N. Adla

About

Dr. Nandini Adla is a Research Associate in the Geotechnical Engineering Division of the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras. She received her doctoral degree from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, India. She was an awardee of the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) during her doctoral studies. Her research interests include numerical and experimental investigations to understand the thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) behaviour of bentonite buffer for the safe disposal of radioactive waste. Additionally, she pursues research in the area of biomediated ground improvement, specifically bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical (BCHM) modelling aspects of microbially induced calcite precipitation treatment in coarse-grained geomaterials.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Research Associate
  2025 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Doctoral Research Scholar
  2020 - 2025

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Research Associate
  2025 - Present

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (8)

• Investigating thermal effects on bentonite buffer’s swelling and hydration response: A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling study
  Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2026.01.004
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• Numerical Modeling of the Infiltration Test in Unsaturated Bentonite Buffers
  Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-2034-0_32
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• Numerical optimisation of microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) injection strategies for sealing the aquifer's leakage paths for CO2 geosequestration application
  Advances in Water Resources 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104800
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• Coupled bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical modeling of microbially induced calcite precipitation process considering biomass encapsulation using a micro-scale relationship
  Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2023.09.023
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• Hydro-mechanical modelling of swell behaviour of bentonite buffer
  Symposium on Energy Geotechnics 2023 2023 DOI: 10.59490/seg.2023.599
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• BCH modelling studies on biocementation process in mitigating leaks from a CO2 sequestrated aquifer
  Symposium on Energy Geotechnics 2023 2023 DOI: 10.59490/seg.2023.576
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• Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model for simulating thermal history-induced voids in buffer material
  Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100513
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• Influence of Sand on the Behavior of Buffer Material Used for the Nuclear Waste Disposal
  Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0077-7_41
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