Bio-data

S.V. Dinesh Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering,
Siddaganga Institute of Technology,
B. H. Road, Tumkur, India

Contact Information: Tel (91-0816) 2282695 (O),

(91-0816) 2214024 (O)
(91-0816) 2280307(R)
Email: dinesh@sit.ac.in,
dineshsv2004@yahoo.com
dineshsv2004@gmail.com

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
 Post-Doctoral, Civil Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan 2005-06.
 Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2003.
 M.E., Civil (Geotechnical Engineering), University of Visveswaraya college of
Engineering, Bangalore University, 1992.
 B.E., Civil Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Bangalore
University, 1987.

FELLOWSHIPS

 Recipient of National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education

(NPEEE) Fellowship, MHRD, Govt of India, 2005-06 for international research
training in the area of Earthquake Engineering in Japan.

 Recipient of Institution of Engineers Fellowship, India, 1982-1986.

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LIST OF SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

No Role Title Agency Value Period Co-Investigators

1 Principal “Evaluation of DST- Rs 28.5 August Dr. T.G. Sitharam,
Investigator Liquefaction potential Seismology Lakhs 2006 –July Professor, Dept. of
based on cone penetration Division 2009 Civil Engineering,
resistance and shear wave IISc, Bangalore
velocity”
2 Co- Site Characterization of DST- Rs 60 January 1. Dr. T.G. Sitharam,
investigator Indo-Gangetic plains with Seismology Lakhs 2008 – Professor, Dept. of
Studies of Site Response Division December Civil Engineering,
and Liquefaction Hazards 2011 IISc, Bangalore –
PI

2. Dr. Madhavi Latha,

Asst. Professor,
IISc- Co-PI

3. Dr. Anbazaghan,
Scientific Officer,
IISc, Bangalore-
Co-PI

4. Dr. Srinagesh,
NGRI, Hyderabad-
Co-PI

5. Dr. Chadda, NGRI,

Hyderabad- Co-PI

DETAILS OF PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT

Position held Responsibilities / Duties Period Organization name and

held address
Lecturer  Taught undergraduate 1991 – Department of Civil Engg
courses in civil engineering 1998 Dec Siddaganga Institute of
 Advising undergraduate and Technology,
post graduate students. Tumkur – 572103, INDIA
Research  Research & development in Jan 1999- Department of Civil Engg
scholar the area of geomechanics 2002 Indian Institute of Science
and geotechnical Bangalore - 560012,
engineering. INDIA
Lecturer  Teaching Dec 2002 Department of Civil Engg
undergraduate courses in – Nov Siddaganga Institute of
civil engineering. 2003 Technology,
 Teaching post graduate Tumkur – 572103, INDIA
courses in civil engineering.

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  Advising
undergraduate and post
graduate students.
Assistant  Teaching undergraduate Nov 2003 Department of Civil Engg
Professor courses in civil engineering – March Siddaganga Institute of
 Teaching post graduate 2007 Technology,
courses in civil engineering. Tumkur – 572103, INDIA
 Advising undergraduate and
post graduate students.
 Advising Ph.D. candidates.
Professor  Teaching undergraduate 24th Department of Civil Engg
courses in civil engineering March Siddaganga Institute of
 Teaching post graduate 2007- till Technology,
courses in civil engineering. date Tumkur – 572103, INDIA
 Advising undergraduate and
post graduate students.
 Advising Ph.D. candidates
 R&D activities
Programme  Project Co-ordination April Siddaganga Institute of
Coordinator (overall) 2004- Technology, Tumkur
(TEQIP) tilldate

COURSES TAUGHT

Name of the Course Title

program
UG Civil Geotechnical Engineering – I
Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering – II
Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering
PG- Structures Theory of Elasticity
Structural Dynamics

ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

 “Reinforced Earth Applications”, A Short term course for working professionals

sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi, under Continuing Education program June, 1994, 1
week short-term course.
 Co-ordinator, for the workshop on “ Earthquake response of ground and
structures” 23-28th February, 2003, SIT, Tumkur
 Member, Organizing Committee member, GEOAGE Indian Geotechnical
Conference -2008 at Bangalore held during 17-19, 2008.

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 Member, Technical Committee, National Conference on “Emerging Trends in
Civil Engineering” organized by SSIT, Tumkur
 Member, Board of Studies for Civil Engineering UG program, SSIT, Tumkur
 Member, Board of Examiners, PG studies, UVCE, Bangalore
 Member, Board of Examiners, UG, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Research and Scientific Investigations

Areas of Research
 Soil Dynamics, Liquefaction potential, Dynamic soil properties
 Discrete Element Modeling of Geomaterials
 Geotechnical studies related to contaminants, flyash
 Fracture of Concrete

Guidance of students for research conferment:

Degree Status No of candidates

Ph.D. Under progress 4

Guidance of Students - ME Project work

Degree Status No of Candidates

ME Projects Completed 3

Membership of Professional Bodies

(i) Life member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)

(ii) Life member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET)
(iii) Member ASCE
(iv) Executive committee member, Karnataka Geotechnical Center.
(v) Life Member of Institution of Engineers
(vi) Member Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

Publications
Total number of papers: 27 (excluding submitted for publication and technical reports,
list is enclosed with some reprints)

Total
Published in International/National Journals 8
Presented in International Conferences 7

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 Presented in national Conferences/Seminars/ Symposia 12
Submitted for publication in International Journals 1*
Submitted for publication in International Conferences -
Submitted for publication in National Conferences 1*
* -under review

ABROAD VISITS.

a. Visited Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1, Tokiwadai, UBE, JAPAN as short term

researcher for 5 weeks from (3rd June 2000 to 9th July 2000 ) for carrying out
collaborative research in the area of "Mechanics of granular materials: A discrete
element approach" on an invitation from Prof. Norikazu Shimizu and Prof. T. G.
Sitharam at the Geotechnical Structures and Construction Engineering Group.

b. Visited Nanyang Technological university, Singapore, during the first week of

July, 2001 and visited research laboratories and participated in the discussions with
Prof. Harianto Rahardjo (Vice-Dean) and Prof. Chu-Jian

c. Visited National university of Singapore, Singapore during the first week of July,
2001 and visited research laboratories and participated in the discussions with Prof.
Ganesh Dasari. Acquainted with centrifuge modeling testing facility

d. Department of Civil Engineering, Yamaguchi University, UBE, JAPAN for post-

doctoral research work during 2005-06 on NPEEE fellowship of MHRD,
Government of India.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

a. Presented a paper in the International Conference on Materials for Advanced

Technologies in the symposium L: Modeling Materials and its Applications in
Advanced Technologies, 1-6th July 2001, Singapore.

b. Presented a paper in the International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCE-

2001), 23-25th July 2001, Bangalore, India,

c. Presented a paper in the International Conference on Seismic Hazard with

particular reference to Bhuj earthquake of January 26, 2001 organized by the
Department of Science and Technology (DST) at New Delhi, India.

d. Presented a paper in the National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical

Engineering (NSAGE) July 22-23, 2004 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
India.

INVITED SPEAKER

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 Delivered a lecture on the “Simulation of Liquefaction behavior of granular
materials by Discrete Element Method” in the work-shop on Current Practices and
Future Trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, 23-24, December 2003, at
the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Sponsored by
the Seismology Division, Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India.

 Delivered a lecture on the “constitutive behavior of soils” in a workshop on "Recent

trends in Geotechnical Engineering" for Engineering college teachers at Ghousia
Institute of Technology, Ramanagaram, Bangalore District, Karnataka as part of the
continuing education program 8-10th March 2003.

 Delivered a lecture on "Introduction to earthquake engineering" in the workshop

entitled "Earthquake response of ground and structures" at Siddaganga Institute
of Technology, Tumkur, during 23-28th February, 2003
 Delivered a lecture on “Static and cyclic behavior of granular media by Discrete
Element Method” at Yamaguchi University, Japan, 17th November 2005.
 Delivered a lecture on “Dynamic Properties of Sand-Clay mixtures” in the
workshop on Earthquake Engineering for teachers at IIT Roorkee September 2006.
 Invited for the workshop on “Earthquake Engineering Education in India
-Looking ahead” organized by NPEEE at IIT Delhi on 5th January 2007
(Participation was strictly by Invitation)

Publications in Journals (Since 2000)

Publications in International / National Journals
1. Sitharam T.G. Dinesh S.V., and Srinivasa Murthy B.R. (2003) Critical state
behaviour of granular materials using three dimensional discrete element
modeling, “Advances in Granular materials from Fundamentals” ROYAL
SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY Proceedings, UK Proceedings, pp135-156.
2. T.G. Sitharam, S.V. Dinesh and N. Shmizu (2002) “ Micromechanical modeling
of monotonic drained and undrained shear behaviour of granular media using
three-dimensional DEM”, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical
Methods in geomechanics, 26: pp 1167-1189.
3. Sitharam T.G. and Dinesh S.V. (2002) Micromechanical modeling of granular
materials using three dimensional discrete element modeling, Key Engieneering
Materials, Vol 227, pp 73-78.
4. T.G.Sitharam and S.V.Dinesh (2001) “Numerical Simulation of Liquefaction
behavior of Granular Materials using |Discrete Element Method” Earth and
Planetary Science, Indian Science Academy, 112, No3, September 2003,pp 479-
484

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5. S.V.Dinesh, T.G.Sitharam and J.S.Vinod, (2004) “Dynamic Properties and
Liquefaction behavior of granular materials using Discrete Element Method”
Current Science Vol. 87, No 10. pp 1379-1387
6. R. Vidya Sagar., S.V.Dinesh., and A.C.Santhosh (2005), Fracture energy of
normal and HSC beams. The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol 79, November., pp.
37-42.
7. S. Yamada, M. Hyodo, R.P. Orense and S.V. Dinesh (2008), Strain-dependent
dynamic properties of remolded sand-clay mixtures, Journal of Geotechnical
and Geo-environmental Engineering, Vol 134, No.7, ASCE, pp. 972-982.
8. S. Yamada, M. Hyodo, R.P. Orense and S.V. Dinesh (2008), Initial shear modulus
of remolded sand-clay mixtures, Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-
environmental Engineering, Vol 134, No.7, ASCE, pp. 960-971.
9. J.S. Vinod, Sharat Nagaraj, S.V. Dinesh and T.G.Sitharam (2007), Numerical
simulation of reinforced granular soils using DEM, Submitted for publication in
Ground Improvement Journal.

Publications in International Conferences

10. T.G. Sitharam. S.V.Dinesh and K. Chantawarangul (2000) “Simulation of

monotonic compression behavior of granular media using 3-Dimensional DEM”-,
Proceedings of the International symposium on lowland Technology, Saga
University, October 2000, Saga Japan, pp 299- 306.

11. Thallak. G. Sitharam., S.V. Dinesh and Norikazu Shimizu., (2001) Phase
Transformation behavior in Granular Materials using DEM. 4 th International
Conference on Micromechanics of Granular media Powders and Grains 2001,
Sendai, Japan, 21-25th May 2001, pp. 241-245.

12. T.G.Sitharam and S.V.Dinesh (2001) “Monotonic Isotropic compression and

Decompression behavior of Granular Materials using 3-D DEM”- Proceedings of
the International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCE-2001), 23-25th July
2001, Bangalore, India, pp 442-449.

13. R.Vidyasagar, M.N.Rao and S.V.Dinesh (2004) “Stress concentration around

circular holes in a finite plate using Finite Element Method” Progress in Structural
Engineering, Mechanics and Computation” Zingoni (ed.) 2004, Taylor And
Francis Group, London, ISBN 90 5809 568 1 pp 289-294. 5-7 th July 2004,
organized by the Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.

14. S.V.Dinesh, T.G.Sitharam and M.Hyodo (2006) “DEM simulation of static

behavior of granular media and micromechanical analysis under different stress
paths” GEOMECHANICS and GEOTECHNICS of PARTICULATE MEDIA,
International Symposium, UBE, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN 12-14 September 2006.
pp 187-192.

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 15. S.V. Dinesh, G. Mahesh Kumar, Muttana. S. Balreddy and T. Gangadharaiah
EFFECT OF DENSITY ON THE CYCLIC RESPONSE OF SUBROUNDED
RECONSTITUTED SANDS, International conference on Computational
methods in structural dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rethymno, Crete,
Greece, 13–16 June 2007 pp 1-8.

16. S.V. Dinesh, S. Yamada and M. Hyodo (2008) “Low strain shear modulus of
sand-clay mixtures”, Geo-sustainability and Geo-hazard Mitigation, pp 335-
342, Geo-congress, 2008

Publications in National Conferences

17. T.G.Sitharam and S.V. Dinesh “Large Displacement Analysis of Braced cut
Excavation”-, Proceedings of the “The New Millennium Conference 14-16 Dec
2001, Indore, India, pp 551-554.

18. T.G. Sitharam , S.V. Dinesh and B.R. Srinivasamurthy(2003) “Interparticle

Friction Effects on the Compression and Shear Behavior of Granular Media Using
Discrete Element Modeling, SAGE, IIT Kanpur, India, 2003 pp 13-21.

19. Vidyasagar, and S.V. Dinesh (2001) “Finite element simulations of Braced cut
excavations using ANSYS”, Indian Geotechnical conference on Geotechnical
Engineering for Infrastructural Development, December 18-20, pp 18-20.

20. S.V. Dinesh, (2003) “Constitutive behavior of soils” Workshop on "Recent

trends in Geotechnical Engineering" Ghousia college of Engineering,
Ramanagaram, 1-16, March 8-10, 2003.

21. S.V. Dinesh and T. G. Sitharam, “Discrete Element Simulation of Liquefaction

Behavior Of Granular Soils Under Cyclic Loading”, Workshop on current
practices and future trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering,
Sponsored by Seismology Division, Department of Science and Technology,
Govt of India, 23-24 December 2003, at IISc, Bangalore.

22. S.V. Dinesh, T. G. Sitharam and B.R. Srinivasamurthy “Effect of Initial

Anisotropy On Shear Behavior Of Granular Materials Using Discrete Element
Method” National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
(NSAGE-2004), 22-23 July 2004, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, theme
1, pp -1 to 5.

23. S.V. Dinesh, A.C. Santosh, R. Vidya Sagar and G. B. Vamdev “An
Experimental Study on Fracture Energy of High Performance Concrete Beams”
National conference on Recent Developments in Materials and Structures
(REDEMAT-2004), 2-3 December, 2004, NIT- Calicut, India. pp 237 to 245

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 24. Vidyasagar and S.V. Dinesh “Finite element analysis of circular footings on
single and two layered soils using ANSYS”, Proceedings of the ANSYS INDIA
users conference, Dec, 2001

25. T.S. Umesh and S. V. Dinesh, “Effect of hydrochloric acid contamination on the
properties of expansive soil”, Hydro-2005, National conference, India, December
2005.

26. G. Mahesh Kumar, S.V. Dinesh and T. Gangadharaiah (2007), Liquefaction

potential of sandy soils, National conference on Emerging Trends in Civil
Engineering, 10-11th May 2007, Tumkur, pp 46-54.

27. P.C. Naveena, S.V.Dinesh and B.V. Venkatasubramnya (2007), Investigation of

strength properties of Black cotton Soil stabilized with flyash and Geo-
reinforcement. 10-11th May 2007, Tumkur, pp 79-89.

28. S.V. Dinesh, G. Mahesh Kumar and B.V. Ravishankar (2008), “Liquefaction of
granular materials by experimental and discrete element simulations”, Challenges
and Applications of Mathematical Modeling Techniques in Building Science and
Technology, 7-8 February 2008. CBRI Roorkee, pp 410-419.

29. Dinesh S.V, Kumar G.M, Ravishankar B.V. and Sitharam T.G. (2008), “Effect of
fines on liquefaction potential of reconstituted Ahmedabad Sands”, Advances in
Geotechnical Engineering- GEOAGE, pp 441-443 Vol 2, IISc, Bangalore.

30. Manjunath J.N. Santosh A.C. and Dinesh S. V, “Fracture Energy of Normal and
Fly Ash Replaced Concrete Beams” The Sixth Structural Engineering
Convention, SEC-2008, pp 294-303, Dec 18-20th 2008, organized by SERC, IIT
Madras and Anna University, Chennai
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REVIEW OF JOURNALS:
Reviewed two papers submitted to the CURRENT SCIENCE, special issue on
“Geotechnics and Earthquake Hazards” a Journal by Indian Science Academy.

INTERACTIONS WITH INDUSTRY

A) Geotechnical Consultant: Geotechnical investigations for private as well as state

and central government organizations. As a Geotechnical consultant, advised and
acted as consultant covering a wide range of civil and geotechnical structures.
Industries with which the author has interacted are UWSSB, Garrison Engineers,
Karnataka PWD, Zilla panchayet Engineering Division, PMGSY projects, Cauvery

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 Niravary Nigam Limited, World bank sponsored projects and Karnataka Land Army
Corporation, etc.

B) Structural analysis and R.C.C. design, Proof check of commercial buildings using
Finite element software NISA for various organizations. Some 30 multy-storied
buildings have been analyzed and designed.

COMPUTING AND SOFTWARE EXPERTISE:

 Working on Main frame, Workstations, & PC's in UNIX environment;

 Knowledge of FORTRAN and C.
 Knowledge of Finite element codes of NISA, ANSYS and STADD
 Particle Flow Code PFC2D and PFC 3D

WORK-SHOP PARTICIPATION

1. Workshop on current practices and future trends in Earthquake Geotechnical

Engineering, Sponsored by Seismology Division, Department of Science and
Technology, Govt of India, 23-24 December 2003, at IISc, Bangalore
2. “Review workshop for Resource Material in Earthquake Engineering” at IIT,
Kanpur during 26-30th April 2004.
3. Workshop on “Earthquake Engineering Education in India: Looking Ahead”,
5th January, 2007, Organized by NPEEE at IIT, Delhi.
4. Workshop on “Industry-Institute-Interaction”, 27-28th April 2007, at College
of Engineering, Pune, Maharastra, May 2006.
5. Workshop on “Industry-Institute-Interaction” 20-21st July, 2007 organized by
SPFU, Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad, July 2006
6. Workshop “INFOVIVISION-2006” organized by CII, Bangalore
7. Workshop on “Blue Print for Success” conducted by Qualified Learning
Systems, during 27-29th December 2006 at Bangalore.
8. Workshop on “Management Information System”, 07th September 2006,
YMCA, Institute of Technology, Faridabad.
9. GETIT Conference on “From Blackboard to Keyboard” during 29-31, January
2007 at Hotel Grand Ashok, Bangalore.
10. INDIA INNOVATION SUMMIT -2007 during 15-16th June, 2007, Bangalore.
11. State level workshop on “Academic Autonomy, Networking and Services to
Community” at Chikkamagalur, organized by the SPFU, Karnataka during
-------.
12. State level workshop on Academic Autonomy, 04-06 March 2007, organized by
SPFU, Karnataka at Orange County.
13. State level workshop on “SERVICES TO COMMUNITY”, during 25-26th
March 2008.
14. State level workshop on “Networking and Best Practices”, 16 – 17th May 2008
at Kings Sanctuary, Nagarahole, Karnataka

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15. Faculty Development workshop on “Effective Teaching”, 26th -28th May 2008,
organized by the INDO-US Engineering Faculty Development Leadership
Institute, Infosys, Mysore under INDO-US Collaborative in Engineering
Education.
16. Faculty Development workshop on “Quality and Accreditation: Preparation
for India’s membership to Washington Accord”, 29th -30th May 2008, organized
by the INDO-US Engineering Faculty Development Leadership Institute, Infosys,
Mysore under INDO-US Collaborative in Engineering Education.
17. Faculty development workshop on “Engineering drawing using CAD” 14th
-18th July 2008, organized by the INDO-US Engineering Faculty Development
Leadership Institute, Infosys, Mysore under INDO-US Collaborative in
Engineering Education.
18. One day Tutorial on “Design Testing and Retrofitting of structures for
Earthquake Loading” held at Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore on
27th August 2008.

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