Specialisation:

Structural Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Multi-scale Engineering of Materials

Major Professional Contributions:

Significant contributions in the interdisciplinary area of Performance evaluation, Monitoring and Assessment of aging infrastructure, and Rejuvenation through bottom up multi-scale engineering of materials/systems towards developing resilient and smart structures and ensuring safety of aging infrastructure.

I. Unfolding atomistic structure-property of cementitious composites and nano/micro engineering for developing innovative and smart composite systems

          (1) Atomistic scale structure and mechanism- Terahertz (THz) and passive Acoustics

          (2) Nano/micro scale properties – Theoretical and Computational investigations

          (3) Multi-scale abridged new class of composites with extraordinary mechanical-/self-sensing- 

                properties

II. Development of futuristic technologies for health monitoring, assessment and performance based life enhancement of aging infrastructures

          (1) Baseline free SHM using vibro-acoustic techniques

          (2) Assessment and Performance based life enhancement

Consultancy Areas:

(1) Evaluation and management of longitudinal force on substructure of railway bridges -RDSO

(2) Acoustic Emission based advanced NDT for integrity assessment of dam (Trunion girders) -Polavaram

(3) Evaluation of capacity and performance of rock anchor bolt for an underground defense project - L&T

(4) Performance evaluation of typical railway bridges under increased axle loads of freight wagons

(5) Evaluating the structural adequacy of railway bridges under increased axle load -Indian Railways

(6) Secondary Seismic Response Analysis of Refrigerated Tank Roof Structure and Tank Top Platforms -Punj Lloyd

(7) Investigation of structural vibration of the DCU lift supporting structure of Gujarat Refinery

(8) Condition assessment and performance evaluation of four number of bridges at VPT and formulation of remedial measures

(9) Investigation on Structural Resonance of Unit#1 TG foundation for 2x600MW Thermal Power Plant of UPCL

(1) Evaluation of overburden stress on existing buried pipelines under highway -GAIL

Sector Associated With:

Civil and Structural Engineering for transport (both railways and highway infrastructure), power, oil and gas, urban development, etc. 

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

transport (both railways and highway infrastructure), power, oil and gas, urban development, etc. 

Professional Experience

More than 2 years experience in assessment, monitoring and life enhancement of structures, energy efficient building materials, smart and novel composites

Keywords

Structural Health Monitoring

Integrity assessment and life enhancement 

Smart composites

Nano/micro scale engineering 

R&D

Fundamental research on building materials 

Highway and railway infrastructure 

Assessment of Hydraulic structures