Academic Profile

• Ph.D. in Soil Stabilization/Civil Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, 2021.

• M.E. in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai with First class

• B.E. in Civil Engineering from Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Anna University, Chennai with First class

Anna University Supervisorship 

Supervisor Recognition ID: 4010008 

Scopus/SCI/SCIE/ESCI Indexed Research Articles

Total Citation: 414 (h-index-12; i10-index-8;)

• Kulanthaivel, P., Soundara, B., Selvakumar, S., Das, A.,"Application of waste eggshell as a source of calcium in bacterial bio-cementation to enhance the engineering characteristics of sand", Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol.22, 66450-66461, 2022. (SCI/SCIE Indexed) 

• Kulanthaivel, P., Soundara, B., Selvakumar, S., Das, A.,"Effect of bio-cementation on the strength behaviour of clay soils using egg shell as calcium source", Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol.81, 1-12, 2022. (SCI/SCIE Indexed) 

• Krishnaraja, A.R., Kulanthaivel, P., Ramshankar, P.,John Rajan, A., Jose, S.," Performance of Polyvinyl Alcohol and Polypropylene Fibers under Simulated Cementitious Composites Pore Solution", Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.2022, 1-13,2022. (SCI/SCIE Indexed)  

• Subburaj Selvakumar Balu Soundara ,Ponnusamy Kulanthaivel," Model tests on swelling behavior of an expansive soil with recycled geofoam granules column inclusion", Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Vol.15, 1-15, 2022. (SCI/SCIE Indexed)  

•  Arun Kumar, Kulanthaivel, P, & Selvapraveen, S.," Laboratory study on mechanical properties of self compacting concrete using marble waste and polypropylene fiber", Cleaner Materials, Vol.6, 1-7,2022.  (SCOPUS/ESCI Indexed)

•  Mukesh, T.S., Kulanthaivel, P., Naveenkumar, A., Ramesh, K.," Comparative Analysis on Mechanical Properties of Polymer Concrete by using Various Lightweight Aggregates",Materials Research Proceedings, Vol.23, 297–303,2022. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• Mukesh, T.S., Kulanthaivel, P., Gowthaman, G., Hariharan, J.," Study on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Porous Concrete using Recycled Concrete Aggregate", Materials Research Proceedings, Vol.23, 304–310, 2022. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• Janani, S., Kulanthaivel, P., Sowndarya, G., Srivishnu, H., Shanjayvel, P.G.," Study of coconut shell as coarse aggregate in light weight concrete- a review", Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 65, 2003–2006, 2022. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• Janani, S., Kulanthaivel, P., Nidharshana, S., Nithesh Kumar, S.M., Narendhiran, J.," Performance evaluation of mechanical behaviour of concrete with recycled aggregate and M-sand", Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 65, 1867–1872, 2022. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• Kulanthaivel, P., Selvakumar, S., Soundara, B., Krishnaraja, A.R.," Strength Enhancement of Clay Soil Stabilized with Ordinary Portland Cement, Sodium Silicate and Sodium Hydroxide", International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2022. (SCOPUS/ESCI Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, S.Selvakumar, B.Soundara, "Experimental Investigation of Geosynthetic Encased Conventional Aggregate and Fly Ash Brick Bats Columns on Soft Clay ", International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2022. (SCOPUS/ESCI Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, S.Selvakumar, B.Soundara, " Influence of nano-silica and sodium silicate on the strength characteristics of clay  soil ", Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, Vol.46, 1-10, 2021. (SCOPUS/ESCI Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, S.Selvakumar, B.Soundara, V.S.Kayalvizli, S. Bhuvaneshwari, " Combined effect of nano‑silica and randomly distributed fibers on the strength behavior of clay soil ", Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, 2021. (SCOPUS/ESCI Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, B.Soundara, V.Naveenraj, S.Velmurugan " Experimental investigation on stabilization of clay soil using nano-materials and white cement ", Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol.45, 507-511, 2021. (SCOPUS Indexed)

•   P.Kulanthaivel, S.Saravana, N.Nandhini, V. Mayilsamy, "A Study on Factors Influencing Resource Leveling and Smoothing on Time Cost Trade-Off ", International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Vol.29(03), 4958- 4964, 2020. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel,S.Saravana,N.Nandhini, V.Mayilsamy, "A Study On Challenges In Implementation Of Solar Energy In Buildings ",International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Vol.29(7), 859-865, 2020. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, B.Soundara, Arunava Das ,"Performance Study on Stabilization of Fine Grained Clay Soils Using Calcium Source Producing Microbes", KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol.24 (9), 2631-2642, 2020. (SCI/SCIE Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, B.Soundara, "A critical review on soil stabilization using bacteria", IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.955, 1-9, 2020. (SCOPUS Indexed)   

• P.Kulanthaivel, M.Arunkumar, S.Vinodhkumar, V.Naveenraj, " Strength Behaviour of Clay Soil Stabilized With Lime", IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.961, 2020. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, V.Naveenraj, " Treatment of contaminated wastewater from Textile industry: A  review ", IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.1055, 2020. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• P.Kulanthaivel, B.Soundara, Arunava Das, " Evaluation of engineering properties of problematic soils using Bacillus pasteurii," Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology,Vol.12(5),2098-2102,2019. (SCOPUS Indexed)

• Vinodhkumar Shanmugasundaram, Ponnusamy Kulanthaivel & Priyadharshini Perumal, "Sustainable reuse of magnesite mine tailings in cement-treated expansive soil for enhanced subgrade performance: geotechnical and environmental analysis", Journal of Taibah University for Science, Vol.18, No.1, 2024. (SCI/SCIE Indexed)

• Subburaj Selvakumar, Balu Soundara, Neha Raj & Ponnusamy Kulanthaivel, " A review of using EPS geofoam as compressible inclusion in reducing swell-shrink behaviour of expansive soils, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions", 11:254, 2026. (SCOPUS/ESCI Indexed)

• A.R.Krishnaraja, P.Kulanthaivel, Arunkumar Manoharan, Suresh Muthusamy & Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui, " Engineered cementitious composites with nano calcium carbonate and corona waste mask fibers for sustainable 3D printing applications", Scientific Reports, 16, Article number:13458, 2026. (SCI/SCIE Indexed)

•  Balu Soundara, Subburaj Selvakumar, Ponnusamy Kulanthaivel & Neha Raj, " Cyclic Swell-Shrink Behaviour of an Expansive Soil with Recycled Geofoam Granules Column Inclusion", International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol.18, Pg.No.1608-1622, 2025. (SCOPUS/ESCI Indexed)

• Vinodhkumar Shanmugasundaram, Ponnusamy Kulanthaivel & Mukesh Thottipalayam Shakthivel, " A reliability based mechanical-empirical design method for flexible pavements containing cement-treated magnesite mine tailings as subgrade", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol.71, Article number-64, 2024. (SCI/SCIE Indexed)

• S. Anandaraj,  A.R. Krishnaraja,  P. Kulanthaivel & P.C. Murugan, " Influence of ceramic waste powder (CWP) in strength and durability performance of coir fiber reinforced concrete", Journal of Ceramic Processing Research, vol.25, no.1, pp.41 - 47, 2024. (SCI/SCIE Indexed)

Research Area

Soil Stabilization, Ground Improvement Techniques, Civil Engineering

Consultancy Activities & Major Clients

• Soil Investigation Works, Stability Reports, Structural Design, Mix Design, Third Party Inspection Report, NDT – Rebound Hammer & USPV Test – Major Clients – Southern Railways, Erode, Karur & Tiruppur Corporation, Municipalities and Town Panchayats in Erode & Tiruppur District, Highways Department, PWD, WRD and other government agencies, URC construction, Kousic & Co and other private construction and contractors,