GIAN Course on Forensic Engineering and Failure Analysis
June 10 to 21, 2019
Organised by
Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli - 620015, Tamil Nadu, India
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Overview
Research to address the aging infrastructure is increasing in India and worldwide at an exponential rate and is
becoming the most critical issue upon facing increases in natural disasters and the demand for sustainable
infrastructure that can accommodate the rapid growths in technological development and globalization.
Hitherto, there is an urgent need to address approaches to prevent potential system-level failures, so that the
costs of failures can be minimized and the burden to the existing stressed economy can be reduced.
The course will focus on the forensic aspects of structural engineering practice and it will provide the
participants with the basics for the investigation of failures and understanding some of the pertinent legal
aspects, and to prepare them for the eventual practice of forensic structural engineering.
Recent natural disasters including the Asian Tsunami and the Japanese earthquake, Vizag, Gaja cyclone have
resulted in trillions of dollars in losses. Some of the natural disaster losses can be the breaking point to a fragile
and intricate economy. The heavy price the society paying shows the necessity to understand and to develop
methods to avoid such system-level failures. One of the benefits of forensic investigations is the lessons
learned from failures and the use of those lessons to improve codes, standards and practices to avoid similar
failures in the future. Therefore, the purpose of the course is not only to teach forensic investigation of failures
and providing technical support in the consequent dispute resolution process, but also to show how to avoid
failures and what the consequences of failures may be.
Course participants will learn these topics through lectures and tutorial sessions that reinforce their
understanding, while also getting exposure to the avenue for further research.
Dates for the
10th to 21st June 2019
course
Basics on forensic aspects of structural engineering,
Understanding on legal aspects of forensic engineering; various problems in tools
and techniques used in investigation.
Course content Case studies on structural, geotechnical and environmental forensics
Forensic and Insurance practices for disaster investigation
Rehabilitation Technique for Reinforced Concrete Structures after an
Earthquake
• You are an Executive/Engineer/Researcher from industry /service/
government organisation including R&D laboratories.
You should attend
• You are a faculty from reputed academic institution/ technical institution.
if… • You are a student at any level (B.Tech./M.Tech./M.S/Ph.D.) Number of
participants for the course will be limited to sixty (60).
The participation fee for taking the course is as follows:
Participants from abroad: US$500.
Course fee
Industry/Research participants: Rs. 20,000/-
Academic Institutions: Rs. 10,000 (for faculty), Rs. 2000 (for full time PhD
Students) and Rs. 1000 (for B.Tech/M.Tech/M.S students)
Stage 1: GIAN Web (Portal) Registration:
(Individuals who have already registered to GIAN earlier do not need to
repeat)
Visit GIAN Website at the link: http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/GREGN/index
and create login user ID and Password. Fill up the registration form and do
web registration by paying Rs.500/- through online Net Banking/ Debit/
Credit Card.
Please do not confuse GIAN web registration with course registration. The
course registration fee is separate. The candidate has to pay course
registration fee as per stage 3 given below.
Registration to the GIAN portal is one-time affair and will be valid for
lifetime of GIAN. Once registered in the portal, an applicant will be able to
apply for any number of GIAN courses as and when necessary.
Stage 2: Course Registration (Through GIAN Portal):
Log in to the GIAN portal with the user ID and Password created in Stage
1.Click on “Course Registration” option given at the top of the registration
How to Register? form. Select the Course titled “Forensic Engineering and Failure Analysis”
from the list and click on “Save” option. Confirm your registration by Clicking
on “Confirm Course”.
Last date for Registration: 14th May, 2019
Stage 3: Course Fee Payment (Only selected candidates):
Only Selected Candidates will be intimated through E-mail by the Course
Coordinator. They have to remit the necessary course fee in the form of DD
drawn in favor of “The Director, NIT, Tiruchirappalli – 620015” payable at NIT-
Tiruchirappalli. The DD along with the signed hard copy of the filled in
application should be sent to the following address:
Dr. J. Karthikeyan
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering,
National institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli - 620015
The participants may be provided hostel accommodation, depending on the
availability, on additional payment basis. Request for hostel accommodation
may be submitted to : jk@nitt.edu
The Faculty
Dr. Shen-En Chen, did his Ph.D in west Virgina University in the year 1996 and presently he is a
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, United State of America with 20 years of professional experience. He is
member of professional bodies such as American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Experiment
Mechanics, and ASCE-Technical Council for Forensic Engineering, International Society of Optical
Engineering, American society of Non-destructive Testing and national Earthquake Engineering
Society. Dr. Shen carried out more than 40 funded projects; he was an investigator and principle
research scientist in the project “Bridge Vibration Sensing System” for U.S. Army in the year 1995-
1999 with project cost of $600,000. And he was CoPI, “Carbon-Dioxide-Enhanced Oil Production
from the Citronelle Oil Field in the Rodessa Formation, Southern Alabama.” US Department of
Energy, totals $6,000,000 (2007-2011). This is a multi-campus research including UAB, Alabama A&T
U and UA. Dr. Chen received: $380,816. He has published more than 200 research papers in National
and International journals and conference; he is author of 11 books and has 2 patents.
Dr.C.Natarajan did Ph.D. degree from IIT Madras in 1984 and he is currently the Dean (Planning and
Development) and Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli. He served as the member of the board of studies for various institutions. He has
experience in structural design, forensic investigation, and construction of buildings, bridges and Course Coordinators
special structures. He has made numerous structural investigations, including the accident due to
the boiler during erection, roof collapse due to corrosion, the collapse of Highway Bridge. With three Dr. C. Natarajan
decades of teaching, research and consultancy experience, he has published /presented several Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
research papers in peer reviewed national and International journals/ conferences proceedings. He
National institute of Technology
has conducted an international workshop on Indo US Forensic practices sponsored by the National Tiruchirappalli.
Science Foundation USA, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA. He is very active in professional Phone – 0431-2503156
societies and chartered Chairman of the Indian Concrete Institute, Tiruchy centre and the Treasure Mobile – 98424 53050
of the Indian Society of Public Administration. He is the editorial member of the various Email – nataraj@nitt.edu
International Journals. He has authored a book on “Matrix Methods of structural Analysis- theory
and problems”. His research interest includes the Forensic Engineering, health monitoring of Dr. J. Karthikeyan
structures, condition assessment and rehabilitation of structures, recycling of construction and Associate Professor
demolition waste. Department of Civil Engineering
National institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli.
Phone - 0431-2503176
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Email – jk@nitt.edu
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Dr. J. Karthikeyan is an Associate Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of
Technology – Tiruchirappalli. His area of interest includes Concrete Structures, Structural Analysis For Queries Contact
and Design, High Performance Concrete and Materials, High Performance Pre-stressed Concrete
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