Pankaj Munjal

Designation:    Assistant Professor
Department:    Civil Engg
Qualification:    PDF (NUS, Singapore), PDF (IIT Delhi), Ph. D. (BITS Pilani), M.E (Structural Engineering)
Address:    
Email:    pankaj_munjal@nitkkr.ac.in
Phone No:    +91-1744 233337, +91-9213860000
Area of Interest:    

Concrete Technology, Oil well cement, Retrofitting and Strengthening of Masonry Structure, Material Characterization (XRD, XRF, SEM, TGA etc), Self-Compacting Concrete, High Performance Concrete, Carbon Mineralized Concrete, Geopolymer, Early Strength Concrete, Limestone Calcinated clay, Composite materials, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP), Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC)

Experience

Sr. No Position Held Organization From To
1. Assistant Professor NIT Kurukshetra 2nd Jan 2023 Present
2. Scientist Pan-United Concrete Pte Ltd, Singapore 7th Jan 2021 31st Dec 2022
3. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow NUS, Singapore 17th Dec 2018 6th Jan 2021
4. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow IIT Delhi 1st Aug 2018 16th Dec 2018
5. Junior Research Fellow BITS Pilani (DST Project) 1st Oct 2013 30th Sep 2016
6. Lecturer GIMT (KUK) 9th Feb 2010 22nd July 2011
7. GET Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd 1st Oct 2009 8th Feb 2010

 

Educational Details

  • PhD. in Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, July 2018.
  • M.E. in Structural Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, 2013.
  • B.Tech in Civil Engineering, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India, June 2009.
  • Diploma in Civil Engineering, State Board of Technical Education, Haryana, India, June 2006.

List of Publications

Patent

  1. B. Singh and Pankaj Munjal, “System and method of reinforcement of masonry structures with FRP laminates” Indian Patent.
  2. B. Singh and Pankaj Munjal, “System and method of reinforcement of masonry structures with DFRCC sheet”, Indian Patent.

 

Journals

  1. Pankaj Munjal, Kong Kian Hau, and Cheng Chuen Hon Arthur, “Effect of GGBS and Curing Conditions on Strength and Microstructure Properties of Oil Well Cement Slurry”, Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 40, pp. 10233, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102331
  2. B. Singh and Pankaj Munjal (2020), “Out-of-Plane Response of ECC Strengthened Masonry Wallets with Openings”, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 24, pp. 2078-2087. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-020-1346-x
  3. Pankaj Munjal and S. B. Singh (2020), “Out-of-plane Response of ECC Strengthened Masonry Walls”, Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance (Taylor & Francis), 5, No. 1, pp. 18-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24705314.2019.1692165
  4. B. Singh, Aditi Chauhan and Pankaj Munjal (2018), “Composite mechanics-based design approach for FRP-strengthened walls”, Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance (Taylor & Francis), Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 160-170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24705314.2018.1492670
  5. B. Singh, Richa Patil and Pankaj Munjal (2017), “Study of flexural response of Engineered Cementitious Composite faced masonry structures”, Engineering Structure, (Elsevier), Vol. 150, No 1. pp. 786-802, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.07.089
  6. B. Singh, and Pankaj Munjal (2017), “Bond strength and compressive stress-strain characteristics of brick masonry”, Journal of Building Engineering, (Elsevier), Vol. 9, pp. 10-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2016.11.006                                                           
  7. B. Singh, Aditi Chauhan, and Pankaj Munjal (2017), “A parametric study on response of FRP strengthened masonry walls under blast loading”, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (BHRC), Vol.18, No. 4, pp. 593-605.
  8. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and N. Thammishetti, (2015), “Role of Water-Cement Ratio on Strength Development of Cement Mortar”, Journal of Building Engineering, (Elsevier), Vol. 4, pp. 94-100, DOI. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2015.09.003                                                       
  9. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and N. Thammishetti, (2015), “Strengthening of Masonry Beam with ECC as Bed Joint,” Journal of Engineering Science and Technology”, Vol. 8, Special Issue on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering, pp. 29-39.
  10. B. Singh, Himanshu Chawla, and Pankaj Munjal (2015), “Effect of Shear Deformation on Flexural Response of Laminated Composite I-Beam”, Journal of Aerospace Sciences, and Technologies, Aeronautical Society of India, Vol. 67, No.4, pp. 514-522.


Books

  1. H. K. Sharma, Arun Goel and Pankaj Munjal (2023), “Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023)” Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Vol. 1, ISBN No 978-93-90951-64-2.
  2. H. K. Sharma, Arun Goel and Pankaj Munjal (2023), “Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023)” Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Vol. 2, ISBN No 978-93-90951-65-9.

 

Book Chapters

  1. Pankaj Munjal and S. B. Singh (2021), “Material Characterization of Hybrid FRP Bars”, Emerging Trends of Advanced Composite Materials in Structural Applications. Composites Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1688-4_10
  2. B. Singh and Pankaj Munjal (2019), “Mechanical properties of PVA and Polyester fibers based Engineered Cementitious, Recent Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 1, Springer Singapore, ISBN 9789811303616, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0362-3_58
  3. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal (2016), “Flexural Response of Masonry Beam Strengthened with FRP Rebars”, Insights and Innovations in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 2016, ISBN 9781138029279, pp.1731-1736.
  4. Pankaj Munjal, S. B. Singh & N. Thammishetti (2016), “Structural performances of masonry beam strengthening with FRP sheets”, Brick and Block masonry- Trends, Innovative and Challenges, CRC Press/Balkema, (Taylor & Francis Group, London), ISBN 9781138029996, pp. 2147-2152.

 

Papers Published in International/National Conferences

  1. Harsh Yadav and Pankaj Munjal (2023), “Transportation Planning for Aging Population: Challenges and Opportunities” Proceeding of National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, ISBN No 9789390951642, Vol. 1, Page No. 89-93.
  2. Neeraj and Pankaj Munjal (2023), “A Review of Graphene Impregnated Concrete” Proceeding of National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, ISBN No 9789390951659, Vol. 2, Page No. 191-195.
  3. Rajeev Kumar and Pankaj Munjal (2023), “A Case Study on River Restoration”, Proceeding of National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), NIT Kurukshetra, ISBN No 9789390951659, Vol. 2, Page No. 249-251.
  4. S. B. Singh and Pankaj Munjal (2020), “Engineered Cementitious Composite and Its Applications”, Materials Today: Proceedings, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.743
  5. Pankaj Munjal, Kong Kian Hau, and Cheng Chuen Hon Arthur (2020), “An insight on Gas Migration in Cement Slurry”, 8th International Conference on Nano and Materials Science (ICNMS 2020), Seattle, WA, USA, January 17-20 (Paper published in IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 842, DOI: 1088/1757-899X/842/1/012016
  6. Pankaj Munjal, Pravin Jagtap, M. Shahria Alam, and Vasant Matsagar (2019), Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators in Seismic Base Isolation of Buildings, Proceeding of 7th International Colloquium on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures Under Extreme Loading & Events (PROTECT-2019), Whistler, Canada, September 16-17, 2019.
  7. Pankaj Munjal, Kong Kian Hau, Abhinav Prabhakar and Cheng Chuen Hon Arthur (2019), “Oil Well Cement for High temperature-A Review”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 652, No. 1, p. 012055, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/652/1/012055
  8. S. B. Singh and Pankaj Munjal (2019), “ECC and Its Application for Strengthening of Masonry Beams” Proc. of UKIERI Concrete Congress, NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, India, March 5-8, (Keynote Paper).
  9. Pankaj Munjal and S. B. Singh (2017), “Flexural response of reinforced masonry beams with cement mortar as bed joint”, 13th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Halifax, NS, Canada, June 4-7, pp. 1-9.
  10. S. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and Richa Patil (2016), “Experimental and Numerical Simulation of ECC Strengthened Masonry Structures in Flexure” Proceeding of Sixth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-2016), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, June 27-July1, pp. 70-74.
  11. S. B. Singh and Pankaj Munjal (2016), “Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Masonry Beams with ECC as Bed Joint”, International Conference on Advances in Concrete Technology Materials & Construction Practices (CTMC-2016), Goa, India, June 22-24, pp. 16-21.
  12. S. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal (2015), “Flexural response of strengthened masonry beam with CFRP”, Proceeding of National Conference on Recent advancement in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nov. 28-29, pp. 3-7.
  13. S. B. Singh, Pankaj Munjal, and Thamisetti Nikesh (2015), “Influence of Water-Cement Ratio on Mechanical Properties of Cement Mortar”, Proc. of UKIERI Concrete Congress, NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, India, Nov. 2-5, pp.221-231.

 

Conference/Workshop/STC Organized

  1. One-week Short Term Course (STC) on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM-2023), at NIT Kurukshetra during June 12-16, 2023.
  2. National Conference on Sustainable Development of Smart Cities Infrastructure (SDSCI-2023), at NIT Kurukshetra during May 27-28, 2023.

 

Awards and Honors

  • Session Chair of 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and materials science, Bangkok, Thailand, May 17-19 2019.
  • Approved the National Post-Doctoral funding from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Feb 2019.
  • Received the best paper award at ACEE2015, Penang, Malaysia on 29th July 2015.
  • Received best teacher award in the department of Civil Engineering, Geeta Institute of Management and Technology, (GIMT) Kanipla, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana of session 2010-11.
  • B.tech with distinction from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar

Invited Lectures Delivered

  • Delivered Invited Lecture on “Disaster Preparedness” at Panipat Institute of Engineering & Technology (PIET) Samalkha, Haryana, April 8, 2023.
  • Delivered invited Lecture on “Green and Sustainable Concrete Development – the Pan-United Way” at Indian Institute of Science (IISC) – Bengaluru, 23 November, 2022.
  • Delivered invited Lecture on “Green and Sustainable Concrete Development – the Pan-United Way” at Nanyang Technological University – NTU Singapore, 26 August, 2022.
  • Delivered invited Lecture on “Engineered Cementitious Composites & its applications for Strengthening of Masonry Structures” at Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, India, 15 May, 2021.
  • Delivered invited Lecture on “Engineered Cementitious Composites & its applications for repair and Retrofitting of Masonry Structures” at Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology, Rajasthan, India, 8 May 2021.
  • Delivered invited Lecture on the topic of “Development of Ductile Composite Material for Application of Strengthening of Structures,” in Current Aspects and Research Opportunities in Civil Engineering at Jaypee University of Information Technology, India, 20th-24th July, 2020.
  • Delivered invited Lecture on “Engineered Cementitious Composites & its applications for Strengthening of Masonry Structures” at Sobhasaria Group of Institutions, Rajasthan, India, 22nd July, 2020.

 

Reviewer for International Journal

  • Advance in Structural Engineering (SAGE Journal)
  • Waste Management (Elsevier)
  • Cement and Concrete Composites (Elsevier)
  • KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (Springer)
  • Journal of Building Engineering (Elsevier)
  • Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance (Taylor & Francis)
  • Scientia Iranica
  • Inder-Science Journal
  • Indian Concrete Journal (ICJ)
  • Computational Engineering and Physical Modeling

 

 

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