Sponsored Research Projects

Year: 2021-2022

Title Development of Guidelines for Seismic Evaluation and Strengthening of Old Masonry Buildings in Bihar Based on a Pilot Study
Principal Investigator Dr. Vaibhav Singhal
Funding Agency Bihar State Disaster Management Authority, BSDMA
Budget 12.14 lacs
Duration 12 months
   

Year: 2020-2021

Title Robust and reliability based design optimization and performance assessment of super elastic shape memory alloy (SMA) damper for seismic vibration control of structures
Principal Investigator Dr. Sourav Gur
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 16.73 Lacs
Duration 24 months
   
Title Performance based bituminous mix and road design
Principal Investigator Dr. Sudhir Varma
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 28.38 Lacs
Duration 24 months
   
Title Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Interlocking Details for Stone Masonry under Quasi-Static Cyclic Loading
Principal Investigator Dr. Vaibhav Singhal
Sponsoring Agency Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar.
Budget Rs 9.58 Lacs
Duration 9 months
   
Title In-situ remediation of arsenic by ferrous sulfide under heterogeneous porous media Up-scaling effect and evaluation of long-term fate.
Principal Investigator Dr. Trishikhi Raychoudhury
Sponsoring Agency DST-WTI
Budget Rs 47 Lacs
Duration 36 months
   
Title Experimental evaluation of THM processes in smectite clay and their key barrier functions
Principal Investigator Dr. Ramakrishna Bag
Sponsoring Agency BRNS, Dept. of Atomic Energy
Budget Rs 35.48 Lacs
Duration 36 months

Year: 2019-2020

Title Study of variation in the flow hydrodynamics around a circular bridge
pier in a sand mined stream channel
Principal Investigator Dr. Vishal Deshpande
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 27.27 Lacs
Duration 24 months
   
Title Performance Assessment of Roads Constructed using waste plastics
Principal Investigator Dr. Sudhir Varma
Sponsoring Agency NRIDA
Budget Rs 20.50 Lacs
Duration 18 months
   
Title Seismic strengthening of unreinforced masonry building using ferrocement bands
Principal Investigator Dr. Vaibhav Singhal
Sponsoring Agency CSIR
Budget Rs 11.50 Lacs
Duration 36 months

Year: 2018-19

Title Seismic design and performance verification of confined masonry walls for
medium rise buildings.
Principal Investigator Dr. Vaibhav Singhal
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 26.4 Lacs
Duration 36 months

Year: 2017-18

Title Development of structural health monitoring technique for existing bridges
in Bihar: a pilot study
Principal Investigator Dr. Koushik Roy and Dr. Vaibhav Singhal
Sponsoring Agency BRPNNL
Budget Rs 2.7 Lacs
Duration 6 months

Year: 2016-17

Title Development of Ganga Grams under Namami Gange Programme with Support of
Technical Institutions
Principal Investigator Dr. Subrata Hait
Sponsoring Agency MHRD&MWR
Budget Rs 5.0 Lacs
   
Title Varied profiling of bio-macromolecules for energy an by product assessment employing
electrochemical tools
Principal Investigator Dr. Subrata Hait
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 14.40 Lacs
Duration 24 months
   
Title Arsenic immobilizotion by in-situ synthesis of iron-based adsorbent under reducing environment
within porous media
Principal Investigator Dr. Trishikhi Raychoudhury
Sponsoring Agency DST-WTI
Budget Rs 39.36 Lacs
Duration 36 months

Year: 2015-16

Title Fate and transport of Engineered Nanoparticles in Natural Sediment and its implication on porous media
Principal Investigator Dr. Trishikhi Raychoudhury
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 30.44 Lacs
Duration 36 months

Year: 2014-15

Title Development of Gravity-based Household Filter for Simultaneous Removal of Arsenic
and Iron Contamination of Groundwater in Patna District, Bihar, India
Principal Investigator Dr. Subrata Hait
Sponsoring Agency Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Budget Rs 6 Lacs
Duration 24 months
   
Title Seismic Response, Damage and Vulnerability of Structures in Patna for Future Earthquakes
Principal Investigator Dr. Avik Samanta
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 21.39 Lacs
Duration 36 months

Year: 2013-14

Title Microzonationof Jaipur City Based on Shear Wave Velocity
Principal Investigator Dr. Pradipta Chakrabortty
Sponsoring Agency SERB
Budget Rs 16.02 Lacs
Duration 36 months
   
Title Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Surface Water
Principal Investigator Dr. Brajesh Dubey (University of Guelph, Canada)
Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Subrata Hait
Sponsoring Agency Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Budget Rs 2.5 Lacs
Duration 4 months