About

Dr. Ramesh Nayaka is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at IIT Dharwad. Dr. Nayaka obtained his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering and Materials from University of Malaya (UM) in Malaysia (2016-2019) and He was also given a thesis excellence award in 2019. Dr. Nayaka attended IIT Madras and earned an M.Tech. in Building Technology and Construction Management (2011-2013). His B.Eng. in Civil Engineering (2007–2011) is from VTU Karnataka (BEC Bagalkot). In the field of Structural Engineering and Materials, and Construction Technology and Management, his research interests majorly include in structural engineering, Materials, Construction Techniques and Management. Extensively includes Structural performance of Low-Cost Housing Systems, 3D Concrete Printing, Structural Behavior of Pre-Fab Systems, Sustainable Construction Materials and Techniques, Life Cycle Cost and Environmental Analysis, Building Information Modelling (BIM),Functional Design of Buildings and Optimization Techniques.

Dr. Nayaka worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Warangal (2019-2023), MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka, and NIT Calicut before joining the IIT Dharwad. His career covers more than 10 years, including pre- and post-Ph.D. experiences in both teaching and research. He is guided More than 24 PG dissertations and 6 UG final year projects and currently supervising 7 Ph.D. thesis.

Dr. Nayaka has research articles published in esteemed journals and research initiatives supported by SERB. He contributed to a number of projects, including environmentally friendly building materials consisting of local waste materials for affordable housing, green hollow blocks, Low Carbon Footprint Precast Concrete Products for An Energy Efficient Built Environment (lowcoprecon), BIM Approach in Life Cycle Cost and Environment Assessment of FRC Slabs and Innovative Development of Sustainable Wall Cladding Systems to Curtail the Heat Ingress. Dr. Nayaka is a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) (IEI, India), a journal reviewer, and a member of ASCE, Project Management Institute (PMI), RILEM, the Indian Institute of Engineers (IEI), the Institute of Structural Engineers, and the Association of Civil Engineers (UK).