Recent Advances in Structural Engineering

Dr. K. S. Sreekeshava is currently working as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. He obtained Ph.D. from BMS College of Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi in the year 2020. His research interests are in the field of Masonry Structures, Bio-composites, and Structural Design. He has published more than 30 research articles in reputed journals, Elsevier and Springer publishing houses. He has successfully coordinated funded AICTE-ISTE faculty refresher Programme and is also working as Student Project Proposal (SPP) Coordinator. He has the honours of life member of ISTE, ICI, INSC, NICEE, and IAENG. He has successfully completed the research funding grant under competitive research funding scheme initiated under scheme of TEQIP by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. Dr. Sreekeshava is the organizing chair of G20 C20 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (IACESD 2023).Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar pursued M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, Ph.D. from IISc, and served as International Research Staff at UPC Barcelona Tech Spain. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal, India. He has authored five books, edited twelve books, published over 100 research articles, and holds two patents. He is on the Editorial Board of several International Journals. In 2017, The New Indian Express honored him with South India's Most Inspiring Young Teachers Award. He received the ISET DK Paul Research Award from the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology for the best Ph.D. thesis on Earthquake Risk Reduction in India. He received the "IEI Young Engineers Award" from The Institution of Engineers (India) in 2019. He is on the roster of two technical committees of ASCE Geo-Institute and is a Member of the Working Groups of BIS CED 39 for three IS codes. Dr. Sreevalsa has eight funded R&D projects and completed over 50 civil engineering consultancy projects.Prof. N. Vinod Chandra Menon has worked as Professor in the Centre for Disaster Management at the Yeshwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune. He has worked in charge of Emergency Preparedness and Response in UNICEF India Country Office in New Delhi. Prof. Menon was nominated by the Prime Minister of India in 2005 as one of the Founder Members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India with the status of a Union Minister of State in the Government of India. He is currently Adjunct Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India; President of RedR India, and Regional Director Asia of The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) Oslo. He has over 37 years of working experience, of which more than a quarter century has been in the fields of disaster risk reduction,climate change adaptation and public policy analysis. He is currently Member of the Peer Committee on “Technological Preparedness to Deal with National Disruptions” established by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). He is the recipient of the SKOCH Challenger Award 2010 for his contributions in the field of disaster management.

• Best Practices in Structural Engineering for Sustainability- An Introduction.- Analysis and Design of The Multi-Storied Building with Floating Columns, at Various Seismic Zones in India: A Review.- Characteristics of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Piles Through Finite Element Modelling.- Experimental Behaviour of Square High Performance Concrete Slender Columns under Different Loading.- Comparison of Finite Element Method Models for Predicting Concrete Compression and Flexural Strength.- Finite Element Based Dynamic Analysis of a T-Beam Bridge with Skew Supports.- Sap2000 Software Analysis and Design of the Intze Water Tank.- Comparative Study of Design of Elevated Storage Reservoir with IS:3370-2009 and IS:3370-2021.- Assessment of Periphery Free-Standing Masonry Wall for Structural Safety and Integrity.- Analysis and Design of Steel Skywalk Bridge.- Studies on the Behaviour of Steel Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) under Monotonic Loading in Flexure: A Systematic and Simplified Finite Element Model for Assessing the Structural Performance.- A Comprehensive Evaluation of Progressive Collapse Analysis: Insights on Research and Regulations Through a Systematic Review.- Modified Steel Tubes of Wind Turbine Tower Subjected to Compression-Bending Load.- Performance Analysis of Fixed and Seismic Base Isolation System for Multi-Story Building.- Effect of Different Hybrid Configurations and Cut-out Sizes on the Static and Vibration Analysis of Composite Laminates.