Recent Advances in Civil Engineering

Dr Job Thomas is a renowned consulting structural engineer and is currently working as Professorand Head of the Department of Civil engineering at Cochin University of Science and Technology. Hehas published more than 50 research papers in national and international journals. He received theoutstanding Concrete Researcher Award in 2020 from the Indian Concrete Institute, Kochi Centre.Dr Subha Vishnudas, Professor in Civil Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology,Cochin, Kerala, India. She graduated in Civil Engineering in the year 1991 and took Master’s in 1995from Kerala, India. She pursued PhD from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands in 2006. Shehas about 25 years of teaching and research experience and has around 80 publications in internationaljournals and conferences. She has visited several countries like The USA, Germany, Australia, Japan,Netherlands, Spain, etc. for papers presentation and invited talks. She is a member in several professionalbodies in India and abroad. About 10 PhD research scholars are working under her guidance in the fieldof sustainable development. Her area of interest include water resources, sustainable building materials,sustainable water management, sustainable waste management, housing and green buildings.

• Theme: Building Technology1. A Critical Review on the Sustainability Compatibility of Building Rating Systems2. A Study on Strength of Alkali-Activated Binders from Different Waste Materials3. Feasibility of Residual Rice Husk Ash as a Source Material in Alkali-Activated Binder4. Feasibility Study of Using White Mortar as Plaster Mortar in Building Construction5. Supply Chain Management in Construction Industry6. Experimental Study on Performance of Cold-Mix Asphalt Using Different Additives7. Impact of Lean Utilization on Operational Performance: A Study of Sri Lankan Textile and Apparel Industry8. Strength and Permeability Characteristics of Cement-Treated Subbase Layer9. Feasibility of Using Water Hyacinth as Partial Replacement With Admixture in Glass Powder Incorporated ConcreteTheme: Environmental Engineering10. Life Cycle Assessment of Edible Water Blobs Using Openlca11. Performance Assessment of Constructed Wetland in Treatment of Wastewater12. Biomethanation Potential of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) Using Co‑Digestion13. Comparative Lifecycle Assessment of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Using Open LCA14. Emergy-Based Approaches to Assess the Impact Caused to Various Ecosystem Services Resulting from Natural Resource Extraction15. Estimation of Variation and Trend Analysis of Runoff in Karamana River Basin in Thiruvananthapuram16. Treatment of Commercial Kitchen Wastewater Using Protease Enzymes17. Analysis of Heavy Metal Adsorption Pattern in Soil Columns for Environmental Forensic ApplicationsTheme: Geotechnical Engineering18. Numerical Analysis of Diaphragm Wall Supporting Deep Excavation19. Soil Stabilization of Clayey Soil With Mix of Stone Dust and Groundnut Shell Ash20. Studies on the Performance of Under-reamed Piles in Clayey Sand Through Model Tests21. Characterization and Stabilization of Problematic Clayey Soil at Maniyaparambu, Kottayam22. Stabilization of Clayey Soil by the Blend of Rice Husk Ash and Chicken Bone Powder23. Remediation Techniques on Red Mud—A ReviewTheme: Water Resources and Hydraulics Engineering24. Study of Treated Wastewater Using Phytorid Technology in RIT Campus25. Spatio-Temporal Variations of Hydrologic Components26. A Hybrid RF-LSTM Model for Daily Streamflow Prediction of Greater Pamba River Basin, Kerala Incorporating Dominant Hydro-Climatic Drivers27. Effective Water Reservoir Management in Extreme Climatic Conditions for Flood Control - A Case Study on Kallada Irrigation ProjectTheme: Structural Engineering28. Seismic Behavior of High-Rise Building with and Without Shear Wall29. Optimization of the Shapes of Buildings Using Aerodynamic Studies30. Comparative Study of Triangular Hollow Flange I Section and Conventional I Section Under Shear31. Numerical Investigation on the Fatigue Strength of Short CFDST Column32. Interfacial Bond Strength Between Normal and Geopolymer Concrete33. Properties of Geopolymer Concrete-Containing Hybrid Length Steel Fibers34. Flexural Strength of Geopolymer Concrete-Reinforced Beams Containing Steel Fibers35. Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete-Containing Steel Fibers36. Fracture Properties of Geopolymer Concrete Containing Recycled Aggregates37. Shear Strength of Cold-Bonded Aggregate Concrete Beams Containing Steel Fibres38. Bond Strength Between Brick and Mortar39. Study on the Effect of Water–Cement Ratio on Accelerated Concrete Curing40. Shear Behavior of Concrete Deep Beams Reinforced With Steel and GFRP Bars