• Effects of Soil Plasticity on the Aging and Loading Rate Mechanical Behavior of Cement Treated Granular Soil (CTGS) 

  Mr, Hameed ur Rasool (SCEE,(NUST), 2024)

  The aim of this research is to conserve natural aggregate resources, which are heavily used in the building, cement, and marble industries. This study focuses on utilizing granular material produced from excavated soil ...
• Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA) of Gilgit-Baltistan 

  Akram, Talha (SCEE,(NUST), 2024)

  This research performs a Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA) for Gilgit Baltistan, utilizing US National Seismic Hazard Mapping project methodologies. This study uses smoothed seismicity to determine and ...
• Time dependent mechanical behavior of high plastic soils treated with marble and glass powder composite 

  Ibrahim, Muhammad (SCEE,(NUST), 2024)

  Problematic soils are those which have the potential to shrink/swell, collapse, disperse and undergo excessive settlement or even fail under relatively low stress conditions. Several chemicals and admixtures have been ...
• Optimisation of Excavation Design Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

  Waqar, Ahmad (SCEE,(NUST), 2024)

  Reinforcement learning (RL), a branch of machine learning, incorporating human-level control, is attracting considerable interests in many fields. Currently, there is a transition from academia to real-world prototypes, ...
• Predicting the consolidation settlement using the Compression Index and Coefficient of Consolidation based on sieve #40 and #200 in Pakistan 

  Khan, Shujah (SCEE,(NUST), 2024)

  This study aims to develop empirical correlations for the compression index (Cc) and the coefficient of consolidation (Cv) with the liquid limit (LL) for soils from various locations in Pakistan. This research addresses ...
• Stability Enhancement of Existing Cantilever Retaining Wall 

  Khan, Saria (NUST, 2024)

  Start typing the abstract here. The increased surcharge on existing retaining walls, resulting from new infrastructure or pavement construction, heightens lateral pressure and may destabilize the retaining wall. Researchers ...
• Machine learning algorithms-based evaluation of dynamic properties and liquefaction potential of soil 

  Abdul Mueed, Muhammad (NUST, 2024)

  Machine learning models are the viable option contrary to the conventional experimental procedures that are complicated and tedious for liquefaction potential prediction. This study leverages the strength of machine ...
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF SEEPAGE OF DIAMER BASHA DAM 

  Khan, Rizwan (SCEE,(NUST), 2024)

  A dam is a hydraulic structure, constructed across a water channel for water pondage, which is used for various purposes, such as flood control, irrigation, navigation, sedimentation control and hydro-power generation.Like ...
• Sustainable Incorporation of Plaster of Paris Waste to Check the Effect of Freezing and Thawing on Soils of Different Regions/Environments 

  Butt, Muhammad Yaseen ((SCEE),NUST, 2024)

  In several earlier investigations into soil stabilization, the effects of calcium-based compounds on both coarse- and fine-grained soils were analyzed and explored. However, research has yet to be carried out on how soils ...
• Preliminary Liquefaction Susceptibility Using Different Machine Learning Techniques 

  Obaidullah, Sardar ((SCEE),NUST, 2024)

  Liquefaction Analysis is one of the most important parameters in the study of geotechnical earthquake engineering. Till the 1960’s this phenomenon was relatively less unearthed, and practitioners have not formulated any ...
• Seismic Hazard Assessment using Machine Learning For Balochistan Region 

  Asghar, Muhammad ((SCEE),NUST, 2024)

  The Balochistan Region is in a seismically active belt that has been exposed to many destructive earthquakes in the past in the boundary of Pakistan. In this study, Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) in the Balochistan Region ...
• Effects of Different Cementing Agents on the Mechanical Behavior and Loading Rate Dependency of Cemented Granular Geomaterials (CGG) 

  Raza, Ali ((SCEE),NUST, 2023)

  This research aims to assist the usage of high-plasticity soil in construction and road applications by investigating a novel method for creating granular geomaterials. The research aims to investigate the effects of ...
• Prediction of Axial Bearing Capacity of Piles using Sophisticated ML Algorithms Tuned through Random and Grid Search 

  Arbi, Syed Jamal ((SCEE),NUST, 2024)

  Pile foundations support structures by transferring loads to deep sub-surface strata, designed to bear the maximum design load without failure. Recent studies are focused on developing innovative models to estimate the ...
• IMPROVEMENT OF SOFT SOIL CHARACTERISTICS USING STONE COLUMNS 

  KHAN, MANSOOR ((Scee),NUST, 2017)

  Due to rapid increase in construction activities over the past few decades, the importance of ground improvement techniques has increased manifold. Ground improvement techniques are numerous but the basic aim is to ...
• STABILIZATION OF MEDIUM PLASTIC AND HIGH PLASTIC CLAY USING GYPSUM AND BAGASSE ASH 

  HUSSAIN, SADAM ((Scee),NUST, 2016)

  Clays have a tendency to undergo volumetric changes on their interaction with water. These soils are a very common reason for most of the foundation failures due to their degraded properties like low shear strength, ...
• LIQUEFACTION ASSESSMENT OF TARBELA RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS 

  Shah, Syed Uzair Us Salam ((Scee),NUST, 2017)

  ABSTRACT Live capacity of Tarbela reservoir has threatened due to high sediment inflow. More than one-third of the volume of Tarbela reservoir has filled with sediment delta composed of low-plastic silt and silty sand ...
• `Stabilization of silty clay through fungal-induced calcite precipitation 

  Ayyub, Muhammad Usama Bin ((SCEE),NUST, 2023)

  Research studies show that fungal-based microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) extensively enhances the strength behaviour of concrete materials. However, fungal-based MICP's effectiveness in silty clay has not ...
• Effect of wetting and drying on the mechanical properties of MICP treated clay 

  Khan, Abbas ((SCEE),NUST, 2023)

  Microbial-induced calcium carbonate (MICP) mineral precipitation is a fairly new and innovative technique in soil stabilization. MICP was originally applied to coarse grained soil with success. The use of MICP in the ...
• Improving the Mechanical Properties of an Expansive Soil using Polyethylene Terephthalate and Recycled Concrete Aggregate 

  MUNIR, HAMZA ((SCEE),NUST, 2023)

  A million tons of concrete are thrown away in the environment after the demolition of civil structures, each year. Similarly, polyethylene terephthalate is extensively used in plastic bottles, which is also discarded in ...
• Mechanical Characterization of Shredded Fibrous Paper Cardboard Mixed in Clayey Soils 

  Baqir, Muhammad ((SCEE),NUST, 2023)

  The utilization of industrial post-consumer waste products has been increasing over the previous century. The representation fraction of cardboard is huge in the generated municipal solid waste. Replacing uses for recycling ...

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