Civil Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Hriday Mani Kalita
Ph.D(IIT Guwahati )

E-mail:
hod.civil@nitm.ac.in

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Dr. Needhi Kotoky Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (IIT Guwahati)

needhikotoky@nitm.ac.in
9864583232
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org//profile/447705

Research Interest

Large Scale Experimental Testing of Structures under Lateral Loads; Seismic Retrofitting and Performance Assessment of Buildings and Bridges; Usage of Advanced Materials for Improved Seismic Performance

Education Qualification

Ph.D. (IIT Guwahati)

Work Experience

1. Assistant Professor, NIT Meghalaya (Sep 2020 - Present)

2. Post-Doctoral Fellow, TU Munich, Germany (Dec 2019 - Aug 2020) (TUFF Fellowship Awardee)

3. Post-Doctoral Fellow, IIT Bombay in collaboration with University College London (May 2018 - Oct 2019) (UKIERI Project)

List of Publications

Journals:

• Govind Gaurav, Shreesh Chandra Kandpal, Deepika Mishra and Needhi Kotoky (2023) “A comprehensive review on fly ash-based geopolymer: a pathway for sustainable future” Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials, pp. 1-45. 

• Govind Gaurav, Needhi Kotoky, V. Jittin and A. Bahurudeen (2023) “Performance assessment of recycled aggregate concrete and its variability”, Structural Concrete, Willey, pp. 1-12. 

• Fabio Freddi, Jayadipta Ghosh, Needhi Kotoky and Meera Raghunandan. (2021) "Device uncertainty propagation in low-ductility RC frames retrofitted with BRBs for seismic risk mitigation", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 1-22, DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3456.

• Needhi Kotoky, Anjan Dutta and Sajal K Deb. (2020) “Mechanical properties of Hybrid Fibre Reinforced Concrete with steel and polypropylene fibres”, The Indian Concrete Journal, 94(12), pp. 29-37.

• Needhi Kotoky, Anjan Dutta and Sajal K Deb. (2019) “Seismic performance evaluation of HyFRC piers by hybrid simulation”, Structures, Elsevier, 20, pp 848-865.

• Needhi Kotoky, Anjan Dutta and Sajal K Deb. (2018) “Comparative study on seismic vulnerability of highway bridge with RC and HyFRC piers”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Springer, 17, pp 2281-2306.

• Needhi Kotoky, Sajal K Deb and Anjan Dutta. (2018) “HyFRC Bridge Piers with Different Detailing at Pier–Foundation Interface”, Journal of Bridge Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 23(6), 04018035. 


Book Chapters:

• Aakash Kumar and Needhi Kotoky (2023). “Seismic Risk Mitigation of RC Frame Building in North-East India using Buckling Restrained Braces”, Accepted for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Approaches in the Indian context - Proceedings of NERC 2022, Springer.

• Athul Nath, Needhi Kotoky and Shivang Shekhar (2023). “Probabilistic Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of RC frame Building Considering Time-Dependent Deterioration”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, (Vol. 330), Springer Nature, Singapore Pte Ltd., pp. 259-271, (ISBN: 978-981-99-1603-0)

• Vivek Singh, Shivang Shekhar, Needhi Kotoky and Govind Gaurav (2023). “Influence of Ground Motion Characteristics on the Seismic Vulnerability of Bridges”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, (Vol. 330), Springer Nature, Singapore Pte Ltd., pp. 325-337, (ISBN: 978-981-99-1603-0)

• Needhi Kotoky, Anjan Dutta and Sajal Kanti Deb. (2018) “Hybrid testing of concrete bridge piers with different detailing at column-foundation interface”, Recent Advances in Structural Engineering, Volume 2, Springer, 10.1007/978-981-13-0365-4_4.

• Shivang Shekhar and Needhi Kotoky. (2014) "Earthquake Response Analysis of Bridge Pier", Advancements in Structural Engineering, Volume 4, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd., pp. 3702-3715.


Conference Proceedings:

• Aakash Kumar and Needhi Kotoky (2022). “Seismic Site Characterization and Ground Response Analysis of Proposed Metro Rail Corridor at Noida, India”, In Proceedings of Socio-Technological Aspect of Seismic Disaster Management (STASDM-2022), IIT Guwahati, June 22-24.

• Needhi Kotoky, Fabio Freddi, Jayadipta Ghosh, Meera Raghunandan (2019). “BRBs uncertainty propagation in seismic retrofit of RC structures.” In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP 2019), Seoul, South Korea, May 26-30, 2019

• Needhi Kotoky (2018) “Structural health monitoring of bridges – A Review”, In Proceedings of 16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering (SEE 2018), IIT Roorkee, India, December 20-22, 2018’, Roorkee, India.

• Needhi Kotoky, Anjan Dutta and Sajal Kanti Deb. (2017) “Enhancement of seismic performance of structures using HyFRC”, In Proceedings of Thirty-third National Convention of Civil Engineers on ‘Recent Advances in Structural Engineering’, Institute of Engineers, Ahmedabad.

• Needhi Kotoky, Anjan Dutta and Sajal Kanti Deb. (2016) “Hybrid testing of concrete bridge piers with different detailing at column-foundation interface”, In Proceedings of Structural Engineering Convention, SERC Chennai, India, Paper ID: 251.

• Needhi Kotoky, Tapati Tapanita Barik, Somnath Karmakar and Showmen Saha. (2015) “A study on surface cracked volume of IRC T-beam bridge deck under blast loading”, In Proceedings of National seminar on Advanced Construction Materials, Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, pp. 25-32.

• Needhi Kotoky, Anjan Dutta and Sajal Kanti Deb. (2014) “Hybrid Simulation of Structural System”, In Proceedings of 15th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, Paper no. A131, pp. 827-835

• Sauvik Banerjee, Needhi Kotoky and Harisha G.M. (2012) “An Impact Echo Array for Condition Monitoring of Concrete Structures”, In Proceedings of National Conference on Condition Monitoring of Engineering Systems and Structures, R&DE (Engrs), Pune.

Academic Honours and awards

• Gold Medalist in MTech Structural Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India.

• Selected for “Research Opportunity Week” at TU Munich, Germany in 2019

• Selected for participation in “Smart City X” workshop at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada with full grant by IC-IMPACTS in 2017

• Selected for “Future Talents Postdoc Career Days” at TU Darmstadt, Germany in 2017

• Selection as one of the 12 participants from India in “2017 Summer Institute” by IC-IMPACTS at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

• Selection in “2015 Summer Institute” by IC-IMPACTS at Toronto, Canada and selection as the best three Indian delegates among the participants of the Summer Institute for “Special Poster Presentation” by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) at Ottawa, Canada

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Research Internship awardee 2011 at IIT Bombay, India

• Participation in the Winter IISc National Training for Entry to Research (WINTER) - 2009 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

• Selection and successfully completion of Civil Engineering Summer Camp- 2008 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

International Exchange Program

 Participated in “The Youth-Exchange Project with Asia-Oceania and North America (Kizuna (bond) project)” by Japan International Cooperation Center at Japan in February 2013

 Undergone Winter Research Internship at Polytechnique Montreal at Canada from 5th Feb 2017 to 2nd June 2017

Courses Taught

Academic Year (2020 - 2021)

Autumn 2020: • Finite Element Methods in Engineering (CE 428)

                          • Civil Engineering Materials (CE 205)

                          • Civil Engineering Materials Lab (CE 255)


Spring 2021:    • Introduction to Finite Element Method (CE 372)

                          • Basic Civil Engineering (CE 272)

                          • Computational Structural Lab (CE 556)


Academic Year (2021 - 2022)

Autumn 2021: • Dynamics of Structures (CE 511)

                          • Civil Engineering Materials (CE 205)

                          • Civil Engineering Materials Lab (CE 255)


Spring 2022:    • Finite Element Method in Structural Engineering (CE 504)

                          • Introduction to Finite Element Method (CE 372)

                          • Soft Computing Lab (CE 526)


Academic Year (2022 - 2023)

Autumn 2022: • Engineering Drawing (CE 101)


Spring 2023:    • Finite Element Method in Structural Engineering (CE 504)

                          • Structural Analysis - I (CE 206)

                          • Soft Computing Lab (CE 526)


Academic Year (2023 - 2024)

Autumn 2023: • Finite Element Methods in Engineering (CE 701)

                          • Dynamics of Structures (CE 555)

                          • Soft Computing Lab - I (CE 525)


Spring 2024:    • Finite Element Method in Structural Engineering (CE 504)

                         • Structural Analysis - I (CE 206)

                          • Soft Computing Lab - II (CE 526)

Professional Membership

 The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI)

 Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE)

 Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET)

• India Chapter of American Concrete Institute

• The Institution of Civil Engineers (India)

• Indian Building Congress (IBC)

Students Supervised/Supervising

M.Tech (2020-2021)

1. Vamsi Krishna Gali (Roll no. T19ce004) (Co-guided with Dr. Debabrata Podder)


M.Tech (2021-2022)

1. Ahtisham Chougle (Roll no. T20CE001)

2. Tushar Sharma (Roll no. T20CE006)


3. Vivek Singh (Roll no. T20CE013)


M.Tech (2022-2023)

1. Naumaan Nayyar Rizvi (Roll no. T21CE008)

2. Bilal Ahmad Thoker (T20CE009)


M.Tech (2023-2024)

1. Priyanchi A Sangma (Roll no. T22CE004)


B.Tech (2020-2021)

1. Ngangbam Sweeta Devi (Roll no B17CE014)

2. Shashank Chaudhary (Roll no B17CE029)


B.Tech (2021-2022)

1. Wallambok Nongsiej (Roll no. B18CE006)

2. Medarametla Naveen (Roll no. B18CE030)


B.Tech (2022-2023)

1. Ricaldonald F Sweetly (Roll no. B19CE002)

2. Anchal Sharma (Roll no. B19CE027)


B.Tech (2023-2024)

1. Alfie Doreen Nongsiej (Roll no. B20CE005)

2. Reuel Newman Dkhar (Roll no. B20CE035)