Funded Projects:

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Funded Projects:

1. ‘Dynamic Behavior of Geocell Reinforced Pavement Subbase and Subgrade Layers’, 21.0 lakhs, Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists 2012-2015, Department of Science and Technology, PI: Sireesh Saride
2. ‘Laboratory study on stabilization of haul roads inside opencast mines’. Rs. 19.95 lakhs, Neyveli Lignites Corporation Limited (NLC),PI: Umashankar B Co-PIs: Sireesh S and Madhav Madhira
3. ‘Evaluation of Fly Ash Treated Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) for Base/Subbase Construction’, Rs. 90 lakhs, Technology Systems Development Scheme of DST, Sanctioned on 9.1.2014, PI: Sireesh Saride, Dr. Ch. Subrahmanyam (Co-PI-1), Shri. G. Jagannadha Rao (Co-PI-2)

University of Texas at Arlington, USA:

1. Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), ‘Recommendations for Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Bridge Approach Slabs.’ $501,000, September 2007 to August 2010, RS: Anand Puppala, and PIs: Sireesh Saride, Laureano R. Hoyos and Soheil Nazarian.
2. United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth, Texas. ‘Investigations to Develop Field Stabilization Methods to Mitigate Desiccation Cracks in order to Reduce Slope and Embankment Failures.’ $128,192, 2004 – 2007, RS: Anand Puppala and PI: Sireesh Saride (got extension until December 2010 with an extra budge of $101,000).
3. Texas Department of Transportation and Development (TxDOT), ‘Design of Short, Laterally Loaded Drilled Shafts in High-plasticity Clay.’ $237,446, October 2008 to September 2010, RS: Anand Puppala, and PIs: Sireesh Saride and Laureano R. Hoyos.
4. Texas Department of Transportation and Development (TxDOT), ‘Cement Treated Recycled Asphalt Pavements (RAP).’ $312,386 (UTA Share – $80,000), October 2008 to September 2010, RS: Soheil Nazarian, Anand Puppala, and PIs: Laureano R. Hoyos and Sireesh Saride.

Doctoral Students [Awarded]:

1. R. Vijay Kumar (2016) ‘Behavior of Geocell-Reinforced Base Layers Overlying Weak Subgrades under Repetitive Traffic Loading’.
2.  A. Deepti (2016) ‘Evaluation of Activated Fly Ash Treated Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements for Sustainable Design of Base Courses’.

Doctoral Students [Ongoing]:

1. T. Someshwara Rao (Aug 2011 ): Topic on Recycled Pavement Materials
2. Vinay Kumar (Aug 2013): Topic on Reflective Cracking in pavements
3. Pranav RT Peddinti (Aug 2014): Topic on Reliability based Pavement Design
4. Mahesh Babu Jallu (Aug 2015): Topic on RAP Base Courses

Master’s Students [Graduated]:

1. J. Maheshbabu (2010 – 2012),’Study on a Combined Ground Improvement Technique to Facilitate Rapid Construction of Embankments on Soft Soils’.
2. P. A. Faby Mole (2011-2013), ‘Modeling and Analysis of Geocell-Reinforced Foundations’.
3. V. Suraj (2011-2013), ‘Evaluation of Geojute Reinforcement Sand Beds under Cyclic Loading’.
4. Sarath Chandra Prasad J (2012-14) ,’Resilient Behavior of fly ash treated Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements’.
5. Troyee Tanu Dutta (2012-15) ‘Dynamic Properties of Clean Sand and Fly ash Stabilized Clay from Resonant Column Studies’.
6. Anu M George (2013-15), ‘Numerical Modeling of Geocell-Reinforced Beds’.
7. Harish S (2013-15),’Stabilization of Expansive Soil Subgrades using Lime and Fly ash’.
8. Ugesh T (2013-15), ‘Determination of Subsurface Deformations using GPR’.
9. Ajay Reddy B (2014-16), ‘Effect of Uniformity Coefficient on the Dynamic Properties of Sands’.
10. Srinivasa Reddy (2012-2016), ‘Behavior of fly ash stabilized sands’.

Master’s Students [On going]:

1. Mohammad Shellas (2015-17) ‘Topic on Grouting’.
2. Kapil Dawan (2015-17) ‘Topic on Geocell-Reinforced Pavements’.

AWARDS :

1. Recipient of Best Teacher Award for the year 2014, IIT Hyderabad.
2. Recipient of IGS-AFCONS Best Paper Award for the paper titled ‘SulfateInduced Heaving of a Taxiway: A Case Study’, published in Indian Geotechnical Journal (Springer) presented IGC-2014.
3. Recipient of DST Young Scientist Award, Department of Science and Technology, 2012.
4. Recipient of Best Paper Award for the paper ‘Effects of Organics on Stabilized Expansive Subgrade Soils’ presented at ASCE GeoShanghai 2010 International Conference, June 3-5, 2010, Shanghai, China.
5. Received High Recognition for the paper presented at GeoFlorida 2010 ASCE Conference at ‘Hero and Award Luncheon’ for being nominated for the best paper award.
6. Recipient of Best Poster Award (1st place) from Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Conference. – September, 2007, San Antonio, USA
7. Recipient of Best Poster Award (2nd Place) from Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) and International Symposium and Career Fair (IS&CF) conference. November, 2007, New Mexico, USA
8. Recipient of Best Paper Award from Indian Geotechnical Society for the paper ‘Behaviour of circular footing supported on geocell reinforced sand underlain by soft clay’ presented at IGC-03 (Z_Tech biennial award). December 2004, Warangal, AP, India.
9. Recipient of National Scholarship from MHRD to pursue doctoral studies at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2001-2006).
10. Recipient of Annual Merit Award from Civil Engineering Association, JNTU college of Engineering for securing first position throughout the Bachelor of Technology (2000).
11. Recipient of Prof. Kurma Rao’s Annual Merit Award for being outstanding Geotechnical Engineering Student for the year 1999.