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NAME: Dr.K.U.MUTHU

EMAIL: kumuthu@rediffmail.com

Educational Qualification: B.E.(Hons), M.E. (IISc), PhD (IISc)

MEMBERSHIP TO TECHNICAL BODIES    :  MISTE, MACI(India)

MEMBERS TO UNIVERSITY BOARDS: VTU, BU, Bharthithasan University,

                                                             University of Pondicherry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  (INDUSTRY/ ACADEMICS) : CSIR Senior Research Fellow(3yrs)

                                                                                               Teaching (23yrs), Research (30yrs)

CONSULTANCY WORKS UNDERTAKEN :  Materials and Structural Consultancy of Several Projects

PROJECT GUIDED  & GUIDING   (UG/PG/PhD)  :  PG-49 , PhD-03, Ph.D.(Guiding) 05

Ph.D., Thesis Guided / Awarded:

1)Amarnath, K "Strength and deformation behavior of restrained / partially restrained flat plate slabs", Bangalore University  1998.

2)Aswath, M U "Strength and deformation behavior of beam supported reinforced concrete skew slabs", Bangalore University  2000.
 

3)Puttappa, C G "Investigations on application of High performance concrete for pavements", Bangalore University  2005.

4)Prabhakara .R "Investigations on flexure, sheer and long term deflections of high strength concrete beans", Vishweshwaraiah technological unversity, 2008.

v       AICTE Funded Projects:  Investigations on application of High- performance                                            concrete for pavements

v       Indo Romanian Bilateral Research Collaboration at Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi (Under Review)

PAPER PUBLICATION (National/International) : National/International papers-81

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Recent publication in the Journal

1)K.U.Muthu, Amarnath, A.Ibrahim and H.Matterneh, Journal of Structura

Concrete, London, March 2006, pp 17-26

2) Prabhakara R, Muthu K.U., and Meenakshi R. " Investigations on ultimate

 flexural strength and  ductility behaviour of HSC beams", The Indian Concrete

Journal, Oct 2006, pp 4d0-50.

3) Muthu K.U., Bhattacharya A., Ibrahim A. and Mattarneh H " Applications of ANN

 for control of   deflections in HSC beams", ACECONS Magazine, Vol1, Jan 2007,

Asian Institute of Technology,  Banghok, Thailand.
 

 4.) Muthu K.U., Amarnath K, Azmi Ibrahim and Hashem Mattarneh, "Load

Deflection Behaviour of Partially Restrained Slab Strips", Engineering Structures,

Netherlands, V29, May 2007, pp 663-674.

AUTHOR TO BOOKS: Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering,

McMillan Book Company,   New Delhi (Second Edition).

OVERSEAS VISITS: Libya (1994), Jordan (2002), Malaysia (2004), Malaysia (2006),Tunesia (2007), Rumenia and Malaysia (2008)

LECTURES DELIVERED: Several  

HONOURS/ AWARDS:

1) Actanion Association Award                                1975

2) Best Project Award, Madras University                1975

3) B.E.(Hons)  Madras University                            1975

4) CSIR-SRF                                                         1979

5) Research fellowship (IISc)                                 1982

6) Nicholoides Gold Medal, I.E (India)                      1993

7) Special invitee for third International conference

   on concrete  for developing country, Libya            1993

8) Nicholoides Gold Medal, I.E (India)                      1997

9) Session Chairman, 6ICCT, Jordan                      2002

10) Executive Board Member, 7ICCT, Malaysia        2004

11) Invited Speaker, ISCIE06, Malaysia                  2006

12) Keynote speaker – National Seminar KBNG 2006 (RADECON)

13)National advisory commitee member,NCFACE-2007,VLBJCE,combatore

14)Chairperson, National Conference, ETCE -07, SSIT, Tumkur May 2007.

PhD Thesis in progress

1.       Studies on High Performance HVFA Concrete for highway pavements - K P Nagaraju 

2.        Mathematical modeling of Air Pollutants(SO2,NO2, SPM) of Bangalore cit - E T Arasu

3.    Strength and deformation of flyash concrete  beans - Puttegowda

4.    Ultimate strength and behaviour of composite columns- Ravi Kumar

5.    Investigations on  SCC beans under flexure and sheer - Narendra .H