Prof. Rao Martand Singh is a full professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTNU, Norway. He is mainly carrying out his research in the field of Energy and Environmental Geotechnics doing physical and numerical modelling of heat, moisture and gas transport in porous media. Currently, he is leading a project related to Geothermal Driven Energy Pile investigating potential of Energy Piles for heating buildings in Norwegian conditions and has patented the innovative solution.
In March 2026 , Prof. Singh will be invited to NITech for Joint Research on Thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) behavior of soils hosted by Prof. Kyokawa.
– Title of given lecture in NITech: Driven Geothermal Energy Pile for Heating/Cooling buildings
