Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Volume 1

Dr. Manmohan Dass Goel completed his Bachelor of Engineering from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur. He was awarded three gold medals by Nagpur University for academic excellence. He completed Master of Technology (M. Tech.) in offshore engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai in year 2003. His Ph. D. is from Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and University of Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Germany under German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Sandwich Fellowship in year 2013. The topic of his doctoral research was "Blast Response of Structures and Its Mitigation Using Advanced Lightweight Materials". He was awarded Surendranath Mukherjee Memorial Medal for best research paper by Institution of Engineers (India) in year 2009. He has been selected Young Ambassador by German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) for consecutively for two years. His doctoral thesis has been awarded as the bestthesis by the Indian National Academy of Engineering under "Innovative Student Project Award 2013" at doctoral level in Civil Engineering discipline. He has been awarded “CSIR Young Scientist Awards-2014” in Engineering Sciences by CSIR. He is recipient of “Young Engineer Award” from Institution of Engineers (India) in 2014. He has been nominated as “DAAD Research Ambassador” by German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD). He is also recipient of “Young Associate”, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, Maharashtra in year 2015. His paper has been awarded IGS-HEICO Biennial Award- 2017 by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), India as a best paper on “Rock Mechanics” published in Indian Geotechnical Journal through Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS). He has been interviewed by Rajya Sabha TV under popular science program “Eureka” in recognition of contribution to the R&D in Engineering Sciences. He has been a Senate Member of ACSIR (Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research) CSIR, Delhi. Currently he is serving as Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur. Prior to this, he served CSIR-AMPRI Bhopal and CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Nagpur, India as a Scientist. He has more than 150 international and national journal/conference publications to his credit. His areas of research interest include blast analysis, blast resistant structures, lightweight materials, composite structures, low, medium and high strain rate material characterization and computational mechanics. He is looking forward to contribute in the broader areas of structural protection systems used against blast and impact loading.

Dr. Ratnesh Kumar is Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, where he has been since 2012. Prior to VNIT he was associated with various academia and industry; he worked with Earthquake Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee as Fellow B, Assistant Professor at School of Engineering, Gautam Buddha University and Head of Structural Design Division in Privitech Consulting Engineers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi. He received Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Bangalore University in the year 2000, M. Tech and Ph. D from Earthquake Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. His research interests span both in structural engineering and earthquake engineering. Much of his work has been on improving the understanding, design, and performance of reinforced concrete structures. He is also working in the area of seismic evaluation and retrofitting and seismic risk assessment. He is also heading various laboratories such as: Advanced Computing, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Fire Engineering laboratory at VNIT. He has guided 3 Ph. D. and 28 M. Tech thesis and presently two Ph.D. students are working under his guidance. He has given more than twenty-five invited talks and tutorials at various academic and industrial forum, coordinated fifteen short-term courses and workshops on various aspects of structural and earthquake engineering and published more than sixty research papers in reputed journals and conferences. He is associated with various research projects of more than fifteen million rupees and handled consultancy project of more than twenty million rupees. He received Sir Arthur Cotton Memorial Prize (IEI) in 2011. He is member of Indian Water Works Association, Institution of Engineers (India), Bamboo Society of India and Indian Society of Earthquake Technology. In the later he also served as executive committee member during 2011-12. He is reviewer of many journals such as American Concrete Institute, Engineering Structures, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Journal of Structural Fire Engineering and many more.

Dr. Sangeeta Gadve is Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur. She joined VNIT, Nagpur in 2012, prior to which she was working with Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai as an Associate Professor since 1994. Dr. Gadve received her Bachelor of Civil Engineering from VNIT (then VRCE) in the year 1991, Masters in Structural Engineering from Mumbai University and Ph. D from Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. Her research interest lies in Concrete Technology with specialization in Corrosion of rebar in concrete. Other than rebar corrosion in concrete, she has worked in evaluation of various concrete properties that include shear strength and Elasticity Modulus of plain concrete. She also works in the field of repairs and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures. He has set up an Advanced Concrete Technology Laboratory at VNIT which has got state of the art testing facilities. She has guided 4 Ph.D. and over 40 M.Tech dissertations. She has delivered over 30 invited talks at various academic and industrial forums. She has published more than fifty research papers in reputed journals and conferences. She has three Patents granted to her credit. She is working on various industry sponsored research projects as well as handled various consultancy projects. She is member of Indian Water Works Association, Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Technical Education, Indian Concrete Institute, Association of Structural Rehabilitation. She is reviewer of journals such as American Concrete Institute, Indian Concrete Institute Engineering Structures.