Experience

• Teaching: 9 years and 7 months

Publications & Patents

Journal publications: SCI / SCIE / ESCI/ Scopus / Web of Science Indexed Journals:

• Krishnan, Jiji., Dileep, Ammu., Farzana, Rena., Faizal, Ruksana., & Siyad, Siyana. (2025). “Removal of Heavy Metal Contamination from Soil Using Vetiver Grass.” Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 545–562. https://doi.org/10.14525/JJCE.v19i4.03
• Krishnan, Jiji., Lekshmi, S. Gowri., Manu, S., Abhishek R. Raj & N. Devika (2025). Impact of Dry–Wet Cycles on Mechanical Properties and Surface Cracking of Biopolymer-Lime-Stabilised Clay. Indian Geotech Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-025-01375-4
• Krishnan, Jiji., N, N., M, R.R. et al. Assessing the Efficacy of Alkali-Activated Fly Ash in Enhancing Electrokinetic Consolidation of Clayey Soils. Indian Geotech J (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-025-01195-6 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan Jiji., Shukla S. Shake table testing of liquefaction mitigation efficiency on pile foundations in sand stabilised with colloidal silica. Nat Hazards 111, 2317–2341 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05139-0 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan Jiji., Yadav S L and Shukla Shruti. Experimental Investigations of a Pile in Stabilised Sand under Vertical and Lateral Loads. Arabian Journal of Geoscience 14, 1314 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07689-w (Springer publication)
• Krishnan Jiji., Sharma Prashansha and Shukla Shruti. Experimental investigations of the mechanical properties of sand stabilised with colloidal silica. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering (2021).https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-021-00616-9 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji. & Shukla, S. The utilization of colloidal silica grout in soil stabilization and liquefaction mitigation: A state of the art review. Geotechnical and Geological engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-020-01651-5 (Springer Publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji., Sharma, P., Shukla, S. et al. Cyclic Behaviour and Durability Analysis of Sand Grouted with Optimum Colloidal Silica Content. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering 45, 8129–8144 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04643-y (Springer Publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji., Shukla, S. The behaviour of soil stabilised with nanoparticles: an extensive review of the present status and its applications. Arabian Journal of Geoscience 12, 436 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4595-6 (Springer Publication)

Book Chapters: Scopus / Web of Science Indexed

• Krishnan, Jiji., Sreepriya, S., Jose, R., Sethulakshmy, B. (2025). Strength and Compressibility Characteristics of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Soil. In: Verma, A.K., et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management. ICGEID 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 475. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1757-6_28 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji., Nelson, S., Anil, A. (2024). A Comparative Study on Stability of Kootickal Slopes During 2021 Landslide by Means of GeoStudio and Plaxis 2D. In: Jose, B.T., Sahoo, D.K., Oommen, T., Muthukkumaran, K., Chandrakaran, S., Santhosh Kumar, T.G. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 6. IGC 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 484. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3393-4_29 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji., Shukla, S. (2022). Rheological Characteristics of Sand Stabilized with Colloidal Silica for Barrier Material and Liquefaction Mitigation. In: Adhikari, B.R., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Geohazard Mitigation. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 192. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6140-2_2 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji., Sharma, Prashansha., & Shukla, Shruti. Seismic Mitigation Liquefaction – An Extensive Study on New Concepts. In: Local Site Effects and Ground Failures. Editors: T. G. Sitharam, Ravi Jakka, L. Govindaraju. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9984-2_32 (Springer publication)
• Sharma, Prashansha., Krishnan, Jiji., & Shukla, Shruti. (2021). Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity of Colloidal Silica Stabilised Sand for the Improvement of Impervious Landfill Liners. In: Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, IGC-2019 Volume IV. Patel, S., Solanki, C.H., Reddy, K., Shukla, S.K. (Eds.) Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6564-3 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji., Juneja, A., Solanki, C.H. (2021). Determination of Shear Strength, Shear Viscosity and Liquidity Index Using Fall Cone Penetrometer. In: Patel, S., Solanki, C.H., Reddy, K.R., Shukla, S.K. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 136. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6444-8_4 (Springer publication)
• Sharma, Prashansha., Krishnan, Jiji., Shukla, Shruti. (2021). A Feasibility Study of Colloidal Silica as Stabilising Material for Passive Site Remediation. In: Singh R.M., Sudheer K.P., Kurian B. (eds) Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 83. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5644-9_24 (Springer publication)
• Krishnan, Jiji., Shukla, Shruti. (2020). Mechanical Behaviour of Sand Treated with Colloidal Silica. In: Latha Gali M., P. R.R. (eds) Geotechnical Characterization and Modelling. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 85. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_38 (Springer publication)

Other International or National Conferences

• Krishnan, Jiji., Gireesh, G., Sreedhar, G., Manju, M., and Nelson, S. (2024). Numerical Analysis for Mitigating Landslide-Induced Movements in Kootickal. International Conference on Novelties in Geotechnical Engineering 2024, organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty, in association with the Indian Geotechnical Society, Kochi Chapter, during 25–26 April 2024.
• Krishnan, Jiji., Sreepriya, S., Jose, R., & Sethulakshmy, B. (2024). Strength and Compressibility Characteristics of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Soil. 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Issues in Energy, Infrastructure and Disaster Management (ICGEID 2024), IIT Patna, 18–20 January 2024.
• Krishnan, Jiji., & Shukla, Shruti. (2021). Colloidal Silica Grouting and Bio Cementation: The Non-Traditional Methods for Soil Stabilisation. Two-Day Online International Conference on Advances in Construction Technology and Management (ACTM-2021), College of Engineering Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• Sharma, P., Krishnan, Jiji., & Shukla, S. (2019). Non-Disruptive Liquefaction Mitigation Using Colloidal Silica. Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering (ICGGE-2019), organised by MNNIT Allahabad, 1–2 March 2019.
• Krishnan, Jiji., & Shukla, S. (2018). Colloidal Silica Grout in Soil Improvement: An Extensive Review. 8th International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20–22 November 2018. ISBN: 978-4-909106001 C3051.
• Krishnan, Jiji., Shukla, S., & Verma, K. (2018). Effect of Nanoparticles on UCS and Compaction Properties of Soil. WCASET-2018, Goa.

Memberships

Teaching Interest

• Soil Mechanics
• Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
• Foundation Engineering
• Earth Retaining Structures
• Slope Stability Analysis
• Advanced Soil Mechanics & Constitutive Modeling
• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
• Ground Improvement Techniques
• Geotechnical Field Investigations & In-Situ Testing
• Advanced Foundation Engineering

Research Interest

• Foundation Engineering
• Slope Stability and Landslide Analysis
• Earth Retaining Structures
• Ground Improvement Techniques
• Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
• Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology
• Geosynthetics in Geotechnical Engineering
• Numerical and Constitutive Modelling of Soils
• Soil Mechanics and Characterisation
• Earth Pressure and Bearing Capacity Studies

Expertise (software/technology/machine)

• GeoStudio
• Plaxis 3D

Subjects handled

• Geotechnical engineering I
• Engineering mechanics
• Basic civil engineering
• Professional Communication
• Geotechnical Engineering II
• Geotechnical Investigation
• Professional Ethics
• Transportation Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering Lab

FDPs, Trainings/Certificate courses

• Four-week Faculty Development Program on Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory from IIT Bombay in July-August 2025.
• AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT PRACTICES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING at National Institute of Technology Goa from 09/12/2024 to 14/12/2024.
• International Conference on Novelties in Geotechnical Engineering 2024 organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty in association with the Indian Geotechnical Society, Kochi Chapter during 25th and 26th April, 2024.
• Recent Advances in Transportation Geotechnics (ReATraG'24) from 15/01/2024 to 20/01/2024, held at Department of Civil Engineering (Online), CET organised by the College of Engineering Trivandrum.
• FDP 2023 - Reshaping teaching learning process for the digital era. Jan 30th - Feb 3rd. Organised by the department of civil engineering CCET, Punnapra, Alappuzha.
• FDP - Civil Engineering Breakthroughs and Innovations. 08/11/2022 to 11/11/2022. Organised by the department of civil engineering CCET, Punnapra, Alappuzha.
• One day practical workshop on Advanced Triaxial Testing at Advance and Dynamic Testing Laboratory, IIT Bombay on Feb 1, 2020.
• 3rd Indo-Korea Joint Geotechnical Engineering Workshop on Geotechnical Issues for Urbanisation (Pre-conference workshop of IGC-2019) on Wednesday 18th December 2019.
• Faculty development program (AICTE ATAL) on Research methodology and technical writing in the department of applied mechanics at SVNIT, Surat during September 16th to 20th, 2019.
• 2nd Arvind Verma Memorial Lecture organized by IGS Surat chapter and sponsored by AIMIL Ltd. On 29th June, 2019 at SVNIT Surat.
• One day event on Inauguration of Surat IGS Student chapters and distinguished lecture organized by SVNIT Surat and IGS on 13th April 2019.
• One day Short term course on Fibre-reinforced soils and their applications (FRS-2018) organized by IGS Surat chapter in association with SVNIT Surat on 22nd September 2018.
• One day national seminar on Conceptual Soil Mechanics (CSM-2018) organized by SVNIT student chapter on 3rd February 2018.
• One day national seminar on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (AGE-2017) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter on 4th Nov 2017.
• Short term course on Practical Approach on soft computing held at 6-10 Nov 2017 at Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat.
• TEQIP-II sponsored finishing school cum workshop on Geotechnical Investigations, Interpretations & Improvements (GIII-2017) during 11th -13th Feb at Indian Institute Of Technology, Mumbai.
• Two days national seminar on Pile foundations-Advances in Design And Construction Practices organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 27th -28th May 2017.
• National seminar on Advanced Applications of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering Practice (AAGCE-2017) conducted by Indian Geotechnical Society Baroda chapter on 28-29 January 2017.
• TEQIP-II sponsored one week short term course on Geotechnical Aspects of Foundation Engineering (GAFE-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat during 17-21 October 2016.
• TEQIP-II sponsored STTP on Sophisticated Analytical Techniques in Surface Chemistry organized by department of Applied Chemistry, SVNIT, Surat during 19-23 Sep 2016.
• TEQIP-II sponsored two days training programme on Geotechnical Investigations, Interpretations & Improvements (GIII-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat and Indian Geotechnical Society, Surat chapter during 8-9 April 2016.
• TEQIP-II sponsored two days national seminar on Geotechnical Engineering-2016 (NSGE-2016) organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat during 20-21 Aug 2016.
• 2015 Young Geotechnical Engineers Symposium on Finite Element Methods (YGESFEM) during May 17-18 at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
• TEQIP-II sponsored finishing school cum workshop on Ground Improvement Techniques organized by Applied Mechanics Department, SVNIT, Surat during 11-12 Feb 2014.

Achievements

• Published 9 papers in SCI/SCIE/ESCI-indexed international journals, all as first/corresponding author.
• Authored 8 book chapters in Scopus, and Presented research at 6 international conferences.
• Served as the Co-coordinator for a national-level AICTE ATAL-sponsored Faculty Development Program (FDP)
• Served as a dedicated reviewer for several prestigious international journals, including Scientific Reports (Nature Journal, Q1), Discover Civil Engineering (Springer), Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design (Springer), Environmental Earth Sciences, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (Springer) and various conferences.
• Served as Jury Member for the IGS-AISAT Award competition for the best M.Tech Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering in Kerala state (2024).
• Session Chair, and Reviewer at the International Conference on Novelties in Geotechnical Engineering (ICNGE 2024).
• Spent 7 years at premier national-level institutions: 6 years at NIT Surat (M.Tech and PhD) and 1 year at IIT Bombay as an external student.
• Member, Selection Interview Panel in Civil Engineering at Carmel Polytechnic College, Alappuzha twice.
• Served as a Student Volunteer for the prestigious Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2019

Positions held

• Assistant Professor at GISAT and RIT Pampady
• Class advisor
• Head of the Department
• Faculty advisor of IGS CCET Student Chapter
• Consultancy Incharge - Geotechnical Engineering Lab

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