Department: Civil Engineering

Mr. U P GOVIND

Employee Code / ID No.
Qualifications M.Tech in Structural Engineering
Orcid ID  
Industry / R & D Experience 2.5 years as Senior Bridge Design Engineering in L & T Constructions, and 2 year teaching experience
Email ID [email protected] 
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected] 
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 9495305063
Areas of Interest / Current Research Analysis and Design of substructure components of bridges, live load analysis of Road and Railway bridge segments, transverse live load analysis of bridge segmeents, sesimic analysis of buildings and bridges.
Research, Consultancy, Publication consultancy work on superstructure analysis of double lane I girder bridge for Inland Navigation Department, conference publication on storey displacement using linear static and dynamic analysis
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle)
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations
Community Outreach Activities
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any

Dr. Neethu Roy

Employee Code / ID No. 10102004
Qualifications Ph.D
Orcid ID 0000-0002-6051-2230
Industry / R & D Experience –
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. Mobile: 9567169399 / Intercom : 314
Areas of Interest / Current Research Pavement material characterization, pavement analysis and design, pavement management system
Research, Consultancy, Publication Peer Reviewed Science cited International Journals :

  • R. Nivitha, R. Devika, J. Murali Krishnan, Neethu Roy, Influence of bitumen type and polymer dosage on the relaxation spectrum of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS)/styrene-butadiene (SB) modified bitumen, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-021-09531-y (2021).
  • M R Nivitha, Neethu Roy & J Murali Krishnan, Influence of refinery processing methods on ageing of bitumen, Sadhana – Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 44, 128 (2019).
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan and J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Confinement Pressure and Air Voids on the Repeated Creep and Recovery of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, July 2014.
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan and J. Murali Krishnan, Interpretation of Flow Number Test Data for Asphalt Mixtures, Institute of Civil Engineers – Transport, UK, May 2014.
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan, Pankaj Jain and J. Murali Krishnan, A Re-look at the Asphalt Mixture Performance Test Protocols and Computational Algorithms, ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2013, pp. 1- 16.

Peer Reviewed Science cited International Conferences:

  • N.Roy, V.Chowdary, U. Saravanan, J. M. Krishnan, Non-linear modeling of the influence of rest period on healing behavior of asphalt concrete mixtures, Green and Intelligent Technologies for Sustainable and Smart Asphalt Pavements – Liu et al. (Eds) : Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Frontiers of Road and Airport Engineering, 12-14 July, 2021, Delft, Netherlands (IFRAE). ISBN: 978-1-032-16954-5.
  • Lakshmi Roja, Neethu Roy and J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Aging on the Rheological Behavior of Warm Mix Asphalt Binders, 8th RILEM International Symposium on Testing and Characterization of Sustainable and Innovative Bituminous Materials, Francesco Canestrari and Manfred N. Partl (Editors), Rilem Book Series, Springer, London, Volume 11, Oct.2015, 497.
  • Neethu Roy, Issues Related to Evaluating Rutting of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures in the Laboratory, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (2nd International Conference on Materials, Mechanics & Management), Dec.2014.
  • Neethu Roy, Venkaiah Chowdary and J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Rest Periods on the Creep and Recovery of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management CTR, CED, NIT Calicut, India, May 12-13, 2014.
  • Neethu Roy, J. Murali Krishnan and A. Veeraragavan, Effect of Confinement Pressure on Creep and Recovery Response of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, Proceedings of International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIREPAV7), Auckland – New Zealand, August 2012.
  • Neethu Roy, A. Veeraragavan, J. Murali Krishnan, Influence of Air Voids of Hot Mix Asphalt on Rutting Within the Framework of Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design, 2nd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (2nd CTRG), Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 104 (2013) 99 – 108.

Peer Reviewed National Journals:

  • Neethu Roy, J. Murali Krishnan and A. Veeraragavan, Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Concrete Mixtures using Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT), Indian Highways, June 2012, pp. 61-68.
  • Neethu Roy, Kuncheria P. Isaac and A. Veeraragavan, Sensitivity Analysis of Input Parameters for Application of HDM-4 for Investment Decisions, Indian Highways, Vol. 34, No.1, 2006.
  • Neethu Roy, Kuncheria P. Isaac and A. Veeraragavan, HDM-4: Calibration to Indian Conditions and its Applications – Case Study, Highway Research Bulletin, IRC No. 69, 2003.

National Conference:

  •  Devika R., Roy, Neethu and Krishnan, J. M., Influence of Polymer Dosage on the Creep and Recovery of Polymer Modified Bitumen, 7th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, KSCSTE-NATPAC &CET, Kerala, Dec., 2020.
  • Niranjana J. S., Feba Paul, Hridya D Nambiar, Ashly Joy and Neethu Roy, Flood Risk Assessment of Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala, Proceedings of International Web Conference in Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Planet (ICCESP 2021). DOI: 10.21467/proceedings.112; Series: AIJR Proceedings; ISSN: 2582-3922; ISBN: 978-81-947843-x-x, March 2021.
Ph.D Research Guidance  (Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) Research Supervisor, “Economic Models to Optimize Life Cycle Cost of Bituminous Pavements”, Mr. Sunil Kumar K (email:[email protected]), Registered under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University; Co- Supervisor: Dr. Praveen Sal C J., Principal, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology.
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
  • Technical advisor to Rebuilt Kerala Initiative, Govt. of Kerala.
  • Member, Project Advisory Group, KSCSTE – National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC)
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations ASCE – ASCE 10452418 (Faculty Advisor, MBCET Student Chapter of ASCE); ISTE-Life Member
Community Outreach Activities –
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any
  • Shree Gaayathree Devi Award for the female scholar in Civil Engineering with highest CGPA for the year 2013, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
  • Prof. C. E. G. Justo Endowment Award for the year 2002 for being the best outgoing M.Tech student in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum.

Mr. Sreeju Nair S B

Employee Code / ID No. 10122099
Qualifications M.Tech Computer Aided Structural Engineering
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-6178
Industry / R & D Experience 4.5 Years
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 8129646426
Areas of Interest / Current Research Thermo-structures, Advanced composites, FEM Modelling, Simulation Solving, Analysis and Design of Tall and Complex Structures.
Research, Consultancy, Publication Research: Functionally Graded Materials.
Consultancy: Structural Design and Drawing.
Publications: 1. Presented paper titled ‘Analysis of Functionally Graded Panels using FEM under Different End Constraints’ at National Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE 2019) by Amal Jyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Kanjirappally.
2. Sreeju Nair S B, C. Pany, (2020) “Functionally Graded Panels: A Review”, International Journal for Modern Trends in Science and Technology, 6(8): 36-43. https://doi.org/10.46501/IJMTST060808
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) Nil
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities 1. Quality Testing, Structural Design at Dept run consultancy, PRS CET.
2. Structural Consultant for Grihashilpi Building Consultancy.
3. Structural Consultant for Hefty Homes.
4. Construction Supervision and Consultant to Multi-storey Commercial and Residential Buildings.
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations Nil
Community Outreach Activities 1. NSS Programme Officer at KTU NSS Cell Unit No. 221 (2021-2022).
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any 1. Chief Student Coordinator at IBCC INDIA.
2. Student Member at Indian Concrete Institute, Kochi Chapter (2017-2019)

Mr.Divyaprasad S P

Employee Code / ID No. 10123103
Qualifications M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering
Orcid ID 0009-0009-5592-8301
Industry / R & D Experience Nil
Email ID [email protected]
Alternate E-mail ID [email protected]
Mobile No (Optional) / Intercom Extension No. 8075595576/ Ext: 206
Areas of Interest / Current Research Soil Stabilization, Fibre reinforced concrete
Research,  Consultancy, Publication
  • Published a paper in Indian Patents bearing Application Number 201841046911 titled “Soil Stabilization Using Smooth Cordgrass Fibres” in December 2018. (Completed up to hearing level)
  • Published a paper in Indian Patents bearing Application Number 201841046910 titled “An Innovative Method on Waste Management” in December 2018. (Completed up to publication level)
  • Published a paper titled “Kuttanad Soil Stabilization Using Smooth Cordgrass Fibres” in International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), Vol. 6, Issue 7, July 2019, pp. 3679-3682.
  • Published a paper titled “Utilization of Salt water Cord grass Fibres for Stabilizing Kuttanad Soil” in Journal of Advances Engineering (HBRP Publication from National level conference conducted by LBS, Thiruvananthapuram), Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2020.
  • Presented a paper titled “Effect of Polypropylene Fibres on the Strength of Concrete and Hollow Concrete Blocks” in the International Conference on Innovative Trends in Science and Technology (ICITST-2018) organized by Sarabhai Institute of Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Techown.
  • Presented a paper titled “Study on Improvement of Strength Properties of Kuttanad Soil Using Smooth Cordgrass Fibres” in the 1st International Conference on Recent Scientific Research in Engineering and Technology organized by John Cox Memorial CSI Institute of Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Techown on 2019.
  • Presented a paper titled “Strength Improvement in Kuttanad Soil Using Salt Water Cordgrass Fibres” in the 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Science & Technology organised by GKM College of Engineering & Technology, Chennai and Techown in 2020.
  • Presented a paper titled “Stabilization of Kuttanad Soil Using Smooth Cord Grass Fibres”in Geocon 2020 organized by Students Chapter of IGS and ICI, LBSITW, Thiruvananthapuram.                                                                   
Ph.D Research Guidance ( Research Scholar, E-mail ID, Research Topic/ Tentative Thesis Tittle) Nil
Academic / Professional Outreach Activities
  • Staff Advisor 2023-2027 batch (from July 1, 2025)
  • Coordinated 4 expert talks, one 3 day SDP for students, one 5 day lab training programme for lab faculties
  • GATE 2024 training coordination and GATE 2025 training for S6, S7 & S8 students
  • Participated in a 5 day online FDP on the theme Incorporating Universal Human Values in Technical Education organized by AICTE in September 2024.
  • Department Honours courses coordinator
Membership in Professional bodies/ organizations
  • Have Engineer A License issued by Department of Urban Affairs, Government of Kerala on 27/12/2021.
  •  Life Membership of Indian Geotechnical Society issued on 19/7/2023.
Community Outreach Activities Coordinated UHV student activities (college level) in 2025
Awards / Distinctions / Rank / Other Achievements if any
  • M. Tech College topper
  • NPTEL certification course in Subsurface Exploration- Importance and Techniques involved with a consolidated score of 87% (AICTE approved FDP, Elite + Silver, 1% topper)
  • Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Influence of Kerosene Coated Saltmarsh Cordgrass Fibres on Kuttanad Soil” in the 1st Online National Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology (RTET’20) organized by Malabar Institute of Technology, Kannur in association with ISTE and IGS Trivandrum Chapter (published in conference proceedings).