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43 Articles
3 Books
3 Projects
11 Awards

Prof Rajan Choudhary

 Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Publications

  • 43
    Journal Articles
  • 3
    Book
  • 8
    Conference
    Proceedings
  • 3
    Projects
  • 11
    Awards

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Expertise

Transportation Science and Technology

Areas of Interest: Pavement Design, Construction and Evaluation; Pavement Materials Characterization; Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Highway Construction; Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation; Use of Marginal and Waste Materials in Road Construction; Pavement Quality Control and Assurance; Asphalt Pavement Recycling; Design and Construction of Rural Roads; Road Safety Engineering; Warm Mix Asphalt Technology; Open Graded Asphalt Friction Courses

Personal Information

Prof Rajan Choudhary

Male
Department Of Civil Engineering Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati, Assam, India - 781039

Experience

  • Professor

    Department of Civil Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Kamrup

  • Associate Professor

    Department of Civil Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Kamrup

  • Assistant Professor

    Department of Civil Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Kamrup

Qualification

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

  • Master of Technology (M.Tech.)

    MNIT Jaipur

  • Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

    Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur

Honours and Awards

2022

Outstanding Researcher in Transportation Engineering

Board of Management of the Venus International Foundation based on the VISTA 2022 Expert Committee Report and Apex Committee Recommendations, 2022.

2022

Received best paper award for the paper titled “Stabilization of Open Graded Asphalt Friction Course Mixes with Plant-based Natural Fibers”

Presented during Second International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS-2022) NIT Calicut, India during 13-19 December 2022.

2022

Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Medal for the paper titled "Towards Sustainable Asphalt Binders: Evaluation of Bio-Asphalt Binders and Mixes with Biochar"

Presented during 81st Indian Roads Congress Annual Session at Lucknow held during 8-11 October 2022

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2022

Outstanding Researcher in Transportation Engineering

Board of Management of the Venus International Foundation based on the VISTA 2022 Expert Committee Report and Apex Committee Recommendations, 2022.

2022

Received best paper award for the paper titled “Stabilization of Open Graded Asphalt Friction Course Mixes with Plant-based Natural Fibers”

Presented during Second International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS-2022) NIT Calicut, India during 13-19 December 2022.

2022

Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Medal for the paper titled "Towards Sustainable Asphalt Binders: Evaluation of Bio-Asphalt Binders and Mixes with Biochar"

Presented during 81st Indian Roads Congress Annual Session at Lucknow held during 8-11 October 2022

2020

Best Paper Award in the Conference Session Themed 'Sustainability in Transportation Systems' for the paper "Use of Banana Natural Fiber as a Stabilizing Additive in Open Graded Friction Course"

Presented during 2nd International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, December 19-21, 2020.

2020

Overall Best Paper Award of the Conference for the paper "Arrhenius Based High-Temperature Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Binders Modified with Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Char"

Presented during 2nd International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, December 19-21, 2020.

2020

Best Paper Award in the Conference Session for the paper "Evaluation of Aging Behavior of Asphalt Binders Modified with Chars from Pyrolysis of Tyre and Plastic Wastes"

Presented during International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS), NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Karnataka, December 22-23, 2020.

2020

Best Oral Presentation Award for the paper "High Temperature Characterization of Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Char Modified Asphalt Binders"

Presented during the International Conference on Engineering Sciences and Technologies for Environmental Care (ESTEC-2020), February 20-22, 2020, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.

2020

Best Poster Presentation Award for the paper "Application of Biomaterials in Road Construction: Evaluation of Permanent Deformation Characteristics of Biochar Modified Asphalt Binders "

Presented during the International Conference on Smart Materials for Sustainable Technology (SMST-2020), February 22-25, 2020, Goa.

2019

Best Presentation Award for the paper "Preliminary Investigation on the Use of Sulphur with Waste EPDM Rubber for Asphalt Binder Modification"

Presented during International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution (TIPCE-2019), January 7-10, 2019, IIT Roorkee.

2019

Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Medal for the paper titled "Salient Attributes of Open Graded Friction Courses Towards Enhanced Road Safety in Hilly and High Rainfall Regions of India"

The medal was conferred by Shri Nitish Kumar, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar, during the 80th IRC Annual Session held at Patna on 20th December 2019.

2017

Best Poster Presentation Award for the paper "A Study on Permeability Characteristics of Asphalt Pavements"

Presented during the 4th International Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2017), December 17-20, 2017, IIT Bombay (Mumbai).

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2022

Evaluation of the Properties of Pyrolytic Char Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixtures

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Abhinay Kumar

2022

Utilisation of Basic Oxygen Furnace Steel Industry Slag in Open Graded Asphalt Friction Course Mixes

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Santanu Pathak

2019

Design and Performance of Open Graded Friction Course Mixes with Electric Arc Furnace Steel Slag

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Madhu Lisha Pattanaik

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2022

Evaluation of the Properties of Pyrolytic Char Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixtures

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Abhinay Kumar

2022

Utilisation of Basic Oxygen Furnace Steel Industry Slag in Open Graded Asphalt Friction Course Mixes

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Santanu Pathak

2019

Design and Performance of Open Graded Friction Course Mixes with Electric Arc Furnace Steel Slag

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Madhu Lisha Pattanaik

2018

Deterioration Modelling of Flexible Pavements with Modified Bitumen in Wearing Course

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Sanjay Deori

2017

Evaluation of Modified Binders and Mixes with Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Additives

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Dr. Ashok Julaganti

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Membership In Professional Bodies

Institution of Engineers (India)

Fellow

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Affiliate Member

Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT)

Member

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Institution of Engineers (India)

Fellow

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Affiliate Member

Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT)

Member

Indian Roads Congress (IRC)

Life Member

Transportation Research Group (TRG) of India

Executive Board Member and Life Member

Assam Road Research & Training Institute (ARR&TI) Society, PWRD, Government of Assam

Member of the Board of Management (BOM)

International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Member

KUFA Journal of Engineering

Editorial Board Member

Current Engineering Letters and Reviews, Bentham Science

Associate Editorial Board Member

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Membership In Committees

2024

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Sectional Committee PCD 06 on Bitumen, Tar and Related Products

Member

2018

Committee H-9 on Composite Pavements of the Indian Roads Congress

Member

2024

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Sectional Committee PCD 06 on Bitumen, Tar and Related Products

Member

2018

Committee H-9 on Composite Pavements of the Indian Roads Congress

Member

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Research Projects

Use of Industrial Waste Steel Slag in Design of Open Graded Asphalt Friction Courses

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (Govt of India)

Development of Indo-Highway Capacity Manual (HCM)

Funding Agency : CSIR - CRRI, New Delhi

Study on Lowering of Mixing and Compaction Temperatures of Bituminous Mixes though Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Additives

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (Govt of India)

Use of Industrial Waste Steel Slag in Design of Open Graded Asphalt Friction Courses

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (Govt of India)

Development of Indo-Highway Capacity Manual (HCM)

Funding Agency : CSIR - CRRI, New Delhi

Study on Lowering of Mixing and Compaction Temperatures of Bituminous Mixes though Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Additives

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (Govt of India)

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