Raviteja KvnsRaviteja KVNS is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, SRM University AP, India. He has a doctorate in Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering from IIT Hyderabad. His research interests mainly focus on the expansion ofmunicipal solid waste (MSW) landfills using retention systems, the design of geotechnical engineering systems using reliability and probabilistic frameworks and analyzing the heterogeneity and spatial variation in design parameters. He also works towards improving the design aspects of anchor trenches to avoid pullout failures in geomembranes. He is a certified Chartered Engineer (IEI) and life member of Indian Geotechnical Society and Institute of Engineers India. Dr. Raviteja is a reviewer for several international journals such as the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, ASCE, the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering and Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer. He has published more than 25 papers in various international journals, book chapters and international/national conferences. Read More Read Less