Research Interests and Areas

Risk and Reliability Analysis of Bridges under Natural Hazards (e.g., Earthquakes and Floods)

Straight and skewed bridges
Probabilistic evaluation of structural performance
Risk, reliability and uncertainty analysis
Residual service life prediction
Risk mitigation through retrofitting

Disaster Resilience of Bridges and Highway Systems

Life-cycle loss assessment considering gradual degradation
Modelling of performance-based post-event recovery
Life-cycle resilience assessment considering gradual degradation
Resilience enhancement through optimal retrofitting

Multihazard analysis (Natural Hazards and Gradual Degradation)

Hazard and degradation analysis
Fragility curves and surfaces of real-life and representative bridges
Multihazard risk assessment
Multihazard resilience
Bridge design options for multihazard scenarios
Optimal use of advanced materials for risk mitigation

Vacancy for doctoral students: I am currently looking for bright and motivated doctoral students. My research interest spans over various traditional and emerging areas of Structural Engineering. Broad research areas include - Earthquake Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Risk and Reliability Analysis, Structural Resilience, Performance Assessment of Bridges under Multiple Hazards. Please go to my research and publication pages for more information. Interested candidates feel free to contact me.