Projects
NCHRP 01-57B: Validating proposed definitions for comparable pavement cracking data (Oct 2022 - Dec 2023)
Objective: To validate automated pavement cracking definitions
My contribution: Synthesis of the existing pavement cracking definitions and prepare project documentation
Software used: MATLAB and VS Code (to analyze pavement texture); DFT (to compute pavement friction)
Crash diagram automation (Aug 2022 - Dec 2023)
Objective: To visualize crashes and to provide appropriate countermeasures
My contribution: Create intersection boundaries, plot crashes and mention types of crashes in the intersection based on data gathered by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)
Software used: Numetric (to collect crash data), VS Code (python code)
NCHRP 01-60: Measuring the characteristics of pavement surface images and developing standard practices for calibration, certification, and verification of imaging systems (Aug 2022 - Sep 2022)
Objective: To validate the methodology for the verification of pavement imaging systems
My contribution: Data preparation, data annotation
Software used: MATLAB (to analyze pavement texture)
Investigation of the properties and applications of bio-bricks (Feb 2020 - May 2021)
Objective: Evaluate the practical application of bacterial bricks considering the cost factor and sustainability factor
My contribution: Experimental setup, data collection (from lab experiments), data analysis
Key finding: Compressive strength reduced by 27.27%, but, bacterial bricks produce less to no CO2 in the manufacturing process
Modeling the rheological properties of cement mortar using an Artificial Neural Network (Jun 2020 - May 2021)
Objective: To develop an automated method to compute the characteristics (yield stress, plastic viscosity) of cement mortar
My contribution: Data preparation, data analysis, and develop the ANN model
Software used: MATLAB (data analysis and model development)
Key finding: Accurate prediction of rheological properties with a Mean Square Error of 0.000475
Design of rigid pavements using IIT RIGID and Plateia (Jun 2020 - Nov 2020)
Objective: To design the rigid pavement and prepare the project budget
My contribution: Pavement design, project cost estimation
Software used: IIT RIGID, Plateia
Examination of damages and repair methods in rigid pavement (Jan 2020 - Jun 2020)
Objective: To find all possible concrete pavement damage types and countermeasures
My contribution: Data collection and project report documentation
Use of geo-cell in construction practices (Jan 2020 - May 2020)
Objective: To study the geometrical (height, width, depth) effects of geo-cell on ground (soli) improvement efficiency
My contribution: Project report documentation
Use of textile waste in door manufacturing (Jan 2020 - May 2020)
Objective: To infuse textile waste in manufacturing flush doors
My contribution: Experimental setup, data collection (from lab experiments), data analysis
Analysis of the effects of bacterial solution on cement mortar (Jul 2019 - Dec 2019)
Objective: Evaluate the properties (compressive strength, water absorption, sorptivity) of sustainable materials (bacterial cement mortar)
My contribution: Experimental setup, data collection (from lab experiments), data analysis
Key finding: Bacterial cement mortar increases compressive strength of mortar by 50% when compared to the conventional mix