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Dr. Akshay Venkateshwaran

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

High Performance Concrete Encased Steel Columns, Lightweight Concrete Structural-Scale Slabs, Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC), Slab-Beam Composite Dowel Connections, Steel Fibre-Reinforced Concrete, Temperature and Fire Effects on Reinforced and Fibre-Reinforced Concrete Slabs
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Dubai Campus Dubai International Academic City  P. O. Box No. - 345055  Dubai, UAE. 

Research Projects

S.No Project Title Nature of Project Year Role Sponsor Collaborators Outcomes
1 Condition Assessment and Structural Retrofit Design of Culturally Significant Holy Trinity Church, Oud Metha, Dubai Research and Consultancy 2025 - Present PI Holy Trinity Church, Dubai Joint PI with Dr. Vivek B., BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus Ongoing
2 Temperature Effects in Long-Span Post-Tensioned Concrete Box Girder Bridges Research 2023 - Present PI Jointly sponsored by BITS Pilani Dubai Campus and Rite Geosystems LLC with the support of Jacobs Solutions Inc. and Etihad Rail PhD Supervision of Mr. Sachin Gupta, Principal Design Engineer, Jacobs Solutions Inc. Ongoing
3 Design of Reinforced and Fibre Reinforced Concrete Slabs-On-Grade under Heavy Fork Lift Loading Consultancy 2022 PI Civil Matrix Contracting LLC, Dubai - Consultancy Report
4 Design and economic implications of using steel fibers in elevated slabs of multi-story buildings Research 2020-2021 PI - In collaboration with Co-PI: Dr. Ramesh Nayaka, IIT Dharwad 1 Journal publication, 1 conference
5 Fast Track Volumetric Construction Based on Composite Design Using Lightweight High-Performance Materials Research 2017-Present Research Fellow (past)/ Collaborator (2020 onwards) Sembcorp Industry & National Research Foundation, Singapore In collaboration with PI: Prof. J.Y. Richard Liew, National Univ. of Singapore 5 Journal publications 
6 Studies on the compressive behavior of H-shaped steel reinforced concrete beam-columns Research 2022-2024 Collaborator Open Project of Failure Mechanics and Engineering Disaster Prevention, Key Lab of Sichuan Province In collaboration with PI: Dr. Binglin Lai, SouthEast University, China 2 Journal publications
7 Design of Concrete Encased Composite Columns with High Strength Materials Research 2017-2022 Research Fellow (past)/ Collaborator (2020 onwards) Ministry of National Development, Building & Construction Authority (BCA), Singapore In collaboration with PI: Prof. J.Y. Richard Liew, National Univ. of Singapore 3 Journal publications, 1 conference
8 Structural Behavior of Steel Fibre-Reinforced Concrete Slabs without Traditional Reinforcement Research 2013-2018 PhD Research Scholar National University of Singapore Under the supervision of Prof. Tan Kiang Hwee, National Univ. of Singapore 5 Journal publications, 3 conferences