EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Structural Engg.) , IIT Madras, India

M.S. (Structural Engg.) , IIT Madras, India

B.E., Civil Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Deputy Director,Steel Lab,CSIR-Structural Engg. Research Centre, Chennai-113 (2008-2010)

Scientist, Steel Lab, CSIR-Structural Engg. Research Centre, Chennai 113 (1989-2008)

Visiting Associate Professor, Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2005

Lecturer, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India, 1984 -1986

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Advanced design methods for cold formed steel structures

Computational methods for postbuckling using secant matrix technique

Experimental evaluation of steel structure behavior

Postbuckling behavior of thin walled open sections