Overview
- Is a good reference material for cutting edge research in the field of sustainable civil engineering
- Showcases the latest sustainability initiatives and innovations in civil engineering
- Fosters symbiotic multidisciplinary research to solve sustainability crisis in developing countries
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 179)
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Conference proceedings info: ICSPICE 2021.
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Table of contents (24 papers)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Dato’ Ir Dr Kamal Nasharuddin Mustapha, FASc, is currently the vice-chancellor of University Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK, in 1984. Then in 1986, he received his master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, and his Ph.D. in Structural Fire Engineering from the University of Aston, UK, in 1994. He had also completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Syariah at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and ASEAN Senior Management Development Program under Harvard Business School. His research interest is in the area of reinforced concrete columns in fire, building forensic, cylindrical shell, flat slab, cold-formed channel columns, and pretensioned inverted t-beams with circular web openings. Additionally, since the mid-2000s, he is involved in research dealing with a statistical model, optimization, and safety assessment in the workplace.
Dr. Thangaraj Palanisamy is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India. He has published 113 articles in journals and conference proceedings at the national and international levels. He has delivered more than 123 keynote lectures in various levels, sponsored by AICTE, CSIR, DRDO, DST, etc. He also secured funded projects from DST-SERB, DBT, AICTE, etc., at present 01 funded project is going on with worth of 0.38 core for the “Development of concrete battery”. He registered 14 patents along with co-inventors. He received 17 awards including the most esteemed award of “Viswakarma award – 2018” by Planning Commission of India, New Delhi, “Best Faculty Award – 2017”, “Barath Rathana Mother Terasa Award – 2014” , “Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam Gold Medal Award – 2015”. The Indian Concrete Institute honoured him by the award of “Outstanding YoungConcrete Engineer”. Under his supervision, 11 Ph.D were completed and 04 are pursuing. His area of research includes the development of sustainable material for structural application and micro-characterisation of the concrete.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Practices and Innovations in Civil Engineering
Book Subtitle: Select Proceedings of SPICE 2021
Editors: Sivakumar Naganathan, Kamal Nasharuddin Mustapha, Thangaraj Palanisamy
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5041-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5040-6Published: 21 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5043-7Published: 22 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-5041-3Published: 20 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2366-2557
Series E-ISSN: 2366-2565
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 321
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 195 illustrations in colour
Topics: Building Construction and Design, Environment, general, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings