Purnachandra Saha

Professor

Dr. Purnachandra Saha is an Associate Professor (II) in School of Civil Engineering at KIIT DU, Bhubaneswar, India. He joined KIIT-DU in 2013 and has been involved in various teaching and research activities. He received his PhD from IIT Bombay and has 13 years of teaching experiences. He has worked in a multinational company (mainly design of industrial structure before completing his doctoral degree) for seven and half years. He has written 108 research articles (Journal & Conference Papers) among which 30 are with B. Tech students till date. He is a member of ASCE and The Faculty Advisor of ASCE KIIT University Student Chapter. He Guided B. Tech students to won National Level Steel Design Competition organized by INSDAG, Ministry of Steel for 3 times (2016-17, 2019-20 and 2020-21)

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Scopus Id :
56734114300
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Educational Qualification
  • PhD - IIT Bombay
  • M.E IIEST Shibpur
  • B.Tech IE (India)


Research Interests
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Structural Dynamics
  • structural health monitoring and structural control
  • sustainable materials, green buildings

Journals/Conferences :
1. Swagato Das and Purnachandra Saha (20211). “Performance of swarm intelligence based chaotic meta-heuristic algorithms in civil structural health monitoring”. Measurement, Elsevier Publication. 169 (108533).
2. Monalisha Sharma, Priyadarshinee Behera, Srishti Saha, Tribikram Mohanty, and Purnachandra Saha (2021). Effect of silica fume and red mud on mechanical properties of ferrochrome ash based concrete. Materials Today: Proceedings. doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.11.372
3. Swagato Das, Purnachandra Saha, S. P. Jena, and P. Panda. (2021). Geopolymer concrete: Sustainable green concrete for reduced greenhouse gas emission–A review. Materials Today: Proceedings. doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.11.588
4. Swagato Das, Purnachandra Saha, S.C. Satapathy and J.J. Jena (2020),” Social group optimization algorithm for civil engineering structural health monitoring”, Engineering Optimization (Taylor & Francis), 53 (10), 1651-1670, DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2020.1808974

5. Swagato Das and Purnachandra Saha (2020). “Performance of hybrid decomposition algorithm under heavy noise condition for health monitoring of structure”. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, (Springer), Impact factor 1.817, 10, 679–692, ISSN: 2190-5479. doi.org/10.1007/s13349-020-00412-5
6. Swagato Das and Purnachandra Saha (2018). “A Review of Some Advanced Sensors used for Health Diagnosis of Civil Engineering Structures”. Measurement (Elsevier) 129, 68–90.
7. Swagato Das and Purnachandra Saha (2018). “Structural health monitoring techniques implemented on IASC–ASCE benchmark problem: a review”. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, (Springer), 8(4) pp 689-718. ISSN: 2190-5479
8. Arijit Saha, Purnachandra Saha and S.K. Patro (2018),” Seismic Protection of the benchmark highway bridge with passive hybrid control system”, Earthquakes and Structures (Techno-Press), 15(3), 227-241.
9. Arijit Saha, Purnachandra Saha and S.K. Patro (2017),” Polynomial Friction Pendulum isolators (PFPI) for seismic performance control of Benchmark Highway Bridge”, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration (Springer), 16(4), 827-840.
10. Swagato Das and Purnachandra Saha (2016). "Vibration-based Damage Detection Techniques used for Health Monitoring of Structures - A Review." Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, Springer, 6(3) pp 477-507.
11. Purnachandra Saha and R. S. Jangid (2016). "Seismic control of benchmark cable-stayed bridge using variable sliding isolators." Journal of Structural Engineering, 43, pp. 69-90. ISSN 0970-0137.
12. Arijit Saha, Purnachandra Saha and Sanjaya K Patro (2015). "Seismic response control of benchmark Highway Bridge using non-linear FV spring damper" The IES Journal Part A: Civil & Structural Engineering (Taylor and Francis), 8:4, pp 240-250. ISSN 1937-3260.
13. Sarath Chandra Kumar Bendapudi and P. Saha (2011). “Contribution of Fly ash to the properties of Mortar and Concrete”, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 4, pp 1017-1023. ISSN 0974-5904.
14. Purnachandra Saha and R. S. Jangid (2009). "Seismic control of benchmark cable-stayed bridge using passive hybrid systems." The IES Journal Part A: Civil & Structural Engineering (Taylor and Francis), 2, pp. 1-16. ISSN 1937-3260.
15. Purnachandra Saha and R. S. Jangid (2008). "Comparative performance of isolation systems for benchmark cable-stayed bridge." International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (China), 6, pp. 111-139. ISSN 1727-2394.


Books :


PEER REVIEWER FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS

  • Engineering Structures, Published by Elsevier [impact factor 4.471(2020)]
  • Structures, Published by Elsevier [impact factor 2.983(2020)]
  • Materials and Structures, Published by Springer [impact factor 3.428(2020)]
  • Sustainability, Published by MDPI [impact factor 3.251(2020)]
  • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Published by SAGE [impact factor 2.569 (2020)]
  • Intelligent Buildings International, Published by Taylor & Francis [impact factor 1.93(2020)]
  • Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Published by Springer[impact factor 0.96 (2020)]
  • Management Decision, Published by Emerald Insight [impact factor 4.957 (2020)]