Recent Developments in Geotechnics and Structural Engineering: Select Proceedings of Trace 2022

Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla is a world-renowned expert in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering. He is Founding Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer Nature, Switzerland, and Founding Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Research Group Leader at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Australia. He holds the Distinguished Professorship of Civil Engineering at ten universities, including Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai and Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India. He has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, consultancy, administration/management, and professional engagement. He is registered Chartered Professional Engineer in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering, Engineers Australia, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineer in Civil Engineering, and International Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering, International Engineering Association. He collaborates with several world-class universities, research institutions, industries and individuals on academic and field projects. As a consulting geotechnical engineer, he has successfully provided solutions to the challenging field problems faced by many engineering organisations. He has authored more than 300 research papers and technical articles, including over 195 refereed journal publications. He is also an author/editor of 25 books, including 7 textbooks and 24 book chapters. During 2020-2022, his ICE textbooks, namely Core Principles of Soil Mechanics and Core Concepts of Geotechnical Engineering, have been ranked #1 by Amazon. His research and academic works have been cited well. Shukla's generalized expressions for seismic active thrust (2015) and seismic passive resistance (2013) are taught in universities and routinely used by practising engineers worldwide for designing the retaining structures. Shukla's wraparound reinforcement technique, developed during 2007-2008, is a well-establishedsustainable ground improvement technique. He is among the world's top 2% of scientists for both career-long and single recent year 2021 impacts as Elsevier announced in October 2022. He has been honoured with several awards, including 2021 ECU Aspire Award by the Business Events Perth, Australia, and the most prestigious IGS Award 2018 by the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), USA, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development and use of geosynthetics. He serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He is a fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Australia, a life fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Geotechnical Society, and a member of several other professional bodies.
Dr. Sudharshan N. Raman is Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia. He obtained his Ph.D. with a focus in structural engineering and infrastructure protective technologies from The University of Melbourne, Australia. He is Past President of the Malaysian Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (Malaysia Chapter--ACI); Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), UK; Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI); and Committee Member of the Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). Over the years, he has built his reputation as Active Researcher in concrete structures and materials and infrastructure protective technologies. He has published extensively in the areas of cement and concrete engineering and structural resilience; has served as Reviewer for prestigious journals in civil and structural engineering and built environment; and currently sits in the editorial boards of three international journals. Prior to joining the academia, he was in employment with an engineering design consultant and a specialist prestressed concrete contractor.
Dr. Bishwajit Bhattacharjee is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi. He obtained B.Tech. (Hons.) degree from IIT Kharagpur, and M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from IIT Delhi. He worked for M/s Gammon India for two years after B.Tech. He is Nominated Fellow of Indian Association of Structural Engineers and Member of several professional bodies such as ICI. He was involved in academic activities with several international institutions, namely EPFL, Switzerland; University of Dundee, UK; University of Dresden, Germany; and Catholic University at Leuven, Belgium. He is involved with industry as Consultant also in training. He has supervised 162 M.Tech. and 26 Ph.D. theses till date and currently guiding 7 ongoing Ph.D. research projects. He has published more than 150 papers in journals and conferences. He is active in several national committees involving DST, CBRI, NCCBM, Dr. Fixit Laboratory, BIS, etc. A bio-sketch of him titled "A Teacher and a Research worker" under the feature "People" is available in August 2012 issue of ICJ and also under the title "Gems of Structural Engineering" in SEFI. Recipient of ICI lifetime achievement award (North) 2012, he acted as Member of the editorial board of Magazine of Concrete Research and International Journal of 3Rs. He is Guest Editor of ICJ January 2015 issue on "Concrete Research" and also in 2019.
Dr. Priyanka Singh is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Amity University Uttar Pradesh (Noida). She obtained her Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from C.U.S. University, Gujarat, and Master's degree in Structural Engineering from M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat. She completed her B. Tech. in Civil Engineering with distinction from M.I.T. in year 2001. She has vast experience of 20+ years out of which 15 years in academics and 5 years in industry. She is Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), and Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE). She has presented/published technical papers more than 100 numbers so far on various subjects in national/international seminars/conferences and SCI/Scopus-indexed journals. She has served as Reviewer for prestigious journals in civil and structural engineering. She is in the editorial board and scientific committee members of many international and national journals/conferences. She has also contributed as Co-author in chapters published by Springer. She has supervised 43 M. Tech. students and currently guiding 5 Ph.D. research scholars. Her main research interests are in the areas of innovative and sustainable construction materials, structural health monitoring and remaining service life of structures, green concrete, self-healing concrete, and neural networks in civil engineering domain.

桑賈伊·庫馬爾·舒克拉博士是全球知名的土木（岩土）工程專家。他是瑞士Springer Nature出版的《國際土工合成材料與基礎工程期刊》的創始主編，以及澳洲珀斯艾迪斯科文大學（Edith Cowan University, ECU）工程學院的岩土與地環境工程研究小組創始負責人。他在十所大學擔任土木工程的傑出教授，包括印度馬德拉斯理工學院（Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai）和印度德里技術大學（Delhi Technological University, Delhi）。他在教學、研究、顧問、行政管理和專業參與方面擁有超過25年的經驗。他是澳洲工程師協會註冊的特許專業工程師，並且是亞太經濟合作組織（APEC）土木工程師和國際工程協會的國際專業工程師。他與多所世界級大學、研究機構、產業和個人合作進行學術和實地項目。作為顧問岩土工程師，他成功地為許多工程組織面臨的挑戰性現場問題提供了解決方案。他已發表超過300篇研究論文和技術文章，其中包括超過195篇經過審核的期刊出版物。他還是25本書籍的作者或編輯，包括7本教科書和24個書章。在2020年至2022年間，他的ICE教科書《土壤力學核心原則》和《岩土工程核心概念》在亞馬遜上排名第一。他的研究和學術作品被廣泛引用。舒克拉的地震主動推力（2015年）和地震被動抵抗（2013年）的通用表達式在大學中教授，並被全球的實踐工程師用於設計擋土結構。舒克拉在2007至2008年間開發的包裹加固技術是一種成熟的可持續地基改良技術。他在2022年10月被Elsevier宣布為全球前2%的科學家，無論是職業生涯的影響還是2021年的單一年影響。他獲得了多項獎項，包括2021年由澳洲珀斯商業活動頒發的ECU Aspire Award，以及2018年由美國國際土工合成材料學會（IGS）頒發的最具聲望的IGS獎，以表彰他對土工合成材料的發展和應用的傑出貢獻。他擔任多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。他是美國土木工程師學會和澳洲工程師協會的會士，印度工程師學會和印度岩土工程學會的終身會士，以及其他多個專業機構的成員。

蘇達爾尚·N·拉曼博士是馬來西亞莫納什大學（Monash University Malaysia）工程學院的副教授。他在澳洲墨爾本大學獲得結構工程和基礎設施保護技術的博士學位。他曾擔任馬來西亞美國混凝土學會（American Concrete Institute, Malaysia Chapter--ACI）的前任會長；英國建築工程師特許協會（CABE）的會士；美國土木工程師學會（ASCE）的成員；美國混凝土學會（ACI）的成員；以及馬來西亞工程師學會（IEM）土木與結構工程技術部的委員。多年來，他在混凝土結構和材料及基礎設施保護技術方面建立了自己的聲譽，並在水泥和混凝土工程及結構韌性領域發表了大量文章；他曾擔任土木和結構工程及建築環境的知名期刊的審稿人，並目前擔任三本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。在進入學術界之前，他曾在一家工程設計顧問公司和一家專業預應力混凝土承包商工作。