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Education
- University of California, Davis
PhD student in Geotechnical Engineering (Sept, 2018–Present) - Technical University of Munich
Student Exchange Program (Sept, 2017–April, 2018) - Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Masters in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (July, 2016–July, 2018) - Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala
Bachelors in Civil Engineering (June, 2011– June, 2015)
Research Experience
- Doctoral research (Advisor: Dr Alejandro Martinez, Dr. Jason T. DeJong, Dr. Katerina Ziotopoulou)
Soil Fabric and Well-Graded Soils - Doctoral research (Advisor: Dr Alejandro Martinez, Dr. Jason T. DeJong)
BioGeotechincs - DAAD Research Fellow (Advisor: Dr Roberto Cudmani, Dr G V Ramana)
Stress-Strain-Volume change behaviour of Karlshruhe sand under monotonic loading using DEM - Graduate Research
- Seepage and stress deformation analysis of a plastic cutoff under CFRD dam. (Advisor: Dr G V Ramana)
- Shrinkage crack determination: by Image processing techniques. (Advisor: Dr Ayothiraman Ramanathan)
- Undergraduate Research
- Unsaturated Soil Mechanics: slope stability of unsaturated slopes. (Advisor: Dr Vikas Pratap Singh)
- Steam curing of Concrete and implications on the strength of concrete. (Advisor: Dr Shweta Goyal)
Teaching Experience
- Instructor of Record: ECI 175 Geotechincal Earthquake Engineering, Fall 2022
- Teaching Assistant: ECI 3 Introduction to Civil Engineering, Fall 2021, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award Winner
- Teaching Assistant, ENG 171L Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Spring 2021
- Instructor, Python Programming Short Course, 2019-2022
- Teaching Assistant, ENG 104L Mechanics of Materials Laboratory, Spring 2018, Winter 2019
- Teaching Assistant, Lab. Mechanics of Materials UCD, Winter 2019
- Teaching Assistant, Intro. to Soil Mechanics IITD, Spring 2018
- Teaching Assistant, Senior Research Fellowship Interns IITD, Summer 2017
- Instructor, Geometry Vidya Teaching Project IITD, December 2016
Professional and Service Activities
- Member, Graduate Program Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, UC Davis (2022-2023)
- Fellow, Global Education for All (GE4A), UC Davis (2020-2022)
- Outreach Coordinator, Geotechnical Graduate Student Society (GGSS), UC Davis (2020-2021)
- Field Trip Coordinator, Geotechnical Graduate Student Society (GGSS), UC Davis (2019-2020)
- Webmaster, Geotechnical Graduate Student Society (GGSS), UC Davis (2019-2021)
- Member, Black, Indigenous and People Of Color (BIPOC) society UC Davis (2020-)
- Member, Academic Senate Committee for Distinguidhed Teaching Award, UC Davis (2018-2019)
- Member, Orchard Park Redevelopment Committee, UC Davis (2018-2019)
- Member, Graduate Student Association, UC Davis (2018-now)
- Member, Teaching Assistant WellBeing Program, UC Davis (2018-2019)
- Member, National Service Scheme, IITD (2017-2018)
Affiliations
- Engineer‑in‑Training (EIT) License, California, No. 175556
- Student Member, American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE)
- Member, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)
- Member, Indian Geotechnical Society Delhi Chapter
Awards and Scholarships
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (Campus‑Wide) Graduate Studies UC Davis for ECI 03 Fall 2021
- Best Teaching Assistant Award College of Engineering UC Davis
- Geosyntec Fellowship Department of Civil Engineering UC Davis
- Graduate Student Travel Award ICSMGE 2022
- CEE Travel Fellowship Department of Civil Engineering UC Davis
- Fugro West Graduate Scholarship Department of Civil Engineering UC Davis
- Nominated for Excellence in Graduate Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion College of Engineering UC Davis
- Graduate Student Fellowship
Doctoral research at University of California at Davis - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Master Sandwich Program (DAAD IIT-MSP)
Master Thesis research at Technical University of Munich, Germany from September, 2017 to March, 2018 - Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Scholarship
Scholarship for two years of Masters at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Technical Skills
- Geotechnical Package: PLAXIS, GeoStudio, Rocscience Suite, FLAC, PFC
- Data Analysis and Interpretation Package: MSExcel, Paraview, VisIt, SciDAVis, Origin
- Programming Package: Python, C, C++, XML, MATLAB and FISH (FLAC/PFC)
- Photo editing and processing: GIMP, ImageJ, Inkscape
- SPH Package: ANSYS AutoDyn, DualSPHysics, SPHysics