E-mail Id :

[email protected]

Educational Qualification:

PhD – Pursuing Research (PhD-Part time) in the field of Geotechnical Engineering at Cochin University of Science and Technology.

M.Tech – Construction Engineering and Management from Cochin University of Science and Technology with first rank.

B.Tech – Govt. College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Additional Qualification

Competent Leader (CL) & Competent Communicator(CC) from

Toastmasters International, USA

Specializations:

Geotechnical Engineering

Current Research Interest:

  • Soil Liners
  • Soil stabilization

Administrative Responsibilities:

Associate Professor & HoD in charge, Department of Civil Engineering

Vice President, ACEA

Member of Executive committee, IGS, Kochi Chapter

Secretary, AISAT Toastmasters Club

 Papers Published:

  • Sobha Cyrus and Veena.V (2014) ‘Effect of Fibre in Controlling Desiccation cracks in clay liner soils’ Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, GEOMATE 2014 held at Brisbane, Australia.

 

  • Veena.V, Sobha Cyrus and Benny Mathews Abraham (2015) ‘Containment of desiccation cracks in Marine clay with fibre amendment’,Sixth International Geotechnical Symposium on Disaster management in special geo environmental conditions, held at IIT, Madras .

 

  • “Studies on Cochin Marine Clay as liner” at Workshop on Soil Behavoiur organized by IGS Kochi chapter held at IMA hall, Kaloor on 14th November 2015

 

  • ‘Effect of curing on the strength and plasticity characteristics of Clay –flyash mix’, in International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, ISSN:2347-6710, Vol. 6,Special Issue 4,March 2017

Professional Memberships

  • Life member of IGS ,Kochi Chapter

Professional Experience

Teaching

8 years of teaching experience which includes 3 years in CUSAT

Industry

6 years, includes work experience in Multinational Company, Chennai and Kerala     Water Authority.

Research

Guided  research oriented M.Tech/B.Tech Projects and actively involved in

consultancy works