Former PhD

Commendation for Outstanding Performance in Entrepreneurship during 14th convocation at IIT Gandhinagar (2025)
Class of 3D printed bunkers developed and tested as part of thesis serve the Indian Army at the Indo-Chinese border (Additional details can be seen in 2022 news articles: The Hindu, Indian Express, Economic Times, Hindustan Times, The Print.)
Selected among top 10 Indian Start-ups for Indo-Swizz Academia-Industry Training (AIT) program 2018.
Selected among top 20 TIE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE-2019) globally.
Awarded Rs. 20 Lakh under the startup scheme of the Gujarat government to scale-up the 3D concrete printing project.
Awarded Rs. 2 Lakh under Student Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC-SSIP) of the Gujarat government to scale-up the 3D concrete printing project.
Recognized as Potential Future Construction Technology Provider in Global Housing Technology Conference, GHTC, New Delhi, 2019.
Recognized by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) as a Technology Startup.

Shekhar, S., Kumar, M*, and Mathur, R. (2025). "Additive manufacturing of concrete with low initial yield strength through controlled heating of printed layers,"Journal of Building Engineering, 114, 113823, 1-26.
Shekhar, S., and Kumar, M. (2019). “An apparatus and method for 3D printing of concrete structures,” Patent Number 436854, Indian Patent Office, Mumbai, patent granted on July 2, 2023.
Shekhar, S., Mathur, R., and Kumar, M. (2018). “A system for 3D printing of a concrete structure,” Patent Number 518855, Indian Patent Office, Mumbai, patent granted on March 4, 2024.

Saboo, A., Khan, M., Kumar, M.* and Sajish, S. (2023). “Influence of seismic isolation on the earthquake response of internal components in a fast reactor,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 413, 112522, 1-23.
Saboo, A., and Kumar, M.* (2023). “Dynamic analysis of a partially-filled cylindrical–conical–cylindrical shell representing a pressure vessel,” Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 183, 110342, pp. 1-32.
Saboo, A., and Kumar, M.* (2022). “Vibration analysis of a system of partially-filled interconnected cylindrical shells representing a fast reactor,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 112, 103620, pp. 1-24.
Saboo, A., Kumar, M., Khan, M., and Sajish, S. D. (2024). “Can seismic isolation help a site-independent design of fast reactors?” Proceedings of 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, July 1 – 5, 2024.
Saboo, A., and Kumar, M. (2020). “An analytical formulation to describe the vibration of a fluid-shell system representing a fast reactor,” Proceedings of 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 21 – 25, 2020.