Dr. Tushar Bansal

About

Dr. Tushar Bansal is presently working as an assistant professor at Sharda University, prior to this, he worked as an assistant professor at Skyline Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. He completed his PhD. in Civil Engineering from Bennett University. He published various research papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences. He published 3 patents in which two patents was granted. He is a technical member of RILEM and involved in various TCs.

Experience

• 2.5 years

Qualification

• Ph.D. 

Award & Recognition

REWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

• Reviewer of The Fourth European and Mediterranean Structural Engineering and Construction Conference held on June 20-25, 2022, Leipzig, Germany.
• Reviewer of Material Today: Proceedings Journal, Elsevier.
• Recipient of RILEM PhD grant in the 74th RILEM Week and 40th Cement & Concrete Science Conference, Sheffield, UK.
• Technical Member of RILEM in several TCs of RILEM TC-DCS, TC-OCM, TC-293-CCH, TC-281-CCC, TC-282-CCL and TC- 289-DCM.

Research

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

Peer Reviewed Journals -- Count-14 (12 SCI/SCIE/ESCI, 1 SCOPUS)

• Gomasa, R., Talakokula, V., Rama Jyosyula, S.K., Bansal, T. 2023. A Review of health monitoring of concrete structures using embedded piezoelectric sensor. Construction and Building Materials, SCIE, IF: 7.4 (Accepted)
• Bansal, T., Talakokula, V. & Saravanan, T.J. Comparative study of machine learning methods to predict compressive strength of high-performance concrete and model validation on experimental data. Asian J Civ Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42107-023-00836-6. (Scopus Index)
• Yao, Y., Wang, L., Bansal, T. et al. 2023. Recommendation of RILEM TC 281-CCC: Carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials-Test method to determine the effect of uniaxial compression load and uniaxial tension load on concrete carbonation depth. Materials and Structures, 56, 121 (2023)., SCIE, IF: 3.8, https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-023-02203-y
• Yao, Y., Wang, L., Bansal, T. et al. 2023. Report of RILEM TC 281-CCC: effect of loading on the carbonation performance of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials — an interlaboratory comparison of different test methods and related observations. Materials and Structures, 56, 110. SCIE, IF: 3.8, https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-023-02190-0
• Morwal, T., Bansal, T., Azam, A., Talakokula, V. 2023. Monitoring chloride-induced corrosion in metallic and reinforced/prestressed concrete structures using piezo sensors-based electro-mechanical impedance technique: A Review. Measurement, 218, p.113102. SCIE, IF: 5.6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2023.113102
• Joseph, S., Dhandapani, Y., Bansal, T., et al. 2023. Mechanical properties of concrete made with calcined clay: a review by RILEM TC-282 CCL. Materials and Structures, 56, 84. SCIE, IF: 3.8, https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-023-02118-8
• Bansal, T., Talakokula, V. and Sathujoda, P., 2022. Machine learning-based monitoring and predicting the compressive strength of different blended cementitious systems using embedded piezo-sensor data. Measurement, 205, p.112205. SCIE, IF: 5.6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2022.112204
• Bansal, T., Talakokula, V. and Saravanan, T.J., 2022. Monitoring of prestressed concrete beam under corrosion using embedded piezo sensor based on electro-mechanical impedance technique. Science Talk, 4, p.100095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sctalk.2022.100095
• Bansal, T., Talakokula, V., Rama Jyosyula, S.K., Vicente, R. and Ascensão, G., 2022. Embedded piezo-sensor-based automatic performance monitoring of chloride-induced corrosion in alkali-activated concrete. Sustainability, 14(19), p.12917. SCIE, IF: 3.9, https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912917
• Bansal, T., Talakokula, V. and Sathujoda, P., 2022. Durability aspects of blended concrete systems subjected to combined mechanical and environmental loading using piezo sensor. Construction and Building Materials, 348, p.128613. SCIE, IF: 7.4, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128613
• Vanoutrive, H., Van den Heede, P., Alderete, N., Andrade, C., Bansal, T., Camões, A., Cizer, Ö., De Belie, N., Ducman, V., Etxeberria, M. and Frederickx, L., 2022. Report of RILEM TC 281-CCC: outcomes of a round robin on the resistance to accelerated carbonation of Portland, Portland-fly ash and blast-furnace blended cements. Materials and structures, 55(3), pp.1-29. SCIE, IF: 3.8, https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-022-01927-7 
• Bansal, T., Talakokula, V. and Sathujoda, P., 2022. A machine learning approach for predicting the electro-mechanical impedance data of blended RC structures subjected to chloride laden environment. Smart Materials and Structures, 31(1), p.015036. SCIE, IF: 4.1, DOI 10.1088/1361-665X/ac3d6f
• Bansal, T., Talakokula, V. and Mathiyazhagan, K., 2022. Equivalent structural parameters based non-destructive prediction of sustainable concrete strength using machine learning models via piezo sensor. Measurement, 187, p.110202. SCIE, IF: 5.6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2021.110202
• Bansal, T. and Talakokula, V., 2021. Deterioration of structural parameters due to corrosion in prestressed concrete identified by smart probe-based piezo sensor. Engineering Research Express, 3(1), p.015011. ESCI, IF: 1.7, DOI 10.1088/2631-8695/abded9

Conferences - Count-9 (2 Scopus)

• Tushar Bansal and Visalakshi Talakokula, “Durability of concrete systems under combined loading using piezo sensor” 74th RILEM Annual Week and 40th Cement and Concrete Science Conference Sheffield, UK, 31 August - 4 September 2020. (Awarded RILEM PhD Grant)
• Tushar Bansal and Visalakshi Talakokula 2020. Monitoring strength development of cement substituted by limestone calcined clay using different piezo configurations. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, India
• Tushar Bansal and Visalakshi Talakokula 2020. Study of Durability Aspects of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement Using Different Piezo Configurations. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, India
• Tushar Bansal, Visalakshi Talakokula, Suresh Bhalla, “Model based corrosion assessment in rebars of different fly ash concrete using piezo sensors”, Proceedings of the 7th-Asia-Pacific workshop on structural health monitoring (APWSHM-2018), Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China, November 12-15, 2018, pg-991-1002
• Tushar Bansal, Visalakshi Talakokula, Suresh Bhalla, “Rebar corrosion assessment comparison of different piezo configurations in blended concrete”, Proceedings of the 7th-Asia-Pacific workshop on structural health monitoring (APWSHM-2018), Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China, November 12-15, 2018, pg-1003-1014
• Tushar Bansal, Shubhranshu Singh, Visalakshi Talakokula, Shilpa Pal, “Corrosion assessment in rebars of normal and geopolymer concrete using piezo sensors”, International conference and expo (CORCON), 30th sept – 3rd Oct, 2018, RCC-26
• Tushar Bansal, Shilpa Pal, Jaya Maitra, “Effect of alccofine and metakaolin on the performance of SCC”, International Conference on New Frontiers in Engineering Science and Technology, January 2018, India.
• Arun Kumar Kashyap, Shilpa Pal, VVL Kanta Rao, Tushar Bansal, “Development of high early strength high volume flyash concrete using micro-fine slag” International conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Structures (ACMS-2018), IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, March 7-8, 2018
• Tushar Bansal, Shilpa Pal, Siddharth, “Performance of self-compacting concrete containing flyash and alccofine mineral admixture as a partial replacement of cement” Proceedings of the International conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, pg-558-567, August 2016, India.

Book Chapters  - Count-2 ( 2 Scopus)

• Bansal, T. and Talakokula, V., 2020. Monitoring strength development of cement substituted by limestone calcined clay using different piezo configurations. In Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete (pp. 555-562). Springer, Singapore.
• Bansal, T. and Talakokula, V., 2020. Study of Durability Aspects of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement Using Different Piezo Configurations. In Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete (pp. 723-730). Springer, Singapore.

PATENTS

• Indian Design Patent: Application Number: 330485-001 in class 29-02 titled “Protective Mask”. 
• Status: Granted 
• Inventor (s): Tushar Bansal, Sumit Sharma, Manish Chauhan, Abhinav Nair
• Indian Utility Patent: Application Number: 202011052352, titled “A Mechanized Programmed Plating Apparatus for Distributing Microbial Suspension”. 
• Status: Granted
• Inventor (s): Sumit Sharma, Tushar Bansal
• Indian Utility Patent: Application Number: 202011027170, titled “Complete Head and Face Protective Gear with Detachable Self-Sanitization cassette”. 
• Status: Published
• Inventor (s): Tushar Bansal, Sumit Sharma, Manish Chauhan, Abhinav Nair
   

Certifications

• Completed RILEM PhD Course on “Hydration and microstructural characterization of cementitious systems”.

Area of Interest

• Structural Health Monitoring 
• Machine learning based SHM
• Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation
• Durability aspects of Concrete Structure