Civil Engineering for Multi-Hazard Risk Reduction

Dr. K. S. Sreekeshava is currently working as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. He obtained Ph.D. from BMS College of Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi in the year 2020. His research interests are in the field of Masonry Structures, Bio-composites, and Structural Design. He has published more than 30 research articles in reputed journals, Elsevier and Springer publishing houses. He has successfully coordinated funded AICTE-ISTE and AICTE Teaching And Learning (ATAL) Academy Sponsored Faculty Development Programme. He has the honours of life member of ISET, ISTE, ICI, INSC, NICEE, and IAENG. He has successfully completed the research funding grant under competitive research funding scheme initiated under scheme of TEQIP by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. Dr. Sreekeshava is the organizing chair of G20 C20 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (IACESD 2023).Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar pursued M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, Ph.D. from IISc, and served as International Research Staff at UPC Barcelona Tech Spain. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal, India. He has authored five books, edited twelve books, published over 100 research articles, and holds two patents. He is on the Editorial Board of several International Journals. In 2017, The New Indian Express honored him with South India's Most Inspiring Young Teachers Award. He received the ISET DK Paul Research Award from the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology for the best Ph.D. thesis on Earthquake Risk Reduction in India. He received the "IEI Young Engineers Award" from The Institution of Engineers (India) in 2019. He is on the roster of two technical committees of ASCE Geo-Institute and is a Member of the Working Groups of BIS CED 39 for three IS codes. Dr. Sreevalsa has eight funded R&D projects and completed over 50 civil engineering consultancy projects. Prof. N. Vinod Chandra Menon has worked as Professor in the Centre for Disaster Management at the Yeshwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune. He has worked in charge of Emergency Preparedness and Response in UNICEF India Country Office in New Delhi. He is currently Adjunct Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India; President of RedR India and Regional Director of Asia of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) Oslo. Prof. Menon has over 37 years of working experience, of which more than a quarter century has been in the fields of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and public policy analysis. He was Member of the High-Powered Committee (HPC) on Disaster Management established by the Government of India in 1999. He is also one of the Founder Members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India, chaired by the Prime minister of India, and he served in this capacity from 2005 to 2010.

• Civil Engineering for Multi-hazard Risk Reduction- An Introduction.- Exploring Walkable Localities as Organizing Principle of City Plan.- Prediction of Noise Pollution of Delhi City Using Machine Learning: A Case Study.- Smart Water Management: Using Machine Learning to Analyze Water Quality Index.- Artificial Neural Networks Modelling for Predicting Water Quality in the Surface Waters of Western Godavari Delta, India.- IoT Based Patrolling Robot for Construction Sites.- Innovative Exploration Techniques: Utilizing IoT-enabled Robots for Safe and Efficient Underground Tunnel Investigation.- Event-based Sensing for Improved Traffic Detection and Tracking in Intelligent Transport Systems Towards Sustainable Mobility.- Human Activity Recognition in Construction Industry Using Machine Learning Pose Estimation Technique.- Soil Moisture Detection Using Arduino Sensor and Ann Prediction.- Reliability Analysis of Clayey Soil Slope Stability Using GMDH and RFC Soft Computing Techniques.- Prediction of Residual Strength after Liquefaction Using Artificial Intelligence Model.- Application of Digital Image Correlation Technique in Geotechnical Engineering.- SSI on Geodesic Dome Using RSM and Comparison with Ann.- Overlap of the Safety Distance of the Gas and Oil Pipeline Network with the Urban Area of the City of Mohammedia Morocco.