Updates

Three point beam fatigue tester, along with the environmental chamber, is back in our TE lab. Re-induction of this instrument to the TE lab will significantly enhance our fatigue-based research facility. (Oct. 2024)

Well done, Abhishek, for acceptance of your research paper in the 105th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.  (Sept.2024)

Well done, Shuja, for acceptance of your research paper in the 105th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. (Sept, 2024) 

Servo-Pneumetic UTM for asphalt mixture was installed, and hence, it significantly enhances the research capability of our pavement material in our Transportation Engineering lab, IIT Kanpur. (Sept. 2024)

Shuja At Ali successfully defended his Master's thesis on Aug.27, 2024. Many congratulations to Shuja for his hard work and dedication. His research work was towards asphalt roads in low-temperature regions.

Debabrota successfully defended his SOTA presentation on May 3, 2024, and this confirms his candidacy for a doctoral degree at IIT Kanpur. Many congratulations to Deb. His research work is towards rubberized asphalt mixtures.     

Tan, Z., Leng, Z., Hui, L., Ashish, P. K.,  Cai, X., Cao, P., Sreeram, A. (2024) . Quantitative analysis of asphalt concrete’s tension-compression asymmetry effects on pavement response through 3D numerical modeling with dual viscoelastic model got for published in Construction and Building Materials-Elsevier on May 9, 2024.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136427  

Myself along with Prof. Animesh Das successfully completed three day refresher course on Principles and practices in bituminous mix design from April 14-16, 2024.  Along with myself and Prof. Animesh, Mr. GuruRaju  ji from AFCON and Prof. Syam Nair from IIT Kanpur delivered lectures during this course. Help from student volunteers was instrumental in successfully organizing this event. 

Cai, X., Ashish, P.K., Zheng, P., Leng, Z., Gong, M., Yang, J. (2024). Multiscale finite element analysis of layer interface effects on cracking in semi-flexible pavements at different temperatures, got published in Mechanics of Materials-Elsevier on April 9, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2024.105008 

Cai, X., Ashish, P.K., Leng, Z.,Tan, Z., & Wang, H. (2023). Effects of residual water on mechanical properties of cold mix based semi-flexible pavement composite towards a sustainable paving material got published in Journal of Cleaner Production on Nov.28, 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139857 

Congratulations to Sawarmal for getting placed in core pavement engineering sector through campus placement drive in Dec., 2023. 

Grant from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway for the collaborative research project title: Development of Damage Prediction-based Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guidelines for India was received on Nov.8, 2023.

Both of my PhD students Debabrota (sole advisor) and Abhishek Thakur (co-advisor), secured the prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship, on Oct. 26, 2023.

Keshav and Shivam for joining our group for their Master's thesis work in Sept.2023. Welcome both.

Shuja, Sawarmal, and Abhinav joined our group to start their Master's thesis work in Sept. 2022. Welcome all.