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Saurabh Gupta 

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Construction Site Safety and Quality management, Construction analytics and project monitoring, Disaster damage assessment and post-disaster recovery, Infrastructure Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction, UAV based infrastructure inspection
Room No: 1211-D,
Department of Civil Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCES

Peer Review Journal

  1. Gupta, S., Jain, V., Dutta, S., Nair, S. “Enhancing Post-Disaster Infrastructure Damage Assessment using Improved Machine Learning Approaches and High-Resolution Satellite Imagery” ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering (Accepted, In press).
  2. Gupta, S.  Jain V., Sharma, P.K., and Nair, S. (2025) “UAV-based Real-Time Safety Inspection Using Deep Learning Techniques for Natural and Manmade Hazard Management”, Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, ASCE https://doi.org/10.1061/JSDCCC.SCENG-2019
  3. Gupta, S., George, R.C., Philip, D., Nair, S. (2024). "Data-Driven Decision Framework for Modeling and Quantification of Uncertainty and Variability in Construction Project Scheduling." Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSDCCC.SCENG-1817  
  4. Gupta, S. and Nair, S, A review of the emerging role of UAVs in construction site safety monitoring, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.135.
  5. Gupta, S., George, R. C., Philip, D., & Nair, S. (2025). “Impact of activity time stochasticity on critical paths and their completion probabilities in construction projects”. Building Engineering, 3(2), 1703. https://doi.org/10.59400/be1703  
  6. Gupta, S., Dutta, S., Jadhav, P., Billah, A.H.M. “System Fragility Analysis of Multi-Span Simply Supported Bridges Under Seismic Excitation Considering Effects of Elastomeric and Lead-Rubber Bearings” (Under Review).
  7. Roy, N.S., Gupta, S., Dutta, S., Choudhury, S. “A Design Scheme of Hybrid Retrofitting Using CFRP and Steel Jacketing for Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings” (Under Review).
  8. Gupta, S., George, R.C., Philip, D., Girija, L., Nair, S. “Integrating Critical Activity Analysis in Project Scheduling to Address Delays Incurred in Construction Projects” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE (Under review).

Peer-Reviewed Conference Publication

  1. Gupta S., Jain V, Nair S. (2024) Infrastructure damage assessment using high-resolution satellite images with multilayer deep learning model: A case study on Haiti earthquake. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization, NIT Silchar. Taylor and Francis (Accepted, Under Publication).
  2. Gupta, S. Jain V, Sharma, P.K., and Nair, S. (2023) “UAV Based Construction Site Safety Helmet Detection Using Deep Learning”, | Proceedings of UASG 2023, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer (Accepted, Under Publication).
  3. Gupta, S., George, R.C., Philip, D., Nair, S. (2023). Activity Time Variations and Its Influence on Realization of Different Critical Paths in a PERT Network: An Empirical Study Using Simulations. In: Casini, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 2nd International Civil Engineering and Architecture Conference. CEAC 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 279. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4293-8_70
  4. Gupta S., Nair S. Challenges in Capturing and Processing UAV based Photographic Data from Construction Sites. Proceedings of 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2020) At: Kitakyushu (Japan)|ISBN978-952-94-3634-7| https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2020/0126
  5. Gupta S., Nair S. (2022) Evaluation of Bid in Construction Industry Based on Multi-Criteria Approach Using TOPSIS. In: Laishram B., Tawalare A. (eds) Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 172. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4396-5_13
  6. Srivastava S., Gupta S., Dikshit O., Nair S. (2020) A Review of UAV Regulations and Policies in India. In: Jain K., Khoshelham K., Zhu X., Tiwari A. (eds) Proceedings of UASG 2019. UASG 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_27

Peer-Reviewed National Publication

  1. Gupta S., Jain V. (2022) Circular Economy for Sustainable Construction Industry: An Indian Perspective. 25th Annual Convention and National Seminar on “Sustainable Built Environment for Future” by Indian Building Congress| 2022.
  2. Gupta S. (2022) Post-Disaster Building Damage Assessment Using Remote Sensing Technique. IBC Journal: Research & Review in Technology by Indian Building Congress| Volume VI
  3. Gupta S., Nair S (2020) A comparative study of global & Indian parameters used in the planning of greenfield townships. 24th Annual Convention and National Seminar on “Development of New Greenfield Townships” by Indian Building Congress

Referred Conference Abstracts

    1. Gupta, S. and Nair, S. (2023) A novel approach for infrastructural disaster damage assessment using high spatial resolution satellite and UAV imageries using deep learning algorithms., EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-5778, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5778

Reports & Book Chapters

  1. Chaudhary, R. D., & Gupta, S. (Eds.). (2024). CDRI Fellowship Cohort 2022-23 project reports. Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). ISBN: 978-81-965011-7-4 https://cdri.world/fellowship-programme-projects-synthesis-report-2022-23/
  2. Gupta S. (2023), “A Chronological Review of Construction Progress Monitoring Using Various Sensors and Remote Sensing Techniques.” |Chapter 26| Automation in Construction toward Resilience: Robotics, Smart Materials & Intelligent Systems”, 2023, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), ISBN 9781032350868. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003325246
  3. Gupta, S. & Nair, S. (2023). 9 Remote sensing techniques for post-disaster infrastructure health monitoring. In M. Noori, F. Yuan & E. Farsangi (Ed.), Data-Centric Structural Health Monitoring: Mechanical, Aerospace and Complex Infrastructure Systems (pp. 197-214). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ISBN 9783110791426 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110791426-009