Bio-sketch of Dr. G. Muthukumar

Dr. G. Muthukumar is an Assistant professor in Department of Civil Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, Rajasthan. He did his B.Tech. (Hons.) from SASTRA University, Thanjavur and M.E. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from BITS Pilani-Pilani campus. His research interest lies primarily in the areas of earthquake-resistant analysis and design, fire-resistance of structures, and non-linear finite element analysis of structures. He has seven journal articles and 14 conference publications apart from three book chapters. Currently, he is guiding two Ph. D. students at BITS Pilani-Pilani campus. He has teaching interests in different spectrum of civil engineering including structural engineering, transportation engineering, and construction management. He, along with Prof. Manoj Kumar and Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh, has also developed outcome-based learning document for the course "Structural Analysis - II" under National Mission Project on Pedagogy (Main Phase) [2016-2017]. He has also attended 2-day workshop on Achieving High Quality in Education at the Tertiary Level, Organized by Teaching Learning Center, BITS Pilani- Pilani campus (2017). He is also the recipient of BITS Pilani Additional Competitive Research Grant on "Investigation of Ductile Characteristics of High Strength Concrete Beams Reinforced with High Strength Steels and Basalt Fibers under Elevated Temperature Condition". He has been invited as one of the resource persons for the Teaching-Learning Workshop for Next Generation Academicians at BITS Pilani-Pilani campus. As resource person, he has delivered lectures as a part of Delhi Jal Board Training Program on “Sustainable Water Management Systems and participated as one of the resource persons for ONGC online Training program on “Recent Developments on Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Concrete Structures”. He was also the Joint Organizing Secretary for 2nd International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural, and Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE2018) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, during Feb. 26-28, 2018. Previously, he was convener of the Academic Counselling Cell (ACC) at Pilani campus for a stint of two years from 2020-2022. He is also the member of senate since September 1st, 2022. He is also the faculty advisor for Structural Engineering Institute – Graduate student Chapter at BITS Pilani.