Recent Advances in Materials, Mechanics and Management

Dr. Sheela Evangeline is currently working as Professor in Civil Engineering at the College of Engineering. Trivandrum. She received her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. She has supervised 20 MTech theses of the University of Kerala and published more than 60 papers. She has undertaken 5 sponsored research projects related to Environmental Engineering and Coir Geotextiles. At present she is also the Principal Coordinator of the sponsored Research Project "Performance Evaluation of Coir Geotextiles on Rural Roads of Kerala" She has co-authored a book entitled, 'Coir geotextiles for sustainable infrastructure'.

Dr. M.R. Rajkumar is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kerala. He has supervised 20 MTech thesis of the University of Kerala and is currently guiding 2 PhD scholars. He has 10 publications in reputed International Journals and 30 publications in International Conferences. He has undertaken 2 sponsored research projects; one related to design and fabrication of low speed wind tunnel funded by the Centre for Engineering Research and Development, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University; two central Govt. funded project-FIST DST for the purchase of constant temperature hot wire anemometer in connection with measurement of turbulence intensity. He has received the Best Researcher of the Year Award for 2017 of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.

Prof. Saritha G. Parambath is an Assistant Professor in Architecture, Department of Architecture, and College of Engineering Trivandrum. She acquired the B Arch degree from the College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala University in 1996 and M Arch degree in General Architecture from the School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, Chennai in 2012. Her research interests include post-colonial architecture studies and dynamics of city transformations.