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Tanmoy DasProfile page
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Civil, Environmental & Sociotechnical ENG
- Postdoctoral Research AssociateSchool of Civil, Environmental & Sociotechnical ENG
- University of Technology Sydney, School of Civil, Environmental and Sociotechnical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
BIO
Dr. Tanmoy Das is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Civil, Environmental and Sociotechnical Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is currently involved in the project “Reducing Trauma and Improving Safety on Rural and Regional Roads: Sustainable Road Sealing Innovation towards Net Zero," funded by the Australian government. He completed his Ph.D. from the Civil Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 2025 and also served as a Project Research Associate in the same department. His doctoral research focused on the Coupled Analysis of Earthquake and Rainfall-Induced Landslides Considering Parametric Uncertainties.
Part of his Ph.D. work has been included in the official Technical Report of the Kerala State Planning Board and the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) on the 2019 extreme rainfall-induced floods and landslides. His Ph.D. thesis has been awarded first position in the “Best Ph.D. thesis ranking in the Disaster Studies” initiative of NIDM, Ministry of Home Affairs, Gov. of India, for the financial year 2025–26. His M.Tech. research at IIT Patna on probabilistic seismic stability analysis of rock-fill tailing dams earned the “Best MTech Project Award." He has publications in several reputable peer-reviewed journals (Scientific Reports, Engineering Geology, Natural Hazards, Natural Hazards Review, Soils and Foundations, Indian Geotechnical Journal) and received the “Best Paper Award in Ground Improvement” from the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) in 2024. Further, he received the prestigious travel grant awarded by AGS, Australia; IoE, IIT Bombay; and SERB, DST, Govt. of India, to attend international conferences. He is an active reviewer for various ASCE, Elsevier, and Springer journals. Furthermore, he has made significant contributions to various prestigious national and international industrial projects and collaborative work during his PhD and Postdoc, with outcomes published in Scientific Reports, Indian Geotechnical Journal, and ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Postdoctoral Research AssociateUniversity of Technology Sydney, School of Civil, Environmental and Sociotechnical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia17 Mar 2026 - present
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY ORGANISATIONAL UNITS MEMBERSHIP
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Project Research AssociateIndian Institute of Technology Bombay, Civil Engineering, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400076, India1 Apr 2025 - 19 Feb 2026
- Institute Postdoctoral FellowIndian Institute of Technology Bombay, Civil Engineering, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400076, India13 Dec 2024 - 28 Mar 2025
- Research AssociateIndian Institute of Technology Bombay, Civil Engineering, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400076, India1 Oct 2024 - 12 Dec 2024
DEGREES
- Ph.D.Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Civil Engineering, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400076, India23 Jul 2019 - 2 Jan 2025
- MTechIndian Institute of Technology Patna, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Bihta, Patna, Bihar, 801106, India12 Jun 2017 - 6 Aug 2019
- BTechWest Bengal State Council of Technical Education, Civil Engineering, Kolkata, West Bengal, India18 Jun 2013 - 31 May 2017
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- HindiCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- BengaliCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 13 Climate Action
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Technical support
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Media enquiries