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Prof. M Heera Lal

PhD (National Institute of Technology Warangal)

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No:   +91-870-246
mhl@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures 

 Geo-environmental Engineering 

 Geopolymer Technology 

 Ground Improvement 

 Machine Learning Applications in Geotechnical Engineering 

 Pavement Geotechniques 

 Sensor Monitoring Technologies & Soil-Structure Interaction 

 Sustainable Construction Materials 

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  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Building Technology(CE445)
  • Geotechnical Exploration and Instrumentation(CE56005)
  • Earth Retaining Structures(CE57022)
  • Geotechnical Exploration and Instrumentation(CE5402)
  • Earth Retaining Structures(CE5461)
  • Computation Laboratory for Geotechnical Engineers(CE5405)
  • Experimental Geotechniques Lab(CE5404)


  • Strength Characteristics of Geopolymer Synthetic Sand Using Fly Ash, By Sudam Pupalwad Arti, M. Heeralal, and Kadali Srinivas, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol.35, pp., 2023
  • Resilient and permanent deformation behaviour of clayey subgrade soil subjected to repeated load triaxial tests, By Noolu Venkatesh, Mudavath Heeralal & Rakesh J. Pillai, Taylor& Francis Online, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, vol.24, pp.1414-1429, 2018
  • Resilient modulus of clayey subgrade soils treated with calcium carbide residue, By Venkatesh Noolu, HeeraLal M & Rakesh J. Pillai, Taylor& Francis Online, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, vol.15, pp.288-297, 2018
  • A study on engineering properties of black cotton soil mixed with ground granulated blast furnace slag and embedded with polypropylene fibres, By Heeralal, M, Venkatesh, N., Pillai, R. J. & Praveen G V., Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Indian Journal of Public Research and development, vol., pp., 2021
  • Mechanical Strength and Stiffness behavior of Class-F Pond ash, By Sudhakar, M., Heeralal, M., & Kumar, G. K, Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences, Institute of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences, vol.14, pp.264-282, 2019
  • Feasibility Study on Use of RAP Based Aggregates in Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC), By Yeswanth Paluri, Sudhakar Mogili, Heeralal Mudavath, and Rathish Kumar P, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol.38, pp.2537-2540, 2021
  • Numerical assessment of rainfall-induced slope failure, By Kavin kumar C, Heeralal M, Rakesh J Pillai, Institute of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences, Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences, vol.15, pp., 2020
  • Effect of chemical stabilization on index and engineering properties of a remoulded expansive soil, By E. Ramanjaneya Raju, B. R. Phanikumar, M. Heeralal, Geological Society of London, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, vol.54, pp., 2021
  • Review of methods for predicting soil volume change induced by shrinkage, By Sharanya, A. G., Heeralal M., & Thyagaraj T, Springer, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions , vol.6, pp., 2021
  • Carbon footprint analysis of coal gangue in geotechnical engineering applications, By • Ashfaq, M., Lal, M. H., Moghal, A. A. B., & Murthy, V. R., Springer, . Indian Geotechnical Journal, vol.50, pp.646–654, 2020

Sustainability assessment of Coal Gangue as an alternative construction material

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Telangana State Council of Science & Technology (TSCOST)
  • Duration 12 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 400000
  • Status Completed


A G Sharanya

  • Area of Research: Clay Soil Stabilized with Calcium Based Inorganic Additives

Arthi Sudam Pupalwad

  • Area of Research: Behaviour of Artificial Sand using Flyash based Geopolymer

Kadaru Ramesh

  • Area of Research: Geopolymer Soil Stabilization

K Manjula

  • Area of Research: Reuse of Brick waste in Geo-polymer soil stabilization

Ramanjaneya Raju

  • Area of Research: Engineering Behavior of Chemically Stabilized Expansive Soil

Ramesh Babu M

  • Area of Research: Thermal Conductivity of Geo Materials
  • Best Researcher Award
  • Best Teachers Award
  • SARVEJANA SUKHINO BHAVANTHU
  • Professor-In-Charge, Nodal Officer, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (Continuing from July, 2023)