Assistant Professor

Dr Pranav R T Peddinti

Department of Civil Engineering

Interests
  1. Drones and advanced sensors for civil and heritage applications
  2. Pavement Geotechnics and Reliability based designs
  3. Heritage conservation and sustainability

Faculty Details

Education

2012

UCEK, JNTU Kakinada
B.Tech (Civil)

2014

NIT Warangal
M.Tech (Geotechnical)

2020

IIT Hyderabad
Ph.D (Pavement Geotechnics)

Professional Service

  • Aug 2022 to Dec 2023 – Research Assistant Professor – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea
  • Aug 2021 to Jul 2022 – Brain Pool Postdoctoral Researcher – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea
  • Aug 2020 to Jul 2021 – Assistant Professor, Civil Engg. – Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India

Research Interests

  • Utilization of UAVs for heritage and built infrastructure monitoring, propose protocols for the automation of various procedures involved and investigate digital solutions for infrastructural applications.
  • Non-destructive material testing and image analysis-based damage prediction to supplement the conventional experimental and in-situ performance assessment of infrastructure.
  • Conservation of heritage structures and development of protocols for tests on material longevity, non-destructive testing and structural performance.
  • Applications of nano-composites in heritage structure preservation, soil stabilization and anti-icing of pavements.
  • Identify sustainable construction materials, investigate the potential of secondary materials for various infrastructure applications. Adopt net-zero adoption and construction practices in infrastructure.
  • Investigate the thermal behavior and responses of infrastructural elements.
  • Find possibilities for energy harvesting from pavements to take advantage of the incident solar radiation.
  • To utilize inter-disciplinary aspects such as data analysis, machine learning, satellite imagery-based data collection, statistical and probabilistic analysis for developing critical decision-making criteria and ensure optimized design and construction methods.

Funded Research Projects

  • Developing network level automated pavement monitoring protocols using FastRCNN deep learning algorithms and unmanned aerial vehicles. Funding organization: National Research Foundation (NRF), Government of South Korea. PI: Prof. Byungmin Kim; Co-PI: Pranav R T Peddinti. Duration: Jan – Dec 2023. Fund: 93,962,000 KRW (approx. 61,60,000 INR).
  • Automated Pavement Monitoring Systems using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and deep learning image analysis. Funding organization: National Research Foundation (NRF), Government of South Korea. PI: Prof. Byungmin Kim; Co-PI: Pranav R T Peddinti. Duration: Aug 2021 – Dec 2022. Fund: 87,000,000 KRW (approx. 57,00,000 INR).
  • Bioenzyme stabilization for sustainable pavement subgrades. Funding organization: Student Research Grant 2021-22, Pandit Deendayal Energy University. PI: Prof. Uma Chaduvula; Co-PI: Pranav R T Peddinti. Duration: Aug 2021 – Aug 2022. Fund: INR 100,000

Awards & Fellowships

  1. Best paper and best presentation awards at the international conference on unmanned aerial systems in geomatics (UASG 2023), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. December 2023.
  2. Invited international research scientist with full funding for Brain Pool program, National Research Federation (NRF), South Korea (2021-22, 22-23).
  3. Recipient of research excellence award for research performance at IIT Hyderabad for the years 2016 and 2017.
  4. Recipient of National fellowship from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India to pursue doctoral studies at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India (2014-19).
  5. Recipient of UGC-GATE fellowship from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India to pursue Masters’ studies at National Institute of Technology Warangal, India (2012-2014).
  6. Recipient of Uttam Pratibha Puraskar award for best undergraduate and graduate performance by vedcon academy for the years 2012 and 2014.
  7. Awarded the best outgoing student award in civil engineering for 2008 – 2012 undergraduate batch.
  8. Secured Sri Anajaneya Sastry silver medal for best academic performance, 2009-10.
  9. Received university level gold medal and merit awards for best performance in engineering mechanics and surveying (2009-10).
  10. Recipient of Infotech merit scholarship for academic excellence during 2008-09.
  11. Recipient of research travel grant from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India for presenting research work at the international conference on sustainability, energy and environment, GeoChicago 2016, held at Chicago, Illinois, USA. (August 2016).
  12. Recipient of full visit grant from Japanese science and technology agency for attending the first Japan India exchange platform program (JIEPP) symposium held at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. (December 2018).
  13. Selected as lecturer at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT)- Andhra Pradesh, State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. (2014).
  14. Selected as under graduate civil engineer at BSCPL Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. (2012).
  15. Received awards in various national level technical paper presentations.

Memberships

Professional Certification/License:
  • Licensed Drone Pilot, certified by DGCA, Govt. of India. – License No. PC0423000034C
Membership:
  • Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) - Life Member No. LM-4290
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)-Student Member No. 9355968.
  • American Society for Nondestructive Testing, NDT Professional Member- 342981.
  • American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) - Student Member No. 2146049.
  • Founder president and member of student chapter for Indian Geotechnical Society at IIT Hyderabad (2017-18).
  • International sakura science club for Japan Asia knowledge exchange. Life membership No. 181505764.

List of Publications

Book Chapters
  • Jahnavi Parmar, P.S. Prasad, Saloni Pandya, Pranav R T Peddinti (2022). “Geotechnical assessment of highly saline soil stabilized with fly ash-cement admixtures”. In proceedings of 11th Annual Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, (DFI India), Tirupati, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37256-8_18.
  • Patel, M., Prasad, P. S., Peddinti, P. R. T. & Kanaujia, V. K. (2021) “An Experimental Study on the Strength behavior of Black Cotton Soil Stabilized with Industrial Waste Material (Zinc Slag) for Pavement Construction” Indian Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering Conference, IGGEC, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4739-1.
  • Saride, S., Peddinti, P. R. T., & Basha, B.M. (2021). “Application of data handling techniques to predict pavement performance.” Handbook of statistics, Data Science: Theory and Practice, Vol 44, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.host.2020.07.001.
  • Peddinti, P. R. T., Basha, B. M., & Saride, S. (2019). “Evaluation of flexible pavement distress using nonlinear regression analysis.” Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 28, 167-176, Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6701-4_10.
Refereed Journal Publications
  • Peddinti P.R.T, Harish P & Kim, B. (2023). “Pavement monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles: An overview.” ASCE journal of transportation engineering: Part B, Pavements, Vol. 149(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.PVENG-1291 (SCIE, Q3, IF: 2.3)
  • Peddinti, P. R. T., Basha, B. M. & Saride, S. (2020). “System reliability framework for design of flexible pavements” Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Part B: Pavements, ASCE, vol 146 (3), pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000186. (SCIE, Q3, IF: 2.3)
  • Puppala, H., Peddinti, P.R.T.*, Kim, B., & Arora, M. K. (2023). “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Planning Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Systems: A Case study from Gurgaon, India.” Water Supply, IWA publishing, Vol. 23(5). https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.105 (SCIE, Q3, IF: 1.7) (*Joint 1st author)
  • Ray, S.S., Peddinti, P.R.T.*, Soni, R., Kim, B., Park, Y., Kim, I., Lee., Y.C., & Kwon, Y. N. (2023). “Effectiveness of Nanoparticles-based Ultrahydrophobic Coating for Concrete Materials” Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 66, 1-16, 105799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105799. (SCIE, Q1, IF: 6.4) (*Joint 1st author)
  • S.S. Ray, Peddinti, P.R.T.*, Verma, R. K., Puppala, H., Kim, B, Singh, A., Kwon, Y. N. (2023). “Leveraging ChatGPT and Bard: What does it convey for water treatment, desalination and harvesting sectors?” Desalination, Vol. 570, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.117085. (SCI, Q1, IF: 9.9) (*Joint 1st author)
  • Harish, P., Peddinti, P.R.T., Tamwada, J.P., Ahuja, J., Kim, B (2023). “Barriers to the adoption of new technologies in rural areas: The case of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for precision agriculture in India.” Technology in Society, 74, 1-16, 102335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102335 (SSCI, Q1, IF: 9.2).
  • Puppala, H., Ahuja, J., Tamwada, J. P., & Peddinti, P.R.T. (2023). “New technology adoption in rural areas of emerging economies: The case of rainwater harvesting systems in India.” Journal of Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Elsevier, Vol. 196, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122832 (SCI, Q1, IF: 12).
  • Saride, S., Peddinti, P. R. T., & Basha, B.M. (2019). “Reliability Perspective on Optimum Design of Flexible Pavements for Fatigue and Rutting Performance.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, ASCE, Vol. 145 (2), pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000108. (SCIE, Q3, IF: 2.3)
  • Deepti, A., Peddinti, P. R. T. & Saride, S. (2016). “Durability and long-term performance of geopolymer stabilized reclaimed asphalt pavement base courses.” Construction and Building materials, 121, 198-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.05.162. (SCIE, Q1, IF: 7.4).
  • Swamy H. A. K., Reddy, N. K., Sankar M, & Peddinti, P.R.T.* (2023). “Conjugate heat transfer of aqueous hybrid nanoliquid between coaxial cylinders subjected to magnetic field” International Journal of Thermofluids, Vol. 17, 100299, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2023.100299. (Scopus, Q1) (*Corresponding author)
  • Puppala, H., Tamvada, J. P., Kim, B., & Peddinti, P. R. T* (2022). “Enhanced green view index”. MethodsX, 9, 101824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101824 (ESCI, Q2, IF: 1.9). (*Corresponding author).
Special publications (SCI Indexed)
  • Peddinti, P. R. T. & Kim, B. (2022). “Efficient Pavement Monitoring for South Korea using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”. ASCE International conference on transportation and development (ICTD), Seattle, Washington D.C. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484357.006
  • Parmar, J., Pandya, S., Peddinti, P. R. T. & Prasad, P. S. (2022). “Sustainable Pavement Subgrades for Unsaturated Saline Bhavnagar Coast.” ASCE International conference on transportation and development (ICTD), Seattle, Washington D.C. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484357.025
  • Peddinti, P. R. T., Basha, B. M., & Saride, S. (2017). “Probability density functions associated with the resilient modulus of virgin aggregate bases.” Geotechnical Frontiers 2017: Transportation Facilities, Structures, and Site Investigation (GSP 277), ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480441.033.
  • Vinay Kumar, V., Saride, S., & Peddinti, P. R. T. (2017). “Interfacial shear properties of geosynthetic interlayered asphalt overlays.” Geotechnical Frontiers 2017: Transportation Facilities, Structures, and Site Investigation (GSP 277), ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480441.046.
  • Peddinti, P. R. T., Saride, S., & Munwar Basha, B. (2016). “Variability associated with the resilient modulus of reclaimed asphalt pavements.” Geo-Chicago 2016: Geotechnics for Sustainable Energy (GSP 270), ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480137.067.
International and National Conference Publications
  • Peddinti, P.R.T., Kim, J., Puppala, H., & Kim, B. (2023) “Automated Pavement Damage and Asset Monitoring using UAV-generated Images and Efficient Deep Learning Techniques” Unmanned Aerial Systems in Geomatics (UASG 2023), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-21 November, 2023.
  • Peddinti, P.R.T., Kim, J. & Kim, B. (2023) “Deep Learning-Based Aerial Image Processing for Pavement Damage Monitoring”, KSCE 2023 Convention Conference, Yeosu, South Korea, October 2023.
  • Peddinti, P.R.T., Puppala, H., Kim, B., & Arora, M. K. (2023). “Evaluating the harnessable thermal energy from asphalt pavement using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-23), Rende (Cosenza), Italy, October 2-5, 2023.
  • Patel, M., Prasad, P. S., Kim, B., & Peddinti, P. R. T. (2023) “Zinc Slag as a Secondary Additive for Stabilizing Flexible Pavements on Clayey and Lateritic Subgrades” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA.
  • Peddinti, P.R.T & Kim, B (2022). “Automated Pavement Monitoring Systems using UAVs and Image Analysis” Global Research Network (GRNS 2022) poster symposium for brain pool fellowships, December 2021, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Jahnavi Parmar, P.S. Prasad, Pranav R T Peddinti (2022). “Fly Ash Stabilised Saline Soils as Subgrade for Low Volume Roads”. In Proceedings of Scopus Indexed 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Engineering and Technology, Parul University, Gujarat (Scopus).
  • Jahnavi Parmar, Mohini Patel, Pranav R T Peddinti (2022). “Performance analysis of fly ash stabilized, highly saline expansive clays: a case study”. In Proceedings of International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement: Smart Construction for the Future (DFI- Germany), Berlin
  • Peddinti, P.R.T & Kim, B (2022). “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Autonomous Pavement Inspections”. In proceedings of annual conference of Korean geotechnical society 2022, March 2022, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Chaduvula, U., Parmar, V.K., Rami., Z., Patel, G., Chaudhari, J., Bhagat, J., Peddinti, P.R.T. (2022). “Bio-Enzyme Application for Enhancement of Pavement Subgrade Performance.” Proc. of 1st international conference on Innovations in Smart and Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, Gandhinagar, India, 23 – 25 August, 2022.
  • Chaduvula, U., Parmar, V.K., Rami., Z., Patel, G., Chaudhari, J., Bhagat, J., Peddinti, P.R.T. (2022). Efficacy of bioenzyme in improving the flexible pavement subgrades. Poster presented at 14th Aakaar Symposium, IIT Bombay, India, November 2021.
  • Peddinti, P.R.T & Kim, B (2021). “Automated Pavement Monitoring Systems using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Deep Learning Image Processing” Global Research Network (GRNS 2021) symposium for brain pool fellowships, December 2021, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Patel, M., Prasad, P. S., Peddinti, P. R. T. & Kanaujia, V. K. (2021) “An Experimental Study on the Strength behavior of Black Cotton Soil Stabilized with Industrial Waste Material (Zinc Slag) for Pavement Construction” Indian Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering Conference, IGGEC, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4739-1.
  • Peddinti, P. R. T., Saride, S., & Basha, B. M. (2017). “Effect of probability density functions on reliability analysis of flexible pavements.” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical conference 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.
  • Deepti, A., Peddinti, P. R. T. & Saride, S. (2017). “Correlations to predict resilient modulus of stabilized reclaimed asphalt pavement materials.” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical conference 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.
  • Deepti, A., Peddinti, P. R. T. & Saride, S. (2016). “Durability and long-term performance of geopolymer stabilized reclaimed asphalt pavement base courses.” Proceedings of GEODISASTERS: Ground & Slope Instability 2016, JNTU Hyderabad, India.
  • Peddinti, P. R. T., Saride, S., & Basha, B. M. (2016). “Probabilistic comparison of resilience in virgin and reclaimed base materials.” In proceedings of FYPMGSY 2016, IIT Roorkee, India.
  • Deepti, A., Peddinti, P. R. T. & Saride, S. (2015). “Durability of flyash treated reclaimed asphalt pavement materials.” Indian Geotechnical conference 2015, Pune, India.
  • Peddinti, P.R.T., V. Ramana Murty & Arun Francis. (2014). Roof gardening using geomembrane liner system. Indian Geotechnical conference 2014, Kakinada, India.
  • Soumya S., V. Ramana Murty & Peddinti, P.R.T. (2014). Pneumatic radial preloading technique for consolidation of soft clays – An innovative technique. Indian Geotechnical conference 2014, Kakinada, India.
  • Reshma, R., Heeralal, M. & Peddinti, P.R.T. (2014). Experimental and numerical study of active earth pressures on narrow retaining walls. Indian Geotechnical conference 2014, Kakinada, India.
  • Ramana Murty, V., Peddinti, P.R.T., & Kumar, K.S.R. (2014). Influence of Lime and Cement on Strength Properties of Fly Ash and Slag of Nava Bharat Ventures Limited, Paloncha, India. In proceedings of International conference on sustainable civil infrastructure (ICSCI 2014), ASCE India section, Hyderabad, India.
  • Reshma, R., Peddinti, P.R.T. & Heeralal, M. (2014). A Numerical Study on the Influence of Surcharge and Modes of Wall Deformation on Earth Pressures of Narrow Retaining Walls. In proceedings of International conference on sustainable civil infrastructure (ICSCI 2014), ASCE India section, Hyderabad, India.
  • Peddinti, P.R.T., Ramana Murty, V. & Arun Francis. (2014). Evergreen Housing Systems using Geomembrane Liner in Roof Slabs. In proceedings of International conference on INACES 2014, Coimbatore, India.

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