Course Contents

 

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

VENUE: Lecture Hall 3, Main Building, IIT Hyderabad

Opening

8:00-8:30

Registration

 

Advances in Sustainable Infrastructure Materials (Materials with Low Carbon Footprint, high performance materials with lo quantum consumption, and recycled materials)

9:00-11:15

Advances in developing Consistent Fly Ash based binders

Dr. K.V.L. Subramaniam, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad

Innovative Concrete Materials with Low Carbon Footprint

Dr. Rishi Gupta, University of Victoria, Canada

Alternate Binders using Calcined Clay

Dr. Shashank Bishnoi, IIT Delhi

Question and Answer

Tea-break

11:15-11:30

Tea-Break

 

 

Advances in Performance Monitoring and Prediction (Structural Health Monitoring of civil infrastructure, Performance Prediction)

11:30-1:15

Advances in Structural health Monitoring for Ageing Infrastructure

Dr. C.S. Manohar, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Advances in Seismic Structural Monitoring and Earthquake Warning Systems

Dr. Carlos Ventura, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of British Columbia

 

Lunch

1:15-2:00

Lunch

 

Advances in Strengthening Technologies (performance enhancement through innovative materials and strengthening techniques)

2:00-3:30

Advances in Strengthening of non-Engineered Construction

Dr. Ananth Ramaswamy, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Rehabilitation of Deteriorated Structures using High Performance Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete

Dr. Nemy Banthia, Professor, Distinguished University Scholar and Senior Canada Research Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia

 

Question and Answer

Tea-break

3:30-3:45

Tea-Break

 

 

 

 

 

Technology Implementation (Strengthening, health monitoring and smart sensing)

3:45-5:30

Application of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) in Infrastructure Repair and Strengthening

Dr. Ashutosh Bagchi, Concordia University

 

Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring

Dr. Abdussamad Siddiqui, Starmass Environmental Technologies;

 

Field Applications of FRP Strengthening- Case Studies in India

Dr. Gopal Rai, R&M International

 

Question and Answer

 

Thursday, January 15, 2015

VENUE: Lecture Hall 3, Main Building, IIT Hyderabad

Advances in Condition Assessment (Damage Assessment and Fire Performance )

9:30-11:30

Damage Assessment in Concrete Structures including Fire Effects

Dr. K.V.L. Subramaniam, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad

Fire Performance Modeling of Structures and Enhancement in Indian Context

Dr. Anil Agarwal,  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad

 

Tea-break

11:30-11:45

Tea-Break

 

Advances in Strengthening Technologies (performance enhancement through innovative materials and strengthening techniques)

11:45-12:30

Strengthening of Concrete Structures using External Post-Tensioning- An Overview

Dr. S. Suriya Prakash,  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad

 

Question and Answer

Lunch

 

12:30-1:30

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

Field Visit- STARMASS Facility/ Visit to Laboratories

1:30-5:00

Dr. Abdussamad Siddiqui, Starmass Environmental Technologies;