Dr. Shantanu Patra

Professional Summary

Academic Research Experience

Associate Professor (Oct 2022 onwards), IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Arugul, Odisha
Assistant Professor (June 2017-Oct 2022), IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Arugul, Odisha
Assistant Professor (December 2016- June 2017), IIT Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Assistant Professor (September 2014 – December 2016), NIT Rourkela, Odisha
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Feburary 2013-September 2014), University of Dundee, UK
Project Associate (August 2012-February 2013), IIT Delhi, New Delhi

Pre-Phd Industrial Experience

Assistant Engineer (December 2007-February 2008), West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited, West Bengal
Engineer Trainee (August 2007-December 2007), Indo-Canadian Consultancy Ltd., Noida

Publications

1Prakash, B., Tiwari, A. K., Dash, S. R., & Patra, S. (2024). “Structural evaluation and performance based optimization of approach slab design for mitigating bridge approach settlement through an Indian case study”. In Structures (Vol. 60, p. 105864). Elsevier. Impact factor 4.1
2Chamling, P. K., Patra, S., Haldar, S., & Rai, M. K. (2023). Closure to “discussion of ‘Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-Treated Granular Steel Slag as Subballast Layer”. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering35(11), 07023013-1-3. (ASCE), Impact factor 4.1, https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-16305
3Chamling, P.K., Patra, S. and Haldar, S., Rai, M. K. (2022). “Comprehensive Study on Mechanical and Environmental Characteristics of Cement-treated Granular Steel Slag as Sub-ballast layer”, Journal of materials in Civil Engineering, 34 (10), 2022, 04022238-1-17. ASCE, Impact factor 4.1
4Sharif, Y. U., Brown, M.J., Kumar, P.V., Patra, S. and Haldar, S. (2021). “Using DEM hindcasting to determine screw pile performance for practical design” Geotechnique Letters, 11 (4), 333-339. ICE, Impact factor 2.6, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.21.00071
5Patra, S. and Shahu, J.T. (2018). “A Nonlinear Analysis for GRS Walls conceiving Kinematics of Failure against Pullout.” Lowland Technology International (LTI), 20(3), 259-272 International Association of Lowland Technology (IALT), Japan
6Patra, S., and Shahu, J. T. (2018). “Soil Reinforcement under Oblique Pull – An Updated Discretization.” SEAGS, Geotechnical Engineering, 49 (1), 65-72.
7Chatterjee, U., Patra, S., Butola, B. S. and Joshi, M. (2017). “A systematic approach on service life prediction of a model aerostat coating.” Polymer testing, 60, 18-29.
8Patra, S. and Shahu, J.T. (2015). “A generalized model for behavior of extensible reinforcement resting on nonlinear Pasternak subgrade subjected to oblique pull.” ICE, Geotechnique, 65(9), 770-779.
9Patra, S., and Shahu, J. T. (2012). “Pasternak model for oblique pullout of inextensible reinforcement.” ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(12), 1503-1513.
10Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2015). “Analysis of reinforced soil wall considering oblique pullout of reinforcement resting on two-parameter Pasternak subgrade.” Geotechnical Special Publication, ASCE, GSP 256, 1464-1472
1Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2020). “Pseudostatic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall based on Pasternak model.” Indian Geotechnical Journal, 50, 252–260. Springer
2Chamling, P. K., Rai, M. K., Haldar, S. & Patra, S. (2020). “Physico-Chemical and Mechanical Characterization of Steel Slag as Railway Ballast.” Indian Geotechnical Journal, 50, 267–275. Springer
3Patra, S., and Shahu, J. T. (2018). “A Mechanistic Pullout Model for GRS Walls under Kinematic Consideration.” Springer, Indian Geotechnical Journal, 48 (3), 529–540
1Kumar, P.V.P., Patra, S., and Haldar, S. (2019). “Behaviour of screw pile under axial compressive and lateral loading in sand for offshore energy foundations.” International Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG) 2019, Dec 05-06, 2019, Bhubaneswar
2Kumar, P.V.P., Patra, S., Haldar, S. (2019). “Forensic investigation of laterally loaded screw pile using finite element analysis.” 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (16th ARC), October 14-18, Taipei, Taiwan.
3Chamling, P. K., Rai, M. K., Haldar, S. & Patra, S. (2019). “Non-destructive strength and stiffness evaluation of cement stabilized steel slag.” International Conference on Recent Development in Sustainable Infrastructures (Materials & Management)-2019, 11-13 July, Bhubaneswar
4Kumar, P. V. P., Patra, S., and Haldar, S. (2019). “A critical review on design aspects of screw piles for renewable energy devices”. Proceedings of the 1st International Screw Pile Symposium on Screw Piles for Energy Applications (ISSPEA 2019), Dundee, Scotland, 27-28 May, 59-66.
5Kumar, P.V.P., Patra, S. and Patel, V. (2016). “Numerical investigation of a full scale reinforced soil wall – a case study.” 5th International Conference on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, December 8-10, 2016, Bengaluru.
6Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2016). “Stability Analysis of Reinforced Soil Wall under Seismic Loads: A novel Approach.” Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2016), Aug 11-12, 2016, Noida, India, GE 109.
7Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J.Z., Aldaikh, H., Patra, Shantanu, O’Loughlin, C.D., Chow, S., Gaudin, C. and Lieng, J.T. (2015). “A review of anchor technology for floating renewable energy devices and key design considerations.” 3rd International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG), 10-12 June, 2015, Oslo, Norway, page 887-892. SCOPUS Indexed
8Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2014). “An updated discretization technique to evaluate oblique pullout capacity of inextensible reinforcement.” International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure (ICSCI), October 17-18, 2014, Hyderabad, India, page 490-496.
9Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2014). “A new analysis of reinforced soil wall resting on soft ground.” 9th International Symposium on Lowland Technology (ISLT 2014), September 29-October 1, 2014, Saga, Japan, page 348-352.
10Patra, S., Knappett, J.A., Brown, M.J.Z, and Aldaikh, H. (2014). “Development of a scalable actuator control system for use in a geotechnical centrifuge.” International conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering, July 21-22, 2014, Durham, UK, page 183-190.
11Knappett J.A., Brown M.J.Z, Aldaikh H., and Patra S. (2014). “Evaluation of monotonic ultimate pull-out capacity of plate anchors in sand.” International conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering, July 21-22, 2014, Durham, UK, page 291-297.
1Patel, V., Patra, S. and Kumar, P.V.P. (2016). “Limit analysis of full scale MSE wall- a comparative study.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 15-17, 2016, Chennai.
2Patra S. and Shahu, J. T. (2015). “Effect of nonlinear subgrade response factor on oblique pullout capacity.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 17-19, 2015, IGC Pune.
3Mahajan, S. and Patra S. (2015). “Stability of reinforced soil wall-a numerical approach.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 17-19, 2015, IGC Pune.
4Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2012). “Effect of reinforcement Stiffness on the Oblique Pullout Behavior of Reinforced Soil.” Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 13-15, 2012, New Delhi (Paper No. F-636.), page 747-750.
5Patra, S. and Shahu, J. T. (2011). “Effect of subgrade shear stiffness on oblique pullout behavior of reinforced soil.” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 15-17, 2011, Kochi (Paper No. N-292.), page 935-938.
Haldar, S., Patra S. and Ghanekar R. (Ed.) (2020).  “Advances in Offshore Geotechnics”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Proceedings of the First Indian Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG) 2019, Symposium, Pub. Springer.10.1007/978-981-15-6832-9
Haldar, S., Patra S. and Ghanekar R. (Ed.) (2020).  “Advances in Offshore Geotechnics”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Proceedings of the First Indian Symposium on Offshore Geotechnics (ISOG) 2019, Symposium, Pub. Springer.10.1007/978-981-15-6832-9