Prof. Nikhil Saboo

IIT Roorkee

Prof. Nikhil Saboo is as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Roorkee. He served as an Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, from 2016-2017, and at IIT(BHU) Varanasi from 2017-2021. He completed his M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur (2012), and PhD from IIT Roorkee (2016). He has more than 8 years of experience in the area of Pavement Engineering. Some of his areas of interest includes studies related to Pavement Materials, Rheology of Asphalt Binders, Use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Material in Hot Mix Asphalt, Pavement Analysis and Design, and Pavement Evaluation. He has been working on 8 externally funded projects, funded by various organizations such as Department of Science and Technology (DST), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA), Council of Science and Technology, UP (CST-UP), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Ministry of Roads Transport and Highways (MoRT&H). Dr. Nikhil Saboo has published more than 38 technical papers in journals (SCI/Scopus) of repute. He has delivered more than 25 invited talks on several topics in the domain of pavement materials and design. He has various professional awards to his credit. These include best paper award at Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG)-2015, Young Scientist in Civil Engineering by Venus International Foundation, and Achievement Award for Academician / Scientist / Technologist / Innovator by Construction and Industry Development Council. He was also selected for KCC Program for Young Leaders (Disaster Reduction course) organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He is a member of state level technical advisory committee for urban local bodies of Uttar Pradesh. He is also a member of Scientific Committee, Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction (AM3P) and European Asphalt Technology Association (EATA) conferences. He is also a reviewer for many international journals such as International Journal of Pavement Engineering (T&F); Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE); Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier); Road Materials and Pavement Design (T&F); International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (Springer); Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials (Springer) etc.

NOC: Pavement Materials (Under Pavement Engineering), IIT Roorkee