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Vinay Kumar Gupta
PhD (University of Southern California, USA)
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Research Interest
Random Vibrations, Earthquake Engineering
Office
Workshop Building II
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Structural Engineering
Education
PhD, University of Southern California, USA, 1989
M.S., University of Southern California, USA, 1990
M.E., University of Roorkee, 1985
B.E., University of Roorkee, 1982
Teaching Area
Mechanics of Solids
Structural Analysis
Structural Design
Materials Quality and Management
Structural Dynamics
Earthquake Analysis and Design of Structures
Random Vibrations
Selected Publications
Das, S. and Gupta, V.K., Scaling of response spectrum and duration for aftershocks, Soil Dyn. Earthq. Eng, vol.30(8), 2010, pp.724-735.
Gupta, V. K., Kumar, M. and Kumar, D., Peak floor accelerations in multistoried buildings, Proceedings of the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering?On the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Banja Luka Earthquake, Banja Luka, B&H, Keynote Lecture, Volume on Selected Topics in Earthquake Engineering?From Earthquake Source to Seismic Design and Hazard Mitigation, 2009, pp.217-235.
Gupta, V. K., Short communication: A new approximation for spectral velocity ordinates at short periods, Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn., 38(7), 2009, pp.941-949.
Sadhu, A. and Gupta, V. K., A modal combination rule for ordered peak response under multi-component ground motion, ISET J. Earthq. Tech., 45(3-4), 2008, pp.79-96.
Das, S. and Gupta, V. K., Wavelet-based simulation of spectrum-compatible aftershock accelerograms, Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn., 37(11), 2008, pp.1333-1348.
Awards & Fellowships
`Young Engineer Award, 1997' from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
Editor, ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology (since May, 1998)
Vice-President, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) (04/03-03/07)
Life Fellow, ISET since February, 2003
'Kapitsa Gold Medal' in 2004 from the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Research Group
Riya Catherine George, Varun Kumar Singla
Professional Experience
1999- Present, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
1994-99 Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
1990-94 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
1989-90 Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, USA
1982-83 Management Trainee/Junior Engineer, Ocean Engineering Department, Engineers India Limited, New Delhi, India