E-raamat: Recycled Waste Materials: Proceedings of EGRWSE 2018

Evaluation of Compressibility and Drainage Characteristics of Highly
Plastic clay stabilized with Fly ash and Stone quarry dust.- Strength
Characteristics of Clayey Soil Stabilized with Nano - Silica.- Chemical
Analysis Procedures for Determining the Dispersion Behaviour of Red Mud.-
Study and Analysis of Characteristics of Construction and Demolition Waste in
Highway Pavements.- Effect of Cement Kiln Dust and RBI Grade 81 on
Engineering Properties of Plastic Clay.- Stabilization of silty soil with
marble dust and sugarcane bagasse ash.- Strength Improvement of Silt Loam
using Egg Shell Powder and Quarry Dust.- Enhancement of Shearing Strength of
Poorly Graded Sand by Using Surface Modified Waste Rubber Tyre
Fibres.- Effects of granulated ground blast furnaceslag and fly ash on
stabilization of soil.- Soil Stabilization Using Plastic Waste.- Effect of
fly ash on permeability of soil.- Influence of Waste Marble Powder and
Metakaolin on Strength Properties of Concrete: A Short Review.- Review paper
on partial replacement of cement and aggregates with various sindustrial
waste material and its effect on concrete properties.

Arvind Kumar Agnihotri is Professor of Civil Engineering at NIT Jalandhar. He completed his PhD from University of Roorkee (1998), M Tech from NIT Kurukshetra (1989) and BE from Panjab University Chandigarh (1987). He possesses a work experience of around 29 years in research, teaching and academic administration, with several years spent holding key leadership positions. His areas of interest are Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Reinforced Earth (Geo-Synthetics and Geofibers), Ground Improvement and Soil-Structure-interaction. He has supervised 9 PhD Thesis and 7 more are in progress. He has guided 45 M Tech dissertations. He has published more than 100 papers in international and National journals and conferences.  He served as Head of Civil Engineering, Dean Academic, Dean (Planning and Development) at prestigious Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar.  He is fellow/member of many professional organizations like ASCE, IGS, ISTE, Institution of Engineers, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Indian Roads Congress. He is reviewer of many international journals of repute. Krishna R. Reddy is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory and also the Director of the Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He is the author of 3 books: (1) Geo-Environmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, (2) Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater, and (3) Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites. He is also author of 182 journal papers, 15 edited books, 10 book chapters, and 170 full conference papers. Dr.Reddy has given 160 invited presentations in the U.S.A. and 15 other countries. He has served or currently serves as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of over 10 different journals, including the ASCE and ASTM Journals, among others. He has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the ASTM Hogentogler Award, the UIC Distinguished Researcher Award, the University of Illinois Scholar Award, and the University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a Diplomat of Geotechnical Engineering, and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer.  Ajay Bansal, Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering Department at NIT Jalandhar, received his B Tech (Gold medallist) from NIT Raipur, M Tech from IIT Delhi and Ph D from Panjab University Chandigarh. He is working in the area of Environmental Engineering, Multiphase Reactors and Renewable Energy. He has over 23 years of experience in teaching and research. Hehas supervised 8 PhD theses and 4 are in progress. To his credit, he has 3 books, 5 book chapters and more than 40 international journal publications along with large number of papers in conferences. He is associated with many professional organizations and is Fellow of IIChE Kolkata and Institution of Engineers (India) Kolkata and Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education. He was Vice-President of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Kolkata and is presently Chairman of Doaba Regional Centre of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.