This document provides a summary of Jayachandran Karuppanasamy's education and experience. He holds a PhD in Durability of prestressed concrete structures from IIT Madras and has conducted research on corrosion of rebar under different conditions. He also has an ME in Construction Engineering and Management from Anna University and a BE in Civil Engineering. His technical skills include software like AutoCAD, MATLAB and corrosion analysis tools. He has work experience in construction sites and with the Tamil Nadu PWD. He has presented papers at conferences and is involved in student organizations at IIT Madras related to concrete and construction.

1. J A Y A C H A N D R A N K .
Email: jaicivil@gmail.com
Phone: +91-9952609907
EDUCATION
1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. 2010- ****
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Durability of prestressed concrete structures
Courses: Corrosion Engineering, Advanced Concrete Technology, Advanced theory and design of Concrete
Structures, Modern construction materials, Maintenance and rehabilitation of concrete structures.
Research Dissertation 2014, Service life estimation of prestressed concrete structures exposed to
chloride environment.
The effect of steel composition, corrosion inhibitor types and dosages, service load, conventional and
accelerated test methods on critical chloride threshold of various types of rebar is studied. The influence of
corrosion rate on the residual tensile capacity loss on the rebar with respect to time is estimated. Based on
the diffusion coefficient of chloride in concrete data obtained from literature, service life of the structure is
estimated using the corrosion initiation and propagation data obtained from experimental studies.
2. Anna University Chennai, College of Engineering Guindy, India. 2008-2010
Master of Engineering (M.E.), Construction Engineering and Management CGPA-8.1/10
Courses: Construction equipment, Shoring, Scaffolding and formwork, Energy conservation in building
construction, Construction Planning and Scheduling, Contract laws and regulations.
Master’s Thesis 2010, Study on high performance concrete using recycled materials.
The aggregate recycled from the demolished structures and the steel slag waste from steel industry were
replaced with conventional coarse aggregate to achieve high performance concrete. The main aim of this
project is to reduce the landfills by utilizing the industrial wastes. As expected the recycled aggregate and
steel slag enhance the compressive strength and tensile strength of concrete respectively.
3. K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Anna University Chennai. 2005-2008
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Civil Engineering 79%
Courses: Structural Dynamics, Remote Sensing and GIS, Smart materials and structures, Hydraulics
Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Impact Assessment.
Undergraduate project-I, 2008, Study on ground water quality using GPS and GIS tools.
The ground water quality of the considered study area is highly polluted, which cannot be used for drinking
purpose. In this study, the water quality analysis was done by collecting the samples throughout the study
area and compared with the recommended levels.
Undergraduate project-II, 2008, Analysis and design of Reinforced Cement Concrete bridge.
A typical RCC bridge was designed and the results were compared with the outcome of the readily
available design tools. The manual reinforcement detailing was compared with the automated detailing
done with an application package.
4. Kongu Polytechnic College, Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai. 2003-2005
Diploma in Civil Engineering 77.71%

2. TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems
MS-DOS,
Windows 9x - 8,
Linux
System troubleshooting, OS installation,
Failsafe recovery, Networking
Application Packages
Office MS Office 2013,Open Office
Drafting AutoCAD 2013
Analysis and Design STRAP 12.5
GPS & GIS Geomedia Professional 6.0, Mapinfo,
ArcGIS 9.2, Surfer 8, Vantage point
Geochemical analysis Aquachem, Rockware Utilities
Simulation Arena, Stella (Basic level)
Statistics and graphing SPSS, Systat, Sigmaplot, Origin
Automation MATLAB
Electrochemistry Corrware, Zplot
IN-PLANT TRAINING
 S.D.S Builders, Erode
Underwent 1 month training at real estate construction site in Erode, India. During the course of the
training, I learned the drafting, land surveying, documentation work for real estate works,
construction practices followed for residential houses, etc.
 Tamil Nadu Public Works Department (PWD), Erode
At the end of the one month training, I learned to prepare the specifications for public and
commercial buildings, quantity surveying, contract laws and tender selection process, etc.
 SRC Projects Ltd., Chennai
During the one month training period, I equipped myself with design and construction of rigid
pavements, issues in fresh and hardened concrete, importance of curing etc. by experiencing the on-site
problems.
CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED
 Jayachandran Karuppanasamy, Vibha Venkataramu, and Radhakrishna G. Pillai, 2013, “Effect of
corrosion inhibitors on the chloride threshold of TMT steel”, International Conference on
Sustainable Construction Materials & Technologies at Kyoto, Japan, August 18-21, 2013.
 Vibha Venkataramu, Jayachandran Karuppanasamy, and Radhakrishna G. Pillai, 2013, “Effect of
calcium nitrite corrosion inhibitor on the chloride threshold of TMT steel”, Innovations in
Concrete Constructions at NIT Jalandhar, India, March 5-8, 2013. (ISBN:978-93-82880-06-6)
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Attended 30+ knowledge enrichment programs like workshops, seminars, conferences,
symposiums, etc. across the country since October 2005.

3. HONOURS AND ACTIVITIES
 Won first prize for the national competition on corrosion awareness video organized by
CII-Corrosion Management Committee, CII-Faraday Council of Corrosion, and National Institute
of Ocean Technology. Published in ICI website to create awareness among engineers and labours.
 Presented a paper on “Steel-Green or Waste?” organized by Department of International Studies,
at Stella Maris College Chennai.
 Co-author for the chapter “Corrosion Inhibitors” in the ICI Handbook on Chemical Admixtures for
Concrete. (Yet to publish).
 Expert member in Board of Studies for Civil Engineering, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology.
 Scored 87 percentile in Graduate Aptitude Test in in Engineering (GATE) 2007.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
 Organized a national level student festival “ICI-Fest 2013” in association with Indian Concrete
Institute (ICI) during March 14-15, 2013 at IIT Madras, Chennai.
 President, ICI-IIT Madras student chapter from October 2012 to present.
 Secretary, ICI-IIT Madras student chapter from March 2011 to August 2012.
 Team Leader, Construction Materials Research Scholars in Building Technology and Construction
Management Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras from January 2011 to March
2013.
 Team Leader for the Web Operations (WebOps) for www.researchportal.iitm.ac.in, a web portal
to facilitate the research scholars of IIT Madras.
TEAM WORKS
 Supporting editor for the proceedings of the International conference on Rehabilitation and
restoration of structures (ISBN: 978-93-80689-10-4) edited by Dr. Ravindra Gettu, Dr. Manu
Santhanam, Dr. Arun Menon and Dr. Radhakrishna G.Pillai held at IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
 Supporting editor for the proceedings of the International conference on Advances in building
sciences (ISBN: 978-93-80689-11-1) edited by Dr.Sivakumar Palaniappan and Dr.Ashwin
Mahalingam held at IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
 Active Coordinator to provide system and infrastructure support to all the events organized by
Building Technology and Construction Management (BTCM) Division, Civil Engineering
Department, IIT Madras, Chennai.
 Worked as coordinator - Public relations for most of the events conducted by the BTCM Division
from September 2010 to till date.

4. CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIETY
 Conducted a “Workshop on reference manager and graphing tools” for the research scholars of IIT
Madras as a part of ICI-IIT Madras student chapter activities.
 Conducted “Concrete lab – Open day” for the under graduate students of IIT Madras as a part of
ICI-IIT Madras student chapter activities.
 Guest lecture on “Effective utilization of Google search engine” for under graduate civil
engineering students of IIT Madras.
 Guest lecture on “Hardware troubleshooting and common issues in operating systems” for
undergraduate and graduate students of ECE, EEE, MCA department of Alpha College of
Engineering, Chennai.
 Guest lecture on “Career guidance for civil engineering graduates” at K.S. Rangasamy College of
Technology, Tiruchengode.
 Guest lecture on “Literature review, writing, documentation made easy” to the faculty of civil
engineering pursuing research at K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode.
 Hosted, developed and maintaining a domain www.civilzone.in to support the engineering
graduates and research scholars with updates on study materials, faq’s, links to many external
open sources, etc. related to higher studies, job opportunities and entrepreneurship.
 Guiding many graduate students and research scholars to excel in the field of construction
materials and geographical information system. Details will be provided on demand.
 Frequent blood donor.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Student Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) and American Concrete Institute (ACI)
LANGUAGES KNOWN
Fluent in English and Tamil
REFEREES
1. Dr. Radhakrishna G. Pillai
Assistant Professor, IIT Madras
Email: pillai@iitm.ac.in
Phone: +914422574303
Dr. Ravindra Gettu
Professor, IIT Madras
Email: gettu@iitm.ac.in
Phone: +914422574266
Dr. Manu Santhanam
Professor, IIT Madras
Email: manus@iitm.ac.in
Phone: +914422574283