Dr. A. Boominathan
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036, India.
Earned Degrees
Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, 1986
Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, Moscow, Yaroslavskoye Hwy, 26, Moscow, Russia, 129337
Pre-doctorate in Geotechnical Engineering, 1981
Russian University, Moscow, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
M.Sc. (Engg.), 1980
Russian University, Moscow, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Awards and Honours
Best paper on Constitutive modelling for geologic materials for the paper entitled "An endochronic approach in Modeling Liquefaction of sand"., IGS-Prof. C.S. Desai Biannual Prize, 2012
Best paper on Innovations in Piling and Other Construction Techniques for the paper "Behavior of Pill Walls in Liquefying Soil Layers", IGS-Shri M.S. Jain award, 2003
Fellowship to carryout research at University of Karlsruhe, Germany, DAAD fellowship, 2002
Research Areas
 Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering |
 Seismic Soil Structure Interaction |
 Ground Improvement |
 Foundation Engineering |
 Dynamic Soil and Pile Testing |
Professional Experiences
2006 – present | : | Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India |
1996 – 2006 | : | Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India |
1990 – 1996 | : | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India |
1988 – 1990 | : | Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India |
1987 – 1988 | : | CSIR, Scientific Pool Officer, Ocean Engineering Center, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India |