Presents knowledge and experience of soft computing techniques in civil engineering. The principal concern of the book is to show how soft computing techniques can be applied to solve problems in research and practice.
Dr. S.M. Yadav is Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India. He has a teaching experience of 28 years. His areas of research are Fluvial Hydraulics, Hydrology, Water Supply and Drainage Engineering and Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Water Resources Engineering. He has completed a number of design and consultancy projects. He has special skills for designing long distance pipelines, water supply networks, storm water networks, drainage networks, check dams and hydraulic structures. He has published more than 125 national and international conference papers and 20 national and international journal articles. He has received three awards including HariOm Ashram Prerit Award of Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar. He has received thrice the AuS AID funding from the Government of Australia. He was nominated as panel member by the Central Water Commission for Asian Development Bank funded project for preparing climate change adaptation guidelines for Coastal Protection and Management in India. He has guided 40 students at the postgraduate level and two students of the doctoral programme. He is guiding 7 doctoral scholars. He has served as Dean (Alumni & Resource Generation), Sectional Head, PG in charge and Liaison Officer.
