–Present).
  • Member, User Committee for Institute Library, IIT (BHU), (Oct. 2017–Present).
  • Member, Organizing Committee for Centenary Celebration, IIT (BHU). [Co-Convener, Cultural Committee], (Feb. 2018–Present)
  • Member, GRTA Allotment Committee for Married Students (Research Scholars), IIT (BHU), (Jan. 2018–May 2019).
  • Member, Centre for Research in Town Planning, Architecture and Disaster Management Committee, IIT (BHU). (Dec. 2017–Present)
  • Member, Campus Upliftment Committee for the 7th Convocation of the IIT (BHU), 2018.

Department Level

  • Member, Departmental Post Graduate Committee (DPGC), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), (Aug. 2018–Present).
  • Member, Departmental Conference Committee (DCC), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), (Aug. 2018–Present).
  • Member, Departmental Annual Report Committee (DARC), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), (Aug. 2017–Present).
  • Member, Departmental Books/Journal/Library Committee (DBJLC), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), (Aug. 2017–Present).
  • Member, R&D Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), (Mar. 2018-Present).
  • Member, Screening Committee for M.Tech and Ph.D. Admission (Odd Semester, 2019-20), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Member, Selection Committee for M.Tech Admission (Odd Semester, 2019-20), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Co-Chairman, Selection Committee for Ph.D. Admission (GTE) (Odd Semester, 2019-20), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Member, Selection Committee for Ph.D. Admission (Even Semester, 2017-18), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Member, Screening Committee for Ph.D. Admission (Even Semester, 2018-19), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Member, Paper Setting Committee for Ph.D. Admission (Even Semester, 2018-19), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Co-Chairman, Selection Committee for Ph.D. Admission ((GTE) Even Semester, 2018-19), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Member, Evaluation Committee for posters in the Department of Civil Engineering, on Institute Day 2018.
  • Professor In-Charge Time Table, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), (Feb. 2018–Present)
  • Member, Exploratory Project (CE291) Coordination Committee (Even Semester, 2018-19), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
  • Member, UG Project (CE392/CE491) Evaluation Committee (Even Semester, 2017-18) and (Odd Semester, 2018-19), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

  • Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).
  • Member, Institute of Engineers, India (IEI).
  • Life Member, JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Alumni Association of India (JAAI).
  • Life Member, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS).
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET).
  • Life Member, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) (ACCE).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Reviewer for the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE.
  • Reviewer for the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, ASCE.​
  • Reviewer for GEOMATE, International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment.
  • Reviewer for the Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer.
  • Reviewer for Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 (IGC 2017).
  • Reviewer for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V 2018 (GEESDV 2018).
  • Track Chair of “Civil and Environmental Engineering” track of the 2018 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon).
  • Reviewer for the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, SAGE.
  • Reviewer for the Cogent Engineering, Taylor and Francis.

INVITED TALKS

  • “Simplified Procedure for Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential”: Short Term Course on ‘Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics and Structural Health Monitoring (RASD & SHM-2019)’ 25th-27th March, 2019 at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  • “Dynamic Characterization and Response Analysis of Some Indian Pond Ash Embankments”: Workshop on ‘GeoApps 2017: Recent Developments’, 18 February 2017 at IIT Hyderabad.
  • “Simplified Procedure for Liquefaction Assessment”: One Day Workshop on ‘Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures (Draft IS 1893-2016)’ 24 September 2016 at IIIT Hyderabad.

TRAINING PROGRAM ATTENDED

  • QIP and CEP Program on “Principles and Applications of GIS” from 7-12 January, 2019, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi.
  • Training Program on “Disaster Reduction Course” from 6th to 25th November, 2017 in Japan supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
  • Training Program on STADD.PRO conducted by Orissa Computer Application Centre. BBSR, ORISSA, From May 13, 2008 to June 04, 2008.
  • Training Program on Design of Irrigation Structure conducted by Department of Water Resources, BBSR, ORISSA, From May 20, 2008 to June 21, 2008.

CONFERENCE ATTENDED

  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V 2018, June 10–13, 2018 in Austin, Texas, USA, June 10-13, 2018.
  • Geotechnical Frontiers 2017: Innovation and Collaboration in Technology and Practice, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 12-15, 2017.
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC 2016: Geotechnology towards Global Standards, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, December 15-17, 2016.
  • 1-Day workshop on “Challenges in Seismic Site Characterization and Solutions through Recent Development”, Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, 10th December, 2014.
  • 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (15 SEE-2014), Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, December 11-13, 2014.
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference IGC 2013: Geotechnical Advances and Novel Geomechanical Application (GANGA), IIT Roorkee, India, December 22-24, 2013.
  • GeoCongress 2012: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, California, USA, March 25-29, 2012.

Journal

  1. Reddy, M.V.R.K., Mohanty, S., and Rehana, S. (2020). “Seismic Performance of Soil-Ash and Soil-Ash-Foundation System: A Parametric Study.” International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, IGI Global, 11(1), 45-70.
  2. Ambarakonda, P., Mohanty, S., and Rehana, S. (2019). “Rice Husk Ash and Quarry Waste Mixture as Shell Material in Earth Dam: Experimental and Numerical Investigations.” International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer, 5:12, 1-13.
  3. Ambarakonda, P., Mohanty, S., and Rehana, S. (2019). “Utilization of Quarry Waste and Granulated Rubber Mix as Lightweight Backfill Material.” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Mgmt, ASCE, 23(4): 06019001, 1-9.
  4. Kumar, R., Mohanty, S., and Chethan, K. (2019). “3D Seismic Response Analysis of Shallow Foundation Resting on Sandy Soil.” International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, IGI Global, 10(1), 61-76.
  5. Reddy, C.S., and Mohanty, S., and Rehana, S. (2018). “Physical, Chemical and Geotechnical Characterization of Fly Ash, Bottom Ash and Municipal Solid Waste from Telangana State in India.” International Journal of Geo-Engineering, Springer, 9:23, 1-23.
  6. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2018). “Liquefaction and Ground Response Analysis of Indian Pond Ash using Shear Wave Velocity Measurements.” Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V 2018, (ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 291), 504-513.
  7. Khanna, A., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “2D Ground Response Analysis of Pond Ash Deposit.” Geotechnical Frontiers-2017, (ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 276), 387-396.
  8. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2016). “Dynamic Response Analysis of Talcher Pond Ash Embankment in India.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 84, 238–250.
  9. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2016). “Liquefaction and Earthquake Response Analysis of Panipat Pond Ash Embankment in India.” Journal of Earthquake & Tsunami. 10(2) 1650009, 1-23, DOI: 10.1142/S1793431116500093.
  10. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2015). “Geotechnical Characterization of Panki and Panipat Pond Ash in India.” International Journal of Geo-Engineering, Springer, 6:13, 1-18.
  11. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2014). “Cyclic Behavior and Liquefaction Potential of Indian Pond Ash Located in Seismic Zone III and IV.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 26(7), 06014012.
  12. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2012). “Assessment of Liquefaction Potential of Pond Ash at Panipat in India using SHAKE2000.” GeoCongress-2012 (ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225), 1829-1838.

Conference Proceeding

  1. Ram, A.K., and Mohanty, S. (2019). “A Critical Review on Application of Mining Waste in Construction Activities.” International Conference on Opencast Mining Technology & Sustainability-2019, Dec 13-14, 2019, Singrauli, India, 1-6.
  2. Ram, A.K., and Mohanty, S. (2019). “Nonlinear Analysis of Laterally Loaded Pile Group in Layered Soil-Ash Deposit.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2019, 1-11.
  3. Rawat, P., and Mohanty, S. (2019). “Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste as Backfill Material.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2019, 1-12.
  4. Ram, A.K., and Mohanty, S. (2019). “Numerical Analysis of Layered Soil-Ash- Foundation System.” 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 7IYGEC 2019, 15–16 March 2019, NIT Silchar, Assam, India, 298-305​.
  5. Rawat, P., and Mohanty, S. (2019). “Study of Municipal Solid Waste in Road Embankment.” 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 7IYGEC 2019, 15–16 March 2019, NIT Silchar, Assam, India,172-179.
  6. Reddy, M.V.R.K., Mohanty, S., and Rehana, S. (2019). “Comparative Study on Static and Seismic Performance of Ash–Foundation System.” 7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 7IYGEC 2019, 15–16 March 2019, NIT Silchar, Assam, India, 306-313​.
  7. Verma, A.K., and Mohanty, S. (2018). “Finite Element Analysis of Foundation on Layered and Homogeneous Soil Deposit under Dynamic Loading.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018, 1-9.
  8. Reddy, M.V.R.K., Mohanty, S., and Rehana, S. (2018). “Comparative Study of 1D, 2D and 3D Ground Response Analysis of Pond Ash from Odisha under Different Earthquake Motions.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2018, 1-8.
  9. Ram, A.K., and Mohanty, S. (2018). “Behavior of Sheet Pile Wall with Pond Ash as Backfill Material under Seismic Condition.” 16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, 20th-22nd December 2018, IIT Roorkee, Paper No. 91, 1-10.
  10. Kumar, R., Mohanty, S., and Chethan, K. (2018). “Parametric Study on Seismic Response Analysis of Shallow Foundation Resting on Sandy Soil.” International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural & Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE - 2018), 1-6.
  11. Reddy, M.V.R.K., Mohanty, S., and Pradeep Kumar, R. (2017). “Parametric Study on Behavior of Foundation Resting on Reinforced Pond Ash Deposit.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2017, 1-4.
  12. Ambarakonda, P., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “Parametric Study on Deformation Behavior of Earth Dam on Multi Layered Soil Deposits under Seismic Loading.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2017, 1-4.
  13. Reddy, C.S., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “Parametric Study on Seismic Behavior of Black Cotton Soil Reinforced With Granular Column.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2017, 1-4.
  14. Kumar, V., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “Comparative Study of Pond Ash and Soil Embankment under Different Water Table Conditions.” Workshop on Sustainable Geotechnics, 13th-14th October 2017, IIT Kanpur, 1-4.
  15. Ram, A.K., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “Numerical Analysis of Sheet Pile Wall with Pond Ash as Backfill Material.” Workshop on Sustainable Geotechnics, 13th-14th October 2017, IIT Kanpur, 1-4.
  16. Saxena, A.K., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “An Overview of Use of Underground Space and Its Application to Tunneling.” Workshop on Sustainable Geotechnics, 13th-14th October 2017, IIT Kanpur, 1-4.
  17. Reddy, M.V.R.K., Mohanty, S., and Pradeep Kumar, R. (2017). “An Investigation on Response Analysis of Foundation Resting on Reinforced Soil Deposit.” 6th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 6IYGEC-2017, Paper ID: YAB-093, 524- 529.
  18. Ambarakonda, P., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “A Comparison Between Linear and Nonlinear Seismic Behavior of Earth Dam on Layered Soil.” 6th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 6IYGEC-2017, Paper ID: YAB-084, 429-434.
  19. Reddy, C.S., and Mohanty, S. (2017). “Seismic Behavior of Stone Column on A Sloping Layered Soil.” 6th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 6IYGEC-2017, Paper ID: YAB-087, 435-440.
  20. Reddy, M.V.R.K., Mohanty, S., and Pradeep Kumar, R. (2016). “Comparative Study of Dynamic Response Analysis of Shallow Foundation on Layered Soils.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2016, 1-4.
  21. Srinivas Vivek, B., and Mohanty, S. (2016). “1D Ground Response Analysis of Bhubaneswar Soil in India.” 6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics, 2016, Paper No. 109, 1-12.
  22. Mohanty, S., and Reddy, M.V.R.K. (2016). “Seismic Analysis of Shallow Foundation on Layered Soil Deposits.” International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction, 2016, Vol-1, 532-537.
  23. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2015). “Liquefaction and 1D Ground Response Analysis of Talcher Pond Ash.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2015, 1-9.
  24. Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2013). “Liquefaction Behavior of Panki Pond Ash.” Indian Geotechnical Conference-2013, 1-10.
  25. Yadav, V., Mohanty, S., and Patra, N. R. (2012). “Assessment of liquefaction potential of pond ash located in Zone-III in India.” National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanics and Materials, 291-300.

Email: supriya.civ@itbhu.ac.in

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Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU),
Varanasi-221005, U.P., India