Advances in Sustainable Materials and Resilient Infrastructure / Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering (PDF)

structural health monitoring, earthquake engineering and sustainable materials and technologies. He has published 223 technical articles in various international and national journals and conferences of repute including 15 book chapters and authored 1 Book. He has guided 7 doctoral students and 13 students are presently working with him. He is a recipient of several awards including Aftab Mufti Medal, prestigious Monbusho and JSPS Scholarships of the Japanese Government, Best Engineering Researcher Award, Heritage Scholarship to pursue research at IST Portugal, Danish Government Scholarship, Italy Government Post Doctoral Scholarship, Heritage Scholarship under Erasmus Mundus, AIT Fellowship, ASEM-Duo India Fellowship, Slovakian Government Scholarship, Jawaharlal Nehru memorial fellowship and Distinguished Alumnus award. Prof. Kumar is a member of the Research Advisory Council member of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), Hyderabad for the past six years. Dr. Narala Gangadhara Reddy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, where he teaches and conducts research. He obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, India and his Master's degree from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal, India. After completion of Ph.D., Dr. Reddy worked as a research associate at Shantou University, China and as a visiting research fellow to Nanjing University, China. He is recipient of a Chinese government scholarship award (CSC-2019). His major areas of research include geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering and pavement geotechnics, with special focus on the characterization of problematic soils and waste materials. He has research experience on sustainable materials such as biochar and biopolymer-amended soils and wastes for mitigating of soil and industrial waste problems. He has published 32 technical articles in various journals and conferences of repute including 3 book chapters. Dr. Suchith Reddy Arukala is a Chartered Engineer by qualification in civil engineering and is an expert in the areas of sustainable construction, materials, technologies, and management, multi-criteria decision making techniques, fuzzy logic, and life cycle assessment of buildings materials. He has published more than 30 papers in his area in reputed international journals. He is recognized as a member of ASCE, MIE, MCIOB, MISTE, and Honorary Member of London Journal Press. He has completed his Masters from the UK in 2010 and a Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, India. His vast experience in teaching and research along with an intention and motivation for sustainable development is recognized and awarded him as an Earth Leader by Council for Green Revolution and KPR foundation.