Research Group
Current Group Members
Sahil completed his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2015. His primary expertise is in concrete structures, engineering reliability and structural health monitoring.
Shahid completed his PhD in Structural Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar.
Rajpurohit completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela in 2021. He is working on Structural Health Monitoring.
Neeraj completed his M.Tech in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur in 2024. He is working on Design using UHPC.
Past Group Members
PhD and MSR
Thesis title: Bayesian Model Updating Using Complex Modal Data. 2025.
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Diyala, Iraq.
Thesis title: Reliability Based Robust Design Optimization of Structures . 2024.
Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India.
Thesis title: Bayesian Operational Modal Identification of Non-Classically Damped Systems . 2023.
Post Docs
- 2022–24 — Dr. Jyotish Kumar Das (Marie Curie/UKRI Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Sheffield, UK)
- 2023–24 — Dr. Kamal Anand (Post Doc, IISc)
- 2024 — Dr. Rachit (Institute Post Doc, IIT Bombay)
- 2022–23 — Dr. Ayan Das (Guest Lecturer, NIT Mizoram)
- 2022 — Dr. Mohd. Zakir (Post Doc, IIT Delhi)
- 2022 — Dr. Jnyanendra Kumar Prusty
M.Tech. Students
- Siddhant Singh — Effect of Aggregate Type and Supplementary Cementitious Materials on Abrasion Resistance of Concrete
- Gourab Saha — Design of Highway Bridges by Using Ultra High Performance Concrete
- Pradeeep Pandey — Application of Fiber Reinforced Concrete in Rigid Pavements
- Shri Charan Kant Soni — Tensile Behaviour of Ultra High Performance Concrete at Elevated Temperature
- P. G. Thushan Pramoda Samarasinghe — A Study of the Shear Behaviour of Ultra High Performance Concrete Beams
- Saurabh Kailas Kute — Shrinkage Properties of Ultra High Performance Concrete
- M. Chandu Prakash — Bond Characteristics between High-Strength Bars and Ultra High Strength Concrete
- Rahul Kumar Meena — A Comparative Study of Miniature & Full-Scale Tests on Fresh Properties of UHPC
- Manish Choudhary — Design and Analysis of Highway Bridges Using UHPC
- Divya Rawat — Reusable Miniature Piezo-Magnetic Sensor for Rapid Application of Electro-Mechanical Impedance Technique
- Pawan Kumar — Reliability Analysis of Concrete Elements Designed as per Indian Standards
- Amarendra Kumar Jha — Reliability Analysis of Concrete Elements Designed as per Indian Standards
- Tawseef Iqbal — Reliability Analysis of Concrete Elements Designed as per Indian Standards
- Mohd. Shadab — Robust Design Optimization of Tuned Mass Damper
- Gautam Jindal — Optimal Sensor Placement for Dynamic System Identification
- Devesh Dewangan — Robust Design Optimization of Truss Structure under Uncertainties
- Mohd. Danish — Topology Optimization of Truss Structure
B.Tech Students (Selected)
- 2023, Ayush Meena & Saghan Yadav, Improved Design Recommendation for Biaxially Loaded Rectangular RC Columns . [Publication]
- 2024, Sahil Soni, Flexure Design Using UHPC.
Summer Undergraduate Research Award (SURA)
- 2021 — Sarthak Shrivastava ( The Application of Machine Learning to Structural Health Monitoring )
Summer Faculty Research Fellow (SFRF)
- 2025 — Utsav Koshti, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (UHPC Design)
- 2022 — Vanita Garg, Galgotias University, UP (Structural Design Optimization)
- 2021 — A. Haamidh, MSEC, Sivakasi, TN (Flexural Capacity of Beams)
- 2020 — Neeraja Nair, FISAT, Angamaly, KL ( Reliability Analysis of a Three-Member Truss Subjected to Horizontal and Vertical Load at the Top Node )