JAIDEEP CHATTERJEE
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Civil Engineering, Sept 2002 – Feb 2007
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Thesis Title: Nonlinear deformation and collapse analyses by Boundary Element Method
Concentration in Computational Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor: Dr. P.K. Banerjee
- Master of Science (M.S), Civil Engineering, Sept 2000 – Sept 2002
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Concentration in Computational Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- Thesis title: Applications of Boundary Element Methods in nonlinear deformation and collapse analyses of some footing problems in Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering (B.E), Civil Engineering, July 1993 - July 1997
Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT
Burns Cooley Dennis Inc., Geotechnical and Materials Engineering Consultants
Ridgeland, Mississippi
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Feb 2007 – present
- Computational Engineering Mechanics Lab, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Buffalo, New York
Research Assistant, Jun 2001 – Aug 2003, June 2004 – Aug 2005, June 2006 – Jan 2007
- Department of Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Buffalo, New York
Teaching Assistant, Sept 2000 – May 2001, Sept 2003 – May 2004, Sept 2005 – May 2006
Development Consultants Limited, Consulting Engineers
Calcutta, India
Senior Design Engineer (Civil), July 1999 – July 2000
Design Engineer (Civil), July 1998 – July 1999
Trainee Engineer (Civil), July 1997 – July 1998
AREAS OF INTERESTS
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Computer aided Geotechnical Engineering Analysis and Design, Computational Geomechanics, Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Boundary Element Method, Soil Plasticity, Nonlinear analysis of Geotechnical Structures and Foundations, Pile Foundations, Constitutive Behavior of Civil Engineering Materials such as Soils and Concrete, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Solids and Structutal Mechanics, Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Reinforced Concrete Structures.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Burns Cooley Dennis Inc., Geotechnical and Materials Engineering Consultants, Ridgeland, MS, USA
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Feb 2007 – present
Burns Cooley Dennis Inc. (BCD), in one of the largest and leading geotechnical engineering and consulting company in the state of Mississippi. Employed in the capacity of Senior Geotechnical Engineer and responsible for performing modern computer aided analysis in the field of geotechnical engineering for complex problems for various projects, performing design engineering calculations, project monitoring and supervisions, supervision of Soil Mechanics Laboratory activities, writing project reports and proposals. Also responsible for in house research and development activities to develop modern numerical analysis techniques based on Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods for various geotechnical engineering analysis. Key projects include enhancement of New Orleans District Hurricane Protection, Flood Protection and Fronting Protection Systems (Client: US Army Corps Engineers, New Orleans District), analysis and design of various Mississippi River Bank Levees (such as Phoenix to Bohemia Levee in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and Lake Pontchartrain Levee in New Orleans, Louisiana). Specific project duties include but not limited to analysis of soil laboratoty test data and boring logs, determination of design strengths for various reaches of Levees, slope stability analysis of Levees using various computer programs (such as LMVD Method of Planes and UTEXAS) and analysis of consolidation settlement of Levees and embankments, rock dike settlement analysis for various Mississippi River basins (such as Mouth of Bayou Penchant Basin and Mouth of Decade Penchant Basin in Terrebonne parish, Louisiana) using computer program CSETT. Most of the above works involve very high level and sophisticated modern computer based geotechnical engineering analysis.
Computational Engineering Mechanics Lab, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, New York, USA
Research Assistant and Analyst, Jun 2001 – Aug 2003, Jun 2004 – Aug 2005, Jun 2006 – Jan 2007
As a research assistant, engineer and analyst, engaged in development and implementation of computer programs for advanced engineering analyses, performed analysis using various commercially available as well as developed computer programs for clients of BEST Corporation, Getzville, NY. Key projects include structural vibration and acoustic analysis, injection mold analysis (client: Braun AG, Germeny, currently a division of Proctor and Gamble, USA), analysis of bridge pier foundation on pile groups (client: DARS consultant, UK). Conducted research work on nonlinear deformation and collapse analyses of foundations, investigations of the bearing capacity factors of strip foundations, stability of slopes and earth retaining structures, soil consolidation and time dependent collapse of footings and embankments and analysis of fiber reinforced composites using numerical analysis techniques (Finite and Boundary Element Methods). The works on composites under mechanical and thermal loading were targeted towards analysis of ground freezing problem with reinforced soil as well as analysis of reinforced concrete. The above work was performed under the supervision of Dr. P.K. Banerjee who directs the computational Engineering Mechanics Lab at the University at Buffalo and is known worldwide for his contribution towards Boundary Element Method (BEM). A significant amount of the above research work resulted in a doctoral dissertation and has been published in reputed and top engineering (PEER reviewed) journals.
Department of Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, New York, USA
Teaching Assistant, Sept 2000 – May 2001, Sept 2003 – May 2004, Sept 2005 – May 2006
As a teaching assistant and recitation instructor for Soil Mechanics (CIE 334) and Foundation Engineering (CIE 435) courses at undergraduate level, conducted problem sessions, performed regular office hour duties, prepared course materials, assignments and exams, graded exams, developed and maintained the course web pages on an online learning blackboard system (UBLEARNS). The courses covered basic principles of soil mechanics, soil properties and identifications, seepage, shear strength, slope stability, analysis and design of earth retaining structures, soil exploration and sampling, bearing capacity and settlement, shallow foundation analysis and design, mat foundations and spread footings, consolidation, design of pile foundation, soil reinforcement and braced excavation. Also, as a teaching assistant for Soil Mechanics (CIE 334), assisted students with soil laboratory including sieve analysis, direct shear and tri-axial tests, permeability test and consolidation test. As a teaching assistant for Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics) courses, graded exams, helped students during regular office hours, maintained the class web pages.
Development Consultants Ltd, Calcutta India
Design Engineer/Senior Design Engineer (Civil), July 1997 – July 2000
Development Consultants (DC), an ISO 9001 company, is the pioneer stand alone consulting engineering company in India. It has built the world’s largest Gas Turbine based Power Plant and world’s largest Water Desalination facility both on Saudi Arabia for a combined expenditure of over $2 billion. Employed in the capacity of Desin Engineer/Senior Design Engineer and worked in Power Plant, Petrochemicals, Paper and Process and High Voltage Power Transmission and Distribution Divisions. Key projects include HPLE Project at Haldia (4 x42000 MPTA Ethylene Plant, Client: Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan, Expansiion of Steam and Power Plant at Balasore, Client: Birla Tyre, India, LPG Bottling Plants at various places in India, Client: Indian Oil Corporation Limited, 2 x 520 MW Coal fired power plant at Vizag, India, Client: Hyundai, South Korea) Was responsible for analysis, design and detailing of RC framed structures, steel structures and foundations for housing facility, various plant buildings, industrial structures, power house, boiler house, switchyard structures and foundations and equipment structure foundations Responsibilities also included review of CAD drawings, estimation of quantities and preparation of feasibility reports.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Worked on various academic projects on seismic hazard analysis, analysis of strong ground motion data, seismic slope stability analysis, design of machine foundation, wave propagation in soils, study of dynamic soil properties, soil structure interaction, seismic slope stability analysis and dynamics of pile foundation under the supervision of Dr. S. Ahmad as a part of coursework in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Foundation Dynamics.
Soil Plasticity and Nonlinear Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering
Developed a 2D Finite Element (FEM) program to investigate the collapse behavior of geotechnical structures under drained (long term) and undrained (short term) loading conditions using iterative plasticity and variable stiffness plasticity approaches. Also developed computer programs to model the constitutive behavior (stress paths) of normally and overconsolidated soils under drained and undrained loadings. The projects were carried out under the supervision of Dr. P. K. Banerjee.
Design of Concrete Structures
As a part of the course work on Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, at the undergraduate level, worked on academic projects to analyze, design and detailing of a multistoried office building resting on pile foundation subjected to wind and earthquake loading. At the graduate level course on Reinforced concrete Structures, the emphasis was on performance evaluation and design of RC structures subjected to seismic loading. Worked on various academic projects under the supervision of Dr. A. Whittaker involving analysis and design and reinforcement detailing of various structural components strictly following the provisions outlined in ACI 318-02. The above projects extensively involved extensive use of computer software such as UC Fiber and SAP 2000.
Finite Element Structural Analysis
Worked on an academic project as a part of the course work to analyze nonlinear deformation and collapse behavior of structures and foundations using commercially available finite element programs ANSYS and ABAQUS.
Seismic Analysis and Design of Framed Buildings
Worked on an academic project under the supervision of Dr. A. Whittaker as a part of course work on Reinforced Concrete Structures. Developed a mathematical model of moment resistant framed building for the purpose of seismic evaluation, performed eigenvalue analysis of the building and designed the components as per guidelines of ACI 318-02
SOFTWARES AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROFICIENCY
Analysis Packages : SAP 2000, ANSYS, ABAQUS, IDEAS, PGROUP,GPBEST, BEST 3D, UTEXAS, LPILE
Languages : Fortran,C
Math Applications : Mathcad, Matlab, Maple
Operating Systems : Unix, Linux, MS Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
Tools : MS Office, Autocad
AWARDS AND HONORS
Recipient of CSEE Graduate Fellowship ($ 15000) which represents a single recognition and is intended for exceptional graduate students who in the estimation of faculty have potential graduating career, Award conferred by School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), SUNY at Buffalo, Sept 2002 – July 2005
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, SUNY at Buffalo, 2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2005-2006
Graduate Research assistantship, SUNY at Buffalo, 2001-2003, 2004-2005, 2006-2007
AFFILIATION
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Associate Member, # 448112
Geo Institute, ASCE, Associate Member
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), Associate Member
Mississippi Engineering Society, A State Society of National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Member
PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
- Wang, C.B., Chatterjee, J. and Banerjee, P. K., ‘An efficient implementation of BEM for two- and three-dimensional multi-region elastoplastic Analyses,’ Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Elsevier Applied Science, 2007, Vol. 196, pp. 829-842.
- Chatterjee, J., Ma, F., Henry, D.P. and Banerjee, P. K., ‘Two- and three-dimensional transient heat conduction and thermoelastic analyses by BEM via efficient time convolution,’ Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Elsevier Applied Science, 2007, Vol. 196, pp. 2828-2838.
- Ma, F., Chatterjee, J. and Banerjee, P. K., ‘New fast convolution algorithm in Boundary element methods for two and three-dimensional linear soil consolidation analysis,’ International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 2007, Vol. 7, pp. 167-249.
- Henry, D.P., Ma, F., Chatterjee, J. and Banerjee, P. K., “Steady state thermoelastic analysis of 3D solids with fiber inclusions by boundary element method,” accepted for publication in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Elsevier Applied Science, July 2007, in Press.
- Ma, F., Chatterjee, J., Henry, D.P. and Banerjee, P. K., ‘Transient heat conduction analysis of composites by boundary element method,’ accepted for publication in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Wiley Inter Science, May 2007, in Press.
- Chatterjee, J., Henry, D.P., Ma, F. and Banerjee, P. K., ‘An efficient BEM formulation for three-dimensional steady state heat conduction analysis of composites,’ accepted for publication in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier Applied Science, May 2007.
- Chatterjee, J., Ma, F., Henry, D.P. and Banerjee, P. K., “Advanced boundary element analysis of three-dimensional elastic solids with fiber reinforcements,” submitted to Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, May 2006, currently under review.
- Chatterjee, J., Ma, F. and Banerjee, P. K., “Two-dimensional nonlinear soil consolidation analysis by BEM,” currently under preparation.
- Chatterjee, J. and Banerjee, P. K., “Applications of BEM in nonlinear deformation and collapse analyses of footings,” currently under preparation.
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