Biography

Dr. S.K. Sekar is currently working as Senior Professor and Dean at VIT University, Vellore, India. He has obtained his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is having 29 years teaching experience, and 8 month industry experience and 14 years research experience. Previously he was appointed as Principal at Annamalaiar College of Engineering, Mudaiyur, Polur, and Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Senior Lecturer at Adhiparashakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, and Associate Lecturer and Lecturer at Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Kancheepuram. Dr. S.K Sekar also acted as Chief Guest/Speaker in several meetings. He also received honors includes 5 times received Best Teacher Award and Research Eminent Award from VIT University. He has completed 6 funded research projects and 18 consultancy projects. He has published 2 books, 27 research articles in national and international journals, 65 papers in national and international conferences, and 2 patents contributed as author/co-author. He successfully supervised 4 M.Tech, 4 B.Tech and 4 PhD students currently in his supervision. He is life member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Systems Society of India (SSI), Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), and fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE).

Area of Interest:

Physical Science Engineering

100%

Engineering Research

62%

Materials Science

90%

Applied Engineering

75%

Structural Engineering

55%

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Selected Publications

Harish, E.L., S. Karthikeyan and S.K. Sekar, 2015. Corrosion inhibition of reinforcing steel in simulated concrete pore solution-An ecofriendly approach. Int. J. ChemTech. Res., 7: 2003-2006.
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Yuvaraj, P., A.R. Murthy, N.R. Iyer, P. Samui and S.K. Sekar, 2014. Prediction of fracture characteristics of high strength and ultra high strength concrete beams based on relevance vector machine. Int. J. Damage Mech., 23: 979-1004.
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Thirumalini, P. and S.K. Sekar, 2014. Effect of microbiologically induced CaCO3 precipitation by addition of Kadukai and Jaggery in lime mortar. Int. J. Applied Eng. Res., 9: 6149-6157.
Sekar, S.K., 2014. Prediction of compressive strength of GGBS concrete using neural network. Int. J. Applied Eng. Res., 9: 8983-8993.
Samui, P., 2014. ANN model to predict fracture characteristics of high strength and ultra high strength concrete beams. J. Comput. Mater. Continua, 41: 193-213.
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Ravi, R. and S.K. Sekar, 2014. Study on cactus extract as a hydrophobic admixture in lime mortar. Int. J. Applied Eng. Res., 9: 6649-6659.
Yuvaraj, P., A.R. Murthy, N.R. Iyer, S.K. Sekar and P. Samui, 2013. Support vector regression based models to predict fracture characteristics of high strength and ultra high strength concrete beams. Eng. Fracture Mech., 98: 29-43.
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Yuvaraj, P., A.R. Murthy, N.R. Iyer, P. Samui and S.K. Sekar, 2013. Prediction of critical stress intensity factor for high strength concrete beams using support vector regression. J. Struct. Eng. India, 40: 245-253.
Yuvaraj, P., A.R. Murthy, N.R. Iyer, P. Samui and S.K. Sekar, 2013. Multivariate adaptive regression splines model to predict fracture characteristics of high strength and ultra high strength concrete beams. Comput. Mater. Continua, 36: 73-97.
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Thirumalini, P. and S.K. Sekar, 2013. Review on herbs used as admixture in lime mortar used in ancient structures. Indian J. Applied Res., 3: 43-46.
Ravi, R. and S.K. Sekar, 2013. Enhancing the mechanical characteristics of lime mortar over the ages-a review. Indian J. Applied Res., 3: 39-42.
Manoharan, V., P. Porchelvan and S.K. Sekar, 2013. Removal of heavy metals from brown coal lignite using electro kinetic method. Int. J. Earth Sci. Eng., 6: 1631-1636.
Vaani, N. and S.K. Sekar, 2012. Regional landslide hazard zonation and vulnerability analysis using AHP and GIS-a case study of Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India. Disaster Adv., 5: 171-176.
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Asadi, S.S., B.V.T. Vasantha Rao and S. Sekar, 2012. Creation of physical characteristics information for natural resources management using remote sensing and GIS: A model study. Int. J. Mod. Eng. Res., 2: 226-232.
Thirumalini, P., R. Ravi, S.K. Sekar and M. Nambirajan, 2011. Study on the performance enhancement of lime mortar used in ancient temples and monuments in India. Indian J. Sci. Technol., 4: 1484-1487.
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Samui, P., S.K. Sekar and K. Kulkarni, 2011. Machine Learning in Concrete Technology. VDM Publishing House Ltd., Germany.
Rao, P., S. Mohan and S.K. Sekar, 2011. Shear resistance of high volume fly ash reinforced concrete beams without web reinforcement. Int. J. Civil Structural Eng., 1: 986-993.
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Kim, D., S.K. Sekar and P. Samui, 2011. Model of Least Square Support Vector Machine (LSSVM) for prediction of fracture parameters of concrete. Int. J. Concrete Struct. Mater., 5: 29-33.
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Asadi, S.S., M.V. Raju, P.N. Rani and S.K. Sekar, 2011. Pollution prevention study using remote sensing and GIS: A model study from Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. Int. J. Eng. Sci. Technol., 3: 4581-4587.
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Asadi, S.S., G. Rajani, B.V.T. Vasantha Rao and S.K. Sekar, 2011. Creation of an export village level land use/land cover information system using remote sensing, GIS and VB net: A case study from Prakasam district, A.P, India. Int. J. Eng. Res. Applic., 1: 595-610.
Vaani, N. and S.K. Sekar, 2010. A Study on land use/land cover change and its impact on landslides. J. Geomatics, 4: 95-99.
Thangaraj, R., S.K. Sekar and S. Guhanathan, 2010. Synthesis and characterization of multi-layered core/shell particles by sequential emulsion polymerization. Composite Interfaces, 17: 159-163.
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Rao, P., H.S. Rao and S.K. Sekar, 2010. Effect of glass Fibres on flyash based concrete. Int. J. Civil Structural Eng., 1: 606-612.
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Megala, J. and S.K. Sekar, 2010. Experimental investigation on durability properties of latex polymer modified concrete. Int. J. Applied Eng. Res., 5: 963-970.
Ganapathy, G.P., K. Mahendran and S.K. Sekar, 2010. Need and urgency of landslide risk planning for Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu State, India. Int. J. Geomat Geosci., 1: 29-40.
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Sekar, S.K., 2002. Text Book on Basic Civil Engineering. Sri Mani Krishna Publishers, Chennai.