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Syam Nair
PhD (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Research Interest
Pavements and Materials Engineering
Office
FB-489,
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Education
PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, 2010
M.E., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, 2006
B.Tech, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India, 1997
Selected Publications
Syam Nair and Dallas Little, (2011). "Mechanisms of Distress Associated with Sulfate-Induced Heaving in Lime-Treated Soils", Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Volume 2212, p 82-90. [Received Best Paper Award].
Dallas Little, Syam Nair, and Bruce Herbert, (2010). "Addressing Sulfate-Induced Heave in Lime Treated Soils", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE Volume 136, Issue 1, p. 110-118.
Dallas Little and Syam Nair, (2009). "Validation of Sensitivity of Sulfate-Bearing Soils to Ettringite Growth by Differential Scanning Calorimetry." Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Volume 2104, p 63-70. [Nominated for K.B. Wood's best paper award].
Syam Nair and Dallas Little, (2009). "Water - The Key to Expansion of Ettringite in Cementitious Materials." Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Volume 2104, p 55-62.
Bruce Herbert, Dallas Little, Syam Nair, and Cris Markley, (2009). "Site-Specific Risk Assessmentof Sulfate Induced Heave in Lime-Stabilized Clay Soils." Contemporary Topics in GroundModification, Problem Soils, and and Geo-Support, 2009, (GSP 187) American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, p. 558-565.
Awards & Fellowships
Best Paper Award in soil mechanics section at Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. (2011)
Nominated for K. B. Wood's Best Paper Award in design and construction at Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. (2009)