National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Geotechnical Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Unsaturated soil testing and characterization through various lab equipments
  • Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of barrier systems
  • Gas and air flow through unsaturated deformable porous media
  • Plant-soil-atmosphere interaction in bio-mediated slopes
  • Constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils

SUMAN ROY Assistant Professor Grade-II

Civil Engineering

roys@nitrkl.ac.in

17

PUBLICATIONS

2

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

SUMAN ROY

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Civil Engineering

Room Number: MN-223

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

2019

Ph.D.
Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Specialization)
IIT Kanpur

2013

M.Tech
Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Specialization)
IIT Kharagpur

2011

B.E
Civil Engineering
BESU Shibpur (Currently known as IIEST Shibpur)

Teaching Experience
  • Department of Civil Engineering,  GITAM University (Bengaluru campus),   02 Dec 2022 - 15 May 2023
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Project Employee,  IIT Kanpur,   17 Jun 2019 - 28 Jul 2022

Total Publications: 17

S. Roy and S. Rajesh,"Tensile strength framework for unsaturated coarse and fine-grained soils", International Journal of Geomechanics, vol.23, no.7, pp.04023095, American Society of Civil Engineers, July 2023, 10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-7801       Article

S. Chowdhury, S. Roy, and S. P. Singh,"Performance assessment of three alkali-treated fly ashes as a pavement base-course material", Construction and Building Materials, vol.365, no.15, pp.130110, Elsevier, February 2023, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.130110       Article

C. Jadar, S. Rajesh, and S. Roy,"The effect of stress-dependent SWRC on the load carrying capacity of the slope subjected to the drying-wetting path", in 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023), vol.382, no.na, pp.12004, EDP Sciences, e3s web of conferences, April 2023, 10.1051/e3sconf/202338212004       Inproceedings

S. Roy and S. Rajesh,"Test apparatus for rapid determination of soil-water retention curve under isotropic loading condition", Geotechnical Testing Journal, vol.44, no.2, pp.255-273, ASTM International 2021, 10.1520/GTJ20190416       Article

S. Roy and S. Rajesh,"Simplified model to predict features of soil–water retention curve accounting for stress state conditions", International Journal of Geomechanics, vol.20, no.3, pp.04019191, American Society of Civil Engineers 2020, 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001591       Article

Geosynthetics in Geotechnics: Theory and Practice Civil Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • CE1000 : Engineering Mechanics {Theory}
  • CE1100 : Engineering Mechanics {Theory}
  • CE4103 : Advanced Foundation Engineering {Theory}
  • CE4106 : Soil Structure Interaction {Theory}

Ph.D. Students [2]
Fiber reinforced structure, Ground improvement and Foundation engineering
Rishabh Raj
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Geotechnical Engineering
Nibedita Patel
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Invited by Institution of Engineers to present a lecture on World Habitat day at HBTI, Kanpur on October 16, 2016.,   2016
  • Received Best paper award at an International conference conducted by ISSMGE at Powai (Sep 2016),   2016