This book comprises select papers from the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering (ICETCE 2018). Latest research findings in different branches of civil engineering such as structural engineering, construction materials, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, and transportation infrastructure are covered in this book. The book also gives an overview of emerging topics like smart materials and structures, green building technologies, and intelligent transportation system. The contents of this book will be beneficial for students, academicians, industrialists and researchers working in the field of civil engineering.
Dr. K. Ganesh Babu is a retired professor of the Ocean Engineering Department at IIT Madras. His areas of specialization are offshore structures, rehabilitation of structures, corrosion and high performance composites. He has published more than 200 research articles in international journals and conferences of repute, and also authored a book on high performance self-consolidating cementitious composites. Dr. Babu is actively involved in the rehabilitation of many of the centuries-old temples and also other world heritage sites in the country. He has received several awards including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship. He is a former Director of the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee - a constituent national laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. He has organized several national and international workshops at IIT Madras, and is an expert committee member of various scientific committees.
Dr. H. Sudarsana Rao is a professor at the Civil Engineering Department at JNTUA Anantapuram. His areas of specialization are rehabilitation of structures, finite element analysis, and high performance cementitious composites. He has published more than 150 research articles in international journals and conferences of repute. Dr. Rao is also actively involved in various administrative capacities in JNTUA like Vice-Chancellor I/C, Rector, Director (ICS), Director of Evaluation and Vice-Principal. He has received several awards such as the International Engineer of the Year 2008, from Cambridge Press. He has organized several national and international workshops at JNTUA Anantapuram.
Dr. Y. Amarnath is a professor at the Civil Engineering Department at SRIT Anantapuram. His areas of specialization are development of light weight composites, sustainable materials and high performance composites. He has published several research articles in international journals and conferences proceedings. He is a structural design consultant and involved in design of RCC and steel structures. He has received CTU fellowship from University of Dundee, UK for his PhD and worked on WRAP, UK sponsored project for his doctoral degree. Dr. Amarnath is a reviewer of several scientific journals and is an expert committee member of various scientific committees.
