Research and Consultancy

Research Areas

• Structural Engineering: Research in structural engineering encompasses material characterization, microstructure analysis, and the exploration of sustainable construction materials. Topics include low energy binders, fly ash-based geopolymers, magnesium cement, limestone calcined clay cement, high volume fly ash concrete, self-compacting concretes, concrete admixtures, non-destructive testing, life cycle assessment, and the durability of concrete.

• Geotechnical Engineering: Sustainable amelioration of problematic soils using industrial by-products. Environmental geotechnics addresses issues in inland aquaculture ponds. The assessment of variability and spatial heterogeneity associated with geotechnical design parameters is a key aspect. Additionally, there is ongoing research in the development of sustainable clay liners using industrial by-products.

• Environmental Engineering: Treatment of water and wastewater systems focusing on the emerging contaminants like micro and nano plastics, carcinogenic compounds, etc. The problem of the current world is handling and managing waste produced. Hence, this research domain primarily focuses on different aspects of waste management, including solid waste, industrial and municipal waste, etc., and converting them into useful products that will help in waste reduction. This domain also focuses on the principle of waste the energy concept, wherein different wastes will be converted into sustainable products that are energy efficient.

• Transportation Engineering: Materials, management, and design aspects, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and cost-effectiveness.

• Multidisciplinary Engineering: Remote sensing, digital image processing, machine learning, soft computing, hazard and risk studies. Geographic information systems (GIS) are applied in areas such as inland aquaculture, urban planning, land use management, and urban growth modeling.

Centres of Excellences

Name of the Centre	Name of the Coordinator	Name of the Co-Coordinator
Centre for Research in Geotechnical Engineering and Transportation Engineering	Dr. B. R. Phani Kumar	Dr. A. C. S. V. Prasad
Centre for Clean and Sustainable Environment	Dr. T. Vamsi Nagaraju	Dr. G. Sri Bala
Centre for Sustainable Inland Aquaculture	Dr. T. Vamsi Nagaraju	Dr. G. Sri Bala
Geospatial Information Centre (GIC)	Dr. Venu Reddy	Dr. T. Rambabu, Mr. N. Siva Kishan
Water and Environment Technology Research Centre (WET)	Dr. Venu Reddy	Dr. P. Raghuram, Dr. G. Sri Bala
Kolleru Lake Information Centre (KLIC)	Dr. Venu Reddy	Dr. P. Raghuram, Mr. S. Srikanth Reddy

Projects

Title of the Project	Name of Coordinator	Funding Agency	Cost in Lakhs	Status
Science Technology and Innovation Driven Inland Aquaculture Hub for Bhimavaram Suburbs	Dr. Harish Kumar Varma, Dr. T Vamsi Nagaraju, Dr. T Rambabu, Dr. K Chalapthi Raju, Dr. Ch Rama Badhri Raju	SEED Division, Department of Science and Technology	96	Ongoing
EU-India Collaborative Project-SPRING: Strategic Planning For Water Resources And Implementation Of Novel Biotechnical Treatment Solutions And Good Practices	Dr. P.A.R.K. Raju	Department of biotechnology	146	Ongoing
Renewable Energy Park	Dr. P.A.R.K. Raju, Dr. MVGS Sharma, Dr. B. Janardhana Reddy	Ministry of Non - Conventional Energy Sources	1.5	Completed
Integrated Geo- Environmental evolution for sustainable development on watershed basis using remote sensing, GIS and Conventional data sets.	Dr. P.A.R.K. Raju Dr. K.R.K. Raju, Dr. A. Subrahmanyam Raju	NRDMS Division, DST, New Delhi.	20.45	Completed
Collaborative research program on Kolleru lake and Upputeru estuary rehabilitation study	Dr. P.A.R.K. Raju	WAGENENGIN UR, Netherlands	15	Completed
Evaluation of land and water management systems of Kolleru lake and its adverse effects on fragile coastal geo-environment using spatial information techniques	Dr. P.A.R.K.Raju Dr. K.R.K. Raju Dr. A. Subrahmanyam Raju	SERC Division, DST, New Delhi	9.52	Completed
Application of probiotics in treating drinking water	Dr. P.A.R.K.Raju	Mission Cell : Solar energy and Water, DST New Delhi	33.57	Completed
Spatial Data base Generation on Lithology, Structure, Geomorphology of Northern part of Kolleru - Upputeru catchment using Remote sensing and GIS techniques. Satellite Data Bathymetry	Dr.P .A.R.K.Raju, Dr. A.Subrahmanyam Raju	NRDMS Division, DST, New Delhi, NRSC,Hyderabad IICT, Hyderabad	31.39, 110.0 70.0	Completed
Impact of aquaculture on soils and groundwater quality in parts of the coastal tracts of Godavari central delta	Dr.P .A.R.K.Raju Dr.A.Subrahmanyam Raju	Mission Cell : Solar energy and Water, DST New Delhi	29.93	Completed
Ground truth verification of AP State land use land cover and ported to Bhuvan's Portal directly through mobile application	Dr. PARK Raju	NRSC-ISRO, Hyderabad	2.70	Completed
Assessment of the quality of drinking water sources of Godavari western delta, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India.	Dr.M.Jagapathi Raju and Dr.P .A.R.K.Raju	Technology Mission Cell : Solar energy and Water, DST New Delhi	35.438	Completed
Mobile based asset mapping for Panchayats / Equivalent Bodies of East Godavari District on GIS Platform	Dr.PARK Raju	NRSC-ISRO, Hyderabad	21.38	Completed
Mobile based asset mapping for Panchayats / Equivalent Bodies of West Godavari District on GIS Platform	Dr.PARK Raju & Dr.YSSR Murthy	NRSC-ISRO, Hyderabad	18.18	Completed

Consultancy

• The department of civil engineering offers consultancy services to various organizations like ONGC, Railways, Bhimavaram municipality, and various state and central government organizations.

			Amount Earned (Rs.)
Year	Strength of Materials Lab	Soil Mechanics Lab	Highways Lab and Bhimavaram Municipality	Surveying	WET Centre	Total
2024-2025	2,49,150	7,36,909	2,76,000	–	20,000	12,82,059
2023-2024	3,81,098	11,03,256	17,82,353	11,800	70,977	33,49,484
2022-2023	3,78,908	31,63,124	3,01,762	–	56,868	39,00,662