Specialization

Building and pavement Materials, Waste characterization and management

Email

vivek.gupta1@thapar.edu

Mr. Vivek Gupta is an Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology since March 2021. He obtained his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering in year 2012 and M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering in year 2014 from Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur. He obtained his doctorate from Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore in June, 2021. His doctoral dissertation is on “Industrial scale waste utilisation in unfired bricks”. He has a diversified background and a trio of academia-industry-research experience in the areas of pavement and building materials, waste characterization and utilization in construction materials, and project management of construction projects. He has published several journal articles, including in the reputed SCI journals like Journal of cleaner Production, Resource, Conservation and Recycling, and Construction & Building Materials.

Research Tags
1. Gainful utilization of waste
2. Sustainable Binders
3. Raman Spectroscopy
4. Bricks and paver blocks

Research Publications

1. Gupta V, Pathak DK, Siddique S, Kumar R, Chaudhary S. Study on the mineral phase characteristics of various Indian biomass and coal fly ash for its use in masonry construction products. Construction and Building Materials, 2020;235:117413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117413 (Impact factor: 6.141)
2. Gupta V, Chai H K, Lu Y, Chaudhary S. A state of the art review to enhance the industrial scale waste utilization in sustainable unfired bricks. Construction and Building Materials, 2020;254:119220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119220 (Impact factor: 6.141)
3. Gupta V, Siddique S, Chaudhary S. Optimum mixing sequence and moisture content for hydrated lime fly ash bricks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021;285:124859. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124859 (Impact factor: 9.297)
4. Gupta V, Pathak DK, Kumar R, Miglani A, Siddique S, Chaudhary S. Production of colored bi-layered bricks from stone processing wastes: structural and spectroscopic characterization. Construction and Building Materials, 2021;278:122339. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.122339 (Impact factor: 6.141)
5. Gupta V, Pathak DK, Chaudhary S, Kumar R. Raman imaging for measuring homogeneity of dry binary blend: Combining microscopy with spectroscopy for technologists. Analytical Science Advances, 2020;1:89–96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ansa.202000029
6. Gupta V, Siddique S, Chaudhary S. Characterization of different types of fly ash collected from various sources in Central India. Materials Today: Proceedings, 2019;18:5076–5080. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.07.503
7. Gupta V, Pathak D K, Kumar R, Chaudhary S. Application of Raman spectroscopy for characterization of natural stone sludge waste. Materials Today: Proceedings, 2020;26:681–684. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.12.366
8. Siddique S, Gupta T, Thakare A A, Gupta V, Chaudhary S. Acid resistance of fine bone china ceramic aggregate concrete. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2021;25(7):1219-1232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2019.1572543 (Impact factor: 2.516)
9. Thakare A A, Siddique S, Sarode S N, Deewan R, Gupta V, Gupta S, Chaudhary S. A study on rheological properties of rubber fiber dosed self-compacting mortar. Construction and Building Materials, 2020;262:120745. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120745 (Impact factor: 6.141)
10. Thakare A A, Singh A, Gupta V, Siddique S, Chaudhary S. Sustainable development of self-compacting cementitious mixes using waste originated fibers: A review. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2021; 168: 105250. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105250 (Impact factor: 10.204)
11. Vasić M, Pezo L, Gupta V, Chaudhary S. An artificial neural network-based prediction model for utilization of coal ash in production of fired clay bricks. Science of sintering, 2021;53:37-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/SOS2101037V (Impact factor: 1.412)
12. Siddique S, Gupta V, Chaudhary S, Park S, Jang J G, Influence of the precursor, molarity and temperature on the rheology and structural buildup of alkali activated materials. Materials, 2021:14(13):3590. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14133590 (Impact factor: 3.623)

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