Mr. Wilson K C

Senior Scientist
Highway Engineering Division

Name Mr. Wilson K C
Designation Senior Scientist
Division Highway Engineering Division
Email ID kcwilson6200244@kerala.gov.in
wilson.natpac@gmail.com
Contact Number 0471-2779225
9846748417
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ResearchArea/ ResearchInterests Pavement, Highway Geometry
Professional Experience/

CareerDetails

  • 2009-2011 – Design Engineer, Wilber smith Associates and Pvt. Ltd
  • 2011-2014 – Scientist B, NATPAC
  • 2014-2018 – Scientist. NATPAC
  • 2018 - Till date – Senior Scientist, NATPAC
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D. Subject, university, Year
M.Tech Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Kerala University, 2009
B.Tech. Civil Engineering, Mahatma University, 2007
B.Sc Mathematics, Kannur University, 2002
List of Projects involved Research
  • Demonstration Project on the Use of Waste Plastic for Road Construction
  • Identification Accident Prone Locations in NH-213.
  • Use of Geotextiles in road construction and embankment works
  • Study on the Performance of Highway Development Under KSTP
  • Impact of proposed Vizhinjam International seaport on traffic and transportation systems
  • Study on overloading of vehicles and its impact on pavement service life
  • Traffic Growth Rate Model for National Highways in Kerala:
  • Pavement Rehabilitation Design Based on Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Test (DCPT)
  • Study on the influence of different types of aggregate, filler and bitumen on bituminous wearing courses performance and properties
  • Effect of Salinity on the Performance of Bituminous Mixtures
  • Rejuvenation of Vamanapuram river
  • Feasibility Study of Night Life Project at Thiruvananthapuram
  • Feasibility of proposed Railway Over Bridge at Muzhappilangad
  • Traffic studies for Sabari Rail project
  • Technical service for KSRTC yard at Enchakka

Consultancy

  • Improvement Schemes for Major Accident   Locations on NH-Bypass in
  • Thiruvananthapuram City
  • City Development Plan and Mobility Plan for Mattannur Urban area
  • Study of Traffic Signals at Trivandrum City
  • Accident Investigation Report- Valakom
  • Project   Report   for   Thiruvalla- Puthuppalli  - Kottayam (Manarkad) Combined Bypass
  • Study   on   the Details   of Existing Cross Structures along   the National Waterway 3
  • Prefeasibility Study   for Constructing a Green   Field   Highway between Nedumbassery and Vyttilla in Cochin
  • Feasibility study for ROBs for light vehicles
  • BBD Studies in Technopark
  • Study on Periodically Distressed Road Stretches in Thiruvananthapuram – Conduct of    Axle Load Surveys
  • Traffic improvement plan of Pala Region
  • Road Connectivity to the SEZ at Kinfra Park, Kakkanchery
  • Feasibility Study for Development of Outer Ring Road between Kodungallur & Cherthala
  • Study on the Preparation of project report for widening of NH-47 from Kazhakkuttam to Keshavadasapuram
  • Development of pilot safe road corridor - baseline data collection
  • Accident reconstruction studies of selected fatal accidents
  • Study on goods transportation and freight policy
  • Traffic and transportation study for Nedumangad town
  • Project report for the construction of Thripunithura bypass
  • Project report for the construction of combined Thalassery and Mahe bypass
  • Kallettumkara Junction Improvement
  • Development of Internal Roads in KINFRA Park, Adoor
  • Traffic Solutions for Technopark – NH Access
  • Preparation of base map for DTP schemes- Nedumanged Central area, Neyyattinkara and Attingal
  • Improvement of Muthuvara and Mundur Intersections in Thrissur District
  • Preparation of DPR for Hill highway –Package 1, Kannur and Kasaragod District
  • Feasibility Study for Establishing Round the Clock Traffic through the Forest Section of NH-766
  • Provision of Additional Accesses on NH 17 Kozhikode Bypass Phase II Reach II at Chainages 1/350 And 2/500
  • Prefeasibility study for providing pedestrian crossing facility at Trivandrum Medical college junction
  • Mapping of Kawadiar Palace Compound for Town Planning Department
  • Improvement proposals for Ochira – Kalpakavadi Section of NH 66
  • Baseplan preparation of Pallippuram – Kazhakkoottam stretch of NH 66
  • Improvement of Koratty Junction
  • Improvement of Chinnakkada ROB approach
  • Verification of Topographic Survey conducted by DSC2
  • Sky walk facility at Kottayam
  • Preparation of Base Plan for Monorail Alignment in Thiruvananthapuram and Fixing of Pier Positions
  • Feasibility of Grade separated facility at Technicity
  • Study on Roughness and Deflection of City Roads in Trivandrum
  • Improvement of SH junction, Changanassery
  • Relocation of toll plaza in Trivandrum bypass
  • Improvement Plan for Vattappara Curve in NH 66
  • Comparative study of the Road Supporting Structure in Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
  • District level implementation of road safety schemes
  • Consultancy Services for Survey of Alignment in Reach 3 and Allied Works of the Proposed Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro Rail Project
  • Testing of Bituminous Mix Modified with Zydex
  • Pavement Design for Nadukani- Parappanagadi Road in Malappuram District
  •  Intersection Design for Nadukani- Parappanagadi Road in Malappuram District
  • Rebuilding Alappuzha – Concept Report
  • Trivandrum International Airport – NH Access
  • Development of parallel taxi parking area in Trivandrum International Airport
  • Pavement investigation and design of National highway 66 from Purakkadu to Pathirappalli stretch
  • Provision of Pedestrian Crossing facility at East fort Area
  • Pavement design for Ambalappuzha- Thiruvalla road in Alappuzha district
  • Feasibility Study for the Development of Coastal Highway in Kerala
  • Prioritization of Hill Highway Links for Preparation of Detailed Project Report
  • Traffic Training Park at Kasaragod
  • Study on failure of roads in Kuttanadu region
  • Feasibility of Elevated Thalasserry-Anjarakandy Road at Level with Mambaram Bridge in Kannur District
  • Road Safety Audit on National Highways 66 from Varappuzha Bridge to Muthakunnam in Eranakulam district of Kerala
  • Study on development of foot over bridges and subways under PPP Model in Trivandrum
  • DPR preparation of Hill highway in Kerala (8 km in Thiruvananthapuram District)
  • Access Options for the Proposed TRIDA Bus Terminal at Kazhakoottam
  • Traffic Management Plan for M/s. Spring Infradev ltd.
  • Connectivity Improvement of Ports through Coastal Roads
  • Investigation Works for the Development of Coastal Highway in Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram Districts
  • Cross Flyovers for Technopark from NH Bypass
  • DPR for Integrated Urban Regeneration and Water Transport System in Cochin (KSINC)
  • Feasibility of Suburban Highway between Thodupuzha and Ernakulam (Client: PWD, Project Cost: 50 Lakhs)
  • Study on Roughness and deflection of City Roads in Trivandrum (client: KRFB,   Project cost:15 lakhs)
  • Pavement design for LSGD roads in Kasaragod
  • Integrated Development of Coastal Highway with Cycle Tracks (Client: KIIFB, Cost: 34 lakhs)
  • Skid resistance test for standard turn pad in Madurai airport(Client: AAI, project cost: 0.9 lakhs)
  • Pre-opening stage road safety audit for the KIFFB funded roads (Client: KIIFB, Project Cost: 90 Lakhs )
  • Functional performance of evaluation of KIIFB-funded roads (Client: KIIFB, Cost: 5.05 lakhs)
  • Preparation of FDR-based PED and technical review of PEDs in transport projects (Client: KIIFB, Cost: > 30 lakhs)(4 roads)
  • Technical Review and support services to SPVs for the development of project execution documents in KIIFB-funded road projects (Client: KIIFB, Cost: 3.28 crores)( 2roads)
  • Preparation of Detailed Project Report for the Alternate Access to VSSC Eastern Campus, Thiruvananthapuram (Client: VSSC, Cost: 11 lakhs)
  • Feasibility study for alternatives to forest routes for the proposed hill highway alignment at selected districts (Client: KRFB, Project Cost: 16 Lakhs)
  • Identification and mapping of forest area for the hill highway project (Client: KRFB, Project Cost: 5 Lakhs)
  • Preparation of a Detailed Project Report for the Development of Inland Waterway between Mahe River and Valapattanam River (Client: KWIL, Project Cost: 44 Lakhs)
  • Construction of Main Approach Road and Entrance Gate at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram (Client: CPWD, Project Cost: 3 Lakhs)
  • Pavement design for LSGD road in Kasaragod District (Chithari – Chalinkal - Ravaneswaram Road) (Client: LSGD, Project Cost: 11lakhs)
  • Pavement design for roads in Kasaragod district (Nileshwaram Bazar Thaliyilambalam Road, Chira - Karinjathamvayal Road, Theru - Sreevalsam Road, Sreevalsam – Raja link Road and Thaliyilambalam – Village office  - Raja Road)
  • Pavement design for Palakkunnu – Arattukadavu road and Ambangad- Velutholy road for Rebuild Kerala Initiative
  • Pavement design for Chattanchal-Taira Road in Kasaragod district (Client: LSGD, Project Cost:2.76Lakhs)
  • Testing of bitumen – PMB 40, PMB 70, NRMB 40 and NRMB 70 for BITCOL Elrich Bituminous System Private Limited
  • BBD test and Overlay Design of the road surface for the Mancodu – Thidi - iranthupura Road in the Pathanamthitta district (Client: LSGD, Project Cost:0.87Lakhs)
  • Report on the Feasibility of RoB Options at Edava as per the direction of the Honourable High Court of Kerala (Client: Honourable High court, Project Cost:0.26 Lakhs)
  • Preparation of Detailed Project Report for the Integrated Development of Coastal Highway with Cycle Track in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Alappuzha District (Client: KRFB, Project Cost:594 Lakhs)
  • Road safety Audit on NH 66 in Kerala State-IRF -Preopening stage road safety audit of Kavanad-Kadampattukonam road(Client: IRF, Cost:16.46 lakhs)
  • Traffic Survey and Axle Load Survey in the Plackapady - Vellavoor - Niranani -Ollamana Road in Kottayam district (Client: LSGD, Cost: 1.73lakhs)
  • Investigation report for traffic and axle load survey in Pokkundu - Koonam - Kulathur – Kannadippara - Naduvil road in Kannur district – (Client- PIU, LSGD, 1.5 lakhs)
  • Investigation Report for BBD survey and Core Sampling from Pavement Surface from MBCET Campus (Client: MBCET, Cost: 0.3lakhs)
  • Development of Kovalam - Akkulam stretch of west coast canal as inland waterway- Rejuvenation of Parvathi Puthanar (Client: KWIL, Project Cost: 96 Lakhs, Role: Co-PI)
  • Feasibility of providing access to the skywalk in Kottayam Town (Client: KRSA, Project Cost: 3.29 Lakhs)
  • BBD survey, Traffic Survey and Axle Load Survey in the Kottoor -Vandippetta road in Ernakulam district (Client:LSGD, Cost: 2.53 lakhs)
  • Geometric Design of road alignment and intersection from Chiyyaram to Thalore Bypass Junction in Thrissur District (Client; PWD, cost : 16 lakhs)
Sponsored Projects
  • Level of compliances of seat belt usage in selected districts of Kerala
Journal Papers Sci / Scopus Peer Reviewed
  • M.Satyakumar, R.Satheeshchandran and K.C.Wilson, “Texture depth determination for sand mix asphalt modified with sulphur, slurry and flyash”, Indian Highways, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, Vol. 8, September 2013.
  • K C Wilson, Salini P N and B G Sreedevi, “Limited Use Road over Bridges for Light Vehicles In lieu of Low Train Vehicle Unit Level Crossings”, Indian Highways, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, Vol. 45.
  • Wilson K C, Salini P N, V S Sanjay Kumar, Dr. B G Sreedevi, “Transportation System Planning For A Workcentre Campus With Direct Access To National Highway, Indian Highways, Journal of Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, Volume: 47, Number: 7, July, 2019.
Conference Proceedings Sci / Scopus / Professional body
  • Dr.M Satyakumar & Wilson K C, “Study on physical properties of warm mix asphalt (WMA)”, National Conference on Recent Innovations in Technology, RIT, March 4-6, 2009.
  • Dr. M. Satyakumar &Wilson K C, “Creep characteristics of bituminous mixes”, National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), CET, Nov. 5-6, 2009.
  • Dr.M.Satyakumar & Wilson K C, “Fatigue and creep characteristics of bituminous mixes”, International conference on Materials Mechanics and Management, IMMM-2010, Jan 13-14, CET.
  • Dr.M.Satyakumar & Wilson K C, “Dynamic Modulus and Creep Characteristics of Sand Asphalt Mixture”, Proceedings of the 22nd Kerala Science Congress, Peachy January 2010.
  • Wilson K C, Salini P N & B G Sreedevi “Limited use road over bridge in lieu of low TVU level crossings” proceedings of 25th Kerala Science Congress conducted by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala.
  • K C Wilson, V S Sanjay Kumar, P N Salini & Anjin Ajay, “Investigation and design of pavement of Purakkad - Pathirapally stretch of NH 66 in Alappuzha, Kerala”, Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM 2017) on 12th and 13th May 2017, Anna University, Chennai.
  • Anish Kini B, Salini P N, V S Sanjay Kumar & K C Wilson, “Traffic Crashes and Safety prioritization of Roads for Implementation of Road Safety Measures”, Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM 2017) on 12th and 13th May 2017, Anna University, Chennai
  • V S Sanjay Kumar, Suby Charles & Wilson K C “An analysis of seat belt usage compliance in Kerala”, Proceedings of the 29th Kerala Science Congress, Tiruvalla, 28-30 January 2017
  • R Chandra Prathap, V S Sanjay Kumar & Wilson K C, “Design improvements for accident prone curve at Vattappara in NH 17 – A case study”, Proceedings of the 29th Kerala Science Congress, Tiruvalla, 28-30 January 2017
  • K C Wilson, P N Salini & V S Sanjay Kumar, “Transportation Demand Management for an IT park with direct access to National Highway”, Proceedings of the 12th Kerala Environment Congress, 28th and 29th November, 2016, Energy Management Centre, Thiruvananthapuram    
  • K C Wilson, Salini U, Salini P N and B G Sreedevi, “Evaluation of Zycotherm Modified Bituminous mix”, Proceedings of the 29th Kerala Science Congress, Tiruvalla, 28-30 January 2017
  • R Chandraprathap, K C Wilson, V S Sanjay Kumar, Dr. B G Sreedevi, “Impact of Vizhinjam Deepwater International Multipurpose Port on Traffic and Transportation System”, Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM 2018) on 17th and 19th May 2018, NIT Warangal.
  • Vishnu Mohan, Wilson K. C., Dr. B. G. Sreedevi and Dr. Salini, U, “Development of Pavement Design Strategy for Rural Roads”, proceedings of the 32nd Kerala Science Congress, 25 to 27th January 2020.
  • V S Sanjay Kumar, Suby Charles, Wilson K C, “Level of Compliance of Seat Belt Usage in Selected Cities of Kerala”.  Proceedings of the 3rd International conference on Materials Mechanics and Management (IMMM 2017), organised by College of Engineering, Trivandrum, 13 -15 July 2017.
  • Jayita V Mohan, Dr. Anil R and Wilson K C, “Investigating the Impact of Pavement Factors on Road Accidents – A Case Study”, CTSEM-2021 (8th Online International
    Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management) organized online by the Centre for Transportation Research, CED, NIT Calicut, during August 26 - 27, 2021, Paper No. 71 and page 44.
Research Reports
 
Books / Book Chapters / Monographs Sci / Scopus / Peer Reviewed
  • Thaj, A., Wilson, K.C., Sreelatha, T., "Geometric Design of Road Using OpenRoads," IEEE 2022 Second International Conference on Next Generation Intelligent Systems (ICNGIS), Kottayam, India, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICNGIS54955.2022.10079805
  • Mammen, N., Wilson, K.C., Verghese, V., “Traffic Impact Assessment of a Proposed Shopping Mall in a Medium-Sized Town”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023, 261, pp. 673–688,
Administrative and Institutional Support
  • Scientist In Charge of the Highways and Bridges Division
  • Scientist in charge of NATPAC regional office Kozhikode
  • Member of Various committees in NATPAC
  • Convener of Subcommittees in various programmes
  • Co-chair of conferences
Training programs attended
  • More than 25 Numbers
Training Workshops conducted
  • Two Numbers
Honours/ Awards/Fellowships Received:
  • Life Member, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi (Roll No. e-LM 100706)
  • Member of the Accident Prevention and Trauma Care Association (APTCA)
  • Member, Institute of Urban Transport (IUT), India
  • Member Institute of Engineers(M-1609313)
Membership in Professional bodies
  • Life Member – National Association of Geographers
  • Life Member in Kerala GIS Community Life Member - Indian Society of Geomatics
  • Life Member – Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • Life Member - Accident Prevention and Trauma Care Association (APTCA)
  • Member- Indian Roads Congress
Student Guidance
  • M.Tech Thesis – 10+
  • B.Tech Project- 15+
  • Internship -30+
Invited Talk delivered
  • 20+
Positions held
  • Technical committee Member of KRSA from 2015 to 2020
  • Technical Committee member of CTSEM 2020
  • Technical committee member of IGNIZ 2023