Anupam B. R.

Designation: 

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Professional Experience: 

• Total experience: 4 years
Experience at NITK: 2 years
• Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India (present)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (July 2023 to Aug 2024)
• Project Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India (Jan 2023 to June 2023)

Contact Details

E-mail: 

abr@nitk.edu.in

Mobile: 

+91 9605065944

Academic Background

Academic Background: 

• Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar), 2023
• M.Tech. (National Institute of Technology Hamirpur), 2018
• B.Tech. Civil Engineering (Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam), 2015

Areas of Interest

• Pavement Material Characterization
• Design and Construction of Pavements
• Repair, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation of Pavements
• Next Generation Pavements - Cool Pavements, Quiet Pavements, Self-healing Pavements, Utilization of Waste Materials in Pavements

Supervision of Ph.D

Ongoing: 2
Completed: 0

Significant Publications

Journal Publications

[1] B. R. Anupam, A. K. Chandrappa, U. C. Sahoo, and D. M. Barbieri, “Current trends and future perspectives of quiet pavement technologies for urban noise island mitigation: A review,” Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2026.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2025.2607767.
[2] B. R. Anupam, M. K. Thakur, and D. Debbarma, “Synergistic effects of manufactured and recycled steel fibers in paving concrete mixtures,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2025.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-21477.
[3] B. R. Anupam, V. Vinoj, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Economic and environmental benefits of cool pavements: A case study of Bhubaneswar city,” Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2025,
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36041-y.
[4] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, P. Rath, and A. Bhattacharya, “Core-shell PCM encapsulation model for thermoregulation of asphalt pavements,” Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2024.102488.
[5] K. Rahul, B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, S. K. Siksha, and A. K. Chandrappa, “Bitumen stabilized materials for sustainable pavements: A review,” Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2024.2436957.
[6] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Adopting cool pavements to mitigate urban heat islands in Indian cities,” Journal of the Indian Road Congress, vol. 82, pp. 15–25, 2023.
[7] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Effect of two organic phase change materials on the thermal performance of asphalt pavements,” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, vol. 24, p. 2215900, 2023.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2023.2215900.
[8] P. R. Jaiswal, B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and A. K. Chandrappa, “Harvesting heat energy using geothermal and hydronic pavements for sustainable cities: A comprehensive review of an emerging idea,” Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104539.
[9] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and A. K. Chandrappa, “A methodological review on self-healing asphalt pavements,” Construction and Building Materials, vol. 321, p. 126395, 2022.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126395.
[10] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Experimental and numerical investigations on an organic PCM incorporated cool concrete pavement,” The Open Civil Engineering Journal, 2022.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18741495v16-e2210310.
[11] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Thermal behavior of phase change materials in concrete pavements a long-term thermal impact analysis of two organic mixtures,” International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2022.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-022-00241-3.
[12] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, P. Rath, and A. Bhattacharya, “Thermal performance assessment of PCM incorporated cool concrete pavements using numerical analysis,” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2022.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2022.2089884.
[13] B. R. Anupam, L. Anjali Balan, and S. Sharma, “Thermal and mechanical performance of cement concrete pavements containing PVC-glass mix,” Road Materials and Pavement Design, pp. 1–13, 2021.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2020.1868328.
[14] B. R. Anupam, U.C. Sahoo, A.K. Chandrappa, and P. Rath, “Emerging technologies in cool pavements: A review,” Construction and Building Materials, vol. 299, p. 123892, 2021.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123892.
[15] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Thermal and mechanical performance of phase change material incorporated concrete pavements,” Road Materials and Pavement Design, pp. 1–18, 2021.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2021.1884590.
[16] L. A. Balan, B. R. Anupam, and S. Sharma, “Thermal and mechanical performance of cool concrete pavements containing waste glass,” Construction and Building Materials, vol. 290, p. 123238, 2021.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123238.
[17] U. C. Sahoo, B. R. Anupam, S. Patra, and I. K. Pateriya, “Development of a novel process to determine the plastic content in waste plastic incorporated bituminous constructions,” Indian Highways, vol. 49, pp. 11–23, 2021.
[18] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Phase change materials for pavement applications: A review,” Construction and Building Materials, vol. 247, p. 118553, 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118553.

Book Chapters

[1] B. R. Anupam, A. K. Chandrappa, and U. C. Sahoo, “Sustainable pavements for low-impact developments in urban localities,” Advances in Sustainable Materials and Resilient Infrastructure, Springer, 2022.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9744-9_11.

Conference Presentations\Publications (International)

[1] B. R. Anupam and U. C. Sahoo, “Numerical investigation of high-conductive asphalt for reducing pavement temperatures in warming cities,” World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR 2026), Toulouse, France, (2026).
[2] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Incorporating phase change materials in pavements for thermoregulation: An experimental investigation,” 8th Int. Conference on Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements, Thessaloniki, Greece, (2024).
[3] U. C. Sahoo, A. K. Chandrappa, B. R. Anupam, S. Pradhan, R. Agarwal, and H. Dutta, “Design of dense graded cold mix asphalt for pavement structural layers,” 8th Eurasphalt Eurobitume Congress, Budapest, Hungary, (2024).

Conference Presentations\Publications (National)

[1] S. Sebananda, R. Sudhira, and B. R. Anupam, “Performance validation of pavement quality concrete incorporating recycled concrete coarse aggregates” Building resilient and sustainable highway infrastructure (BRSHI 2026), Rourkela, India, 2026.
[2] K. Ilahi, S. Debbarma, B. R. Anupam, D. Harbola, and G. Mathew, “Hydro-mechanical and chemical interactions of red mud in pavements: Challenges and opportunities for circular economy,” International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC), Mumbai, India, 2024.
[3] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Thermal performance of a PCM incorporated cool concrete pavement: A numerical analysis,” Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CEACR 9), Goa, India, 2022.
[4] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Developing cool pavements using phase change materials,” International Conference for Materials, Mechanics and Management, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India, 2020.
[5] B. R. Anupam, U. C. Sahoo, and P. Rath, “Thermal behaviour of a PCM incorporated concrete pavement,” International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 2020.
[6] B. R. Anupam, L. Anjali Balan, and S. Sharma, “Effectiveness of using waste materials in cement concrete pavements to mitigate the urban heat island effect: A review,” International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Innovations Technology Management, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India, 2018.

Media Reports

[1] Reduction in Pavement Surface Temperature using Sold-Liquid Phase Change Material, Student Research Spotlight, International Society for Concrete Pavements, 2022.

Achievements

• Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2023
• Best Paper of the Session Award, International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure, KIIT, Bhubaneswar, India, 2020
• MHRD (Govt. of India) scholarship for Ph.D. 2018
• MHRD (Govt. of India) GATE scholarship for M.Tech. 2016

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Karnataka, India.

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