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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Dr. Shantanu Patra Associate Professor
School of Infrastructure

Research Interests

 
  • Geotechnical engineering; Sustainability, Utilisation of waste for Roads and Railways
  • Geosynthetics and their application; Reinforced soil structures; stability of slopes and soil erosion
  • Numerical and physical modelling; centrifuge modeling;
  • Soil-structure Interaction, Foundation for energy devices; Screw piles
  • Disaster mitigation; Geotechnical earthquake engineering and land slides
 

Brief Resume

Contact Details

  • Room No. 239, School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar, Argul, Jatni, Khurda-752050, Odisha
  • 674-713-6634
  • shantanupatra@iitbbs.ac.in, patrashantanu@gmail.com

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Civil Engineering 2013 IIT Delhi
  M.Tech. Geotechnical Engineering 2007 IIT Delhi
  B.Tech. Civil Engineering 2005 Jalpaiguri Govt. Engg. College
 

Biosketch

Dr. Shantanu Patra is presently an Associate Professor in the School of Infrastructure (Civil Engineering) at Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. Dr. Patra did his Masters and PhD from IIT Delhi and postdoctoral research at University of Dundee, United Kingdom. With extensive research and teaching experience in geotechnical engineering, Dr. Patra has published numerous papers in reputed journals, national and international conferences. Dr. Patra specializes in Physical and Numerical Modelling, geosynthetics and its application, and soil-structure interaction problems. Dr. Patra awarded with several sponsored projects (ECR grant from SERB, SPARC project from Ministry of Education; and CRG grant from SERB). Besides, Dr Patra have undertaken more than twenty five consultancy project. Dr. Patra is teaching and supervising PhD, MTech and BTech thesis for the last ten years. Dr Patra is known for his student-centric teaching approach and his ability to simplify complex concepts. Dr. Patra is dedicated to provide a comprehensive and engaging learning experience in the field of Geotechnical Engineering.

Teaching

 
  • Computational Geomechanics (CE6L202)
  • Soil-Structure Interaction (CE6L208)
  • Foundation analysis and design (CE6L203)
  • Multi-hazard design of foundation (CE6L225)
  • Dynamics of Structures (CE6L301)
  • Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (CE6P201)
  • Foundation Engineering (CE 3L005)
  • Engineering Drawing and Graphics (CE1P001)
  • Construction planning and management (CE 3L022)
  • Geo-environmental Management (CEL032)
  • Mechanics of Rigid Bodies (IC 240, UG Course, IIT Mandi)
  • Design Practicum (Mentor Group 3, IC 201P, UG Course, IIT Mandi
  • Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (CE 619, PG Course, NIT Rourkela),
  • Foundation Engineering Design Practice (CE 672, PG Course, NIT Rourkela)
  • Environment and Safety Engineering (CE 130, UG Course, NIT Rourkela)
  • Engineering Drawing (CE 171, UG Course, NIT Rourkela)
  • Product Development Lab-I (CE 367, UG Course, NIT Rourkela)
 
Invited Lectures:
 
 1. Invited lecture delivered on “Geosynthetics for Sustainable Infrastructure – IIT Bhubaneswar experience.” two-day workshop on Geosynthetics for Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar June 16-17, 2023
2. Invited Lecture delivered on “Foundation for renewable energy devices", five days National FDP on “Emerging areas of Geotechnical Engineering” at the Department of Civil Engineering, SKDAV Government Polytechnic, Rourkela, Odisha. Jul 13-17, 2021
3. Invited Lecture delivered on “Soil stabilization with Geosynthetics", Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) III sponsored, 3 Day Faculty Development Program on Ground Improvement Techniques, at College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar, Aug 29-31, 2019.
4. Invited Lecture delivered on "Application of Geosynthetics in Rural Roads." Workshop on Alternative Materials and New Technologies for Construction of Rural Roads under Prime Minister Grameen Sadak Yojona (PMGSY) at IIT Bhubaneswar, December 21-22, 2018.
5. Invited Lecture delivered on “Liquefaction of Soil and Ground Improvement Techniques.” Short term program on Earthquake Resistant Low Cost Housing, organized by the Department of Rural Development, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTR) Chandigarh at CV Raman College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, May 21-26, 2018
6. Invited Lecture delivered on “Conventional and modern retaining technologies.” National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) sponsored 3 day workshop on "Bio-Engineering Measures for Controlling Landslides and Geoenvironmental Issues" at IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, and Feb 7-9, 2017. 
 

Projects

 
Sponsored Projects
Sr. No. Project Title Amount  Sponsor
1 Design and development of a low cost easy to install, sustainable river bank protection system Rs. 38.25 lac  CRG, SERB
2 Design and Development of Low-Cost, Easy to Install, Sustainable Foundations for Renewable Energy Devices Rs. 58.98 lacs SPARC, Ministry of Human Resource Development
3 UKIERI Support for SPARC project “Design and Development of Low-Cost, Easy to Install, Sustainable Foundations for Renewable Energy Devices” Rs. 12 lacs UKIERI
4 Safeguarding heritage structures using seismic metamaterials Rs. 52.84 lacs SPARC, Ministry of Human Resource Development 
5 Stability analysis of reinforced soil wall under seismic loads - a novel approach Rs. 40.34 lacs ECR, Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, Gov. of India
6 A Study on Fly ash-Geosynthetics Interaction Characteristics Pertinent to Bridge Abutment Rs.10 lacs Seed grant, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubanneswar
Consultancy projects
Sr. No. Project Title Amount Agency
1 Monitoring settlement of ballastless track constructed over embankment in connection with Nopara to Dakshineswar Metro Project of Kolkata Metro 7.08 lacs M/S Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
2 Checking of design of process tower and boiler chimney at Somnathpur Industrial area, Balasore. 5.90 lacs IFB AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED
3 Proof checking of Design and Drawings of Slope stabilization
work at Pakyong Airport, Sikkim 		 6.0 lacs REINFORCED EARTH INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
4 Design Check of VUP for four Laning of NH6 in Odisha, Sambalpur 4.72 lacs NHAI
5 Study the cause of defect on the wing walls of Br. 5 over Angul-Balaram SSection of MCRL corridor and suggestion on remedial measure for the structure 4.13 lacs M/s Ircon International Ltd.
6 Safety analysis of steel pipeline crossing rail road between Surat and Vadodara 4.13 lacs M/s  Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL)
7 Conducting feasibility study on utilization of OB material of Kulda OCP for various Civil construction purposes 35.35 lacs Mahanadi Coal fields
8 Slope stability analysis for new BG Line from Nuagaon to Paradeep (Code: CP126) 3.98 lacs M/s ARSS Infrastructure Project Ltd.
9 Peer review of plant and non-plant buildings 3.78 lacs Tractable Engineering Private Ltd
10 Improvement of Tara Tarini Temple Ring Road (Regarding with protection works- Hill top portion) in the district of Ganjam, (Code: CP 122) 3.54 lacs Rural Works Division-I, Ganjam, Berhampur. Govt. of Odisha
11 Assessment of soil strength using MASW test at Cuttack 3 lacs AIMIL Ltd
12 Checking of design of major and minor railway bridges, retaining wall and various buildings for Ananta OCP of Jagannath Area, MCL 27.73 lacs IRCON
13 Investigation of RE wall failure at km 349+580 LHS Singhara-Binjhabahal section 2.95 lacs National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
14 Study of stability of reservoir of an abandoned post-mined iron ore pit (CP682)  13.27 lacs JSW STEEL LIMITED
15 Soil improvement methodology in WTP area of Balianta Block of Khorda Project 12.16 lacs NCC Limited
16 Development of foundation design and drawing for 220 kv and 400 kv towers in wind zone VI 10 lacs M/S Odisha power transmission corporation Ltd. (OPTCL) 
17 Proof checking of 3 different height retaining walls at CRWC-Mancheswar 1.77 lacs M/s RITES Limited
18 Determination of Physical Characteristics of Filter Media for Water Supply Projects in Odisha 1.65 lacs GVPR Engineers Ltd
19 Stability Analysis of Core formation with sand and local earth for new BG Rail line from Nuagaon to Paradeep 1.65 lacs M/s Rail Vikas Nigam Limited(RVNL)
20 Testing of flyash as per IRC SP 58-2001 to use as an embankment fill material 1.29 lacs RKD Construction pvt. Ltd
21 Vetting of design of embankment for rail track in Ananta CHP Talcher 1.18 lacs Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
22 Site visit and suggestion for bank slope failure at 147 km to 149 km of TGRL-TKMA doubling project 0.7 lacs Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
 

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1Prakash, B., Tiwari, A. K., Dash, S. R., & Patra, S. (2024). “Structural evaluation and performance based optimization of approach slab design for mitigating bridge approach settlement through an Indian case study”. In Structures (Vol. 60, p. 105864). Elsevier. Impact factor 4.1
2Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., Haldar, S., & Rai, M. K. (2023). Closure to “discussion of ‘Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-Treated Granular Steel Slag as Subballast Layer”. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering35(11), 07023013-1-3. (ASCE), Impact factor 4.1, https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-16305
3Chamling, P.K., Patra, S. and Haldar, S., Rai, M. K. (2022). “Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-treated Granular Steel Slag as Sub-ballast layer”, Journal of materials in Civil Engineering, 34 (10), 2022, 04022238-1-17. ASCE, Impact factor 4.1
4Sharif, Y. U., Brown, M.J., Kumar, P.V., Patra, S. and Haldar, S. (2021). “Using DEM hindcasting to determine screw pile performance for practical design” Geotechnique Letters, 11 (4), 333-339. ICE, Impact factor 2.6, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.21.00071
5Patra, S. and Shahu, J.T. (2018). "A Nonlinear Analysis for GRS Walls conceiving Kinematics of Failure against Pullout." Lowland Technology International (LTI), 20(3), 259-272 International Association of Lowland Technology (IALT), Japan
6Patra, S., and Shahu, J. T. (2018). "Soil Reinforcement under Oblique Pull - An Updated Discretization." SEAGS, Geotechnical Engineering, 49 (1), 65-72.
7Chatterjee, U., Patra, S., Butola, B. S. and Joshi, M. (2017). "A systematic approach on service life prediction of a model aerostat coating." Polymer testing, 60, 18-29.
8Patra, S. and Shahu, J.T. (2015). "A generalized model for behavior of extensible reinforcement resting on nonlinear Pasternak subgrade subjected to oblique pull." ICE, Geotechnique, 65(9), 770-779.
9Patra, S., and Shahu, J. T. (2012). "Pasternak model for oblique pullout of inextensible reinforcement." ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(12), 1503-1513.
10Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2015). "Analysis of reinforced soil wall considering oblique pullout of reinforcement resting on two-parameter Pasternak subgrade." Geotechnical Special Publication, ASCE, GSP 256, 1464-1472

Recent Publications (National Journals)

1Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2020). "Pseudostatic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall based on Pasternak model." Indian Geotechnical Journal, 50, 252–260. Springer
2Chamling, P. K., Rai, M. K., Haldar, S. & Patra, S. (2020). "Physico-Chemical and Mechanical Characterization of Steel Slag as Railway Ballast." Indian Geotechnical Journal, 50, 267–275. Springer
3Patra, S., and Shahu, J. T. (2018). "A Mechanistic Pullout Model for GRS Walls under Kinematic Consideration." Springer, Indian Geotechnical Journal, 48 (3), 529–540

Conferences (International)

1Kumar, P.V.P., Patra, S., and Haldar, S. (2019). “Behaviour of screw pile under axial compressive and lateral loading in sand for offshore energy foundations.” International Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG) 2019, Dec 05-06, 2019, Bhubaneswar
2Kumar, P.V.P., Patra, S., Haldar, S. (2019). “Forensic investigation of laterally loaded screw pile using finite element analysis.” 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (16th ARC), October 14-18, Taipei, Taiwan.
3Chamling, P. K., Rai, M. K., Haldar, S. & Patra, S. (2019). “Non-destructive strength and stiffness evaluation of cement stabilized steel slag.” International Conference on Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructures (Materials & Management)-2019, 11-13 July, Bhubaneswar
4Kumar, P. V. P., Patra, S., and Haldar, S. (2019). “A critical review on design aspects of screw piles for renewable energy devices”. Proceedings of the 1st International Screw Pile Symposium on Screw Piles for Energy Applications (ISSPEA 2019), Dundee, Scotland, 27-28 May, 59-66.
5Kumar, P.V.P., Patra, S. and Patel, V. (2016). “Numerical investigation of a full scale reinforced soil wall - a case study.” 5th International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, December 8-10, 2016, Bengaluru.
6Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2016). “Stability Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall under Seismic Loads: A novel Approach.” Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2016), Aug 11-12, 2016, Noida, India, GE 109.
7Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J.Z., Aldaikh, H., Patra, Shantanu, O’Loughlin, C.D., Chow, S., Gaudin, C. and Lieng, J.T. (2015). “A review of anchor technology for floating renewable energy devices and key design considerations.” 3rd International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG), 10-12 June, 2015, Oslo, Norway, page 887-892. SCOPUS Indexed
8Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2014). “An updated discretization technique to evaluate oblique pullout capacity of inextensible reinforcement.” International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure (ICSCI), October 17-18, 2014, Hyderabad, India, page 490-496.
9Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2014). “A new analysis of reinforced soil wall resting on soft ground.” 9th International Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT 2014), September 29-October 1, 2014, Saga, Japan, page 348-352.
10Patra, S., Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J.Z, and Aldaikh, H. (2014). “Development of a scalable actuator control system for use in a geotechnical centrifuge.” International conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering, July 21-22, 2014, Durham, UK, page 183-190.
11Knappett J.A., Brown M.J.Z, Aldaikh H., and Patra S. (2014). “Evaluation of monotonic ultimate pull-out capacity of plate anchors in sand.” International conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering, July 21-22, 2014, Durham, UK, page 291-297.

Conferences (National)

1Patel, V., Patra, S. and Kumar, P.V.P. (2016). “Limit analysis of full scale MSE wall- a comparative study.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 15-17, 2016, Chennai.
2Patra S. and Shahu, J. T. (2015). “Effect of nonlinear subgrade response factor on oblique pullout capacity.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 17-19, 2015, IGC Pune.
3Mahajan, S. and Patra S. (2015). “Stability of reinforced soil wall-a numerical approach.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 17-19, 2015, IGC Pune.
4Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2012). "Effect of reinforcement Stiffness on the Oblique Pullout Behavior of Reinforced Soil." Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 13-15, 2012, New Delhi (Paper No. F-636.), page 747-750.
5Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2011). "Effect of subgrade shear stiffness on oblique pullout behavior of reinforced soil." Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 15-17, 2011, Kochi (Paper No. N-292.), page 935-938.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • IGS-Z-Tech Biennial Award (2020) for the best paper on “Geosynthetic and Allied Construction Products
  • The ISOG- Springer best poster award (2019) for the paper entitled “Behaviour of screw pile under axial compressive and lateral loading in sand for offshore energy foundations.” at International Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG) 2019, Dec 05-06, 2019
  • IGS-Delhi Chapter, YGE Award (2016) for the Best Paper on “Computational Geomechanics”
  • IGS-Baroda Chapter, YGE Award (2014) for the best paper on “Ground Improvement”
  • Received Post-doctoral Research fellowship (2013-2014), University of Dundee, United Kingdom, on Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling and Numerical Analysis for Foundation Design of Offshore Wave Energy Converter
  • Received offer for Post-doctoral Fellowship (2012), University of Alberta, Canada, on Trench-less Technology and Road Research
  • Member British Geotechnical Association 2013
  • Life member, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)
 

Research Scholar

PhD
1.     Mr. P.V. Pavan Kumar (Ongoing)
2.     Mr. Kunjan Saikia (Ongoing)
3.     Mr. Atul Raj (Ongoing)
4.     Mr. Anoop Tiwary (Ongoing)
5.     Ms. Pavithra Mupiddi (Ongoing)
6.     Dr. Pawan Kumar Chamling (2023 Completed)
 
M.Tech.
7.     Bhairy Monica Krishna
8.     Bariki Gopalakrishna
9.     Shivshankar Maurya (2024)
10.   Beeru Yadav (2024)
11.   Paturu Yaswanth Sai (2023)
12.   Beenish Reyaz (2023)
13.   Bhaskar Prakash (2023)
14.   Hemlata Kumawat (2022)
15.   Rishabh Ambastha (2022)
16.   Pavitra Avula (2022)
17.   Amritesh Kumar Pandey (2021)
18.   Soumendra Priyadarshree Barik (2021)
19.   Niharika Parihar (2018)
20.   P.V. Pavan Kumar (2017)
21.   Vikrant Patel (2017)
22.   Anoop Tiwary (2016)
23.   Shweta Mahajan (2016)
24.   Jahnavi Tarini (2016)
 
 
 

Edited books

Haldar, S., Patra S. and Ghanekar R. (Ed.) (2020).  “Advances in Offshore Geotechnics”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Proceedings of the First Indian Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG) 2019, Symposium, Pub. Springer.10.1007/978-981-15-6832-9

 

Invited Lectures

 1. Invited lecture delivered on “Geosynthetics for Sustainable Infrastructure – IIT Bhubaneswar experience.” two-day workshop on Geosynthetics for Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, School of Infrastructure, IIT Bhubaneswar June 16-17, 2023
2. Invited Lecture delivered on “Foundation for renewable energy devices", five days National FDP on “Emerging areas of Geotechnical Engineering” at the Department of Civil Engineering, SKDAV Government Polytechnic, Rourkela, Odisha. Jul 13-17, 2021
3. Invited Lecture delivered on “Soil stabilization with Geosynthetics", Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) III sponsored, 3 Day Faculty Development Program on Ground Improvement Techniques, at College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar, Aug 29-31, 2019.
4. Invited Lecture delivered on "Application of Geosynthetics in Rural Roads." Workshop on Alternative Materials and New Technologies for Construction of Rural Roads under Prime Minister Grameen Sadak Yojona (PMGSY) at IIT Bhubaneswar, December 21-22, 2018.
5. Invited Lecture delivered on “Liquefaction of Soil and Ground Improvement Techniques.” Short term program on Earthquake Resistant Low Cost Housing, organized by the Department of Rural Development, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTR) Chandigarh at CV Raman College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, May 21-26, 2018
6. Invited Lecture delivered on “Conventional and modern retaining technologies.” National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) sponsored 3 day workshop on "Bio-Engineering Measures for Controlling Landslides and Geoenvironmental Issues" at IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, and Feb 7-9, 2017. 
 

Professional Experience

Academic Research Experience

  • Associate Professor (Oct 2023 onwards), IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Arugul, Odisha
  • Assistant Professor (June 2017-Oct 2022), IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Arugul, Odisha
  • Assistant Professor (December 2016- June 2017), IIT Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
  • Assistant Professor (September 2014 - December 2016), NIT Rourkela, Odisha
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Feburary 2013-September 2014), University of Dundee, UK
  • Project Associate (August 2012-February 2013), IIT Delhi, New Delhi

Pre-Phd Industrial Experience

  • Assistant Engineer (December 2007-February 2008), West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited, West Bengal
  • Engineer Trainee (August 2007-December 2007), Indo-Canadian Consultancy Ltd., Noida

Membership

 
1.       Life Member
Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), India
2.       Life Member Institute of Engineers India
3.       Member 2018-2022
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
4.       Member 2013-2014
British Geotechnical Association (BGA), UK

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