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Dr. ALWYN VARGHESE

Associate Professor

Areas of Specialization

Structural Engineering
Areas of Interest

Fiber Reinforced Concrete.
Eco friendly buiding materials.
Ergonomic building design
Drip curing technique
Post-fire performance of Concrete
Bond strength of concrete
Cyclic loading performance of concrete
Shear strength of concrete

Educational Summary


Course University Year
PhD [Civil Engineering] Karunya Institute of Sci. and Tech., Coimbatore 2021
ME [Structural engineering] Anna University Chennai 2013
BE [Civil engineering] Anna University Chennai 2009
DIPLOMA [Civil engineering] Govt. of Tamilnadu Department Of Technical Education 2006

Experience


From Date To Date Institution Name Designation
2009-05-04 2011-09-30 Agrico Constructions, Palakkad, Kerala, India Planning Engineer
2013-06-10 2015-12-31 Nirmala College of Engineering, Thrissur, Kerala, India Assistant Professor
2016-01-01 2020-07-31 Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology, Palakkad, Kerala, India Assistant Professor
2020-08-03 2022-03-31 Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala, India Assistant Professor
2022-04-01 0000-00-00 Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala, India Associate Professor

Achievements


Achievement Year
Course of Building Materials and Composites with Elite certification 2023
Qualified Chartered Engineer (India) in civil engineering 2018
Life member of ISTE 2017
Certified Publons academy peer reviewer 2021
Research Supervisor of APJ ABDUL KALAM KTU University. 2023
Associate Member of Institution of Engineers India (IEI) 2015
Certificate of best project for bagging First position among the projects in Department of Civil Engineering in project expo YUKTHI- 2024 by Jyothi Engineering College 2024
Cordinating the webinar on space for healty living with association of ICI professional club, Civil engineering dept., Jyothi Eningeering College 2020
Cordinating the webinar on Basics of structural design with association of ICI professional club, Civil engineering dept., Jyothi Eningeering College 2020
Fecilited Evniron 2020, international online lecture series conducted by dept. of geology, Sahrdaya college of advanced studies. 2021
Sucessfully Cordinated five day international faculty development programme on Challages and innovative Techniques in Concrete Structures organized by Department of civl engineering, Jyothi Engineering College. 2021
SESSION CHAIR in the NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATERIALS, STRUCTURES AND ENVIRONMENT organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala held on 16 17 June 2023 2023
SESSION CHAIR in the NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATERIALS, STRUCTURES AND ENVIRONMENT organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala held on June 2024 2024

Papers Published


Replacement of sand using ceramic waste sand on the International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology (IJARTET) (impact factor 5.338) 2015
Pervious concrete using burnt earth aggregate on International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT) 2016
Role of fibers on fire endurance of concrete - Literature review on International Journal of Innovative Research in Science and Engineering (IJIRSE) (impact factor 0.998) 2016
Ergonomic building design consideration of an early learning center in International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) 2017
Mechanical properties of glass powder and tin strips based concrete under accelerated curing on International Journal of Advanced Technology in Engineering and Science (IJATES) 2017
Study of bond strength on various fiber reinforced concretes on International Journal of Current Engineering and Scientific Research (IJCESR) (indexed in Thomson Reuters) 2018
Studies on behavior of fire-affected reinforced concrete on the International Journal of Civil Engineering & Technology (IJCIET) (indexed in SCOPUS) 2018
Pure shear strength of PVA fiber reinforced concrete on International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) (indexed in SCOPUS) 2019
Effect of diameter of reinforced bar in various Fiber reinforced concretes on International Journal of Innovative Technology and exploring engineering (indexed in SCOPUS) 2019
Drip curing technique on concrete for water conservation and improved compressive strength on International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research – conference REACT 2019, 2019
Investigation on impact strength of fiber reinforced concrete subjected to elevated temperature on International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) (indexed in SCOPUS) 2019
Effect of fiber on stress-strain behavior of concrete subjected to elevated temperature in Journal of Engineering Technology (indexed in SCI) 2019
Influence of fibers on bond Strength of Concrete exposed to elevated Temperature on Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (indexed in SCI) 2019
Influence of Fiber on Shear Behavior of Concrete Exposed to Elevated Temperature on International Journal of Engineering (indexed in Scopus and ESCI) 2020
Investigation on the performance of fiber-reinforced concrete subjected to standard fire exposure in World Journal of Engineering (indexed in Scopus and ESCI) 2021
Investigation on Post-fire performance and modeling the flexural behaviour of FRC exposed to standard fire in Journal of Structural Engineering International (indexed in SCI) 2021
Impact of heating cooling regime on flexural behavior of self–compacting concrete beams exposed to elevated temperature on the journal of materials today, proceedings (Indexed in Scopus) 2022
Shear failure response of concrete specimens to positive cyclic loading with cementitious material alternatives: A review on International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science 2024
Comprehensive review of Air Pollution Mapping Techniques using ArcGIS and MATLAB-Methods, Applications and Best Practices on International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology. Volume 11 Issue 5, May 2024
Exploring Copper Slag as an Eco-friendly Substitute for Fine Aggregates in Concrete Manufacturing: A Review of Literature on International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology. 2024
Shear failure responses of concrete specimens to positive cyclic loading with cementitious material alternatives: a review on International Research Journal Of Modernization In Engineering Technology And Science (IRJMETS), Volume 06, Issue 04, April 2024
Review of Geopolymer Composites Synthesized Using Different Industrial By‑products in International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (Indexed in Scopus) 2024

Conferences / Workshop / FDPs Attended


Professional Training program on Total Station Survey, conducted by P.G. Center TET, TCR
Staad Pro with Research Engineers conducted by Intercad Systems Private Limited.
Professional Training program on AutoCad, conducted by CADD TECHNOLOGY
Eleation’s 60 days ANSYS Basic training program
Virtual labs organized by virtual labs, Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur in association with Solve- the virtual lab, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal
Introduction to Oracle Academy teaching resources for Primavera P6
The faculty orientation program for delivering the ignite Entrepreneurship course was conducted by Wadhwani Entrepreneur Network, Wadhwani Foundation.
Two-day international workshop on applications of stochastic process organized by the Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur on Jan 2024
A paper published with the title of An Investigation On the Behavior of Composite Slabs Under Impact Loads in the National Conference on Advance Trends in Civil Engineering organized by Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore. 2013
A paper titled " An Investigation on the Behavior of Composite Slabs under Impact Loads on Various Grades” was published at the National Conference on “Innovations in Civil Engineering- ICE'13” organized by KCT, Coimbatore. 2013
A paper was published titled " Studies on behaviour of fire affected reinforced concrete" in the “International Conference on Sustainable Technologies in Building and Environment - ICSTBE 2018" by Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.
A paper was published titled Mechanical properties of glass powder and tin strips based concrete under accelerated curing in the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Technology, Science and Management, by IIMT College of Engineering, Greater Noida.
A paper titled Role of fibers on fire endurance of concrete - Literature review in International Conference on Innovative Trends in Science, Engineering and Management by Conference World., New Delhi.
A paper titled Effect of Cover on the Performance of Self-Compacting Concrete under Elevated Temperature in the Second International Conference on Advances in Physical Sciences and Materials (ICAPSM 2021) held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India on 12 -13, August 2021. Proceedings of the ICAPSM 2021.
A paper titled Review of geopolymer composite synthesized using different industrial byproducts” in the Second International Conference Materials and Structures (ICCMS-2022) on 13-19 December 2022
A paper titled A comprehensive review on partial replacement of cement in concrete by industrial waste” in the Second International Conference Materials and Structures (ICCMS-2022) on 13-19 December 2022.
Poster published titled Flood vulnerability assessment of Thrissur district, Kerala state” on the Souvenir International GIS day 2022, organized by Dept. of Civil Engineering and Center for Data Science and Machine Learning, Centurian University
Faculty Development Programme on Solid Waste Management” organized by Ahalia School of Engg. & Tech., Palakkad 2021
Innovations In LowCost Construction Technologies” From 24 -26 February 2021 organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Rajadhani Institute of Science and Technology, Palakkad.
National Level Online Faculty Development Programme on “Advances in Construction Technology” from 2nd to 6th February 2021 organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Vadakara, Kozhikode in association with UltraTech Cement Ltd.
AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on " Modern Trends in Civil Engineering & Construction Industry" from 02/08/2021 to 06/08/2021 at College of Engineering Kidangoor.
Faculty Development Programme on State-of-the-art Experimental and Numerical Techniques in Civil Engineering organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering (Autonomous), sponsored by the A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University from 1st to 22nd March 2021.
Faculty Development Programme on “Building Resilience at workplace” held on 9th , 10th and 12th August 2022 at Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Mumbai.
Faculty Development Programme on “Current research trends in field of civil engineering” held on 16-20th Jan 2023 organised by the Department of Civil Engineering in association with Academic Staff College, OP Jindal University.
Faculty Development Programme on Research Innovations & Self Learning & Entrepreneurship organized by Department of Civil Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad and sponsored by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala from 30th Jan to 3rd Feb 2023.
Faculty Development Programme on Learner Centric Pedagogy In Outcome Based Education (Obe) organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, MEA Engineering College on 10th -12th January 2024

Projects Guided


Projects Name Details Year
Manufactring of artifical fine agrregate from ceramic waste Reusing of ceramic waste 2024
Evaluation of Plastering Utilizing Green Wall Plastering Technology A new method for eco plastering 2024
Drip curing technique on concrete for water conservation and improved compressive strength minizing water usage for curing 2018
Effect of diameter of reinforced bar in various Fiber reinforced concretes Study for bond strength of concrete 2018
Pure shear strength of PVA fiber reinforced concrete a new method introduce for shear testing of concrete 2019
Study of bond strength on various fiber reinforced concretes study of bond strength according to the fiber added in the concrete 2018
Mechanical properties of glass powder and tin strips based concrete under accelerated curing All test conducted in accelerated curing method 2017
Ergonomic building design consideration of an early learning center Developing new standards for early learing center 2017
Pervious concrete using burnt earth aggregate Reuse of burnt brick 2016
Replacement of sand using ceramic waste sand Reusing of ceramic waste 2015
Experimental study on the behaviour of ceramic aggragate concrete Reusing of ceramic waste 2022
Utilization of ceramic waste in construction industry Reusing of ceramic waste 2021