People

Research Interests

• Damage Mechanics
• Fracture Mechanics
• Finite Element and Mesh free methods
• Additive Manufacturing
• Multiscale Modelling
• Nanoscience & Technology
• Applied Mathematics.

Editorial & Committee Roles

• Advisory editorial board member in the International Journal of Impact Engineering.
• Associate editor in "The International Journal of Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics."

Awards & Honors

• Best Research Paper Award, SES Conference, USA, 2016

Research Interests

• Concrete Material and Structures
• Structural Health Monitoring
• Material Characterization
• Sensors
• Additive Manufacturing.

Editorial & Committee Roles

• Editorial Board Member, Cement and Concrete Composites (Elsevier).
• Associate Editor, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 2004 – 2010. 2018-current.
• Voting member of Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 446, Fracture of Concrete (since 2000).

Awards & Honors

• N. Subba Rao Endowment Lecture, Indian Concrete Institute, 2016

Awards & Honors

• N. Subba Rao Endowment Lecture, Indian Concrete Institute, 2016

Research Interests

• Behavior of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Members
• Seismic Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Structures using FRP Composites
• Earthquake Engineering with focus on development of cyclic models for combined loading
• Precast and Prefabricated Construction.

Editorial & Committee Roles

• Associate Editor for Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE.
• Convenor of “ Bridge Engineering – The New Frontier in Bridge Engineering in 2023”
• Member of SUB-COMMITTEE IRC B-4.5 “Guidelines on Design and Construction of UHPC Road Bridges”
• Member of IRC: B 8.6 committee “Recommended Guidelines for the Design of FRP Systems for Repair and Strengthening of Concrete Bridges”

Awards & Honors

• Best Research Paper Award, Structural Engineering Convention, IIT Delhi, 2014

Awards & Honors

• Best Research Paper Award, Structural Engineering Convention, IIT Delhi, 2014

Research Interests

• Affordable Housing
• Sustainable materials
• Cold-formed Steel
• Structural Steel Design
• Cold-Formed Steel Wall Panels
• Additive Manufacturing
• Materials Processing
• Sustainable Infrastructure
• Circular Economy.

Editorial & Committee Roles

• Member of the academic led Global Advisory Committee (GAC) of Construct steel(2023)
• Chair of the ASCE Structural Members Committee (Metals) (2023)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Structures (Elsevier).
• Associate Editor, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE
• Member of the drafting committee of IS 801 (Design for Cold-formed Steel Members)
• Member of the revision committee of IS 800 (Design for Hot Rolled Steel Members)

Awards & Honors

• Hudco Design Award 2021-2022
• Elected as the Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute ASCE, USA (2021)
• Elected as the Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), London (2022)
• Elected as the Fellow of Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), UK 2025
• Elected as Chartered Structural Engineer 2024
• Received the Outstanding reviewer of ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (2024)
• Represented the ministry of steel, GoI to visit Japan and adopt best construction practices in India (2024)
• Elected as the Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA (2023)

Awards & Honors

• Hudco Design Award 2021-2022
• Elected as the Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute ASCE, USA (2021)
• Elected as the Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), London (2022)
• Elected as the Fellow of Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), UK 2025
• Elected as Chartered Structural Engineer 2024
• Received the Outstanding reviewer of ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (2024)
• Represented the ministry of steel, GoI to visit Japan and adopt best construction practices in India (2024)
• Elected as the Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA (2023)

Research Interests

• Fire and its Effect on Structural Systems
• Design and Behavior of Steel Structures
• Stability of Structural Systems
• Steel-Concrete Composite Systems
• Pre Engineered Buildings (PEB)
• Structural Design of Facade Systems
• Steel Bridges
• High-rise Steel Buildings
• Collapse Analysis
• Earthquake and Structural Dynamics
• Design of Flexible Structures under Wind Load Conditions
• Soil-Structure Interaction.

Editorial & Committee Roles

• Serving as a committee member to revise the provisions of IS 800 and IS 456.
• Appointed to the Global advisory committee of ConstructSteel.org in 2024.

Awards & Honors

• Young Turks of Composites Award given by the FRP Institute, Chennai, 2019-20.
• Excellence in teaching award in March 2024

Awards & Honors

• Young Turks of Composites Award given by the FRP Institute, Chennai, 2019-20.
• Excellence in teaching award in March 2024

Research Interests

• ML & DL
• Seismic Isolation and anti-seismic devices
• Seismic Resilience
• Induced Microseismicity
• Structural Health Monitoring
• Sensors
• Additive Manufacturing
• Multiscale Modelling
• AI/ML
• Climate Change
• Energy
• Nanoscience & Technology
• Design Innovation
• Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
• High Performance Computing (HPC)
• Heritage Science & Technology
• Transportation
• Applied Mathematics.

Awards & Honors

• Faculty Research Excellence Award (IITH), 2022
• INSA Young Associate (IYA) Award, 2024

Awards & Honors

• Faculty Research Excellence Award (IITH), 2022
• INSA Young Associate (IYA) Award, 2024

Research Interests

• Concrete Mechanics
• Sustainable Cementitious Binders
• Durability and Repair of Concrete Structures
• Multiscale Modelling
• Climate Change
• Waste Management.

Research Interests

• Uncertainty Quantification
• Reliability Analysis
• Global Sensitivity Analysis
• Physics-Informed Machine Learning
• Stochastic Dynamical Systems.

Research Interests

• Wind Energy and Aerodynamics
• Energy Harvesting
• Reliability Engineering
• Uncertainty Quantification
• Machine Learning.