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Dr. R. Padmakumar
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering Trivandrum
Mobile:
9497595165
Email:
rpkcet@yahoo.com
Qualifications:
- B.Tech Degree (Civil Engineering), University of Kerala, 1996
- M.Tech Degree (Traffic and Transportation Engineering), University of Kerala, 1998
- Ph.D. (Transportation Systems Engineering) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2010
Previous Experience/Positions held
Trainee Engineer, Consulting Engineering Services India Ltd, in Kerala State Highways Project 1999-2000
Areas of Interest:
Research Interests
- Traffic Flow modelling and simulation for heterogeneous conditions
- Traffic signal coordination and Adaptive Traffic Control
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- GIS and GPS applications in Transportation
- Pavement materials, evaluation, design and management
- Transportation infrastructure projects
- Road safety studies and Emergency Response Management
- Planning for Integrated Transport Systems using GIS
- Sustainable Transportation and Sustainability in general
Academic Interests
- Transportation and Traffic Engineering
- Architecture-its history and evolution
- Estimation and Costing in Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering Projects-Tunnels, Bridges, Buildings and Dams
- Surveying
- Disaster management
- Web based education
Courses Handled
- Traffic Engineering (UG and PG)
- Transportation Engineering 1 and 2
- Research Methodology (PG)
- Highway and Airfield Pavement Materials
- Highway Pavement Design
- Introduction to Reliability Engineering
- Surveying (for civil and architecture)
- Quantity surveying and valuation
- Housing, Architecture and Planning
- Building drawing
- Basic Civil Engineering (for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronics)
- Civil laboratories.
Publications:
International Journals
- Padmakumar Radhakrishnan, Mathew, Tom V."A hybrid stochastic Cellular Automata-Driver-Vehicle-Object simulation model for heterogeneous traffic at urban signalized intersections" Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE 2013
- Padmakumar Radhakrishnan , and Mathew,Tom, V., " Passenger car units and saturation flow models for non-lane-based heterogeneous traffic ", Transportmetrica, HKSTS Society Volume 7, Issue 2, 2011, 141-162.
- Mathew,Tom, V., and Padmakumar Radhakrishnan, "Calibration of micro-simulation models for non-lane based heterogeneous traffic at signalized intersections." Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE, 136 (1), March 2010
Seminars/Conferences
- R. Padmakumar and V. Rathish, "Simulation of heterogeneous traffic flow in bottlenecks" -at International conference on Transportation Planning and Operation (TRANSPO 2004), IIT Madras, February 18-20, 2004
- Padmakumar Radhakrishnan , and Mathew,Tom, V. (2008), "Simulation modeling of heterogeneous traffic for an urban signalized intersection.", 10th AATT (International Conference) at Athens (Greece).
- Padmakumar Radhakrishnan , and Mathew,Tom, V. (2008), "Microsimulation analysis of heterogeneous traffic at signalised urban intersections." TPMDC 08 (International Conference) at IIT Bombay.
- R. Padmakumar , and Sharon Bin Rasheed (2012), "Signal coordination for an urban corridor under heterogeneous traffic conditions using cluster analysis" TPMDC 2012 (International Conference) at IIT Bombay.
- R. Padmakumar , and Sheethal Tom (2012), "Modelling Congestion in Urban Heterogeneous Traffic" TPMDC 2012 (InternationalConference) at IIT Bombay.
- R. Padmakumar , and Aneena Elizabeth Jacob (2012), "Analysis of public transport network accessibility using geographic information system " TPMDC 2012 (InternationalConference) at IIT Bombay.
- Publications based on M. Tech. proceedings of National Conference of Technological Trends, CET.
Other Responsibilities held:
- Coordinator, Transportation Engineering Research Centre (TRC)
- Budget preparation, proposals and activities under the centre
- Building of research database
- Developing an integrated transport model in GIS
- Co coordinator, Education Grid
- State Govt. Nominee, EDUSAT Programmes
- Core committee member, Thettiyar Rejuvenation Project
- Submitted proposals for Green Transportation (roads) and Centre for Research in Disaster Mitigation and Management for institute master plan.
- Sustainable activities including restoring vegetation and building a pond and well; and a system for rain water harvesting in Department of Civil Engineering.
- Guided more than 15 B. Tech Projects and more than 15 M.Tech Thesis.
Member Academic Committee, TEQIP of College of Engineering Trivandrum for the period 2010 to 2012 (2 years)
Other Academic Activities
Sponsored Research Projects being carried out at TRC, CET
- Road safety analysis under mixed traffic flow on urban and rural roads (completed) (Principal investigator, with Dr. Sheela Alex).
- Application of geotextiles in bituminous pavements (completed). (co-investigator , with Dr Loui T R).
- Studies on pavement performance using NDT.
- Studies on Engineering and Geological characteristics of road aggregates and their performance in mixes, Completed. (Principal investigator, with Dr. Ajith G Nair).
- Emergency Response Management System for Thiruvananthapuram City using GIS(Principal investigator, with Dr. Sheela Alex)..
- Surrogate Safety Measures and Pedestrian Vulnerability Study(Principal investigator, with Dr. Sheela Alex)..
- Finite Element and Experimental analysis on performance of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements (Principal investigator)
- Development of road inventory for Thiruvananthapuram District (co-investigator).
- Adaptive Traffic Control: Travel Time Analysis using RFID and traffic intelligence Server (co-investigator).
- Variable speed message signs (Road safety) (co-investigator).
Delivered technical talks at
- Muthukumaran College of Engineering, Chennai
- Believer's Church Caarmel College of Engineering and Technology, Pathanamthitta.
- KHRI, Thiruvananthapuram
- Was resource person for Transportation-related courses and workshops in Department of Civil Engineering, CET
- Organised workshops and courses in the Department under TRC.
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