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
- 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.
- 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
- Muthukkumaran, K. and Subha, I.P. (2010) “Earthquake Soil-Structure Interaction”, ISBN -978-3-639-21612-7, VDM Publishing Company, Germany.
BOOK CHAPTER
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli - 620 015
Email : kmk@nitt.edu / drkmknitt@gmail.com
Mobile No: +91 9443651836
Phone: +91 431 2503168
Fax: +91 431 2500133
