CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Present Address: Dr. Priti Maheshwari Assistant Professor Room No.

347 Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee-247667 (Uttaranchal) India. pritifce@iitr.ernet.in; priti_mahesh2001@yahoo.com Indian 26th August 1977 Dec. 2009 till date Asstt. Prof., Department of Civil Engineering I.I.T. Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India. May, 2008 Dec. 2009 Asstt. Prof. (on contract), Department of Civil Engineering I.I.T. Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India. May, 2005 May 2008 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering I.I.T. Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India. December, 2004 April, 2005 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering B.I.T.S. Pilani, Pilani-333031, India. Educational Background: Ph.D. (Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering, November, 2004) [C.P.I. 9.76/10] Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India Thesis: Response of Reinforced Granular Bed Soft Soil System to Static and Moving Loads M.E. (Structural Engineering, 2001) [86.8%] Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College, Allahabad Thesis: Reliability Analysis of T-Beam Bridge

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B.E. (Civil Engineering, 1999) [77.3%] Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, West Bengal Research Areas of Interest: Soil Structure Interaction Ground Engineering: Modeling and Analysis Courses taught: Advanced Soil Mechanics (Instructor, PG students) Design of Substructures (Instructor, PG students) Modeling Analysis and Simulation (Instructor, PG students) Computer Graphics (Instructor, UG students) Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology (Tutor, UG students) Foundation Engineering (Tutor, UG students) Measurement Techniques-II (Tutor, UG students) Construction Planning and Management (Tutor, UG students) Membership of Professional institutions and Societies: Life Member, Indian Geotechnical Society Computer Skills: OS: Windows, Linux; Language: C; Software: AutoCAD, Mathematica. MS office. Academic Excellence: Received merit scholarship for 4 years of B.E. Programme at REC Durgapur, West Bengal. Received Book Prize for securing highest marks in 3rd and 8th semester of B.E. Programme at REC Durgapur, West Bengal. Burdwan University (West Bengal), Gold medal for First rank in B.E. Examination (1999) in Civil Engineering (77.3%, Honors) First rank in Masters in Engineering (M.E.) at MNREC, Allahabad, U.P. (86.8%, Honors)

Extracurricular Activities: Organizing Secretary Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical EngineeringSAGE-2003, Department of Civil Engineering

(7-9 March, 2003, I.I.T.Kanpur.) Excelled in a two-semester intensive course in German language (88%) Executive Committee Member of Society of Civil Engineers (SOCE), I.I.T. Kanpur Second prize winner Paper presentation contest (Post-Graduate Category) Society of Civil Engineers (SOCE), I.I.T. Kanpur (8th April 2002) Designed a Website for Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering-SAGE-2003, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T.Kanpur. Participated in various cultural programmes. Publications: Technical Journals and Special Publication Issues: 1. Maheshwari, P., Chandra, S. and Basudhar, P.K. (2004). Modelling of Beams on a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Fill-Soft Soil System Subjected to Moving Loads. Geosynthetics International, Vol. 11, Issue 5, pp.369-376. DOI: 10.1680/gein.11.5.369.53138 2. Maheshwari, P., Basudhar P.K. and Chandra, S. (2004). Analysis of Beams on Reinforced Granular Beds. Geosynthetics International, Vol. 11, Issue 6, pp.470480. DOI: 10.1680/gein.11.6.470.54387. 3. Maheshwari, P., Chandra, S. and Basudhar, P.K. (2004). Response of Beams on a Tensionless Extensible Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Fill-Soft Soil system Subjected to Moving Loads. Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 31, Issue 7, pp. 537548. DOI:10.1016/j.compgeo.2004.07.005 4. Maheshwari, P., Basudhar P.K. and Chandra, S. (2005). The Effect of Prestressing Force and Interfacial Friction on the Settlement Characteristics of Beams on Reinforced Granular Beds. Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 35, Issue 3, pp. 283-298. 5. Maheshwari, P., Chandra, S. and Basudhar, P.K. (2005). Steady State Response of Beams on a Tensionless Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Fill-Soft Soil System Subjected to Moving Loads. Soils and Foundations, Vol. 45, Issue 5, pp. 11-18.

6. Maheshwari, P., Basudhar P.K. and Chandra, S. (2006). Modeling of Beams on Reinforced Granular Beds. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: An International Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 313-324. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-004-7548-z 7. Maheshwari, Priti and Madhav, M.R. (2006). Analysis of a Rigid Footing Lying on Three Layered Soil Using the Finite Difference Method. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: An International Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 4, pp. 851-869. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-7109-0 8. Maheshwari Priti, Basudhar P.K. & Chandra S., Modeling and Analysis of Infinite Beams on Extensible Geosynthetic-Reinforced Granular Fill-Soft Soil System Subjected to Moving Loads, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 152, Ground Modification and Seismic Mitigation, ASCE, pp. 259 - 266. (Geoshanghai, International Conference, Shanghai, China, June 6-8, 2006) Proceedings of Conferences and Symposia: 1. P.K.Basudhar, S.K.Mishra, Priti Maheshwari & S.K.Das, Flexural Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles under Liquefied Soil Conditions, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2002, Allahabad, December 20-22, 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 435-440. 2. Surendra Vippagunta, Priti Maheshwari & S. Chandra Modelling of Reinforced Granular Bed-Soft Clay with Granular Piles, Proceedings of Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering SAGE 2003, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, March 7-9, 2003, pp. 41-50. 3. S. Chandra, D.K.Singh, Priti Maheshwari & S.K.Das, Effect of Orientation of Reinforcement on Strength of Reinforced Soil, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-2003, Roorkee, Vol. 1, pp. 371-374. 4. Priti Maheshwari, P.K.Basudhar & S.Chandra, Effect of Depth of Placement of Reinforcement on Settlement Response of Reinforced Beds, Proceedings of National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering NSAGE 2004, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, pp. 351-354. 5. Priti Maheshwari, P.K.Basudhar & S.Chandra, Response of geosynthetic reinforced granular fill soft soil system subjected to uniform flexible load, Proceedings of International Conference on Soil-Structure Interaction, Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26-28, 2005, Vol. I, pp. 265-271. Conferences Attended and/or Presentations Delivered: Indian Geotechnical Conference-IGC 2002, Allahabad. Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering: SAGE-2003, Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T.Kanpur. Indian Geotechnical Conference-IGC 2003, Roorkee.

National Symposium on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (NSAGE2004), Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore.

References: Prof. Sarvesh Chandra Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur India. Address: FB 309, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Kanpur-208 016, India Telephone: 91-512-2597667 (O), 2598200 (R); Email: sarv@iitk.ac.in Prof. P. K. Basudhar Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur India. Address: FB 335, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Kanpur-208 016, India Telephone: 91-512-2597029 (O), 2598744 (R); Email: pkbd@iitk.ac.in Prof. M. N. Viladkar Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee India. Address: Room No.: 135 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Roorkee-247 667, India. Telephone: 91-1332-285452 (O), 285045 (R); Email: sumanfce@iitr.ernet.in Prof. P. M. Dixit Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur India. Address: FB 360, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Kanpur-208 016, India Telephone: 91-512-2597094 (O), 2598784 (R); Email: pmd@iitk.ac.in