Dr. Arpit Goyal is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, since September 2021. He obtained his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering in the year 2014 and M.Tech in Building Engineering and Disaster Mitigation in the year 2016 from CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee. He completed his Doctorate from Coventry University, United Kingdom in 2020 and Post doctorate in 2021.

He is currently working in the broader area of Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Corrosion Monitoring and Repair. During his doctoral works, Dr. Goyal has developed a specialist conductive anode paint for impressed current cathodic protection of reinforced concrete structures.

Research Tags

1. Corrosion of Steel in Concrete Structures
2. Cathodic Protection Technique
3. Structural Health Monitoring
4. Non-destructive testing of concrete structures
5. Novel Cementitious Materials
6. Sustainable and Smart Materials

Sponsored Research Projects

1. “Development of Smart Concrete with Self-Assessing Properties”, Rs 13.6 Lakhs, Ongoing, Principal Investigator, CEEMS-Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology 2022-2025
2. “Application of Biochar to Develop Cementitious Composite for Various Building Materials”, Rs 13.86 Lakhs, Ongoing, Co-Principal Investigator, CEEMS-Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology 2022-2025
3. Seed Money Grant, “Development of a self-sensing cementitious composite for smart structural health monitoring”, Rs 4.60 Lakhs, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Principal Investigator, 2022-2024

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Goyal, A., Pouya, H.S. and Ganjian, E, (2023), “Electrochemical Performance of Concrete Conductive Anode Paint (CAP) Used as an Impressed Current Anode Material”. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.
• Goyal, A., Ganjian, E, Pouya, H.S. and Tyrer, M. (2021), “Inhibitor efficiency of migratory corrosion inhibitors to reduce corrosion in reinforced concrete exposed to high chloride environment”. Construction and Building Materials, 303, pp. 124461.
• Pouya, H.S., Goyal, A. and Ganjian, E. (2021), “Performance assessment of cathodically protected reinforced concrete structure based on alternative performance criterion: A case study”, Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 6(14), pp 1-9
• Goyal, A., Olorunnipa, E.K, Pouya, H.S., Ganjian, E. et. al. (2020), “Potential and current distribution across different layers of reinforcement in reinforced concrete cathodic protection system- A numerical study”, Construction and Building Materials, 262, pp. 120580.
• Goyal, A. and Karade, S.R. (2020), “Efficiency of Cathodic Prevention to Control Corrosion in Seawater Mixed Concrete”. Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 5(1), pp. 1-11.
• Goyal, A. and Karade, S.R. (2020), “Steel Corrosion and Control in Concrete made with Seawater”, Innovations in Corrosion and Materials Science (Formerly Recent Patents on Corrosion Science), 10(1), pp.58-67
• Goyal, A., Pouya, H.S. and Ganjian, E. (2019), “Performance Assessment of Specialist Conductive Paint for Cathodic Protection of Steel in Reinforced Concrete Structures”, Construction and Building Materials. 223, pp 1083-1094.
• Goyal, A., Pouya, H.S., Ganjian, E. al. (2019), “Predicting the Corrosion Rate of Steel in Cathodically Protected Concrete Using Potential Shift”, Construction and Building Materials. 194, pp 344-349.
• Goyal, A., Pouya, H.S., Ganjian, E. and Tyrer, M (2018), Concrete coating systems for corrosion prevention in reinforced concrete structures, Concrete, 52 (9), pp 22-24.
• Goyal, A., Pouya, H.S., Ganjian, E. and Claisse, P. (2018), “A Review of Corrosion and Protection of Steel in Concrete”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, pp.1-21.
• Mishra, M and A (2014), “E-Waste in India: An Overview”, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Vol 5.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Cobbs, R.; Bruekner, R.; Atkins, C. and Goyal, A. (2022) “A rapid test to screen the functionality of galvanic anodes for cathodic protection of reinforced concrete. In MATEC Web of Conferences , Vol. 364, p. 04021, EDP Sciences.
• Goyal, A., Pouya, Homayoon and Ganjian, E. (2022), “Field Application of a New Conductive Coating Impressed Current Anode for Performance Assessment on Reinforced Concrete Structures”, CORCON 2022, Udaipur, 18-21 September 2022.
• Goyal, A., Pouya, H.S., and Ganjian, E. (2019) “Assessment of the Effectiveness of Butler-Volmer Equation to Predict Corrosion Rate in Cathodically Protected Structure, 5^th International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5), Kingston University London, UK, 14 - 17 July 2019.
• Goyal, A., Ganjian, E. and Pouya, H (2018) “Bond Strength Behaviour of Zinc Rich Paint Coating on Concrete Surface” Young Researchers’ Forum IV Conference, 9th April 2018, Newcastle UK
• Karade, S.R. and Goyal, A. (2016) ‘Corrosion of Steel in Seawater Mixed Concrete & Control Measures’, CORCON 2016, New Delhi, 18-21 September 2016.
• Goyal A. and Karade, S.R. (2015) ‘ Use of seawater for making sustainable concrete’ Housing: Natural Disaster and Climate Change Challenges, 10-11 December 2015, Roorkee, India (In Hindi).

Refereed Conference Presentations

• Goyal, A. (2021) ‘Influence of concrete electrical resistivity on the polarization performanceof an ICCP system for a reinforced concrete structure: A numerical study”, International Conference on Structures, Material and Construction (ICSMC), Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, India, 12^th-13^th November 2021.
• Goyal, A. (2021) ‘Zinc Based Anodes for Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete Structures”, International Conference on Construction Materials and Environment (ICCME), Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, India, 3^rd-4^th June 2021.
• Goyal, A., Pouya, H and Ganjian, E. (2021) “Effect of aggressive environmental condition on performance of new conductive paint anode for reinforced concrete structures”, Presentation, NACE Corrosion 2021, 19-30^th April 2021 [online].
  • Goyal, A., Ganjian, E. and Pouya, H (2019) “Analysis of polarization behaviour of conductive coating anode for cathodic protection of reinforced concrete”, Presentation, EEC Research Symposium, Coventry University, 4th June 2019.
  • Goyal, A., Ganjian, E. and Pouya, H (2018) “Specialized conductive coating anode for impressed current cathodic protection of reinforced concrete”, Presentation, EEC Research Symposium, Coventry University, 6^th June 2018
  • Goyal, A., Pouya, H.S., and Ganjian, E. (2018), “Zinc Rich Paint for Cathodic Protection of Steel in Concrete”, Doctoral Capability and Development Conference, 24-26th April 2018, Coventry University

Poster  Presentations

• Goyal, A., Ganjian, E. and Pouya, H (2018) “Zinc Rich Paint for Cathodic Protection of Steel in Concrete” 2nd NACE Conference & Expo Genova, Italy, 27-29th May 2018.

• Goyal, A., Ganjian, E. and Pouya, H (2017) “Cost Effective Cathodic Protection Technique to Increase Service Life of Concrete Structures”, EEC Faculty Research Symposium, 29th March 2017, Coventry University

Books, Book Chapters and Proceedings

• Goyal, A. “Influence of concrete electrical resistivity on the polarization performanceof an ICCP system for a reinforced concrete structure: A numerical study “. In Hau, K.K., Gupta, A.K., Chaudhary, S., Gupta, T. (eds) Recent Advances in Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer (2022).
• Goyal, A. “Zinc Based Anodes for Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete Structures “. In Advances in Construction Materials and Sustainable Environment, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer (2021).
• Ganjian, E., Claisse, P. (ed.), Limbachiya, M. (ed.) & Goyal, A. (ed.), Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5): Volume 3 (Proceedings), 5^th International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5), Kingston University London, UK, 14 - 17 July 2019. ISBN-10 : 1079084010

Patent

• Ganjian, E., Pouya H.S. and Goyal A. (2021). Conductive Coating Anode for Impressed Current Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete Structures. Patent Pending, Applied in India
• Ganjian, E., Pouya H.S. and Goyal A. (2020). Conductive Coating Anode for Impressed Current Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete Structures. Patent Pending. Patent No: 2014542.1, Applied in UK

Invited Lecture

• Goyal A. Prospects of Higher Education in Civil Engineering. Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. 23^rd Oct 2021 [online].
• Goyal A. Corrosion of Steel in Reinforced Concrete Structures. Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. 24^th July 2020 [online].