Dr. Parul R Patel
Professor
Civil Engineering
Nirma University of Science and Technology
India
Biography
Dr. parul Patel is working as Professor at Civil Engineering Department, Nirma University. she is having more than 26 years of teaching experience. She has completed B.E in Civil Engineering in 1990 and M.E in Construction Technology and Management in 2000 from S.P.University, Vallabh Vidyanagar. She has completed Ph.D in Civil Engineering area from IIT, Bombay in 2009. She has presented and published more than 45 papers/poster in national and international conferences and in journals. She has attended and conducted many training programmes mainly related to Construction Management and Geomatics. She is a member of Board of Studies at Ganpat University, Parul University, external examiner at many universities. She is reviewer of Journal of Geomatics. She has delivered more than 50 expert talks on Applications of GPS and GIS and related to construction Management at reputed institutes, workshops, conferences and training programmes. Area of research interest are Construction Technology and Management, RS, GIS and GPS applications, Surveying, Geodesy. She has completed research project in collaboration with SAC ISRO and European Space agency on "SMOS" mission in 2012. At present, She is having three ISRO funded research projects 1. “RISAT Calibration and validation and Soil Moisture Measurement” in collaboration with SAC, ISRO, Ahmedabad worth Rs.29,80,000/-. 2. Identification of Existing Road Material, Condition and Potential Parking Area of Ahmedabad City using AVIRIS Data and Updation Plan of Undeveloped Road worth Rs.9,00,000/- 3. Development of Low Cost Methodology for Surveying and Mapping with Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) worth Rs. 17,05,000/-. She has carried out consultancy work in the field of surveying, Construction Management, GPS and GIS area. She is life member of many professional bodies like ISTE, GRSS IEEE, ISG, IGS, GICEA, ISRS.
Research Interest
Construction Technology and Management, Geodesy, Surveying, Applications of GPS, Remote Sensing and GIS
