National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Transportation Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Pavement Materials: Performance Characterization
  • Pavement Design and Analysis
  • Application of Fracture Mechnics in Pavment Engineering
  • Sustainable Pavement Technologies
  • Numerical Modeling
  • Pavement Evaluation, Maintanance and Rehabiliation

Gourab Saha Assistant Professor Grade-II

Civil Engineering

sahag@nitrkl.ac.in

27

PUBLICATIONS

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

2

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Gourab Saha

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Civil Engineering

Room Number: CE-207

Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2017

Ph.D.
Transportation Engineering
Indian Institute of Technlogy Kharagpur

2013

M.Tech
Transportation Engineering
Indian Insitute of Technology Kharagpur

2011

B.Tech
Civil Engineering
Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology Kolkata

Teaching Experience
  • Tranportation Engineering II,  Lovely Professional University, Punjab,   22 Jul 2013 - 20 Dec 2013
  • Transportation Safety,  Lovely Professional University, Punjab,   22 Jul 2013 - 20 Dec 2013
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Pavement Engineering,  Rowan University, New Jersey, USA,   01 Sep 2017 - 06 Jun 2018
Industrial Experience
  • Pavement Construction, Design and Evaluation,  L&T Transportation Infrastructure, Mumbai,   27 Jun 2018 - 13 Jul 2020

Development and Performance Evaluation of Cold Mix Asphalt: Upgradation of Mix Design Method. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Performance Evaluation of Cement Concrete Pavements in Rural Roads. National Rural Roads Development Agency(NRRDA)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 27

G. Saha and K. Biligiri,"Fracture properties of asphalt mixtures using Semi-Circular Bending test: a state-of-the-art review and future research", Construction and Building Materials, vol.105, Elsevier 2016, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.12.046       Article

G. Saha and K. Biligiri,"Homothetic behavior investigation on fracture toughness of asphalt mixtures using semicircular bending test", Construction and Building Materials, vol.114, pp.423-433, Elsevier 2016, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.03.169       Article

G. Saha and K. Biligiri,"Box-Behnken optimization of cracking performance of asphalt mixtures", Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, pp.68-74, Taylor and Francis, September 2016, 10.1080/23789689.2017.1294860       Article

G. Saha and K. P. Biligiri,"Cracking performance analysis of asphalt mixtures using response surface methodology: experimental investigations and statistical optimization", Materials and Structures, vol.33, Springer 2016, 10.1617/s11527-016-0906-5       Article

G. Saha and K. Biligiri,"Fracture damage evaluation of asphalt mixtures using semi-circular bending test based on fracture energy approach", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol.142, pp.154-169, Elsevier 2015, 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2015.06.009       Article

Advance Technologies in Pavement Engineering Civil Engineering (Short-term Course)
Sustainable Approaches in Pavement Engineering Civil Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • CE1000 : Engineering Mechanics {Theory}
  • CE3302 : Advanced Transportation Engineering {Theory}
  • CE6330 : Planning and Design of Airports {Theory}
  • CE6334 : Evaluation and Strengthening of Pavements {Theory}
  • CE1010 : Computer Aided Drawing and Graphics {Practical}
  • CE1701 : Engineering Drawing {Practical}
  • CE3701 : Highway Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • CE6372 : Traffic Engineering Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [2]
Performance Evaluation of Recycled Asphalt Pavement
T Akhil
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Development and Optimization of High-Performing Asphalt Mixtures for Perpetual Pavement
Malaya Kumar Sahu
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Supervisor

Memberships / Fellowships
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM International,   2019