Faculty

Dr Manikandan Periyasamy

 pmnciv@tce.edu

21

PUBLICATIONS       

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

7

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 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 Till date 1.3 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. Prem Kumar Vagestan, Manikandan Periyasamy, M. Mariappan, Naga Dheeraj Kumar Reddy Chukka, Vinodhkumar Shanmugasundaram, Pramod Kumar, “Incorporating Optimized Bamboo Fiber Concrete into Bamboo Reinforced Beams for Eco-Friendly Structures", International Journal of Low–Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, 2026. (Quartile: Q1, & Impact Factor: 2.60)
  2. Polipati Ananyachandran, Manikandan Periyasamy, Avuluri Vijaya Bhaskar, M. Helen Santhi, U. Johnson Alengaram, V. Vasugi, “Setting time, compressive strength, and microstructural characterization of high early strength cement mortars containing metakaolin, calcium nitrate and triethanolamine”, Frontiers in Built Environment, Frontiers Media SA, 2026 (Quartile: Q2, & Impact Factor: 2.70)
  3. Manikandan Periyasamy, V. Prem Kumar, A. Tamilarasan, S. Dharanidharan, T. Suman Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, “Experimental Investigation on Mechanical and Durability Characteristics of Metakaolin-Based Fiber Reinforced Concrete", Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 2026 (Quartile: Q3, & Impact Factor: 1.30)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. 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)
  13. 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)
  14. 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)
  15. 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)
  16. 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)

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Sustainable utilization of C&D waste derived RCA in conventional concrete and geopolymer binder systems to reduce aggregate import dependency in the Maldives National Research Council/ The Ministry of Higher Education and Skills Development 49500 MVR Co-Principal Investigator
Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Construction through Biochar Production from Invasive Biomass in a Pyrolytic Chamber Thiagarajar College of Engineering Rs 50000 Principal Investigator

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Participated in the Three-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) titled “Theory to Terrain: Bridge Design Concepts with MIDAS CIVIL” from 12th June 2025 to 14th June 2025, jointly organized by the MIDAS R&D Centre India Pvt., Ltd., TechApps and Department of Civil Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE), Madurai., 12-06-2025 to 14-06-2025
  2. Participated in the seven day High-End Workshop (Karyashala) on “Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies” organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, from January 11th to 17th, 2023., 11-01-2023 to 17-01-2023
  3. Participated in the National Workshop on “Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - A Civil Engineering Perspective” on 19th December 2020 at Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai., 10-12-2020 to 19-12-2020
  4. Participated in the Online National Workshop on “Basics of Documentation using Latex” held on 24th – 30th April 2020, organized by the Department of Mathematics, Stella Maris College, Chennai., 24-04-2020 to 30-04-2020
  5. Participated in the National Workshop on “Structural Health Monitoring”, organized by the School of Mechanical and Building Sciences (SMBS) on 6th October 2018, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai., 06-10-2018 to 06-10-2018
  6. Participated in the One Day International Workshop on “Authoring Tools for Scientific Research Writing” organized by the School of Electronics Engineering on 10th September 2016 at Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai., 10-09-2016 to 10-09-2016
  7. Participated in the One-Day National Workshop on “Trends in Transportation Engineering” on 13th April 2016, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (SVEC), Tirupati., 13-04-2016 to 13-04-2016

 Lectures Delivered

TOPIC DELIVERED AT PERIOD
Emerging Trends and Technological Innovations Shaping the Future of Civil Engineering Saveetha Engineering College 25-11-2025 to 25-11-2025
Unlocking the Potential of Geopolymer Concrete: A New Era in Construction M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering 30-08-2024 to 30-08-2024
Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete and its applications Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (SVEC), Tirupati 06-06-2022 to 06-06-2022

  Other Achievements

  1. 1.Associate Editorial Board Member in “The Open Construction & Building Technology Journal”, Bentham Open.