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Prof. Venkaiah Chowdary

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Department of Civil Engineering

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Room No: Ground Floor, Transportation Division +91-870-2462143 vc@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 23
    • Book Chapter(s): 1
    • PhD: Current - 2  Awarded - 6

    24

    PUBLICATIONS

    8

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    1

    PROJECT

    Research Areas

    Asphalt pavement analysis, design and evaluation.
    Characterization of asphalt binders and mixtures.
    Quantification of roadway and railway traffic noise.
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2008
    Master of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2002
    Bachelor of Technology Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India 2000
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Pavement Analysis and Design(CE66005) 3-1-0 4 PG
    Railway Infrastructure Planning and Design(CE66042) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Airport Infrastructure Planning and Design(CE66024) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Airport Infrastructure Planning and Design(CE5611) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Railway Infrastructure Planning and Design(CE5668) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Pavement Analysis and Design(CE5653) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Influence of Evotherm on the thermal equilibrium time of unmodified and modified bituminous binders, By Tirumali, A.K., Arjun, P.V., Mubashirhussain, S., Vishnu, R., Chowdary, V., and Asif, K.A., Taylor and Francis, Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol.22(1), pp.13-22, 2024
    Development of performance-based blending charts for recycled binder blends, By Goud, E.H., Radhakrishnan, V., Chowdary, V., and Bharath, G., American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol.36(7), pp.04024184, 2024
    Acoustic performance evaluation of railway boundary walls using a computational fluid dynamics-based simulation approach, By Kumar, B.S., and Chowdary, V., Springer Link, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol., pp., 2024
    Use of artificial neural networks to assess train horn noise at a railway level crossing in India, By Kumar, B.S., and Chowdary, V., Springer Link, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol.195(3), pp.426, 2023
    Quantifying the degree of binder availability in recycled asphalt mix design using white and black rock mixes, By Raju, K.V.N.M., Radhakrishnan, V., and Chowdary, V., American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol.35(8), pp.04023237, 2023
    Influence of roughness and cross slope induced dynamic loads on flexible pavement responses, By Kakara, S., and Chowdary, V., Taylor and Francis, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, vol.24(1), pp.2241101, 2023
    Quantifying the influence of transmission path characteristics on urban railway noise, By Kumar, B.S., and Chowdary, V., Springer Link, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol.195(8), pp.996, 2023
    Field investigation of material layer properties for emulsion-treated base layer application in low-volume roads, By Andrews, J.K., Radhakrishnan, V., Koshy, R.Z., Chowdary, V., and Subhash, T.K., Taylor and Francis, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, vol.24(1), pp.2190117, 2023
    Performance evaluation of rejuvenated recycled asphalt blends at high and intermediate pavement temperatures, By Ansari, M.T., Khatri, K., Vishnu, R., and Chowdary, V., Taylor and Francis, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, vol.23(12), pp.4112-4124, 2022
    Using steady shear rate sweep protocol to determine zero shear viscosity of unaged and aged unmodified bituminous binders, By Mubashirhussain, S., and Chowdary, V., Canadian Science Publishing, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol.49(2), pp.233-241, 2022
    The viscoelastic and damage dissipation of hot mix and warm mix bituminous mixture under dry and saturated conditions, By Vishal, U., Padmarekha, A., Chowdary, V., and Krishnan, J.M., Springer Link, Materials and Structures, vol.55(3), pp.93, 2022
    Performance evaluation of bituminous mixtures containing aggregates fully replaced with recycled marble and granite aggregates, By Shahsamandy, A.S., Mubashirhussain, S., Kumar, T.S., and Chowdary, V., Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand, Suranaree Journal of Science and Technology, vol.29(2), pp.010108(1-10), 2022
    A probabilistic approach to identify the representative rut curve for a bituminous mixture specimen used in a dry wheel tracking test, By Mubashirhussain, S., and Chowdary, V., Canadian Science Publishing, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol.48(11), pp.1523-1533, 2021
    Effect of pavement roughness and transverse slope on the magnitude of wheel loads, By Kakara, S., and Chowdary, V., Springer Link, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol.45(5), pp.4405-4418, 2020
    Influence of moisture damage on fatigue of warm mix and hot mix asphalt mixture, By Vishal, U., Chowdary, V., Padmarekha, A., and Krishnan, J.M., American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol.32(9), pp.04020247, 2020
    Quantification of pass-by noise levels on urban roads: effect of engine propulsion and tire-road interaction, By Aditya, K., and Chowdary, V., World Scientific, Fluctuation and Noise Letters, vol.19(3), pp.2050030, 2020
    Influence of commercial vehicle characteristics on the magnitude of dynamic wheel loads over asphalt pavement profiles with different roughness, By Kakara, S., Chintada, C., and Chowdary, V., Springer Link, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, vol.101(4), pp.723-734, 2020
    Development of a methodology to measure the in-vehicle noise levels due to the tyre-pavement interaction, By Kamineni, A., and Chowdary, V., Springer Link, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, vol.101(2), pp.265-272, 2020
    Influence of honking on the road traffic noise generated at urban rotaries for heterogeneous traffic, By Aditya, K., and Chowdary, V., Sciendo, Environmental and Climate Technologies, vol.24(1), pp.23-42, 2020
    Influence of short-term ageing and long-term ageing on the thermal equilibrium time for two different viscosity grades of bitumen used for road construction, By Mubashirhussain, S., and Chowdary, V., City Net Scientific Research Center Ltd. Belgrade, Serbia, International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering, vol.9(2), pp.198-209, 2019
    Quantification of aging compounds in Evotherm-modified warm-mix asphalt binder using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, By Kumar, T.A., Sandeep, I.J.S., Nivitha, M.R., Chowdary, V., and Krishnan, J.M., Springer Link, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol.44(10), pp.8429-8437, 2019
    Modelling of noise pollution due to heterogeneous highway traffic in India, By Kamineni, A., Duda, S.K., Chowdary, V., and Prasad, C.S.R.K., Sciendo, Transport and Telecommunication, vol.20(1), pp.22-39, 2019
    Establishing a correlation between absolute viscosity and apparent viscosity for a viscosity grade unmodified bitumen used for road construction in India, By Mubashirhussain, S., and Chowdary, V., City Net Scientific Research Center Ltd. Belgrade, Serbia, International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering, vol.9(1), pp.8-21, 2019
    Book Chapter(s)
    Railway Noise Pollution in Urban Environments: Sources, Effects, and Control strategies (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8100-3_2) By Boddu Sudhir Kumar, and Venkaiah Chowdary in Handbook of Vibroacoustics, Noise and Harshness, Springer Link, Handbook, 2025
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Effect of Aging on the Mechanical Response of Asphalt Binders
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology
    Project Cost (INR): 1795000
    Date of Commencement: 20-05-2013   Date of Completion: 08-07-2016
    Duration: 38 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Gundapaneni Deepchand
    Area of Research: Performance evaluation of polymer-modified bituminous binders and mixtures
    Vanguri Premrajkumar
    Area of Research: Characterization of Healing of Asphalt Binders and Mixtures
    Previous PhD Students
    Sudhir Kumar Boddu (2024)
    Area of Research: Assessment of rail transport noise perceived by trackside dwellers
    T. Arjun Kumar (2023)
    Area of Research: Influence of chemical warm mix additive on the performance of bituminous binders and bituminous mixtures containing waste plastic coated coarse aggregates
    Kakara Srikanth (2022)
    Area of Research: Influence of roughness induced dynamic loads on fatigue and rutting damages in flexible pavement
    Utsav Vishal (2021)
    Area of Research: Influence of moisture damage and hydrated lime on the fatigue life of hot mix asphalt and warm mix asphalt
    Syed Mubashir Hussain (2020)
    Area of Research: Rheological studies on identification of new rutting parameters for unmodified bitumen
    Kamineni Aditya (2020)
    Area of Research: Assessment of the effects of vehicular speeds on noise levels generated from vehicles as perceived by commuters and road users
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2023
    Certificate of Appreciation
    2021
    K.F. Antia Memorial Prize
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Dean, Academic (Continuing from July, 2025)
    •  Faculty In-Charge of “Pavement Engineering Laboratories”, Department of Civil Engineering (Continuing from July, 2024)
    •  Professor In-Charge, Infrastructure (March, 2024 - September, 2024)
    •  Associate Dean, Admissions (January, 2023 - March, 2024)
    •  Vice Chairman (Admissions) (February, 2021 - January, 2023)
    •  Secretary, Students’ Co-operative Stores (April, 2018 - May, 2020)
    •  Head of Transportation Division, Department of Civil Engineering (April, 2018 - July, 2022)
    •  Faculty In-Charge of “Transportation Engineering Laboratory”, Department of Civil Engineering (July, 2012 - July, 2018)
    •  Warden, Azad Hall and Rajendra Prasad Hall (July, 2009 - June, 2010)
    •  Warden, Ambedkar Hall and Babha Hall (July, 2008 - June, 2009)
     Last updated on July 1, 2025