Faculty Profile

Mr. Abhijith R
Assistant Professor

Profile

 

Mr. Abhijith R completed his B Tech in Civil Engineering from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, in 2013 and his M Tech in Marine Structures from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, in 2015. Before joining FISAT, he worked in academia for about seven years.

His areas of interest include Applied Mechanics, Structural Engineering, Oceanography, Port and Harbour Engineering, and Environmental Impact Assessment.

He is a Chartered Engineer (India), and also Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers (India) (AM1979879), and Life Member of The Indian Society for Hydraulics (LM-1550) and The Ocean Society of India (LM-564). Currently, he is also pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Science (PGDSS) from IGNOU.

Educational Qualification

 

• B Tech in Civil Engineering from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering (2013)

• M Tech in Marine Structures from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal (2015)

• Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Science (PGDSS) from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) (pursuing)

 

Experience

 

•  Assistant Professor – Jaibharath College of Management and Engg Technology, Perumbavoor – 10 Aug 2015 – 31 Jan 2016

•  Assistant Professor – Viswajyothi College of Engg and Technology, Vazhakulam – 01 Feb 2016 – 22 July 2019

•  Ad-hoc Faculty – National Institute of Technology Calicut – 23 July 2019 – 06 Dec 2019

•  Ad-hoc Faculty – National Institute of Technology Calicut – 13 Dec 2019 – 24 Aug 2020

•  Ad-hoc Faculty – National Institute of Technology Calicut – 02 Sept 2020 – 06 Jan 2021

•  Ad-hoc Faculty – National Institute of Technology Calicut – 11 Jan 2021 – 20 May 2021

•  Ad-hoc Faculty – National Institute of Technology Calicut – 29 July 2021 to 14 Dec 2021

•  Ad-hoc Faculty – National Institute of Technology Calicut – 20 Dec 2021 to 21 Jan 2022

•  Assistant Professor – FISAT, Angamaly , 24 Jan 2022 – to date.

Awards and honours

 

• Selected as the translator by KTU for the of 2nd year Engineering books of Diploma Programme under AICTE (Book Name: Transportation  Theory and Practice)

•  Member, Academic Committee, 2nd International Conference on Ocean Engineering and Application Technology(ICOEAT 2022), Wuhan, China from October 21 to 23, 2022

•  Reviewer Management System (RMS) member of International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, IJCRT (UGC Approved), ISSN: 2320-2882 (Member ID: 113250)

•  Editorial Board member, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Applications, IJCEA, ISSN: 2249 – 426X (http://ripublication.com/editorial_board_of_ijcea.htm)

• Selected as NPTEL translator (ID: Tran2905) to translate NPTEL course contents into the regional language, Malayalam

•  Expert Reviewer, AI Scholar, Academic Information Exchange Center, China

• Peer Reviewer, Engineering, Scientific Research Publishing Inc. USA

Research & Publications

 

Area of Interest

• Applied Mechanics

• Structural Engineering

• Construction Management and Planning

• Oceanography, Port and Harbour Engineering

• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

• Sustainable Coastal Planning.

Google Scholar

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Journals

  1. Sreelakshmi, V.N., Abhijith, R. (2023). Critical Success Factors for Post-flood Reconstruction in the Flood Affected Areas of Kerala. In: Nehdi, M., Hung, M.K., Venkataramana, K., Antony, J., Kavitha, P.E., Beena B R (eds) Proceedings of SECON’23. SECON 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 381. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39663-2_27
  2. Salah, H., Abhijith, R. (2023). Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Construction & Demolition Waste Management in Kochi City, Kerala. In: Nehdi, M., Hung, M.K., Venkataramana, K., Antony, J., Kavitha, P.E., Beena B R (eds) Proceedings of SECON’23. SECON 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 381. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39663-2_29
  3. Abhijith R., Deepika C.P., Mirfath P.N., Menon S. (2020) Psychosocial and Occupational Hazards in Kerala Construction Industry. In: Dasgupta K., Sajith A., Unni Kartha G., Joseph A., Kavitha P., Praseeda K. (eds) Proceedings of SECON’19. SECON 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 46. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26365-2_61
  4. Alias A., Abhijith R., Thankachan V. (2019) Review on Applications of Smart Glass in Green Buildings. In: Drück H., Pillai R., Tharian M., Majeed A. (eds) Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1202-1_13
  5. Abhijith R, Ajay Balan, Amal John, Shyson Sunny, Tom Kachapilly (2018), Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Cochin Coast Using Remote Sensing and GIS, International   Journal   of   Innovative   Research   in   Science   Engineering   and Technology (IJIRSET), e-ISSN: 2319 – 8753 p-ISSN: 2347-6710, Volume: 07, Issue: 06, June -2018, Page No. 6441-6448 (Impact Factor: 7.512). DOI: 10.15680/IJIRSET.2018.0706009
  6. Abhijith R, Reshma Jose, Rijisha TV (2017), A Review on Mathematical Model Studies for the Estimation of Littoral Drift along Cochin Estuary, Proceedings of 5th National Conference of Ocean Society of India, OSICON 17, organized by National Centre for Earth Science Studies Thiruvananthapuram, Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management Directorate Chennai and Ocean Society of India from August 28-30, 2017
  7. Abhijith R, Amrutha G, Gopika Vijayaraj, Rijisha T V (2017), Dam Break Analysis of Idukki Dam using HEC RAS, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 p-ISSN: 2395-0072, Volume: 04, Issue: 07, July – 2017, Page No. 3410-3415 (Impact Factor: 7.529). https://www.irjet.net/archives/V4/i7/IRJET-V4I7674.pdf
  8. Dr. Anoop C K, Abhijith R (2016), Ground Water Analysis of Warangal District, International Journal of Informative & Futuristic Research (IJIFR), Volume II, Issue 2, October 2016, Page No. 5275-5286, ISSN: 2347-1697 (Impact Factor: 5.081). https://www.academia.edu/29658368/GROUNDWATER_ANALYSIS_IN_THE_DISTRICTS_OF_WARANGAL_IJIFR_V4_E2_052_
  9. Abhijith R, Dr. Manu (2015), Planning of Oil Terminal for Proposed Refinery in Outer Harbour at Cochin Port, Souvenir – Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and River Engineering (HYDRO 2015) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee from December 17-19, 2015
  10. Abhijith R, Binol Varghese and Arya Saju (2013), Finite Element Analysis of Arch Dam, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Sl. No. 32, Vol-03, Issue- 07, July 2014, Page No. 180-193, e-ISSN: 2319-1163 p-ISSN: 2321-7308 (Impact Factor: 7.87)

Conference

  1. Abhijith R, Deepika PK, P N Mirfath, Saraswathi Menon (2019), Psychosocial and Occupational Hazards in Kerala Construction Industry, National Conference on Emerging Vistas in Engineering and Management (NCEVEM) organized by Department of Civil Engineering in association with Department of Mechanical Engineering at Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology on 29-30 March 2019
  2. Abhijith R, Deepika PK, P N Mirfath, Saraswathi Menon, Psychosocial and Occupational Hazards in Kerala Construction Industry, Third National Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (SECON 19) organized by Dept. of Civil Engineering, FISAT on 15-16 May 2019
  3. Abhijith R, Roji P Raju, Study on Reinforced hollow concrete block masonry for Earthquake resistant construction, International Conference on Emerging Vistas in Civil Engineering (ICEVCE 2018) organized by Department of Civil Engineering in association with IGS, IMS, IGBC at Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology on 26-27 October 2018
  4. Abhijith R, Saraswathi Menon, Grinita George, Ajith P Shaji, Abin Baby, Study on Developing Outer Harbour at Cochin Port, International Conference on Recent Innovations in Science, Engineering and Management (ICRISEM’18) organized by Tagore Institute of Engineering and Technology in association with The Institution of Engineers (India) on 07th March 2018
  5. Abhijith R, P N Mirfath, Jijo Thomas, Jeesmon Babu, Jis Elias, Analytical Design of Breakwater for Outer Harbour Project, International Conference on Recent Innovations in Science, Engineering and Management (ICRISEM’18) organized by Tagore Institute of Engineering and Technology in association with The Institution of Engineers (India) on 07th March 2018
  6. Abhijith R, Vineetha Thankachan, Ashwin Eliyas, Review on Applications of Smart Glass in Green Buildings, International Conference on Green Building & sustainable Engineering (GBSE2018) held at Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology (RSET), Kochi, India during January 24-25,2018
  7. Abhijith R, Jelita P Xavier, Sneha George, Analysis of Rainfall Trend for Cochin Region at 27th Swadeshi Science Congress 2017, jointly organized by Swadeshi Science Movement- Kerala and Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Kerala during 7-9 November 2017, at Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala.
  8. Abhijith R, Ajay Balan, Determination of Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) of Cochin Coastal Region at 27th Swadeshi Science Congress 2017, jointly organized by Swadeshi Science Movement- Kerala and Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Kerala during 7-9 November 2017, at Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala.
  9. Abhijith R, Jerrin T Thankachan, Feasibility of offshore wind farms in Cochin, at 27th Swadeshi Science Congress 2017, jointly organized by Swadeshi Science Movement- Kerala and Amrita ViswaVidyapeetham, Amrita University, Kerala during 7-9 November 2017, at Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala.
  10. Abhijith R, Dr. Manu, Planning of Oil Terminal for Proposed Refinery in Outer Harbour at Cochin Port, 20th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and River Engineering (HYDRO 2015) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee from December 17-19, 2015
  11. International Conference on Water Resources, Coastal and Ocean Engineering – ICWRCOE’15 at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka from 12 to 14 March 2015 (Presented a poster on the topic ‘Proposal for Outer Harbour at Cochin Port’ as a part of ICWRCOE ’15 at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka)

 

 

FDPs/Trainings attended

 

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

  1. Five days Faculty Development Program on ‘Structural Analysis – Basics, Methods and Applications (SA-BMA)’ organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, MCET in association with the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Kerala section from 16th to 20th January 2024.
  2. Five-Day online Short-Term Course & Faculty Development Program on ‘Applications of Machine Learning Techniques in Sustainable Technologies (AMLST-2024)’ organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Electrical Engineering (EE), NIT Rourkela from 24th – 28th January 2024.
  3. One Week (Online) Faculty Development Program on “The World’s Oceans- Evolving Perspectives in a Changing Climate” organized by Miranda House, University of Delhi & Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre Hansraj College, University of Delhi from 09th – 14th October, 2023.
  4. Three-day KTU-sponsored faculty development program on “Nanotechnology in Engineering for a Sustainable Future” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering held at Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kadayiruppu from 11 – 13 January 2023.
  5. Five-day faculty development program on “Recent Advances in Structural Engineering” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering held at Viswajyothi College of Engineering & Technology, Vazhakulam from 9 – 13 August 2022.
  6. Five-day National workshop on “Architectural Design Enhancement and Modelling”, organized by Dept of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut from 28 April – 02 May 2022.
  7. Five-day TEQIP II sponsored faculty development program on “Building Information Modelling” organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur from 4 – 8 April 2022.
  8. One Week AICTE Sponsored Online Short-Term Training Program on “Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering: Water Resources, Structures & Transportation Applications” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women (Autonomous) from 20 – 25 July 2020.
  9. Three-day APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University-funded Faculty Development Program on “Geohazards and Disaster Mitigation” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering held at Viswajyothi College of Engineering & Technology, Vazhakulam from 12-14 December 2019
  10. Three-day QIP sponsored STTP on “Sustainable Issues in Civil Engineering” organized by Centre for Continuing Education, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from 7 to 11 May 2018
  11. Three-day Faculty Development Program on “Advances in Environmental Engineering” sponsored by Centre for Faculty Development & Research and organized by the Department of Civil Engineering held at Viswajyothi College of Engineering & Technology, Vazhakulam from 31 January- 2 February 2018
  12. One-week ISTE sponsored STTP on “Numerical Modeling in Civil Engineering” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology from 13 to 17 March 2017
  13. Two-day ISTE sponsored workshop on “Models and Tools for Technical Research” organized by the Mechanical Engineering Association and Centre for Research and Development, Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology on 2 to 3 February 2017
  14. Three-day Centenary training program on the topic “Basics of Coastal Engineering and Modelling with special emphasis on Sagarmala Project” at Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune from 10 to 12 January 2017
  15. Five-day MHRD-sponsored Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) course on “Mechanics of Fracture” at IIT Madras from 19 to 23 December 23, 2016
  16. Seven-day TEQIP II sponsored training program on “Finite Element Method and its application in Structural Engineering and Hydraulics (FEMSEH)” conducted at National Institute of Technology, Calicut from 4 to 10 July 2016
  17. First National Symposium on “Computation Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Application”, organized by the Mechanical Engineering Association and Centre for Research and Development, Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology in association with ISTE from 5 to 9 May 2016.

STTPs/WEBINARS ATTENDED

  1. Three-day online workshop on “Advances in Civil Engineering” organized by the department of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology from 22nd to 24th July 2020
  2. One-day online webinar on Smart Cities: Economy, Governance & Health as Critical Pillars in Pandemic Management by Dr. P. P. Anilkumar, Professor and Head, Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Calicut on 14th July 2020.
  3. E-learning webinar on “Essence of Rehabilitation of Structures” organized by the department of Civil Engineering, PERI Institute of Technology on 05th July 2020
  4. Three-day online webinar on “Civil Webinar – String 1” organized by the department of Civil Engineering, PERI Institute of Technology from 03rd to 06th July 2020
  5. Online technical quiz on “IS:456-2000 Indian Standard Plain and Reinforced Concrete – Code of Practice” organized by Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering Bengaluru on 4th July 2020
  6. E-learning webinar on “Importance of Well Being in times of Covid 19 Pandemic” organized by Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology on 30th June 2020
  7. Three-day online workshop on “Advances in Civil Engineering” organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai from 22th to 24th June 2020
  8. E-learning webinar on “Online Teaching and Learning: Role of E-resources” organized by Noble Group of Institution, Junagadh on 20th June 2020
  9. E-learning webinar on “Quality Works in Construction Industry” organized by the department of Civil Engineering, PERI Institute of Technology on 19th June 2020.
  10. E-learning webinar on “AI Getting Used in Impact of Covid – 19” organized by Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP) on 14th June 2020
  11. E-learning webinar on “Research Article Writing and Publishing in Good Impact Journal” organized by Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP) on 13th June 2020
  12. One-day online faculty development program on “Role of Technology in a Post Covid World”, organized by R.M.K. Engineering College on 12th June 2020
  13. E-learning webinar on “Geo structures – Development of Geosynthetics Reinforced-soil Structure for Japanese high-speed bullet train “Shinkansen”” organized by iGRIP (Initiative for Geotechnical Research and Innovative Practices) IIT Gandhinagar on 8th June 2020
  14. E-learning webinar on “Biodiversity” organized by department of Civil Engineering at College of Engineering and Technology Christ (deemed to be university), Bangalore in association with Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Regional Office, Bangalore on 6th June 2020
  15. E-learning webinar series on “Gearing up – Post Covid: Part I” organized by department of Civil Engineering, Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Vazhakulam on 5th June 2020
  16. Online quiz on Environment Day conducted by National Service Scheme Cell, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science on 5th June 2020
  17. E-Learning webinar on “Health Monitoring of Cable Stayed Bridge” organized by K Ramakrishnan College of Technology on 5th June 2020
  18. E-learning webinar on “Virtual Interactive Classroom for Teachers and the Challenging Technologies in Post Covid-19 Era” organized by Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP) on 05th June 2020
  19. E-learning webinar on “Classroom to Construction Site” organized by the department of Civil Engineering, PERI Institute of Technology on 5th June 2020
  20. E-learning webinar on “Diaphragm Wall Earth Retention System” organized by K Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy on 4th June 2020
  21. Two-day virtual workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)” are organized by Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology and IQAC, Mohamed Sathak A J College of Engineering Chennai from 2nd June 2020 to 3rd June 2020
  22. E-learning webinar on “Knowledge Sharing on A to Z of Journal Publications (Survey to Citations !!)” organized by Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP) on 30th May 2020
  23. E-learning webinar on “Post Covid-19 Science and Technology” organized by SRM University in Association with the Hindu on 29th May 2020
  24. Three-day online short-term training program on “Safety Measures in Transportation System” conducted by department of Civil Engineering Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science on 27th May 2020 to 29th May 2020
  25. One-week online short-term training program on “Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering Challenges and Future Perspectives” organized by department of Civil Engineering Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women (autonomous) in association with Indian concrete Institute from 25th May 2020 to 30th May 2020
  26. E-learning Bootcamp on “Basic Structural Elements and Load calculations for Buildings” organized by Skill-Lync on 27th May 2020

COURSES/e-LEARNING MODULES

  1. Online course on “Artificial Intelligence for Civil Engineers Part 1” organized by Udemy
  2. Online course on “Basic Total Quality Management” conducted by TATA Steel Capability Development Program
  3. Online training course on “Structural and Foundation Analysis” conducted by Skyfi labs.
  4. Online course on “3.032.1x: Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Linear Elastic Behavior” offered by MITx, an online learning initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

WORKSHOPS

  1. I2P – Idea to Project competition organized by Avoly Grama Panchayat, NSS Technical Cell – Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology, AIM Educational and Charitable Trust and Innovation & Research Society, Kochi on 28 March 2018
  2. One-day Pre-Conference Workshop on ‘Past, Present and Future Scenarios in Water Resources, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka on 11 March 2015
  3. One day Workshop on ‘Recent Trends in System Application as applied to Civil Engineering – at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka on 09 January 2015
  4. Two-day Workshop on ‘Geoinformatics for Water and Coastal Engineering’ at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka from 23-24 September 2013

Resource Person

 

  1. Session Chair- Fourth International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (SECON’23), FISAT, from 07.06.2023 to 09.06.2023
  2. Reviewer- Fourth International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (SECON’23), FISAT, from 07.06.2023 to 09.06.2023
  3. Session Chair- Third International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (SECON’22), FISAT, from 01.06.2022 to 03.06.2022
  4. Reviewer- Third International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (SECON’22), FISAT, from 01.06.2022 to 03.06.2022
  5. Dye Test within Mosul Dam Area, Engineering, Scientific Research Publishing Inc. USA, from 44317
  6. Web Crippling Behaviour of Lipped Channel Beam Under End One Flange Loading, International Conference on Advancements and Recent Trends in Civil Engineering (ICART – 2021), Mangalam College of Engineering, from 44317
  7. Strength Analysis of Layered Sandwich Beam, International Conference on Advancements and Recent Trends in Civil Engineering (ICART – 2021), Mangalam College of Engineering, from 44317
  8. Mosul Dam problem and stability, Scientific Research Publishing Inc. USA, from 44228
  9. Effects of soil compaction in the fight against unpaved roads degradation due to erosion caused by heavy rain: Proposition of a specific CBR evaluation model, Scientific Research Publishing Inc. USA, from 4404

Projects Guided

 

B Tech Projects Guided

  1. “Application of BIM in Green Building Assessment for Existing Buildings”, Jaseel P Jamhar, Keerthana S Nath, Lakshmi Dinesh, Sreelakshmi K P, Federal Institute of Science and Technology, 2023-24.
  2. “Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Major Tourist Beaches in Kerala using Geo-spatial Techniques and Analytical Hierarchy Process”, Razal Kodapally, Mohammed Riswan, Niranjan VS, Rakesh M R, 2022-23.
  3. “Energy Analysis of a Commercial Complex using Building Information Modelling Tools”, Niranjana, Nivedhitha, Pooja Shekhar, Saliha, 2021-22.
  4. “Social and Environmental Impact Assessment of proposed Kottayam Station, K-Rail”, Vishnu, Rahul, Meenu Rose, 2021-22.

M Tech Projects Guided

  1. “Framework for urban planning policy of the flood-affected coastal areas of Ernakulam to achieve sustainable development goals”, Sreelakshmi V N, 2022-23.
  2. “Developing a strategic planning model for sustainable construction and demolition waste management in Kerala”, Hanna Salah, 2022-23.
  3. ‘Developing a Framework for Health and Safety Practices in the Construction Industry of Kochi Urban Region’, Vishal A Krishna, M Tech in Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Federal Institute of Science and Technology, 2023-24.

Contact

 

Staff Room 2

Decennial Block (DB 307)

Ph: +91-484-2725-014

emailid: abhijithr@fisat.ac.in