Faculty

Dr Manikandan Periyasamy

 pmnciv@tce.edu

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PUBLICATIONS       

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.E Civil Engineering Government College of Technology, Coimbatore 2012
M.Tech Structural Engineering Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 2014
Ph.D Structural Engineering Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai 2023

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
11-06-2025 to 01-01-0001 0.5 Research Faculty – Assistant Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
01-03-2024 to 30-05-2025 1.3 Assistant Professor M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, Tamil Nadu
10-01-2019 to 30-06-2022 3.5 Assistant Professor Jr Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
25-06-2014 to 15-07-2016 2.1 Assistant Professor Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
25-10-2013 to 05-05-2014 0.5 Project Assistant Tower Testing Research Station, SERC, Chennai

 Publications

 Journals
  1. P. Manikandan, V. Prem Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, Dharanidharan Selvaraj, S. Vinodhkumar, L. Natrayan, “Investigations on the Damping Phenomenon in Reinforced Concrete Beams- A Comprehensive Review", Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering, Bentham Science Publishers Limited, 2025. (Quartile: Q4)
  2. S. Vinodhkumar, Mukesh Thottipalayam Shakthivel, Manikandan Periyasamy, Prem Kumar Vagestan, A. Tamilarasan, S. Dharanidharan, “Performance Evaluation of Concrete Incorporating Sustainable Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag and Fly Ash-based Recycled Aggregates", Emergent Materials, Springer-Verlag, 2025. (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 4.10)
  3. Tamilarasan A, Yeswanth Sai T, Manikandan Periyasamy, “Effect of various nano materials in enhancing the strength, microstructural, mineralogical and durability properties of geopolymer binder–A comprehensive review", Composite Interfaces, Taylor & Francis, 2025. (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 2.40)
  4. V. Prem Kumar, P. Manikandan, V. Vasugi, “Applications of bamboo fiber and bamboo stem ash with styrene butadiene rubber in cement mortar for sustainable structural application", Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025. (Quartile: Q1, & Impact Factor: 3.90)
  5. V. Prem Kumar, P. Manikandan, S. Vinodhkumar, T. Suman Kumar, A. Arun Kumar, A. Tamilarasan, “Sustainable Mortar Design: Optimizing Performance with Bamboo Fiber and Coal Bottom Ash using Taguchi and ANN", Emergent Materials, Springer-Verlag, 2025. (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 4.10)
  6. N. Subhash Chandran, P. Manikandan, V. Vasugi, S. Narendra, “Application of Taguchi approach to optimize the waste glass powder in developing eco-friendly ternary blended aluminosilicate matrix", Case Studies in Construction Materials, Elsevier, 2024. (Quartile: Q1, & Impact Factor: 6.20)
  7. P. Manikandan, V. Prem Kumar, V. Vasugi, “Compressive strength and microstructural characterization of sustainable geopolymer binder using slag and waste glass powder", Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer-Verlag, 2025. (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 2.30)
  8. P. Manikandan, V. Vasugi, "The potential use of waste glass powder in slag based geopolymer concrete - an environmentally friendly material", International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2023. (Quartile: Q4, & Impact Factor: 0.5)
  9. P. Manikandan, V. Vasugi, V. Prem Kumar, S. Duraimurugan, S. Sankar, A. Chithambar Ganesh, G. Senthil Kumaran, “A neural network-based prediction on the Influence of different superplasticizers on the workability and compressive strength characteristics of Portland Pozzolana Cement based mortars”, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, Hindawi, 2023. (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 2.098)
  10. P. Manikandan, K. Selija, V. Vasugi, V. Prem Kumar, L. Natrayan, M. Helen Santhi, G. Senthil Kumaran, “An artificial neural network-based prediction of mechanical and durability characteristics of sustainable geopolymer composite”, Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindawi, 2022. (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 1.80)
  11. P. Manikandan, V. Vasugi, “Potential utilization of waste glass powder as a precursor material in synthesizing ecofriendly ternary blended geopolymer matrix", Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, 2022. (Quartile: Q1, & Impact Factor: 11.10)
  12. P. Manikandan, L. Natrayan, S. Duraimurugan, V. Vasugi, “Influence of waste glass powder as an aluminosilicate precursor in synthesizing ternary blended alkali-activated binder", Silicon, Springer, 2022. (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 3.40)
  13. P. Manikandan, V. Vasugi, “A critical review of waste glass powder as an aluminosilicate source material for sustainable geopolymer concrete production", Silicon, Springer, 2021. Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 3.40)
 Conferences
  1. Prem Kumar Vagestan, Manikandan Periyasamy, Sakthimurugan K, Poppurla Navaneeth Kumar, L Venkata Datta Aamogh, Yeturu Shekar, Nagaraju Gari Sneha, “Seismic Analysis of Multistorey Building with Shear Walls using ETABS Software”, 4th International Conference & Exposition on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling Techniques, EDP Sciences – Web of Conferences, 2025. (Indexed in SCOPUS)
  2. V. Prem Kumar, P. Manikandan, Matasugur Indu, Gutthi Reddy Thanusha, Kesamareddy Mounikareddy “Experimental Investigation on Utilization of Substitute Building Materials in Concrete using Neural Networks”, E3S Web of Conferences, EDP Sciences, 2024. (Indexed in SCOPUS, & Thomson Reuters).
  3. V. Prem Kumar, P. Manikandan, P. Prathyusha, R. Uday Kiran, B. Seshu Pavan Yadav, A. Mohammed Zahid, A. Dhanusree, “Enhancing the strength properties of concrete using coconut fiber and coconut fiber ash”, AIP Conference Proceedings AIP Publishing, 2024. (Indexed in SCOPUS)
  4. M. Chaitanya, P. Manikandan, V. Prem Kumar, S. Elavenil, V. Vasugi, “Prediction of self-healing characteristics of GGBS admixed concrete using artificial neural network”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, IOP Publishing, 2020. (Indexed in SCOPUS)
  5. C. Manikanta, P. Manikandan, S. Duraimurugan, S. Elavenil, V. Vasugi, “Pozzolanic properties of agro waste ashes for potential cement replacement predicted using ANN”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, IOP Publishing, 2020. (Indexed in SCOPUS)