Specialization

Structural Engineering

Email

shashank.chandra@thapar.edu

Phone Number: +91-8840281918

h-Index (Google Scholar): 3

Total Citations (Google Scholar): 50

Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e9DxizUAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4584-199X

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Shashank Chandra has been serving as an Assistant Professor-I in the Department of Civil Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, since July 2026, after completing his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His research interests include the fire performance of structures, durability of concrete structures, and the repair and retrofitting of deteriorated infrastructure. During his post-doctoral tenure as a Research Associate at IIT Roorkee, he was actively involved in several field consultancy projects focusing on the condition assessment, structural health evaluation, and rehabilitation of aged and distressed civil infrastructure. Dr. Chandra has published several research and case-study papers in reputed SCI/SCIE/Scopus-indexed journals in the field of Civil Engineering and has presented his work at numerous national and international conferences.

EDUCATION:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand (2019-2024)
• Master in Technology (M.Tech) from National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura (2016-2018)
• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) from Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (2011-2015)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Assistant Professor-I at Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab (16th July 2026 till present).
• Research Associate at Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand (15th January 2026-10th July 2026).
• General Manager (North) at DGC Engineering Private Limited, Uttar Pradesh (26th August 2025-11th November 2025)
• Research Associate at Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand (1st January 2025-12th August 2025)
• Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Punjab (9th July 2018-30th April 2019)

TEACHING INTERESTS:

Engineering Mechanics and Materials; Structural analysis and design; Condition assessment and retrofitting of structures; Structural Fire Engineering.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Structural Fire Engineering; Repair and Retrofitting of Structures; Health Assessment of Structures; Durability of Concrete Structures; Earthen Structures.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

Research Articles in Refereed SCI/SCIE Indexed Journals:

1. Chandra, S., Sharma, U. K., Green, M., Gales, J., & Bhargava, P. (2024). Fire performance of corroded reinforced concrete columns. Fire Technology, 60(4), 2265-2295.
2. Chandra, S., & Sharma, U. K. (2024). Fire performance of aged and corroded reinforced concrete columns. Journal of Building Engineering, 95, 110176.
3. Chandra, S., & Sharma, U. K. (2025). Mitigating fire resistance losses in corroded reinforced concrete columns using a hybrid fibers approach. Engineering Structures, 340, 120755.
4. Chandra, S., & Sharma, U. K. (2025). Enhancement in fire performance of reinforced concrete columns with the aid of fire insulation mortar. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 50(11), 7951-7964.
5. Chandra, S., & Sharma, U. K. (2024). Calibration of Accelerated Corrosion Regime for Short Square RC Columns Reinforced with Polypropylene and/or Steel Fibers. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 28(10), 4499-4512.
6. Chandra, S., Tiwari, A., & Sharma, U. K. (2026). Post-Fire Forensic Analysis and Severity-Index Repair Strategy for RC And Composite Industrial Structures. Journal of Building Engineering, 115522.

Research Articles in Scopus-Indexed Journals:

1. Chandra, S., & Tripura, D. D. (2026). Sustainable construction with compressed earth blocks: evaluating the structural performance of reinforced and unreinforced Masonry. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering, 50(1), 821-843.

Research Articles in Conferences as Proceedings/Book Chapters:

1. Chandra, S., Sangma, S., Tripura, D. D., & Lohar, J. (2023, December). Structural performance of reinforced and un-reinforced earth block masonry under compressive, flexural and diagonal compressive loads. In Structural Engineering Convention (pp. 433-441). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
2. Shashank Chandra; Umesh Kumar Sharma; Mark Green; John Gales; Pradeep Bhargava, "Fire performance of corroded reinforced concrete columns", in 12th International Conference on Structures in Fire SiF22 (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China: 2022), ISBN: 978-962-367-869-8, 2022 (ISBN Indexed-Conference Paper).
3. Umesh Kumar Sharma; Shashank Chandra; Ankit Rai; and Ashish Kumar Tiwari, “Structural Condition Assessment and Repair Strategies for Industrial Plant Buildings Affected by Fire and Blast Incidents: A Case Study in Maharashtra, India” in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Singapore, 2026 (Accepted for Publication).

Patent Grants:

1. Indian Patent grant for 'Brick Making Press' (Patent Number: 541598), underscoring dedication to advancing technology in the sustainable construction industry. (Inventors: Dr Deb Dulal Tripura, Mr. Jagdish Lohar, Mr. Shashank Chandra)