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AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION 

• Asphalt mix characterization
• Filler characterization
• Microscopic study on asphalt mix
• Rheological characterization of asphalt binders
• Reclaimed asphalt pavement material characterization
• pavement safety characterization
• Synthesis and application of Nano material in asphalt mix
• Special pavement
• Concrete pavement
• Bio binder and Bio char
• Electric Pavement

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SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Ambika Kuity completed her B.Tech in Civil Engineering from Haldia Institute of Technology. After that, she did M.E. from IIEST Shibpur in the specialization of Highway & Traffic Engineering and her thesis work was related to improvisation of strength property of subgrade layer by using laterite soil and prediction model by ANN. In her masters, she Received Silver medal for securing 1st position in M.E. among PG students of Civil Engineering department, IIEST Shibpur. Then she joined IIT Kanpur for pursuing PhD in the area of pavement engineering. She awarded PhD degree on 5th March, 2018. Her PhD dissertation topic was “Studies on the effect of distribution of aggregates on the mechanical response of asphalt mix”. During PhD work, she won 1st prize in Micrography contest (Diminuto’15) held at IIT Kanpur on March, 2015. Also, she was post-doctoral fellow at IIT Bombay and worked in advance pavement laboratory. Before that she acted as guest faculty at IIEST, Shibpur from Jan, 2018 to June, 2018. Also, she acted as reviewer for two international journals and two international conferences. She has 6 SCI journal papers and 8 conference papers from her PhD and Masters work. Her area of research interests is on asphalt mix characterization, microscopic study on asphalt mix, rheological characterization of asphalt binders, reclaimed asphalt pavement material characterization

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 PATENT(S)

• German patent:  ‘202022105572: A system for a cost-effective, reliable and versatile cradle for baby’,(1st Oct 2022) (Granted).
• South African patent: ‘2022/07370: A composition for preparing an alkali-activated fly ash/slag concrete and a method thereof ‘. (26th  Oct, 2022) (Granted).
• South African patent filled as ‘2022/12372: A method for manufacturing Fly-ash pellets with provision of fibers’. (31st May,2023) (Granted).
• Indian Patent filled as ‘202231044075: A green synthesis process for synthesizing zero valent nano iron particles using industrial tea waste’., August, 2022 (Filed).

 

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EDITORSHIP

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BOOKS

 

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SUBJECTS TAUGHT and  CURRENTLY TEACHING

UG courses                                                                                           

• CE 209 Transportation Engineering
• CE 313 Transportation Engineering Lab
• CE 102 Environmental Engineering
• CE 213 Civil Engineering Drawing
• CE 217 Geoscience laboratory
• CE 1456 Analysis and design of pavement (Elective)

PG courses

• CE 4516 Analysis and design of pavement
• CE 5404 Transportation Engineering Lab
• CE 5441 Design and construction of rural roads (Elective)
• CE 5431 Hilly roads (Elective)

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MEMBER

Life member of Transportation Research Group of India (Membership number:20165 and valid upto 26th June, 2051 )

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• Received Silver medal for securing 1st position in M.E. among PG students of Civil Engineering department, BESU Shibpur (Currently IIEST Shibpur)
• Won 1st prize in Micrography contest (Diminuto’15) held at IIT Kanpur on March, 2015

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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

• Acted as a member of DPMC for PhD students, NIT Silchar (Nov’20-Nov’22)
• Acted Faculty advisor of 3rd year UG students (Nov’20-Nov’22)
• Acted faculty coordinator for upgradation of official website of Civil Engineering department, NIT Silchar (Jul’22-Jul’23)
• Acted faculty coordinator of NBA for UG level, NIT Silchar
• Acting member of DPPC for masters’ students (Feb’2023-Feb’2024)
• Acting faculty  coordinator of PG (transportation engineering) (Feb’2023-Feb’2024)
• Acting as faculty in charge of Transportation Engineering Laboratory of Civil Engineering Department, NIT Silchar (Nov’20-till now)
• Acting faculty in charge of ‘Laboratory of sustainable pavement’ (Feb’2022-till now)
• Acting as Associate warden of girls hostel GH1A, NIT Silchar (Aug’2022-till now)

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SERVED AS TPC

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MANUSCRIPT REVIEWED FROM

•  International Journal of Pavement Engineering
• Journal of Advance Transportation system
• Journal of Construction and Building material
• Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
• TPMDC 2020
• 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India
• Reviewed abstract for 12th Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries
• Reviewed abstract for 2021 International Conference on Resource Sustainability – Sustainable Pavement Technologies

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Preprints

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1.Kuity, A., Jayaprakasan, S., and Das, A., Laboratory investigation on volume proportioning scheme of mineral fillers in asphalt mixture, Construction and Building Materials, 68, 2014, pp.637-643.
2.Kuity, A., and Das, A., Homogeneity of filler distribution within asphalt mix – a microscopic study, Construction and Building Materials, 95, 2015, pp.497-505
3.Kuity, A., and Das, A., Effect of filler gradation on creep performance of asphalt mix, Road materials and Pavement Design, 18(4), 2017, pp.913-928
4.Kuity, A., and Das, A., Estimation of aggregate gradation from partial gradation information obtained by multiple imaging equipment, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2017.
5.Kuity, A., and Das, A., In search of a possible size-demarcation between load bearing and suspended aggregates in asphalt mix-an experimental approach, Road materials and Pavement Design, 2018
6.Singh, D., Kuity, A., Girimath, S., Suchismita, A., & Showkat, B. Investigation of Chemical, Microstructural, and Rheological Perspective of Asphalt Binder Modified with Graphene Oxide. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. vol.32, no.11, pp.302-323, Nov 2020.: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003385

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

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1.Roy, T.K., Chattopadhyay, B.C., Roy, S.K., and Kuity, A., Use of laterite soil as admixture to alluvial soil for improving Roadway subgrade characteristics, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kochi (Paper No.H-078), India, 2011, pp. 390-392.
2.Kuity, A., and Roy, T., Utilization of geogrid mesh for improving the soft subgrade layer with waste material mix compositions, Procedia-Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2nd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, Agra, India, 104, 2013, pp. 255-263. < http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813045096 >
3.Kuity, A., and Das, A., Study on aggregate size distribution in asphalt mix using images obtained by different imaging techniques, Transportation research procedia, 11th Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Bombay, India, 17, 2014, pp. 340-348
4.Chanchal D., Kuity, A. and Das, A., Study on absorption of water and asphalt binder in aggregates, Proceedings of 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, Kolkata, India, 2015
5.Savarnya, A., Kuity, A., Gupta, S., Chandra, A. and Das, A. Study of asphalt binder diffusion using atomic force microscopy, Tenth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Athens, Greece, 2017
6. Kuity, A., & Das, A. (2020). ‘Effect of Gradation of Fine Aggregates on Creep Deformation of Fine Aggregate Mix (FAM) and Asphalt Mix’. In Transportation Research (pp. 737-745). Springer, Singapore.
7.Kuity, A. and Baidya A. Evaluation of Moisture Sensitivity of Asphalt Mixes Containing Cigarette Butt Ash as Filler, Second ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies” (CRSIDE2020), Kolkata, March 2-4, 2020

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WORKSHOPS

• ‘Modern trends in Transportation Engineering’ during  25th -29th June, 2020 in association with TEQIP III.
• ‘Sustainability in Transportation Engineering: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Opportunities (STEIEO) – 2022′ during 21st  -25th  March, 2022 in association with Institution’s Innovation Council.
• ‘Application of 3D FEM software to design and analysis of wooden hardware’ during 14th oct -21st oct, 2022 sponsored by MSME in association with noCnX Technologies .

Project

• Vipin Pal (PI), Sudipta Chakraborty (Co-PI) and Ambika Kuity (Co-PI), ” Cradle of Happiness” sponsored by MSME, September 2021 (1.80 lakhs approved from PMAC decision GoI grant) . (Completed)