Priyanka Ghosh

Email: priyog[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-7022

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Specialization

Geotechnical Engineering

Research Interest

Bearing Capacity of Foundations, Numerical Analysis, Retaining walls and Earth Pressure Theory, Pullout Resistance of Anchors, Stability of Slopes

Education

Sreevalsa. K. and Ghosh, P. (2009) "Seismic active earth pressure on walls with bilinear backface using pseudo-dynamic approach". Computers and Geotechnics(Elsevier Publication), Vol. 36, No. 7, pp 1229-1236.
Ghosh, P. (2008) "Upper bound solutions of bearing capacity of strip footing by pseudo-dynamic approach".Acta Geotechnica (Springer Publication),Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 115 -123.
Ghosh, P. (2008) "Seismic active earth pressure behind non-vertical retaining wall using pseudodynamic analysis". Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp 117-123.
Kumar, J. and Ghosh, P. (2007) "Ultimate bearing capacity of two interfering rough strip footings". International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Vol.7, No. 1, pp 53-62.
Kumar, J. and Ghosh, P. (2006) "Seismic bearing capacity for embedded footings on sloping ground". Géotechnique,Vol. 56, No. 2, pp 133 -140.

March, 2012 - Till Date Associate Professor IIT, Kanpur, India
June, 2007 - March, 2012 Assistant Professor IIT, Kanpur, India
June, 2009 - December, 2009 Young Indian Researchers University of Molise, Italy
January, 2007 - May, 2007 Senior Lecturer IIT, Kharagpur, India
July, 2005 - May, 2006 Lecturer Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India

"IEI Young Engineers Award 2011-2012" by The Institute of Engineers (India)-2011
"Outstanding Young Investigator Award" by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), USA-2011
"Scholarship for Young Indian Researchers" by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research-2009

Office

FB-335,
Departement of Civil Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-7022 (O)

Email: priyog[AT]iitk.ac.in

Bearing Capacity of Foundations and Stability of Slopes Under Both Static and Seismic Cases, Method of Characteristics, Upper Bound Limit Analysis and Finite Element Analysis, Liquefaction Analysis.