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Partha Narayan Mishra

Partha Narayan Mishra

Doctor of Philosophy (Geotechnical Engineering) - UQ, Australia (2020)

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Research Interest

Measurement and monitoring of soil properties using electromagnetic methods
Biomediated and bioinspired geoenvironmental engineering
Engineering behaviour of unsaturated soils
Geotechnics of tailings and industrial wastes

[email protected]

512 259 2360 (O)

https://sites.google.com/view/phygeolab/

Office

Room: WLE 303A,
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Geotechnical Engineering) - UQ, Australia (2020)

Master of Technology (Geotechnical Engineering) - National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India (2015) [CGPA: 9.98 on 10]

Bachelor of Technology with Hons. (Civil Engineering) – National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India (2014) [CGPA: 9.22 on 10]

Previous Work Experience

Experiences Lecturer (2021,2022) -Advanced Soil Mechanics (CIVL4230)  
ExperiencesTutor (2016,2017,2018,2019,2020) - Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics (CIVL2210) – Student Evaluation: 4.7/5.0  
ExperiencesTutor (2017,2018,2019,2020) - Geotechnical Engineering (CIVL3210) – Student Evaluation: 4.4/ 5.0  
ExperiencesSchool of Civil Engineering,The University of Queensland, Australia

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals2022Bore, T., Coperey, A., Wagner, N., Mishra, P.N., Scheuermann, A., and Revil, A. (2022). “Ultrabroadband electrical spectroscopy of clays: Effect of temperature.” Measurement, Elsevier. 190. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108521 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 3.927, Q1)
2021Bore, T., Mishra, P.N., Wagner, N., Schwing, M., Honorio, T., Revil, A. and Scheuermann, A. (2021). “Coupled hydraulic, mechanical and dielectric investigations on kaolin.” Engineering Geology, Elsevier. 294. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106352 (SCI- expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 6.755, Q1
Mishra, P.N. and Scheuermann, A. (2021). “Ventilated well method for efficient dewatering of soft soils: experimental investigations.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE. 147(11).DOI:https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002643 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 2.714, Q1)
Zhang, Y., Mishra, P.N., and Scheuermann, A. (2021). “An improved evaporation quantification method: accounting for soil deformability and side evaporation effect.” Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier. 598. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126486 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 4.5, Q1)
Bhuyan, H., Mishra, P.N., Tehrani, K., Huang, L. and Scheuermann, A. (2021). “Monitoring surcharge loading induced densification of soft soils through time domain reflectometry.” International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 21(9), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002043 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 2.589, Q1)
Bore, T., Mishra, P.N., Bialkowski, K., Grieve, S., Wagner, N. and Scheuermann, A. (2021). “Multiple open-ended probe for spatio- temporal dielectric spectroscopy: application to soil dewatering.” Measurement, Elsevier. 173. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108521 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 3.364, Q1)
Mishra, P.N., Scheuermann, A. and Bhuyan, H. (2021). “A unified approach for establishing soil water retention and volume change behaviour of soft soils.” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM. 44. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20200009 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 1.289, Q1)
2020Mishra, P.N., Scheuermann, A. and Li, L. (2020). “Evaluation of hydraulic conductivity functions of saturated soft soils.” International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 20(11), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001847(SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 2.589, Q1)
Mishra, P.N., Zhang, Y., Bhuyan, H. and Scheuermann, A. (2020). “Anisotropy in volume change behaviour of soil during shrinkage.” Acta Geotechnica, Springer, 15, 3399-3414. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-020-01015-6(SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 4.350, Q1)
Mishra, P.N., Bore,T., Scheuermann, A. and Li, L. (2020). “Characterisation of pore fluid salinity dependent evaporative dewatering of kaolin using dielectric spectroscopy.” Journal of Rock Mech. and Geotechnical Engineering, Elsevier, 12(1), 112-125. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2019.08.002 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 2.829, Q1)
2019Islam, S., Hoque, N.M.R., Hoque, M.A., Mishra, P.N., Mamum, M.M.H. and Dey, S. (2019). “Strength development in fine-grained paddy field soil by lime addition.” Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier, 26, 100857. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.100857 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 3.379, Q2)
Mishra, P.N., Scheuermann, A., Bore, T. and Li, L. (2019). “Salinity effects on soil shrinkage characteristic curves of fine grained geomaterials.” Journal of Rock Mech. and Geotechnical Engineering, Elsevier, 11(1), 181-191. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.06.008 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 2.829, Q1)
2018 Mishra, P.N., Scheuermann, A. and Li, L. (2018). “Significance of corrections and impact of saline pore fluid on kaolin.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 30(11), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002458 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, EAR2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 1.984, Q1)
Mishra, P.N., Bore, T., Jiang, Y., Scheuermann, A. and Li, L. (2018). “Dielectric spectroscopy measurements on kaolin suspension for sedimentation monitoring application.” Measurement, Elsevier, 121, 160-169. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2018.02.034 (SCI-expanded, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, Impact Factor: 2.791, Q1)
Bhuyan, H., Scheuermann, A., Mishra P.N., Bodin D. and Becker, R. (2018). “Flat ribbon cable sensors for measurement of soil electrical conductivity using time domain reflectometry.” International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Taylor and Francis, 15(5), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2018.1429703 (Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, CiteScore: 0.57, Q3)
2017Mishra, P.N., Das, S.K. and Mohanty, R. (2017). “Electrical conductivity of microbially treated geomaterials and industrial wastes.” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, ASCE, 21(4), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000358 (emerging-SCI, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, CiteScore: 0.94, Q3)
Mishra, P.N., Surya, S.S., Gadi, V.K., Joseph, R.A. and Arnepalli, D.N. (2017). “Generalized approach for determination of thermal conductivity of composite buffer materials.” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, ASCE, 21(4), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000357 (emerging-SCI, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, CiteScore: 0.94, Q3)
2016Mishra, P.N., Das, S.K. and Suman, S. (2016). “Experimental investigation and prediction models for thermal conductivity of biomodified buffer materials for hazardous waste disposal.” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, ASCE, 21(2), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000327 (emerging-SCI, Scopus, ERA2018, ERA2015, CiteScore: 0.94, Q3)
Book ChaptersScheuermann, A., Bore, T., Mishra, P.N., Bhuyan, H., Yan, G., Bittner, T. and Becker, R. (2018). “Quantification of soil state variables using electromagnetic methods.” Chapter 28, Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies. Springer. Krishna, A. M., Dey, A., Sreedeep, S. (Eds.) DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-7721-0_28

Awards & Fellowships

FellowshipsFellowship (FHEA)- PR229649 (2021)  
Associate Fellowship (AFHEA)-PR175194 (2019)  
Higher Education Academy, UK
Awards 2020 UQ Dean’s Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Theses (2021) Awarded by: University of Queensland, Australia
Finalist, Young Professional of the Year (2020) Awarded by: India Australia Business and Community Awards (IABCA)
International award for best journal paper by early career researcher in unsaturated soil mechanics (Theory) (2018) For the paper “Electrical Conductivity of Microbially Treated Geomaterials and Industrial Wastes” Awarded by:TC106 (Unsaturated soils),International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
 Finalist, Young Community Achiever of the Year(2018) By: India Australia Business and Community Awards (IABCA)
Indian Geotechnical Society-Bangalore Chapter Young Geotechnical Engineers Award (2017) For the paper “Experimental Investigation and Prediction Models for Thermal Conductivity of Biomodified Buffer Materials for Hazardous Waste Disposal.” Awarded by:Indian Geotechnical Society, India
Queensland International Education and Training Excellence Awards – Research (2017)&nbsp Research Student of the Year
Awarded by:Trade and investment Queensland,Queensland Government, AustraliaCommendation letters from: Prof. Peter Høj, Vice Chancellor and President, UQ Prof. Joanne Wright, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), UQ Prof. Iain Watson, Deputy Vice Chancellor (External Engagement), UQ 
Institute Gold Medal (2016) Best Post Graduate Student (Batch of 2010-2015: All Engineering streams) Awarded by:National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Institute Silver Medal (2016) Best Post Graduate in Civil Engineering, Specialization: Geotechnical Engineering (Batch of 2010-2015) Awarded by:National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Best Paper Award (2014) For the paper “Appraisal of safe placement distance between canisters in a typical deep geological repository.”Awarded by: National Conference on Geoenvironmental issues and Sustainable Urban Development,Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
Institute Academic Achievement Awards (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011) 1st rank in branch: 9.84/ 10 (Acad. Year: 2013-2014), 1st rank in branch: 9.77/ 10 (Acad. Year: 2012-2013) 2nd rank in branch: 9.38/ 10 (Acad. Year: 2011-2012), 2nd rank in branch: 8.53/ 10 (Acad. Year: 2010-2011) Awarded by:National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
 Chief Minister’s Merit Award (2008) Awarded by:Govt. of Odisha, India
Travel Grants and ScholarshipsConference Grant - ICSMGE2022, Sydney, Australia (05/2022) Grant provider:  International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 
Travel Grant - Invited presentation, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (12/2019) Grant provider:Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Travel Grant - Invited presentation at Shanghai Civil Engineering and Surveying Young Scholars Forum 2019 (03/2019) Grant provider:Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Travel Grant - Visiting Research Scholar 2019, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Oslo, Norway (01/2019-02/2019) Grant provider:The University of Queensland, Australia
Travel Grant - GETE Winter School 2019, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (01/2019) Grant provider:  The University of Queensland, Australia
Civil Engineering Conference Travel Contribution Award - UNSAT2018, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (06/2018) Grant provider:  School of Civil Engineering,The University of Queensland, Australia
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (04/2016-10/2019) Scholarship provider:The University of Queensland, Australia on behalf ofDepartment of Education and Training, Australian Government
University of Queensland Centennial Scholarship (04/2016-10/2019) Scholarship provider:  The University of Queensland, Australia
School Top-up Scholarship (04/2016-10/2019) Scholarship provider:School of Civil Engineering,The University of Queensland, Australia
Travel Grant - GCPF2015, NIT Surathkal, India (2015) Grant provider:  National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-II Grant for Dual Degree Project (2014) Grant provider:  National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Fellowship (2014-2015) Scholarship provider:Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Higher Education Scholarship -Technical (2010-2015) Scholarship provider:Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha, India
Merit Award-Matriculation (2008) Scholarship provider:Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO), India

Conference Presentations

Selected ConferencesScheuermann, A., Mishra P.N., Tehrani, K., Zhang, Y. and Bore, T. (2022). “The ventilated well method as an alternative solution for dewatering of soft soils.” 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE:2021), Sydney, Australia.
Das, S., Mahamaya, M., and Mishra P.N. (2022). “Comparative study between the strength development in alkali activated and red mud blended fly ash.” 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE:2021), Sydney, Australia.
Bore, T., Mishra, P.N., Schwing, M., Ribeiro, M., Wagner, M. and Scheuermann, A. (2019). “On reconstructing the soil shrinkage characteristic curve by dielectric spectroscopy.” IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS:2019), Yokohama, Japan.
Liao, S., Mishra, P.N., and Scheuermann, A. (2019). “Some laboratory scale tests on an Australian coal tailings sample.” 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (AP-UNSAT:2019), Nagoya, Japan.
Mishra P.N., Bore T., Scheuermann A. and Li, L. (2018). “An integrated approach for capturing dielectric response and volume change behaviour of dredged material from port of Brisbane.” 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT:2018), Hong Kong.
Mishra P.N., Liu A., Bore T., Scheuermann A. and Li, L. (2018). “Impact of pore fluid salinity on progressive volume change behavior of kaolin.” 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT:2018), Hong Kong.
Bhuyan, H., Yan, G., Mishra P.N., Bodin D. and Becker, R. (2018). “Unsaturated soil water retention curve of road material using evaporation method.” 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT:2018), Hong Kong.
Bore, T., Mishra P.N., and Scheuermann, A. (2018). “Open ended coaxial probe for electromagnetic characterization of soft soil during dewatering.” 3rd Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS:2018). Brisbane, Australia.
Mishra P.N., Bore T., Scheuermann A., and Li, L. (2017). “Measurement of dielectric properties of kaolin with saline pore fluid during dewatering.” 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE:2017), Seoul, South Korea.
Suman S., Mishra P.N., and Das, S.K. (2015). “Prediction of seismic attenuation in rocks using artificial intelligence techniques.” 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC:2015), Pune, India.
Mahamaya, M., Mishra P.N., Suman, S., and Das, S.K. (2015). “Estimation of thermal migration around buried coolant ducts with engineered backfill material.” Global Challenges, Policy Framework & Sustainable Development for Mining of Mineral and Fossil Energy Resources (GCPF:2015), NITK, Karnataka, India. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Elsevier, 11, 421-428, DOI:10.1016/j.proeps.2015.06.040
Singh, S.P., Chowdhury, S., and Mishra P.N. (2015). “An experimental investigation on strength characteristics of alkali activated fly ash.” Global Challenges, Policy Framework & Sustainable Development for Mining of Mineral and Fossil Energy Resources (GCPF:2015), NITK, Karnataka, India. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Elsevier , 11, 414-420, DOI:10.1016/j.proeps.2015.06.039
Mishra P.N.., Gadi V.K., Surya, S.S., and Arnepalli, D.N. (2014). “Appraisal of safe placement distance between canisters in a typical deep geological repository.” National Conference on Geoenvironmental issues and Sustainable Urban Development (GEN:2014), MNNIT Allahabad, India. (Best Paper Award)  

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (Geotechnical Engineering) (12/2022 - current) | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Adjunct Lecturer in Civil Engineering (09/2020 - current) | The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia

Research Fellow (Geoenvironmental Science) (01/2022 - 12/2022) | Sustainable Minerals Institute, Australia

Engineer I - Tailings (03/2021 - 01/2022) | Rio Tinto, Australia

Adjunct Lecturer in Civil Engineering (10/2020 - 03/2021) | UCSI University, Malaysia

Geotechnical Engineer (03/2020 - 03/2021) | Klohn Crippen Berger Australia Pty Ltd., Australia

Research Assistant (10/2019 - 03/2020) | The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia

Visiting Research Scholar (01/2019 - 02/2019) | Norges Geotekniske Institutt (NGI), Norway

Casual Academic (06/2016 - 10/2020) | The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia

Research Scholar (07/2015 - 03/2016)

Summer Research Fellow (05/2014 - 07/2014) | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Summer Research Fellow (05/2013 - 07/2013) | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Administrative Responsibilities at IIT Kanpur

Administrative responsibilities

Thesis

Masters thesis:Sihe Liao. (2018) “On Some of the Geoengineering Properties of an Australian Coal Tailings Sample.” Co-supervisor with Prof. Alexander Scheuermann as Principal Supervisor, UQ, Australia.

Bachelors thesis:Pratvi Patel. (2017) “Characterization of the Port of Brisbane Clay and Proposal of Dewatering Technique.”, Co-supervisor with Prof. Alexander Scheuermann as Principal Supervisor, UQ, Australia. 

Bachelors thesis:Hamish McGregor-Smith. (2017) “Mechanical Characterisation of Port of Brisbane Clay - Comparison between flocculant treated and untreated soil”, Co-supervisor with Prof. Alexander Scheuermann as Principal Supervisor, UQ, Australia.

Summer research:Hongxin Chen. (2018-2019), Co-supervisor with Prof. Alexander Scheuermann as Principal Supervisor, UQ, Australia.  

Summer research:Brian Zhang. (2017-2018), Co-supervisor with Prof. Alexander Scheuermann as Principal Supervisor, UQ, Australia.  

Summer research:Annabel Liu. (2016-2017), Co-supervisor with Prof. Alexander Scheuermann as Principal Supervisor, UQ, Australia.  

PhD Supervision

Ph.D. thesis

Harshal Verma. (2021-cont.) "Utilization of Mining Wastes as Backfill Material for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls." Co-supervisor: Prof. Bappaditya Manna, IIT Delhi, India (50%), Dr. Partha Narayan Mishra, UQ, Australia (25%), Professor David Williams, UQ, Australia (25%) 

Ph.D. thesis

Yuan Zhang. (2017-2022) "Soft Soil Evaporation and its Application in the Field." Co-supervisor: Prof. Alexander Scheuermann, UQ, Australia (50%), Dr. Partha Narayan Mishra, UQ, Australia (30%), Professor Ling Li, Westlake University, China (20%)

Engagement

Technical Society memberships

Engagement

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