Manish Kumar

Recent updates

• October 2025: Shashank's paper entitled "Additive manufacturing of concrete with low initial yield strength through controlled heating of printed layers" is published in Journal of Building Engineering. It presents and demonstrates a method that can enable a sharp rise in buildability of printed concrete layers with a low initial yield strength through controlled layer heating.
• September 2025: Manish completed a consulting project entitled "Developing a software package to perform deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analyses for a generic nuclear site in accordance with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) guidelines" sponsored by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The project was led by Dr. Utsav Mannu, and Dr. Pankaj Khanna was part of the team. Anirudh provided considerable help.
• September 2025: Jeet's paper entitled "Development and testing of liner materials for a siding isolation bearing with adaptive restrainer" was presented in the 19th World Conference on Seismic Isolation in Berkeley, USA. In addition to presenting the paper, Manish chaired a general session during the conference, and participated in a panel discussion on the role of seismic isolation in the energy sector.
• September 2025: Manish completed a consulting project entitled "Risk analysis and protection of GMRC metro piers near railway lines in Ahmedabad." The project was led by Dr. Sushobhan Sen.