Department: Civil Engineering

Service life estimation and time-variant structural reliability assessment of retrofitted structures

Retrofitting of RCC structures

Corrosion studies in steel rears in RCC structures.

GFRP reinforced RCC strucures

Research on different concretes such as FGC , GPC , ECC, FRC etc, Green superplasticizers in concrete

Compopsite structures,Fracture study in RCC members and Analysis and Design of Bridges

Development of corrosion test methods for steel-in concrete
Bond performance of corroding prestressed (pre-tensioned) concrete systems
Service life estimation and time-variant structural reliability assessment of retrofitted structures
Repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures
Green super plasticizers in concrete
Characterization and application of self-compacting concrete
Health Monitoring and Forensic Engineering
Fracture study in RCC members.

• Investigation on the Corrosion Performance of Blended Cement Concrete by incorporating Recycled Concrete Aggregate 2012-15 —- 12 lakhs from KSCSTE (ETP)
• Development of Sustainable Concrete by Using Black Liquor Sludge as Admixture- 4 lakhs from KSCSTE (TDAP)
• Major Consultancy work onging :- Structural Design of Redeveopment of Palayam Market (Rs 4 lakhs)

Research: 1. Investigation on the Corrosion Performance of Blended Cement Concrete by incorporating Recycled Concrete Aggregate 2012- 15 —- 12 lakhs 2. Development of Sustainable Concrete by Using Black Liquor Sludge as Admixture- Ongoing — 4 lakhs

Consultancy: Soil investigation work at Taluk hospital, Santhivila and soil investigation work at Chala.

Publication: Has around 27 publications

List of Publication

• Jyothis S and Jayasree S, , “Beyond the Standards: Analysis of RC Deep Beam Design Codes”, SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume X, 2023
• Jayasree S and Dhanya M.S., “Strength and Behaviour of RC beams with Corroded Reinforcement Retrofitted using High Strength Fiber Reinforced Cement Mortar”, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, vol. 7, Issue- ICMSC17, PP.18-25, 2017
• reinforcements”, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 121C, Pages 92-99, May 2016
• Jayasree S., Ganesan N. and Ruby Abraham, “Effect of ferrocement jacketing on the compressive behaviour of columns with corroded reinforcements”, ICI Journal Vol 17, April-June 2016
• Jayasree, S and Nikhil, Nadh, V. S ” Study on the mechanical and flexural properties of concrete by the addition of black liquor sludge as admixture”, International Conference on Infrastructure Development, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram,2018
• Jayasree, S and Sunoj J S(2018)”Strength and Behaviour of RCC Beams Retrofitted by Textile Reinforced Concrete”, International Conference on Infrastructure Development, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram,2018
• Jayasree S and Ruby Abraham,”Strength and Behaviour of RCC Columns with Corroded Reinforcements”,Proceeding of ASCE-VIT 2nd International conference-2016
• Nikhil, Nadh, V. S and Jayasree, S”Study on the mechanical and durability properties of concrete by the addition of black liquor sludge as admixture”, Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON), Sahridaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur, 576-580, 2018
• Jayasree S., Ruby Abraham and Akhil Raj S . R., “Strength and durability of concrete containing admixed recycled aggregates”, 30th Kerala Science Congress, Govt. Brennen College, Thalassery, Organised by KSCSTE and Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, January 2018

• Structural Engineering consultant of Kerala State Nirmithy Kendra Proof consultant -Bridges and Culverts under KSTP Project Structural Consultant of Federal bank Ltd
• Member of Technical Sub Committee of PMURKILSGD
• Structures and Buildings, published by ICE Publishing, a division of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE),
• Construction and Building Materials, Open access journal, Science Direct, Chair of national/ international conference .

• Professor in charge Govt consultancy Works
• Part of ‘THANAL’

ICI – UltraTech Award for Outstanding Thesis in field of Concrete in Trivandrum Region – 2018.

•  Water and Wastewater treatment
• Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
• Air Quality Management
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Disaster Management
• Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

CERD Funded Projects:

• “Solar Still Desalination Systems for the Decentralized Treatment of Saline Water”, 2023- 24
• “Wastewater treatment combined with CO₂ bio-fixation and biofuel production using indigenous microalgae”, 2022-23.

Consultancy: Water quality testing and Analysis

Publications:

• Jaya S. Pillai and Akshaya T. Siju (2025), ‘Removal of Trihalomethanes from drinking water using coconut shell as bioadsorbent’, Third International Conference on Sustainable Experimentation and Modelling in Civil Engineering (SEMCE 2025), LPU, Punjab
• Jaya S. Pillai and Brijesh Nair, A. N. (2022), ‘Constructed Wetlands Planted with Lignocellulosic Grass Species for Wastewater Treatment and Biomass Utilisation’, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment 26 (4), 86-98
• Jaya S. Pillai and Brijesh Nair, A. N. (2021), ‘Performance of Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands Planted with Indigenous Species for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Biomass Production in Kerala, India’, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 20 (2), 541-550
• Jaya S. Pillai and Brijesh Nair, A.N. (2015), ‘Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands: Review of Applications and Recent Developments’, Pollution Research, 34 (4), 95-105
• Jaya S. Pillai and Vijayan, N. (2013), ‘Wastewater Treatment: An Ecological Sanitation Approach in a Constructed Wetland’, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2 (10), 5193-5204
• Jaya S. Pillai and Vijayan, N. (2012), ‘Decentralized Greywater Treatment for Non-potable Reuse in a Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland’, Proceedings of the International Conference on Green Technologies (ICGT), Trivandrum, India, IEEE Xplore, 058-063,doi 10.1109/ICGT.2012.6477948.
• Jaya S. Pillai and Vijayan, N. (2013), ‘Wastewater Treatment coupled with Biomass Production in a Constructed Wetland’, Proceedings of the National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), College of Engineering Trivandrum

• Presently guiding one Research Scholar (Ms. Nimisha Anna Jacob, Reg. No. D-MBT24JUL007, Registered under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University)

•  Project Member and Academic Collaborator for the Collaborative Teaching Project- Course MEC632- Environmental Noise Control and Technology at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malaysia (2026)
• Translator in Regional Language (Malayalam) of the original of Second Year UG IV th Semester Book “Disaster Management” under AICTE- Technical Book Writing and Translation Scheme
• Reviewer of Technical Papers, Chair of Technical Sessions at National and International Conferences

• Life Member ISTE

• Mentor and Institute Nodal Officer, AICTE – Jal Dharohar Sanrakshan Student Internship Project for Pond Rejuvenation as part of Mission Amrit Sarovar, “Rejuvenation of Kambiyil Pond, Kadavoor, Kollam”, 2022 (Funded by NEAT Cell- AICTE, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India)

• Second Rank Holder, M. Tech Environmental Engineering (2011-13), College of Engineering Trivandrum.
• Best Paper Award , 14th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), August 2013, College of Engineering Trivandrum.

List of Publication

• Bindu Biju and Roselin R, (2025) A Review on the Effect of Short Fibers in Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC), Proceedings of International Conference on Innovations on Engineering and Technology, ICIET – 2025, ISBN No. 978-81-972950-4-1, pp 247-250
• Gopika J. S and Bindu Biju (2024) “Experimental Investigation on Bond Strength of GFRP bars in Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete”, Second International Conference on Infrastructure Development (ICID’24),
• Swarup S S and Bindu Biju, (2018) Mechanical and Durability Study of Ultra High Performance Concrete, Proceedings of Second Annual Conference Series on Engineering Education for Facing the Future (E2F2 2018): Advances in Civil Engineering, Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Pattoor, Kerala, ISBN: 978-93-5300-820-8, pp. 316-320
• Swarup S S and Bindu Biju, (2018), Shear Behaviour of RCC Beams Retrofitted with Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Proceedings of International Conference on Infrastructure Development: Issues, Innovations and the Way Forward, ICID 2018, pp. 188-198
• Imran H. and Bindu Biju, (2017), Flexural Behaviour of High Performance Concrete Beams with Admixed Light Weight Aggregate using Metakaolin, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), ISSN: 2249-8958, Volume-7, Issue- ICMSC17, pp 26-34
• Imran H. and Bindu Biju, (2016), Partial Replacement of Cement with Metakaolin in High Performance Concrete, Proceedings of ‘Third National Conference on Recent Trends in Computer Science & Engineering and Sustainability in Civil Engineering TECHSYNOD’16, IJIRSET,5, Special issue 14, pp 133-139
• Hari Krishnan, K. R. and Bindu Biju, (2016), Development of Ultra High Performance Concrete by Normal Curing Method, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology,ISSN 2347 – 6710, Vol.5, pp. 224 -229
• Hari Krishnan, K. R. and Bindu Biju, (2016), A Review Paper on Development of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete, National Conference On Advances In Structural Engineering (NASE-2017)’, Organized by Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Vol.1, pp. 136-138,
• Smrithi Cheriyath and Bindu Biju, (2014), Study on effect of Tuned Mass Damper in high rise building, National conference on technological trends, 22nd – 23rd August 2014 at College of Engineering Trivandrum, pp 404-408
• Smrithi Cheriyath and Bindu Biju, (2014), Control of structural response of high rise building using tuned mass damper, National conference on system energy and environment, 1st – 2nd August at College of Engineering Trivandrum, pp 89-92
• Smrithi Cheriyath, Bindu Biju and Lakshmi P, (2014), Response of high rise building during wind induced vibration using tuned mass damper, National conference on emerging technologies,1st -2nd August at GCEBH, pp 5-9
• Smrithi Cheriyath and Bindu Biju, 2014, Study on Natural Fiber Reinforced concrete, National conference on recent engineering advances and trends, pp 47-52

• Lekshmi chandran M, Sameer S (2019) ,” An Experimental study on iron based material:Ferrock” ,International Conference on Geotechnics for High Speed Corridors 25th and 26th July 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
• Lekshmi chandran M, Sameer S (2019) ,” Environmental Impact and Cost Analysis on Ferrock Paver Blocks” ,International Conference on Geotechnics for High Speed Corridors 25th and 26th July 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
• Jaya V., Lekshmi Chandran and Lakshmi Nandan (2016) , “Evaluation of Ground Vibration Isolation using In-Filled Coir- Latex Composite Trenches” Indian Geotechnical Society Chennai chapter, IGC 2016 December 15th-17th.
• Lekshmi Chandran and Jaya V (2017) , “Numerical parametric study on Screening Effectiveness of Ground Vibration Isolation using coir composite trenches” International conference on Geotechniques for infrastructure projects GIP 2017.
• Lekshmi Chandran, M., Jaya, V. & Balan, K. A Field Study Using Coir–Latex Composites as Wave Barriers for the attenuation of Ground Vibration. Indian Geotech J 54, 1511–1526 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-023-00828-y.
• Lekshmi Chandran M, Jaya V. and Balan, K.(2023), “Laboratory Study of Vibration Isolation Performance of Needle Felt Coir Latex Composite (NFCLC) Trench Type Wave Barriers," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, 10(7), pp 45-57. https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V10I7P103.
• Lekshmi Chandran M., Jaya V. and Balan, K.(2023), “Mitigation of Train-Induced Vibrations with Developed In-Filled Coir Composite Wave Barriers”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 14(7).
• Lekshmi Chandran M., Jaya V. and Balan, K. (2024), “Effect of Poisson’s Ratio of Developed Coir Latex Composite”,International Conference on Sustainable Materials for Engineering Applications(ICSMEA 2024),IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
• Lekshmi Chandran M., Jaya V. and Balan, K.(2023), “Sound Absorption Property of Coir Latex Composite using ImpedanceTube”, 8 th International Conference on Engineering Research and Innovations (ICERI-2023), Terna Engineering College.
• Lekshmi Chandran M., JayaV. andBalan,K. (2022), “Effectiveness of Ground Vibration Isolation using Needle Felt Coir Latex Composite (NFCLC) Barriers: An Experimental Model Study, International Conference on Recent Developments in Civil Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology(MNNIT) Allahabad, Prayagraj,India.
• Jaya V. and Lekshmi Chandran M. (2016),“Evaluation of Ground Vibration Isolation Using In-Filled Coir- Latex Composite Trenches,”Indian Geotechnical Conference. IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
• Chandran, L.M., Iraniose, D.C., Thankachan, A.A. et al. Effect of Latex Content on Morphological Behaviour of Coir-Latex Composite. Mater Circ Econ 6, 41 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42824-024-00126-9.
• Lekshmi Chandran, M., Jaya, V. & Balan, K. Effect of Poisson’s Ratio of Developed Coir Latex Composite. Mater Circ Econ 6, 42 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42824-024-00125-w.