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Dr. Dipendu Bhunia

Professor & Head of Department, Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Concrete Technology, Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Performance Based Seismic Design, Sustainable Construction Materials
Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Research

 

Research Interest

  • Performance Based Seismic Design
  • Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures
  • Concrete Technology
  • Structural Health Monitoring

Ph.D Supervision at BITS Pilani:

On-Going:

  • Akash Samadhiya, " Potential of using Sandstone Waste as a Raw Material for Geopolymerization”,Supervisor: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sayantan Chakraborty, (Jan, 2021 to till Date).
  • Md. Afroz, " Brick powder and pozzolanic material based alkali activated binder: Performance in concrete application”,Supervisor: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Subhasis Pradhan, (Jan, 2023 to till Date).
  • Shabnum Masood, "Investigating the potential of using construction and demolition wastes as a raw material for the development of sustainable binder”,BITS-RMIT Collaborative Research Program, Supervisor from BITS Pilani: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Supervisor from RMIT: Prof. Guomin (Kevin) Zhang, (July, 2024 to till Date).

Completed:

  1. Shaik Hussain, "A study on the effect of Carbonation on properties of Concrete",Supervisor: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Co-Supervisor: Prof. S.B.Singh, (Jan, 2014 – Dec, 2017).
  2. Manpreet Singh, "Potential of Marble Slurry as a Mineral Admixture in Concrete”, Supervisor: Dr. Anshuman, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, (July, 2015 – June, 2018).
  3. Gourav Tyagi, "Reutilization of Nickel-Chrome Plating Sludge in Construction Materials: A Cleaner Production Approach”, Supervisor: Dr. Anupam Singhal, Co-Supervisors: Dr. Srikant Routroy, and Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, (Jan, 2019 to March, 2024).
  4. M. Jaya Kumar Bhaskar, "Investigation of the In-Plane Cyclic Behaviour of Masonry Infill Walls Strengthened With Textile Reinforced Mortar”, Supervisor: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Lampros Koutas, The University of Thessaly, Greece, (Jan, 2019 – June, 2024).

RESEARCH COLLABORATION

  • One of the research collaborators from BITS-Pilani in BITS-Pilani-RMIT Collaborative Research Program, RMIT University, Australia.
  • One of the research collaborators from BITS-Pilani in ASCRIN (Asian Smart Cities Research Innovation Network), La Trobe University, Australia.
  • One Ph.D thesis is completed under research collaboration with Dr. Lampros Koutas, The University of Thessaly, Greece (Jan, 2019 to June, 2024).
  • One of the coordinators in establishment of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between BITS Pilani and Trinity College, Dublin.
  • One of the members from BITS-Pilani in IICRI (Ireland-India Concrete Research Initiative) concrete research project.
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