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CURRICULUM VITAE

THYAGARAJ. T
Research Student,
G-50, Students Hostel,
Indian Institute of Science, Phone: (080) 3092620, 3092815
Bangalore - 560 012 Email: ttraj@civil.iisc.ernet.in
Karnataka, India. thyagarajt@rediffmail.com
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PERSONAL DETAILS:

Name : T. THYAGARAJ

Date of Birth : 23rd July, 1974

Place of Birth : Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh

Sex : Male

Marital Status : Single

Languages Known : English, Telugu and Hindi

Passport No. : B 2948755

Country Code : IND

Permanent Address : S/o. T. Purushotham
Post : Padgal, Mandal : Vailpur
District : Nizamabad - 503 311
Andhra Pradesh
Phone no. (08463) 74161

OBJECTIVE

To be involved with a dynamic company in its pursuit for excellence in the broad area of Civil Engineering and in doing so to make a positive impact on society.

EDUCATION

Name of the
Degree/ Diploma University/ Institute Month & Year of Passing Percentage of Marks obtained Major Subjects
S.S.C. Board of Secondary Education, A.P. March, 1990 63.7 Mathematics,
Physics,
Chemistry
Diploma in Civil Engineering State Board of Technical Education and Training. Hyderabad. A.P. September, 1995 83.7
(First Rank) Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Osmania University,
Hyderabad, A.P. December, 1998 78.3
(University 5th Rank) Civil Engineering
Master of Science (Engineering) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Karnataka July, 2001 6.8/8.0 (CGPA) Geotechnical Engineering

PROJECTS:

Master of Science ( Engg.) Thesis
Studies on improving the efficiency of lime piles for stabilizing the black cotton soil:
Expansive black cotton soils occur in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Montmorillonite is the predominant clay mineral present in black cotton soils. The large surface area and strong affinity of the montmorillonite surface for water molecules impart a strong swelling tendency to the black cotton soils. These soils experience large moisture related volume changes during dry and wet seasons. Thus high swell-shrink potential of expansive soils make them poor foundation soils and earth construction materials. Modification of black cotton soils by lime is a common method for stabilizing the swell-shrink tendency of expansive soils. Earlier studies on stabilization of expansive soils using lime pile technique has shown that this method only promotes short term lime modification reaction and is unable to promote long term pozzolanic reaction. Such a situation arises due to low solubility of the lime in water and impervious nature of black cotton soil.
This study hence aims to chemically stabilize black cotton soil by attempting the following
a) Improve the solubility of the lime in lime pile by varying the pH of the water.
b) In-situ precipitation of lime in soil by consecutive permeation of CaCl2 solution and NaOH solution.
c) Stabilize black cotton soil with trivalent salt solutions such as AlCl3 and FeCl3 using the column method.
d) Treatment of black cotton soil with lime slurry in desiccated condition. In desiccated condition shrinkage cracks would help in permeation /migration of lime slurry.
B.E. (Civil) Dissertation Project:
Planning, Analysis and Design of Multistoried Residential Building

Diploma in Civil Engineering Dissertation Project:
Layout of a Colony

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Languages : Fortran 77 and Pascal
Packages : MS Word, MS Excel, Coplot

REFERENCES:

1) Prof. Sudhakar M Rao
Associate Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
Email: msrao@civil.iisc.ernet.in

2) Prof. N. S. Pandian
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
Phone: (080) 309 2633/2672
Email: nspa@civil.iisc.ernet.in