Research Group

PhD Students (Current):

Post Doctoral Fellows

Past Ph.D. Advisees:

M. Tech Students (Current):

M. Tech Students (Past):

• Navaneeth P (2024), Thesis: Temporal effect on Interlayer Adhesion and Fracture Behaviour of the 3D Printed Assembly.

• Lingala Tanuj (2023), Thesis: Temperature distribution in hydrating concrete elements: A chemo-thermal Analysis.

• Thakur Manideep Singh (2023), Thesis: Development of 3D Printable Concrete Mix for Printability and Buildability based on Paste Rheology

• Omkar Kulkarni (2023), Thesis: Investigating Influences of Interface Bond and Reinforcement on the Flexural Response of 3D Printed Beams. 

• Shivani Bhosale (2023), Thesis: Room Temperature Cured Alkali-Activated Fly Ash Slag Binder

• Dipsi Sinha (2022), Thesis: Investigation of 3D Reinforced Sandwich Core Panels for use as slab Panels. 

• Muni Manoj (2022), Thesis: Exploring the Utility of 3D Reinforced Sandwich Core Panels for Slab Panel Applications.

• Daimi Salman Hussain (2021), Thesis: In-line monitoring of 3D printed alkali-activated binders using embedded PZT sensor.

• Anish Jain (2021), Thesis: Study on Early-Age Temperature Rise in Mass Concrete Produced by Cement Hydration.

• Sanath Reddy Mittapalli (2020), Thesis: Behaviour of geopolymer paste at elevated temperatures (joined NHAI through IES)

• Murali Duddi (2020), Thesis: Embeddable PZT sensor for In-situ Monitoring and Elastic Property Assessment in Hydrating Binders

• Sai Supraj Reddy (2019), Thesis: Flexural response of 3-D reinforced concrete sandwich panels with EPS Core (started Design Engineer Principal ACS)

• Silpa Soman (2018), Thesis: Influence of Fiber Dispersion and Pullout on Cohesive Response of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (joined Structural Design Engineer, L&T Transportation Division, and pursuing PhD at Arizona State University).

• Drishan Sharma (2017), Thesis: Shear Behavior of Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete (Currently – Associate Structural Engineer, COWI Engineers)

• James Jose (2016), Thesis: Fracture Behaviour of Hybrid Synthetic Fiber Reinforced Concrete (Currently – Structural Design Engineer, Aarvee Associates Engineers & Consultants Pvt Ltd.)

• Jayakrishnan R. (2016), Thesis: Early-age Fracture Response of Concrete with Hybrid Steel and Macro-synthetic Polypropylene Fiber Blends (Currently – Design Engineer, Kirby Building Systems India Pvt. Ltd.)

• Chiranjeevi Reddy (2015), Thesis: Cohesive Crack growth in Macro-synthetic Fiber Reinforced Concrete (followed by completing Ph.D. student in I.I.T. Hyderabad)

• Anaz A., (2014), Thesis: Impedance-based Damage Measurement in Concrete using Bonded PZT patches

• Natasha Simon (2014), Thesis: Numerical Evaluation of Blast Response of Concrete 

• Suraj Nakhale (2014), Thesis: Behaviour of Structural Polypropylene Fiber reinforced Concrete

• Nikhil Kulkarni (2013), Thesis: Blast Analysis of Concrete Structural Elements Considering Material Strain Rate Effects (Currently - Senior Engineer at Dipak Kulkarni Structural Engineers

• Bhagath Singh G.V.P. (2013), Thesis: Investigation of Activation in High Volume Fly Ash (followed with a PhD at IIT Hyderabad, Post-Doctoral Fellow at NUS, Singapore and EPFL, Switzerland. Faculty at SRM University, Amaravati, A.P.)

• Faraz Ahmad (2012), Thesis: Investigation of High-volume Fly Ash Concrete (Ph.D. at I.I.T. Roorkee)

• Sahith Gali (2012), Thesis: Investigation of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Matrix composite wrapped stack bonded brick masonry under compressive loads (completed Ph.D. at I.I.T. Hyderabad, Postdoctoral work at Iowa State University, working at Turner Fairbanks, Maryland, U.S.A.)

Past Mtech (3 year with thesis) Advisees:

• Mude Sivaramnaik(2021)

Thesis: Flexural response of 3-D reinforced concrete sandwich panels with EPS Core. (currently pursuing PhD at IIT Hyderabad)

Currently: Pursing Ph.D. at I.I.T. Hyderabad

• Syed Ehteshamuddin (2018) 

Thesis: Lateral Load Response of Load-Bearing Soft-Brick Masonry Walls.

Currently: Structural Engineer, Kirby Building Systems

• Hanuman Mude Naik (2018)

Thesis: Shrinkage of Fly Ash Concrete for Different Replacement Levels under Different Curing Conditions

Currently: Pursuing Ph.D. at I.I.T. Hyderabad

• Gaddam Pruthvi Raj (2017) 

Thesis: Compressive Behavior of Soft Clay Brick Masonry

Currently: Assistant Professor, N.I.T. Warangal.

Past MS (with thesis) Advisees:

1. Vahid Kamyab (2008), Thesis – Effect of Porous Materials on Shock and Blast Mitigation (co-mentor, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, graduated in June 2008, currently PhD student at Delft University, Netherlands)

2. Hadi Kamyab (2008), Thesis — “Restrained shrinkage cracking in HP concrete used by NYSDOT” (Ph.D program at Laboratory of Construction Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerand)

3. Nay Naing (2007), Thesis — “Investigation of FRP-Concrete Debonding using Acoustic Emission” (Associate, Goldstein and Assoc.)

4. Marco Frias (2006), Thesis — “Concrete Deck Material Properties” (Principal Engineer at New York City Department of Buildings – Forensic Engineering Unit)

5. Jaejun Lee (2005), Thesis –“Ultrasonic monitoring of Early Age Concrete,” (Assistant Professor, Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea)

Masters Project:

1. Gerasapoulos, “Predicting the Deflections of Progressively Cracking Prestressed Concrete Beam,”

2. Morales, “Deflections in Progressively Cracking RC Beam”

3. Bun Hee Wong, “Smart Bridges – Concept and Instrumentation,”

4. Kostandin Qosja, “Corrosion in Bridge Elements”

Masters Thesis (International Exchange / Collaborations):

1. Dalila Benchabane, (2008) Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat (ENTPE), France

(Thesis – Ultrasonic Investigation of Setting in Cement Paste)

Co-mentored with Prof. Claude Boutin (ENTPE)

2. Dario D’Orazio, (2009) Faculty of Structural Engineering, DISTART, University of Bologna, Italy

(Thesis – Fatigue Crack Propagation in FRP-Concrete Interface)

Co-mentored with Prof. Marco Savoia (University of Bologna)