Dr. A. Boominathan
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036, India.
Earned Degrees
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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 |