Dr. Arjun S
Assistant Professor
- # 321, SIF
- +91 674-713-6654
- arjuns@iitbbs.ac.in
- School of Infrastrucutre
Thermal properties of soil; Borehole heat exchangers; Geothermal energy storage; Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled behaviour of soils
Dr. Arjun S. is currently working as Assistant Professor in the School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar.
He did his Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala. He further explored the higher studies option and joined the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) for Master of Technology in Geotechnical Engineering; later converted to Dual degree PhD programme and completed in February 2025. His PhD thesis focused on “Soil Thermal Conductivity – Measurements, Prediction Models, and Field-scale Applications”. He also worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Project Research Scientist at IIT Bombay for one year.
He was selected for the prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, in 2020.
- Arjun Sivaprasad, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, & Prasenjit Basu (2026). Evolution of soil thermal conductivity during heat transfer in the presence of a convective boundary. Measurement, 265, 120152.
- Arjun Sivaprasad & Prasenjit Basu (2026). Equivalent ground thermal conductivity for design of borehole heat exchangers in saturated fine-grained deposits. Applied Thermal Engineering, 284 (2), 128911.
- Arjun Sivaprasad & Prasenjit Basu (2025). Thermal conductivity of sand with fines. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 151 (11), 1-16.
- Arjun Sivaprasad & Prasenjit Basu (2025). Influence of stress history on thermal conductivity of saturated fine-grained soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 62, 1-18.
- Arjun Sivaprasad & Prasenjit Basu (2023). Comparative assessment of transient- and steady-state soil thermal conductivity using a specially designed consolidometer. Geothermics, 107, 102583.
- Arjun Sivaprasad & Prasenjit Basu (2025). Performance of thermal conductivity prediction models for saturated fine-grained soils. GeoVadis: The Future of Geotechnical Engineering, Volume 1, p206.
- Arjun Sivaprasad & Prasenjit Basu (2024). Effect of fines on thermal conductivity of dry sand-kaolin mixture. Geotechnical Special Publication 348, Geo-Congress.
- Arjun Sivaprasad & Prasenjit Basu (2023). Influence of Time-Dependent Soil Thermal Conductivity on Performance Assessment of Energy Foundations. Geotechnical Special Publication 340, Geo-Congress.
| Institute / University | Year | Degree | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 2025 | Doctor of Philosophy | Civil Engineering |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 2025 | Master of Technology | Geotechnical Engineering |
| TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala | 2017 | Bachelor of Technology | Civil Engineering |
- Apr 2025 – Mar 2026 Project Research Scientist at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay;
- Jan 2025 – Mar 2025 Post-Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) – 2020