Resume

Updated January 2024

Academic Exposure

• Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2024)- Research Project:  Behavior of Hybrid Concrete Columns Reinforced with Longitudinal Steel/ GFRP Bars and Confined with GFRP Ties Subjected to Quasi-Static Cyclic Load.

• Doctoral Thesis (2021)- Thesis Title: Assessment of GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Quasi-Static Cyclic Load.

• Postgraduate Dissertation (2016)- Title: Contact Element Analysis of FRP-Reinforced RC Beams.

• Undergraduate Project (2013)- Title: Strengthening RC Columns by Using Externally Bonded Fiber Reinforced Polymer.

Work Experience

• Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow (July 01, 2021-till date) 

Academic Establishment:  University of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Industrial Partner: SFTec Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada

Work at Université de Sherbrooke, QC: Testing and characterization of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars, experimental test design, and advising graduate students.

Industrial work at SFTec Inc.: Assisting in concrete projects reinforced with FRP bars, webinars, and FRP design code.

• Assistant Professor (I) (July 05, 2016-July 06, 2017)

KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Teaching Undergraduate students. (Subjects: 1. CE2003- Solid Mechanics 2. CE2004-Structural Analysis-I 3. CE3001-Structural Analysis –II 4. CE2018-Design of Concrete Structures-I; Lab- CE1081- Engineering Graphics. CE-2081 Building Drawing), Guided both bachelor and master students.

• Lecturer (July 08, 2013-June 14, 2014)

Vikash College of Engineering, Bargarh, India

Taught: 1. PCCI4301-Design of Concrete Structures 2. PECI5403-Design of Advanced Concrete Structures 3. PCCI4304-Structural Analysis-II 4. PECI5301-Design of Steel Structures 5. PECI5407-Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering; Lab- PCCE7207-Civil Engineering Drawing.

Awards and Scholarships

• University Gold medal for Best Bachelor of Technology Project on December 19, 2013, during the Annual Convocation of VSSUT, Burla.

• Scholarship by Foundation for Excellence (FFE) for pursuing undergraduate studies at VSSUT, Burla.

• GATE 2014 Scholar, MHRD scholarship by the Government of India for pursuing post-graduation studies at IIT Roorkee.

• IIT Roorkee Heritage Fund Research Travel Grants to attend the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Post-Disaster Reconstruction Planning (ICEE-PDRP 2016).

• Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.

Professional Service

Membership

• Affiliate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

• Student Member, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)

Reviewer

• Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Sage Journals (JRP Reviewer Spotlight-Top Reviewer)

• Results in Engineering (Elsevier)

• Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE Journals

• International Journal of Advanced Structural Engineering, Springer

• Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Elsevier

• Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Springer

Other Activities

• 28-hour course development on “Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS” for Dynamic Solution Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov-Dec 2020.

• President, Association de la Communauté Indienne de l'Université de Sherbrooke (ACIUS), Université de Sherbrooke, QC (2019-2022).