Dr. K. Muthukkumaran

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International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) – Technical Committee Member (TC-102): 2016-18

International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) – Technical Committee Member (TC-301): 2018-21(https://www.issmge.org/)

Associate Editor:  Journal of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions - Springer publication

International Advisory Member: Soil Structure Interaction Group, Egypt(http://ssige.org/)

Elected National Executive Committee Member (2017-18): Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi. (www.igs.org.in)

Founder Chairman: Indian Geotechnical Society, Trichy Chapter (2014 to till date) (http://www.igstrichy.org)

Qualification

Course Board / University Period of Study Year of Passing
Ph.D.(Soil Structure Interaction) Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India Jan 2001 to Dec 2004 2005
M.E. (Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering) College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University Chennai, India August 1998 to Jan 2000 2000
B.E. (Civil & Structural Engg.) Annamalai University, India July 1994 to April 1998 1998

EXPERIENCE

Organization Designation From To
IIT-Madras, India Project Associate Gr-I August 2000 December 2000
OEO, Saudi Arabia (Saudi Aramco Projects) Senior Geotechnical Engineer January 2005 June 2006
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India Lecturer 22.06.2006 05.11.2008
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India Assistant Professor 06.11.2008 05.11.2011
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India Associate Professor 06.11.2011 11.03.2018
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India Professor 12.03.2018 Till date

Publications

PATENT

  1. I Venugopal, S A Kannan, Shamrao, Chandra Babu, Prof S Anbazhagan, Dr. S Arivazhagan, C R Paramasivam, M Chinnamuthu and Dr. K Muthukkumaran (2020) “A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF HIGHLAND LUNAR SOIL SIMULANT” Patent Number 336998, granted on May 18, 2020.
  2. Muthukkumaran, K and Umanath, U. (2020) “A MOLD FOR CASTING PERVIOUS CONCRETE PILE AND METHOD” Indian Patent Application Number 202041011873, Journal No. 19/2020, published on May 08, 2020.

MONOGRAPH

  1. Muthukkumaran, K. and Subha, I.P. (2010) “Earthquake Soil-Structure Interaction”, ISBN -978-3-639-21612-7, VDM Publishing Company, Germany.

BOOK CHAPTER

  1. Muthukkumaran, K and Gokul Khrishnan (2010), “Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering” edited by Thomas Benz and Steinar Nordal, CRC Press 2000, Taylor and Francis Group, ISBN: 978-0-415-59239-0, DOI: 10.1201/b10551-113. Chapter 100. Finite difference analysis of piles on sloping ground under passive loading.
  2. Prakash, A. R and Muthukkumaran, K (2017) “Sustainable Civil Infrastructures - Soil dynamic and Soil-Structure Interaction for Resilient Infrastructure” - Springer Nature, ISBN 978-3-319-63542-2 ISBN 978-3-319-63543-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63543-9_5. Chapter 5: Lateral Response of Socketed Pile under Cyclic Load.
  3. Deendayal Rathod, Muthukkumaran, K. and Sitharam, T.G. (2017) “Sustainable Civil Infrastructures - Soil dynamic and Soil-Structure Interaction for Resilient Infrastructure” - Springer Nature, ISBN 978-3-319-63542-2 ISBN 978-3-319-63543-9 (eBook)    DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63543-9_13. Chapter 13: Behaviour of Laterally Loaded Piles in Soft Clay on Sloping Ground.
  4. Sivaraman, S. and  Muthukkumaran, K. (2017) “Sustainable Civil Infrastructures - Soil dynamic and Soil-Structure Interaction for Resilient Infrastructure” - Springer Nature, ISBN 978-3-319-63542-2 ISBN 978-3-319-63543-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63543-9_17. Chapter 17: Field Study on Response of Laterally Loaded pile in clayey soil.
  5. Manivannan Vinothkumar and  Muthukkumaran, K. (2017) “Sustainable Civil Infrastructures - Soil dynamic and Soil-Structure Interaction for Resilient Infrastructure” - Springer Nature, ISBN 978-3-319-63542-2 ISBN 978-3-319-63543-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63543-9_20. Chapter 20: Dynamic Behavior of Marine Clay Soil Improved by Vertical Sand Drain.

Subjects Taught

Undergraduates

  • Geotechnical Engineering – I
  • Geotechnical Engineering – II
  • Advanced Foundation Engineering
  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
  • Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundation
  • Numerical Techniques in Geotechnical Engineering

Postgraduates

  • Geomechanics – Theory and Practices
  • Applied Soil Mechanics
  • Foundation Analysis and Design
  • Analysis of Deep Foundation
  • Ground Improvement Techniques
  • Soil Exploration and Field Tests
  • Soil Structure Interaction

ABROAD VISITS

Country Period of Visit Purpose
From To
Sri Lanka 14.09.2003 25.09.2003 To present research papers in the Sixth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing (COPEDOC-VI)
USA 12.04.2004 25.04.2004 To present a research paper in the Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering at University of Missouri Rolla, UAS
Saudi Arabia January 2005 June 2006 Worked as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer in Osaimi Engineering Office (OEO) at Saudi Arabia (on Saudi ARAMCO Geotechnical projects)
Bahrain 10.12.2005 11.01.2006 Bahrain-Keller Ground improvement projects
Australia 02.11.2007 02.12.2007 Short term post-doctoral research fellow in soil-structure interaction at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Singapore 03.12.2007 09.12.2007 To present a research papers in the 8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) & 18th Southeast Asian Geotechnical & Inaugural AGSSEA Conference
Singapore 27.05.2013 03.06.2013 To present a research papers in the 18th Southeast Asian Geotechnical & Inaugural AGSSEA Conference at Singapore
Malaysia 30.05.2013 31.05.2013 University visit (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM)

AWARDS RECEIVED

  • GATE scholar (1998-2000), Anna University
  • MHRD funded research scholar (2001-2004), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  • IGS-SMT INDRA JOSHI BIENNIAL PRICE AWARD for the best paper published in National/International Conferences for the paper entitled “Behaviour of Instrumented Pile under Vertical Load- A Field Study” published in the proceeding of IGC-2004, Warangal
  • Department of Science and Technology (DST) Fast Track Young Scientist Award (2007-2010)
  • National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, NITT- TEQIP- 2007, funded short term Post Doctoral Research follow at Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Appointed as External Expert Reviewer of HUDCO (Tamil Nadu) Projects by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA)
  • Founder Chairman of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS-Trichy) Trichy Chapter
  • Keynote Paper Award – GEOMATE Conference 2015 at Osaka, Japan
  • IGS Kochi Chapter YGE Award for the Best Paper on Deep Foundation for the paper entitled “Behaviour of laterally loaded socketed pile in multi-layered soil-rock profile”.
  • Chairman – Organizing committee of 6th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference
  • NIT Trichy Achiever Award – for research publications in 2016
  • NIT Trichy Achiever Award – for consultancy projects in 2016,2017,2018
  • NIT Trichy Achiever Award – for research projects in 2018
  • NIT Trichy Achiever Award – for maximum citation in 2018
  • Recipient of BHARAT VIKAS AWARD -2018
  • Recipient of VDGOOD International Scientist Awards on Engineering-2020

ASSOCIATE EDITOR:

  • Journal of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, ISSN: 2364-4176 (print version), ISSN: 2364-4184 (electronic version), Springer Publication (2015-2019)

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER:

  • Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture (ISSN 1934-7359)

JOURNAL REVIEWER

  • Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM
  • International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE
  • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE
  • Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE
  • International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Elsevier
  • Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Taylor & Francis
  • Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer
  • Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Springer
  • The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Springer
  • Geomechanics and Engineering, An International Journal, Techno Press
  • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Elsevier
  • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Springer
  • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science, Elsevier
  • Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, Taylor & Francis
  • Applied Ocean Research, Elsevier
  • Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal, Taylor & Francis
  • Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Springer
  • International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer
  • Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer
  • International Journal of Civil Engineering, Springer
  • Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Springer
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Contact Address

Dr. K. Muthukkumaran,
Professor HAG,
Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli - 620 015

Email : kmk@nitt.edu / drkmknitt@gmail.com
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Phone: +91 431 2503168
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