Professor, Building Technology and Construction Management
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Building Technology and Construction Management
Research Interests
Determination and probabilistic structural- dynamics
Earthquake engineering
Solid Dynamics
Machine Foundations
Off-shore structures
Computer aided design
Structural reliability
Amlan Kumar Sengupta
Professor, Structural Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Structural Engineering
Research Interests
Modelling of reinforced concrete (RC) panel elements under membrane stresses
Retrofiting of RC members
Analysis of RC and prestressed concrete members
Arun Menon
Associate Professor, Structural Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Structural Engineering
Research Interests
Structural Conservation of Historical Monuments
Seismic Response, Assessment and Retrofit of Masonry Structures
Seismic Risk Assessment of Structures at Urban Scale
Historical Seismicity and Seismic Hazard Analysis
Ashwin Mahalingam
Associate Professor, Building Technology and Construction Management
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Building Technology and Construction Management
Research Interests
Public Private Partnerships
IT in Construction Management
Cross Cultural Issues in large
Engineering Projects
Sustainable Development
Balaji Narasimhan
Professor, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Research Interests
Modelling the impact of landuse and climate change on hydrology
Development of a flood, drought assessment and forecast system using GIS, remote sensing and hydrologic / hydraulic / crop growth models
Energy fluxes/Evapotranspiration/Soil moisture from thermal remote sensing data for irrigation water management and drought assessment
Spatially distributed radar/satellite rainfall data for hydrologic / hydraulic modelling
Boominathan A
Professor, Geotechnical Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Geotechnical Engineering
Devdas Menon
Professor, Structural Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Structural Engineering
Research Interests
Reinforced and pre-stressed concrete design
Structural reliability
Structural analysis, dynamics and stability
Bridge engineering
Wind and earthquake engineering
Retrofit of structures
Gitakrishnan Ramadurai
Associate Professor, Transportation Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Transportation Engineering
Research Interests
Dynamic Traffic Assignment
Transportation Network Modelling
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Pedestrian Safety
Indumathi M Nambi
Professor, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Ground water - Contaminant fate and transport.
Remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater - Chromium,Petroleum compound pesticide & micro pollutants
Hazardous chemicals - Risk assessment and management
Water Treatment, Wastewater reuse, Solid waste managment
Industrial Waste Water Treatment - Electro plating, tannery and textile.
Environment Impact Assessment
Electro Chemical methods for contaminated water & Soil
Biogas from food waste .
Microfuel cells coupled waste water treatment & Chromium recovery.
Petro Chemical waste & waste water treatment
Removal of antibiotics & antimicrobial resistance in water system
Research Interests
Waste water reuse for irrigation and its impacts on environment
Application of advanced oxidation and nanotechnology for treatment of industrial waste and wastewater.
Developing sustainable solutions for improving water quality in Pallikaranai marsh land
Fate and transport of petroleum spills and remediation of petroleum contamianted aquifers
Migration and entrapment of Mercury in ground water and remediation of contaminated aquifers.
Mitigation of pumping effects on saline water intrusion and upcoming in coastal aquifers
Development of innovative treatment technology for emerging pollutant
Microbial fuel cells and other electro chemical technology for waste water treatment and recovery
Anaerobic biosurfactant production for degradation of solvents in contaminated aquifers
Ligy Philip
Professor, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Research Interests
Bioremediation of contaminated soils, air and water with heavy metals, pesticides and other hazardous organic compounds
Water treatment and Rural Water Supply
Air pollution monitoring, modeling and control
Domestic and Industrial wastewater treatment with emphasis on wastewater reuse and recycling
Murali Krishnan J
Professor, Transportation Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Transportation Engineering
Research Interests
Pavement Engineering; Material Characterization; Stress Analysis
Murty B.S.
Professor, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Research Interests
Open channel flows & Free Surface Flows
Sediment Transport Modeling
Surface & Subsurface Flow Interaction
Pipe flows & Condition Assessment
Contaminant Transport Modeling
Water Resources Management in Coastal and Deltaic Systems
Radhakrishna G. Pillai
Professor, Building Technology and Construction Management
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Building Technology and Construction Management
Research Interests
Development of corrosion test methods for steel-cementitious systems
Monitoring and prevention of corrosion in concrete structures
Bond performance of corroding
Prestressed (pre-tensioned) concrete systems
Service life estimation and time-variant structural reliability assessment
Repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures
Grouting of post-tensioned systems
Ramamurthy K
HOD Department of Civil Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Building Technology and Construction Management
Research Interests
Sustainable Building Technology
Foam Concrete and Aerated Concrete
Lightweight aggregates using Industrial wastes
High Performance Masonry
Rupen Goswami
Associate Professor, Structural Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Structural Engineering
Research Interests
Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures Nonlinear Response of Structures
S. Mohan
Professor, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Department : Civil Engineering Department Divison : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Research Interests
Environmental Engineering
Water Quality Modeling, Air Quality Modeling, Solid Waste Management, Environmental Systems Analysis, Risk Assessment, City Water Planning and Analysis, Environmental Impact Assessment
