Area of Interest: Geotechnical Engineering, Foundation Engineering, Seismic landslide hazard assessment, Dynamic response of retaining structures
Area of Expertise: Geotechnical earthquake Engineering, Landslide Mitigation, Vulnerability assessment of Geotechnical Structures
Area of Research: Landslide Hazard Assessment, Seismic vulnerability assessment of Geotechnical Structures
Dr. Partha Sarathi Nayek is an Assistant Professor I in the
Department of Civil Engineering at SMIT. He currently holds several important
responsibilities within the department, including:
Geotechnical Engineering Lab In-charge
In-charge, Model Museum of Civil Engineering Lab
Industrial Training Coordinator
Departmental Training and Placement Coordinator
Departmental Research Coordinator, Civil Engineering Department
Teaching and Research
Dasgupta, A., Nayek, P.S., & Gade, Maheshreddy. "Fault rupture propagation through slope: A novel approach." 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, 2024.
Gade, M., Dhanya, J., & Nayek, P. S. (2024). A simplified vector valued PSHA using principal components for seismic slope displacement hazard estimation. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 17(7), 209.
Dasgupta, A., Nayek, P. S., & Gade, M. (2025). Integrated numerical model for fault rupture propagation through uniform soil. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 84(11), 1-18.
A new neural network-based prediction model for Newmark's sliding displacements - January 01, 2021 | Dr. Partha Sarathi Nayek, Gade, M. J., Dhanya. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 80(1), 385-397. DOI: 10.1007/s10064-020-01923-7 (Impact Factor - 4.130).
Seismic landslide hazard assessment of central seismic gap region of Himalaya for a Mw 8.5 scenario event - January 01, 2021 | Dr. Partha Sarathi Nayek, Gade, M. Acta Geophysica 69(3), 747-759. DOI: 10.1007/s11600-021-00572-y (Impact Factor - 2.293).
A Numerical Study on Dynamic Response of Cantilever Retaining Wall Subjected to Pulse-like Ground Motion - January 01, 2021 | Dr. Partha Sarathi Nayek, Gade, M. Indian Geotechnical Journal 51(6), 1364-1373. DOI: 10.1007/s40098-021-00545-4.
Artificial Neural Network Based Fully Data-driven Models for Prediction of Newmark Sliding Displacement of Slopes - January 01, 2022 | Dr. Partha Sarathi Nayek, Gade, M. Neural Computing and Applications 34(11), 9191-9203. DOI: 10.1007/s00521-022-06945-8 (Impact Factor - 5.102).
A novel integrated Finite Element model for dynamic analysis of slopes - January 01, 2019 | Dr. Partha Sarathi Nayek, Gade, M. 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulations, IIT Mandi.
Seismic Landslide Hazard Assessment of Mandi Town, Himachal Pradesh - January 01, 2022 | Dr. Partha Sarathi Nayek, Kothawala, A., Gade, M. 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee.