Dr. Gaurav Verma is currently working as an Assistant Professor in School of Civil Engineering. He has more than 4 years of experience in teaching and research in the field of Transportation Engineering and has been associated with Galgotias University since September 2025. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a thesis titled “Prediction of the Soaked CBR of Fine-grained Plastic Soils through Machine Learning Algorithms.,” where he developed data-driven models and computer software (both Desktop and Web Applications) relevant to Indian highway conditions. Being a passionate teacher, Dr. Verma believes that teaching should not only help students understand fundamental concepts but also foster critical thinking and evaluation of alternative problem-solving approaches. He actively engages students through hands-on laboratory experiments, case studies, and software-based learning to equip future civil engineers with strong theoretical foundations and practical skills in transportation engineering.

Experience

• 2 Years of Teaching Experience
• 2 Years of Research Experience

Qualification

• Ph.D. (Transportation Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
• M. Tech. (Transportation Engineering), National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
• B. Tech. (Civil Engineering), Kurukshetra University

Copyright / Patent

• Gaurav Verma* and G.D. Ransinchung R.N. (2025). Development of computer software for weighing the ingredients of different grade of concrete mixes.
• Certificate No: SW-2025021368
• Link to Download:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SePVvJay2U21m4GJF8nKj7r8tBovz9rP?usp=drive_link

Research

Journal Publications

• Chouksey, Ashish Kumar, Brind Kumar, Manoranjan Parida, Amar Deep Pandey, and Gaurav Verma. 2024. "Measurement and prediction of road traffic noise at different floor levels of buildings in a mid-sized Indian city." Journal of Building Engineering 92:109711. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109711

• Chouksey, Ashish Kumar, Brind Kumar, Manoranjan Parida, Amar Deep Pandey, and Gaurav Verma. 2023. "Heterogeneous road traffic noise modeling at mid-block sections of mid-sized city in India." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195 (11):1349. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11924-0

• Verma, Gaurav, Brind Kumar, and GD Ransinchung RN. 2023. "Particle Swarm Optimization–Based Machine Learning Algorithms for Developing the Modified Proctor Compaction Parameter Prediction Software." Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology:1-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-023-00326-x

• Ray, Arunava, Gaurav Verma, Rajesh Rai, and TN Singh. 2023. "Stability assessment of Himalayan residual soil slopes formed from the weathering of carbonate lithologies using Landslide Hazard Charts." Himalayan Geology 44 (2):71-88.

• Verma, Gaurav, Brind Kumar, Chintoo Kumar, Arunava Ray, and Manoj Khandelwal. 2023. "Application of KRR, K-NN and GPR Algorithms for Predicting the Soaked CBR of Fine-Grained Plastic Soils." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering:1-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-07962-y

• Nayak, Dheeresh Kumar, Gaurav Verma, Akshat Dimri, Rajesh Kumar, and Veerendra Kumar. 2023. "Predicting the Twenty-Eight Day Compressive Strength of OPC-and PPC-Prepared Concrete through Hybrid GA-XGB Model." Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction 28 (3):04023020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/PPSCFX.SCENG-1315

• Verma, Gaurav, and Brind Kumar. 2022. "Application of multi-expression programming (MEP) in predicting the soaked California bearing ratio (CBR) value of fine-grained soil." Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 7 (4):1-16.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00858-0

• Verma, Gaurav, and Brind Kumar. 2022. "Artificial Neural Network Equations for Predicting the Modified Proctor Compaction Parameters of Fine-Grained Soil." Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology:1-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40515-022-00228-4

• Verma, Gaurav, and Brind Kumar. 2022. "Multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network for predicting the modified compaction parameters of coarse-grained and fine-grained soils." Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 7 (1):1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-021-00679-7

• Verma, Gaurav, and Brind Kumar. 2019. "Prediction of compaction parameters for fine-grained and coarse-grained soils: a review." International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering:1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2019.1595301

Conference Publications

• Verma, Gaurav, and Brind Kumar. 2022. "Selection of sand gradations and proportions for sand-bentonite mixtures of fine-grained soil." Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Volume 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003222910-36

• Verma, Gaurav, and Brind Kumar. 2021. "Statistical Analysis of Factors Influencing the Liquid and Plastic Limits of Fine-Grained Soil Mixtures." Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials: Select Proceedings of ASCM 2020 124:331.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4590-4_31

• Verma, Gaurav, and Brind Kumar. 2018. "Estimation of California Bearing Ratio from the Plastic Limit of Fine-grained Soils for Pavement Sub-grade". International Conference on Pavements and Computational Approaches (ICOPAC-2018) organized by CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi from November 16-17, 2018

• Verma, Gaurav, and Som Nath Sachdeva. 2014. "Improving CBR of Soil by the Use of Lime and Fly Ash". Transportation Young Researchers Symposium (TYRES-2014) organized by NIT Warangal from March 27-29, 2014.

• Verma, Gaurav, and Som Nath Sachdeva. 2014. " Effect of Lime and Fly Ash on Compaction and CBR value of Silt and Sand Soil". First Annual Conference on Innovations and Developments in Civil Engineering (ACIDIC-2014) organized by NIT Karnataka, Surathkal from May 19-20, 2014.

Certifications

• National Level 5-days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on LaTex at CMR Engineering College, Hyderabad in Association with IIT Bombay (Online Mode)

Area of Interest

• Pavement Materials Characterization and Testing
• Pavement Stabilization and Ground Improvement Techniques
• Pavement Evaluation and Health Monitoring System
• Design and Construction of Flexible and Rigid Pavements
• Application of AI & ML in Transportation Engineering

Technical Skills

• Software Known: ARRB Roughometer-III, IIT PAVE, GeneXproTools, Minitab, SPSS, Origin Lab, StatSoft STATISTICA
• Tools and Frameworks: MS Office, LaTeX

Reviewer

• Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice, ASCE
• Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier
• Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier
• KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Springer
• Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Springer
• Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Springer

Other Achievements

• GATE(CE)-Scored 391 with AIR 2767 out of 36156 in 2012