1. Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2018). Effect of Successive Impact Loading on Compactability, Microstructure and Compressibility Behaviour of Micaceous Sand, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Springer, 5(2), pp. 114-128.

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2. Sachan, A., Seethalakshmi, P. and Mishra, M.C. (2019). Effect of crushing on stress-strain and pore pressure behavior of micaceous Kutch soil under monotonic compression and repeated loading-unloading conditions, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer, 37(6), pp. 5269-5283.

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   Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2020). Effect of microstructure on Stress–Strain and Pore Pressure Response of Sabarmati Sand under the influence of mica, Geomechanics and GeoEngineering, Taylor & Francis, 15(2), pp.123-139.

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   Sadhwani, B., Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2020). Use of Commercially Available Bentonite Clay for Treatment of Micaceous Sand, Journal of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering (JGTTE), 6(1), pp. 1-9.

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   Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2021). Effect of mica content on pore pressure and stress-strain response of micaceous sand using energy dissipation and different failure Mechanisms, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 15(6), pp. 651-666. 

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   Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2022). Dynamic behavior of micaceous sand with varying mica content and its association with compactability, compressibility and monotonic shear response, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 16(1), pp. 16-32.

1. *Dixit, D., Seethalakshmi, P. and Ghoroi, C. (2016). Improving water sorption capacity of Gujarat clay, International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology [MPT-2016], TATA Consultancy Services, January 5-7, 2016, Pune, India.

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   *Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2016). Crushing Effect of Mica Particles on Mechanical Behavior of Micaceous Sand at Macro and Micro Level, International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues, September 23-24, 2016, Mumbai, India.

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   *Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2017). Stress-Strain and Pore Pressure Behavior of Micaceous Sand in comparison with Pure Sand under K₀ Conditions, The 15^th International conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, October 19-23, 2017, Wuhan, China.

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   *Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2018). Effect of mica content on Compactability and Compressibility behavior of micaceous sand, International Conference on Modeling in Mechanics and Materials (CMMM 2018), March 23-25, 2018, San Francisco, USA.

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   Seethalakshmi, P., Chhajer. S. and Sachan, A. (2018). Effect of Drainage and Loading Conditions on Volumetric Response and Stress-strain Behavior of Micaceous Sand, In Proc., 4^th GeoShanghai International Conference: Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, May 27-30, 2018, Shanghai, China, Vol. 1, pp. 565-573.

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   *Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2019). A Comparative Study on Shear Behavior of Pure Sand and Micaceous Sand under Undrained Monotonic and Dynamic Loading Conditions, International Symposium by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) - 2019, March 5-7, 2019, Gandhinagar, India.

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   Seethalakshmi, P., Dey, R. and *Juneja, A. (2021). A Numerical Study on the Behaviour of Disconnected Composite Piled Raft, Composite Piled Raft and Unpiled Raft under Axial Load, International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo, May 10-14, 2021, Dellas, Texas, USA.

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   *Seethalakshmi, P. and Anjali, S. (2021). Performance Analysis of Disconnected Piled Raft System in Soft Clay under Static Load, 7th International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE'22), April 10-12, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.

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   Yashwanth Naidu, Y. and Seethalakshmi, P. (2022). Numerical Study on Behavior of Unreinforced and Reinforced Disconnected Piled Raft Foundation, DFI-India 2022: 11th Annual Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, September 15-17, 2022, India.

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    Seethalakshmi, P. and Sachan, A. (2017). Effect of Anisotropy on Stress-Strain and Pore Pressure Response of Micaceous Sand under Undrained Compression Loading Conditions, Indian Geotechnical Conference on Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies (GeoNEst), December14-16, 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.

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    *Anjali, S. and Seethalakshmi, P. (2021). Experimental and Numerical Studies on Usage of Soil-Bentonite Mixture as Clay Liner in Engineered Landfill, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2021 – GEO technics for Infrastructure development and Innovative Applications (GEO-INDIA), December 16-18, 2021, NIT Trichy, India.

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    Anjali, S. and Seethalakshmi, P. (2023). “Effect of impact loading on the crushability behavior of micaceous sand”, Ninth Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (9IYGEC 2023), March 21-22, 2023, Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, India.

Experimental Research

• Compactability, compressibility, Shear strength and Dynamic behavior of problematic soils (Soft marine clay, Micaceous sand)
• Advanced Tri-axial testing on effect of stress induced anisotropy of soils – Stress path and K₀ consolidation
• Dynamic behavior, Liquefaction susceptibility and cyclic instability of soils
• Characterization of Geometric arrangements and Interparticle Interactions in Granular Materials subjected to Particle Breakage
• Microscopic analysis of soils in terms of X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Particle level analysis and X-ray Computed Tomography
• Influence of Salinity Ingression on saturated and unsaturated shear behaviour of soft marine clay under different degree of saturation
• Unsaturated Shear behaviour of problematic soils

Numerical Modeling Research

• 3D FEM analysis on performance of Unreinforced and Reinforced disconnected piled raft foundations with cushion under vertical and lateral loads
• Performance of Back-to-Back Retaining wall as well as Multi-tiered Retaining wall under different loading conditions
• Performance of Twin Tunneling in Soft Soils

·         Assistant Professor                                                                         (Feb 2020 – Present)
National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

·         Post-Doctoral Fellow                                                                   (Nov 2019 – Feb 2020)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

·         Assistant Professor                                                                       (Sep 2018 – Jun 2019)

Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

·         Half-Time Teaching and Research Assistantship                      (Jul 2013  ̶  Oct 2018)

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

• Best paper award-second prize in International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues (2016), held at Bombay, India

• Foreign Travel Grant from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for attending GeoShanghai International Conference (2018), held at Shanghai, China

• DST-SERB Core Research Grant for the Project titled "Influence of Bentonite and Biopolymer as Stabilizers on Micro-Mechanical Performance of Pre-crushed Micaceous Sand at Different Degree of Mica Particle Breakage under Varying Cyclic Loading Conditions" for a period of 3 years (Rs. 15,72,076/-) as a sole Principal Investigator.

• Faculty Research Grant (FRG) of Rs. 5,00,000/- on the title “Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Influence of particle breakage and its improvement by bentonite stabilization on design and stability analysis of Earthen Retaining walls and Slopes under static and moving loading conditions” from 2022-2024

M.Tech Students:

1. Talari Pakkirappa - Stability Analysis of Conventional and Geogrid Reinforced Retaining Wall Using Limit Equilibrium Approach - A Parametric Case Study - (Completed 2021)

2. Safna Shaju - A Numerical Case Study on Performance Evaluation of Embankment on Soft Soil with and without Geosynthetic Reinforcement - (Completed 2021)

Ph.D Students:

1. Anjali S - Performance studies of Natural and Stabilized Micaceous sand under Dynamic testing Simulating Traffic and Earthquake loading - (From January 2021, Ongoing)