TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

Graduate level teaching at IISc Bangalore

 

Presently teaching

1.      Structural Dynamics

2.      Random vibrations and reliability analyses [CE216]

3.      Nonlinear analysis in earthquake engineering [CE234]

 

Courses offered in the recent past

 

1.      Structural fire engineering

2.      Structural Reliability

3.       Experimental Structural Dynamics

4.      Applied Random Vibrations

5.      Finite Elements in Structural Dynamics

6.      Structural Vibration Control

7.      Random vibrations and wavelet analyses

8.      Markov process methods in random vibrations

9.      Solid Mechanics

10.   Structural stability

11.   Structural System Identification

12.   Experimental Structural Mechanics

 

 

Lectures/Research Seminars/Teaching in Specialized Training Programs

Seminars/Short courses

 

1.      Reliability analysis of randomly parametered structural dynamical systems, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, May 2003.

2.      Engineering structures under partially specified earthquake loads: method of critical excitations and design based on inverse reliability, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, May 2003.

3.      Reliability analysis of randomly parametered structural dynamical systems and applications to seismic fragility analysis of structures, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, June 2003.

4.      Reduced order modeling in structural dynamics, Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore, 2001.

5.      Short course on Random Vibrations involving 5 hours of lectures, June 2003, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, USA.

 

Instruction in Programs for Industry

 

6.      Course instructor, 2001, Structural reliability analysis and reliability based design, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Delivered a set of 25 lectures, Audience: Scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and Nuclear Power Corporation.

7.      Invited faculty, Advanced Technical Education Programme on Seismic Design & Analysis of Power Plant Equipment and Valves, from 8-10 August, 2001 at Bharath Heavy Electricals Limited, Trichy. Delivered a set of six lectures on Earthquake response of structures, Random vibration approach to earthquake response analysis, and earthquake response of piping structures.

8.      Invited faculty, Continuing Education Program course on Digital signal processing in mechanical engineering-hardware, algorithms and applications, Aeronautical Development Establishment, Defence R & D Organization, Bangalore, 2002. Delivered a lecture on Modeling and simulation of random processes.

9.      Invited faculty, Advanced course on risk analysis and reliability-based design of structures, Organized by Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, 2002. Delivered two lectures on Introduction to random processes.

10.   Invited faculty, Continuing Education Program course on Nonlinear problems in vibration engineering, Regional Research Centre, Defence R & D Organization, Hyderabad, 2002. Delivered a set of six lectures covering qualitative behavior of nonlinear systems and dynamics of parametrically excited systems.

11.   Invited Faculty, Continuing Education Program course on Modal analysis and testing, Regional Research Centre, Defence R & D Organization, Hyderabad, 2001. Delivered three lectures on FE model updating and structural damage detection using vibration data.

12.   Invited faculty, Course on FEM for engineers, Organized by CSM-Nastran, Bangalore, 2001. Delivered a set of nine lectures covering finite element modeling of vibrating structures.

13.   Invited faculty, Course on Matlab Statistics Toolbox, 2001, Organized by Cranes Softwares, Bangalore, Delivered 3 hours of lecture on the Statistics tool box and Monte Carlo Simulations in engineering.

14.   Invited speaker, National Seminar on Design and Construction of earthquake resistant structures, Delivered a talk of tutorial nature on Dynamic analysis of structures for seismic loads including soil-structure interaction problems.

 

Instruction in the short-term and medium-term courses sponsored by National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education

 

15.  Course faculty, One-semester program on earthquake engineering, taught a graduate level course with 48 hours of lectures on Applied Mathematical Methods. Indian Institute of Science, August-December 2004.

16.  Invited faculty, 2003, Short-term course on Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering, Delivered 9 hours lectures on basics of vibration analysis.

17.  Course faculty, 2004, Short-term course on Structural damage assessment, vulnerability and retrofit, Delivered a set of 9 hours of lectures covering structural fragility and vulnerability analyses, role of experiments in earthquake engineering, structural damage detection using vibration data and spectrum compatible PSD and time histories.

18.  Course faculty, 2004, Short-term course on Structural dynamics in earthquake engineering, Delivered a set of 12 lectures covering basics of structural dynamics and finite element methods for vibration analysis.

19.  Course faculty, 2004, Short-term course on Geotechnical aspects of earthquake engineering, Delivered a set of 3 hours of lectures covering computational methods in structural dynamics.

20.  Course faculty, 2004, Short-term course on Probabilistic methods in earthquake engineering, Delivered a set of 18 hours of lectures covering random process modeling, structural reliability analysis, seismic fragility analysis and Monte Carlo simulation methods.

 

Instruction as a part of the National Program on Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

 

21.  Instructor, Course on Earthquake effects on structures (22 hours) and vibration isolation (8 hours), March 2005, Indian Institute of Science.

 

Instruction in programs for college teachers

 

22.  Course faculty, 2005, Short term course on Seismic resistant design of masonry and reinforced concrete buildings, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Delivered 3 hours of lectures on Introduction to structural dynamics.

23.  Invited faculty, 2001, Short-term course on Seismic analysis of structures, Organized by Regional Engineering College, Nagpur.

24.  Invited faculty, 1999, Course on Random vibration and applications to earthquake engineering, Organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Delivered a set of 12 hours of lectures covering random process theory, level crossing and first passage problems, extremes of random processes and stochastic finite element method.

25.  Invited faculty, 2002, Matlab for scientists and engineers, Organized by Bangalore University, Delivered 3 hours of lecture-cum-demonstration on Monte Carlo simulations in structural engineering.

26.  Invited speaker, 2001, Workshop on Recent trends in structural dynamics, Organized by Ghousia College of Engineering, Ramanagaram, Delivered a talk on Modeling of structural dynamic systems.

27.  Invited faculty, Continuing Education Program course on Random vibration theory, testing and analysis, Regional Research Centre, Defence R & D Organization, Hyderabad, 1997.

28.  Invited faculty, Short-term course on Structural design for dynamics loads, Organized by Centre for Continuing Education, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1997.

29.  Invited faculty, Short-term course on Optimization: theory and applications in engineering, Organized by Centre for Continuing Education, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1997.

30.  Invited faculty, Short-term course on FEA for practicing engineers, Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy, Bangalore, September 1996.

31.  Invited faculty, Short course on Aseismic design of structures: random vibration approach, Organized at Bangalore by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1997.

 

Teaching at the University of Oxford, UK (1991-93)

 

1.      Tutor for engineering mathematics for undergraduate students

2.      Demonstrator, Machine dynamics laboratory