சி. எஸ். ஐ. ஆர். - கட்டமைப்பு பொறியியல் ஆராய்ச்சி நடுவம்

Professional Background

• IGSTC Post Doctoral Fellow (On deputation), Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF), Germany, June 2022 – June 2023
• Principal Scientist, CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre, India, Nov 2020- till date
• Senior Scientist, CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre, India, Nov 2015- Oct 2020
• Scientist, CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre, India, Nov 2011- Oct 2015

Areas of Scientific Interest

• Semi-active Seismic Vibration Control
• Real-time vibration control testing
• Smart Materials and Structures
• Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
• Electromechanical Impedance based Structural Health Monitoring
• Vibration based Condition Assessment of Structures

Awards & Honours

• Selected as "Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)- Young Associate 2024" and formally inducted in the academy during the Induction Ceremony at the INAE Annual Convention 2024 held at IIT Delhi on December 19-21, 2024.
• Awarded ISAMPE award for Smart Materials, Systems & Technology Development for her work on "Magneto-Rheological Smart Materials & Devices for Seismic Disaster Mitigation", presented during the 37th AGM of ISAMPE at HAL Convention Center on 10-11-23.
• Awarded “Industrial Post-doctoral Fellowship-2021” by DST-Indo German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) for a duration of one-year for post-doctoral research in Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) at Germany. Period: June 2022 – June 2023.
• Awarded Director's Diamond Jubilee Best Research Paper Award in CSIR-CBRI for 2022 for the publication titled “Evaluation of Embedded Dual-Piezoelectric-Based Transducer with Miniature Impedance Analyzer for Monitoring the Curing of Cement Mortar” published in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Publications

International Journals

• Rama Rao, G.V., Bharathi Priya, C., Sreekala, R., Jothi Saravanan, T. and Gopalakrishnan, N. (2023), “Methodology for uncoupling translational and torsional modes in framed structure with experimental validation”, Sadhana, 48 (3), 111, pp.1-13 (DOI: 10.1007/s12046-023-02174-4)
• S. J. Alexander, P. Sumathi, S. K. Panigrahi, Bharathi Priya C and N. Gopalakrishnan. (2023).  "Evaluation of Embedded Dual-Piezoelectric-Based Transducer With Miniature Impedance Analyzer for Monitoring the Curing of Cement Mortar," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1-10, Art no. 6000910, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2022.3232656.
• Bharathi Priya C & Gopalakrishnan N. (2022). “Emotional Learning Based Adaptive Control Algorithm for Semi-Active Seismic Control of Structures”, Materials Today, Volume 65, Part 2, pp 1703-1710, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.04.714
• Balamonica K., Saravanan T.J, Bharathi Priya C & Gopalakrishnan N. (2020) “Piezoelectric sensor based damage progression in concrete through serial/parallel multi-sensing technique”, Structural Health Monitoring. 19 (2), pp 339-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475921719845153
• Bharathi Priya C & Gopalakrishnan N. (2019). “Seismic retrofit of reinforced concrete structures using magnetorheological mass driver: Evolving a design methodology”. Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 26 (7); e2353. https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.2353
• Bharathi Priya C & Gopalakrishnan N. (2019). “Temperature dependent modelling of magnetorheological (MR) dampers using support vector regression”. Smart Material Structures. 28 025021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/aae5f0
• Balamonica K., Saravanan T.J., Bharathi Priya C & Gopalakrishnan N. (2019). “Small creatures can lift more than their own bodyweight and a human cannot-an explanation through structural mechanics”.  Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering. 4(1): pp 9-20. https://doi.org/10.12989/bme.2019.4.1.009
• Bharathi Priya C, Saravanan T.J, Balamonica K., Gopalakrishnan N & Rao, A.R.M. (2018). “EMI based monitoring of early-age characteristics of concrete and comparison of serial/parallel multi-sensing technique”. Construction and Building Materials. 191, pp.1268-1284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.10.079
• Saravanan T.J, Balamonica K, Bharathi Priya C, Gopalakrishnan N & Murthy S G N. (2017) “Piezoelectric EMI–Based Monitoring of Early Strength Gain in Concrete and Damage Detection in Structural Components”. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 23.4: 04017029. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000386
• Saravanan T.J, Balamonica K, Bharathi Priya C, Likhith Reddy A & Gopalakrishnan N. (2015) “Comparative performance of various smart aggregates during strength gain and damage states of concrete”, Smart Materials and Structures. 24 (8), 085016. https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/24/8/085016
• Bharathi Priya C, Likhith Reddy A, Rama Rao G.V, Gopalakrishnan N & Rama Mohan Rao A. (2014) “Low frequency and boundary condition effects on impedance-based damage identification”, Case Studies in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 2, 9-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csndt.2014.05.001
• Likhith Reddy A., Shirleen C., Bharathi Priya C., Rama Rao G.V., Gopalakrishnan N. & Rama Mohan Rao A., (2013) “Damage detection of a cyclically loaded concrete shear wall using EMI technique”, Structural Durability and Health Monitoring, 9(4), 325-347 doi:10.3970/sdhm.2013.009.325

National Journals

• P. Kamatchi, Bharathi Priya C, Neethu Prakash and K. Sathish Kumar (2022), “Evaluation of mass and stiffness properties of structure through system identification”, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 49, No. 2, June - July 2022 pp. 106-117
• Mohit Verma & Bharathi Priya C. (2021), “Implementation of dynamic hybrid simulation for response evaluation of shear building”, Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP), 29(2), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.56042/bvaap.v29i2.55126 
• Bharathi Priya C & Gopalakrishnan N (2016), “Parameter Identification of Long Stroke and Short Stroke MR Damper for its Use in Semi-Active Vibration Control”, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 97(4), 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-016-0182-y 
• Bharathi Priya C, Gopalakrishnan N & Rama Mohan Rao A. (2015), “Impedance based structural health monitoring using serially connected piezoelectric sensors”, Journal of Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS) [ISSN 2319–6408], 4(1), 38–45. 
• Bharathi Priya C, Keerthana M, Mohit Verma & Nawal Kishor Banjara. (2011). “Design of steel channel tension members-proposal to IS 800:2007”, Journal of Structural Engineering, India, 38(2), 122–130.

Book Chapters

• Bharathi Priya C & Gopalakrishnan N (2019). “Experimental Investigations of the Effect of Temperature on the Characteristics of MR Damper”. In Recent Advances in Structural Engineering - Volume 2. Springer, Singapore. 435-443 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0365-4_37
• Saravanan T.J, Gopalakrishnan N & Bharathi Priya C (2017), “Monitoring of early-age characteristics of concrete using EMI based embedded PZT transducers on varying plate thickness”, In: M Santhanam, R Gettu, RG Pillai & SK Nayar (eds.) Advances in Construction Materials and Systems, Vol. 2, 557-566 (RILEM Publications S.A.R.L., France)

Conference Proceedings/strong>

• Yadukkrishnan A.S*, Mohit Verma & Bharathi Priya C. (2022), “A strategy for multi-hazard response analysis of structures using real-time hybrid simulation”, 17^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (17SEE2022), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee
• Bharathi Priya C* & Gopalakrishnan N. (2021). “Emotional Learning Based Adaptive Control Algorithm for Semi-Active Seismic Control of Structures”, International Conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS-2021), Trivandrum, India
• Divlin Gracia Josephine S*., Sathish Kumar K., Bharathi Priya C. & Dharani, N. (2019). “Seismic isolation of critical healthcare equipment”, Proc. of the Nat. Conf. on Technological Developments in Structural and Infrastructure engineering (TDSIE’19), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, pp. 27-31.
• Bharathi Priya C* & Gopalakrishnan N. (2018). “Experimental Assessment of Real-time Semi Active Control using BELBIC Algorithm”, 16^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (16SEE2018), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee
• Saravanan T.J, Gopalakrishnan N* & Bharathi Priya C. (2017). “Monitoring of early-age characteristics of concrete using EMI based embedded PZT transducers on varying plate thickness”, In Proc. Int. Conf. on Advances in Construction Materials and Systems with 71^st RILEM Week, 2, 557-566, Chennai, India.
• Bharathi Priya C* & Gopalakrishnan N. (2016), “Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Temperature on the Characteristics of MR Damper”, Proc. of the 10^th Structural Engineering Convention, CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India, pp 1438-1441.
• Jothi Saravanan T, Bharathi Priya C*, Balamonica K, Gopalakrishnan N & Sathish Kumar K. (2016). “Investigations on Longitudinal Wave Propagation of an Axial Element (Pile) with Structural Discontinuity”, 6^th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (6ICRAGEE), IIT Roorkee Extension Centre, Greater Noida, India
• Pavithra K*, Sathish Kumar K, Bharathi Priya C & Aswin Kumar S. (2016), “Parametric study of estimated parameters of Bingham model for magneto-rheological damper”, International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction, SRM University, Chennai, pp. 1009-1014, e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-161-2
• Pavithra K*, Sathish Kumar K, Bharathi Priya C & Aswin Kumar S. (2016), “Experimental characterization and parameter identification of Bingham model for MR dampers”, National Conference on Forensic Structural Engineering, VIT University, Chennai
• Saravanan T.J, Balamonica K, Bharathi Priya C, Gopalakrishnan N & Murthy S.G.N*. (2015), “Non-Destructive Piezo electric based monitoring of strength gain in concrete using smart aggregate”, In Proc. Int. Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE 2015), pp. 1-10, Berlin, Germany.
• Jagadeesh G*, Bharathi Priya C, Gopalakrishnan N & Dinesh Kumar P, (2015) “Parametric Study of MR Damper by Modified Bouc-Wen Model”, Proc. of 5^th Intl. Conf. on Science and Innovation Engineering (ICSIE 2015), Jawahar Engineering College, India, pp 177-178.
• Ramya Sree P*, Bharathi Priya C, Gopalakrishnan N & Sivakumar A. (2015), “Experimental characterization of MR dampers for Semi active control applications”, Proc. of the Intl. Conf. on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment - ASCE-ICES, VIT University, Tamil Nadu, India, pp 86.
• Bharathi Priya C* & Gopalakrishnan N., (2014), “Parameter Identification of Long Stroke and Short Stroke MR Damper for its Use in Semi-Active Vibration Control”, Proc. of the 9^th Structural Engineering Convention (SEC-2014), IIT-New Delhi, India, pp. 3090-3099
• Bharathi Priya C*, Gopalakrishnan N & Rama Mohan Rao A. (2014). ‘Impedance based Structural Health Monitoring using Serial Polling of Smart Piezoelectric Sensors’, Proceedings of the 7^th ISSS International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, IISc, Bangalore, India
• Shishirakrishna S*, Bharathi Priya C, Balamonica K, Gopalakrishnan N & M.S. Kalappa (2014), “A Methodology for Vibration Control using Active Constrained Layer Damping”, Proc. of 5^th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation – ICCMS 2014, CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India, pp: 1626 -1633
• Sathish Kumar K*, Muthumani K, Bharathi Priya C, Balamonica K & Nagesh R. Iyer. (2014) “Improved Pseudo-Dynamic Testing for Seismic Performance Evaluation of Structures”, Proc. of the 15^th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (15SEE), IIT-Roorkee, India, pp. 304-315.
• Sadhasivam K.J*, Sathish Kumar K, Bharathi Priya C. & Jagannathan D.S. (2014) “Seismic response control using semi-active dampers”, Intl. Conf. on Advances in Civil Engineering and Chemistry of Innovative Materials, SRM University, Chennai, India
• Sadhasivam K.J*, Sathish Kumar K, Bharathi Priya C, Gopalakrishnan N & Jagannathan D.S., (2014), “Analytical modelling of MR dampers – A comparative study”, National Conf. on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering, Dr. K. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, Coimbatore, India
• Bharathi Priya C*, Balamonica K, Gopalakrishnan N, Sathish Kumar K, Muthumani K, Venkatumesh S & Mahadev C.V.K. (2013) “Design Methodologies of Wind-Sensitive Tower Foundations Under Conditions of Partial Contact “,8^th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCWE -13), Chennai, India, pp.1316-1324
• Bharathi Priya C* & Gopalakrishnan N. (2011) “Vibration control of structures with MR dampers using bio-inspired control algorithm”, World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM11plus), Seoul, South Korea.
• Bharathi Priya C* & Gopalakrishnan N (2010), “Vibration Control of Structures using Semi-active control”, Proceedings of Structural Engineering Convention, India (SEC 2010), Chidhambaram, India, Vol-(2), 1020-1032

Patents / Copyrights

• “Embedded Smart Sensing Device and Method for Measuring Early Stage Concrete Hydration”, - Country Filed: India. Application Number: 0014NF2021; Date of Application: 22-Jan-2021; Status: Under Process. Inventor(s):  Soju J Alexander, Sumathi P, Bharathi Priya C, Sreekala R, Prakashvel J & Gopalakrishnan N.