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Professor Namasivayam Ganesan

Civil Engineering Department
National Institute of Technology Calicut, India

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Prof. Namasivayamam Ganesan

Education:
B.E (Civil) Civil Engineering (Madurai University)
M.E Structural Engineering (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Ph.D Structural Engineering (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

Research Interests:
Fibre Reinforced Concrete, Ferrocement; Polymer Modified SFRC ,HPC ,SCC; Application of Fracture Mechanics to Cementitious Materials; Strength and Ductility of Seismic Resistant Structures; Geopolymer Concrete.

Awards and Honors:
1. Received the Sir Vithal N Chandavarkar Gold Medal from I.I.Sc Bangalore in the year 1986 for the best Ph.D thesis
2. Received E P Nicolaides Gold Medal for the Best Research Paper published in the Civil Engineering Journal of The Institution of Engineers in 2007
3. Received The Railway Board's prize for best research paper entitled "A Simplified Procedure for Design of Machine Foundations Subjected to Vertical Vibrations" published in the Journal of IE (I) in 2008
4. E.P. Nicolaides Prize by the Institute of Engineers for the best paper published in the Journal of Institution on December 11, 2009 for the paper entitled. Design of Continuous Deep beams using Is 456:2000 & Strut and Tie method.
5. Received Indian Society for Technical Education National Award for guiding Best M.Tech thesis in Civil Engineering which was presented during the Inaugural function of the 40th Annual Convention of ISTE on December 2, 2010.
6. Received for the second time National Award (First Prize) from the Indian Society for Technical Education for guiding Best M.Tech thesis in Civil Engineering which was presented during the Inaugural function of the 41st Annual Convention of ISTE on December 16, 2011 at Punjab.
7. Received the Indian Concrete Institute - UltraTech Award for Outstanding Concrete Engineer of Kerala -2014 on 15th October 2014

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