Education

Degree/Year

University

Specialization

Ph.D /2001-2006

IIT Madras, Chennai

Structural Engineering

M.Tech./1998-2000

S J C E, Mysore. VTU

Structural Engineering

B.E / 1993-1997

M S R I T, Bangalore  BU

Civil Engineering

 

Achievements:

B.E.

  • Obtained  SIR M Visheweshwaraya Memorial Prize For achieving First Rank in 5th Semester BE examinations in Bangalore University (1996)
 

  • Awarded Cash Prize for Obtaining Highest Marks in Steel Structures (6th Semester) in Bangalore University (1996)
 

  • Awarded Cash prize for Obtaining Highest Marks in Soil Mechanics (6th Semester) in Bangalore University (1996)
 

  • Awarded cash prize for Securing First  Rank in BE (in MSRIT)  and Fourth Rank in Bangalore University
 

  • Cleared GATE and Obtained  Scholarship for M Tech
M Tech

  • Secured First Rank and University Gold Medal in VTU (2000)
 

  • Was Awarded SJCE cash prize award for Securing First rank in MTech (2001)
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Academic Teaching Assistant Experience:
 
CE561 Finite Element Analysis - ODD 2003
Course Cord. Prof K Rajagopal
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
 
ID501 High Performance Computing - ODD 2003
Course Cord. Prof Kamakoti
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
 
CE561 Finite Element Analysis - ODD 2004, 2005
Course Cord. Prof B N Rao
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
 
CE482 Finite Element Lab - EVEN 2004
Course Cord. Prof A Meher Prasad
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras
	  	
 
Work Experience
From Sept.1997 – July 1998.
Company: M/s Vijay Nirman Company, Bangalore.
Position: Quality Control Engineer.
Project: Construction of ATRIA towers. Bangalore
From June 2000- Aug 2000
Company :IC &SR, IIT Madras.
Position: Project Associate 
Project: Center for Finite element analysis and Design 
Project coord: Prof. (Late) C S Krishnamoorthy.
From Sept 2000- Dec 2000
Company: IC &SR IIT Madras
Position: Senior Project officer GR II.
Project: High performance adaptive finite element analysis of Laminated composite plates. AR&DB 1106.
Project Coordinator: Prof. (Late) C S Krishnamoorthy.
From Jan 2001- Feb 2003
Company: IC&SR IIT Madras
Position: Senior Project officer GR II (Research scholar)
Project: High performance adaptive finite element analysis of laminated composite plates.
Project coordinator: Prof S M Sivakumar
From Feb 2003 -  May 2003
Company: IC&SR IIT Madras
Position: Senior Project officer GR II (Research scholar)
Project: Center for Finite Element Analysis and Design (CFEAD)- Teaching assistant
Project coordinator: Prof A Meher Prasad
 From July 2005 -  May 2006
Company: IC&SR IIT Madras
Position: Senior Project officer GR II (Research scholar)
Project: GM Project on Smart Materials
Project coordinator: Prof S M Sivakumar
 
 From June 2006 -  Oct 2007
Company: IC&SR IIT Madras
Position: Project officer-Post Doc 
Project: ARDB Project on Adaptive Mesh free methods
Project coordinator: Prof S M Sivakumar
 
 From October 2007 -  Present
Company: Chair of Applied Mechanics, University of Erlangen, Germany
Position: Research Associate-Post Doc
Project: Natural Element Methods 
Project coordinator: Prof P Steinmann
 

WORK SHOPS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED

FEADS - 2003  Work shop on Finite Element Analysis and Design of Structures , SERC, Chennai.

ICCM 2004 - First International Conference on Computational Methods, NUS, Singapore.

ICCES 2005 - International Conference on Computational and Experimental engineering and Sciences, IIT Madras.

 
 
ICCM 2006 - International Conference on Computational Methods, IIT Guwahati.
 
 
ICSCM 2007 - International Conference on Statistical and Computational Mathematics, IIT Madras.
 
GAMM2008 - 79th Annual Meeting of International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Bremen, Germany.
 
 
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