APARNA. S R 

Qualification 

         M. Tech in Geotechnical Engineering 

Experience 

Worked as Assistant Professor in PRS College of  Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from August 2012 to June 2016

Areas of Interest 

•     Soil Stabilization

•   Bioremediation

•   Geo environmental Engineering

•  Foundation Engineering 

•   Irrigation engineering 

Courses Handled:

•   Engineering mechanics

•  Basics of Civil Engineering

•  Engineering Geology

• Geotechnical Engineering

• Ground Improvement Techniques

•  Design of Hydraulic Structures

• Industrial Waste Water Engineering

Lab-In- Charge:

·         Geotechnical Engineering Lab

Membership in Professional Bodies 

•  Indian Society for Technical Education  ISTE (Lifetime Member)  

Publications :

• In national and International conferences :

  •     S. R Aparna, M S Neethu, T R Sethuraman (2010)“ Earthquake Resistant Design of Concrete Structures”  Proceeding of International Conference on Advances of Materials and Techniques in Civil Engineering January 2010 conducted by VLB Janakiammal College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.

•    Aparna S R , Unnikrishnan N , “Footings on stressed Encapsulated Granular Trenches “International Conference on Technological Trends during November 25-27, 2010 held at College of Engineering ,Trivandrum.

•  Unnikrishnan, N. and Aparna, S.R. (2011) Footings on Stressed Encapsulated Granular Trenches. National Conference on Technological Trends, NCTT 2011, Trivandrum

• Aparna, S.R. and Unnikrishnan, N. (2012). Investigation on Stressed Encapsulated Granular Trenches. National Conference on Technological Trends, NCTT 2012, Trivandrum.

Journals :

•    Aparna.S.R, Unnikrishnan N (2016) “Behaviour of Strip Footing Supported on Stressed Encapsulated Granular Trenches” International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology Volume 5, Special Issue 14, December 2016

 Awards and Recognition:

• Secured 22nd Rank in Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)

•  Won Best Paper Award for the Paper “Investigation on Stressed Encapsulated Granular Trenches” presented in the National Conference on Technological Trends 2012 conducted at College of Engineering Trivandrum.

•   Won the Best Paper Award for the paper “ Behaviour of footings Supported on Stressed Encapsulated Granular Trenches” presented in TECHSYNOD’16 conducted at Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology

Other achievements

•  Participated in a Short term course on “Recent Advances in the use of Geosynthetics in Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering” conducted at College of Engineering Trivandrum from 30th November 2011 to 13th December 2011

•  Participated in Aspire –Avant , the Faculty development Workshop Conducted on 3rd  June 2013 at Prs college of Engineering and Technology.

•  Participated in short term course on “Recent Advances in Subsoil Investigation” conducted at College of Engineering Trivandrum on November 28-30, 2013.

• Participated in “Faculty Induction Programme” conducted by Indian Society for Technical Education from 27th June to 2nd July 2016 at Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology.

•   Participated in an One day Workshop on “Structural Design and Analysis “ Conducted by CAAD centre in association with Bentley Institute on 14th October 2017.

• Participated in Online Faculty Development Programme on Recent Advances in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering conducted by College of Enginnering Punnapra during 11 th to 13th ,March 2021.

Positions held:

                    Mentor – IGS Student Chapter

                  Staff Advisory

                  Lab in Charge

                  Project Guidance

                  KTU Auditing (Department Representative )

                  Alumni Executive Member,

                  Internal   Exam Cell (Department Coordinator )  

  Projects Guided :

·         Stabilization Of Clay Using Various Additives (2017)

·         Sustainable Building Blocks Using E-Waste (2018)

·         Design Of Waste Disposal Facility For College Campus (2019)

·         Investigation Of Soil Stabilisation Using Chitosan Biopolymer And Sawdust (2019|)

·         Reuse of Foundry Sand to Brick (2020)

·         To  Study the Effectiveness of Coir Geotextile as Filter Media (2024)