1. Finite Element Method 2. Finite Difference Method 3. Boundary Element Method 4. Constitutive Models 5. Slope stability 6. Soil-fluid interaction 7. Soil-structure problem 8. Reliability based solution 9. Seepage and consolidation 10. Risk analysis 11. Stochastic Modeling 12. Geoenvironmental Modeling 13. Computational Intelligence 14. BIG data in geotechnical engineering 15. Dynamic behaviour of geo-structure 16. Optimization techniques 17. Limit state analysis 18. Mess Free Method
Dr. Pijush Samui is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Civil Engineering, at NIT Patna, India, and an Adjunct Professor at Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He received his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 2008. His research interests include geohazards; earthquake geotechnical engineering; concrete technology, pile foundation and slope stability and application of AI in civil engineering. He has published more than 21 books, 32 book chapters and over 200 research papers in high impact factor journals as well as 30 conference proceedings.
Sunita Kumari is an Associate Professor in the civil engineering department at NIT Patna, India. Her research interests include soil mechanics, liquefaction, and numerical modeling. She is also a member of the Indian Geotechnical Society, has presented at many international conferences, and published in international academic journals.
Vladimir Makarov is a Professor, and head of the laboratory of Geomechanics of Highly Compressed Rock & Rock Mass at Far-Eastern Federal University, Vladivostock, Russia. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (Beijing). His research is currently focused on stress state determination.
Pradeep Kurup is a Distinguished University Professor and Department Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Francis College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA. His research interests include multi-sensor data fusion, site characterization and monitoring, finite element modeling, and soil-structure interaction.