Dr Mahesh M J
Scientist
CSIR-SERC
- CSIR-SERC, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113
- mjmahesh(at)serc(dot)res(dot)in
- +91-44-22545740
- Academic Background
- Professional Background
- Areas of Scientific Interest
- Awards & Honours
- Publications
Academic Background
- PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2016 – 2020). Thesis: Vibration Monitoring and Control in Industrial Structures
- Master of Technology in Structural Dynamics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (2013 – 2015). Thesis: Wind Induced Vibration of Long Span Bridge Using Coupled Field Analysis
- Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering: College of Engineering Trivandrum, India (2009 – 2013). Thesis: Design of Foundation for the Proposed Monorail in Trivandrum City.
Professional Background
- Scientist, CSIR– Structural Engineering Research Centre, India, September 2022 – Till date
- Scientist/ Engineer, RWDI Consulting Engineers (India) Pvt. Ltd., India, February 2022 – March 2022
- Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, June 2021 – September 2021
- Professional work, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, May 2021
- Researcher, University of Trento, Italy, August 2019 – September 2020
- Research Technician, Birla Carbon Italy Srl, Italy, June 2017 – May 2019
- Research Associate, Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, September 2015 – June 2016
Areas of Scientific Interest
- Vibration-based structural health monitoring
- Active and passive control of structures
- Operational modal analysis, system identification and model updating
- Structural dynamics
- Optimization techniques
- Data mining and machine learning
- Aeroelasticity and fluid-structure interaction
Awards & Honours
- Received the ‘Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie’ PhD scholarship by the European Union to work in the project ‘XP-Resilience: Extreme loading analysis of petrochemical plants and design of metamaterial-based shields for enhanced resilience’ (https://r.unitn.it/en/dicam/xp-resilience)
- College of Engineering Trivandrum Alumni Association Award in 2013 for securing the highest mark in structural engineering elective.
Research visits
- Vienna Consulting Engineers, Vienna, Austria, March 2020 – June 2020
- University of Trento, Trento, Italy, February 2019 – May 2019
Publications
Journals
- Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Ashok D Pandey, Rajarshi Das, Anvesh Saride, Soumya and Pooja Saini, "Comparison of 2D and 3D finite element analysis of dams with foundation-structure interaction", Indian Committee on Large Dams, January 2015, 4(1), pp. 14-19.
- Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Ashok D Pandey, Rajarshi Das, Anvesh Saride, Soumya and Pooja Saini," Effectiveness of a modified 2D model in the finite element analysis of gravity dams in narrow valleys", Indian Committee on Large Dams, July 2015, 4(2), pp. 17-21.
- Pooja Saini, Ashok D Pandey, Anvesh Saride, Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Soumya and Rajarshi Das, "Contact analysis of base isolated masonry buildings", Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2015, 6(6), pp. 899-907.
- Soumya, Ashok D Pandey, Rajarshi Das, Mahesh Murugan Jaya and Anvesh Saride, "Effect of material deterioration and increasing seismic activity on failure patterns of a composite dam", Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 2016, 6(2), pp. 189-203, DOI: 10.1007/s13349-016-0152-0.
- Rajarshi Das, Ashok D Pandey, Soumya and Mahesh Murugan Jaya, "Progressive collapse vulnerability of a cable stayed bridge", International Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2016, 4(2), pp. 73-91.
- Rajarshi Das, Ashok D Pandey, Soumya, Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Pooja Saini and Anvesh Saride, “Effect of dynamic unloading of cables in collapse progression through a cable stayed bridge”, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2016, 17(4), pp. 397-416.
- Rajarshi Das, Ashok D Pandey, Soumya and Mahesh Murugan Jaya, “Assessment of disproportionate collapse behavior of cable stayed bridges”, Bridge Structures, 2016, 12, pp. 41–51, DOI:10.3233/BRS-160099.
- Mohamed Iqbal, Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Oreste S Bursi, Anil Kumar and Rosario Ceravolo, "Flexural band gaps and response attenuation of periodic piping systems enhanced with localized and distributed resonators", Scientific Report, 10(85), 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56724-0.
- Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Rosario Ceravolo, Luca Zanotti Fragonara and Emiliano Matta, "An optimal sensor placement strategy for reliable expansion of mode shapes under measurement noise and modelling error", Journal of Sound and Vibration, 487, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115511.
- Mohamed Iqbal, Anil Kumar, Mahesh Murugan Jaya and Oreste S Bursi, "Flexural Band Gaps and Vibration Control of a Periodic Railway Track", Scientific Report, 11(18145), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97384-3.
- Mohamed Iqbal, Anil Kumar, Mahesh Murugan Jaya and Oreste S Bursi, " Vibration control of periodically supported pipes employing optimally designed dampers", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier, 234(107684), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2022.107684
Conference papers
- Soumya, Ashok D Pandey, Rajarshi Das, Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Pooja Saini and Anvesh Saride, "Structural analysis of a historical dam", 12th International Conference on Vibration Problems, Procedia Engineering, 2016, 144, pp. 140-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.05.017.
- Rajarshi Das, Ashok D Pandey, Soumya, Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Pooja Saini and Anvesh Saride, "Progressive collapse of a cable stayed bridge", 12th International Conference on Vibration Problems, Procedia Engineering, 2016, 144, pp. 132-139, DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.05.016.
- Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Rosario Ceravolo, Emiliano Matta and Luca Zanotti Fragonara, "A Resonating Lattice TMD To Reduce Pipeline Vibrations", ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2018-84377, Prague, July 2018.
- Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Rosario Ceravolo, Emiliano Matta and Luca Zanotti Fragonara, " Performance of Sensor Placement Strategies Used in System Identification Based on Modal Expansion", European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, EWSHM-0080-2018, Manchester, July 2018.
- Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Rosario Ceravolo, Luca Zanotti Fragonara, Emiliano Matta and Simone Vacchelli, "Design of vibration based structural health monitoring system for an industrial tower", Paper ID 03.03.05, The Sixteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering Computing, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 2019.
- Mohammad Iqbal, Mahesh Murugan Jaya, Oreste S. Bursi, Anil Kumar, Rosario Ceravolo and Luca Zanotti Fragonara, "Wave propagation mitigation in periodically supported pipes" Paper ID 04.10.04, The Sixteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering Computing, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 2019.
- George Karagiannakis, Moritz Wenzel, Piotr Kowalczyk, Muhammad Farhan, Aleksandar Zhivkov Zhelyazkov, Francesca Celano, Stefano Caprinozzi, Massimiliano Pedot, Bledar Kalemi, Hamza Kella Bennani, Noussaiba Graine, Luz Elizabeth Vasquez Munoz, Jérôme Randaxhe and Mahesh Murugan Jaya, “Seismic risk and resilience assessment of industrial facilities: Case study on a black carbon plant”, The 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper ID C003250, Sendai, Japan, September 2020.
- Mohamed Iqbal, Anil Kumar, Mahesh Murugan Jaya, “Analysis of flexural vibrations and control of a periodic rail-track system”, Paper ID 151, 17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, November 2022.