About me

Hi,

My name is Satyam Tiwari, I am currently working as Prime Minister's Research Fellow under the guidance of Prof. Sarat Kumar Das in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India.

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Research Advisor

Professor Sarat Kumar Das

Professor at Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India

Research Area:

Geotechnical Engineering, Geoenvironmental Engineering, AI and Optimization methods in Geotechnical Engineering

Email ID: saratdas@iitism.ac.in

Address:

Prof. S. K. Das

Room No. 327

Department of Civil Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad

Jharkhand-826004

Membership

Life Member (LM5101), Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)
Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Research Interests

Geotechnical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Optimization methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Bioinspired algorithms in geotechnical engineering.

Educational Background

Ph.D. Research Scholar (PMRF) in Geotechnical Engineering [AUGUST 2021 - CURRENT]

Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India [CGPA (Coursework): 9.14 on a scale of 10]

Masters in Technology in Geotechnical Engineering [JULY 2019 - MAY 2021]

Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India [CGPA: 9.68 on a scale of 10]

Bachelor in Technology in Civil Engineering [AUGUST 2014 - JUNE 2018]

National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India [CGPA: 8.09 on a scale of 10]

Secondary Education [ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-13]

Uttar Pradesh state Board, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India [90.00%]

High School Education [ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-11]

Uttar Pradesh state Board, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India [85.33%]

Fellowships and Awards

Received Financial Assistance for participating in "EGRWSE 2025, Spain" under International Travel Scheme (ITS) (Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)): June 2025
Received Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India): December 2021 Cycle
Received Shastri Conference and Lecture Series Grant (SCLSG) (Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI), India) for the year 2022-23
Qualified Gate 2019 (Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India): Percentile - 98.48

Certification Courses

Attended five days GIAN course on “Geo-Environmental Consideration for the Design of Tailings storage facilities” at Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad. [June 2025]
Attended two days hands-on workshop on “Next-Gen Geotechnical Engineering: Numerical Modelling Workshop in Railway and Mining Applications” at Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad. [March 2025]
Attended SPARC Short-term course on Intelligent Monte Carlo simulations and machine learning-based methods in computational structural reliability at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. [July 2024]
Attended InSIS Workshop on Digital Image Correlation for Mechanical, Civil and Aerospace, Solids and Structures at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. [May 2023]
Attended 2020 CGS-SOS Christmas Webinar Around the World in 100 Years: Our Geotechnical Journey by: Dr. J. Carlos Santamarina. [December 2020]
Attended Bentley Webinar: Designing Better Tailing Dam Facilities. [May 2020]

Visible Outputs

Journal Publications:

Tiwari, S., & Das, S. K. (2025). Explainable Artificial Intelligence-Driven Ensemble Learning for Liquefaction Susceptibility Analysis. Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, 12(6), 1-44 (I.F.: 2.3; Q2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-025-00628-2
Tiwari, S., Das, S. K., Mohanty, M. (2024). A critical performance assessment of the Machine Learning Algorithms for Slope Stability Analysis. Neural Computing and Applications, 37(16), 9735-9757 . (I.F.: 4.5; Q2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-024-10471-0
Tiwari, S., Das, S. K., Mohanty, M., Prakhar (2024). Improved prediction of soil liquefaction susceptibility using ensemble learning algorithms. Geomechanics and Engineering- An International Journal. 37(5): 475-498 (I.F.: 3.2; Q2). https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2024.37.5.475
Tiwari, S., Das, S. K. (2023). Intelligent Prediction of Critical State Parameters for Non-Plastic Tailing and Soil using Evolutionary Algorithms. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. 22: 1-8 (I.F.: 1.9; Q2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-023-00894-z
Zhang, Y., Mishra, P.N., Tiwari, S., Scheuermann, A. and Li, L. (2023). Suppressive effects of geotextiles on soil water evaporation. Acta Geotechnica. 19: 2163-2174 (I.F.: 5.7; Q1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-023-02042-9
Jain, S., Mishra, P. N., Tiwari, S., Wang, Y., Jiang, N., Dash, H. R., Chang, I., Kumar, A., Das, S. K., Scheuermann, A., Bore, A. (2023). Biological Perspectives in Geotechnics: Theoretical Developments. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol. 22: 1093-1130 (I.F.: 14.4; Q1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-023-09671-2
Mishra, P. N., Jain, S., Bore T., Chang, I., Wang, Y., Dash, H. R., Kumar, A., Tiwari, S., Jiang, N., Das, S. K., Scheuermann, A. (2023). Biological Perspectives in Geotechnics: Application and Monitoring. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 16(7): 2854-2878 (I.F.: 7.3; Q1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2023.10.007
Mishra, P. N., Verma, H., Tiwari, S., Olaya, S. O., Bore, T., Zhao, Z., Das, S. K. (2025). On the Hydromechanical and Electromagnetic Properties of Xanthan Gum Treated Kaolin. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151 (11): 06025005 (I.F.: 4.4; Q1). American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-13134

Conference Publications:

Tiwari, S., Das, S. K. (2025). Slope Stability Prediction Based on Multi-objective Feature Selection and Random Forest Techniques. In Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (pp. 287-295). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-9831-5_24
Tiwari, S. and Das, S. K., Machine Learning-Based Explainable Techniques for the Prediction of Shear Modulus in Municipal Solid Waste. Tenth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, March 11-13, 2025 [Accepted for presentation and publication]
Tiwari, S. and Das, S. K., Artificial Intelligence-Driven Decision-Making Approach for Sustainable Prediction of Fire in Subsurface Engineering Environments. 6th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, June 11-14, 2025 [Accepted for presentation and publication]

Under Review:

Tiwari, S., Das, S. K., Leveraging Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Ensemble Learning as Surrogate Models for Slope Stability Evaluation. [Under Review]
Tiwari, S., Das, S. K., Digital Twin in Geotechnical Engineering: Exploring Technologies, Challenges, and Emerging Applications. [Under Review]
Tiwari, S., Verma, H., MB, N., Mittal, Y., Mishra, A., Mishra, P. N., Artificial Intelligence-Driven Prediction of Soil Water Evaporation Trend in Soils Covered with Geotextiles. [Under Review]
Mishra, P. N., Tiwari, S., Olaya, S. O., Ramaiah, J., Kumar, A., Chavda, J., Das, P., Bharat, T. V., Bag, R., Divya, P. V., Satyannarayana, R., Airey, D., Thanayamwatte, P., To, P., Shannon, B., Kodikara, J., Das, S. K., A Round Robin Study for Benchmarking the Measurement of Soil Shrinkage Curve (SSC). [Under Review]
Mittal, Y., MB, N., Tiwari, S., Mishra, P. N., Correlating Thermal and Dielectirc behaviour of partially saturated coarse-grained geomaterials. [Under Review]

Projects

Determination of granular geomaterial properties using AI techniques [July 2019- June 2021]

Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India

In geotechnical engineering characterization of tailings as a geomaterial is a very important issue. Tailings from mines impose danger to society as the failure of tailing storage dams is evident from time to time. Mostly these tailings are non-plastic in nature and can be treated like coarse grained soil. This research is an attempt towards establishing a correlation between critical state parameters with extreme void ratios and stress parameters of these geomaterials. The soft computing techniques require less time and resources to do the desired task and to achieve a targeted efficiency. Keeping this in mind the current study is focused on the determination of different properties of granular materials using some AI based methodologies.

Image based strain measurement with the help of ‘DIC’ in MATLAB [JANUARY 2020- APRIL 2020]

Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India

A review on the scope of DIC in the field of Geotechnical Engineering to measure the strain during an experiment.

Analysis of irregularities of RCC frame structures by Indian seismic code 1893 (part-I):2002 and 1893(part-I):2016 [JANUARY 2018- MAY 2018]

National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India

The objective of the project was to study different aspects of earthquake resistant buildings with the help of IS 1893 and to do a comparative study between the fifth and the sixth version of IS 1893(Part-I)

Analysis and design of a G+5 storied residential building [AUGUST 2017 - DECEMBER 2017]

National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India

The objective of the project was to plan, analyze and design a G+5 storied residential building.

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Student organiser of five days GIAN course on “Geo-Environmental Consideration for the Design of Tailings storage facilities” at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad [June 2025]
Student organiser of two days hands-on workshop on “Next-Gen Geotechnical Engineering: Numerical Modelling Workshop in Railway and Mining Applications” at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad [March 2025]
Student organiser of one day technical seminar on "Valorization of Industrial & Mine wastes in Highway Construction" of IGS Dhanbad chapter and CSIR [October 2024]
Student organiser of two day technical workshop on "Electromagnetic Properties of Geomaterials" by CRG-DST at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad [September 2024]
Student organiser of one day technical seminar on "Geo-exploration: Advances and need of standardization" by IGS Dhanbad chapter and BIS [December 2023]
Student organiser of online lecture series on "Amendment of Fly Ash as a Construction Material for Infrastructure Development: A Life-Cycle Assessment" funded by SICI at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad [March 2023]
Student organiser of GIAN online course on "Treatment and Valorization of Wastes" at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad [January 2023]
Student Executive of AGERP organising committee [JUNE 2020 – Current]

Role: Lecture organisation and management, visual content creation, video editing etc.

Website: www.age-rp.com

Captain of college football team of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Student organiser of online lecture series on "Systematic characterization of tailings for an efficient utilization" funded by SICI at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad [March 2022]
Student organiser of international virtual Short-Term course on "Futuristic Prospects of Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Issues of Coal Mine Overburden and Mine Tailings" funded by SPARC at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and UIC [March 2021]
Student Member DPGC: PhD representative
Class Representative of B.Tech., M.Tech., and PhD batch
Student organiser at different college sports events

EXTRA-CURRICULARS

First Prize in Photography contest organized by OPTICA and SPIE student chapter, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Gold Medal in Football at Parakaram 2024 hosted by IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Silver Medal in Football at Parakaram 2023 hosted by IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Silver Medal in Football at Inter IIT sports meet in 2022 hosted by IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi.
Bronze Medal in Football at Inter IIT sports meet in 2019 hosted by IIT Kharagpur and IIT Bhubaneshwar.
Awarded 3rd position in district science exhibition in 2012.
Awarded 3rd position in Inter hostel badminton tournament.
Awarded 2nd position in relay race organized by college gymkhana union body.
Awarded 2nd position in Inter hostel kho-kho tournament.