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Dr. Sayantan Chakraborty

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Geotechnical Engineering
1209 D, FD I, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Publications

Journal Publications

  1. Samadhiya, A., Bhunia, D., and Chakraborty, S., 2024. Optimization of sandstone processing waste, electric arc furnace slag, and fly ash-based ternary blended eco-friendly geopolymers, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-35610-x
  2. Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., Chakraborty S., and Jang, J., 2024. Ground Improvement Studies on Problematic Soils: Innovative Materials with Sustainable Applications. Indian Geotechnical Journal, pp. 1-10, https://doi.org/1-10 10.1007/s40098-024-01085-3
  3. Samadhiya, A., Bhunia, D., Chakraborty, S. and Lahoti, M., 2024. Influence of activator ratios and concentration on the physio-mechanical and microstructural characteristics of the geopolymers derived from sandstone processing waste. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33019-0
  4. Samadhiya, A., Bhunia, D. and Chakraborty, S., (2023). Alkali-Activation Potential of Sandstone Wastes with Electric Arc Furnace Slag as Co-additive. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 49, 5817–5833. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08514-0
  5. Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., Chakraborty, S. and Little, D., (2023). Micro-Mechanical Behavior of Nanosilica-Treated High-Sulfate Soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0051
  6. Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., and Chakraborty, S. (2023). Experimental Studies and Sustainability Assessments of Quarry Dust for Chemical Treatment of Expansive Soils. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journalhttps://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20220243
  7. Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., and Chakraborty, S. (2023). Role of Nano and Crystalline Silica to Accelerate Chemical Treatment of Problematic Soil. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering149(7), 04023044 (1-16), https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-10999 (Editor's choice paper - https://ascelibrary.org/jggefk/gt_editors_choice_collection)
  8. Caballero, S.R., Puppala, A.J., Bheemasetti, T.V., and Chakraborty, S. (2022). Geotechnical Visualization and Three-Dimensional Geostatistics Modelling of Highly Variable Soils of a Hydraulic Fill Dam. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148(11), 05022006 (1-14), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002872 (Editor's choice paper - https://ascelibrary.org/jggefk/gt_editors_choice_collection)
  9. Kumar, P., Tingle, J.S., Puppala, A.J., Chakraborty, S., and Congress, S.S.C. (2022). Resilient Characteristics of Polymer Emulsion Treated Sandy Soil. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221087238
  10. Mosadegh, L., Chakraborty, S., and Puppala, A.J. (2022). Effect of Geomaterial Variability on Seismic Response Analyses of Earthen Dams. Engineering Geology, 297, 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106513.
  11. Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., Khan, M.A., Congress, S.S.C., Banerjee, A., and Chakraborty, S. (2021). Evaluating the Performance of Wicking Geotextile in Providing Drainage for Flexible Pavements Built Over Expansive Soils. Transportation Research Record, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211001381. 
  12. Samuel, R.A., Puppala, A.J., Banerjee, A., Radovic, M., Huang, O.D., and Chakraborty, S. (2021). Improvement of Strength and Volume-Change Properties of Expansive Clays with Geopolymer Treatment. Transportation Research Record1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211001842
  13. Boluk, B., Puppala, A.J., Chakraborty, S., and Bhaskar, P. (2021). Forensic Analyses and Rehabilitation of a Failed Highway Embankment Slope in Texas. Transportation Research Record, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198121996359
  14. Chakraborty, S., Puppala, A. J., & Biswas, N. (2021). Role of crystalline silica admixture in mitigating ettringite-induced heave in lime-treated sulfate-rich soils. Géotechnique, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.20.P.154
  15. Chakraborty, S., Puppala, A. J., Bheemasetti, T. V., & Das, J. T. (2021). Seismic Slope Stability Analysis of a Hydraulic Fill Dam. ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics21(1), 04020237. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001892
  16. Chakraborty, S., Bheemasetti, T. V., Puppala, A. J., Das, J. T., & Caballero O, S. R. (2021). Geomaterial Characterization and Stability Assessment of Hydraulic Fill Dams. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering33(2), 04020446. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003553
  17. Chakraborty, S., Bheemasetti, T. V., Das, J. T., & Puppala, A. J. (2020). Seismic response analysis of a hydraulic fill dam. Acta Geotechnica15(11), 3095–3110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-020-00978-w
  18. Chakraborty, S., & Nair, S. (2020). Impact of curing time on moisture-induced damage in lime-treated soils. International Journal of Pavement Engineering21(2), 215–227. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2018.1453068   
  19. Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., Congress, S. S. C., Chakraborty, S., Likos, W. J., & Hoyos, L. R. (2020). Variation of Resilient Modulus of Subgrade Soils over a Wide Range of Suction States. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering146(9), 04020096. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002332
  20. Chakraborty, S., Das, J. T., Puppala, A. J., & Banerjee, A. (2019). Natural frequency of earthen dams at different induced strain levels. Engineering Geology248, 330–345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.12.008
  21. Chakraborty, S., Bheemasetti, T. V., Puppala, A. J., & Verreault, L. (2019). Use of Constant Energy Source in SASW Test and Its Influence on Seismic Response Analysis. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal41(6), 20170220. https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20170220
  22. Chakraborty, S., Bheemasetti, T. V., Puppala, A. J., & Nazarian, S. (2019). A rational approach to select the number of field tests required to determine subgrade properties. International Journal of Pavement Engineering20(9), 1118–1126. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2017.1394095
  23. Das, J. T., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A. J., & Chakraborty, S. (2019). Sustainability and resilience in pavement infrastructure: a unified assessment framework. Environmental Geotechnics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.19.00035
  24. Chakraborty, S., & Nair, S. (2018). Impact of different hydrated cementitious phases on moisture-induced damage in lime-stabilised subgrade soils. Road Materials and Pavement Design19(6), 1389–1405. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2017.1314222

 

Book Chapters/Conference Publications/Presentations

  1. Mukherjee, A., Suresh, S., Chakraborty, S., and Patil, U. (2025). Stabilization of High-sulfate Soils Using Lime and Quarry Dust in Geotech Asia 2025 (accepted). 
  2. Samadhiya, A., Lahoti, M., Chakraborty, S., and Gupta, K. K. (2025). Geopolymer Composites Fabricated Using One-Part Activation Technique in International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural, & Geotechnical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0746-4_12
  3. Patil, U., Higgs, B., Yeo, M., Chakraborty, S., Banerjee, A., and Congress, S. S. C., (2025). Tropical Hillslopes' Stability During Heavy Rainfall from Multiple Typhoon Events in PanAM Unsat 2025 (accepted)
  4. Samridh, Chakraborty, S., Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., Ramineni, K., and Banerjee, A. (2025). Micro-mechanical Analyses to Understand the Durability of Chemically Stabilized Geomaterials against Moisture-induced Damage in ASCE Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 GSP 368, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp 346-356, https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784486016.035
  5. Mukherjee, A., Suresh S., Chakraborty, S., Roy, S., Biswas, N., and Patil, U. (2024). Lime Stabilization of Sulfate-rich Soil Using Quarry Fines as a Sustainable Co- admixture in Indian Geotechnical Conference 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2444-7_14
  6. Gharai, R., Prasanna, T. D., Roy, S. and Chakraborty, S. (2024). Effect of Moisture and Loading Conditions on the Volumetric Behaviour of Bentonite-Sand Mixtures in Indian Geotechnical Conference 2024 (accepted).
  7. Ghosh, D., Banerjee, A., Chakraborty, S., and Patil, U. D., Impact of Biopolymers on Slope Stability of an Embankment in Steady and Transient States. In ASCE International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo 2024 GSP 355, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485415.007.
  8. Mukherjee, A., Justin, A., Chakraborty, S., Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J. and Roy, S., Utilization of Quarry Fines as a Sustainable Admixture for Suppressing Ettringite-Induced Heaving. In ASCE Geo-Congress 2024 GSP 351, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 336-345. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485330.035
  9. Samridh, Jain, A., Chakraborty, S., Biswas, N., Puppala, A. J., and Ramineni, K., (2023). Durability and Recuperative Properties of Lime Stabilized Soils, In ASCE Geo-Congress 2023 GSP 339, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 440-451. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784484661.046
  10. Samadhiya, A., Bhunia, D., Chakraborty, S., and Kaushik, T., (2023). Alkali Activation Potential of Stone Wastes, Materials Today: Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.148 
  11. Boluk, B, Chakraborty S., Puppala A.J., & Jafari, N.H. (2022) Inverse Analysis of a Failed Highway Embankment Slope in North Texas. In Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 166. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77238-3_44. Available at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-77238-3_44
  12. Biswas, N., Khan, M.A., Banerjee, A., Puppala, A.J., & Chakraborty, S. (2022) Application of Wicking Geotextile for Pavement Infrastructure on Expansive Soil. In Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 165. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77234-5_44. Available at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-77234-5_44
  13. Biswas, N., Chakraborty, S., Puppala, A. J., & Banerjee, A. (2021). A Novel Method to Improve the Durability of Lime-Treated Expansive Soil. In Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. (pp. 227-238). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6444-8_20
  14. Banerjee, A., Puppala, A.J., Congress, S.S.C., Chakraborty, S., & Pedarla, A. (2021). Recent Advances in Predicting the Behavior of Unsaturated and Expansive Soils. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering: Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development and Urbanization. (pp. 1-21). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6590-2_1  
  15. Chakraborty, S., Bheemasetti, T. V., & Puppala, A. J. (2019). Effect of Constant Energy Source on Coherence Function in Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW) Testing. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering: Geotechnical Characterisation and Geoenvironmental Engineering (pp. 59–65). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0899-4_8
  16. Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., and Chakraborty, S. (2022). Mitigating ettringite-induced heaving in lime-treated sulfate-rich soils using crystalline silica admixture. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering – Rahman and Jaksa (Eds), Australian Geomechanics Society, Sydney, Australia, ISBN 978-0-9946261-4-1, pp 3071-3077.  
  17. Kumar, P., Tingle, J.S., Puppala A.J., Chakraborty S., & Congress, S.S.C., (2022) Permeability Characteristics of Polymer Emulsion-stabilized Soils. In ASCE Geo-Congress 2022, GSP 331, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 261-270. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484012.027
  18. Jang, J., Puppala A.J., Biswas, N., Chakraborty S., & Radovic, M. (2022) Utilization of Metakaolin-based Geopolymers for Stabilization of Sulfate-rich Soils. In ASCE Geo-Congress 2022, GSP 331, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 222-231. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484012.023
  19. Biswas, N., Puppala, A.J., Chakraborty, S., & Khan, M.A., 2021. Utilization of Silica-based Admixture to Improve the Durability of Lime-treated Expansive Soil. In ASCE IFCEE 2021. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 233-242. doi:10.1061/9780784483411.023
  20. Congress, S. S. C., Kumar, P., Banerjee, A., Chakraborty, S., Patil, U. D., & Puppala, A. J. 2021. Evaluation of Rock Slope Stability Using 3-Dimensional Data Analysis. In Tran-SET 2020, pp. 28–33. doi:10.1061/9780784483305.004
  21. Kaneza, N., He, S., Yu, X., Puppala, A.J., and Chakraborty, S. 2020. Resilient Modulus of Expansive Soils in North Texas Treated with Liquid Ionic Soil Stabilizer (LISS). In ASCE Geo-Congress 2020. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 601–611. doi:10.1061/9780784482780.059
  22. Mosadegh, L., Chakraborty, S., Biswas, N., Bhaskar, P., and Puppala, A.J. 2020. Comparison of Earthquake-Induced Pore Water Pressure and Deformations in Earthen Dams Using Non-Linear and Equivalent Linear Analyses. In ASCE Geo-Congress 2020. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 151–160. doi:10.1061/9780784482810.017
  23. Biswas, N., Chakraborty, S., Mosadegh, L., Puppala, A.J., and Corcoran, M. 2020. Influence of Anisotropic Permeability on Slope Stability Analysis of an Earthen Dam during Rapid Drawdown. In ASCE Geo-Congress 2020. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. pp. 29–39. doi:10.1061/9780784482797.004
  24. Jafari, N. H., Puppala, A., Boluk, B., Cadigan, J. A., Chakraborty, S., Bheemasetti, T., & Pleasant, J. E. (2019). Predicting the Performance of Highway Embankment Slopes. In H. Sadek (Ed.), MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 271, p. 02007). https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201927102007
  25. Chakraborty, S., Banerjee, A., Das, J. T., Mosadegh, L., & Puppala, A. J. (2018). Impact of Variation of Small Strain Shear Modulus on Seismic Slope Stability Analysis of a Levee: A Sensitivity Analysis. In ASCE IFCEE 2018American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. 302–313. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481608.029
  26. Das, J. T., Banerjee, A., Chakraborty, S., & Puppala, A. J. (2018). A Framework for Assessment of Sustainability and Resilience in Subgrade Stabilization for a High-Volume Road. In Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, 1–6. Washington DC.
  27. Das, J. T., Samuel, R. A., George, A. M., Chakraborty, S., Bheemasetti, T. V., & Puppala, A. J. (2018). Establishing a Threshold Sustainability Index for a Geotechnical Construction. In ASCE IFCEE 2018American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. 222–232. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481615.018
  28. George, A. M., Chakraborty, S., Das, J. T., Pedarla, A., & Puppala, A. J. (2018). Understanding Shallow Slope Failures on Expansive Soil Embankments in North Texas Using Unsaturated Soil Property Framework. In ASCE PanAm Unsaturated Soils 2017American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. 206–216. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481691.021
  29. Chakraborty, S., Das, J.T., Banerjee, A. and Puppala, A.J., (2017). Effect of erroneous estimation of small strain shear moduli on seismic response of an earth dam. In Indian Geotechnical Conference, Guwahati, India (pp. 1-5).