Full Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Southern Illinois Univ. @ Carbondale
Degrees:
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, major emphasis in Geotechnical Engrg, University of Missouri at Rolla, 1984.
Master of Engineering (Civil), Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engrg, Univ. of Roorkee, India, 1969
B.Sc., Civil Engineering (Honors), Panjabi University, Patiala, India, 1966
B.Sc., Panjabi University, Chandigarh, India, 1962
Number of years service on this faculty:
Ten years
Appointed Assistant Professor Fall, 1986
Promoted to Associate Professor effective Fall 1991.
Other related experience--teaching, industrial, etc. (responsibility, location, dates):
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York, August 1983-August 1986.
Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Missouri-Rolla, Sept. 1979-July 1983.
Senior Scientist (Reader), Soil Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering Department, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 1978-1979.
Lecturer, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake Engrg Dept, Univ. of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 1973-1978.
Lecturer, Civil Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technological
Institute, Kanpur, India, 1969-1973.
Consulting, Patents, etc.:
Consulting in geotechnical engineering.
Principal publications of last five years:
Chapter in Book: Machine Foundation: Analysis and Design, Vijay K. Puri, and S. Prakash, in Geotechnical Engineering, Emerging Trends in Design and Practice, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, Pvt. Ltd., 1994.
Research Publications: Journal Publications
Yeo, Byung Chul, Sin, Bang Woong, Das, Braja M., and Puri, Vijay K., 1994, "Allowable bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation on Geogrid Reinforced Sand", Korean Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 14, No. 2, March, pp. 335-342
Das, R. N., Yen, S. C., Das, Braja M., Puri, Vijay K., and Wright, Maurice A., 1994, "Tensile Stress-Strain Characteristics of Lightly Cemented Sands", Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 305-314.
Puri, V. K., Das Braja M., Cook, E. E., and Shin, E. C., 1994, "Geotechnical Properties of Crude Oil Contaminated Sand", ASTM, Special Technical Publication #1221, May, pp. 75-88.
Omar, M. T., Das, Braja M., Puri, Vijay K., Yen, Shing-Chung, and Cook, E. E., 1993, "Shallow Foundations on Geogrid-Reinforced Sand", Transportation Research Record # 1414, Soil, Geology and Foundations, pp. 59-65.
Khing, Kim H., Das, Braja M., Puri, Vijay k., Yen, Shing-Chung, and cook, E. E., 1993, "Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Eccentricity Loaded Strip Foundations on Geogrid Reinforced Sand", Transportation Research Record #1414, Soil, Geology and Foundations, pp. 65-70.
Das, Braja M., Puri, Vijay K., and Neo, Boon K, 1993, "Interference Effects Between Two Surface Footings on Layered Soil", Transportation Research Record # 1406, Soil, Geology and Foundations, pp. 34-41.
Puri, Vijay K., Das, B. M., (1993), "Static and Dynamic Response of Pile", International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, June, pp. 156-160.
Khing, K, H., Das, B. M., Puri, V. K., Cook, E. E., and Yen, S. C., 1993, " The Bearing Capacity of Strip Foundations On Geogrid Reinforced Sand", Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol. 12, pp. 351-361.
Omar, M. T., Das, B. M., Yen, S. C., Puri, V. K., and Cook, E. E., 1993, "Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Rectangular Foundations on Geogrid Reinforced Sand", Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 246-252.
Omar, M. T., Das, B. M., Puri, V. K., and Yen, S.C., 1993, "Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations on Sand with Geogrid Reinforcement", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 30.
Puri, V. K., Yen, S. C., Das, B. M., and Yeo, B., 1993, " Cyclic Load Induced Settlements of a Square Foundation on Geogrid Reinforced Sand", Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol. 12, pp. 587-597.
Yeo, B., Yen S. C., Puri, V. K., Das, B. M., and Wright, M.
A., 1993, "A Laboratory Investigation into the Settlement of
a Foundation on Geogrid Reinforced Sand Due to Cyclic
Loading", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 11,
pp. 1-14.
Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
American Society of Civil Engineers, US National Society of
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering, International Society of Offshore and Polar
Engineer, Chi Epsilon
Honors and awards:
"Dr. Jai Krishna Award", Institution of Engineers
India for best paper in Soil Dynamics 1990-91.
Subjects or courses taught during the most recent academic year:
Soil Mechanics, Undergraduate
Foundation Design, Undergraduate
Advanced Foundation Engr. Graduate
Soil Dynamics, Graduate
Participation to improve teaching and professional competence during last five years:
Contributed a chapter in a book, participated in conferences,
taught in short courses.
puri@ce.siu.edu