This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational and professional experience of Shamsher Bahadur Singh. He holds a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from IIT Kanpur and has worked as a professor at BITS Pilani since 2013. His areas of expertise include composite materials, earthquake engineering, and prestressed concrete structures. He has supervised numerous projects and theses and has received several awards for his research and work.
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1. CURRICULUM VITTAE
SHAMSHER BAHADUR SINGH
Professor
Civil Engineering Department
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-333031, (Raj.)
Phone: + 91–1596 515649 (Direct); 01596-515254 (Civil Engineering Office); 9414648283 (Mobile)
E-mail:sbsingh@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in; sbsinghbits@gmail.com
EDUCATIONAL DETAILS AND EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Education
1999-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovative Application of FRP Reinforced and
Prestressed Concrete Structures
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan-48075, USA
1993-1996: Ph.D. in Structural Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-208 016, India
1987-1989: M. E. in Analysis and Design of Structures
Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad-211 004, India
1981-1986: B. Tech in Civil Engineering
Regional Engineering College Warangal-506004, India
Employment Record
Institution
Year
From- To
Designation
Birla Institute of
Technology and Science,
Pilani
Rajasthan, India
February 01, 2013-
Present
Professor
Birla Institute of
Technology and Science,
Pilani
Rajasthan, India
August 01, 2008- January
31, 2013
Associate Professor
Birla Institute of
Technology and Science,
Pilani
Rajasthan, India
August 1, 2008- August
31, 2012
Associate Professor and Head of
Department
Birla Institute of
Technology and Science,
Pilani
Rajasthan, India
January 01, 2007- July
31, 2008
Group Leader (HoD) and
Assistant Professor
Birla Institute of
Technology and Science,
August 01, 2005- Dec.
31, 2006
Assistant Professor
2. Pilani
Rajasthan, India
National Institute of
Technology Warangal
(Deemed University),
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA
September 07, 2004- July
31, 2005
Visiting Faculty
Lawrence Technological
University, Southfield,
Michigan, U.S.A.
July 17, 2003- August 31,
2004
Research Engineer and
Adjunct Faculty
Lawrence Technological
University, Southfield,
Michigan, U.S.A.
November11, 1999- July
16, 2003
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Motilal Nehru Regional
Engineering College
Allahabad, INDIA
September 19, 1988 –
November 10, 1999
Senior Lecturer
Sponsored Projects under Supervision as Principal Investigator and Fundings Received:
(1) Rs. 18 Lakhs
Project Title: Study of Structural Response and Strengths of Thin-Walled FRP Composite
Girders,” sponsored by Council of Scientific and Indsutrial Research (Extra Mural Research
Division), CSIR Complex, Pusa, New Delhi, 2014-2017 (Ref. No. 22(0631)/13/EMR-II.
(2) Rs. 25.93 lakhs
Project Title: “Development and Usage of Innovative Ductile Composite Materials for Repair and
Retrofitting of Concrete and Masonry Structures,” sponsored by Department of Science and
Technology (DST), New Delhi, 2013-2016 (Ref. No.SR/S3/MERC/0051/2012).
(3) Rs. 10 Lakhs,
Project Title: “Development and Usage of Innovative Ductile Composite Materials for Repair and
Retrofitting of Masonry Structures,” sponsored by Aditya Birla Group (ABG), 2011-2014.
(4) Rs. 17.7 Lakhs
Project Title: “Response and Micromechanics Based Design of Engineered Cementitious
Composite Structures,” DST, New Delhi, 2007-2010 (Ref. No. SR/S3/MERC/25/2007).
(5) Rs. 6 Lakhs
Project Title: “Experimental Investigation of Failure and Stability of Laminated Composite Plates
with Cutouts,” CSIR, New Delhi, 2007-2012 (Ref No. 22/(0442)/07-EMR-11).
(6) Rs. 4.5 Lakhs
Project Title: “Failure and Stability of Laminated Composite Plates with Cutouts,” K.K. Birla
Academy Projects, BITS, Pilani, 2007-2010.
(7) £337003/- UKIERI Collaborative Research Award (UK and India) (Fraction of Amount to be
received from UK Lead Researcher relevant to Indian Partners.), 2008-2011.
Project Title: Sustainable High Performance Concrete Infrastructures
Indian Research Team Leader: Dr. Shamsher Bahadur Singh
UK Research Team Leader: Prof. Ravindra Dhir
3. (8) Rs. 9.3 Lakhs
Project Title: “Flexural Strengthening of Concrete Structures using Near Surface Mounted (NSM)
Fiber Reinforcements, Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi, under Category of Major Research Project,
2008-2011 (Ref. F.34-389/2008 (SR)).
Sponsored Projects under Supervision as Co-Investigators:
(9) 34 Lakhs
Project Title: Investigation of the Effect of Carbonation on the Properties of Concrete, 2012-15
(Ref. SR/S3/MERC/0064/2011).
(10) Rs. 2.0 Lakhs
Project Title: Investigation into the Behavior of Coupling Beams, Seed Grant, BITS Pilani, 2012-
2015.
(11) Rs. 2.0 Lakh
Project Title: Dynamic Bucking Response of Composite Structures, Seed Grant, BITS Pilani, 2012-
15.
Awards & Accolades
1. Biographical note has been included in Asia Pacific Who’s Who (Vol. XIV), Publisher: Rifacimento
International, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 11002, May 05, 2016.
2. Acted as Expert Advisory Committee for DST Rajatsthan (Jaipur) Projects funding in Civil
Engineering Discipline on 29th
January 2016.
3. Acted as Advisor to the UPSC, New Delhi for interview of Center of Soil and Materials Research
Station (CSMRS) Scientists from B to C and C to D during December 16-18, 2015.
4. Honored as Guest of Honor at National Conference on Advances in Civil and Environmental
Engineering to be held at BRCM College of Engineering and Technology, Bahal, Bhiwani, Haryana.
5. Received The Best Paper Award at ACEE2015, Penang, Malaysia on 29th July, 2015.
6. Biographical-note has been included in Emerald Who's Who in Asia, Vol-II, (Ref#. RI/EWWA-
PH/2015 dated 5/8/2015).
7. Honored as Chief Guest at 48th
Engineers’s day Function, BRCM College of Engineering and
Technology, Bahal, Bhiwani, Haryana, 2015.
8. Biographical-note has been included in Asian American Who’s Who (Vol. VII), 2015.
9. Honored as Honored as Guest of Honor at Seminar on Mitigation of Seismic Effects on Infrastructure
Projects, Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, March 30, 2015.
10. Selected for inclusion in the 8th
edition of Asian Admirable Achievers, RIFACIMENTO
INTERNATIONAL, Editor Ravi Bushan, New Delhi, India, 2015.
11. Biographical note included in Famous India: Nation’s Who’s Who, 2015.
12. Invited as an Expert Committee Member for Comments on Honey Combing of Vivekanand Lecture
Theatre Complex at MNIT Jaipur along with Prof. Bishwajeet Bhattacharjee, Feb. 24, 2015.
13. Acted as an Advisor to UPSC New Delhi for Conducting Personality Test of Engineering Services
Examinations Candidate (January 13-17, 2014).
1. Honored as Honored as Guest of Honor at Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Computational
and Experimental Methods for Advance Research in Composites, MNIT Jaipur, June 12-16, 2013
2. Nominated as Expert member of BIS committee for test methods on fibre reinforced cementitious
composites
14. UGC Nominee for expert member of UGC-DRS (SAP) Advisory Committee of Andhra University,
Vishakhapatnam for 2012-2017.
4. 15. Selected (on June 20, 2013) as Editorial Board Member of Journal of “Civil Engineering and
Architecture”, published by Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Architecture
16. Acted as an Advisor to UPSC New Delhi for Conducting Personality Test of Engineering Services
Examinations Candidate (May 6-10, 2013).
17. Appointed as Program Coordinator UGC-SAP (DRS-I) from April 2012-March 2017.
18. Editor of IJEE (International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering)
19. Honored as Chief Guest at 3rd National Conference on Recent Trends in Concrete Composites for
Structural Systems (RTCCSS-09), Erode, Tamilnadu, India, April 03, 2009.
20. Appointed as Vice-Chairman of CAFET Innova Technical Society CITS India Council, 2009.
21. Postdoctoral Fellowship, LTU, Michigan, USA, 1999-2004.
22. Manchester WHO’S WHO, 2004-2005
23. Professional Civil Engineer (PE), Michigan, USA
24. Q.I.P. Fellowship, IIT Kanpur, 1993-1996.
25. Junior Research Fellowship, MNNIT Allahabad, 1987-1988.
26. National Merit Scholarship, NIT Warangal, 1981-1985.
27. Integrated Scholarship, GIC Ballia, 1977-1981.
28. Associate Member of ACI 440 Committee
29. Member of American Society for Civil Engineer
30. Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (LM No. 1596)
31. Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute (LM No. 8608)
32. Editorial Board Member of Journal of Korean Society of Civil Engineers
Other Achievements
1. Acted as Judge for the Best Paper Award of the Conference#4 of UK-India Education Research
Initiatives (UKIERI) Congress held at NIT Jalandhar during November 2-5, 2015.
2. Selected (on June 20, 2013) as Editorial Board Member of Journal of “Civil Engineering and
Architecture”, published by Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Architecture.
3. Honored as Honored as Guest of Honor at Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Computational
and Experimental Methods for Advance Research in Composites, MNIT Jaipur, June 12-16, 2013
4. Nominated as Expert member of BIS committee for test methods on fibre reinforced cementitious
composites
5. Editor of IJEE (International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering)
6. Editorial Board Member of Journal of Korean Society of Civil Engineers
7. Honored as Chief Guest at 3rd3rd
National Conference on Recent Trends in Concrete Composites for
Structural Systems (RTCCSS-09), Erode, Tamilnadu, India, April 03, 2009.
8. Appointed as Vice-Chairman of CAFET Innova Technical Society CITS India Council, 2009.
9. Appointed as Chairman of CITS, Rajasthan, Since Nov. 2010
Laboratory Development: Developed Structural, Computer, and Concrete Labs from the funds received
from DST, CSIR, UGC, and KK Birla Academy Projects. The mains equipments purchased are (1) Two
computing work stations (2) Data Acquisition Systems (3) Load cells (4) Prestressing Equipments (5)
Viscometer (6) GIS Imagery system (7) ABAQUS perpetual license (8) Purchase of cement motor mixers
and (9) Colour printers 2Nos.
In addition to the above, Structural Research Facilities will be upgraded under supervision of the PI for
dynamic testing facility, Dynamic UTM and Servo hydraulic Load frame system.
Courses Taught at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, INDIA since August
2005 till date:
5. 1. Advance Composite Materials for Structures (Analysis and Design; CE G 533): PG course
2. Mechanics of Solids (ES C 221): UG Course
3. Prestressed Concrete Structures (CE G614): PG Course
4. Earthquake Engineering ( CE G 615): PG Course
5. Design of Steel Structures: CE C381: UG Course
6. Design of Concrete Structures: CE C383: UG Course
7. Analysis of Structures: CE C241: UG Course
8. Advance Structural Analysis CE G617: PG Course
9. Theory of Elasticity and Plasticity, CE G641: PG Course
10. Finite Element Analysis, CE G619: PG Course
Courses Taught at Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA (from November
2001-2004):
1. Stability of Structures (PG Level)
2. Advance Composite Materials for Structures (PG Level)
Courses taught by me at NIT Warangal (October 2004 to July 2005) as Instructor-in-Charge
1. Mechanics of Materials
2. Advance Structural Design
Courses taught by me at MNNIT Allahabad (September 1988 till November 1999) as Instructor-in-
Charge
1. Strength of Material (UG Level)
2. Structural Analysis I and II (UG Level)
3. Engineering System Design (UG Level)
4. Material Science (UG Level)
5. Reliability Analysis (UG Level)
6. Experimental Stress Analysis (PG Level)
7. Theory of Elasticity (PG Level)
8. Theory of Elastic Stability of Structures (PG Level)
9. Theory of Plates and Shells (PG Level)
B. Tech Projects/First Degree Thesis Supervised and PP-II Master projects at BITS Pilani
(1) Study Oriented Projects: 3 (First Semester, 2006-2007)
(2) Computer Oriented Projects: 6 (Second Semester, 2006-2007)
(3) Special Projects: 1 (Second Semester 2007-2008)
(4) PP-II projects: 4 (2006-2007)
(5) Study Oriented Projects: 6 (August 2007-Dec. 2007)
(6) PP-II: 2 (August 2007-Dec. 2007: First Semester)
(7) Computer Oriented Projects: 4 (Jan. 2008- May 2008; Second Semester)
(8) Lab Oriented Projects: 2 (Jan. 2008- May 2008; Second Semester)
(9) Study Oriented Projects: 7 (First Semester, 2008-2009)
(10) PP-II: 2 (First Semester, 2008-2009)
(11) Study Oriented Projects and COP: 8 (IInd Semester, 2008-2009)
(12) PP-II: 1 (IInd Semester, 2008-2009)
(13) pp- II 4 (I semester, 2009-2010)
(14) Study Oriented Projects and COP: 2 (I semester 2009-2010)
(15) Study Oriented Projects and COP: 10 (II semester 2009-2010)
(16) Study Oriented Project (3 Nos.) and COP (2 Nos.): 5 (Ist Semester, 2010-11)
6. (17) Lab Oriented Projects: 9 (Ist Semester, 2010-11)
(18) PP-II: 4 Students worked on manufacturing and testing of FRP Composite Panels (Ist Semester,
2010-11)
(19) Lab Oriented Projects: 7 (IInd Semester, 2010-11)
(20) Computer Oriented Projects: 2 (IInd Semester, 2010-11)
(21) First Degree Thesis: 5 (IInd Semester, 2010-11)
(22) Lab Oriented Project: 4 (Ist Semester 2011-12)
(23) Lab oriented Project: 7 (2nd
Semester, 2011-12)
(24) Study Oriented Project: 1(2nd
Semester, 2011-12)
(25) PP-II, Higher Degree: 4 (2nd
Semester, 2011-12)
(26) Research Practice for Higher degree: 2 (2nd
Semester, 2011-12)
(27) First Degree Thesis: 2 (1st
Semester, 2012-13)
(28) Higher Degree Thesis: 4 (1st
Semester, 2012-13)
(29) Higher Degree Thesis: 5 (2nd
Semester, 2012-13)
(30) First Degree Thesis: 01 (2nd
Semester, 2012-13)
(32) Study Oriented Project: 02 (2nd
Semester, 2012-13)
(33) Lab Oriented Project: 10 (2nd
Semester, 2012-2013)
(34) Study on Special Topic: 01 Ph.D. student (2nd
Semester, 2012-2013)
(35) BITS G540: Research Practice: 03 Higher degree Students (2nd
Semester, 2012-13)
(36) Lab Oriented Project: 08 (Ist Semester 2013-2014)
(37) First Degree Thesis: 01 (Ist Semester 2013-14)
(38) Lab Oriented Project: 04 (IInd Semester 2013-14)
(39) Study Oriented Project: 03 (IInd Semester 2013-14)
(40) Special Project: 01 (IInd Semester 2013-14)
(41) Lab Oriented Project: 06 (Ist Semester 2014-15)
(42) Study and Design Oriented Project: 04 (3+1) (Ist Semester 2014-15)
(43) First Degree Thesis: 02 (Ist Semester 2014-15)
(44) Study and Lab Oriented Projects :10 (2nd
Semester 2014-15)
(45) First Degree Thesis : 04 (2nd
Semester 2014-15)
(46) Higher Degree Thesis: 03 (2nd
Semester 2014-15)
(47) Study Oriented/Design Project/ Lab Oriented Project: 10 (2nd
Semester, 2014-15)
(48) Study Oriented Project: 03 (Ist Semester 2015-16)
(49) Lab Oriented Project : 04 (Ist Semester 2015-16)
(50) Design Oriented Project: 04 (Ist Semester 2015-16)
(51) Study Oriented Project: 02 (IInd Semester, 2015-16)
(52) Design Oriented Project: 03 (IInd Semester, 2015-16)
(53) Lab Oriented Project: 02 (IInd Semester, 2015-16)
(54) Study Oriented Project: 04 (Ist Semester, 2016-17)
Institutional Activities related to Work Integrated Learning Program and Practice School (PS)
1. Developed a Higher Degree Course on “Structural Health Assessment and Rehabilitation” for Goa-
PWD Engineers for specialization in Master of Technology in Structural Engineering.
2. Member of Selection Committee for Ph.D. students under UGC Basic Science Research (BSR)
Scheme for Civil Engineering Department.
3. Part of the panel in selecting the student co-instructors for PS-1 programme
2. Evaluation of PS-II reports related to civil engineering discipline
3. Helped in assessing the students’ project quality
4. Identifying the suitable faculty for PS-II programme
5. Helping for possible collaboration with Gammon India.
7. 6. Helped in preparation of structuring the syllabus for B.S, Program for MAYTAS & other off-campus
programme.
7. Helped in opening the PS-II station at KEC International
8. Helped in Opening PS-II station in Punj-Lyoed
Other Activities Involved in at BITS Pilani:
1. Chaired a Session at 60th
Congress of Indian Society for Theoretical and Appled Mechanics
(ISTAM) held at MNIT Jaipur on 19th
December, 2015.
2. Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Study of Structural Response of FRP-I Girders,” at 60th
Congress
of Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), MNIT Jaipur, December 19,
2015.
3. Participated as Panel Member at BITS Pilani on Civil Infrastructure Convention: An Academia-
Industry-Public Collaboration, April 25, 2015.
4. Delivered keynote Lecture as Guest of Honors on Development and Innovative Applications of
FRP Materials for Concrete Structures, at Seminar on Mitigation of Seismic Effects on
Infrastructure Projects, Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam,
March 30, 2015.
5. Nominated as Expert member of BIS committee for test methods on fibre reinforced cementitious
composites, 2013.
6. UGC Nominee for expert member of UGC-DRS (SAP) Advisory Committee of Andhra University,
Vishakhapatnam.
7. Appointed as Program Co-ordinator UGC-SAP (DRS-I) from April 2012-March 2017.
8. Member of Committee for Revamping Research Board of BITS Pilani, December 2011-till date.
9. Represented BITS Pilani on committee of Ireland-India Concrete Research Initiatives (IICRI) at
New Delhi, December 16, 2011.
10. Attended UKIERI Meeting at New Delhi on 16th
December, 2011.
11. Curriculum Re-design: Consensus Meeting of Heads Agenda, BITS Pilani, May 13-14, 2011.
12. Attended workshop on Goal Setting (Teaching, Research and Institutional Contribution),
Organized by Mr. Kris Ramchandran and Mr. Paras Kaushik, BITS Pilani, 13th
April, 2011.
13. Attended UKIERI Concrete Congress meeting at IIT Delhi on 23rd
November 2010.
14. Visited NIT Warangal for UGC Research Project Collaboration and data gathering
15. Convener of Curriculum Benchmarking for Civil Engineering Group of BITS Pilani (Pilani and
Hyderabad Campus)
16. Member of Doctoral Advisory Committee of Mr. Raj V. N. N. Ponnaluri (2006 PHXF429).
17. Actively participating in developing MoU between Kumamoto University, Japan and BITS Pilani,
India.
18. Chaired a Panel Discussion on “Concrete for Sustainable Infrastructure” at GNDEC, Punjab,
Ludhiana at UKIERI Research Seminar held on 17th
Feb., 2010.
19. Presented UKIERI Progress Report at NIT Jalandhar, Feb. 16, 2010 and presented a Technical paper on
“Advance Composites for Sustainable Concrete Infrastructures” at UKIERI Research Seminar held at
GNDEC, Ludhiana on Feb. 17, 2010.
20. Committee member of Construction activities at BITS, Pilani (New Research Building)
21. Editor of IJEE (International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering)
22. Presented UKIERI Progress Report and Attended Series of UKIERI Meetings at University of
Dundee Scotland, and Leicester, UK, July 5-10, 2009.
23. Honored as Chief Guest at 3rd National Conference on Recent Trends in Concrete Composites for
Structural Systems (RTCCSS-09), Erode, Tamilnadu, India, April 03, 2009.
24. Appointed as Vice-Chairman of CAFET Innova Technical Society CITS India Council, 2009.
25. Organized UKIERI-Research Workshop and Network Concrete Meetings at BITS Pilani, Feb. 16-
18, 2009.
26. Appointed as a General Secretary of Network Concrete
8. 27. Acted as a Link-Coordinator for University of Dundee (UK) and BITS Pilani (India).
28. Played the leading role in preparing and winning the two UKIERI projects a joint venture of
University of Dundee and a Consortium of six Indian Universities.
29. Conducted Campus Interview for Faculty Recruitment at IIT Delhi along with Prof. Ravi Prakash,
Prof. B.V. Babu, and Prof. Suman Kapoor.
30. Member of recruitment committee for the selection of Project Engineer for BITS Hyderabad along
with Prof. K.E. Raman, Prof. V.S. Rao, Prof. B.V. Babu, Prof. H.S. Moondra, Prof. Rajiv Gupta,
etc.
31. Attended the meeting with Engineer India Limited, New Delhi for approval of resource materials
for training of EIL Engineers, March 17, 2007 (with Prof. Regalla)
32. Delivered invited lectures for training of the engineers of Engineers India Ltd. June-July, 2007.
33. Examiner of Ph.D. Thesis of Dr. Manish Kewal Ramani, Conducted viva-voce on March 19, 2007.
34. Organizing faculty member of ITW, 2005-2006.
35. Participated in Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations.
36. Participated as Question Paper Setter for BITSAT for the Higher Degree.
37. Examined the Higher Degree Dissertation Thesis.
38. Participated in meeting with Chief Engineer Haryana PWD at New Delhi for possible MoU
regarding third party quality assurance checks along with Dr. A.P. Singh and Dr. Vinayak Rao.
39. Involved in Consultancy activities in Civil Engg. Group such as Water tank safety checks, Safe
Bearing Capacity of Soils, and Concrete Cube Tests, etc.
40. Member of Senate at BITS Pilani
41. Member of Research Board at BITS Pilani
42. Other routine group activities as Group Leader
43. Delivered Invited Keynote lectures at MAST-07 at NIT Warangal, Dec. 15, 2007.
44. Delivered Invited Keynote lectures at MNIT Jaipur, Dec. 22, 2007.
45. Chaired a conference session (MAST-07) at NIT Warangal, Dec. 15, 2007.
46. Participated in panel for changes in the Civil Engineering Course Curriculum at NIT Warangal,
Dec. 15, 2007.
47. Chairman of organizing Committee for Inaugural Network Concrete Seminar, New Delhi, Feb. 27,
2008.
48. Evaluated PS reports and Master’s Thesis
49. Reviewed four Books
50. Developed Structural and Concrete Labs of Civil Engg. Group from the funds received from DST,
CSIR, UGC, and KK Birla Academy projects.
51. Developed a new course No. CE G533 (Advance Composite Material for Structures).
52. Upgraded the course No. CE C381 (Design of Steel Structures) from the working stress method of
design to Limit State method of design to be consistent with revised IS: 800
53. Visited UK for series of UKIERI (UK – India Educational Initiatives) meetings at University of
Dundee, Scotland, UK during July 6-16, 2008 as Indian Team Leader.
54. Made Industrial Visits at Birmingham, Nottingham, UK on 14-15 July, 2008.
Professional Associations:
• Fellow of Institution of Engineers of India, No. F-118440-3
• Associate member of ACI Committee 440: Fiber Reinforced Polymer and Prestressed Concrete
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) of the State of Michigan by Examination April 2004,
USA
• Biographical candidate of Manchester Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals and for
inclusion in the upcoming 2004/2005 Honors Edition of the registry.
• Member of American Concrete Institute
9. • Member of American Association of Civil Engineers
• International Fellow Toastmaster
• Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE) Registration No. LM 1596
• Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) Registration No. 8608.
Awards and Fellowships:
Duration Nature of Scholarship/Fellowship
Nov. 1999- July 2003 Postdoctoral fellowship
1993-1996 QIP Fellowship
1987-1989 Junior Research Fellowship
1981-1985 National Scholarship
1975-1981 Integrated Scholarship
Institute Representation:
Representated MNREC Allahabad at BHEL, Hardwar for Institute-Industry Interaction Cell in 1991.
Special Training Programs Undertaken
Fully participated and delivered four special lectures in Short Term Training Program on Structural
Steel Design, Organized by Institute for Steel Development & Growth Kolkatta and Indian Society for
Technical Education, New Delhi Jointly with NIT Warangal (Deemed University) in Association with &
Sponsored by Ministry of Steel, Steel Authority of India Ltd., Tata Steel., November 29-December 04,
2004.
Successfully completed the workshop on “How to Teach Creativity and Innovation in Technical and
Professional Programs,” Conducted by the Educational Innovation Collaborative on May 13, 2004 at
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA.
successfully completed the workshop on Faculty Professional Development Day conducted by the
Educational Innovation Collaborative on the 8th
day of January, 2004, Lawrence Technological
University, Southfield, Michigan, USA.
Finite element analysis using Hypermesh and Nastran at Wayne State University, Detroit,
Michigan, USA
A Training Program on Human Resource Planning for Education Sector, Institute of Applied
Manpower Research, New Delhi, INDIA, December, 1997.
A Workshop on Management Information System (MIS), M.N.R.E.C. Allahabad, INDIA, November,
1997.
A workshop on Intellectual Property Rights at Indian Institute of Sciences Bangalore, India, July,
1997.
10. Winter School on Computer Aided Analysis and Design, M.N.R. Engg. College Allahabad, INDIA,
Dec. 1991.
PROJECTS AND THESIS SUPERVISION
(A) Ph.D. Thesis Supervised
1. Dinesh Kumar, “Study of Failure and Stability of Laminated Composite Plates with Cutouts,”
BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan, (Successfully Defended).
Funding Agency: CSIR, New Delhi and KK Birla Academy
2. S. Madappa, “Response and Micromechanics Based Design of Engineered Cementitious
Composite Structures,” BITS Pilani, (Successfully Defended on December 29, 2012).
Funding Agency: DST, New Delhi.
3. Gregory, Chukwuemeka Ezeokpube, “Finite Strip Analysis of Continuous Box Girders Bridges
Including the Effects of Shear Deformation,” Visiting Ph.D. Research Scholar from
University of Nigeria, 2011-2012.
4. Himanshu Chawla, “Study of Structural Response and Strengths of Thin-walled FRP
Composite Girders,” BITS Plani, (In Progress)
Funding Agency: UGC New Delhi.
5. Pankaj Munjal, “Development and Usage of Innovative Ductile Composite Materials for
Repair and Retrofitting of Concrete and Masonry Structures,” BITS Plani, (In Progress)
Funding Agency: DST New Delhi, and ABG.
6. Shaik Hussain, “Investigation of the Effect of Carbonation on the Properties of Concrete,”
BITS Plani, Co-Supervisor(In Progress)
Funding Agency: DST New Delhi.
7. Sudhir, V., “Postbuckling Response, failure, and strength of functionally graded composite
material plates,” (In-Progress).
Funding Agency: CSIR New Delhi
(B)Master of Engineering Thesis/Dissertations Supervised
1. Fabrication, Failure, and Strength of Carbon Composite Twisted Cable Strands and Stirrups,
Master’s Project, supervised at Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA,
May 2000.
Candidate Name: Ashraf Gendy
2. Determination of elastic critical loads of multistory frames by conjugate method, M.S., Thesis,
Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad, India, April, 1999.
11. Candidate Name: S. Pandey
3. Effect of boundary conditions on response and strength of symmetric laminates under bi-axial
compression, M.S. Thesis, Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad, India, April,
1999.
Candidate Name: Alok Pandey
4. Nonlinear response and strength of laminates under transverse loads, M.S. Thesis. Motilal Nehru
Regional Engineering College Allahabad, India, August, 1998.
Candidate Name: Pushkar Nath
5. Response and strength of laminated coupons subjected to in-plane bending loads, M.S. Thesis,
Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad, India, and March, 1998.
Candidate Name: Srikanth, S.
6. Strength of symmetrically laminated coupons under tension, M.S. Thesis, Motilal Nehru Regional
Engineering College Allahabad, India, March, 1998.
Candidate Name: Akhilesh Singh
7. Effect of load parameters and rest time after application of single overload cycle on fatigue life,
M.S. Thesis, Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad, India, May, 1993.
Candidate Name: Kamlesh Kumar Singh
8. Torsional Behavior of Ferrocement box-beam: A simplified Theoretical Approach, NIT Warangal,
(Andhra Pradesh), 2005.
Candidate Name: Vikash
9. Design Approach of NSM FRP Reinforcement for Strengthening of R.C. Beams, BITS Pilani,
(Rajasthan), 2005.
Candidate Name: Manish R. Kondekar
10. Design and Response of CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) prestressed I-Section Bridge
Girders, BITS Pilani, (Rajasthan), December, 2006.
Candidate Name: S. Madappa
11. Experimental Investigation of Flexural and Shear Response of SCC Beams, BITS Pilani,
(Rajasthan), May 2007.
Candidate Name: Vedula V. Ramana Murty
12. Torsional Behavior of FRP Strengthened of R. C. beam, BITS Pilani, (Rajasthan), Dec., 2007.
Candidate Name: Kamal Kumar Sharma
13. Nonlinear Response and Failure of Laminated Composite Plates under In-Plane Bending Loads,
BITS Pilani, (Rajasthan), Dec. 2007.
Candidate Name: Surendra Madhao Tople
14. Design and Dynamic Analysis of Composite Pipe with Manufacturing Perspective, BITS Pilani,
(Rajasthan), May. 2008.
Candidate Name: Sandeep Lingampally*
(This candidate belongs to Mechanical Engg. Group
other master students belong to Civil Engg. Group).
15. Seismic Response of Piping System, BITS Pilani, (Rajasthan), May 2008.
Candidate Name: V. V. Kamalakar
12. 16. Analysis and Design of FRP Reinforced ECC Beams in Flexure and Shear, BITS Pilani,
(Rajasthan), May 2008.
Candidate Name: Rohit Kumar Yadav
17. Post buckling Behavior of FRP Laminate Plates with Cutouts, BITS Pilani, (Rajasthan), December
2009.
Candidate Name: S. Anitha Priya Dharshani
18. Flexural and Shear Response of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) Beams Cast with PVA
Fibers, June 2010.
Candidate Name: Deepak Munichakkravarthy M.
19. Effect of Layer Thickness and Length of Plastic Hinge of PVA-ECC on the Behaviour of Ordinary
Steel Reinforced Beams, June 2010.
Candidate Name: Mikhil Gajjar
20. Failure and Strength of FRP Composite Panels under In-plane Shear Load: An Experimental Study,
May 2011.
Candidate Name: Zafar Mahmood
21. Dynamic Characteristics of Laminated Composite Plates,: An Experimental Study, December, 2012.
Candidate Name: Himanshu Chawla
22. Development of Innovative Ductile FRP Systems for Rehabilitation of Masonry Structures,
December, 2012.
Candidate Name: Mukund Lahoti
23. Application of Element Free Galerkin Methods to Solid Mechanics, December 2012.
Candidate Name: B. Rahgvenrda (2010H106434P)
24. Hygrothermomechanical Response of a Laminated Composite Beam, December, 2012.
Candidate Name: Gaurav Watts (2010H106432P)
25. The Study of Flexural Response of Laminated Flanged Sections Beams, May 2013.
Candidate Name: Pankaj Munjal (2011H143010H)
26. Finite Element Analysis of Timoshenko Beam made of Functionally Graded Materials,
13. Candidate Name: Shambhu Singh ( 2011H141085P)
27. The Study of Flexural Response of FRP Strengthened Masonry Structures,
Candidate Name: Thammishetti Nikesh (2011H143038P)
28. The Study of Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Plate under In-Plane Bi-axial Compression,
Candidate Name: Digambar S. Killedar (2011H141086P)
29. Structural Properties of Sustainable Concrete made with Industrial Waste Products,
Candidate Name: N. Mahalaksmi (2011H143033P)
30. Influence of Boundary Condition on the Lateral Torsional Buckling of Thin-Walled FRP Girders,
Candidate Name: Prashant Kumar Jha (2012H143089P)
31. Study of FRP Prestressed Bridge Girders,
Candidate Name: Ameen Syed (2012H143086P)
32. Response of FRP Strengthened Masonry Structures under Blast Loading
Candidate Name: Aditi Chauhan (2013H143059P)
33. Mechanical Characteristization of Functionally Graded Composites
Candidate Name: Ranjitha B. (2013H143055P)
34. Flexural Response of Sandwich Masonry Beams
Candidate Name: Richa Patil (2013H144042P)
35. Messscale Modelling of Concrete and Impact Echo Analysis-Wave Interaction and Parametric
Analysis
Candidate Name: P. V. Ponambala Moorthi (2014H144044P)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
I. Book: “Analysis and Design of FRP Reinforced Concrete Structures,” McGraw-Hill
Education Pvt. Ltd., New York, USA, 2015, 323 pp. (ISBN#978-0-007-184789-6,MHID 0-07-
184789-8)
II. Book: “Analysis and Design of FRP Reinforced Concrete Structures,” McGraw-Hill
Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2014, 323 pp (ISBN-13:978-1-25-905890-5; ISBN-10:1-25-
905890-5)
14. II. Research Reports Published
1. Moray Newland and S. B. Singh, “Sustainable High Performance Concrete Infrastructures”,
UKIERI Collaborative Research Award (UK and India), March 2011.
2. S. B. Singh, “Flexural Strengthening of Concrete Structures using Near Surface Mounted (NSM)
Fiver Reinforcements”, Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi, under Category of Major Research
Project, Final report submitted in March 2012.
3. S. B. Singh, “Response and micromechanics Based Design of Engineered Cementitious
Composite Structures”, DST, New Delhi, Feb. 2011.
4. S. B. Singh and D. Kumar, “Failure and Stability of Laminated Composite Plates with Cutouts,”
K.K. Birla Academy Projects, BITS, Pilani, June 2011.
5. S. B. Singh and Dinesh Kumar, “Experimental Investigation of Failure and Stability of Laminated
Composite Plates with Cutouts”, CSIR, New Delhi, November 2011.
6. N. F. Grace, S. B. Singh, and Emad Ibrahim, “Durability/Environmental Evaluation of Carbon
Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Reinforced Concrete Bridges”, Research Project Submitted to
Ohio Department of Transportation, Department of Civil Engineering, Lawrence Technological
University, Southfield, Michigan, 1999-2003
7. N. F. Grace, S. B. Singh, M. Shenouda, and S. Mathew, “Response of CFRP Reinforced and
Prestressed Concrete Box-Beams”, Research Project Submitted to Ohio Department of
Transportation by Department of Civil Engineering, Lawrence Technological University,
Southfield, Michigan, USA, 1999-2003.
III. Thesis:
1. Ph.D. Thesis: “Postbuckling Response, Strength and Failure of Symmetric Laminates,”
under supervision of Prof. Ashwini Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India,
1996.
2. Master of Engineering Thesis: “The Study of Fatigue Crack Growth under Constant
Amplitude Loading,” under supervision of Prof. R. Kumar, M.N.R. Engg. College
Allahabad, India, 1989.
III. International/National Journals
1. S. B. Singh and Siddharth Awasthi (2016), “Parametric Study of Carbon FRP Prestressed Concrete
Box Girders,” The Indian Concrete Journal, Accepted for Publication on July 04, 2016.
2. Hussain, S., Bhunia, D., and Singh, S. B. (2016), “Assessment of Carbonation Depth under Natural
and Accelerated Carbonation Conditions,” The Indian Concrete Journal, (Accepted for publication
on July 04, 2016).
3. S. B. Singh and Piyush Sood (2016), “Elastic Analysis of Bridge Cable Wires under Static
Loading,” Civil Engineering and Construction Review (CE&CR) Journal, January, 29 (1),pp.1-6
4. Hussain, S., Bhunia, D., and Singh, S. B. (2016), “An Experimental Investigation of Accelerated
Carbonation Properties of Concrete,” Engineering Journal, Vol. 20, Issue No. 2, pp. 29-38.
5. Sanchit Bajaj and S. B. Singh (2015), “A Review on the Existing Seismic Resistant Construction
Techniques,” International Journal of Research in Engineering & Technology, Vol. 3, No. 12,
December, pp. 59-68.
15. 6. G. C.Ezeokpube, S. B. Singh and N. N., Osadebe (2015), "Numerical and Experimental Modeling
of the Static Response of Simply Supported Thin-Walled Box Girder Bridges," Nigerian Journal of
Technology (NIJOTECH), Vol. 34, No.4, October, pp. 685-698 (http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v34i4.4).
7. S. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and N. Thammishetti, (2015), "Role of Water-Cement Ratio on
Strength Development of Cement Mortar (Ref. JOBE48)," Journal of Building Engineering
(Elsevier), DOI.10.1016/J.Jobe.2015.09.03, Vol 4, December, pp.94-100.
8. S. B. Singh, Himanshu Chawla, and Pankaj Munjal (2015), "Effect of Shear Deformation on
Flexural Response of Laminated Composite I-Beam” Journal of Aerospace Sciences, and
Technologies, Aeronautical Society of India, Paper #887, Accepted for publication on August 18,
2015.
9. S. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and N. Thammishetti, (2015), "Strengthening of Masonry Beam with ECC as Bed
Joint," Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, School of Engineering, Taylor's University, pp. 29-39.
10. S. B. Singh and Aditi Chauhan, (2015), “Study of the Bond Behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced
Polymer (CFRP) Bars,” The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 89, No. 4, pp.32-40.
11. S. B. Singh and Thamisetti, Nikesh (2015), “Review of Design Provisions for Masonry Structures,”
International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering,” Feb.
12. S. B. Singh and Himanshu Chawla, (2015), “Structural Response of Thin-Walled FRP Laminated
Monosymmetrical I-Beams,” Advances in Structural Engineering, Springer India 2015 (ISBN# 978-
81-322-2186-9), DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2187-6_155, pp.2011-2024.
13. Dipendu Bhunia, S.B.Singh, Puneet Sharma, Gourav Thakur, Sreeram Bheema and Mukund Lahoti
(2014), “A Study on Properties of Concrete due to Effect of Carbonation”, International Journal of
Civil Engineering & Building Materials, IJCEBM, 2014(accepted).
14. S. B. Singh, Mahalakshmi, N. and Nikesh Thammishetti, (2014), “Mechanical properties of Recyled
Coarse Aggregate (RCA) Concrete,” International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, ISSN
0973-4562, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp.363-372.
15. S. B. Singh, Asani Likhith Reddy, and Chandra Prakash Khatri (2014), “Experimental and
Parametric Investigation of Response of NSM CFRP Strengthened RC Beams (MS No. CCENG-
824R1),” ASCE’s Journal of Composites for Construction,10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000411.
16. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2013), “Effects of Boundary Conditions on Postbuckling Strengths of
Composite Laminate with Various Shaped Cutouts under In-plane Shear,” Open Journal of
Composite Materials (doi: 10.4236/ojcm.2013.32006), Vol. 3, No. 2, April, pp. 38-50.
17. S. B. Singh (2013), "Design, Construction, and Failure Aspects of World Trade Center Towers,"
Civil Engineering and Construction Review (CE & CR), Vol. 26, No. 08, pp.38-44.
18. S. B. Singh (2013), “Shear Response and Design of RC Beams Strengthened using CFRP
Laminates,” The International Journal of Advanced Structural Engineering, doi:10.1186/2008-6695-
5-16, Vol. 5, No.1, pp.1-16.
19. S. B. Singh and Madappa, V. R. S. (2013), “Flexural Response of ECC Strengthened Reinforced
Concrete Beams,” The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 87, No. 7, July, pp. 35-44.
20. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2013), “Postbuckling Strengths of Composite Laminates with a Central
Circular/Elliptical Cutout Under in-plane Combined Loads” Journal of Aerospace Sciences and
Technologies, Vol. 65, No. 2, May, pp.206-219.
21. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2013), Effects of Flexural Boundary Conditions on Failure and Stability
of Composite Laminate with Cutouts under Combined In-plane Loads
Composites Part B, Composites: Part B, Vol. 45, pp.657–665.
22. S. B. Singh and Himanshu Chawla (2012), Dynamic Characteristics of GFRP Laminates with
Cutouts, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, ISSN 0973-4562 Vol.7 No.11, pp.
1319-1323.
16. 23. S. B. Singh, Sivasubramanian, M.V.R., Likhith Reddy, A., Chandra Prakash, K., Nagarjuna, K. and
Hima Kiran, A. (2012) ‘Performance of NSM-FRP RC beams in flexure and shear using locally
developed CFRP rebars’, Int. J. Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.42–
67.
24. S. B. Singh and S. Madappa (2012), “Performance of DFRCC-Concrete Frames under Flexural
Loading,”Construction Materials, Journal of Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, Vol. 166, No. 1, pp.
34-44.
25. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2012), “Stability and Failure of Composite Laminates with various shaped cutouts
under combined in-plane loads,” Composites Engineering: Part B, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 142-149.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.09.005.
26. S. B. Singh and Jayant Ahlawat, Aparajita Singh (2011), “Forecasting Project Duration: A Fuzzy
Approach” Construction Engineering and Construction Review (CE & CR), Vol. 25, No. 7, July
2012.
27. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2011), “Effects of cutout shapes on postbuckling response of quasi-
isotropic laminate under combined in-plane loads,” World Journal of Engineering, Supplement 1,
pp.611-12.
28. S. B. Singh, K. Nagarjuna, A. Hima Kiran, and B. Jagadeeswara Reddy (2011), Manufacturing and
Tensile strength of FRP Bars, Journal of Civil Engineering & Construction Review, V. 24, No. 10,
pp.76-82.
29. D. Kumar and S.B. Singh (2011), “Load interaction curves and postbuckling response of composite
laminate with cutout under combined in-plane loading,” Journal of Composites: Part –B:
Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 1189-1195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.03.002.
30. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2011), “Effect of Cutout Location on Postbuckiling Responses and
Failure Characteristics of Composite Laminates,” Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies,
Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 125-134.
31. S. B. Singh and Madappa, V. R. Sivasbramanian, (2010), “Micromechanics based design approach
for ECC beam,” The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol.84, No. 12, 2010, pp.27-37.
32. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2010), “Postbuckling strengths of composite laminate with various
shaped cutouts under in-plane shear,” Composite Structures, doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.05.008,
Vol. 92, 2966-2978.
33. S. B. Singh and Kumar, Dinesh (2010), “Cutout Shape and Size Effects on Response of Quasi –
Isotropic Composite Laminate Under Uni-Axial Compression, Structural Engineering Mechanics,
Vol. 35, No. 3, pp.335-348.
34. S. B. Singh, S. A. Priyadharshini, and K. K. Sharma (2010), “Torsional Strength of FRP
Strengthened RC Beam,” International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering (IJEE), Vol.01,
No. 01SPL, pp. 258-263.
35. S. B.Singh,Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian, Deepak M. Muniyandi, and Mikhil Gajjar (2010),
“Experimental Study on Flexural Behaviour of High Ductile Cementitious Composites,”
International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering (IJEE), Vol. 03, 03 SPL, pp. 534-542.
36. S. B. Singh and D. Kumar (2010), “Postbuckling Response and Failure of Symmetric Laminated
Plates with Rectangular Cutouts under In-Plane Shear” Structural Engineering Mechanics,” An
International Journal, V. 34, No. 2, pp. 175-188.
37. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2010), “ Effects of boundary conditions on buckling and postbuckling
responses of composite laminate with various shaped cutouts, Composite Structures, DOI,
0.1016/j.compstruct.2009.08.049, V. 92. Pp.769-779.
38. S. B. Singh, (2009), “Innovations in Composite Materials and Structural Design,” International
Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, October, V. 2, No. 5, Editorial Note Pages.
39. S. B. Singh and V.R. Sivasubramanian and Sushil K Mandelia (2009), " Design Methodologies for
modern Composite Materials in Construction and Future Aspects", Structural Engineering Digest
(SED), Pub.: The Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE), Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 26-30.
17. 40. S.B. Singh, Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian, (2009), “Parametric Study on Flexural Response of
FRP Reinforced ECC Beams,” Indian Concrete Institute Journal (ICI), Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 7-15.
41. S. B. Singh and S. Madappa Vigneasuva Raja and Dipendu Bhunia (2009), " Role of Composite
Materials for waterproofing – A review", Civil Engineering and Construction Review (CE & CR),
V.22, No.3, pp. 62-71.
42. Swapna Kutcharlapati, S. B. Singh and N.P. Rajamane. (2008), “Influence of Nano Cellulose
Fibres on Portland Cement Matrix,” Metals Materials and Processes, V. 20, No. 3.
43. S. B. Singh (2008), “Strength of CFRP Stirrups and Design Approach,” Indian Concrete Journal, V.
82, No. 8., pp. 11-17.
44. S. B. Singh and Kumar, Dinesh (2008), “Postbuckling Response and Failure of Symmetric
Laminated Plates with Rectangular Cutouts under Uni-axial Compression,” Structural Engineering
Mechanics, V. 29, No. 4, pp. 455-467.
45. S. B. Singh and S. Madappa Vigneasuva Raja (2008), " A Review of Innovative Engineered
Cementitious Composites for Construction", Civil Computing Magazine, Asian Center for
Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS), May, Volume - M 35-0313-0508, pp. 42-
45.
46. N. F. Grace, S. B. Singh, S. Puravankara, and, S. Sachidanandan (2006), “Behavior of Prestressed
Concrete Box-Beam Bridges Using CFRP Tendons,” PCI JOURNAL, V. 62, March-April, pp. 26-
41.
47. S. B. Singh (2006), “Relative Strength of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymeric Stirrups-an
Experimental Study,” ICI Journal, V. 7, No. 3, October-December, pp. 29-34.
48. N. F. Grace and S. B. Singh (2005), “Durability Evaluation of Carbon Fiber –Reinforced Polymer
Strengthened Concrete Beams: Experimental Study and Design,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 102,
No.1, January-February, pp. 40-53.
49. N. F. Grace, S. B. Singh, M. M. Shenouda, and S. S., Mathew (2005), “Concrete Beams Reinforced
with CFRP: Investigating the Shear Performance of Box-Beams Strengthened with Carbon Fiber-
Reinforced Polymers,” Concrete International, V.27, No. 2, February, pp. 60-64.
50. N. F. Grace, S. B. Singh, S. S. Mathew, and M. M. Shenouda (2004), “Flexural Response of CFRP
Prestressed Highway Bridge Box-Beams,” PCI JOURNAL, V. 49, No.1, January-February, pp. 92-
104.
51. N. F. Grace and S. B. Singh (2003), “Design Approach for CFRP Prestressed Concrete Bridge
Beams,” ACI Structural Journal, V. 100, No. 3, pp. 365-376.
52. S. B. Singh and A. Kumar(1999), “Postbuckling response and strength under combined in-plane
loads, Composite Science and Technology, V. 59, pp. 727-736.
53. S. B. Singh and A. Kumar(1998), “Postbuckling response and strength of symmetric laminates
under in-plane shear, Composite Science and Technology, V. 58, pp. 1949-1960.
54. S. B. Singh, A. Kumar and N.G.R. Iyengar (1998), “Progressive failure of symmetric laminates
under in-plane shear, Part I-Positive Shear, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, V. 6, pp. 143-
159.
55. S. B. Singh, A. Kumar and N.G.R. Iyengar (1998), “Progressive failure of symmetric laminates
under in-plane shear, Part-II: Negative shear, Structural Engineering Mechanics, V. 6, pp. 757-772.
56. S. B. Singh, A. Kumar and N.G.R. Iyengar (1997), “Progressive failure of symmetrically laminated
plates under uni-axial compression, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, V. 5, pp. 433-450.
57. S. B. Singh and R. Kumar (1993), “Experimental observation of fatigue crack growth in IS-1020
steel under constant amplitude loading,” Int. J. of Pres. Ves. & Piping, V. 53, pp. 217-227.
58. S. B. Singh and R. Kumar (1992), “A study of fatigue crack growth in IS-1020 steel under constant
amplitude loading,” Int. J. of Pres. Ves. & Piping, V. 52, pp. 177-188.
59. R. Kumar and S. B. Singh (1992), “Investigation of fatigue crack growth after a single cycle peak
overload in IS-1020 steel,” Int. J. of Pres. Ves. & Piping, V. 51, pp. 25-35.
18. VI. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES:
1. S.B. Singh, P. Munjal (2016), “Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Masonry Beams with ECC as Bed
Joint,” Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete Technology, Materials
and Construction Practices, Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi, Goa, June 22-24, pp. 16-21
(Keynote Paper)
2. S.B. Singh, P. Munjal (2016) , Flexural Response of Masonry Beam Strengthened with FRP Rebars,
Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC
2016), SEMC 2016/457, Cape Town, South Africa, September 5-7.
3. S.B. Singh, B. Ranjitha, and Himanshu Chawla (2016), Mechanical and Thermal Material
Characteristics of Functionally Graded Materials,” Sixth International Conference on Structural
Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2016), SEMC 2016/457, Cape Town, South
Africa, September 5-7.
4. Shaik Hussain, Dipendu Bhunia, and S. B. Singh (2016), “Effect of Accelerated Carbonation on
the Strength of Concrete made with Fly-ash and Blast Furnace Slag,” 7th
Civil Engineering
Conference in the Asia Region (CECAR 7), Oahu, Hawaii, organized by ASCE (Accepted)
5. Shaik Hussain, Dipendu Bhunia, and S. B. Singh (2016), “ Prediction of Depth of Carbonation
from Accelerated Carbonation Conditions,” ACI-KC 4th
International Conference and Exhibition,
Smart Green and Durable Concrete Structures, (Accepted for Presentation).
6. S. B. Singh (2015), “Study of Structural Response and Failure Characteristics of FRP-I Girders,”
Proc. of 60th
Congress of Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), MNIT
Jaipur, Dec. 16-19, 2015. (Invited Lecture).
7. S. B. Singh and Himanshu Chawla (2015), “Investigation of Failure Characteristics of Lap Joints,”
Proc. of 60th
Congress of Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), MNIT
Jaipur, Dec. 16-19, 2015.
8. S. B. Singh, and Himanshu Chawla (2015), “Lateral Torsional Buckling Response of Pultruded
GFRP Laminated Beams with Bearing Stiffeners,” International Conference on Advances in Civil
and Environmental Engineering 2015 (ACEE2015), Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, July 28-30.
9. S. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and Nikesh Thammishetti (2015), “Strengthening of Masonry Beams
with ECC as Bed Joint,” International Conference on Advances in Civil and Environmental
Engineering 2015 (ACEE2015), Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, July 28-30
10. S. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and Thamisetti Nikesh (2015), “Influence of Water-Cement Ratio on
Mechanical Properties of Cement Mortar,” Proc. of UKIERI Concrete Congress, NIT Jalandhar,
Punjab, India.
11. Shaik Hussain, Dipendu Bhunia, and S. B. Singh (2015), “Concrete Research Driving Profit and
Sustainability,” Proc. of UKIERI Concrete Congress, NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, India, pp. 101-107.
12. Shaik Hussain, Dipendu Bhunia, and S. B. Singh (2015), “A Study on Effect of Carbonation on the
Strength of Un-Reinforced Concrete,” Proc. of IABSE, Geneva, Switzerland.
13. Shaik Hussain, Dipendu Bhunia, and S. B. Singh (2015), “An Experimental Investigation of The
Effect of Carbonation on Properties of Plain Concrete,” Eighth International Conference on
Construction in the 21st
Century (CITC-8).
Changing the Field: Recent Developments for the Future of Engineering and Construction
May 27-30, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp. 393-398.
14. S. B. Singh, Himanshu Chawla, Manish Pandey, and Rohan Nerlekar (2014), “An Innovative
Design of Functionally Graded FRP Material,” International Conference on Composites, China.
15. S. B. Singh and Himashu Chawla (2014), “Structural Response of Thin-walled FRP Laminated
Mono-symmetrical I-Beams,” Paper #SEC14AUK, CD Proc. of Structural Engineering Congress
(SEC2014), December, New Delhi, India.
16. S. B. Singh (2014), “Response of Near Surface Mounted (NSM) CFRP Strengthened RC Beams,”
First International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Stony Brook University in Stony Brook,
NY, USA, June 8-12, Abstract included in CD-Proceedings.
19. 17. S. B. Singh, Himanshu Chawla, and Pankaj Munjal (2014), “Effect of Shear Deformation on
Flexural Response of Laminated Composite I-Beam,” First International Conference on
Mechanics of Composites, Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY, USA, June 8-12, Abstract
Included in CD Proceedings.
18. S. B. Singh and Himanshu Chawla (2014), “Stability of Thin-walled FRP Laminated Beams under
Flexural Loading,” Proceedings of NCSID, NITTTR, Chandigarh, March 13-14.
19. S. B. Singh, Siddharth Awasthi, Mohit Gupta, Penumarthi Kiran, Akhil Garg (2014), “In-Plane
Strengthening of Masonry Walls with Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP),” Proceedings of NCSID,
NITTTR, Chandigarh, March 13-14.
20. S. B. Singh, Siddharth Awasthi, Mohit Gupta, Penumarthi Kiran, Akhil Garg (2014),“Study on
Improving the Resistance of Masonry Walls Subjected to Out of Plane Loads,” Proceedings of
NCSID, NITTTR Chandigarh, March 13-14.
21. S. B. Singh, Mahalakshmi, N. and Nikesh Thammishetti, (2014), “Mechanical properties of
Recyled Coarse Aggregate (RCA) Concrete,” Presented at 2nd
International Conference On
“Sustainable Innovative Techniques In Civil and Environmental Engineering (SITCEE - 2014), at
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, January 4-5, 2014.
22. S. B. Singh (2013), Delivered Keynote Lecture on “Ductile FRP System and its Structural
Applications,” at the 5th
Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium YRGS 2013) ,
MNIT Jaipur on 15th
October, 2013.
23. S. B. Singh, S. Madappa, and Nikesh Thammishetti (2013), Ductile FRP System and its Structural
Applications,” Proceedings of the 5th
Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium
YRGS 2013) , MNIT Jaipur, October 15-16, pp.133-141.
24. S. B. Singh (2013), Presented a research paper on “Sustainable Concrete Infrastructures,” at
UKIERI Showcase Event held on October 14 at British Council Division, New Delhi.
25. S. B. Singh (2013) delivered Expert Lecture on “Innovative Ductile Cementitious Composites for
Structural Applications,” at UltraTech Cement Technical Lecture in partnership with the Institution of
Engineers, Baroda, Institution of Engineers Building, September 28.
26. S. B. Singh (2013), Delivered Invited Lectures on Philosophy and Practice of Maintaining
Industrial Structures at Bokaro Steel Plant organized by HRD, Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro during
July 16-17, 2013.
27. S. B. Singh (2013), “Delivered a Keynote In-augural Lecture at Short-Term Training Programme
on Computational and Experimental Methods for Advance Research in Composites, MNIT Jaipur,
June 12-16, 2013.
28. S. B. Singh (2012), “Retrofitting of RC Structures Using ECC and FRP,” Presented at Workshop
on Structural Health Monitoring and Rehabilitation, September 19-20, 2012, Pilani, Rajasthan.
29. S. B. Singh and Himanshu Chawla (2012), “Assessment of Dynamic Parameter of GFRP
Laminates with Imperfections (Paper#154),” ICCMS 2012, Hyderabad, India, December 9-12.
30. S. B. Singh and Himanshu Chawla (2012), “Dynamic Characteristics of GFRP Laminates with
Cutouts (ID No-IETET2012-112),” 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in
Engineering and Technology (IETET 2012) to be held at Geeta Institute of Management and
Technology, Kurukshetra, India, November 9 -11, 2012.
31. S. B. Singh (2012), “Innovative Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites for Structural
Applications,” Presented as Invited Speaker at National Conference on Recent Advances in
Composites (NCRAC 2012), June 15-16, Hyderabad.
20. 32. S. B. Singh, V.R. S. Madappa, Tryphena Edward,and Priyadarshini Cheyar Nageswaran (2013),
“Behaviour of Reinforced DFRCC Structural Elements under Flexural Loading,” Proc. of UKIERI
CONCRETE CONGRESS: Innovations in Concrete Construction, March 5-8, Jalandhar, Punjab,
India.
33. S. B. Singh, Madhurima Bhattacharya, Nikhil Shrivastava, Anubhav Suri, and Ayush Gupta
(2013), “ Flexural Strengthening of ECC Beams Using Near Surface Mounted (NSM) Hybrid FRP
Bars,” Proc. of UKIERI CONCRETE CONGRESS: Innovations in Concrete Construction, March
5-8, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
34. Dipendu Bhunia and S. B. Singh, “A Study on Effect of Carbonation on the Properties of Concrete,
Proc. of UKIERI Concrete Congress, Innovation in Concrete Construction, March 5-8, Jalandhar,
Punjab, India, CD Proceedings.
35. S. B. Singh and Madappa V. R. S., (2012), “Strengthening Applications of Engineered
Cementitious Composites for RC Structural Elements,” International Conference on Fiber
Reinforced Concrete-Global Development (FIBCON2012), February 13-14, Nagpur.
36. S. B. Singh, (2011), “Innovative Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites for Structural
Applications”, Keynote Paper, All India Seminar on Rehabilitation and Retrofitting for Sustainable
Structures”, Jodhpur, Aug 19-20, 2011.
37. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2011), “Postbuckling Strengths of Composite Laminate under
Combined In-plane Loads for various Boundary Conditions,” 56th CONGRESS OF ISTAM (An
International Meet), SVNIT Surat, Dec. 19-21.
38. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2011), “Effects of cutout shapes on postbuckling response of quasi-
isotropic laminate under combined in-plane loads,” 19th
Annual International Conference on
Composites or Nano Engineering (ICCE19), Shanghai, China, July July 24-30, 2011.
39. S. B. Singh and Madappa V. R. Subramanian (2011), “Response of Steel Reinforced Engineered
Cementitious Composite Beams (Focus Paper #1),” UKIERI Concrete Congress, IIT Delhi, March
8-10, 2011.
40. S. B. Singh and Madappa V. R. Subramanian (2011),” Structural Behaviour of Externally ECC
Strengthened RC Beams (Focus Paper #2),” UKIERI Concrete Congress, IIT Delhi, March 8-10,
2011.
41. S. B. Singh and Madappa V. R. Subramanian (2011), “Applications and Design of Ductile Fibre
Reinforced Concrete Structures (General Paper),” UKIERI Concrete Congress, IIT Delhi, March
8-10, 2011.
42. S. B. Singh and D. Kumar (2011), “Effect of cutout aspect ratio on buckling and postbuckling
strengths of composite panel under in-plane shear,”16th
International Conference on Composite
Structures (ICCS16), University of Porto, Portugal, June 28-30, 2011.
43. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2011), “Load interaction curves and postbuckling response of composite
laminate with cutout under combined in-plane loading,”16th
International Conference on Composite
Structures (ICCS16), University of Porto, Portugal, June 28-30, 2011.
44. D. Kumar and S. B. Singh (2010), “ Investigation of Postbuckling Strengths of Composite
Laminate under In-plane Shear Load for Varying Cutout Locations,” Proceedings of 55th
Congress
of ISTAM, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India, December 18-21, pp.191-199.
45. S. B. Singh, A. Nagarjuna, H. Kiran, and B. J. Reddy (2010), “Manufacturing and Investigating
the Behaviour and Tensile Strength of FRP Bars,” National Civil Engineering Students
Symposium, IIT Bombay, India. (Presented by students, won Second prize, and accepted for
publication in Proceedings.).
46. S. B. Singh (2010), Presented UKIERI Progress Report at NIT Jalandhar, Feb. 16, 2010.
47. S. B. Singh (2010), Presented a Technical paper on “Advance Composites for Sustainable Concrete
Infrastructures” at UKIERI Research Seminar held at GNDEC, Ludhiana on Feb. 17, 2010.
21. 48. S. B. Singh and Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian (2010), “Flexural Response of Steel Reinforced
Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite Beam”, The Third International FIB Congress ,
Washington, DC, USA, May 29-June 2.
49. S. B Singh and D. Kumar (2009), “Effect of location of circular cutout on stability and failure
characteristics of composite laminate”, 54th
congress of ISTAM (Indian Society for Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics) 2009, IIT Kharagpur during 18-21 December on International Meet at Netaji
Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
50. S. B Singh, Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian, Deepak M. Muniyandi and Mikhil Gajjar and
Krishnakanth Ravuri (2009), “Experimental Study on Flexural Behavior of High Ductile
Cementitious Composites”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete,
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2009),Pilani, India, October 25-27, CD
proceedings, SBS_S369.
51. S. B Singh and D. Kumar (2009), “Cutout Shapes Effect on Failure Characteristics of Quasi-
isotropic Composite Laminate”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete,
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2009),Pilani, India, October 25-27, CD
proceedings. SBS_S314.
52. S. B Singh, S. A. Priyadharshani and K K Sharma (2009), “Torsional Behavior of FRP
Strengthened RC Beam”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete,
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2009),Pilani, India, October 25-27, CD
proceedings, SBS_S253.
53. S. B Singh, D. Bhunia, N. Sudhir and S. Chandra (2009), “Effect of Carbonation on the Properties
of Concrete”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and
Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2009),Pilani, India, October 25-27, CD proceedings,
SBS_C395.
54. S. B Singh, D. Kumar and G. Soni (2009), “Investigation of Postbuckling Response of Practical
Laminates using ABAQUS”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete,
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2009),Pilani, India, October 25-27, CD
proceedings, SBS_S315.
55. S. B. Singh and Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian (2009), “Parametric Study on Flexural Response
of FRP Reinforced DFRCC Beam”, Proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Fiber
Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-9) Current challenges and
Future trends, Sydney, Australia, July 13-15. (Accepted)
56. S. B. Singh, S. A. Priyadharshini, and K. K. Sharma, (2009), “Torsional Behavior of FRP
Strengthened RC Beam,” Proceedings of Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure Development, MNIT
Jaipur, May 19-20, pp. 87-95.
57. S. B. Singh and D. Kumar (2009), “Buckling and Postbuckling Response of Quasi-isotropic
Laminate with Circular and Non-Circular Cutouts under Uni-axial Compression,” Proceedings of
Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure Development, MNIT Jaipur, May 19-20, pp. 286-294.
58. S. B. Singh, Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian, Anitha P. Subramanian and Dinesh Kumar (2009),
“Performance Based Design Approaches for Concrete –Composite Systems – A Review ”,
Proceedings of 3rd
National Conference on Recent Trends in Concrete Composites for Structural
Systems (RTCCSS-09), Erode, Tamilnadu, India, April 03-04, pp. 01-12 (Inaugural Key Note
Paper)
59. Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian* and S. B. Singh (2008), “Flexural Capacity and Ductility
Prediction of FRP Reinforced ECC beams”, Proceedings of 8th
International Symposium on
Utilization of High Strength and High Performance Concrete (8HSC-HPC), Japan Concrete
Institute (JCI), Tokyo, Japan, October 27-29, S1-6-1, Vol. 02, pp 994-1001. Pub.: Japan Concrete
Institute (JCI) http://www.jci-net.or.jp/e/publish/others/index.html.
60. S. B. Singh, S.Madappa Vigneasuva Raja, Sushmit Shreyans and Anurag Jaipuriar (2008), “Tensile
and Compressive Stress-Strain Characteristics of Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious
Composites (DFRCC)”, 5th
ASCE International Engineering and Construction Conference
(IECC’5), Irvine, CA, USA, August 27-29, CD Proceedings, Paper No.96.
22. 61. S. B. Singh and Madappa V.R. Sivasubramanian (2008), “Flexural Capacity of Steel Reinforced
ECC beams”, Proceedings of 7th
International RILEM Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Concrete
(BEFIB-2008), RILEM Proceedings PRO 60, Chennai, India, September 17-19, pp. 495-500. pub.:
International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures
(RILEM)
62. S. B. Singh (2008) attended a Seventh International Congress on Sustainable Concrete
Construction held at University of Dundee, UK. July 8-10, 2008.
63. S. B. Singh (2008), “Design Aspects of FRP Reinforced Strain Hardening Cementitious Composite
Beam” Concrete Technology Laboratory, University of Dundee, UK, July 11, 2008.
64. S. B. Singh., (2008) attended the Inaugural Seminar of "Network Concrete" in the Metropolitan
Hotel at New Delhi. (Organizing Chairman of the Inaugural Seminar)
65. S. B. Singh, (2007), “Analysis, Design, and Construction of FRP Prestressed Concrete Structures,”
Proceedings of the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Geotechnical and Structural Engineering
(RTGSE-2007), Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Dec. 22-2, 2007, pp104-114.
(Keynote Paper).
66. S. B. Singh, (2007), “Innovative Uses of FRP Materials for Construction,” Proceedings of Second
National Conference on Materials and Structures (MAST), NIT Warangal, Dec. 14-15, 2007,
pp.318-324.(Keynote paper)
67. S. B. Singh, (2007), “Evaluation of Shear Capacity of CFRP Strengthened RC Beams,”
Proceedings of Second National Conference on Materials and Structures (MAST), NIT Warangal,
Dec. 14-15, 2007, pp.273-279..
68. S. B. Singh and Raja, S.M.V. (2007), “Flexural Strength of FRP Reinforced ECC Beams,” Proc.
Of Structural Engineers World Congress (SEWC-200),” Bangalore, India, November 2-7,100p.
(TPS-01, CD Proceedings).
69. S. B. Singh and Raja, S. M. V. (2007), “Design and Response of CFRP I-section Bridge Girders”
Proceedings of National Conference on Civil Engineering: Advancement & Challenge organizing
at M. M. Engineering College, Mullana (Ambala), Haryana during 9th
– 10th
March, pp. 208-213.
70. S. B. Singh (2006), “Evaluation of Flexural and Shear Strengths of CFRP Prestressed Concrete
Box Beams,” Proc. of the Tenth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and
Construction, V.4, Eds. W. Kanok-Nukulchai, S. Munasinghe, and N. Anwar, Bangkok, Thailand,
August-3-5, pp. 215-220.
71. N. F. Grace and S. B. Singh (2002), “Unified Analysis and Design Approach for CFRP Prestressed
Concrete Bridge Girders,” 10th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials, Stanford, CA,
USA, September 16-18.
72. N. F. Grace and S. B. Singh (2003), “Unified Analysis and Design Approach for CFRP Prestressed
Concrete Bridge Girders,” International Conference on Performance of Construction Materials in
the New Millennium, Cairo, Egypt, February 18-20.
73. S. B. Singh and A. Pandey (2000), “Effect of boundary conditions on response and failure of
symmetric laminates under bi-axial compression,” Proc. of SEC-2000, Bombay, India, January 1-5.
74. S. B. Singh and A. Kumar (1998), “Response and strength of laminates with cutouts,” Proc. of
ICTACEM, Kharagpur, December 1-5.
75. S. B. Singh and A. Kumar (1996), “Postbuckling strength of symmetrically laminated plates,” 19th
International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan, August, 25-31.
76. A. Kumar and S. B. Singh (1996), “Progressive failure of symmetric laminates under in-plane
loads,” 3rd International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans, U.S.A, July 21-25.
77. S. B. Singh and A. Kumar (1997), “Nonlinear response and failure analysis of laminated plates
using finite element method,” National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Design Engineering,
Allahabad, India, January 31-February 2.
78. S. B. Singh, A. Kumar and N.G.R. Iyengar (1996), “Modeling of progressive failure of laminates
under in-plane loads,” National Conference on Mathematical Modeling & Computer Simulation,
Bangalore, India, December 17-18.
23. 79. S. B. Singh and A. Kumar (1996), “Failure and strength of symmetric laminates under combined
in-plane loads,” 6th National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, Bangalore, India, November 7-8.
80. S. B. Singh and A. Kumar (1996), “Failure and strength of symmetrically laminated plates under
in-plane loads,” 5th National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, Bombay, India, January18-19.
VII. Communicated Papers in Journals
1. 03 papers
VIII. International/National Research Papers Reviewed:
1. Varinder Kumar and P. V. Patel (2016), “Strengthening of Axially Loaded Concrete Columns
using Stainless Steel Wiremesh (SSWM)-Experimental Investigations,” Construction and Building
Materials, Review completed on April 9, 2016.
2. Feldman, Lisa, and Cairns Johns, (2016), “ Assessing Historical Provisions for the bond of Plain
Bars,” ACI Structural Journal, MS#S-2016-043, Reviewed on April 2, 2016.
3. Brahim Benmokrane, Mathieu Robert, Hamdy M. Mohamed, Ahmed H. Ali, and Patrice Cousin,
(2016), “ Durability Assessment of Glass FRP Solid and Tubular bars (Rock Bolts) for the
Application in Ground Control of Jurong Rock Caverns in Singapore, ASCE Journal of Composites
for Construction, MS#CCENG-1794, (Review Completed on March 29, 2016).
4. Reviewed a paper entitled “ Design and analysis under flexure of high performance steel fiber
reinforced concrete,” March 5, 2016, Authors unknown, The Indian Concrete Journal.
5. Dinesh Kumar and Ashish Srivastava (2015), “Elastic Properties of CNT and Graphene-Reinforced
Nanocomposites using RVE,”MS # SCS53034XC, Steel and Composite Structures, an
International Journal, (Review Completed on December 29, 2015).
6. James, W. S., Jirsa, O., Wassim, M. G., (2015), “ Behavior of Anchored CFRP Strips Used for
Strengthening Concrete Structures,” MS#M-2015-072, ACI Structural Journal, (Review Completed
on May 01, 2015).
7. Sahar, Ghasemi, Amir Mirmiran, Yulin, Xiao, and Kevin Mackie, "A NOVEL UHPC-CFRP
WAFFLE DECK PANEL SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION,
Journal of composites for Construction, ASCE, March 2015, MS #CCENG-1410.
8. Sharma, D. K., Swami, B. L., and Vyas, A. K. (2013), “ Study on Design of Hot Mix Asphalt
Using Waste Copper Slag, Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium, 2013, MNIT Jaipur,
India (Review completed on August 5, 2013).
9. Bend Strength of Complete Closed-Type Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Stirrups with
Rectangular Section, (MS #CCENG-905), ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, June 6,
2013.
10. Effect of Transverse Steel on the Performance of RC T-beams Strengthened in Shear Zone with
GFRP Sheet, authored by K. C. Panda, S. K. Bhattacharyya, and S. V. Barai, International Journal
of Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier) (Manuscript Number: CONBUILDMAT-D-
12-00774), October 10, 2012.
11. Experimental and Numerical Strength Analysis of FML Plates with Cutouts Under In-plane
Loading, By Rahaimi H. et al., Journal of Renforced Plastics and Composites (Manuscript No.
JRP-11-0390), Sep. 18, 2011.
12. SEISMIC RETROFIT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES WITH PARTIAL INFILL,
authored by C. Jayaguru1
and Dr. K. Subramanian, International Journal of Earth Sciences, and
Engineering, 2009.
24. 13. Application of Finite Element Techniques to Analyze Angle Shaped Footings, The Indian Concrete
Journal, MS. No. CIS/ICJ/654 dated 17-4.2009 (Authors name not disclosed)
14. Mohammad Taghi Kazemi, Fariborz Vossoughi Shahvarvi, and Iman Zakeri (2009), “Mixed Mode
Fracture in Concrete Reinforced with Low Volume Fraction of Steel Fibers,” International Journal
of Engineering, MS # OMS-09-167.
15. Gupta Rajeev and Trivedi Ashutosh (2009), “Behavior of Model Circular Footings on Silty Soils
with Cellular Supports,” International Journal of Engineering, MS # OMS-09-160.
16. Gupta Rajeev and Trivedi Ashutosh (2009), “Effect of Non-Plastic Fines on the Behavior of Loose
sand,” KSCE Jouranl of Civil Engineering, MS# KSCE-D-09-00087.
17. Grace, Enomoto, Abdel-Mohti, Tokal, and Puravankara (2006), “Behavior of Box Beam Bridge
Prestressed with Carbon Fiber Composite Cables (MS Number 06-035),” PCI JOURNAL.
18. Rafi Muhammad, Nadjai Ali (2008), " Evaluation of ACI Deflection Model for FRP Reinforced
Concrete Beams and Suggested Modification (MS No. S- 2006-369.R4). ACI Structural and
Materials Journals.
19. Flexural Strength Analysis of High Strength Concrete Using an Industrial Waste (2008),
CURIE Journal, BITS Pilani (MS No. A2-4-2008).
20. Soric., Zorislav, Kisicek, Tomislav, Galic, Josip (2007) Deflection of Concrete Beams Reinforced
with FRP Bar (MS No. S-2007-323.R2), ACI Structural Journal.
21. Harries and Carey (2004), “Effect of Cross Section Scale on the Behavior of Variably Confined
Concrete (MS Number: 2004121)” ACI Structural Journal.
22. Meyer, Sim, and Oh (2003), “Fatigue life of damaged bridge deck specimens strengthened with
carbon fiber sheets (MS Number: 2003324,” ACI Structural Journal.
IX. Review of Books
1. Singh, S. B., Reviewed a book entitled, “Analysis of Skeletal Structure,” Tata McGraw-Hill
Private Ltd., New Delhi, May 2012.
2. Singh, S. B., Reviewed a book entitled, “Prestressed Concrete,” 4th
Edition, authored by N.
Krishna Raju, Tata McGraw-Hill Private Ltd., New Delhi, May 2011 "
3. Singh, S. B., Reviewed a book entitled “Basic Structural Analysis, 2nd
Edition” authored by
C. S. Reddy, Tata McGraw Hill Private Ltd, New Delhi, January 2010.
4. Singh, S. B., reviewed a book entitled “RCC Design by Limit State Method (Chapter 8 and
9)” for Elsevier Publishers, India, 2009.
5. Singh, S.B., reviewed sample chapters of a book entitled “Basic Civil Engineering”,
Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2009.
6. Singh, S. B., reviewed a book entitled “Limit State Design of Steel Structures" for Tata
McGraw Hill Publishers, India, 2009.
25. 7. Singh, S. B., reviewed a book entitled “Finite Element Analysis" for Tata McGraw
Hill Publishers, India, 2009.
X. Examiner of Ph.D. Thesis
1. Examined in Detail the Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. G. Muthukumar, "Influence of Openings on the
Structural Response of RC Shear Walled Structures, 2015.
2. Reviewed and Examined the Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. Sanjay Kumar, “Behavior of Reinforced Soils
and Their Influence on Frames and Footings,” MNIT Jaipur, November 2011.
3. Reviewed and Examined the Ph.D. Thesis of Manish Kewal Ramani, “Impact on Compressive
Strength of Concrete Cured using Colored Polythene Sheets,” BITS Pilani, April, 2007.
4. Reviewed and Examined the Ph. D. Thesis of Mr. Jashvant Kumar Devabhai Rathod, “ Study of
Behaviour of Smart Engineered Cementitious Composites Using Fibers and Fly Ash,” The
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, July 2009.
XI. Review of Ph.D. Proposal
1. Reviewed PhD Research Proposal of Mr. Manpreet Singh (2014PHXP429P), August 2015 as
Doctoral Advisory Committee member
2. Reviewed PhD Research Proposal of Mr. Pankaj Munjal entitled “Development and Usage of
Ductile Composite Materials for Repair and Retrofitting of Masonry Structures,” July 2014.
3. Reviewed PhD Research Proposal of Mr. Shaik Hussain entitled “Effect of Accelerated
Carbonation on various Mechanical properties of Pozzolona Concrete,” July 2014.
4. Reviewed Draft thesis entitled “Best Traffic Management Practices- A Study of National and In-
City Traffic Scenarios” of Mr. Raju V. N. N. Ponnaluri (2006PHXF429) as a member of Doctoral
Advisory Committee, March 18, 2010.
5. Reviewed the PhD Research Proposal of Dinesh Kumar, " Study of Failure and Stability of a
Laminated Composite Plates with Cutouts"
6. Reviewed the Ph.D Research Proposal of S.K. Mandellia, " Durability Based Strength and
Parametric Cost Modeling of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Strengthened Structures"
7. Reviewed the Ph.D. Research Proposal of S. Madappa, " Response and Micromechanics Based
Design of Engineered Cementitious Composite Structures"
8. Reviewed the Ph.D. Research Proposal of G. Muthukumar, " Influence of Openings on the
Structural Response of RC Shear Walled Structures"
XII: Invited Lectures Delivered
The following invited lectures were delivered:
1. Delivered Invited Keynote Lecture on “ Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Masonry Beams with
ECC as Bed Joint,” at International Conference on Advances in Concrete Technology
26. Materials and Construction Practices, Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi, Goa, June 23,
2016.
2. Delivered invited Keynote Expert Lecture on “ Development of Polymer Composites for Civil
Engineering Applications,” at Symposium on Sustainable Technology Development in
Polymer (SSTDP-2016), March 11, 2016, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
3. Invited as Guest of Honor for In-augural Keynote Lecture at National Conference on Advaces
in Civil and Environmental Engineering (RACEE2015) organized by Civil Engineering
Department of BRCM College of Engineering and Technology, Bahal, Bhiwani, Haryana,
November 28, 2015.
4. Delivered a Invited lecture as Chief Guest at BRCM College of Engineering and Technology,
Bahal, Bhiwani, Haryana on 48th
Engineers Day Function.
5. Participated as Panel Member at BITS Pilani on Civil Infrastructure Convention: An
Academia-Industry-Public Collaboration, April 25, 2015.
6. Delivered keynote Lecture as Guest of Honors on Development and Innovative Applications of
FRP Materials for Concrete Structures, at Seminar on Mitigation of Seismic Effects on
Infrastructure Projects, Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam,
March 30, 2015.
3. Delivered Keynote Lecture on “Ductile FRP System and its Structural Applications,” at the 5th
Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium YRGS 2013) , MNIT Jaipur on 15th
October, 2013.
4. Presented an Invited UKIERI research Poster on “Sustainable Concrete Infrastructures,” at
UKIERI Showcase Event held on October 14, 2013 at British Council Division, New Delhi.
5. Delivered Expert Lecture on “Innovative Ductile Cementitious Composites for Structural
Applications,” at UltraTech Cement Technical Lecture in partnership with the Institution of
Engineers, Baroda, Institution of Engineers Building, September 28, 2013.
6. Delivered a Keynote In-augural Lecture at Short-Term Training Programme on Computational and
Experimental Methods for Advance Research in Composites, MNIT Jaipur, June 12-16, 2013.
7. Delivered invited lecture on “Innovative Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites for
Structural Applications,” at National Conference on Recent Advances in Composites (NCRAC
2012), June 15-16, Hyderabad.
8. Delivered an Invited Keynote Lecturer on “Innovative Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious
Composites for Structural Applications” at All India Seminar on Rehabilitation and Retrofitting
for Sustainable Structures”, Jodhpur, Aug 20, 2011 (Jointly organized by M. B. M. College
Jodhpur and Institution of Engineers).
9. Delivered 7 lectures on Design of Steel Structures at NIT Kurukshetra, during Short-Term Training
Programme (STTP) organized by Institute for Steel Development & Growth (INSDAG),
KOLKATA, W.B., June 15-20, 2009.
10. Delivered the Inaugural Chief Guest Address at 3rd National Conference on Recent Trends
in Concrete Composites for Structural Systems (RTCCSS-09), Erode, Tamilnadu, India,
April 03, 2009.
11. Invited lectures on “Earthquake Resistance Design of Structures: Analysis (Training of engineers
of EIL, New Delhi)
12. Invited lectures on “Earthquake Resistance Design of Structures (Training of engineers of EIL of
New Delhi)
13. Delivered Invited Keynote lectures at MAST-07 at NIT Warangal, Dec. 15, 2007.
14. Delivered Invited Keynote lectures at MNIT Jaipur, Dec. 22, 2007.
XIII: Chairing of Conference Session and Member of Technical Panels
1. Chaired a Session at 60th
Congress of Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
(ISTAM) at MNIT Jaipur, 19th
December, 2015.
27. 2. Chaired Session#1B at UKIERI Concrete Congress held at NIT Jalandhar on November 3, 2015.
3. Chaired Two Sessions (Session no. 2 and 4) at the 5th
Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and
Graduates Symposium (YRGS) held at MNIT Jaipur, October 15-16, 2013.
4. Chaired the last Session of International Conference (FIBCON2012) on “Fiber Reinforced
Concrete-Global Developments,” at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, February13-14, 2012.
5. Chaired a Seminar Session on “Rehabilitation and Retrofitting for Sustainable Structures” at
Institution of Engineers Building at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, August 19, 2011.
6. Member of a Technical Panel Discussion on “Rehabilitation and Retrofitting for Sustainable
Structures” at Institution of Engineers Building at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, August 20, 2011.
7. Chaired a Panel Discussion on “Concrete for Sustainable Infrastructure” at GNDEC, Punjab,
Ludhiana at UKIERI Research Seminar held on 17th
Feb., 2010.
8. Chaired a conference session (MAST-07) at NIT Warangal, Dec. 15, 2007.
9. Member of a technical panel for deciding the changes in the Civil Engineering Course Curriculum
at NIT Warangal, Dec. 15, 2007.
XIV: Seminar/Conference Organized
1. Organized UKIERI Concrete Congress at NIT Jalandhar during March 5-8, 2013 (Role: Editor
of Congress Souvenir and UKIERI Indian Team Lead Partner)
2. Organized UKIERI Concrete Congress at IIT Delhi, March 2011 (Role :Organizing Committee
Member and UKIERI Indian Team Lead Partner)
3. Organized a National Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring and Rehabilitation during
September 19-20, 2012 at BITS Pilani (Role: Coordinator)
4. Organized an International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural, and Geotechnical
Engineering at BITS Pilani during October 25-27, 2009. (Role: Organizing Chairman)
5. Organized Inaugural Network Concrete Seminar at The Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi, Feb. 28,
2008. (Role: Chairman, Organizing Committee)
6. Organized UKIERI-Research Workshop and Network Concrete Meetings at BITS Pilani, Feb.
16-18, 2009.(Role: Chairman, Organizing Committee)
XII: External Examiner of Ph.D/M.Tech/M.E. Thesis
1. Examined Master of Technology Thesis entitled “Effect of Column Stiffness and Orientation on
Seismic Behaviour of Buildings with Vertical Irregularities,” submitted by Ankit Batra (Roll No.
211024), NIT Kurukshetra, September 08,2013.
2. Examined a Dissertation Report entitled” Study on Shear Strength Characteristics of Remoulded
Residual Soil,” submitted by Jagdish Prasad Sharma (2008/PST/125), MNIT Jaipur, September
2011.
3. Examined Master of Technology Thesis of Miss Isha, (Roll # 208124), Department of Civil
Engineering, NIT, Kurukshetra, October, 2010.
4. Examined Master of Technology Thesis of Mr. S. S. Poorna Kumar (Roll# 208132), Department
of Civil Engineering, NIT, Kurukshetra, October 2010.
5. Reviewed and Examined the Ph. D. Thesis of Mr. Jashvant Kumar Devabhai Rathod, “ Study of
Behaviour of Smart Engineered Cementitious Composites Using Fibers and Fly Ash,” The
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, July 2009.
6. Reviewed and Examined the Ph.D. Thesis of Manish Kewal Ramani, “Impact on Compressive
Strength of Concrete Cured using Colored Polythene Sheets,” BITS Pilani, April, 2007.
28. 7. Examined Master of Technology Thesis of Mr. Shuchidra Silayach (ID # 2007PST102),
Department of Structural Engineering, MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, July 20, 2009.
8. Examined Master of Technology Thesis of Mr. Patel Kashyapkumar Arvindbhai (ID #
2007PST103), Department of Structural Engineering, MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, July 20, 2009.
9. Examined Master of Technology Thesis of Mr. S. Varadharajan (ID # 207122), Department of
Civil Engineering, NIT, Kurukshetra, 2010.
XIII: Review of Research Project Proposals for Sponsored Projects and Papers submitted to
Conference etc (Ref. EDD, BITS Pilani)
(1) Reviewed a Research Proposal entitled” Recycling of Marble Slurry for Environmental
Improvement,” by Anshuman et al., BITS Pilani, December 23, 2015.
(2) Reviewed a Research Project Proposal entitled “ Recycling of Marble Slurry for Environmental
Improvement, “submitted by Anshuman and Rajiv Gupta, Civil Engineering Department, BITS
Pilani, October 2013.
(3) Reviewed a Research Project Proposal entitled “Dynamic Buckling Response of Composite
Structures,” submitted by Shuvendu Narayan Patel, Civil Engineering Department, BITS Pilani,
September 2013.
(4) Reviewed a Technical Paper entitled “ Nonlinear Bending Analysis of Laminated Composite
Stiffened Plates,” International World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and
Mechanics (ASEM13), Korea, 2013, assigned by Dean, EDD dated 27/7/2013.
(5) Reviewed Project proposal entitled “Effect of Bentonite on Permeability of Pilani Sand,”
submitted by Kamalesh Kumar for possible funding from Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research, New Delhi, January 16, 2013 (Ref. EDD Letter dated January 16, 2013).
(6) Reviewed Research paper of Dr. Kamalesh Kumar, submitted to 2nd
International Symposium on
Constitutive Modelling of Geomaterials: Advances & Applications. Strengthening of Local Soil
(Ref. EDD letter dated 18/8/2012), Civil Engg, Dept., BITS, Pilani Campus.
(7) Reviewed Project proposal entitled “Analytical Investigation on Structural Behavior of Skew-
Curved Concrete Box-Girder Bridges,” submitted by Manoj Kumar for possible funding from
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, August 2012 (Ref. EDD Letter dated
July 29, 2012).
(8) Reviewed Project proposal entitled “ A Study on Minimization of Sludge during Treatment of
Electroplating Effluent and Its Utilization,” submitted by Anupam Singhal and Rajiv Gupta for
possible funding from Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi, March 2012 (Ref. EDD
Letter dated March, 23, 2012).
(9) Reviewed Project Proposal of Dr. Kamalesh Kumar, entitled “Strengthening of Local Soil Using
Admixture,” (Ref. EDD letter dated 12/10/2011), Civil Engg. Dept., BITS, Pilani Campus.
(10) Reviewed a Technical paper entitled “Thermal Performance of a Hollow Roof: An
Experimental Study (Author: Unknown) submitted to World Renewable Energy Congress-
Indonesia, 16-20 October, 2011, Bali (Ref. EDD letter dated 29/9/2011).
(11) Reviewed Project Proposal of Dr. Pradipto Chakraborrty entitled “Microzonation of Jaipur
City Based on Shear Wave Velocity" for possible funding from DST, New Delhi, 2011.
(12) Reviewed Project proposal of Anupam Singhal and Rajiv Gupta for possible funding from
DST, New Delhi, 2010.
(13) Reviewed a technical paper on “ Experimental Investigations and Parametric Optimization
of Curing of Unsaturated Polyester Resin,” authored by Sachin D. Waigaonkar, B.J.C Babu, and
Amit Rajput, BITS Pilani –K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Dec. 2010.
(14) Reviewed a Technical Paper for International Conference on Civil Engineering & Building
Materials (to be held at Kumnming, China) entitled, “Polyster Fibers in The Concrete: An
Experimental Investigation,” assigned by Dean, EDD dated 9/2/2011.
29. XIV: Review of Practice School Reports
1. Reviewed PS-II Report of Harshil Khimesara (2009A2PS517P), January 2014.
2. Reviewed PS-II Report of Aditya Kamireddipalli (2009A2PS437P), January 2014.
3. Reviewed PS-II Report of Adarsh Mishra (2009A2PS374P), January 2014.
4. Reviewed two PS-II report of Madhurima Bhatta Charya and Apoorva, October 2013.
5. V. C. Rajeshwari (2010H143033P), “Design of Industrial Steel Structures by Limit State Method,”
Thesis Report, Park Street, Kolkata (PS-II Center of BITS Pilani, June 2012.
6. Prateek Jindal (2008A2PS302P), “Nonlinear System Identification in SHM using Kernel PCA and
FDA,” Thesis Report, Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) Chennai, (PS-II station of
BITS Pilani), June 2012.
7. Likhith Reddy Asani (2007 B5A2653P), “Impedance Based Damage Detection Using Smart PZT
Patches,” Thesis Report, Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) Chennai (PS-II Station of
BITS Pilani), June 2012.