Dr. Nemkumar Banthia
Dr. Nemkumar Banthia,
Professor
Professor
Professor
Distinguished University Scholar and
Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Sustainability
Location: CEME - Room 2024
Telephone: 604.822.9541
Facsimilie: 604.822.6901
Email: banthia@civil.ubc.ca
Biography:
M.Tech. (IIT, New Delhi), Ph.D. (British Columbia)Research Interests:
- Cement-based materials
and their fibre reinforced composites, interface characterization and
modeling
- Strain-rate effects
and development of experimental techniques for static and impact testing
of cement-based materials
- Permeability measurements
- Use of fiber reinforced
plastics in new construction and in repairs. Especially sprayed fiber
reinforced plastics.
- Shotcrete, fibre reinforcement,
rebound mechanics, kinamatic studies, optimization
- Use of recycled aggregate
and other post-consumer waste products in concrete
- Use of supplementary cementing materials in concrete
Recent Publications
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Journals
- Banthia, N. and Mufti, A. (Editors), Advanced in Conservation of Heritage Structures, Proceedings of 3rd ISHMII Workshop, Aug
11-13,2010,497 pp. - Dubey, A. and Banthia, N. (Editors), Fiber Reinforced Concrete in Practice, ACI Special Publication No. 268, American Concrete
Institute, Detroit, Michigan, CD·ROM, March 2010. - Banthia, N. (Guest Editor), Special Issue of the Indian Concrete Journal on Fiber Reinforced Concrete, 83 (10), Oct. 2009, 52 pp. 4. Sonoda, Y., Banthia, N., and Fujikake, K., Structures under Extreme Loading, proc. 2nd Intemational Workshop on Performance, Protection and Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, Shonan Village, Hayama, Japan, Aug. 19-21, 2009, Published by The National Defense Academy, Japan, 2009.
- Banthia, N., Mindess, S., and Fujikake, K. (Eds.), Structures under Extreme Loading, Proc. 1S1 International Workshop on
Performance, Protection and Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, Whistler, BC, Aug. 20·22, 2007, Published by
University of British Columbia. - Toutlemond, F., Sakai, K., Gjorv, 0., and Banthia, N. (Eds.), Concrete under Severe Conditions: Environment and Loading,
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions of Environment and Loading, CONSEC'07, Tours, France, June 4·6,2007. - Banthia, N., Benmokrane, B. and Karbhari, V. (Eds.), Research Monograph: Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Civil
Infrastructure, Published by Canadian Network of Centers of Excellence on Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (NCEISIS), ISIS Canada, 2007, pp. 248. - Mufti, A., Neale, K., Shrive, N. and Banthia, N. (Guest Editors), Special issue of Canadian J. of Civil Engineering on Intelligent
Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS, Canada), 34(3),2007. pp. 267-471. - Srivastava, V., Singh, M., Banthia, N. and Mufti, A. (Eds), Proceedings of 3rd Inter. Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials, New Delhi, BHU Press, Feb 2007, 1428, pp.
- Banthia, N. and Mufti, A. (Eds.), Innovative Bridge Deck Technologies, Proc. International Workshop on Innovative Bridge Deck
Technologies, September 2005, 263pp.
