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Title

Assistant Professor

Office Building

Crothers Engineering Hall

Office

318

Mailing Address

Crothers Engineering Hall 318
Civil and Environ Engineering-Box 2219
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

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Education

• Ph.D. in civil engineering | University of Texas | 2017
• M.S. in civil engineering | Indian Institute of Technology | 2014
• B.S. in civil engineering | National Institute of Technology, India | 2011

Academic Interests

• Geotechnical engineering
• Bio-inspired geotechnics
• Climate change
• Expansive and unsaturated soils

Academic Responsibilities

• CEE 346 Geotechnical Engineering
• CEE 346L Geotechnical Engineering Lab
• CEE 446/546 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
• CEE 447/547 Foundation Engineering
• Soil Behavior
• Slope Stability and Earth Structures
• Experimental Geomechanics

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

• Member of Department Chair Search Committee for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2023 – present.
• Member of Curriculum Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2023 ‒ present.
• Member of Graduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2023 ‒ present.
• Member of Assessment Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2022 ‒ present.
• Member of Faculty Success Committee, South Dakota State University, 2023-present.
• Member of Faculty Search Committee for one Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction and Operations Management, South Dakota State University, 2023- present.
• Member of Faculty Search Committee for one Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction and Operations Management, South Dakota State University, 2022 – 2023. 
• Member of Showcase and Recruiting Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, 2020 ‒ 2021.
• Member of Faculty Senate for the university, South Dakota State University, 2023 – present.
• Member of Standing Committee on Mechanics and Drainage of Saturated and Unsaturated Geomaterials (AKG40), Transportation Research Board (TRB), 2019 ‒ Present (active member).
• Member of Geo-Institute Unsaturated Soils Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020‒ Present (active member).
• Member of Young Member Presidential Group, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), 2022 ‒ present (corresponding member).
• Proposal reviewer for USDOT University Transportation Center Region 3, 2020 ‒ present.
• Proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation, Directorate for Engineering ‒ Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) and Directorate of Geosciences ‒ Division of Earth Sciences (EAR), Hydrological Sciences Program, 2021 ‒ present.
• Proposal reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), CREATE program, 2022 – 2023.

Professional Memberships

• Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Member of ASCE Geo-institute
• Member of United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER)
• Professional Engineering License - Civil Engineering - Texas

Awards and Honors

• Awarded Outstanding Reviewer Award for American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in 2022
• Grantswinship Award by Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at ������Ƶ in 2023
• Civil Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award – UT Arlington - 2017
• First Runners-up Award – GeoWall Competition – ASCE – San Antonio, Texas - 2015
• Graduate Research Fellowship – UT Arlington - 2014–2016

Grants

• RII Track-4: NSF: Bio-inspired solutions to prevent soil erosion in farmland and scouring in fluvial regions. National Science Foundation (NSF), February 2024 to January 2026, $299,797.
• RII Track-2 FEC: STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change. National Science Foundation (NSF), September 2023 to August 2027, $750,000 (part of a large team).
• Permeability of granular materials and blended salvaged granular materials. South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT), September 2023 to December 2024, $74,999.
• Enhancing the resiliency of embankments for regions with sulfate-rich expansive soil subjected to climate change. US Department of Transportation University Transportation Center (UTC) Program: Mountains Plains Consortium, February 2022 to July 2024, $310,527. (Completed)
• “Refinement of shear strength properties for geotechnical design”. South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT), June 2022 to July 2025, $79,912.
• “Assessing the stability of coastal dunes and foundations by bridging the gap between Geotechnical and Coastal Engineering”. University of Delaware – General University Research Grant, August 2021 to July 2023, $15,000. (Declined after accepting job at ������Ƶ)
• “Integrating fluid mechanics and soil mechanics for high fidelity modeling of sediment transport and soil stability”. University of Delaware – Davis Distinguished Scholars Award Funding, September 2021 to August 2023, $105,000. (Declined after accepting job at ������Ƶ)
• NSF – I/UCRC University of Texas at Arlington: Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) Phase III, Sep. 2019 to Aug. 2024, $250,000. (Completed)
• NSF – Industry/Government Agency Funding Support for NSF I/UCRC – CICI-UTA: From TxDOT, TRWD, City of Arlington, and Therma Foam, Total Support Funds - $130,000, Sep. 2018 to Aug. 2019 (Year 4 Industry Support Funds) (Role: Associate Director, Primary Researcher/Scientist). (Completed)
• “Implementation & monitoring of pavement section using wicking geotextile”. TenCate - Geosynthetics, Inc., May 2018 to Dec. 2020, $140,000. (Completed)
• NSF - Industry/Government Agency Funding Support for NSF I/UCRC – CICI-UTA: From TxDOT, TRWD, City of Arlington, Measurand, and Therma Foam, Sep. 2017 to Aug. 2018, $245,000. (Completed)
• “Eco-friendly stabilization of expansive soils using Geopolymers for transportation infrastructure”, US Department of Transportation, University Transportation Center (UTC) Program, Transportation Consortium of South-Central States, TRAN-SET, May 2017 to Feb. 2021, $592,000. (Completed)
• “Utilization of Geocells for Widening of Pavement Infrastructure with Limited Right of Way". Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Jan. 2017 to Aug. 2022, $659,100. (Completed)
• “I/UCRC: Expansion of CICI to add a site at UTA: Sustainable Utilization of Composites in Infrastructure Systems". National Science Foundation (NSF), April 2015 to March 2020, $325,000. (Completed)
• “Novel De-icing Approach Pavement Slabs and Bridge Decks – Phase II". Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Sept. 2016 to May 2020, $1,230,000. (Completed)

Patents

• Co-inventor for Patent on “Systems and Methods for Determining the Natural Frequency of a Structure.” U.S. Patents 2019-0171790 A1 (approved in 2023)

Work Experience

• August 2021 - present assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota.
• March 2020 - August 2021 assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
• October 2019 - March 2020 visiting fellow, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
• January 2019 - March 2020 associate director, NSF I/UCRC Sustainable and Resilient Civil Infrastructure (SARCI) center at UT Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
• September 2018 - March 2020 research scientist, UTA Research Institute, Fort Worth, Texas.
• July 2017 - August 2018 post-doctoral research associate and adjunct professor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
• July 2011 - March 2012 graduate engineer, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, Angul, Odisha, India.

Areas of Research

• Climate Change Adaptation
• Bio-inspired Geotechnics
• Expansive and Unsaturated Soils
• Energy Geotechnics - Geothermal Energy and Thermal Energy Systems
• Resilient Civil Infrastructure

Publications

Book Chapters:

• Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Congress, S. S. C., Chakraborty S. and Pedarla, A. (2021). “Recent Advancements in Predicting the Behaviour of Unsaturated and Expansive Soils.” Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Patel, S. et al. eds., Chapter 1, Vol. 140, pp. 1-21, Springer, Singapore, DOI:10.1007/978-981-33-6590-2, ISBN: 978-981-336-589-6.
• Puppala, A. J., Banerjee, A. and Congress, S. S. C. (2020). “Geosynthetics in geo-infrastructure applications.” Durability of Composite Systems, Reifsnider, K. ed., Chapter 7,  Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier, 289-312, DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-818260-4.00007-7, ISBN: 978-012-818-2604.
• Puppala, A. J., Congress, S. S. C, and Banerjee, A. (2019). “Research Advancements in Expansive Soil Characterization, Stabilization and Geoinfrastructure Monitoring.” Frontiers in Geotechnical Engineering, Latha, M. ed., Chapter 2, Springer Nature, Singapore, 15–29, DOI:10.1007/978-981-13-5871-5_2, ISBN: 978-981-13-5870-8.

Journals:

• Ghosh, D. and Banerjee, A. (2024). “Performance of biopolymer- and cement-stabilized sulfate-rich expansive soils in colder regions.” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (under review).
• Ghosh, D., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J. and Kumar, P. (2024). “Exploring the Influence of Climate Change on Earthen Embankments with Expansive Soil.” Geosciences, 14(2), DOI:10.3390/geosciences14020037.
• *Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J, and Hoyos, L. R. (2022). “Liquefaction Assessment in Unsaturated Soils.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 148(9), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002851. (Nominated for ASCE Middlebrooks Award 2024).
• Congress, S. S. C., Puppala, A. J., Banerjee, A., Kumar, P. and Patil, U.D. (2021). “Methodology for Resloping of Rock Slope Using 3D Models from UAV-CRP Technology.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(9), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002591.
• Samuel, R., Puppala, A., Banerjee, A., Huang, O., Radovic, M. and Chakraborty, S. (2021). “Improvement of Strength and Volume-Change Properties of Expansive Clays with Geopolymer Treatment.” Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2675(9), DOI:10.1177/03611981211001842. 
• Biswas, N., Khan, M. A., Puppala, A. J., Congress, S.S.C., Banerjee, A. and Chakraborty, S. (2021). “Evaluating the Performance of Wicking Geotextile in Providing Drainage for Flexible Pavements built over Expansive Soils.” Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2675(9), DOI:10.1177/03611981211001381.
• Habibzadeh-Bigdarvish, O., Yu, X., Li, T., Lei, G., Banerjee, A. and Puppala, A. J. (2021). “A Novel Full-Scale External Geothermal Heating System for Bridge Deck De-icing.” Applied Thermal Engineering, 185, DOI:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116365 (Impact Factor: 6.4).
• Congress, S. S. C., Puppala, A. J., Banerjee, A., Patil, U.D. (2021). “Identifying hazardous obstructions within an intersection using unmanned aerial data analysis.” International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 10(1), 34-48, DOI:10.1016/j.ijtst.2020.05.004.
• George, A. M., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J. and Saladhi, M. (2021). “Performance Evaluation of Geocell-Reinforced Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Bases in Flexible Pavements.” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Taylor and Francis Group, 22(2), 181-191, DOI:10.1680/jenge.19.00035.
• *Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Congress, S. S. C., Chakraborty, S., Likos, W. J. and Hoyos, L. R. (2020). “Variation of Resilient Modulus of Subgrade Soils over a Wide Range of Suction States.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(9), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002332. (Nominated for ASCE Norman and Croes Medal 2022).
• Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J. and Hoyos, L. R. (2020). “Suction-controlled multistage triaxial testing on clayey silty soil.” Engineering Geology, Elsevier Publishers, 265, DOI:10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105409.
• Khan, M. A., Biswas, N., Banerjee, A, and Puppala, A. J. (2020). “Field Performance of Geocell Reinforced Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP)-base Layer Transportation Research Board.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2674(3), 69-80, DOI:10.1177/0361198120908861.
• Talluri, N., Puppala, A. J., Congress, S. S. C, and Banerjee, A. (2019). “Experimental Studies and Modeling of High Sulfate Soil Stabilization.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(5), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002240.
• Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Hoyos, L. R., Likos, W. J. and Patil, U. D. (2020). “Resilient Modulus of Expansive Soils at High Suction Using Vapor Pressure Control.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 43(3), 720-736, DOI:10.1520/GTJ20180255.
• Das, J. T., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J. and Chakraborty, S. (2019). “Sustainability and resilience in pavement infrastructure: a unified assessment framework.” Environmental Geotechnics, ICE Publishers (In Press), DOI:10.1680/jenge.19.00035.
• Chakraborty, S., Das, J. T., Puppala, A. J. and Banerjee, A. (2019). “Natural frequency of earthen dams at different induced strain levels.” Engineering Geology, Elsevier Publishers, 248, 330–345, DOI:10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.12.008.
• Patil, U. D., Puppala, A. J., Hoyos, L. R. and Banerjee, A. (2018). “Strength, Stiffness and Radial Anisotropy of Compacted Silty Sand Under Suction-Controlled Axisymmetric Shearing.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer Publishers, 36(6), 3945–3960, DOI:10.1007/s10706-018-0590-z.
• He, S., Yu, X., Banerjee, A, and Puppala, A. J. (2018). “Expansive Soil Treatment with Ionic Soil Stabilizer.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2672 (52), DOI:10.1177/0361198118792996.

Geotechnical Special Publications (GSPs)/Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings (38 published)

• Ghosh, D. and Banerjee, A. (2024). “Uncovering the Impact of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Resilient Modulus of Cement-Stabilized Sulfate-rich soil.” 20th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering (ICCRE 2024), Anchorage, AK, May 13-16, 2024.
• Ghosh, D., Banerjee, A., Chakraborty, S. and Patil, U. (2024). “Impact of Biopolymers on Slope Stability of an Embankment in Steady and Transient States.” American Society of Civil Engineers conference, IFCEE 2024, Dallas, TX, May 7-10, 2024.
• Khan, M. A., Ramineni, K., Deshmukh, A., Banerjee, A. and Puppala, A. J. (2024). “Use of Artificial Neural Network to Determine the Pavement Layer Properties Based on Automated Plate Load Test.” ASCE Geo-Congress 2024, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 25-28, 2024.
• Ghosh, D., Banerjee, A., Kumar, P. and Puppala, A. J. (2023). “Impact of Climate Change on the Stability of Earthen Embankments.” Transportation Resilience 2023: International Conference on Extreme Weather and Climate Change Challenges, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., November 13-15, 2023.
• Ghosh, D., Banerjee, A., Kumar, P. and Puppala, A. J. (2023). “Impact of Climate Change on the Stability of Slopes.” UNSAT 2023, ISSMGE 8th International Conference of Unsaturated Soils, Milos, Greece, May 2-5, 2023.
• Khan, M. A., Puppala, A. J., Biswas, N. and Banerjee, A. (2023). “Effects of Traffic Loading Magnitude and Frequency on the Performance of Geocell Reinforced Flexible Pavement.” ASCE Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles, CA, March 26-29, 2023. DOI:10.1061/9780784484685.052
• Habibzadeh-Bigdarvish, O., Li, T., Lei, G., Banerjee, A., Yu, X. and Puppala, A. J. (2022). “De-icing Test of the Externally Heated Geothermal Bridge in Texas.” Tutumluer E., Nazarian S., Al-Qadi I., Qamhia I.I. (eds.), 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Chicago, IL, May 23-26, 2021. Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Volume 166. Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-77238-3_20, ISBN: 978-303-077-233-8 978-303-077-238-3.
• Biswas, N., Khan, M. A., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Chakraborty, S. (2022). “Application of Wicking Geotextile for Pavement Infrastructure on Expansive Soil.” Tutumluer E., Nazarian S., Al-Qadi I., Qamhia I.I. (eds.), 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Chicago, IL, May 23-26, 2021. Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Volume 165, pp. 533-544. Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-77234-5_44, ISBN: 978-303-077-233-8.
• Khan, M. A., Biswas, N., Banerjee, A., Congress, S. S. C., Puppala, A. J. (2022). “Effectiveness of Double-Layer HDPE Geocell System to Reinforce Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP)-Base Layer.” Tutumluer E., Nazarian S., Al-Qadi I., Qamhia I.I. (eds.), 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Chicago, IL, May 23-26, 2021. Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Volume 164, pp. 593-604. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77230-7_45, ISBN: 978-303-077-229-1.
• Biswas, N., Chakraborty, S, Puppala, A. J. and Banerjee, A. (2021). “A Novel Method to Improve the Durability of Lime-Treated Expansive Soil.” Patel S. et al. (eds.), Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, Surat, India, Dec 19-21, 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Volume 136, pp. 227-238, Springer, Singapore, DOI:10.1007/978-981-33-6444-8_20, ISBN: 978-981-336-443-1.
• Kumar, P., Banerjee, A., Congress, S. S. C. and Puppala, A.J. (2021). “Effect of Future Extreme Precipitation on Expansive Soil Embankments.” American Society of Civil Engineers conference GSP, IFCEE 2021, Dallas, TX, May 10-14, 2021.
• Congress, S. S. C., Kumar, P., Banerjee, A., Chakraborty, S., Patil, U. D. and Puppala, A. J. (2021). “Evaluation of Rock Slope Stability Using 3-Dimensional Data Analysis.” Proc. Tran-SET 2020, Albuquerque, NM, Sept. 1-2, 2020, 28–33.
• Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Kumar, P. and Hoyos, L. R. (2020). “Stress-Dilatancy of Unsaturated Soil.” Proc. Geo-Congress 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP, Minneapolis, MN, Feb 25-28, 2020.
• Khan, M. A., Biswas, N., Banerjee, A. and Puppala, A. J. (2020). “Performance of Geocell-Reinforced Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Bases in Flexible Pavements Built on Expansive Soils.” Proc. Geo-Congress 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 25-28, 2020.
• Bhaskar, P., Boluk, B., Mosadegh, L., Banerjee, A. and Puppala, A. J. (2020). “Effect of Fines on Hysteretic Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soil.” Proc. Geo-Congress 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 25-28, 2020.
• Patil, U. D., Hoyos, L. R., Puppala, A. J., Congress, S.S.C. and Banerjee, A. (2019). “Suction stress characteristic curve for compacted silty sand from suction-controlled triaxial testing.” Proc. the XVI Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI PCSMGE), Geotechnical Engineering in the XXI Century: Lessons learned and future challenges, Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 17-20, 2019, 756–763.
• Bhaskar, P., Boluk, B., Banerjee, A., Shafikhani, A. and Puppala, A. (2019). “Effect of Lime Stabilization on the Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Clayey Soil in Texas.” Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering - Geo-Congress 2019, Philadelphia, PA, March 24-27, 2019, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP, 773–783.
• Samuel, R., Huang, O., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A., Das, J. and Radovic, M. (2019). “Case Study: Use of Geopolymers to Evaluate the Swell-Shrink Behavior of Native Clay in North Texas.” 8th International Conf. on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, March 24-27, 2019, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP, 167–178.
• Congress, S. S. C., Puppala, A. J., Banerjee, A., Jafari, N. H. and Patil, U. D. (2019). “Use of Unmanned Aerial Photogrammetry for Monitoring Low-Volume Roads After Hurricane Harvey.” Proc. 12th TRB International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, Kalispell, MT, Sept. 15-18, 2019, 530–543.
• George, A. M., Banerjee, A., Taylor, T. and Puppala, A. J. (2019). “Large-Scale Experimental Studies to Evaluate the Resilient Modulus of Geocell-Reinforced Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Bases.” Proc. Geosynthetics Conference 2019, Houston, TX, Feb. 10-13, 2019.
• George, A. M., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J, and Praticò, F. (2019). “An Integrated LCA-LCCA Framework for the Selection of Sustainable Pavement Design.” Transportation Research Board, 98th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, Jan 13-17, 2019.
• Huang, O. D., Samuel, R., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J, and Radovic, M. (2019). “Development of Alternative Stabilization Methods for Transportation Infrastructure Based on Geopolymers.” Tran-SET Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 11-12, 2019.
• Shafikhani, A., Bheemasetti, T. V., Puppala, A. J. and Banerjee, A. (2018). “Analysis and Interpretation of Inclinometer and Pressure Cell Data on a Soil-Geofoam Embankment.” Proc. GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Multi-physics Processes in Soil Mechanics and Advances in Geotechnical Testing, 410–418, Shanghai, May 27-30, 2018.
• Samuel, R. A., Huang, O. D., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J, and Radovic, M. (2018). “Environmentally-friendly and Sustainable Soil Stabilization for Transportation Infrastructure.” Tran-SET Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 3-4, 2018.
• Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Patil, U. D., Hoyos, L. R. and Bhaskar, P. (2018). “A Simplified Approach to Determine the Response of Unsaturated Soils Using Multistage Triaxial Test.” IFCEE 2018: Advances in Geomaterial Modeling and Site Characterization, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP 295, 332–342, Orlando, Fl, March 5-10, 2018.
• Chakraborty, S., Banerjee, A., Das, J. T., Mosadegh, L. and Puppala, A. J. (2018). “Impact of Variation of Small Strain Shear Modulus on Seismic Slope Stability Analysis of a Levee: A Sensitivity Analysis.” IFCEE 2018, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP, 302–313, Orlando, FL, March 5-10, 2018.
• Das, J. T., Banerjee, A., Chakraborty, S. and Puppala, A. J. (2018). “A Framework for Assessment of Sustainability and Resilience in Subgrade Stabilization for a High-Volume Road.” Transportation Research Board, 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, Jan. 7-11, 2018.
• Patil, U., Banerjee, A., Hoyos, L., Puppala, A. and Yu, X. (2018). “Suction-induced dilatancy and stiffness in compacted silty sand via triaxial testing.” Unsaturated Soils, Proc. Seventh International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Hong Kong, Aug. 3-5, 2018, 287–292.
• Banerjee, A., Patil, U. D., Puppala, A. J. and Hoyos, L. R. (2018). “Suction-controlled repeated load triaxial test of subgrade soil at high suction states.” Unsaturated Soils, Proc. Seventh International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Hong Kong, Aug. 3-5, 2018, 667–672.
• Banerjee, A., Patil, U. D., Puppala, A. J, and Hoyos, L. R. (2018). “Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance in Silty Sand via Suction Controlled Cyclic Triaxial Tests.” PanAm Unsaturated Soils 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP 301, 543–552, Dallas, TX, Nov. 12-17, 2017.
• Patil, U. D., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J. and Hoyos, L. R. (2018). “Shear Strength Prediction of Compacted Silty Sand at Peak/Critical State Failure over Wider Suction Range.” PanAm Unsaturated Soils 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) GSP 301, 340–349, Dallas, TX, Nov. 12-17, 2017.
• Nguyen, H. M., Puppala, A. J., Patil, U. D., Mosadegh, L. and Banerjee, A. (2017). “Multi-Level O-Cell Tests on Instrumented Bored Piles in the Mekong Delta,” in Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, Orlando, FL, March 12-15, 2017.
• Caballero, S., Acharya, R., Banerjee, A., Bheemasetti, T. V, Puppala, A. and Patil, U. (2016). “Sustainable Slope Stabilization Using Biopolymer-Reinforced Soil.” Proc. Geo-Chicago 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP), Chicago, IL, Aug. 14-18, 2016.
• Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Pedarla, A. and Acharya, R. (2016). “Multistage Triaxial Tests for Determination of Shear Strength of Unsaturated Soils.” Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016, Phoenix, AZ, Feb. 14-16, 2016.
• Banerjee, A. and Viladkar, M. N. (2015). “Ground Subsidence due to Construction of Shallow twin Tunnels near Adjacent Structures.” Proc: 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, Pune, India, Dec. 17-19, 2015.
• Banerjee, A. and Puppala, A. J. (2015). “Influence of Rate of Shearing on Strength Characteristics of Saturated and Unsaturated Silty Soil.” Proc. 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference, Pune, India, Dec. 17-19, 2015.
• Acharya, R., Pedarla, A., Bheemasetti, T. V., Banerjee, A. and Puppala, A. J. (2015). “Effect of Matric Suction on Shrinkage Induced Pressure Exhibited by Two North Texas Expansive Clays,” Proc. 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 15–18, 2015.