Educational Qualifications:

PhD (Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar (2023)

BTech-MTech dual degree (Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela (2015)

Research and Teaching Experience

•        Assistant Professor: Since October 2024 at the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Andhra Pradesh
•        National Post Doctoral Fellow: March 2024 – September 2024, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur; Mentor : Prof. Sujit Kumar Dash
•        Project Associate: September 2023 – February 2024, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur; PI : Prof. M Amarnatha Reddy & Prof. Sujit Kumar Dash
•        Project Fellow: September 2017 – December 2017, School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar; PI : Dr. Umesh Chandra Sahoo

Research Projects

As Principal Investigator (PI) secured funding of ? 26,73,600 from the Government of India, Science and Engineering Research Board (2024-2026) under the N-PDF scheme for the project titled “Performance Evaluation of Geocell Reinforced Steel Slag Waste as Base Course for Rural Roads”, Mentor: Prof. Sujit Kumar Dash, IIT Kharagpur

Publications

1)     Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., & Haldar, S. (2024) Effect of Water Saturation on Shear Strength and Permanent Deformation Characteristics of Steel Slag Ballast. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements  (Accepted) (ASCE)

2)     Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., Haldar, S., & Rai, M. K. (2023). Closure to “Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-Treated Granular Steel Slag as Subballast Layer” by Pawan Kumar Chamling; Shantanu Patra; Sumanta Haldar; and Mridul Kumar Rai. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 35(11), 07023013.(ASCE)

3)     Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., Haldar, S., & Rai, M. K. (2022). Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-Treated Granular Steel Slag as Subballast Layer. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 34(10),04022238. (ASCE)

4)     Chamling, P. K., Biswal, D. R., & Sahoo, U. C. (2021). Effect of moulding water content on strength characteristics of a cement-stabilized granular lateritic soil. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 6(2), 1-10.

5)     Chamling, P. K., Haldar, S., & Patra, S. (2020). Physico-chemical and mechanical characterization of steel slag as railway ballast. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 50(2), 267-275.

6)     Chamling, P. K., Haldar, S., & Patra, S. (2020). Behaviour of steel slag ballast for railway under cyclic loading. In Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling (pp. 709-722). Springer, Singapore.

7)     Himanshu, V. K., Chamling, P. K., & Sahoo, U. C. (2023). Laboratory Studies on Cement Stabilized Weathered Steel Slag for Use in Pavement Base Course. In International Conference on Transportation System Engineering and Management (pp. 171-184). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.