Dr. Pradeep Kumar Dammala is an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. His research focuses on energy geotechnics, Offshore Geotechnics, Monopile Foundations, soil-structure interaction, seismic requalification studies, aeolian dune dynamics, and sustainable geotechnical solutions. Dr. Dammala started the Soil and Advanced Foundation Analysis for Resilient Infrastructure (SAFARI) Lab at IIT Jodhpur and achieved significant milestones, including DST-DAAD Fellowship, SERB SIRE Fellowship, and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Research Fellowship. Additionally, members of his group have been recognized with the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) OVDF, the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Travel Grants, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Fellowship, and the Commonwealth Split-site Fellowship.

Key Publications:

• Dammala, P. K., Kolli, S., Garaga, R., Reddy, K. R., & Kumar, P. (2025). Aeolian dune fixation € a critical review of measures, challenges, and future perspectives with a case study on the Thar Desert. Catena, 250, 108786.
• Haq, A. U., Dammala, P. K., Bind, A., Kolli, S., Hanumantha Rao, B., & Reddy, K. R. (2025). Utilization of Waste Marble Powder and Desert Dune Sand as Geopolymer Binders for Sustainable Ground Engineering in Arid Regions. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 11(5), 1-11.
• Kolli, S., Dammala, P. K., Bhattacharya, S., Fan, C., Wang, T., & Cui, L. (2023). Offshore wind farms as additional coolant power sources to enhance seismic resilience of nuclear power plants €“A case study. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 405, 112204.
• Dammala, P. K., Kumar, S. S., Krishna, A. M., & Bhattacharya, S. (2019). Dynamic soil properties and liquefaction potential of northeast Indian soil for non-linear effective stress analysis. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 17(6), 2899-2933.
• Dammala, P. K., Krishna, A. M., Bhattacharya, S., Nikitas, G., & Rouholamin, M. (2017). Dynamic soil properties for seismic ground response studies in Northeastern India. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 100, 357-370.

Ongoing Projects:

• DST-DAAD supported SAND STOP Models project (2024-26)
• IIT Jodhpur supported SEED grant (2023-25)