Dr Shiva Prashanth Kumar Kodicherla

Biography

Dr. Shiva Prashanth Kumar Kodicherla is a Senior Lecturer at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). He holds a PhD from the University of Liverpool (UoL), UK, specialising in the mechanical behaviour of granular materials, incorporating particle shape effects using discrete element modelling (DEM). Before joining NUST, he was a research scholar at Xi’an Jiaotong–Liverpool University, China, and previously served as a Lecturer at Adama Science and Technology University and Wollega University, Ethiopia, under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Brief Career Summary

•    2025+ Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil, Mining and Process Engineering, NUST, Windhoek, Namibia.
•    2022 – 2024, Lecturer, Department of Civil, Mining and Process Engineering, NUST, Windhoek, Namibia.
•    2017 – 2021, Research Assistant, Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University, Suzhou, P R China.  
•    2014 – 2016, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia.
•    2012 – 2014, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia.

Professional Affiliation 
•    Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS)
•    International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)

Research Focus
•    Advanced Soil Characterization and Smart Stabilization Techniques
•    Multiscale Critical State Behavior of Soils
•    Hybrid FEM-DEM Modeling for Complex Soil-Structure Interaction

Teaching
Undergraduate
Geotechnical Engineering (GET 710S)
Geotechnical Engineering (GET 720S)
Civil Engineering Design Project (CET 810S)
Pavement Technology (PTN 720S)
Pavement Technology (PTN 421S)

Postgraduate
Solid Waste Engineering and Cleaner Production (SWE 911S)

Community Development Activities
•    Mentorship and Student Support
•    Curriculum Development and Academic Leadership
•    Capacity Building in Engineering Education
•    International Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange

Publications
Books
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K. & Peter, E.C.N (2015). Modelling of Contaminant Transport using Physical and Numerical Approaches. Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-659-80645-2.

Book Chapters
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Gong, G., Fan, L., Moy, C.K.S. & Krabbenhoft, K. (2018). Direct shear test simulations using DEM, Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC), IISc, Bangalore, India.

Peer-reviewed articles
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Minyi, Z., Gong, G., Stephen, W. (2024). Strength and fabric anisotropy of granular materials under true triaxial configurations using DEM. Powder Technology (Elsevier), 446, 120179. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2024.120179. (SCImago Journal Rank – Q1; Impact factor – 4.5)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Minyi, Z., Gong, G., Stephen, W. (2023). Exploring the undrained behaviour of granular clumps after isotropic and Ko-consolidation paths using DEM. Forces in Mechanics (Elsevier), 100242. doi: 10.1016/j.finmec.2023.100242. (SCImago Journal Rank - Q2; Impact factor – 3.2)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K. (2023). Discrete element modelling of granular materials incorporating realistic particle shapes. International Journal of Geo-engineering (Springer Link), doi: 10.1186/s40703-023-00193-y.  (SCImago Journal Rank - Q2; Impact factor – 2.6)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K & Nandyala, D.K. (2023). Morphological effects on the angle of repose of granular materials: a discrete element investigation. Granular Matter 25, 71 (Springer Link). doi: 10.1007/s10035-023-01361-8. (SCImago Journal Rank - Q2; Impact factor – 2.6)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Gong, G. & Wilkinson, S. (2023). DEM simulations of critical state behaviour of granular materials under various drained triaxial stress path tests, Particuology, 81, 98-108 (Elsevier). doi: 10.1016/j.partic.2022.12.015. (SCImago Journal Rank - Q2; Impact factor – 4.1)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Gong, Fan, L., Wilkinson, S. & Charles K.S. Moy. (2021). Discrete element modelling of strength and critical state characteristics of granular materials under axial compression and axial extension stress path tests, Particuology, 56, 152-162 (Elsevier). doi: 10.1016/j.partic.2020.11.003. (SCImago Journal Rank - Q2; Impact factor – 4.1)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Gong, G. & Wilkinson, S. (2020). Exploring the relationship between particle shape and critical state parameters for granular materials using DEM. SN Applied Sciences, 2, 2128 (Springer Link). doi: 10.1007/s42452-020-03902-9. (SCImago Journal Rank - Q2; Impact factor – 2.8)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Gong, G., Fan, L., Wilkinson, S. & Moy, C.K.S. (2020). Investigations of the effects of particle morphology on granular material behaviors using a multi-sphere approach. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 12(6), 1301-1312 (Elsevier). doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2020.04.005. (SCImago Journal Rank – Q1; Impact factor – 9.4)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K., Gong, G., Yang, Z.X., Krabbenhoft, K., Fan, L., Moy, C.K.S. & Wilkinson, S. (2019). The influence of particle elongations on direct shear behaviour of granular materials using DEM. Granular Matter, 21(4) (Springer Link). doi: 10.1007/s10035-019-0947-x. (SCImago Journal Rank – Q2; Impact factor – 2.3)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K. & Nandyala, D.K. (2019). Revisiting the CPT-based characterizations of a highway subgrade. Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal (Taylor and Francis).  doi: 10.1080/17486025.2019.1581273. (SCImago Journal Rank – Q2; Impact factor – 1.7)
•    Kodicherla, S.P.K. & Nandyala, D.K. (2019). Effect of RBI Grade 81 on strength characteristics of clayey subgrade. International Journal of Geo-engineering (Springer Link). doi: 10.1186/s40703-017-0061-z. (SCImago Journal Rank – Q2; Impact factor – 2.6)

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