Committees

2025​

• CARRS-2025 - Iinternational conference on "Condition Assessment, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures, Roorkee (IIT), India, Dec. 11-13, 2025, Scientific Committee (Member).

• CIVILFORUM 2025 - World Forum & Expo on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 10-12, 2025 - Organizing Committee (Member).

• CTCS 2025 – “Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability"-.  NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte, Udupi, Karnataka, India 6-7 Feb. 2025. - International Advisory committee (Member).

 

2024​

• SEC - 14th Structural Engineering Convention, NIT, Trichy, India, Dec. 07-09 2023, International Advisory committee (Member).

• SIF'24 – Thirteenth International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF'22),  Coimbra, Portugal, June 21-23 22024, Scientific Committee (Track Leader).

• Wood &Fire Safety Conference, Tatras, Slovakia., May 12-15, 2024,  Scientific Committee (Member).

• 2024 fib Symposium “Resilient Concrete Structures” –Christchurch, New Zealand, 11th to 13th November 2024,  Scientific Committee (Member).

• CONSEC’24 - 10th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions,  September 25-27, 2024, Chennai, India (CONSEC24).

• ASFE'24 – Eighth International Conference Applications in Structural Fire Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Guangxi University, Nanning, China, February 25-27 2024, Scientific Committee (Member).

• BEFIB – XI International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Dresden, Germany, Sept. 15-18, 2024, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ICSECT'23– 9th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology,  London, UK, April 2024, Scientific Committee (Member).

• ACSGE-2024- Third International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, BITS Pilani, India, Feb. 26-28, 2018, Advisory Committee (Member)

• PROTECT 2024 – 9th International Colloquium on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures Under Extreme Loading & Events, Singapore, 14-16 August 2024, Co-Chair (Scientific Committee).

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2023

• 4th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference CORASS 2023 – 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Design, Resilience and Strengthening of Structures, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, October 16-18, 2023.

• ICSECT'23– 8th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology,  Lisbon, Portugal, March 29-31 2023, Scientific Committee (Member).

• ICEFORUM2023 - International Forum on Infrastructure and Civil Engineering,  Porto, Portugal Feb. 06-08, 2023, Member, Organizing Committee.

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2022

• SFPE 2022 Annual Conference & Expo – Detroit,  Society of Fire Protection Engineers, October 12-14 2022, Detroit, MI, Member, Program Committee.

• Workshop on Bio-Based Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Civil Engineering Infrastructure, BITS Pilani, India, March 4, 2022, Workshop Co-Ordinator.

• ICSECT'21– 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology,  Lisbon, Portugal, 13-15 April 2022, Scientific Committee (Member).

• SIF'22 – Twelfth International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF'22),  Hong Kong, Nov 30-Dec. 22022, Scientific Committee (Track Leader).

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2021

• Indo-US Symposium for Enhancing Fire Safety in Built-Infrastructure Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, October 18, 2021, Workshop Co-Ordinator.

• Stakeholders Meeting on Fire-Resistance Guidelines for Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Structural Components, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, October 18, 2021, Co-Ordinator.

• Workshop on Bio-Based Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Civil Engineering Infrastructure , (Virtual Meeting), BITS Pilani, India, July 29, 2021, Workshop Co-Ordinator.

• “Global Summit on Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (GSCAEE-2021)”      Barcelona, Spain, July 19-21, 2021, Organizing Committee (Member).

• CIGOS - the International Conference series on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering Works and Structures, Ha Long city, Vietnam on October 28 to 29, 2021, International Scientific Committee (Member).

• (12th SEC) - 12thStructural Engineering Convention, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India, Dec. 19-22, 2021, International Advisory committee (Member).

• ASFE'19 – Seventh International Conference Applications in Structural Fire Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9th-11th June 2021, Scientific Committee (Member).

• CARRS-2020, - International conference on "Condition Assessment, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures (CARRS-2021), Hyderabad, India, Dec. XX-XX, 2021, Scientific Committee (Member).

• ICSECT'20– 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology,  Lisbon, Portugal, 21-23 June 2021, Scientific Committee (Member).

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2020

• International Online Conference and Exhibition India Construction Week –2020 “Reviving Construction Industry in Post COVID World”,  India, Dec. 2-5, 2020, Member (steering committee).

• Global Congress on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Istanbul, Turkey, December 17-   18, 2020, Organizing Committee (Member).

• SIF'20 – Eleventh International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF'20),  University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, June 24-26 2020, Scientific Committee (Track Leader).

• CICE 2020 – 10th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites in Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey July 1-3, 2020, Scientific Committee (Member)

• International Conference on “Cement-based materials tailored for a Sustainable Future”, Istanbul, Turkey May 7-8, 2020, Scientific Committee (Member).

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2019

• ASFE'19 – Sixth International Conference Applications in Structural Fire Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from 13th-14th June 2019, Scientific Committee (Member)

• PROTECT 2019 – 7th  International Colloquium on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of  Structures under Extreme Loading, Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 16-18, 2019, Scientific Committee (Co-Chair)

• IFireSS 2019 – 3rd International Fire Safety Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, June 5-7, 2019, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ICSENM'19 - 4th International Conference on
  Structural Engineering, New Technology and Methods
  held in Rome, Italy, April 7-9, 2019, Scientific Committee (Member)

• Third Fire Safety of Facades Conference Paris, France, in September 2019

• CONSEC’19 - 9th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions, Unisinos University - Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2019, International Scientific Committee

 

2018

• 3rd R. N. Raikar Memorial International Conference and 'Gettu - Kodur' International Symposium on ‘Advances in Science & Technology of Concrete’, 14th & 15th Dec. 2018; Advisory committee 

• SIF'18 – Tenth International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF'18),  Ulster University, Belfast, UK,  June 6-8 2018, Scientific Committee (Track Leader).

• CiCE 2016 – 9th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, Paris, France, 2018, Scientific Committee.

• SIF'16 – Ninth International Conference: Structures in Fire (SiF'16), Princeton, USA, June 8-10 2016, Scientific Committee (Chair)

• ICSENM'18 – 3rd International Conference on Structural Engineering, New Technology and Methods, Budapest, Hungary in April 8 - 10, 2018, Scientific Committee (Member)

• NHICE-01 - 1st International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, April 25 – 27, 2018, Scientific Committee (Member)

•  IFireSS 2017 - 2nd International Fire Safety Symposium, Naples, Italy, June 7-9, 2017, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ACSGE-2018- Second International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, BITS Pilani, India, Feb. 26-28, 2018, Advisory Committee (Member)

• ASCCS 2018 - 12th international conference on ‘Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures’, Valencia, Spain, June 27-29th 2018, Scientific Committee (Member)

 

2017

• PROTECT 2017 – 6th  International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of  Structures under Extreme Loading, Guangzhou, China, Dec. 10-12, 2017, Scientific Committee (Member)

• IFireSS 2017 - 2nd International Fire Safety Symposium, Naples, Italy, June 7-9, 2017, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ICSENM'17 - International conference on Structural Engineering, New Technology and Methods, Barcelona, Spain, April 3 - 4, 2017.  Scientific Committee.

• ASFE'17 – Fifth Applications in Structural Fire Engineering Conference, University of Manchester, UK on 7-8th September 2017, Scientific Committee (Member)

 

2016

• CiCE 2016 – 8th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, Hong Kong, Dec. 14-16 2016, Scientific Committee.

• SIF'16 – Ninth International Conference: Structures in Fire (SiF'16), Princeton, USA, June 8-10 2016, Scientific Committee (Chair).

• BEFIB 2016 - 9th RILEM International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 19-21, 2016, Technical Committee (member)

• CONSEC’16 - 8th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions, Politecnico di Milano in Lecco campus, Italy, 2016, International Scientific Committee.

• ICSENM'16 - International conference on Structural Engineering, New Technology and Methods, Prague, Czech Republic, March 30 – 31, 2016.  Scientific Committee.

• ACMBS-VII - 7th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, Member, International Scientific Committee, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 22-24, 2016

 

2015

• PLSE 2015 - Second International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering , Brisbane, Australia, 9-11 Dec. 2015: International Scientific Committee (Member).

• Steel Structures-2015 – "World Congress and Exhibition on Construction and Steel Structure”, Dubai, UAE, Nov. 16-18, 2015, Organizing Committee Member.

• ASFE'15 - Applications in Structural Fire Engineering Conference, Dubrovnik,  Croatia, 15-16 October 201, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ASCCS 2015 – 11th international conference on "Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite   Structures" Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; International Scientific Committee.

• ISSS'15- 8th International Symposium on Steel Structures, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 5-7 2015, Scientific Committee (Member), Session Organizer.

• CONFAB 2015 - Structural Safety under Fire & Blast – Glasgow, UK, Sept. 2-4 2015.

• PROTECT2015  – 5th  International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of  Structures under Extreme Loading, East Lansing, MI, June 29-30, 2015,Chair.

• IFireSS,  International Fire Safety Symposium,  COIMBRA, Portugal April 20-22 2015, Scientific Committee (member).

 

2014

• IAFSS’2014 - 11th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Christ Church, New Zealand, Feb. 2014, Topic 5 Co-leader

• SIF'14 – Eighth International Conference: Structures in Fire (SiF'14), Shanghai, China, June 11-13 2014, Scientific Committee (Chair).

• ICMAE  - First International Conference on Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering, Chicago, IL on June 26-27, 2014.

 

2013

• PSSC 2013 - 10th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Singapore, 8-11 October 2013. International Scientific Committee.

• PROTECT2013  – 4th  International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, Mysore, India, August 2013, Technical Committee (Member).

• ISSS'13- 7th International Symposium on Steel Structures, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 6-8 2013, Scientific Committee (Member), Session Organizer

• Euro Fire Design 2013 - Applications in Structural Fire Engineering Conference, Prague, CZ, 18-20 April 2013, Scientific Committee (Member)

• CONSEC’13 - 7th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions, Nanjing, China, 2013, International Scientific Committee.

 

2012

• STRESSA2012 – Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Santiago Chile, 9-11 Jan., 2012

• ACI Fall Convention, 2012, Dallas, TX, Organized two technical sessions

• BEFIB 2012 - Eighth RILEM Symposium on fibre reinforced concrete - challenges and opportunities,Guimarães, Portugal, 19-21 Sept. 2012.

• ACMBS-VI - 6th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, Member, International Scientific Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 23-25 2012

 

2011

• ISISS’2011 - International Symposium on Innovation & Sustainability in Civil Engineering, Xiamen, China, Oct.28-30, 2011, Scientific Committee.

• Euro Fire Design 2011 - Applications of Structural Fire Engineering Conference, Prague, CZ, 16-8 Feb 2011, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ISSS'11- 6th International Symposium on Steel Structures, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 12-14 2011, Scientific Committee (Member), Session Organizer

• 2nd International Workshop on Explosive Spalling (Advisory Committee),  Delft University of Technology, Delft, NL, Oct. 2011

• PROTECT 2011 - 3rd International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, Lugano, Switzerland, August 30th -September 1st, 2011

 

2010

• SIF'10 - Sixth International Conference: Structures in Fire (SiF'10), East Lansing, MI, June 2-4, 2010, Chair.

• ACI Fall Convention, 2010, Chicago, IL, Organized 1 technical session

• CONSEC'10 – 6th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, June 7-9 2010, Technical Committee (Member).

• SDSS'Rio 2010 - International conference Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,  Scientific Committee (Member).

 

2009

• US (NSF)-India (IUSTF) Workshop: Innovative Materials and Structural Systems for Resilient & Sustainable Built Infrastructure, IIT Bombay, India, Dec. 3-15, 2009, Chair

• PROTECT2009 – 2nd  International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, Hayama (Japan, August 2009, Technical Committee (Member).

• ACSGE-2009- First International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, BITS Pilani, India, October 25-27 2009, Advisory and Technical Committee (Member)

• ISSS'09- 5th International Symposium on Steel Structures, Seoul, Korea, March 12-14 2009, Scientific Committee (Member)

• Euro Fire Design 2009 - Applications of Structural Fire Engineering Conference, Prague, CZ, 18-20 Feb 2009, Scientific Committee (Member)

 

2008

• SIF'08 - Fifth International Conference: Structures in Fire (SiF'08), Singapore,       May 28-30, Scientific Committee (Chair)

• 7th International RILEM Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete, BEFIB 2008, 17-19 Sept. 2008, Chennai, India, Int. Scientific Committee (Member)

• ACMBS-V - 5th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 22-24, 2008, International Scientific Committee (Member).

• ACI Fall Convention, 2008, St. Louis, MO. Organizing 1 (special) technical session.

• ASCE Structures Congress, 2008, Vancouver,  Canada. Organizing 1 technical session.

 

2007

• National Workshop on Structures and Fire, East Lansing, MI (Chair).

• PROTECT2007 – 1st International Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, Whistler, Canada, August 20-22, Technical Committee (Member).

• CONSEC'07 – 5th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions, Lyon, France, Technical Committee (Member)

• ICSCS07 - International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Manchester, UK, Technical Committee (Member)

• ICASS 2007 - 5th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, 5-7 December, Singapore, Technical Committee (Member)

• ACI Spring Convention, Atlanta, GA Organized 1 (special) technical session.

 

2006

• SIF'06 - Fourth International Workshop: Structures in Fire (SiF'06), Avero, Portugal, May 10-12, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ISSS'06- 4th  International Symposium on Steel Structures, Seoul, Korea, November 9-10 2006, Scientific Committee (Member)

 

2005

• ASCE Structures Congress 2005, St. Louis, MO, Organized 1 technical session.

• CIB Global Leaders Summit on Tall Buildings, Toronto, Canada, Scientific Committee (Member)

• 3rd Int. Conf. on Construction Materials: Performance, Innovations, and Structural Implications, ConMat’05, Vancouver, August 22-24, Technical Committee (Member)

• ASCE Structures Congress 2005, New York, NY, Organized 2 technical sessions

 

2004

• SIF'04 - Third International Workshop: Structures in Fire (SiF'04), May 10-12. Ottawa, Canada, Organizing Committee (Co-Chair), Scientific Committee (Co-Chair).

• CONSEC'04 – 4th International Conference on Concrete Under Severe Conditions, Seoul, Korea, Technical Committee (Member)

• CIB Global Leaders Summit on Tall Buildings, Toronto, Canada, Scientific Committee (Member)

• ASCE Structures Congress 2004, Nashville, TN, Organized 1 technical session.

 

2003

• CIB Global Leaders Summit on Tall Buildings, Kaula Lampur, Malaysia, 2003. Scientific Committee (Member)

• SFPE/ASCE Specialty Conference - "Designing Structures for Fire"; Scientific Committee (Member).

• ASCE Structures Congress 2003, Seattle, WA, Organized 1 technical session.

 

2002

• Second International Workshop: Structures in Fire, (SiF'02), Christchurch, New Zealand,  Scientific Committee (Member)

• ASCE Structures Congress 2002, Denver, CO, Organized 1 technical session

 

2001

• ASCE Structures Congress 2001, Washington DC, Organized 6 technical sessions