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Dr. Chinmoy Kolay is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He holds a B.E. (First Class with Honours) in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University (2006), an M.Tech. in Civil Engineering (Structures) from IIT Kanpur (2009), and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Lehigh University (2016). He joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur in June 2017. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, Dr. Kolay was a research scientist in the ATLSS Engineering Research Center at Lehigh University (2016-2017), on the faculty of the School of Civil Engineering at KIIT University (2009-2011), and a graduate engineer trainee at the Engineering Design and Research Center of Larsen & Toubro, ECC Div. (2006-2007).

Dr. Kolay’s research interests include structural behaviour under extreme loads, real-time hybrid (pseudo-dynamic) simulation, structural dynamics and control, nonlinear structural analysis, numerical techniques, and soil-structure interaction. He has published his research in several international journals of repute and presented at many international conferences (check out his research page).

Dr. Kolay is a recipient of the Excellence-in-Teaching Award from IIT Kanpur (2025), Academic Excellence Award from IIT Kanpur (2009), and several fellowships from Lehigh University, and he was a P.C. Rossin Doctoral Fellow of Lehigh University (2013-2016). He is a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), and Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET).

At IIT Kanpur, Dr. Kolay has taught courses on Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Experimental Methods, Design of Steel Structures, Structural Analysis, Mechanics of Solids, and Nonlinear Structural Analysis (check out his teaching page).