Dr. Ramya Sri Mullapudi


Ramya Sri

Ramya Sri Mullapudi

Assistant Professor

Transportation Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Email: ramyamullapudi@ce.iith.ac.in

Website: Personal Homepage

Phone: (+91)40-2301-6320

 

Areas of Interest:

Pavement Materials, Analysis and Design of Pavements, Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Pavements, Pavement Management Systems (PMS)

Education:

Ph.D. (2020): Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, in Transportation Engineering

M.Tech (2014): Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, in Transportation Engineering

B.Tech (2012): National Institute of Technology Warangal, in Civil Engineering


Employment History:

Assistant Professor (Sept 2020 – Present)
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India

International Journals:

      1. Dhandapani, Bhuvana Priya, & Ramya Sri Mullapudi (2023). Design and performance characteristics of cement grouted bituminous mixtures-a review. Construction and Building Materials, 369, 130586. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.130586
      2. Gangadhara Reddy Narala, Vidya Aruri & Ramya Sri Mullapudi (2022). Utilization of plastic wastes as a resource material in civil engineering infrastructure applications: Review. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000717.
      3. Priyadarshini Saha Chowdhury, Ramya Sri Mullapudi and Muppireddy Amaranatha Reddy (2022). An investigation on the effect of aging on chemical and mechanical properties of asphalt binder. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004396
      4. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Priyadarshini Saha Chowdhury & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam. Evaluation of fatigue damage and healing capability of RAP mixtures using Time lag - a resilient modulus test parameter. International Journal Pavement Research and Technology, 1-13
      5. Gottumukkala Bharath, Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Reddy Kiran Kumar, & Kusam Sudhakar Reddy (2022). A Method for the Determination of Mixing Temperatures of Different Components of Recycled Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 1-15. DOI: 10.1007/s42947-022-00151-4
      6. Gottumukkala Bharath, Kusam Sudhakar Reddy, Tandon Vivek, Muppireddy, Amaranatha Reddy, & Ramya Sri Mullapudi (2021). Restriction of RAP% in HMA Based on Aggregate Gradation and Binder Properties. CivilEng, 2(3), 811-822
      7. Heshami Saeid., Sobhi Saeid, Poursoltani Mostafa, Ayar Pooyan, & Mullapudi Ramya Sri. Coupled effects of Gilsonite and Sasobit on binder properties: A rheological and chemical analysis. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, (In Press) Doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004110
      8. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Aparna NSL & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam. Effect of initial damage on healing characteristics of mixtures containing RAP material. Construction and Building Materials, 262, 120808 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120808
      9. Ramya Sri Mullapudi & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2020). Relationship between rheological properties of RAP binders and cohesive surface free energy, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 32(6), 04020137 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003199
      10. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Priyadarshini Saha Chowdhury & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2020). Fatigue and healing characteristics of RAP binder blends. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Vol. 32(8), 04020214 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003284
      11. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Aparna NSL & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2020). Fatigue and healing characteristics of RAP mixtures. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 32(12), 04020390. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003484,
      12. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Karanam Gnana Deepika & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2019). Relationship between the chemistry and the mechanical properties of RAP binder blends, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 31(7), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002769
      13. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Gnana Deepika Karanam, & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam. (2019). Influence of chemical characteristics of RAP binders on the mechanical properties of binders and mixes. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 12(6), 632-637.
      14. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, & Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2018). An investigation on the relationship between FTIR indices and surface free energy of RAP binders. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 1-15.DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2018.1552889
      15. Vishnu Radhakrishnan, Ramya Sri Mullapudi, & Kusam Sudhakar Reddy (2018). Evaluation of asphalt binder rutting parameters. Construction and Building Materials, 173, 298-307. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.04.058
      16. Vishnu Radhakrishnan, Ramya Sri Mullapudi, & Kusam Sudhakar Reddy (2018). Sensitivity of rutting and moisture resistance of asphalt mixes to gradation and design air void content. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 1-9. DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2018.1517875

Book Chapters:

      1. Mullapudi Ramya Sri, Bharath Gottumukkala, & Reddy Narala Gangadhara, (2021). Rout, P., Pathak, P., Sustainable approaches of urban mining for waste management and resource recovery. CRC Press
      2. Mullapudi Ramya Sri, Bulusu Venkata Jogarao, & Reddy Kusam Sudhakar, (2022) Reddy, N.G., Reddy, A.S., Reddy, K., & Kumar, P.R., Advances in sustainable materials and resilient infrastructure: principles and practice. Springer
      3. Reddy, N. G., Nanda, P., Mullapudi, R. S., & Reddy, M. V. (2022). Use of Polyacrylamide for Erosion and Fugitive Dust Control of Geomaterials—A Review. Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020)—GEO-TRA-ENV-WRM, 143-151.

International Conferences:

      1. Venkata J Bulusu, Ramya S Mullapudi, Avinandan Das and Kusam S. Reddy. The effect of un-cracked joint on stresses and deflections of thin white topping pavements. In Proceedings of Second ASCE Conference on "Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies", ASCE, 2 to 4 March 2020, Kolkata - India. (Only Abstract)
      2. NSL Aparna, Mullapudi Ramya Sri and Kusam Sudhakar Reddy. Fatigue damage healing of flexible pavement using induction heating technology. In Proceedings of Second ASCE Conference on "Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies", ASCE, 2 to 4 March 2020, Kolkata - India. (Only Abstract)
      3. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Gnana Deepika Karanam, and Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2018). Aging characteristics of asphalt binders containing RAP material. International Conference on Pavements and Computational Approaches (ICOPAC), Paper Id- 3218, Nov 2018, CRRI-New Delhi.
      4. Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Chaitanya Gubbala, and Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2015). Top-down cracking susceptibility of bituminous pavements.In Proceedings of 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (3rd CTRG), Paper Id-673
      5. Chaitanya Gubbala, Ramya Sri Mullapudi, and Sudhakar Reddy Kusam (2015). Fatigue performance of bituminous mixes containing reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) material.In Proceedings of 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (3rd CTRG), Paper Id-665

National Conferences:

      1. Elias Sk., Ramya Sri Mullapudi, Vishnu Radhakrishnan and Reddy Kusam Sudhakar Reddy (2015). Development of relationship between permanent deformation of bituminous mix and binder characteristics. In proceedings of 2nd Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management,Paper Id-113
      CE6720 Advanced Pavement Materials
      CE6740 Analysis and Design of Pavements
      CE6711 Pavement Materials Lab
      CE3820 Highway Design and Materials
      CE3821 Highway Materials Lab
      CE3830 Railway and Airport Engineering
      CE3840 Traffic Engineering and Planning
      CE2920 and CE3020 Surveying
      1. Self-healing characteristics of warm mix asphalt mixtures, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board, (December 2021 to December 2023) - 32.5 lakhs (PI).
      2. Performance evaluation of cement grouted bituminous mixes (CGBM) containing reclaimed asphalt pavement material, funded by Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, (April 2021 to April 2023) - 25 lakhs (PI).

Ph.D. Students:

      Bhuvanapriya D.
      NithinChary
      AWSAR (Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research) award 2018 by Department of Science and Technology, India,A Science story written about, Investigation on self-healing of recycled asphalt mixes, A method to incorporate mixture properties into the pavement design" was selected among 100 award winning science stories Awarded on 28th February 2019.
      MHRD Fellowship for Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2014 to 2019
      MHRD Fellowship for M.Tech at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2012 to 2014