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Dr. Rohan Majumder

Designation: Assistant Professor

Biography:

Dr. Rohan Majumder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at Adani University, Ahmedabad. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from IIT Kanpur, where he received the prestigious FARE fellowship. His research focuses on solid mechanics, reliability-based design, finite element analysis and AI/ML-driven structural modelling, with several SCI and Scopus indexed publications. Previously he has contributed to a number of R&D projects at IIT Kanpur as a Senior Research Associate and has also served as an Assistant Professor at Sir Padampat Singhania University. He is also an active reviewer for leading international journals and a member of several professional engineering bodies such as INAE, IEI, IAStruct., ISTE, ASCE etc.

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (CPI – 8.5) with specialization in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2024)
  • M.E. in Civil Engineering (84% of marks) with specialization in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal (2014)
  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering (CPI – 9.39) from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, 2012

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, FEST, Adani University (Dec. 2024 – till date)
  • Senior Research Associate at IIT Kanpur, (August 2023 – December 2024)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, (July 2014 – July 2018)

  • Structural Stability
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Reliability Based Design of Structures
  • Vibration Control
  • AI and ML based applications in Civil Engineering

  1. Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., 2024, Reliability Consistent Knockdown Factors for Truncated Conical Shells via Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based prediction and metamodeling, Thin-Walled Structures, 205, 112541.
  2. Majumder R., Mishra S.K., and Chakraborty S., 2024, A Reliability based design against post-buckling load drop in spherical shell cap with stochastic imperfections, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 165, 104794.
  3. Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., 2024, Consistent meta-modelling approach for a less-conservative reliability-based design of shells against buckling, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 130, 327-345.
  4. Majumder R., Chakraborty S., and Mishra S.K., 2023, Reliability Analysis and Design of Randomly Imperfect Thin Cylindrical Shells against Post-Critical Drops, Thin-Walled Structures, 185, 110576.

  1. Majumder R., De B., Mishra SK., Gupta AD., and Patel S., (2025), “Prediction of Safety Consistent Knockdown Factors (KDFs) and reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) in cylindrical shells via Non-Linear Support Vector Regression”, Proc. of the 10th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, December 17-19, 2025.
  2. Majumder R., Gupta AD., Mukherjee P., and Patel S., (2025), “Sustainable Structural Damping through Smart Shape Memory Alloy System”, Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Sustainability (ICIDS), Adani University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, December 18-19, 2025.
  3. Majumder R., De B., Mishra S.K., and Gupta A.D., Prediction of robust Knockdown Factors (KDFs) and sensitivity analysis in truncated conical shells: An Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Support Vector Regression and other ML based approaches, Proc. of the 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering (ARTISTE), Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, September 14 – 17, 2025.
  4. Dutta A., Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., Knockdown Factor (KDF) in Laminated Composite Cylindrical Shells with Geometric Imperfections, Proc. of the 18th East Asia Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC 18), Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 13 -15, 2024.
  5. Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., Predicting Post-Critical Load Drop in Conical Shells through Artificial Neural Network, Proc. of the 18th East Asia Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC 18), Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 13 -15, 2024.
  6. Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., Reliability Based Design Optimization (RBDO) of Randomly Imperfect Thin Cylindrical Shells Against Post-critical drop, Proc. of the 13th Structural Engineering Convention (SEC), VNIT Nagpur, December 7 – 9, 2023.
  7. Dutta S.C., and Majumder R., Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) as a potential damper in structural vibration control, Proc. of the International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Materials (ICMEM), Novy Smokovec, Slovakia, June 18 -22, 2018.
  8. Raut S.N., Majumder R., Jain A., and Mehta V., Analysis of the Behaviour of High-Rise Structures with Viscoelastic Dampers Installed at Various Locations, Proc. of ICIIF, Innovations in Infrastructure, IITRAM, May 2018.
  9. Majumder R., and Ghosh A., Performance Study of a SMA bracing System for Control of Vibration Due to Underground Blast Induced Ground Motion, Proc. of the 9th Structural Engineering Convention (SEC), IIT Delhi, December 22 -24, 2014.

  1. Dutta A., Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., 2024, Knockdown Factor (KDF) in Laminated Composite Cylindrical Shells with Geometrical Imperfections, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE), 677, pp. 320 – 326, Springer Nature, Singapore.
  2. Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., 2024, Predicting Post-critical Load Drop in Conical Shells through Artificial Neural Network, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE), 726, pp. 268-273, Springer Nature, Singapore.
  3. Majumder R., and Mishra S.K., 2023, Reliability Based Design Optimization (RBDO) of Randomly Imperfect Thin Cylindrical Shells Against Post-Critical Drop, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 52, pp. 47 – 55, Springer Nature, Singapore.
  4. Dutta S.C., and Majumder R., 2019, Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) as a potential damper in structural vibration control, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 485 – 492., Springer Nature, Switzerland.
  5. Raut S.N., Majumder R., and Jain A., 2019, Analysis of the behaviour of high-rise structures with viscoelastic dampers installed at various locations, Innovations in Infrastructure, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, AISC, 757, pp. 183-194, Springer Nature, Singapore.
  6. Majumder R., and Ghosh A., 2015, Performance Study of a SMA bracing system for Control of Vibration due to Underground Blast Induced Ground Motion, Advances in Structural Engineering, 1, pp. 393-404, Springer, India.

  1. Principal Investigator (P.I.) of the research project titled “Safety Consistent Robust Knockdown Factors (KDFs) for thin shells via advanced Machine Learning (ML) techniques towards a probabilistic-based design” supported by the Adani University SEED Grant of INR 3 Lacs

  1. “Study of Structural Integrity of Submerged Intake Structures with variation in Tehri Reservoir Water Head with Particular Preference to the Construction and Lift Joints” in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, August 2023
  2. Inspection of the Civil Works at the Gorakhpur Substation by Power Grid in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, December 2020
  3. Checking and inspection of an isolator system at LuLu Mall, Lucknow, in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, August 2022.
  4. Wind Tunnel Study of 115m high lattice chimney for 2 X 600 MW UDUPI Thermal Power Plant in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, May 2024.

  1. Successfully completed a 12-week MOOC course as a part of NPTEL-AICTE approved FDP on “Industrial Safety Engineering” with a consolidated score of 68% (Elite Category) conducted by IIT Kharagpur.
  2. Successfully completed 20 hours of Professional Development Program on “Outcome Based Curriculum Development for NBA and NAAC Accreditation”, conducted by NITTTR Chennai from 2nd June to 6th June 2025
  3. Successfully completed 40 hours of online FDP on “Enabling Smart Cities through Computer Applications: Challenges and Future Strategies”, sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), GOI, organized by E & ICT Academy, NIT Warangal in association with NIT Kurukshetra, 9th June – 19th June 2025.
  4. Successfully delivered an expert session in the MDP on “Introduction to Ready Mix Concrete” during the Refresher Program for Fresh Recruits of Adani Cement, Adani University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
  5. Successfully delivered an expert session in the MDP on “Equipment and Technology in RMC Operations”” during the Refresher Program for Fresh Recruits of Adani Cement, Adani University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
  6. Successfully served as a resource person delivering lecture on Laboratory Practices in Engineering”, during the 5-day Faculty Induction Programme, organized by Shiksha Vid – Centre for Learning with Impactful Teaching and Assessment at Adani University, July 7 – 11, 2025

  • Recipient of the prestigious Fellowship for Academic and Research Excellence (FARE) award by IIT Kanpur post PhD Thesis submission, October 2024.

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