KEC Faculty Profile

Name                                        :           Dr. S.Karthikeyan     

Department                         :           Civil Engineering

Qualification                       :           B.E., M.E., Ph.D.

Designation                          :           Associate Professor

Area of Specialization     

            Research                  :           Fibre Reinforced Concrete

            Academic                 :           Structural Analysis & Design of Steel Structures

Date of Joining in KEC   :           04.06.2014

Experience in years (Till date) 

            Teaching:     13.10       Industry:      2.9       Others: -

Contact Details

            Email                         :karthikeyan.civil@kongu.ac.in / karthistruct@gmail.com

            Mobile Number     :+91- 9842598765

            Office                         : 04294-226700                    Intercom      :           708

No. of Papers published

            International Journals                            :           20

No. of Book Chapters published

            International                                               :           03

No. of Papers Presented

            National Conferences                              :           02

            International Conferences                     :           07

Journals Published (International)

Karthikeyan Selvarajan, Vasanthasurya Senthilkumar, Sanjana Ravikumar, Sanjithraj Mohanamanoharan, Arunmozhi Manoharan, “Flexural Behavior of Infilled Steel Concrete Composite Sections Using Expanded Clay Aggregates”, Springer Proceedings in Materials, Volume 60, pp 719-730, November 2024. (SCOPUS Indexed)

Karthikeyan, S, Kishore, S, Manikandaprabhu, S., Kaven, R., Arunmozhi, M., “Behaviour of Encased Steel Concrete Composite Beams Using Lightweight Aggregate and Fibers”, Springer Proceedings in Materials, Volume 60, pp 355-366, November 2024. (SCOPUS Indexed)

Karthikeyan S, Ramgughan B, “Experimental Investigation on Effect of Waste PET Fibres on the Impact Behaviour of PET Fibre Reinforced Concrete”, Global Nest Journal, Volume 26, No 3, pp 1-5, March 2024. (SCI)

Karthikeyan S, Neelakantan T R, Jagan S, “Microbial Technique to Treat Recycled Aggregates from Construction Waste for its Effective reutilization in Concrete”, Global Nest Journal, Volume 25, No 10, pp 148-155, October 2023. (SCI)

Jagan Sivamani, Karupasamy Narayanan, Dharmaraj R, Thiyaneswaran Periyasamy, Karthikeyan Selvarajan & Navaneethan Kumaravalasu Subramaniam, "Properties of Sustainable High Strength Concrete with Waste Copper Slag", Journal of Wuhan University of Technology -Matereial Science Edition, Volume 38, pp 815-822, August 2023.(SCI)

M. P. Thiyaneswaran, K. Nirmalkumar, V. Sampathkumar & S. Karthikeyan, "Experimental Analysis on Replacing Cement in High Strength Concrete Beam with Silica Fume, Steel Fibre and Recron Fibre", Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Volume 24, No 3, pp 809 - 819, June 2023. (SCOPUS Indexed)

S.Karthikeyan, S. Deepiha, K. Dinesh, F. Chriswin, "An Experimental Study on the Impact of Incorporating Glass on the Photocatalytic Capacity of Concrete Blocks", Materials Research Proceedings, Volume 23,  pp 114 - 121, May 2022.(SCOPUS Indexed)

A. Sella Kumaraswamy, K.Nirmalkumar, V.Sampathkumar & S.Karthikeyan, "Experimental Study on the Usage of Eco-Friendly and Recyclable Helical Springs as Dampers In Earthquake Resistance Construction", Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Volume 23, No 2, pp 616 - 623, May 2022.(SCI)

S.Karthikeyan, K.M.Jeevananthan, T.Karis Prabakar, R.Harini & S.P.Murali Kannan "A Study on the Behaviour of Cold Formed Steel Sections based on Fasteners", AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 2387,  pp 100006-1 - 100006-5, November 2021.(SCOPUS Indexed)

S.Karthikeyan, P.Arun, M.P.Thiyaneswaran, "Summary of Non-Biodegradable Wastes in Concrete", AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 2235,  pp 020020-1 - 020020-7, May 2020.(SCOPUS Indexed)

M.P.Thiyaneswaran, Revin Jenova, S.Karthikeyan, "Mechanical properties of high performance concrete incorporating mineral admixtures", AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 2235,  pp 020008-1 - 020020-6, May 2020.(SCOPUS Indexed)

V.Pradeesh, S.Karthikeyan, D.Prabakaran, "Utilization of Prosopis Juliflora Root Powder as a Self Curing Agent", International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Technovation, Volume 1, Issue 6, pp 342-345, November 2019.(SCOPUS Indexed)

S.Karthikeyan, G.Vennila, "Ductile Behaviour of RCC Beams Reinforced with Polyethylene Terephthalate [PET] Fibres", Caribbean Journal of Science, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 927-931, April 2019.

C.Veeraiyan, S.Karthikeyan, "Behaviour of Cold Formed Steel Built-up Columns by Using Fasteners", International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp 4490-4494, April 2019.

S.Karthikeyan, G.Vennila, "Study on Utilization of Waste Plastic Fibres as a Construction Entity", Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp 1720-1725, December 2018. (SCOPUS Indexed)

S.Karthikeyan, S. Thoufiq Ahamed, "Experimental Study on Ductile Behaviour of RCC Beams using PET Fibre Concrete", ETCEA - 2017 Conference Proceedings, Volume 5 Issue 8 pp 49 – 52 February 2017.

S.Karthikeyan, S. Thoufiq Ahamed., "Study on Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Cement Concrete using Pet Wires" , International Journal for Scientific Research & Development, Volume 5 Issue 1 pp 1243 – 1245 April 2017.

S.Karthikeyan, G.Vennila, "Study on Properties of Concrete using Polyethylene Terephthalate [PET] Fibres", Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol.6, No.8, pp.873-882, August 2016, DOI NUMBER: 10.5958/2249-7315.2016.00656.0

S.Karthikeyan, P.Kulanthaivel, P.Ravichandran, M.P.Thiyaneswaran, "Experimental Study on Stabilization of Soil using Flyash and Quarry Dust", International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, Vol.1, Issue 5 pp 7-18, February 2016.

S.Karthikeyan, G.Vennila, "Analysis of Compressive Strength of Concrete Using Polyethylene Terepthalate (PET) Fibres", International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.10, No.14 pp.34776-34778 November 2015.(SCOPUS Indexed)

Book Chapters Published (International)

S.Karthikeyan, V.Pradeesh  & D.Prabakaran, "Study on Utilization of Prosopis Juliflora Root Powder as a Self Curing Agent", New Visions in Scinece and Technology, Volume 4,  pp 95-99, September 2021, DOI:10.9734/bpi/nvst/v4/1947C (Web Link: https://www.bookpi.org/bookstore/product/new-visions-in-science-and-technology-vol-4/)

S.Karthikeyan, P.Arun, M.P.Thiyaneswaran, "A Brief Study on the Use of Non-Biodegradable Wastes in Concrete", Current Approaches in Science and Technology Research, Volume 14,  pp 148-156, August 2021, DOI: 10.9734/bpi/castr/v14/11816D (Web Link: https://stm.bookpi.org/CASTR-V14/article/view/3006)

S.Karthikeyan, K. M. Jeevananthan, T. Karis Prabakar, R. Harini, and S. P. Murali Kannan, "Structural Behaviour of Cold Formed Steel Sections Based on Fasteners", Techniques and Innovation in Engineering Research, Volume 6, pp 1-12, December 2022, DOI:10.9734/bpi/taier/v6/2996C (Web Link: https://stm.bookpi.org/TAIER-V6/article/view/8947)

Papers Presented in National Conferences

S.Karthikeyan, S. Thoufiq Ahamed, "Mechanical Properties Of Concrete Reinforced With PET Wires", National Conference on Multidisciplinary Approach to Focus on Strengthening of Infrastructure, Kongu Engineering College, 17.03.2017.

S.Karthikeyan, M.Dineshkumar, "Analysis of concrete cubes using polyethylene Terephthalate [PET] Fibres", National Conference on Construction, Computing, Control, Communication and Manufacturing, SRS College of Engineering and Technology, 04.04.2013 & 05.04.2013 .

Papers Presented in International Conferences

S.Karthikeyan, P.Arun, M.P.Thiyaneswaran, "Summary of Non-Biodegradable Wastes in Concrete", International Conference on Emerging Applications in Material Science and Technology, Gnanamani College of Technology, 30.01.2020 & 31.01.2020.

V.Pradeesh, S.Karthikeyan, D.Prabakaran, "Utilization of Prosopis Juliflora Root Powder as a Self Curing Agent", International Conference on Smart Applications for Environmental Quality Assessment and Promoting Health Care Systems Using Internet of Things, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, 28.08.2019 & 29.08.2019.

C.Veeraiyan, S.Karthikeyan, "Behaviour of Cold Formed Steel Built-up Columns by Using Fasteners", International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advancements in Civil Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, 21.03.2019 to 23.03.2019.

S.Karthikeyan, S. Thoufiq Ahamed, "Experimental Study on Ductile Behaviour of RCC Beams using PET Fibre Concrete", International Conference on Emerging trends in Civil Engineering and Architecture, Trinity College of Engineering, Trivandrum, 25.02.2017.

S.Karthikeyan, Dhivya Bharathi S, "Study on the Impact of Value Engineering Practices in Large Construction Projects", International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Design and Applications - ICSMDA 16, Kongu Engineering College, 18.03.2016 & 19.03.2016.

S.Karthikeyan, Dhivya Bharathi S, "Study on Factors Influencing Value Engineering Practices in Large Construction Projects", First International conference on Emerging trends in Science, Engineering & Technology, Nandha college of Technology, 04.03.2016 & 05.03.2016.

S.Karthikeyan, G.Udhaya Kumar, "Experimental Investigation of Waste Glass Powder as a Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete", Al-Ameen Engineering College, March 2014.

Guest lectures/Webinars delivered

1. Delivered a guest lecture on "Design of Steel Structures" at Muthayammal College of Engineering, Rasipuram on 20.02.2016.

2. Delivered a guest lecture on "Design of Steel Structure" at SNS College of Engineering, Coimbatore on 18.03.2018.

3. Delivered a webinar on "Applications of Non Biodegradable Wastes in Concrete" at Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology, Namakkal on 18.11.2020.

4. Delivered a webinar on "Significant Concepts in Structural Analysis" at Vivekanandha College of ]Technology for Women, Tiruchengode on 13.13.2021.