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Centre for Academic Studies and Research (CASR) established in the year 2018 is a Centre of Excellence, which aims at providing high quality solutions to the problems in core Engineering and Engineering Education through research, development and extension activities.

   
   

This centre is facilitating the various Departments / courses in core engineering and engineering education masters and research programmes with the objectives.

   
   

The centre conducts PhD Research programmes in affiliation with University of Madras and Anna University; Post Graduate Programme ME Infrastructure Engineering and Management has been approved and offered from the academic year 2019-20, two more Post Graduate programmes are proposed to start from the academic year 2020-2021.


PhD programmes

   

University of Madras

   

Anna University


Post Graduate programmes

   

Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering : ME (Infrastructure Engineering and Management) from 2019-2020

   

Centre for Educational Media Technology(CEMT): ME (Elearning Technologies)

   

Electronics & Communication Engineering: M.Tech., ECE (Industry Integrated)


   

Full-time Research fellowship offered to eligible PhD scholars based on the Terms and Conditions for the FTRF Scheme; Post Graduate students are also eligible for the scholarship from the MHRD based on their GATE score.






Approval from AICTE



Approval from Anna University



Approval from DoTE



Faculty

Dr.G.Janardhanan, M.E., Ph.D (USA), Professor and Head

Contact

call
    044-2254 5460 / 044-2254 5447
email
    jana@nitttrc.ac.in
    dr.gjanardhanan@gmail.com
   

Specialization Area

   
Green Building Technologies
   
Water Quality Management
   
Sustainable Development
   
Landuse and Landcover Management
   
Geographical Information System
   
Educational Technologies and FOSS for Academics

QUALIFICATION

Degree Institution/University Specialization
B.E College and Engineering, Guindy Anna University Civil Engineering
M.E College and Engineering, Guindy Anna University Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Ph.D University of Illinois, USA Civil Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

   
Associate Professor – Centre for Environmental Management, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Taramani, Chennai
   
   
Geo-Environmental Engineer – Great Lakes Soil and Environmental Consultants, Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA Incharge of DeKalb County Landfill Design and Characterization. Geotechnical Engineer – ARCADIS, Tennessee, USA
   
   
Lecturer – Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India
   
   
Teaching Research Associate - Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India




Dr.Vinod Kumar Adigopula, M.Tech., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Contact

call
   9601634385
email
   vinod@nitttrc.edu.in
   

Research Interest

   
Pavement Design
   
Pavement structural evaluation
   
Quality Control
   
Pavement materials
   
maintenance and rehabilitation
   
Traffic simulation and Intelligent Transportation System

QUALIFICATION

Degree Institution/University Specialization
B.Tech Sri Venkateswara University Civil Engineering
M.Tech Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology- Surat Transportation Engineering & Planning
Ph.D Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology- Surat Pavement Engineering
Post Doctoral Sultan Qaboos University-Muscat Pavement Engineering

Peer-Reviewed Journal, Book chapters, Conference papers

   
Sunny Deol., Vinod Kumar Adigopula and Rakesh Kumar. "Comparative studies of lightweight deflectometer and Benkelman beam deflectometer in low volume roads". (2016) Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering: Elsevier Publisher: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2016.09.005.
   
   
Rakesh Kumar., Vinod Kumar Adigopula and Sunny Deol. "Stiffness-Based Quality Control Evaluation of Modified Subgrade Soil Using Lightweight Deflectometer". (2017). Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering: ASCE Publisher:https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001958.
   
   
Vinod Kumar Adigopula. "A simplified empirical approach for prediction of pavement layer moduli values using lightweight deflectometer data". (2021) International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Springer publisher.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-021-00050-0.
   
   
Vinod Kumar Adigopula. "Possibilities and Proposals of Intelligent Transportation System in the Indian context: A Synthesis of the Literature". (2021) Journal of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer publisher.https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-021-00622-w
   
   
Vinod Kumar Adigopula and Rakesh Kumar. "Laboratory investigation of modified subgrade clay soil mix with steel slag and lime using static and dynamic test approach". (2022) International Journal of Geotechnical engineering, Taylor & Francis publisher.https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2022.2089443
   
   
Vinod Kumar Adigopula., Sunny Deol and Rakesh Kumar. "Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavement Using Non-destructive Techniques in Low Volume Road". (2017) Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: Springer Publisher: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61908-8_13.
   
   
Vinod Kumar Adigopula., Chandra Bogi Freddy., Sunny Deol., Radha Gonawala and Rakesh Kumar. "Mechanistic Analysis of Subgrade Soil Reinforced with Modified Jute Geotextile". (2018) Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer Publisher, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95771-5_14.
   
   
. Vinod Kumar Adigopula., Chandra Bogi reddy and Rakesh Kumar. "A Study on the Application of Lightweight Deflectometer During the Construction of Low Volume Road in India". (2021) Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering: Springer Publisher:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4324-5_8.
   
   
Vinod Kumar Adigopula., Bogireddy C., Guzzarlapudi S.D. (2022). "Comparison of Overlay Design in Between Lightweight Deflectometer and Benkelman Beam Deflection Test Results: A Case Study in India". Advances in Geoengineering along the Belt and Road. BRWSG 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 230. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9963-4_14.
   
   
Sunny Deol., Vinod Kumar Adigopula and Rakesh Kumar. "Comparative study of flexible pavement layers moduli backcalculation using approximate and static approach". (2017) Materials Today: Proceedings: Elsevier Publisher: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.06.272.
   
   
Rakesh Kumar., Vinod Kumar Adigopula and Sunny Deol. "A Correlation Between LWD Backcalculated Moduli with Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Test Results for Subgrade Layer". (2017) 96th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. https://trid.trb.org/view/1438634.
   
   
Vinod Kumar Adigopula and Rakesh Kumar. "Laboratory investigation of modified subgrade clay soil mix with steel slag and lime using static and dynamic test approach". (2022) International Journal of Geotechnical engineering, Taylor & Francis publisher.https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2022.2089443

Book Published

   
Overlay Design of Low Volume Road Using Light Weight Deflectometer. Structural evaluation of a pavement using NDT techniques LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2014-02-13).

Patent

   
1.Design Patent "Portable soil compaction mould", India, Application number: 354784-001 (Published).
   
   
2.Design Patent "FLOW-SLIDE LIQUID LIMIT DEVICE", India, Application number: 358642-001 (Published).

Membership

   
Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers IEI (India).