S Sathwik Kasyap

Motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow looking to further advance understanding in Geotechnical Engineering by conducting independent research into offshore geotechnics and multi-scale geomechancis. Proficient in experimentation and numerical analyses tools, with advanced abilities in apparatus development and discrete and finite element modelling and deep grasp of rigorous research procedures.

Trinity College Dublin

Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Instructor, Geotechnical Engineering 1 (4thyear undergraduate)  Semester A, 2023-24

Instructor, Structures 1 (4thyear undergraduate)   Semester A, 2023-24

Co-advisor, MAI Project in Geotechnical Engineering   2023-24

City University of Hong Kong

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Teaching Assistant, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering   2017-19

Teaching Assistant, Soil Mechanics and Geology Laboratory  2019-20

Assistant Supervisor, Integrated Building Project Development  2019-20

Co-Advisor, three undergraduate projects in soil mechanics laboratory     2018-20

One project selected for ASCE award (runner-up)

Teaching Assistant, Geology Site Visit for undergraduate students   2017-19

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Department of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Division

Teaching Assistant, Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory     2014-16

• XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Lisbon, 2024 (to be held in October 2024)
• Geoscience for a Better Future (Geological Survey of Ireland) Dublin, 2023
• Symposium on Energy Geotechnics: Accelerating the Energy Transition Delft, 2023
• 9th International SUT OSIG Conference “Innovative Geotechnologies for Energy Transition” London, 2023
• 21st International Conference in Micromechanics and Microengineering Barcelona, 2019
• Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization 5 Sydney, 2016
• North East Students Geo-Congress on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering Agartala, 2016

Kasyap, S.S., Igoe, D. 2024. Discrete element modelling of axial load testing on piles under the influence of ageing, XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal. (To be held in October 2024).

Kasyap, S.S., Mohammed, M.B., Igoe, D. 2024. Investigating foundation damping for OWTs using small strain hardening model calibrated with element scale tests, XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal. (To be held in October 2024).

Creasey, J., Diambra, A., EL HAJJAR, A., Ibraim, E., Conn, A., Igoe, D., White, D., Bateman, A., Mylonakis, G., Cerfontaine, B., Gourvenec, S., Kasyap, S.S.,Wen, K. 2024. Initial design and testing of a new site investigation tool for the direct determination of p-y soil reaction curves: ROBOCONE, XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal. (To be held in October 2024).

Kasyap, S.S., Igoe, D. 2024. Pile ageing for offshore wind applications. GeoScience for a Better Future (Geological Survey of Ireland), Dublin, Ireland. (Poster)

Sarvadevabhatla, S.K., Igoe, D., Cerfontaine, B., Diambra, A., White, D. 2023. Understanding the behaviour of a new robotic device for next-generation site investigation: A 3D DEM Exploration, 3rd International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, 1-2.

Creasey, J., EL HAJJAR, A., Conn, A., Ibraim, E., Bateman, A., Mylonakis, G., Martin, G., Diambra, A., Cerfontaine, B., Gourvenec, S., White, D., Igoe, D., Kasyap, S.S. 2023. Motivation and Demonstration of Robotic Tooling for Ground Characterization: the ROBOCONE, Proceedings of Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics 2023 Conference, Vol. 1, 368-375.

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2022. Small-scale size effects on the shearing behavior and sliding stiffness reduction-displacement curves of rock-plastic gouge simulant under low normal stresses, Journal of Structural Geology, 157, 104553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104553

Luo, L., Kasyap, S.S., He, H., Senetakis, K. 2022. Laboratory and discrete-based numerical investigation on the collision problem of impactor-block systems with soft-porous and hard-crystalline analog rocks, Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 46(3), 594-616. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3313

Li, S., Ren, J., Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2022. Mechanical, micro-structure and contour mapping analyses of highly-porous intermediate-texture analog rock from instrumented micro-indentation in conjunction with statistical/machine learning tools, Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo-resour. 8, 99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-022-00404-3

Luo, L., Kasyap, S.S., He, H., Senetakis, K. 2022. Experimental and DEM studies on the normal coefficient of restitution of grain-block systems in the presence of thick and thin water layers under low-velocity impacts, Computers and Geotechnics, 146, 104711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.104711

Kasyap, S.S., He, H., Senetakis, K. 2022. 3D DEM analysis of analogue proppant - fractured rock system interaction, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 81:31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02500-2

Li, H., Kasyap, S.S.,Senetakis, K. 2021. A study on the failure behavior of sand grain contacts with Hertz modeling, image processing, and statistical analysis, Sensors, 21, 4611. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21134611

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2022. Characterisation of two types of shale rocks from Guizhou China through micro-indentation, statistical and machine-learning tools, J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 208(A), 109304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109304

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2021. Application of nanoindentation in the characterisation of a porous material with a clastic texture, Materials 14(16), 4579. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164579

Luo, L., Ren, J., Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2021. A note on the influence of smectite coating on the coefficient of restitution of natural sand particles impacting granitic blocks, Coatings 11(8), 996. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11080996

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2021. A grain-scale study of Mojave Mars Simulant (MMS-1), Sensors 21(14), 4730. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21144730

Li, H., Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2021. Multi-scale study of the small-strain damping ratio of fiber-sand composites, Polymers 13(15), 2476. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13152476

Tian, Y., Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2021. Influence of loading history and soil type on the normal contact behavior of natural sand grain-elastomer composite interfaces, Polymers, 13(11), 1830. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111830

Kasyap, S.S., Li, S., Senetakis, K. 2021. Investigation of the mechanical properties and the influence of micro-structural characteristics of aggregates using micro-indentation and Weibull analysis, Construction and Building Materials, 271, 121509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121509

Kasyap, S.S., Li. S., Senetakis, K. 2021. Influence of natural coating type on the frictional and abrasion behaviour of siliciclastic-coated sedimentary sand grains, Engineering Geology, 281, 105983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105983

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K., Coop, M.R., Zhao, J.D. 2021. Micromechanical behaviour in shearing of reproduced flat LBS grains with strong and weak artificial bonds, Acta Geotechnica, 16, 1355-1376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-020-01101-9

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K., Zhao, J. 2021. Cyclic normal load-displacement behaviour of clay-coated sand grain contacts, Geotechniquè, 71(3), 216-225. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.18.P.216

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2021. Micromechanical-based experimental and analytical on rate effects and stick-slip instability of smooth quartz surfaces in the presence of plastic and non-plastic gouges, Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 45(6), 776-793. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3178

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2020. An experimental investigation on the tribological behaviour of quartz grains with dry to saturated gouge material, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 177, 3283-3300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-020-02431-1

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2019. Interface load-displacement behaviour of sand grains coated with clayey powder: Experimental and analytical studies, Soils and Foundations, 59(6), 1695-1710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2019.07.010

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2019. Experimental Investigation of the coupled influence of rate of loading and contact time on the frictional behavior of quartz grain interfaces under varying normal load, International Journal of Geomechanics – ASCE, 19(10): 04019112. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001493

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2019. Influence of Microparticles at the Contacts of Quartz Sand Grains: A Micro-Mechanical Experimental Study, 21st International Conference in Micromechanics and Microengineering, Barcelona, Spain.

Kasyap, S.S., Senetakis, K. 2018. A micromechanical experimental study of kaolinite-coated sand grains, Tribology International, 126, 206-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2018.05.021

Kashyap, S.S., Krishna, A.M., Dey, A. 2016. Analysis of Active MASW Data for a Convergent Shear Wave Velocity Profile, 5th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation, Queensland, Australia.

Kashyap, S.S., Krishna, A.M. 2016. Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves for S-Wave profile: Critical Aspects, North East Students Geo-Congress on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Agartala, India.

Outstanding Academic Performance Awardfor Research Degree Students 2017-18, 2018-19

Research Tuition Scholarshipfor Research Degree Students 2017-18, 2018-19

Postgraduate Studentship – City University of Hong Kong  2017-2020

Best Presentation Award at 21st International Conference on Micromechanics and Microengineering, Barcelona. Feb. 2019

Best Paper Award at North East Student Geo-Congress on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, NIT Agartala, India. Jan. 2016

Graduate Scholarship – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati  2014-16

All India Rank 689 out of 90872 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (Civil)  2014

Vice President at Association of Civil Engieerings, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2014-15