FACULTY PROFILE Name Designation Dr.SOBHA CYRUS Professor Date of Birth 31/10/1968 Official address Name of Father Name of Mother Professor in Civil Engg., School of Engineering Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin University (P.O)Kochi -682022 E. Cyrus Sarasamma Cyrus (Late) Home Address Marikudy House, South Vazhakulam, Aluva- 683105 Mobile No. 98461 46198 Email id sobharoy@cusat.ac.in Education qualification Sl. Degree University Year Specialization No. 1. B.Tech, University of Kerala 1991 Civil Engineering 2. M.E Anna University 1993 Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering 3. Ph D Cochin University of Science & Technology 2009 Civil Engineering Teaching experience : 21 Years Areas of interest : Ground Improvement Techniques, Environmental Geo techniques Date of joining (CUSAT) :19/4/1996 1 st promotion (Date & designation) : 6/1/1999(Lecturer) 2 nd Promotion (Date & designation) : 28/10/1999(Reader) 3 rd Promotion (Date & designation) : 30/06/2010 (Professor) Previous/ other experience : 2 yrs 8 months teaching experience
No. of Publications International journals : 4 National Journal : 2 International Conferences : 3 National Conferences : 6 Details of Publications Year Type of publications International Journal Papers published Viji Varghese, Biju Kumar, Benny Mathews Abraham, Sobha Cyrus(2013) Artificial Neural Networks: A solution to the ambiguity in prediction of engineering properties of fine grained soils Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer New York Roy M Thomas,Sobha Cyrus,Benny Mathews Abraham (2011) Effect of land use locations on quality of Rainwater and Harvested rainwater. International Journal of Environmental Sciences Vol.2,No-1,September,2011 Page 135-139 Roy M Thomas,Benny Mathews Abraham,Sobha Cyrus (2011), Studies on leaching of Cement Constituents in Rainwater Storage Tank International Journal of Earth Science &Engineering. Vol- 3,No-3,June-2010,page 441-448 2014 International Conference Roy M Thomas,Sobha Cyrus Quality of Rainwater in various land use locations International Journal of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Vol-1,September 2010,page-32-34 Sobha Cyrus,Roy.M.Thomas, & Deepa balakrishnan.s (1999) Safety in Construction Industry- A Review First International Conference on Safety & Fire Engineering, SAFE 99, Cochin Sobha Cyrus, Veena.V(2014) Effect of fibre in controlling desiccation cracks in liner soils
1996 1996 2004 National Journal National Conference Fourth International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction, Materials & Environment, (GEOMATE) USQ,Brisbane,Australia, Sixth International Geotechnical Symposium on Disaster Mitigation in Special Geoenvironmental Conditions IIT Madras Roy M Thomas & Sobha Cyrus (2003) Quality Assurance in Technical Education. The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol 26. No.4 Roy M Thomas & Sobha Cyrus (1996) An Environmental Friendly Solution for the Codisposal of yard waste and domestic sewage- National Conference on New Paradigms in Civil Engineering Practice, Bhatkal 2. Roy M Thomas & Sobha Cyrus (1996) Effect of tannery waste on the behavior of soils. Indian Geotechnical Conference, Madras. 3.Roy M Thomas & Sobha Cyrus (2004) Energy Saving Methods in Building Design- A Review. First CUSAT National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering RACE 2004, Cochin Bindu Sebastian, Sobha Cyrus, Babu.T.Jose(2011) Effect of inclusion of coir fibre on the shear strength of marine clay Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, December 15-17,2011,Kochi,page 379-382 Memberships in professional bodies : LIFE MEMBER of 1.Institution of Engineers India- 2.Indian Society for Technical Education 3.Indian Geotechnical Society Faculty Interaction with outside world : i)member, Board of Studies in Engineering (P.G) of M.G University & Kerala University ii) Evaluation s of Central & State Government Organisations, Public Sector Undertakings iii) Panel of Experts, Workshop on revision of
syllabus (2012)- M.Tech Programme in Geotechnical Engineering University of Kerala iv) Member in the technical committee and review committees of Indian Geotechnical conferences v) Joint Secretary of Indian Geotechnical Society ( Kochi Chapter) Short Term courses/ Conferences/Workshops/ Invited Lecture/ Training Programme Sl. Year Date /Resource Courses/workshops/Invited No. person lecture/training programme 1 Environmental 1996 Sept 17-28 Geotechnics IISc., Bangalore 2 Current Trends in March 29-1999 Computer Science Cochin April22 University of Science and Technology 3 Teaching Effectiveness Index Improvement 2000 October 9-21 Techniques MA College of Engg. Kothamangalam Community Colleges as an Alternative & January 18-4 2001 Innovative System of 19 Education in India CUSAT Challenges in geo-technical 5 November 24 - Engg. & solutions, MA 2003 December-5 College of Engg. Kothamangalam 6 Visual Problem Appraisal 2004 Feb 10-11 of Kerala s Coastal Zones CUSAT 7 Coordinator Water Conservation and Water Shed Management 2004 March 1-2 Cochin University of Science and Technology, 8 2004 March 25-27 Engineering Cochin University of Science and Technology 9 Pollution & Environmental 2004 June 12 Protection, Federal Institute of Science & Technology 10 Integrated Water Resources November 22- Management using 2004 26 Numerical Methods, Remote Sensing & GIS IIT Bombay 11 Women & Health Literacy 2006 July 28-29 in Kerala CUSAT 12 2006 December 3-4
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2006 Dec 14-16 2007 2007 October 8-10 November 13-15 2008 December 4-6 2009 January 19-30 2009 August 10-14 2009 October 22-24 2010 Feb 19-20 2010 September 16-18 2010 October 18-30 2010 Dec 16-18 2011 January 17-22 2011 May 7 2011 November 5-9 Indian Geotechnical Conference, IIT Madras Training and Education Programme on Earthquake Engineering, ErnakulamDistrict Administration Application of Centrifuge Modelling to Geotechnical Engineering Practice,IIT Bombay Recent Advances in Finite Element Methods,CUSAT Role of Geosynthetics in Civil Infrastructure& Geoenvironmental Protection Projects IIT Madras Instructional Design &Delivery System, NITTTR &CUSAT Digital Image Processing using MATLAB CUSAT Modelling&Optimisation Techniques in Engineering CUSAT Indian Geotechnical Conference IIT Bombay Numerical Methods for Optimal Geotechnical Designs IIT Madras Piling and Associated Problems Indian Geotechnical Society,Kochi Energy Conservation & Management,CUSAT 27 2011 Dec 15-17 Indian Geo technical Conference, Indian Geotechnical Society,Kochi 28 29 2012 Aug 10-12 2012 Nov 29- Dec1 Session Chair 13 th Technological Trends, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 2012 Dec 4 2013 March 18-22 2013 September 26 Theme Lecture 2013 October 22 Resource Person 2013 Nov 27-29 2014 Feb 10-14 2014 Sept 22-23 2014 Nov 19-21 Member/ / session chair Innovations and Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering IES College of Engineering, Thrissur Sustainable Technologies in Engineering CUSAT Soil Strength Improvement Techniques NIT Calicut FDP on Structural Engineering & Geotechnical Engineering Timeless Leadership IIM Kozhikode Safety in Construction & Material Handling CUSAT Workshop on Piling - Design & Practices Indian Geotechnical Society Kochi Chapter Fourth International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction, Materials & Environment, (GEOMATE) USQ,Brisbane,Australia, 38 39 2014 Dec 10-12 2015 Jan 21-23 / Session Co -Chair International Conference on Energy, Environment, Materials & Safety (ICEEMS 14),CUSAT Sixth International Geotechnical Symposium on Disaster Mitigation in Special Geoenvironmental Conditions IIT Madras 40 2015 Feb 25 Invited Talk National Conference R &D Research Projects Completed/ongoing Sl. No. Year Title Funding organization 1. 2007-2009 Harvested rainwater quality in urban periurban and industrial areas and post harvest technology AICTE,New Delhi Amount Rs 5.50 lakhs Role (PI/CI) Co-PI Details of any orders