College Code : SCM

Faculty

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Dr. Praseeja A V

Associate Professor

Specialisation:GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Room:AC II 304

Educational Qualifications

  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering,TKM College of Engineering Kollam ,Kerala University,First class May 2004
  • M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering IES College of Engineering Thrissur,Calicut University,First class with distinction,Jan 2012
  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering GEC Thrissur,APJA-KTU

Employment History

  • Teaching – 7 years
  • Industry – 4 years & 5 months

Key Responsibilities Held

Responsibilities Held

  • Class assistant Co-ordinator (CE-I – 2016,2017 Admission)
  • Faculty in charge of Material Testing Laboratory (CE – 2016 Admission)
  • Faculty in charge of Transportation Laboratory (CE – 2016, 2017 Admission
  • Faculty in charge of Material Testing Laboratory (ME – 2019 Admission)

Present Responsibilities

  • POA in charge of Department of Civil Engineering
  • SWI Consultancy projects on GIS
  • Internal DC member (two research scholars)
  • NPTEL mentor, Translator

Teaching Interests

  • GIS and Remote sensing
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Water resource Engineering
  • Ground water Contamination studies
  • Disaster Management
  • Sustainable Engineering

Research Interests

  • Soil erosion
  • Application of natural fibres
  • Numerical modelling
  • Ground water contamination

Publications

International Journals

  • Krishnan, B. and Praseeja A.V., (2014). Numerical Modeling for the Selection of Coir Geotextile for Erosion Control Application Based on the Universal Soil-Loss Equation. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 29(6), p.04014102.
  • Siva, L. K. and Praseeja, A. V, (2015) “Strength behaviour of crushed coconut shell reinforced subgrade”, International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology, Volume II, Special Issue X, ISSN No. 2394 – 3777
  • Jithu,S.B and Praseeja,A.V, (2015),” Seismic response of pile foundation in clayey soils”, International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering And Technology, Volume 2,special issue 10ISSN No. 2394 – 3777
  • Lakshmi, M. and Praseeja, A. V, (2015) “Numerical Simulation of geogrid reinforced soil wall using PLAXIS 2D”, International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology, Volume II, Special Issue X, ISSN No. 2394 – 3777
  • Linsha, A. R. and Praseeja, A. V, (2015) “Electrokinetic stabilisation of fine grained soil – A review”, International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology, Volume II, Special Issue X, ISSN No. 2394 – 3777
  • Praseeja, A.V. and Sajikumar, N., 2019. A review on the study of immiscible fluid flow in unsaturated porous media: modeling and remediation. Journal of Porous Media, 22(8).
  • Praseeja, A.V. and Sajikumar, N., 2020. LNAPL Migration in Vadoze Zone and Its Prevention Using Natural Fiber. Journal of Natural Fibers, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2020.1848701, ISSN / eISSN: 1544-0478 / 1544-046X
  • Praseeja, A.V. and Sajikumar, N., 2021. Numerical simulation on LNAPL migration in vadose zone and its prevention using natural fibre. Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow, pp.1-14.

International Conferences

  • Praseeja A V and Sajikumar N (2019), Experimental Investigation of Coir Fibre on its Potential as a Remedial measure against Hydrocarbon Contamination” J. Springer. Proc. ARICE 2019, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science pp.42
  • Praseeja, A.V. and Balan, K. (2013) “Soil erosion control using coir geotextile – A Fuzzy Logic model” Proceedings of the International Conference on Geosynthetics 2013, Long Beach, California.
  • Siva, L. K. and Praseeja A. V, (2015) “Study on CBR values of clay soil with crushed coconut shells” Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology
  • Jithu, S.B and Praseeja, A.V, (2015), “Seismic response of pile foundation in clayey soil and seismic strengthening using micropiles,” Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology.
  • Lakshmi, M. and Praseeja, A.V, (2015), “Parametric study of a geogrid reinforced soil wall using PLAXIS 2D,” Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology.
  • Linsha, A. R. and Praseeja, A.V, (2015), “Experimental study on Electrokinetic stabilization of fine grained soil,” Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology
  • Praseeja A V, Sajikumar N (2018) Degradation study on coir geotextiles treated with hydrocarbon mixed soil, proc. in CRC press Taylor and Francis, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Science and Technology (ICETEST 2018),GEC Thrissur.
  • Praseeja, A.V. and Sajikumar, N., 2020. Experimental Investigation of Coir Fibre on Its Potential for the Sorption of Hydrocarbons. In Advances in Civil Engineering (pp. 75-89). Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5644-9, ISBN 978-981-15-5643-2, ISBN 978-981-15-5644-9

Professional Activities

  • Professional and Consulting Activities
    • Preparation of DPR for abatement of pollution & rejuvenation of River Kecheri & Kadambrayar (Nov 2020 – Feb 2021)
    • Smart networking in water supply system – Kochi and Irinjalakuda project
  • Membership in Professional Societies Life Member – The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
  • Positions held – Assistant Professor

Short Term Courses attended

  • Participated in the training programme on preparation of IDDP and LDP (Kollam),KILA (Kerala Institute of Local Administration)
  • F&SDTP on Environmental Problems and their impact on Human health,Government Engineering College Thrissur
  • Five day workshop on Finite Element Method for Researchers College of Engineering Trivandrum
  • NPTEL-AICTE approved FDP on Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing of Satellite Data (Aug-Sep 2018)
  • FDP on Design of Sustainable Infra structure, Thejus Engineering College, Thrissur (July 2 – 4, 2019)  
  • One week FDP on MATLAB Applications in Civil and Electrical Engineering, NITTTR Chandigarh (July 2021)
  • One week FDP on Universal Human Values in Education (An AICTE Initiative)   (Aug 2021)   

Technical programs attended

  • International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology, ICetet2015 Thejus Engineering College, Thrissur
  • International conf. on Royal conference for knowledge sharing Rocks’15,Royal College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur
  • International Training program on Irrigation Assets Mapping Using GIS, NWA Pune (5 days) (July 2021)
  • National Training program on Geospatial technology for hydrological modelling (7 days) (July 2021)
  • International Training program on Introduction to Google Earth Engine & Its Application in Water Resources Management, NWA Pune (7 days) (Aug 2021)
  • International Training program onIntroduction in python programming and its application in water resources sector, NWA Pune (7days) (Dec 2021)

Conferences/Seminar attended

  • FDP on Design of Sustainable Infrastrastructure, Thejus Engineering College, Thrissur, July 2019
  • FDP on Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing of Satellite Data, NPTEL-AICTE, Aug-Sep 2018
  • Indian Geotechnical Conference 2011 CUSAT, Kochi
  • All India seminar on Innovations in Construction Practices Thejus Engineering College, Thrissur
  • 3rd National Conference on Innovations and Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering, ICGE 14 IES College of Engineering, Thrissur

Technical presentation

  • C Con’11 – Brain Storm,IES College of Engineering, Thrissur
  • National Conference on Technological Trends, NCTT 2012,College of Engineering Trivandrum
  • International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Science and Technology (ICETEST 2018),GEC Thrissur
  • Resource person on ONLINE TRAINING ON APPLICATIONS OF GIS, SSET, Department of Civil Engineering (July 15, 2020)
  • Resource person on STTP on Mathematical Modelling in Civil Engineering,  SSET, Department of Civil Engineering (Aug 7, 2020)
  • Resource person on Introduction to GIS, School of Architecture, SCMS (Jan 2022)
  • Resource person on IGS Kochi chapter on Numerical modelling of Coir Geotextiles in Environment-Geotechnical applications (Feb 2022)