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Dr. Baadiga Ramu

Dr. Baadiga Ramu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D, IIT Hyderabad
baadigaramu[*AT]iitp.ac.in
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RWcWM_gAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research Areas
  • Transportation Geotechnics Flexible Pavement Design and Analysis Design of long-life pavements Geosynthetic Engineering Ground Improvement Geotechnical Engineering
Courses taught at IIT P
  • Civil Engineering Materials Engineering Drawing [Tutorial]
Students
Sr. No. Photo Area of Reasearch Degree
1
Mrs. Thy Doan (Joining Yr.: 2020) Board Area of Research: Use of PVDs Drains and Vacuum Surcharge to Stabilized Soft Clay
Professional Experience
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad [1st February 2022 to 27th October 2022]
Awards & Honours
  • Awarded "IGS-Shri A.G. Dastidar Biennial Award" for New Layer Coefficients for Geogrid-Reinforced Pavement Bases" by Sireesh Saride and Ramu Baadiga published in Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 51, Issue 1, February 2021 (pp. 182-196) and it is adjudged as the best paper on "Ground Improvement" Received outstanding research performance award 2022 in Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from IIT Hyderabad the GEOMATE best paper award received for the entitled paper on "Performance of Reinforced Base Courses over Soft Subgrades: Insights from Large-Scale Model Experiments" 2021. Best Paper among 400 Technical papers Received memento for overall technical presentation coordinator during research scholar’s day program 23rd April 2021. Baadiga, R., Balunaini., U., Saride, S., and Madhira R. M. (2021). Influence of Geogrid Properties on Rutting and Stress Distribution in Reinforced Flexible Pavements under Repetitive Wheel Loading., J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003972. Top downloaded paper from India
Member of Professional bodies
  • Member of International Geosynthetics Society (igs), Membership ID: 15068 Life member of India Geotechnical Society (IGS), Membership ID: 15072 Member of American Society for Civil Engineers, Membership ID: 000012169903 Institution of civil engineers (ICE) member, Membership ID: 93596403 Member of Geo-Institute (G-I) Membership, Membership ID: 000012169903 Member of Transportation and Development Institute (TDI), Membership ID: 000012169903 Member of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Membership ID: 2325134 Member of Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) Member of Geomate, Membership ID: 210918104R JOURNAL REVIEWER Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering: Part B, Pavements, ASCE International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Springer Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Springer Geotextile and Geomembranes, Elsevier Transportation Geotechnics, Elsevier Road Materials and Pavement Design, Taylor and Francis International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Taylor and Francis International Journal of GEOMATE SN Applied sciences, Springer
Publications / Journals

  • Journal Publications:

    1. Baadiga, R., Saride, S., Balunaini, U., and Madhira R. M. (2021). “Influence of Tensile Strength of Geogrid and Subgrade Modulus on Layer Coefficients of Granular Bases.” Transportation Geotechnics. Elsevier, Vol. 29, P. 100557https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2021.100557
    2. Baadiga, R., Balunaini., U., Saride, S., and Madhira R. M. (2021). “Influence of Geogrid Properties on Rutting and Stress Distribution in Reinforced Flexible Pavements under Repetitive Wheel Loading.”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol: 33(12), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003972
    3. Baadiga, R., Balunaini., U., Saride, S., and Madhira R. M. (2021). “Effect of Geogrid Type and Subgrade Strength on the Traffic Benefit Ratio of Flexible Pavements.” Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-021-00203-5 
    4. Baadiga, R., Balunaini., U., Saride, S., and Madhira R. M (2022). “Behavior of Geogrid-and Geocell-Stabilized Unpaved Pavements Overlying Different Subgrade Conditions Under Monotonic Loading” International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Vol. 8(3). https://doi.org.10.1007/s40891-022-00379-x
    5. Baadiga, R., Balunaini., U., Saride, S., and Madhira R. M. (2022). Closure to “Influence of Geogrid Properties on Rutting and Stress Distribution in Reinforced Flexible Pavements under Repetitive Wheel Loading” by Ramu Baadiga, Umashankar Balunaini, Sireesh Saride, and Madhira R Madhav, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004600    
    6. Saride, S., Baadiga, R., Balunaini, U., and Madhira R. M. (2022). “Modulus Improvement Factor-based Design Coefficients for Geogrid and Geocell-reinforced Bases” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, Vol 148 (3), 04022037, ASCE https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000380
    7. Baadiga, R., Balunaini, U., and Saride, S. (2022). “Performance of Reinforced Base Courses over Soft Subgrades: Insights from Large-Scale Model Experiments” International Journal of GEOMATE, 22(89), 80-86, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21660/2022.89.gxi361
    8. Saride, S., and Baadiga, R. (2021). “New Layer Coefficients for Geogrid-Reinforced Pavement Bases.”, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer, 51; 182 – 196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-020-00484-6
    9. Goud, N.G., Baadiga, R., Balunaini., U., Saride, S., and Madhira R. M.  (2020)” Evaluation of Layer Coefficient Ratios for Geogrid-reinforced Bases of Flexible Pavements.”, Road Materials and Pavement Design., Vol.23(1); 119 – 210, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2020.1812424
    10. Paul, A., Hussain, M., and Baadiga, R. (2018). “The physicochemical properties and microstructural characteristics of peat and their correlations: reappraisal.” International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol.15(6), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2018.1483099
    11. Bherde, V., K M, Likhith., Baadiga, R., Balunaini, U. (2022). “Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting California Bearing Ratio of Soil” Journal of Transportation Engineering: Part B, Pavements (under review)

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

    1. Baadiga, R., Balunaini, U., and Saride, S. (2021). “Influence of geogrid aperture size on the behavior of mechanically stabilized pavements”. International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483510.025
    2. Baadiga, R., Balunaini, U., and Saride, S. (2021) Performance of Reinforced Base Courses over Soft Subgrades: Insights from arge-Scale Model Experiments, The Eleventh International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan 3-5 November 2021.

    NATIONAL CONFERENCE

    1. Bherde, V., K M, Likhith., Baadiga, R., Balunaini, U. (2022). “Prediction of California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of Soils using AI-based Techniques.” Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022, Kochi, India, 15th to 17th December 2022.
    2. Baadiga, R., and Saride, S (2020). “New Layer Coefficients for Geogrid-Reinforced Pavements Bases” Theme Lecture (Lec. By Prof. Sireesh Saride), Developments in Geotechnical Engineering for Sustainable Tomorrow (DIGEST), Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), December 2020, Visakhapatnam, India.
    3. Baadiga, R., Kumar, K., and Sasanka, M. (2018). “Preparation of Clay Bed in Large-Scale Test Tank and Calibration of Control Parameters.” National conference in Geotechnical Applications. IGS-Hyderabad Chapter, GeoApps 2018, March 2018.
    4. Baadiga, R., Paul. A., Hussain. M. (2017). “Experimental Model Study: Improvement of Peat Soil by Construction of Floating Peat-Cement Columns through Application of Deep Mixing Method”, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 GeoNEst, 14-16 December 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.
    5. Baadiga, R., and Hussain. M. (2017). “Effect of ion migration from peat-cement columns.” Recent advancement in Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, 14th & 15th May, 2017, Silchar, India.
Presentations
  • Participated in webinar series talk of Prof. Harry G Poulos on “Foundation design challenges for tall buildings”, Prof. M R Madhav on “Ground versus soils,” and Body language by Marry Ellen, 19th January 2021. Earned 34 professional development hours (PDHs) from Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) conducted by the University of Illinois.
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