Abir Sarkar
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
+91-8811046006 [email protected]
Professor with hands-on experience in Teaching Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and M.Tech. thesis guidance,
targeting assignments as an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering.
Profile Summary Core Competencies
A student-centered educator with more than 7 years of experience in
teaching, with a track record of identifying and selecting instructional
strategies to meet unique students’ needs; teaching over 2k students
Student Mentoring
Skilled in Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Dynamics, with a Ph.D. focused
in Vibration Isolation from National Institute of Technology Silchar,
Assam; Thesis title: “Application of Artificial Intelligence for the Prediction Teaching
of Elastic Wave Velocities and Screening Efficiencies of Vibration Isolation
Systems” Learning strategies
Published 4 international journals, 5 book chapters, 3 conference papers
and personally reviewed 4 articles in international journals
Recipient of Patent from Australian government for “A Method for Using Curriculum Development
A Composite Geofoam and A Sand-Crumb Rubber Mixture as An
Infill Material to Act as A Wave Barrier”; Australian Patent Student Mentoring
Number-2021104583
Possessing a thorough understanding, knowledge and hands on experience Classwork Evaluation
in Non-destructive Testing (NDT) for structural health monitoring and
subsurface soil profiling
Implemented assessments that measured progress towards academic Thesis Guidance
standards
Applied contemporary principles of learning theory and teaching
methodology Student Motivation
Attending academic events and networking with other researchers and field
experts
Supervising, advising, and mentoring teaching assistants, graduate and Soft Skills
post-graduate students
Lead and develop internal and external networks to foster collaboration and
share information and ideas to promote the subject and the University
Carry out the role of an academic lead, i.e. sustaining a shared sense of Attention to
direction for the discipline and a shared participation in the University’s Communicator
detail
success through engagement with University strategies ensuring decisions
are taken forward effectively by all staff they lead, enabling, supporting
and celebrating individual achievement
Planned course instruction based on the approved syllabus/course outline
provided to assure course content and learning objectives are met Patient Curious
Developed study protocols and coordinated data collection for qualitative
and quantitative studies both online and in-person
Academic Details Leadership
Thinker
Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Ph.D. Scholar, 2015 -
2021
M.Tech. from National Institute of Technology, Silchar, 2012 - 2014
B.Tech. from Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata, 2008 - 2012
Organizational Experience
Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore 27th Sept’ 2021 - Present
HOD
Attending academic events and networking with other researchers and field experts
Supervising, advising, and mentoring teaching assistants and graduate students
Participating in faculty and departmental meetings
Teaching Advanced Soil Mechanics, Finite Elements Methods, Soil Exploration and Analysis of Foundations
Shortlisting, interviewing, and selecting students for graduate programs
Developing and delivering course material, curricula, and syllabi
Assisting with the training and recruitment of new lecturers, teaching assistants, and Professors Conducting research,
publishing papers, and attending conferences
Engaged in the construction expansion activities of the university as a Site Engineer
Coordinator of the Exam cell of the Civil Engineering department
Faculty in charge of Geotechnical Engineering Lab
Conducting total station survey
Provided M.Tech. thesis guidance to 10 students
SIEM, Siliguri
Assistant Professor Feb’ 2015 - May 2015
Actively involved in consultancy work
In charge of the Soil Mechanics lab
Guided two B.Tech. final year projects
IT Skills
ABAQUS
MATLAB
RAYFRACT
SPSS
ORIGIN
Publications
Barman, R., Sarkar, A., & Bhowmik, D. (2023). Composite Sand-Crumb Rubber and Geofoam Wave Barrier for Train
Vibration. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-023-02674-4
Bisui, M., Chatterjee, S., Sarkar, A., & Ralli, R. (2023). Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Vibration Mitigation Using
a Series of Hollow Boreholes. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, 0123456789.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-023-01181-3
Sarkar, A., Mazumdar, A., & Bhowmik, D. (2023). Application of Soft Computing Techniques for Prediction of Seismic
Wave Velocity. 2023 9th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 2532–
2537. https://doi.org/10.1109/CoDIT58514.2023.10284120
Sarkar, A., Bhowmik, D. (2023). Prediction of Seismic Wave Velocity Using Artificial Intelligence. In: Sil, A., N. Kontoni,
DP., Pancharathi, R.K. (eds) Recent Trends in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 274. Springer,
Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4055-2_42
Sarkar, A., Dutta, D., Bhowmik, D.: Estimation and prediction of screening efficiency of Sand Crumb Rubber (SCR) mix
infill trench. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (2022)
Sarkar, A., Bhowmik, D.: Prediction of Seismic Wave velocity using Artificial Intelligence. Soft Computing (2022)
Sarkar, A., Barman, R., Bhowmik, D.: Estimation and prediction of screening efficiency of Sand Crumb Rubber (SCR) mix
infill trench. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (2021). DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2021.1964784
Barman, R., Sarkar, A., Bhowmik, D.: Numerical Study on Vibration Screening Using Trench Filled with Sand–Crumb
Rubber Mixture. In: Seismic Hazards and Risk. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. pp. 269–282 (2021). DOI:10.1007/978-
981-15- 9976-7_25
Sarkar, A., Barman, R., Bhowmik, D.: Numerical investigation on vibration screening using geofoam and sand-crumb
rubber mixture infilled trench. International Journal of Geosynthetic and Ground Engineering (2021)
DOI:10.1007/s40891-021-00329-z
Paul, A., Sarkar, A., and Bhowmik, D., (2018).” Subsurface Soil Characterization by Correlating P–wave velocity with
engineering properties of soil”. In 16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Sarkar, A., and Bhowmik, D. (2017). “Site Soil Classification Applying Seismic Refraction Tomography”. In RAGIGIT 2017,
National conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, NIT
Silchar
Sarkar, S., Sarkar, A., and Dey, A.K. (2017).” In RAGIGIT 2017, National conference on Recent Advancement in
Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, NIT Silchar.”. In RAGIGIT 2017, National conference on
Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Investigation and Ground Improvement Technique, NIT Silchar
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 9th March 1990
Languages Known: Bengali, English and Hindi
Address: Greenfield City, Maheshtala, Kolkata - Pincode - 700141, West Bengal
