Sandeep Samantaray, PhD is an assistant professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir, India. He has attended over 60 international conferences and written 40 articles in international journals, 15 book chapters, and two books. He also holds two patents from India, eight from South Africa, and one from Germany. His research interests include watershed management, waste materials, and hydrologic modelling and computing in developing sustainable means of managing the environment. Subhashree Samantasinghar, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Odisha University of Technology and Research. She has published numerous articles in national and international journals, book chapters, and conferences, and serves as a reviewer in several peer-reviewed international journals. Her research interests include geopolymer technology, environmental geotechniques, and construction materials. Soumendra K. Mohanty, PhD is the founder and managing director of SM Consultants, which he established in 1999 in Balasore, India. He is well known in the industry for his oratory skills and out-of-the-box engineering ideas, touting over 20 years of experience in civil engineering. He is a member of the Civil Engineering Society, Structural Engineers Association, Indian Roads Congress, and Indian Building Congress. Vivek, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Srinagar. He has four international patents in the field of transportation engineering and has over 13 publications. His research interests include the characterization of pavement materials, pavement design, the use of geotextiles on roads, mechanical behavior, resilient response, and asphalt materials. Abinash Sahoo, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Odisha University of Technology and Research. He has authored or coauthored 30 refereed journal articles, four book chapters, one book, and over 45 conference papers, in addition to holding one German and two South African patents. His research interests include hydrological forecasting and modelling, watershed management, applications of AI, and optimization techniques. Deba Prakash Satapathy, PhD is a professor at Odisha University of Technology and Research. He has published 12 journal articles, 12 international conference papers, two book chapters, two South African patents, and one German patent. His research interests include bridge design, soil investigation, water harvesting, and groundwater detection.
