Dr. Debjit Bhowmik

Debjit
Associate Professor
Phone: +91-8133018185
Email: debjit[at]civil.nits.ac.in
Date of Joining: 15/12/2014
Experience: More than 9 years of Academic and 2 years of Industrial Experience
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC / INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE (Details)

Industrial Experience:

  • July, 2004 – June, 2006: Assistant engineer, Simplex Infrastructures Ltd.

Teaching Experience:

  • February, 2014 – December, 2014: Assistant Professor, Regent Education and Research Foundation
  • December, 2014 – June, 2018: Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, NIT Silchar
  • June, 2018 – June, 2022: Assistant Professor (Grade I), Civil Engineering Department, NIT Silchar
  • July, 2022 – Present: Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, NIT Silchar

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (FULL DETAILS )

  • Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur (Thesis submitted Dec, 2013; awarded April 2014)
  • M.C.E. from Soil Mech. and Foundation Engg. specialization of Dept. of Civil Engg., Jadavpur University in 2008
  • B.E. from Department of Construction Engg., Jadavpur University in 2004

 AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)

  • Dynamics of Soils and Foundations
  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
  • Vibration Isolation System
  • Soil Stabilization and Ground Improvement Techniques
  • Slope Stability Analysis and Landslides
  • Numerical Modelling
  • Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Geotechnical Engg.

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Debjit Bhowmik is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering,  NIT Silchar. Dr. Bhowmik has joined NIT Silchar in December, 2014 as Assistant Professor. He did his Bachelor of Engineering (B. E.) in Construction Engineering from Jadavpur University in 2004. After that he worked in the industry as Assistant Engineer in Simplex Infrastructure Ltd. for 2 years. He obtained M.E. degree from Jadavpur University in 2008 and then Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2014.

Dr. Bhowmik has been actively involved in teaching, research, consulting and also in administration for more than 10 years. He is the author or co-author of more than 30 scientific papers in reputed journals and conferences. He has guided one Ph.D. student and dissertations of 23 M. Tech. students as sole supervisor. He is a member of Indian Geotechnical Society and Institute of Engineers India. He serves as secretary of IGS Silchar Chapter since its inception in May, 2017. He has actively participated in organising many events such as seminars, student meets, conferences etc.

The research interests of Dr. Bhowmik include behavior of pile foundations and block foundations subjected to vibrations, foundation on reinforced soil slopes, soil stabilization using chemical and fiber, vibration isolation system for screening machine or high speed train induced vibrations, application of meta material for vibration screening and prediction of landslides etc.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

  • Associate Dean (P&D) from 2016 to 2019
  • Associate Warden (Hostel 8) from 2019 to 2021
  • Coordinator, MERITE from May, 2023 till date

MEMBERSHIP

  • Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society (Honorary Secretary of IGS Silchar Chapter since inception in 2017)
  • Member of Institute of Engineers (India)

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

  • Geotecnical Engineering
  • Foundation Engineering
  • Advance Foundation Engineering
  • Advance Soil Mechanics
  • Dynamics of Soils and Foundations
  • Soil Foundation Interaction
  • Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundation

PROJECT(S)

Title: Development of a Vibration Isolation System using Boreholes Filled with Geosynthetic Encased Sand Rubber Mixture

  • PI: Dr. Debjit Bhowmik
  • Sponsoring Agency: DST-SERB (Under CRG Scheme)
  • Cost: 42 Lakhs
  • Duration: 3 years
  • Year of Initiation: 2023

PATENT(S)

Debjit Bhowmik, Abir Sarkar, and Rahul Barman, “A Method for Using A Composite Geofoam and A Sand-Crumb Rubber Mixture as An Infill Material to Act as A Wave Barrier”, Australian Innovation Patent (2022), No. 2021104583.

JOURNALS

1. Rahul Barman, Abir Sarkar, and Debjit Bhowmik, (2023). Composite Sand-1 Crumb Rubber & Geofoam Wave Barrier for Train Vibration, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: An International Journal, Springer (Accepted for publication)

2. Gautam and Debjit Bhowmik, (2023). Application of lime-rice husk ash mixture (LRHA) for the stabilization of fine-grained soil: a state-of-the-art review, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer (Accepted for publication)

3. Gautam, Kritesh Kumar Gupta, Debjit Bhowmik and Sudip Dey, (2023). Closure to “Probing the stochastic unconfined compressive strength of lime-RHA mix treated clayey soil”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE. (Accepted) DOI: 10.1061/JMCEE7/MTENG-17253

4. Gautam, Vishnu G and Debjit Bhowmik, Shear strength behavior of clayey soil reinforced with natural agent treated coir fiber, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Springer, (Accepted for publication in Issue 2 (2024)

5. Gautam Gautam, Kritesh Kumar Gupta, Debjit Bhowmik, and Sudip Dey, (2022). Probing the stochastic unconfined compressive strength of lime-RHA mix treated clayey soil, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE. Vol. 35(3), pp. 04022469-1 to 04022469-13 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004638

6. Abir Sarkar, Rahul Barman, and Debjit Bhowmik, (2021). Numerical Investigation on Vibration Screening Using Geofoam and Sand–Crumb Rubber Mixture Infilled Trench, International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer, Vol. 7 (4), pp. 84.1-84.14, DOI: 10.1007/s40891-021-00329-z

7. Abir Sarkar, Rahul Barman, and Debjit Bhowmik (2021). Estimation and prediction of screening efficiency of Sand Crumb Rubber (SCR) mix infill trench, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Taylor and Francis, DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2021.1964784

8. Das, S. and Bhowmik, D. (2020), Small-strain dynamic behavior of sand and sand-crumb rubber mixture for different sizes of crumb rubber particle, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE. Vol. 32(11), pp. 04020334-1 to  9, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003425

9. Das, S. and Bhowmik, D. (2020), Dynamic behaviour of sand-crumbed rubber mixture at low strain level, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: An International Journal, Springer, Vol. 38(6), pp. 6611 -6622, DOI:10.1007/s10706-020-01458-4

10. Bhowmik, D., Baidya, D.K., and Dasgupta, S.P. (2016), A Numerical and Experimental Study of Hollow Steel Pile in Layered Soil subjected to vertical dynamic loading, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol.85, pp. 161-165.

11. Bhowmik, D., Baidya, D.K., and Dasgupta, S.P. (2013), A Numerical and Experimental Study of Hollow Steel Pile in Layered Soil subjected to lateral dynamic loading, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol.53, pp. 119-129.

 BOOKS / BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Saha H. S. and Bhowmik D. , Effect of glass fiber on shear strength of soil, Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 775, pp 603-609, (2018), Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.775.603

2. Sriparna Roy and Debjit Bhowmik, The Effect of Plastic Strain Variation on Nonlinear Behaviour of Soil, Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling: Proceedings of IGC 2018, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 85, 939-947, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_74

3. R Barman, A Sarkar and D Bhowmik, Numerical Study on Vibration Screening Using Trench Filled with Sand–Crumb Rubber Mixture, Seismic Hazards and Risk: Select Proceedings of 7th ICRAGEE 2020, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 116, 269-283, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9976-7_25

4. Malay Kumar Deb, Partha Ghosh, Debjit Bhowmik, Lipika Halder and Sankar Chakraborti, Ground Improvement of Soft Soil Using Bamboo as Flexible Pile with Stabilized Lime-Soil Pile-Cap Encapsulated by Geogrid and Geotextile, Ground Improvement Techniques: Select Proceedings of 7th ICRAGEE 2020, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 118, 165-178, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9988-0_16

5. Gautam, M. Hussain and D. Bhowmik, Effect of Geosynthetic Reinforcement on CBR Strength of Soft Soil-Aggregate System, Ground Improvement and Reinforced Soil Structures, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020, Vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 152, 685-696, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1831-4_61

6. R. Modak, D. Bhowmik and B. Singh, 3D Numerical Study of the Behavior of Piled Raft Foundation on Soft Clay with Uniform and Varying Pile Lengths, Ground Characterization and Foundations, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020, Vol. 1, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 167, 553-564, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3383-6_49

7. A. Sarkar and D. Bhowmik, Prediction of seismic wave velocity using artificial Intelligence, Recent Trends in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 274, 553-564, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4055-2_42

8. Gautam, S. Biswas, M. Hussain and D. Bhowmik, Performance analysis of different geosynthetics reinforcements in unpaved roads of soft subgrade, Recent Trends in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 274, 553-564, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4055-2_40

9. B. Nandi, D. Bhowmik and M. Hussain, Effect of Distance on Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing on Slope, Recent Trends in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, Vol. 274, 553-564, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4055-2_37

CONFERENCES

1. Bhattacharya, P., Bhowmik, D., Mukherjee, S. P., and Chattopadhyay, B. C. (2008), Pullout Behaviour of Square Anchors in Reinforced Clay, 12th International Conference of IACMAG, Goa, Topic 13, pp 3441-3447.

2. Bhowmik, D., Baidya, D.K., and Dasgupta, S.P. (2011), Coupled Motion of Soil-Pile System under Dynamic Loading, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Kochi, Paper No.: N-145.

3. Bhowmik, D., Baidya, D.K., and Dasgupta, S.P. (2012), Numerical Simulation of Soil-Pile System subjected to Horizontal Dynamic Loading, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Delhi, Paper No.: F-622. pp. 711-714.

4. Bhowmik, D., Baidya, D.K., and Dasgupta, S.P. (2013), Numerical Analysis of Soil-Pile System subjected to Vertical Dynamic Loading, Indian Geotechnical Conference, Roorkee, Theme: 23, Paper No. 97.

5. Das S. and Bhowmik D. (2017), Small Strain Dynamic Behavior of Sand and Sand-Crumb Rubber Mixture in Dry Condition” Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017 GeoNEst, IIT Guwahati, India.

6. Sarkar R. and Bhowmik D. (2017), Effect Of Polypropylene Fiber Reinforcement On Cement Stabilization Of Local Red Soil In Silchar Area, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017, GeoNEst, IIT Guwahati

7. Sarkar R. and Bhowmik D. (2017), Effect of Jute Reinforcement On Cement Stabilization of Local Red Soil in Silchar Area, National Conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, NIT Silchar

8. Sarkar, A. and Bhowmik, D. (2017), Site Soil Classification Applying Seismic Refraction Tomography, National conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, NIT Silchar.

9. Das S. and Bhowmik D. (2017), Effect of Saturation on Dynamic Properties of Barak River Sand at Small Strain Condition, National Conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, NIT Silchar

10. Das S. and Bhowmik D. (2017) Study of Small Strain Dynamic Behavior of Crumb Rubber Mixed with Sand using Resonant Column Apparatus, National Conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, NIT Silchar

11. Paul A., Sarkar A. and Bhowmik D. (2018), Subsurface Soil Characterization by Correlating P–wave velocity with engineering properties of soil, 16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, 2018.

 

WORKSHOP / CONFERENCE ORGANIZED

  • National conference “Recent Advancements in Geotechnical Investigations and Ground Improvement Techniques, (RAGIGIT 2017), May, 2017, NIT Silchar, Silchar, Assam, India organized by NITS Geotechnical Society
  • National conference “First North East Inter NIT Geotechnical Students Meet”, May, 2018, NIT Silchar, Silchar, Assam, India organized by IGS Silchar Chapter
  • National conference “Advances in Structural Technology, (CoAST 2019), February 2019, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar, Silchar, Assam, India sponsored by TEQIP III
  • National conference “7th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference” (7IYGEC), March, 2019, NIT Silchar, Silchar, Assam, India organized by IGS Silchar Chapter and Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWED 

Name of Journal:

  • International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE
  • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE
  • Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

 

PHD SCHOLARS

Group A (Regular)

SN Name of Student Role Year Title of the Dissertation Status

 
1 Dr. Abir Sarkar Sole Supervisor 2022 Prediction of Elastic Wave Velocities and Screening Efficiencies of Vibration Isolation Systems: An Experimental and Numerical Study Completed
2 Ms. Baishali Nandi Supervisor NA Behaviour of reinforced slope subjected to strip loading on top Ongoing
3 Mr. Gautam Sole Supervisor NA Effect of chemical stabilization and fiber reinforcement on different types of soils Ongoing
4 Ms. Ankita Majumdar Sole Supervisor NA Vibration isolation using infill trenches and boreholes Ongoing
5 Mr. Arunaditya Das Co- Supervisor NA Soil stabilization using bio enzyme Ongoing
6 Mr. Koushik Das (Registered at IIT D) Co- Supervisor NA Vibration isolation using infill trenches Ongoing

Group B (Part Time)

M.TECH. SCHOLARS

  •  24 Completed
  • 03 On- going