Principal
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| Dr. S.SHEELA |
Address :
a) Office : Principal
Govt. Engineering College, Barton Hill,
Trivandrum – 695 035,
Kerala State, INDIA
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Phone : +91-471-2300484, +91-471-2300485
b) Residence :MANAS, TC 08/0772
Pongummoodu,
Medical College P.O
Trivandrum- 695011
Kerala State, INDIA.
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PROFILE OF THE PRINCIPAL
1. Summary
I have put in twenty eight years and ten months of service in teaching, research, consultancy and administration in the Department of Technical Education, Government of Kerala.
My major assignments include:
- Principal, Government Engineering College, Barton hill, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Joint Director (IIIC), Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Kerala.
- Head ,Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum
- Secretary ,ISTE Trivandrum Chapter, College of Engineering Trivandrum
- Co-ordinator of THREE Sponsored research project
- Co-coordinator for the Visiting Faculty Programme, Government of Kerala.
- Worked as Head, Structural Engineering Division
- Worked as Professor for PG courses
- Departmental Coordinator of Services to community, Technical Education Quality Improvement Project.(TEQIP) (World Bank Aided Project), Government of India
- Worked as Coordinator for Time Table in the Civil Department.
- Chair man for the PG Valuation.
- Worked as President of Civil Engg. Association
- Worked as Staff Advisor for the B Tech 1997 – 2001 batch students
2. National and International level activities
Paper presentation at International Conference on Civil & Infrastructural Engineering 2006 at UiTM Shah Alam Selangor Darul Ehsam Malaysia in 2006 June, 5th Asian Symposium on Polymers In Concrete in 2007 June, International Conference on Recent Development In Structural Engineering in August 2007 and 3rd Structural Engineers World Congress. SEWC 2007 in November 2007.
I have been the Organising secretary for the National Conference on Technological Trends NCTT 2007 during November –December 2007.
3. Brief on activities for institution development
A. During the last five years
(i) Serving as Principal, Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram.
(ii) Served as Joint Director (IIIC), Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Kerala.
(iii) Served as Professor and Head of the department of Civil Engineering.
(iv) Served as the Professor for PG Courses for the last two years in the Department.
(v) Responsible for revision of Scheme, Regulations and syllabi for the existing M. Tech Course and the NEW M Tech Scheme in the Civil Engineering Department
(vi) Played as one of the co-ordinator during accreditation Process and for obtaining Accreditation for all UG and PG Programmes in the Department of Civil Engineering
(vii) Served as Head of the Structural Engineering Division.
(viii) Served as Co-ordinator of the activities of services to community under TEQIP in the Civil Department.
(ix) Serving as Secretary ISTE ,Trivandrum Chapter
(x) Serving as Member representing CET in the Urban Earthquake Vulnerable Reduction Project, govt. of Kerala, Sponsored by Govt. of India.
(xi) Co-coordinator for the Visiting Faculty Programme, Government of Kerala
(xii) Coordinator for the centralized M Tech admission for all Government & Aided Engineering colleges in the state of Kerala, during the year 2008, 2009 and 2010.
- Qualifications
| Exam. Passed | University | Main Subject | Year of Passing | Class |
| B.Sc.(Engg.) | TKM College of Engineering, Kollam. University of Kerala | Civil Engg. | 1981 | First Class with Distinction |
| M.Tech | I.I.T Madras | Civil Engg. (Building Technology) | 1990 | First Class with Distinction (First Rank, Gold medal) |
| Ph.D. | Kerala University | Civil Engg. (Structural Engineering) | 2010 January | Awarded |
- Positions Held
| Position | Institution | Period | Nature of Job |
| Lecturer in Civil Engg. | TKM College of Engineering, Kollam | 1982 January 20th to 17th October1984 | Teaching |
| Lecturer in Civil Engg. | College of Engineering Trivandrum | 1 984 October 18th to 29th November1996
| Teaching, Research and Consultancy. |
| Assistant Professor | Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Technology | 30th Nov. 1996 to 7th August 1997 | Teaching |
| Assistant Professor | College of Engineering Trivandrum | 8th August 1997 to 3rd August 2001 | Teaching, Research and Consultancy. |
| Professor in Civil Engg | College of Engineering Trivandrum | 4th August.2001 to 11th January 2010 | Teaching, Research and Consultancy
|
| Professor and Head | College of Engineering Trivandrum | 11th January 2010 to July 2011 | Administration and Teaching, Research |
| Joint Director IIIC | Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Kerala, | July 2011 to October 2011 | Administration
|
| Principal, | Govt.Engg.College Barton Hill | October 2011 till date | Administration and Research |
6. Awards Received:
| Sl.No. | Particulars | Organisation | Year |
| 1 | Gold medal for M. Tech | IIT, Madras | 1990 |
| 2 | Best paper award in Structural Engineering | NCTT 2007,CET | 2007 |
| 3 | Best teacher award | ISTE Trivandrum Chapter | 2008 |
| 4 | Best paper award in Structural Engineering | NCTT 2009,CET | 2009 |
7. Papers Published:
| Sl.No. | Type of publication | No. of publications |
| 1. | International Journal | 4+1 ( Accepted) |
| 2. | National Journal | 3 |
| 3. | International Conference | 16 +2(Accepted ) |
| 4. | National Conference | 13 |
8. Membership of Professional Bodies
a)Life member, Indian Society for Technical Education
b) Life Member, Institution of Engineers (India)
c)Life Member, Journal of Indian Concrete Institute
d) Member, New Building Materials & Construction World
9. Research & Development Programmes :
|
Sl.No |
Type of Work |
Project/Thesis title |
Institution/Funding agency | Starting year and duration | Amount sanctioned if any |
Status |
| 1. |
Science Research Scheme | Studies on Strength and Behaviour of Polymer Modified Ferrocement Structural Elements |
(KSCSTE) |
11/08/03 3 Years |
5.39 lakhs |
Completed |
| 2. | Ph.D research work | Studies on the Strength and behaviour of Polymer modified Ferrocement Flexural Elements. |
Nil |
2003 to 2009 |
Nil |
Completed |
|
3 | M.Tech Guidance Experimental | A Study on the Strength Properties of Concrete for different percentages of Fly Ash. |
NIL |
October 1995
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
4
| M.Tech Guidance Experimental | A Study of Partial replacement of cement in Concrete |
NIL |
January 1997
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
5 | M.Tech Guidance Experimental | Workability and strength behaviour of Super plasticized Concrete |
NIL |
April 1999
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
6 | M.Tech Guidance Experimental | Study on behaviour of hollow ferrocement Wall elements |
NIL |
April 2001
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
7 |
M.Tech Guidance Analytical | Analysis of Hyperbolic shell of revolution in cooling towers for wind load |
NIL |
April2002
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
8 | M.Tech Guidance Experimental |
Effect of D/t ratio on Concrete filled Tubes. |
KSCSTE |
May 2003
|
5000/ |
Completed |
|
9 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Flexural behaviour of polymer modified Ferrocement roofing elements |
NIL |
May 2003
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
10 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Studies on Ferrocement flexural elements and their optimization |
NIL |
May 2004
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
11 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical | Optimization of Ferrocement Trapezoidal section using Genetic Algorithms |
NIL |
March 2005
|
NIL |
Completed |
|
12 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Analytical and Experimental Study on Optimised Ferrocement Corrugated Elements |
NIL |
December 2006
|
NIL |
Completed |
| 13 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Analytical and Experimental Study on behaviour of Optimised Ferrocement Channel Elements |
NIL | December 2007
| NIL |
Completed |
| 14 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Finite Element Analysis of Hipped Roofs | NIL | December 2007
| NIL | Completed |
| 15 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Strengthening and Retrofitting of RCC structures |
NIL |
November 2008
|
NIL |
Completed |
| 16 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Strengthening on the properties of rubberized concrete. |
NIL |
June 2008
|
NIL |
Completed |
| 17 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Strengthening of concrete columns by retrofitting technique |
NIL |
November 2009
|
NIL |
Completed |
| 18 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental
| Ductility studies on Beam column joints retrofitted with ferrocement |
NIL |
December 2008
|
NIL |
Completed |
| 19 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Strengthening and Retrofitting of Beam column joints using different composite materials |
NIL |
November 2009
|
NIL |
Completed |
| 20 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Studies on the Performance of rubberised RC beam-column joints strengthened using Concrete Jacketing Technique | NIL | December 2010 | NIL | Completed |
| 21 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Torsional Strengthening of concrete Beams and Beam Column joints using Different Composite materials | NIL | completed on August 2011 | NIL | Ongoing |
| 22 | M.Tech Guidance Analytical& Experimental | Studies on Strengthening of Rubberised Beam and Beam column joints using GFRP and CFRP. | NIL | To be completed on August 2012 | NIL | Ongoing |
10. Conferences/Seminars Organised
| Sl.No. | Title/ Topic | Year & Duration | Sponsors |
| 1. | Engineers as Managers (Seminar) | 10th October 1994
| PG students College of Engg. Trivandrum |
| 2. | ACC Cement (work shop) | 3rd and 4th February1995
| ACC cements |
| 3. | FEM analysis using NISA | October 1996 3-days | EMRC, Bangalore. |
|
4. | Career development programme | October 1998 10 days | UG students, College of Engg. Trivandrum |
|
5. | Unique features of Bridge engineering | October 1999.
| Interaction Cell |
|
6. | Gurusangamam | 5th September 1999
| College of Engg. Trivandrum |
|
7. | Build Fair for CETEX –2000 | January 2000. 10 days | College of Engg. Trivandrum |
|
8. | Induction Training to Young Teachers | March-April 2000 Two week Course | DTE, Kerala. |
|
9. | New Cement Concrete Construction | 23rd and 24th April 2001
| Ambuja Cements. |
|
10. | National level paper presentation and technical quiz for students (INSIGHT 2002) | 22nd February 2002
| Civil Association Department of Civil Engg. Trivandrum |
|
11. |
STTP on Analysis, Design and Construction of Concrete Composite Structures (ADC.COMS) | 2004 November 14th to 24th ( 2 weeks ) |
ISTE-AICTE |
|
12 | Enhancing Career Prospects through Self-Development | September 2006 & October 2006 2 days each –2 courses
| TEQIP,CET |
|
13. | Self-Development | 1 day , November 2006 | TEQIP,CET |
|
14 | NCTT 2007 “National Conference on Technological Trends 2007 | 2007 30th &1st December | TEQIP,CET |
| 15 | A Talk on FRP Tubes in Future for Composites | 27th February 2008 | ISTE,CET Chapter |
| 16 | A Talk on An Investor Awareness Series on Stock Markets Basics | 13th March 2008 | ISTE,CET Chapter |
|
15 | Creative approaches in Teaching for Young Teachers | 2008 May 19th to 23rd | ISTE,CET Chapter |
|
16 | Felicitation for the2007 Civil Service Rankers of our Institution | 2008 June 14th | ISTE,CET Chapter |
|
17 | Training Programme on “Familiarisation of All Labs in the Civil Engineering Department” | 2008 August 6th to 11th ( 5 days) |
Centre for Continuing Education CCE,CET |
| 18 | A Talk on Eco friendly Construction |
| ISTE , CET Chapter |
| 19 | CET-ISTE Research award | 5th September 2008 | ISTE , CET Chapter |
| 20 | Releasing ISTE Newsletter | 30th April 2009 | ISTE , CET Chapter |
| 21 | 3day training programme on AutoCAD | 2009 Feb 4th ,6th and 24th to 26th | TEQIP , CET |
| 22 | A talk by Jay Kandampully | 24th July 2009 | ISTE , CET Chapter |
| 23 | A talk by Dr.L Srinivasa Iyer | 20th September 2009 | ISTE , CET Chapter |
| 24 | Co-ordinate NCTT 2009 | 6th & 7th November 2009 |
CET,TEQIP |
| 25 | Co-ordinated IMMM 2010 in the Civil Dept. | 14th to 16th January 2010 |
CET |
| 26 | Co-ordinated ICTT 2011 in the Civil Dept. | 25th to 27th November 2010 |
CET |
| 27 | Co-ordinated Felicitation to the award winners of department of Civil Engineering | 7th February 2011 | ISTE & Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| 28 | Co ordinate 2 days Technical symposium on Recent Trends in Structural & Transportation Engg. | 25th and 26th of March 2011. | Department of Civil Engg. |
| 29 | Seminar on Advances in Civil Engineering | 22nd July 2011 | Jointly organised by Department of Civil Engineering & Queen’s University Belfast,UK |
11. Activities other than regular teaching research & Consultancy in the last three years:
| Sl.No. | Type | Position held | Duration
|
| 1. | Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering | Head | 2010 onwards |
| 2. | Research Project funded by AICTE KSCSTE | Co-ordinator | 2009-2011 |
| 3 | Research Project funded by KSTEC | Coordinator | 2003-2008 |
| 4 | Standardization testing and Quality Certification Directorate | Internal Quality Auditor | September 2003 onwards |
| 5 | P.G. courses | Professor in charge | 2006-till date |
| 6 | Structural Division | Head | 2001- till date |
| 7 | Selection Board UPSC | Member | 2005- till date |
| 8 | ISTE Trivandrum Chapter | Secretary | 2004- till date |
| 9 | Preparation of Concrete Lab Manual | Coordinator | 2006 |
| 10 | Preparation of Learning Resources | coordinator | 2007 |
| 11 | National Conference NCTT 2007 | Organising Secretary | 2007 |
| 12 | Urban Earthquake Vulnerable Reduction Project (UEVRP),Govt. of Kerala. | Member | 2007 onwards |
| 13 | Kerala Govt.(ITI) | Member |
|
| 14 | National Conference NCTT 2008 | Departmental Coordinator | 2008 |
| 15 | National Conference NCTT 2009 | Departmental Coordinator | 2009 |
| 16
| Technical Paper reviewer | National Conference | NCTT 2007,08,09 |
| International Conference | IMMM 2010& ICTT 2010 |
12. Details of Papers published
| Sl. No | Title of Paper/Report | Author(s) | Name & Vol. of Journal & Year |
|
1 | Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Hollow Ferrocement Roofing Units | S,Sheela, M.S.Mathews, Sudhakumar J and seetharaman | International “Journal of Ferrocement”. Vol. 21 No.1, 1991 |
| 2 |
Behaviour of Stabilized Mud Blocks | S.Sheela | Proceeding of the National Seminar on Innovations in Construction and Engineering Practice.1995 |
| 3 | Study on Behaviour of Concrete using Fly ash from the Hindustan News print factory- Vellore, Kottayam.
| S.Sheela | Proceeding of the National Seminar on Bulk Utilisation of Fly ash., 2000 |
| 4 |
Study on Behaviour of Hollow Ferrocement Wall Elements | S.Sheela & Seena | Proceeding of the Regional Seminar on Technology Development for the Third Millennium.,2001 |
| 5 | Analysis of Hyperbolic Shell of Revolution in Cooling Towers for Wind Load. | S.Sheela & Phoenix.S.S | Proceeding of the National Seminar on Interactive integrated Technological Advancement-Recent Trends. (IIT ART). |
| 6 | Study on Workability and Strength Behaviour of Concrete by the addition of different admixtures | S.Sheela | Proceeding of the International Seminar INCONTEST-2003.,Proceedings Volume 11, pp. 88 - 98 |
| 7 | Experimental Investigation on Concrete Filled Tubes (CFT) | S.Sheela & V.Syam Prakash | Proceeding of the International Conference on Fibre Composite, High performance Concrete and Smart materials” organized by ICFRC,Chennai2004,Volume 1, pp. 937 - 948 |
| 8 | Optimization of Channel Shaped Ferrocement roofing Elements using Genetic Algorithm. | S.Sheela & Deepa Omanakuttan | Proceeding of the National Seminar on “Recent trends in Technological Advancements”. 2004, Proceedings Volume 1, pp. 21 - 25 |
| 9 | Behaviour of ferrocement elements due to the influence of fine aggregate and polymer. | S.Sheela & N. Ganesan | Proceeding of the National Conference on REDEMAT-2004 Proceedings ,pp 307- 316 |
| 10 | A Review on the study of Strength and Behaviour of Ferrocement Structural Elements in Flexure. | S.Sheela & N. Ganesan | Proceeding of the International Conference on ICACC-2004, Volume 1,pp. 245 – 254
|
| 11 | Flexural behaviour of polymer modified ferrocement elements with different types of fine aggregates. | S.Sheela & N. Ganesan | “Journal of Ferrocement”, April 2005.,Vol 35, No.2 , pp.541 – 558
|
| 12 | Optimisation of Ferrocement Trapezoidal Section by Analytical Methods | S.Sheela & Mary Sonia George | Proceeding of the National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT 2005), Volume 1, pp 145 to 149
|
| 13 | Flexural Behaviour of Polymer modified Ferrocement Structural Elements | S.Sheela & N. Ganesan | Proceeding of the International Seminar on Civil & Infrastructural Engineering 2006, Proceedings Abstract, Page No 40 |
| 14 | Behaviour of Polymer modified Channel shaped Ferrocement Elements | S.Sheela & N. Ganesan | Proceeding of the 5th Asian Symposium on Polymers In Concrete ,2006, Volume 1,pp. 195- 204 |
| 15 | Optimisation of Ferrocement Corrugated Elements using Genetic Algorithms | S.Sheela & Sabari Rethan .M | Proceeding of the 7th National Conference on Technological Trends, (NCTT 2006), Nov. 2006, Volume ,pp. 117 - 123 |
| 16 | Experimental Study on Optimised Ferrocement Corrugated Elements | S.Sheela , N. Ganesan & Sabari Rethan .M | Proceeding of the International Conference on Recent Developments in Structural Engineering.( RDSE), 2007 Section 9, Cement and Concrete Composites, Page No.224 |
| 17 | Flexural Behaviour of optimized Ferrocement Trapezoidal Elements. | S.Sheela & N. Ganesan | Proceeding of the International 3rd Structural Engineers World Congress. SEWC 2007,Abstract Proceeding page. No 103, |
| 18 | Performance study on optimized ferrocement roofing/Flooring Elements | S.Sheela & Ajith M.S | Proceeding of the 8th National Conference on Technological Trends, (NCTT 2007), 2007,Volume 1 ,pp. 156-165 |
| 19 | Finite Element Analysis of Hipped Roofs | S. Sheela , C. Sam, & Koyakkutty | Proceeding of the 8th National Conference on Technological Trends, (NCTT 2007), 2007,Volume 1, pp.184-189 |
| 20 | Behaviour of Polymer Modified Ferrocement Elements under different Environmental Conditions | S.Sheela & Ajith M.S | Proceedings of the 20th Kerala Science Congress, 2008, pp 460-464 |
| 21 | Behaviour of RCC Beam Strengthened with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer | S.Sheela & Anu.S | Proceeding of the 2nd National Seminar on FACE-2007, Proceedings Volume- I |
| 22 | Retrofitting and Strengthening of T beams using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer | S.Sheela & Anu.S | Proceeding of the 9th National Conference on Technological Trends, (NCTT 2008),November 21-22,2008,Volume 1, pp.168-173 |
| 23 | Rehabilitation of T Beam Elements using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer. | S.Sheela & Anu.S | Proceedings of the 21st Kerala Science Congress, 28-31 January 2009 at Kollam, pp. 334-336. |
| 24 | Studies on the Behaviour of Beam Column joints Retrofitted using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer(GFRP) | S.Sheela & Anu.S | ACSCE-2009 Oct 25-27 International Conference at BITS, Pilani, India |
| 25 | S Study on the performance of Reinforced concrete beam retrofitted using Ferrocement and GFRP | S.Sheela & Anugeetha | Proceeding of the 10th National Conference on Technological Trends, (NCTT 2009),November 6-7 Nov.2009, CET,Vol.1, pp.143-147. |
| 26 | The use of Novel-Non-Destructive Methods for Quality Control and performance evaluation of concrete structures | S.Sheela, Sreejith Nanukuttan, Lulu Basheer and P A Muhammed Basheer and John McCarte | Proceedings of the International Conference of Materials Mechanics and Management (IMMM 2010), January 14 to 16 2010, at CET, Vol.1,pp166-175. |
| 27 | Studies on the Behaviour of Beam Column joints Retrofitted using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer | Anu.S & S.Sheela | International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering, ISSN 0974-5904,Vol.3-spl.issue, May2010,pp.272-285. |
| 28 | Studies on the Performance of Rubberized RC beam-column joints strengthened using concrete jacketing technique | Amal K sajeev, S.Sheela & Bindu KR | Proceedings of the 11th National & 1st International Conference on Technological Trends (ICTT2010), 25-27 November 2010 at CET, Vol.1,pp 246-252. |
| 29 | Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Beam Column Joints Retrofitted with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer | S.Sheela,Sradha K Saju & Babu Kurian | Proceedings of the 11th National & 1st International Conference on Technological Trends (ICTT2010), 25-27 November 2010 at CET, Vol.1,pp 392-398. |
| 30 | S Studies on the performance of RC beam-columns joint strengthened using different composite materials
| S.Sheela & Anugeetha | Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Ecstasy in Concrete, (ACECON 2010), 5-9 December 2010 at IITM ,Chennai. pp.343-353 |
| 31 | Ductile Behaviour Of Optimised Ferrocement Corrugated Flexural Elements
| S Sheela & N Ganesan
| Journal of Structural Engineering, October-November 2011 issue. |
| 32 | Prediction Of Ultimate Load Carrying Capacity Of Different Shaped Polymer Modified Ferrocement Flexural Elements.
| S Sheela & N Ganesan
| Accepted for Publication in Indian Concrete Journal |
| 33 | Optimal Design Of Different Shaped Polymer Modified Ferrocement Roofing/Flooring Elements Using Genetic Algorithms
| S Sheela & N Ganesan
| Journal of Institution of Engineers September 2011 issue |
| 34 | An Analytical and Experimental Study on Optimised F ferrocement Roofing/Flooring Elements
| S.Sheela , Ajith M.S & N.Ganesan | Inter National Journal of Earth Science Engineering(IJEE), Feb-March 2011 .pp 122 to 134.
|
| 35 | Studies on Torsional Strengthening of Beam Column Joints | S Sheela & Anil Varghese | Proceeding of NCTT 2011 ,19th and 20th August 2011, Organised by College of Engineering Trivandrum |
| 36 | Ductile Behaviour Of Rubberized RC Beam and Beam-Column Joints
| S. Sheela and Amal K Sajeev
| Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Materials and Techniques for Infrastructure Development (AMTID 2011),NIT Calicut, India, 22-24 June 2011. |
| 37 | Manufactured Sand as an Alternative to River Sand | S Sheela & Terrence Antony | Accepted in an Inter National Conference On Modelling and Simulation 2011 , Organised by TKMCE Kollam ,December 2011. |
| 38 | Studies on the Performance of RC Beam-Column Joints Strengthened with Concrete Jacketing | Sheela. S & , Amal K Sajeev | Submitted to the Inter National Journal of Engineering Structures |
| 39 | Effect of CFRP and GFRP for Strengthening the Beam Column Joint under Torsion
| S Sheela & Anil Varghese | Accepted in the International Conference on NUiCONE 2011.December 2011. |
13. Research Projects - Ongoing
(a) Strengthening of exterior beam column joint using Concrete Jacketing” (AICTE Sponsored project, Duration : 3 years, Amount Rs: 12 Lakhs),Started from Feb 2010
(b) Seismic Strengthening of exterior Beam-column Joints.
( KSCSTE Sponsored project, duration 3 years, Amount 10.65 Lakhs.), Started from May 2010
(c) Ductility behaviour of Rubberized concrete exterior beam-column joints (Sponsored by CERD, for a duration of 3 years, Amount 2 Lakhs) ,Started from Setember2010
(d) Retrofitting and Strengthening of RC Column elements using Different Composite materials – M Tech Project.
(e) Torsional Strengthening of concrete Beams and Beam Column joints using Different Composite materials - M Tech Project.
(f) Ductility studies on Beam column joints retrofitted with ferrocement- M Tech Project.
14. External Talks Delivered:
1. ”Disaster Management and mitigation “in the Short term course on Disaster Management, October 2004,organized by Dept. of Architecture, College of Engg, Trivandrum.
2. Concrete Mix Design” in the 3 days workshop on Concrete Mix Design ,organized by Dept. of Civil Engg. CET.
3. Construction Materials in the training course for the VHSE teachers.
4. Influence of fine aggregate in the behaviour of the ferrocement Elements, in the inaugural function of the ICI chapter ,Kerala.
5. ’Guidelines in the design of Earth quake resistant Structures’ in the 2 days workshop organized by the Nirmithi Kendra ,Trivandrum ,Kerala.
6. Design of Earthquake resistant structures’ in KHRI for PWD Engineers
7. Repair and Maintenance of RC structures” in KHRI for PWD Engineers
8. Retrofitting and Detailing of Reinforced concrete structures, in KHRI for Oversees.
9. Earthquake resistant design of foundation and Buildings in KHRI for Engineers.
10. Guidelines for the design of foundation and earthquake resistant structures in KHRI for Executive Engineers.
11. “Design and Analysis of Earthquake Resistant Structures” in Earthquake Risk Management organised by TKMEC, Kollam
12. “Influence of M-Sand in Ferrocement Elements and its Applications ”in the Short term training programme on Special Concrete’ Organised by Department of Civil Engineering , CET
13 Different Types of Mix design and Non-destructive methods of testing for concrete structures in Mix design Procedures. in connection with the Services to Community, organised by Department of Civil Engineering, under TEQIP.
14. “Masonry Construction Practices” in Masonry Work in connection with the Services to Community, organised by Department of Civil Engineering, under TEQIP.
15. Testing methods of Materials for Structural Engineering on Laboratory Practice in Structural Engineering, in connection with the Services to Community, organised by Department of Civil Engineering, under TEQIP.
16. Experimental Study on Retrofitting and Strengthening of Beam Column Joints. STTP on Recent advances in Concrete Technology and Design of RC Structures, during 29th November to 4th December 2010, DTE’s Sponsored Programme.
