The International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Structures and IoT (SMSI-2024) was organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology Sarang, India. The practical problems associated with various engineering in many developing countries including India and developed countries are different and complex. Therefore, researchers and agencies have been working to tackle these challenges and to identify implementable solutions for various transportation engineering related problems as per prevailing conditions. As a recurring event with nationwide participation, SMSI-2024 converged experts, researchers, practitioners, industry professionals around the world to share and deliberate on their work, offering profound insights into emerging technological trends. This conference invited papers related to various themes under the umbrella of engineering.
1. Advancements in Sludge Utilization for Sustainable Construction Practices 2. Properties of layered concrete made of Portland slag cement and Portland pozzolana cement in a double-layered system 3. Oral Cancer Detection Using Deep Learning Architecture 4. Effective Brain Tumor Classification Using Transfer Learning Approach with the Help of Recurrent Neural Networks 5. Enhancing Concrete Performance 6. Parametric Appraisal of Dry-Turning of EN24 using Taguchi-WASPAS and Sunflower Algorithm 7. In-depth exploration of utilizing water hyacinth fibers as a sustainable method for reinforcing concrete 8. Evaluating Water Hyacinth Ash as a Viable Construction Material 9. Structural and Thermal Analysis of Gas Turbine Blade 10. Flood risk assessment of Brahmani River Basin, Odisha, India 11. Experimental Investigation on Reactive Powder Concrete Incorporating Expanded Clay Sand 12. A study on multi-fabric weaved bi-directional laminated composites 13. Buckling analysis of glass fiber reinforced polyester composite with variable stiffness and central cut-outs 14. Flexural Studies on Concrete Beams with Areca Fiber and Lightweight Aggregates Reinforced with Bamboo 15. Numerical simulations with embedded piezoelectric transducers for monitoring changes in concrete properties 16. Digital Preservation 17. Influence of Social-Political Conditions on Residential Typology and Conservation Practices in India 18. AI-based Cognitive Load Analysis of Human Beings Through Working Memory 19. Robust biometric attendance system via content-based feature extraction and classification of acknowledged sound 20. Multifunctional Composite Materials for Lightweight and Efficient EV Structures 21. Use of Recycled Concrete Aggregates in Construction 22. River water principle component analysis 23. Fingerprint-based Blood Group Prediction 24. Analysis of CT Scan Lung Cancer Image for Early Prediction 25. Weather Forecasting of a Smart City Using Univariate Time Series Statistical Models 26. Investigating Slurry Erosion Resistance of HVOF coated SS-409 for Slurry Transportation System 27. Investigating the Influence of Natural Fibers on Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Composites 28. Impact Analysis of Groundwater Variability on Groundwater Storage in Malkangiri, Odisha 29. Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite 30. Heart disease prediction using machine learning techniques 31. Numerical Study of Free Vibration of Sandwich FGM Plate 32. Exploring Multilayer Ensemble Learning for Enhanced Human Activity Recognition 33. Implementing AutoML for Wine Quality Classification Using AutoGluon and Leaderboard Analysis 34. Decoding E. coli 35. Solid waste management as a supplement to binding material in the cement and concrete industry 36. Unveiling the Influence 37. Experimental Analysis on CNC-Turning of Nickel–Chromoly Steel in Different Lubricating Environments using Taguchi Coupled WASPAS Method 38. AI-Powered Surveillance 39. Cardiac Wellness Prediction Using Machine Learning 40. Secure Customer Management Mechanism for Online Banking System 41. A Deep Learning Approach with Adaptive Intelligence for Coal Classification 42. Metal characterization of AlSi10mg powder using direct metal laser sintering and corrosion testing using potentiodynamic polarization measurement 43. Enhancing Network Efficiency of anSD-WAN Infrastructure Implemented Using Cisco System Technologies 44. e-healthcare system for skin care 45. Properties of cement mortar prepared on blending of ferrochrome dust, lime, and Portland cement 46. IOT-based Guided Repair of Vehicle Systems for Prevention of Accidents 47. Application of recycled concrete aggregate and fly ash for low-volume road construction 48. Evaluating 3D Concrete Printing Effectiveness through a Comparative Study using SVM, Decision Trees, and Random Forest Techniques 49. Predictive Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Using Construction and Demolition Waste with Insights from SVR, Decision Trees, and Random Forests 50. Voice-Driven ChatGpt Interface for Divyang Individuals 51. Optimizing Geopolymer Concrete Properties through Red Mud and Fly Ash with Recycled Water for Sustainable Construction 52. Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement as a Sustainable Material for Pavement Application 53. State of the Art 54. Single-atom photocatalysts 55. Intelligent Transport Traffic System of Smart Cities using Machine Learning Techniques 56. Strength Performance of Lightweight Concrete Containing Steel Fibres and Silica Fume 57. M30 Grade Concrete’s Strength Characteristics with a Partial Cement Replacement Using Dolomite and GGBS 58. Reclamation of Low-Lying Area with Legacy Ash 59. Effectiveness of Nano-Titanium Dioxide on Abrasion Resistance, Fatigue Response, and Intrinsic Crack Repair Mechanisms in Cementitious Composites 60. Effect of Thermomechanical Processing on Mechanical Properties of Ferritic Stainless Steel
Sujit Kumar Pradhan is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology Sarang, India. He holds PhD in Transportation Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. His area of research includes pavement material characterization, pavement analysis & design, performance evaluation of asphalt binder and recycling, and geotextile and porous concrete. Srinivas Sethi is a Professor in Computer Science Engineering & Application, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang (IGIT, Sarang), India, and has been actively involved in teaching and research since 1997. He did his Ph.D., in routing algorithms in mobile ad hoc network and is continuing his research work in the wireless sensor network, cognitive radio network, and cloud computing, Big-Data, BCI, Cognitive Science. Mufti Mahmud’s research vision is to contribute toward a secure, smart, healthy, and better world to live in. He conducts problem-driven Brain Informatics research where he works with problem domain experts to find multidisciplinary solutions to real-world problems. His research involves Computational, Health, and Social Sciences, and uses Neuroscience, Healthcare, Applied Data Science, Computational Neuroscience, Big Data Analytics, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, and Software Engineering and plans to develop secure computational tools to advance healthcare access in low-resource settings.
