Geohazard Studies Lab

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Academic programs to be supported/Teaching UG & PG Courses:

CE 302, CE402, CE 501, CE 504, CE 505, CE 601, CE605, CE606

Faculty In-charge:

Dr. K V Uday , Dr. Dericks P Shukla , Dr Mousumi Mukherjee , Dr Mahesh Reddy

Broad research areas:

Geo Hazards (landslide, debris flow,earthquake, and liquefaction) analysis, Instrumentation,Risk and Hazard analysis, Mitigation strategies, Remotesensing applications.

Users & potential collaborators:

a) Institute faculty members: Dr Varun Dutt, Dr. Manoj Thakur, Dr. Shyam K Masakapalli, Dr. Gaurav Bhutani, Dr. Sandip Kumar Saha

b) Industries:Afcons, Maccaferri Enviro Solutions Pvt Ltd., Strata Geosystems, RMSI PvtLtd, Swiss Re, Geobrugg. c) Organizations:NHAI, BRO, NDMA, NRDMS, DTRL-DRDO, SASE.

List of existing facility in lab

Softwares:

Arc GIS, ENVI, Rocscience

Instruments

1. Differential GPS

2. Root pullout Testing Machine

3. Slope Simulator

4. Large Direct Shear Apparatus for Soil