May 5, 2020
Dr. S. Ramana Gopal – Professor
civil
Dr.S.Ramana Gopal is working as Professor in the Department of Civil engineering from December 2012 onwards. He holds the position as Head of the department for the period between Jan.2013 and Sep.2019. Prior to joining SSN, he worked in Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur from the year 1992 to 2012. During this period, he has served in various capacities and was instrumental in establishing the new Civil department fully with all required laboratory and other facilities. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from College of Engineering, Chennai, Master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Annamalai University, Chidambaram and his Ph.D. from Anna University, Chennai. He has nearly thirty years of wide and varied experience of teaching and research in various capacities. His research interests include Composite Structural system and the use of supplementary cementing materials in concrete. He has published more than twenty papers in refereed journals and conferences besides two presentations in the International conference held at U.K. and Australia. He is a recognized supervisor of Anna University and has conducted workshops and seminars in the field of structural engineering and Sustainable building construction.
Education: M.E. Structural., Ph.D.
Experience: 28 years in teaching & 2 years in a company
Professional affiliation: Life member in I.C.I. & I.S.T.E.
Awards and Recognition:
- Member of the Board of studies of affiliated institutions under Faculty of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai for the period Feb.2016 – Feb.2019.
- AU nominee for Board of studies in Rajalakshmi Engineering College (Autonomous), Chennai
Courses taught (Major):
- Mechanics of Solids, Strength of Materials, Engineering mechanics
Research Interest :
- The composite structural system, supplementary cementing materials in concrete.
Supervision:
- Recognised supervisor in Anna University (Reference No. 8710109).
- Doctoral committee member for 5 Ph.D. scholars.
Research and Consultancy:
- Guiding internal funded student’s projects
Fund Detail:
- Study on the behaviour of composite space truss structure for varying shear connectors – 4.5 lakhs –Co P.I.
Publications:
- S.Ramanagopal,” An experimental study on FRC infilled steel tubular columns under eccentric loading” KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol.21, No.3, 2017, pISSN 1226-7988, pp.923-927.
- S. Ramanagopal, “Case study on Double Tube Stub Columns” Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 11, Issue 21, ISSN 0974-6846, April 2018, pp. 01-09.
- S.Ramanagopal, “Behaviour of concrete-filled FRP tubular columns under axial compression”, Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Practices and Innovations in Civil Engineering, 26-27, March 2019, SSNCE, Chennai.
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KhT4YvYAAAAJ&hl=en