Surya S.C. Congress

About

Dr. Surya S. C. Congress is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University. He is also an FAA Certified Drone Pilot and has flown many uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) missions to collect infrastructure condition data. Dr. Congress leverages his deep understanding of image processing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to develop innovative methods for inspecting infrastructure using uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) coupled with close-range photogrammetry techniques. His areas of research interest include stabilization of problematic soils, resilient and sustainable designs for transportation geotechnical assets, climate change effects on civil infrastructure and communities, structural health monitoring of infrastructur

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington 2018
• M.S., Civil Engineering, Indian Inst. of Technology, Kharagpur 2014
• B.S., Civil Engineering, JNTU, Kakinada 2012

Selected publications

• Congress, S. S. C., Puppala, A. J., Escamilla III, J., Jaladurgam, R., & Kumar, P. (2024). “Transportation bridge infrastructure asset condition monitoring using uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs).” Transportation Geotechnics, 47, 101268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2024.101268
• Kumar, P., Puppala, A. J., Congress, S. S.C., & Tingle, J. S. (2024). “Resilient Moduli Characterization of Cement-Treated Silt at High Compaction Energy Conditions.” Transportation Research Record, 03611981241252769. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241252
• Liu, X., Congress, S.S.C., Shen, J., Cai, G. and Chen, G. (2024). “A simple site amplification model originating from the NGA project for deep soft soil deposits in Suzhou, China. Natural Hazards, pp.1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06178-5
• Kumar, P., Puppala, A. J., Biswas, N., Congress, S. S.C., Tingle, J. S., & Little, D. N. (2024). “Assessment of Durability of Chemically Stabilized Soils Using Different Moisture-Susceptible Methods.” Transportation Research Record, 03611981241244795. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241244795
• Kumar, P., Puppala, A.J., Congress, S.S.C. and Tingle, J.S. (2024). “Characterization of Cement-Polymer-Treated Soils under Repeated Loading.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 36(4), p.04024036.