Dr. S. Moses Santhakumar

Qualification

• B. TECH.
• M.TECH.
• Ph.D. (TRANSPORTATION)

Area of Teaching

• TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING.
• TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
• COMPUTER SIMULATION.
• CAD IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Research Interests

• CAD IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
• TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• COMPUTER SIMULATION
• GIS

Sponsored research activities

1. Coir Board Project on ‘Coir Geotextiles for Rural Roads’. Study of usage of Coir Geo textiles in the pavement of Rural Roads. (On-going)
2. NRRDA Project on ‘Rural Road Pavement Performance Study’. Three year study of pavement condition of PMGSY Roads. (On-going)
3.  NRRDA Project on ‘Traffic Volume Studies on PMGSY Roads’. Data collection and analysis of traffic on PMGSY Roads. (On-going)
4. NRRDA Responsibility of ‘Scrutiny of PMGSY Project Proposals’. Coordinator of State Technical Agency for the approval of project proposals prepared by State Govt. agencies. (On-going)
5.  DRD Project on ‘On-line Monitoring of Rural Development Schemes'. Developing a GIS entitled RAPID - Rural Action Plan Integrated Database in Visual Basic. RAPID enables the monitoring of projects by Collectors and Project Officers. Project being implemented in the State, District and Block levels. (On-going)
6. MHRD Project on ‘GIS-GPS Based Monitoring of Public Transport Vehicles’. Tracking of Corporation trucks using on-line and off-line GPS units. (Completed)
7.  AICTE Project on ‘Multimedia Tools for Teaching of Civil Engineering’. Development of Multimedia-based Teaching Modules for Civil Engineering Education. (Completed)
8. Election Commission Project on ‘Computerization of Electoral Process'. Developing a GIS entitled OPERA – On-line Processing of Electoral Results and Analysis in Visual Basic. OPERA compiled election results and printed out standard reports during the Lok Sabha election in Tiruchirappalli Constituency. (Completed)
9. MHRD Project on ‘Strengthening of the Transportation Engineering Laboratory' at the Civil Engineering Department, R.E.C., Tiruchirappalli. Purchased and installed equipment including the Marksman 600 Automatic Traffic Data Acquisition System. (Completed)
10. DOD Project on ‘Sea Trial of Wave Energy Device' at the Ocean Engineering Centre,    I. I. T., Madras. Developed software in BASIC and C entitled WASP - Wavedata Acquisition and Analysis System for on-line Processing. (Completed)
11.  Indo-German Project on ‘Transportation System Management for Indian Cities' at the Civil Engineering Department, I. I. T., Madras. Developed models for bus transit. (Completed) 
          

Consultancy Activities:

1. GIS development for the Kerala Road Information Management System for Wilbur Smith Associates
2. Axle Load Spectrum on NH67 for Wilbur Smith Associates
3. Axle Load Spectrum on NH66 for Mukesh Associates
4. Benkelman Beam Deflection studies on SH & MDR for Highways Department
5. MIGRAN - Model with Interactive Graphics for Route Assignment on Networks to synthesize the traffic flow pattern in a city for Kirloskar Consultants
6. PVAM - Private Vehicle Assignment Module to be integrated into the Transportation Planning Package developed by Kirloskar Consultants
7. Computer simulation models to estimate the bay requirements at the Madras Metropolitan Bus Terminus for Kirloskar Consultants
8. Feasibility study on computerization of registration documents for Registration Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
9. PRIME - Project Information Monitoring and Evaluation - a GIS developed in
10. Visual Basic to monitor urban development projects for Kirloskar Consultants
11. Design of Cement Concrete Pavements for the Municipal Bus Stands in Tirunelveli, Tiruvarur, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, etc.
12. Testing of aggregate and soil for RITES and other agencies
13. Testing of bitumen and aggregate for road and railway projects

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