Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Latest News

Congratulations to Prof. Krishna Prapoorna

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Based on his team’s research contributions in the areas of roadway noise and modeling, has been appointed an "International Member of the USNAE Transportation Research Board Standing Committee" on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration: 2024-27.

Congratulations to Prof. Krishna Prapoorna

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Elected as "Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India)", March 2024.

Congratulations to Prof. Krishna Prapoorna,

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Appointed as "iSMARTi Vice President of South Asia". ISMARTi: International Society for Maintenance And Rehabilitation of Transport infrastructures

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar)

Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received the first prize in “Best paper award category” from the Indo-Canadian Symposium on Water Management: Sustainability & Impact of Climate Change organized by Dalhousie University, Canada and IIT Tirupati, India held on March 6th – 7th, 2023, at IIT Tirupati.

Congratulations to Ms. Vajitha. G (Ph.D. scholar)

Ms. Vajitha. G (Ph.D. scholar) received the "Best poster presentation award" at the 35th Kerala Science Congress held at Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology on 12th – 14th, February 2023, Kerala.

Events

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April 24

Special Lecture Series given by Dr. N. Narasamma on the topic "Wastewater: A Threat to the Environment Vs Resource Recovery,".

at 3:00 pm onwards LHC CR-006, IIT Tirupati.

Program Brochure

1-2
Dec 23

Workshop on "Sustainable Wastewater Management: The Role of Advanced Treatment and Sensing Technologies"

at 9.00 am - 6.00 pm TC-1, South Campus, IIT Tirupati.

Program Brochure

Research Highlights

Guest Lecture

Remote Sensing and GIS in Forest Hydrology (in Hindi) by Rajmata Vijyaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh

National Webinar

Restore our Earth: Role of GIS and Remote Sensing organised by Department of Commerce, Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala.

Key note

Key note on Role of Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Research at International Conference on Multi Disciplinary Approaches for Environmental Research (Jaipur, India)

Feasibility of surface dielectric barrier discharge in wastewater treatment: Spectroscopic modeling, diagnostic, and dye mineralization

S.M. Allabakshi, P.S.N.S.R. Srikar, R.K. Gangwar, S.M. Maliyekkal, Sep. Purif. Technol. 296 (2022) 121344. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2022.121344 Impact factor: 9.135

UV-C photon integrated surface dielectric barrier discharge hybrid reactor: A novel and energy-efficient route for rapid mineralisation of aqueous azo dyes

S.M. Allabakshi, P.S.N.S.R. Srikar, S. Gomosta, R.K. Gangwar, S.M. Maliyekkal, J. Hazard. Mater. 446 (2023) 130639. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2022.130639 Impact factor: 14.2

Back to Basics: SHM and NDE of Civil Engineering Structures - A Brief Review.

Ganguli. Journal of Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation - Indian Society of Nondestructive Testing, vol. 18, no. 20, 2020.

Faculty

Staff

PH.D. Scholars

M.S. Scholars

Faculty Achievements

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Based on his team’s research contributions in the areas of roadway noise and modeling, has been appointed an "International Member of the USNAE Transportation Research Board Standing Committee" on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration: 2024-27.

Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna

Professor

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Elected as "Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India)", March 2024.

Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna

Professor

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Appointed as "iSMARTi Vice President of South Asia".

Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna

Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, ESF College of Expert Reviewers, nominated by European Science Foundation, France (April 2021- Present), November 2020.

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Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue in MDPI Journal, infrastructures, Switzerland, June 2020 – Present.

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Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Elsevier, UK, January 2021 – Present.

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Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Member, Committee AKM30, Standing Committee on Asphalt Materials Selection and Mix Design, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC., USA, 2020 – 2023.

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Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Organized a session on Sustainability and Resilience Aspects of Roadway Infrastructure, in Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik Summit, Government of India, October 2020.

Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna

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Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Conducting a Session on Sustainability and Resilience Aspects of Roadway Infrastructure, in Goverment of India Vaibhav Summit through Champion Institute IIT Tirupati, October 2020

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Student Achievements

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received “Best Poster Award” from Center of Excellence at Conference On Desalination, Brine Management And Water Recycling held on July 21st – 22nd, 2023, at IIT Bombay.

Mr. Allabakshi S. M

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received the first prize in “Best paper award category” from the Indo-Canadian Symposium on Water Management: Sustainability & Impact of Climate Change organized by Dalhousie University, Canada and IIT Tirupati, India held on March 6th – 7th, 2023, at IIT Tirupati.

Mr. Allabakshi S. M

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Ms Uthra devi K (PhD scholar) received a 5 Lakhs "project grant" in the carbon zero challenge event at IIT Madras in December 2022

Ms Uthra devi K

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received a "Student registration grant" from International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) USA in September 2021 to present his work at the conference.

Mr Allabakshi S. M

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received an "International travel support grant" from the SERB, DST, Govt. of India for attending the 75th Gaseous electronic conference (GEC 2022) Sendai city, Japan in October 2022.

Mr Allabakshi S. M

PhD scholar

Congratulations to Mr Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received the "Best paper award" from the ISEES at the 7th Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges Conference held on December 16th – 18th, 2022, at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

Mr Allabakshi S. M

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Ms Vajitha G (PhD scholar) received a 1.5 L "Project grant" for the technical business idea from the CSRC & preincubation team of IIT Tirupati in October 2022.

Ms Vajitha G

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Ms Vajitha G (PhD scholar) received "First prize" in the regional level Tech4Seva competition for product development from Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, SV University, Tirupati, in July 2022.

Ms Vajitha G

PhD scholar

Congratulations to Urmila Panikkar for receiving Llyod V.Berkner Travel Fellowship for attending AGU Fall meeting 2021 at New Orleans, LA, USA.

Urmila Panikkar

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Meghana Nagaraj for receiving Llyod V.Berkner Travel Fellowship for attending AGU Fall meeting 2021 at New Orleans, LA, USA.

Meghana Nagaraj

Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received the first prize in the “Best oral presentation award category” from the 1st Institute Level Research Scholars Symposium organized by IIT Tirupati, India held on May 9th, 2023, at IIT Tirupati.

Mr. Allabakshi S. M

Ph.D Scholar