Civil Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Hriday Mani Kalita
Ph.D(IIT Guwahati )

E-mail:
hod.civil@nitm.ac.in

Faculty

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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Gautam Assistant Professor

Ph.D, NIT Jaipur

pradeepkrgautam@nitm.ac.in
7005070082, 8107608807
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/447663

Research Interest

Highway Materials, Performance analysis of pavement containing waste materials, Sustainable use of waste as construction and building materials, Low cost roads.

Education Qualification

Ph.D, NIT Jaipur

Vidwan Profile : https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/447663


Vidwan Profile : https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/447663


Administrative and Institution Duties

  1. Convener, MOU between NHAI and NIT Meghalaya, (1-11-2020- Present)

  2. Warden, Laplang Boys Hostel I, (1-July 2021 – Present)

  3. Lab in charge, Transportation Lab, Survey Lab, and Engineering Drawing Lab

  4. Internal Quality Assessment Committee Committee Member (22.06.2020 to 1.07. 2022)

  5. Summer Internship Committee member (AY 22-23)

  6. Faculty Advisor for Civil UG batch 2021-2025

  7. Member, Robotics Club-Student Activity Center (AY 22-23)

Projects

1. Gainful Utilization of Overburden Mining Waste Generated During Limestone Mining in Meghalaya Region as Flexible Pavement Material, Sponsoring agency: SERB, Status: Ongoing (2023-2026)

2. Investigating Self-Healing Capability And Performance of HMA Mixes Containing Steel Slag As Aggregates. Sponsoring agency: SERB, Status: Ongoing (2023-2026)

List of Publications

SCI Indexed Journals

 

1.      Singh Chouhan, H., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., & Kumar Gautam, P. (2019). Influence of dimensional stone waste on mechanical and durability properties of mortar: A review. Construction and Building Materials, 227, 116662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.08.043

2.      Chouhan, H. S., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., & Gautam, P. K. (2019). Gainful utilization of dimensional limestone waste as fine aggregate in cement mortar mixes. Construction and Building Materials, 221, 363–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.06.097

3.      Chouhan, H. S., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., Gautam, P. K., & Arora, A. N. (2019). Investigating use of dimensional limestone slurry waste as fine aggregate in mortar. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 22(3), 2223–2245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0286-9

4.      Gautam, P. K., Kalla, P., Jethoo, A. S., Agrawal, R., & Singh, H. (2018). Sustainable use of waste in flexible pavement: A review. In Construction and Building Materials (Vol. 180, pp. 239–253). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.04.067

5.      Gautam, P. K., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., & Jethoo, A. S. (2018). Laboratory investigation on use of quarry waste in open graded friction course. Resources Policy, 59(September 2017), 62–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.02.009

6.      Gautam, P. K., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., Agrawal, R., & Jethoo, A. S. (2018). Laboratory investigations on hot mix asphalt containing mining waste as aggregates. Construction and Building Materials, 168, 143–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.02.115


International Conferences

 

1.      Pradeep Kumar Gautam, Pravesh Saini, Pawan Kalla, Ajay Singh Jethoo, Harshwardhan Singh Chouhan (2022) ‘Performance Analysis of Black Cotton Soil Treated with Dimensional Limestone (Kota Stone) Slurry Waste’, in Dharamveer Singh, Lelitha Vanajakshi, Ashish Verma, A. Das (ed.) Lecture in Civil Engineering: Proceeding of the fifth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India. Vth. Springer, pp. 179–192. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9921-4.

2.      Singh Chouhan, R., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., & Kumar Gautam, P. (2021). Effect of Kota stone slurry on strength properties of cement mortar mixes. Materials Today: Proceedings, 44, 4557–4562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.814 

3.      Singh, T., Swami, B. L., Kalla, P., Singh Chouhan, H., & Kumar Gautam, P. (2021). Effect of Nano Particle Based Anti-Stripping Agent on Moisture-Induced Damage for Bituminous Concrete Mixes. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 795(1), 012037. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/795/1/012037 

4.      Gautam, P. K., Kalla, P., & Jethoo, A. S. (2018). A Review on Discard Rubber Waste in Flexible Pavement. SKIT Research Journal, 8(2), 24–26.

5.      Harshwardhan, S. C., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., & Gautam, P. K. (2017). Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology Partial Replacement of Cement by Kota Stone Slurry in Mortar. STM Journals, 7(3), 8–13.

6.      Harshwardhan, S. C., Kalla, P., Nagar, R., & Gautam, P. K. (2017). Partial Replacement of Cement by Kota Stone Slurry in Mortar. STM Journals, 7(3), 8–13.

7.      Pradeep Kumar Gautam, Pawan Patidar , Pawan Kalla , Ajay Singh Jethoo, H. singh chouhan. (2017). Use of Kota stone cutting and quarry waste as subbase material. Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 18(2), 93–100.

8.      Gautam, P. K., Jethoo, A. S., & Agarwal, R. (2017). Evaluation of use of Kota Stone Mining Waste as FineAggregate in Bituminous Courses . International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences, 5(5), 834–838.

9.      Gautam, P. K., Kalla, P., Jethoo, A. S., & Harshwardhan, S. C. (2017). Dimensional Stone Waste Characterization in Rajasthan and Suggesting their possible Remedies. International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 8(1), 40–42.

10.  Vyas, A., Gupta, N. K., Gupta, S. K., Gautam, P., & Jethoo, A. S. (2015). Mini/Micro Hydel Power System Design and its Implementation in Rajasthan. Aquatic Procedia, 4(Icwrcoe), 1537–1544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqpro.2015.02.199

11.  Pradeep,  Gautam, K., & Gupta, S. K. (2015). Sustainability in civil construction and the role of civil engineers. International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences, 3(March), 2013–2015.

12. Gupta, S. K., Jethoo, A. S., Tyagi, J., Gupta, N. K., & Gautam, P. K. (2015). Application of Hydrological Models in Water resources?: A Review. International Journal of Computer and Mathematics Sciences, 4(March), 94–100. 

 


Course Taught

  • CE 212 Concrete Technology
  • CE 205 Civil Engineering Materials
  • CE 218 Building Material and Construction
  • CE 222 Remote Sensing and GIS
  • CE 303 Transportation Engineering I
  • CE 411 Transportation Engineering II
  • CE 422 Irrigation Engineering