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Dr.Job Thomas

Professor & HOD

Department of Civil Engineering

Email:job_thomas@cusat.ac.in

Qualification

Ph.D

Joined in CUSAT

17.6.1999


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Area of Interests

Structural Engineering

Publications

Title:  Improved empirical model for the strut efficiency factor and the stiffness degradation coefficient for the strength and the deflection prediction of FRP RC deep beams

Category:  Journal paper

Year of Publication:  2021

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Ramadass, S.

Issue:  Structures, DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.12.039


Title:  Introducing strut efficiency factor in the softened strut and tie model for the ultimate shear strength prediction of steel RC deep beams based on experimental study

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2021

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Ramadass, S.

Issue:  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, DOI:10.1080/19648189.2021.1885500


Title:  Prediction of the load and deflection response of concrete deep beams reinforced with FRP bars

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2021

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Ramadass, S.

Issue:  MECHANICS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2018.1549292


Title:  Capacity of short circular CFST columns with inner vertical plates welded intermittently

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2020

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Sandeep, T. N.

Issue:  JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH, DOI:10.1016/j.jcsr.2019.105840


Title:  Properties of Concrete Containing Quarry Dust-Fly-Ash Cold-Bonded Aggregates Subjected to Elevated Temperature

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2020

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job ; Mohan, Ardra ; Rajesh, P. V.

Issue:  JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003250


Title:  Copper Slag Cold-Bonded Aggregate Concrete Exposed to Elevated Temperature

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2020

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job ; Mohan, Ardra ; Dhannya, K. K.

Issue:  ACI MATERIALS JOURNAL , DOI: 10.14359/51727000


Title:  Sustainability evaluation of cold-bonded aggregates made from waste materials

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2019

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Harilal, B.

Issue:  JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117788


Title:  Experimental study on circular CFST short columns with intermittently welded stiffeners

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2018

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Sandeep, T. N.

Issue:  STEEL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, DOI: 10.12989/scs.2018.29.5.659


Title:  Behaviour and strength assessment of masonry prisms

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2018

Co Authors:  Thaickavil, Nassif Nazeer and Thomas, Job

Issue:  CASE STUDIES IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2017.12.007


Title:  Strength and durability of concrete containing recycled concrete aggregates

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2018

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job ; Thaickavil, Nassif Nazeer ; Wilson, P. M.

Issue:  JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING, ,DOI:10.1016/j.jobe.2018.05.007


Title:  Copper or ferrous slag as substitutes for fine aggregates in concrete

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2018

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job ; Thaickavil, Nassif N. ; Abraham, Mathews P.

Issue:  ADVANCES IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, DOI:10.12989/acc.2018.6.5.545


Title:  Mechanical properties of cold bonded quarry dust aggregate concrete subjected to elevated temperature

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2016

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Harilal, B.

Issue:  CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, DOI :10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.08.093


Title:  Design for shear strength of concrete beams longitudinally reinforced with GFRP bars

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2015

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Ramadass, S.

Issue:  STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, DOI: 10.12989/sem.2015.53.1.041


Title:  Properties of cold bonded quarry dust coarse aggregates and its use in concrete

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2015

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Harilal, B.

Issue:  CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES,, DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2015.05.005


Title:  Fresh and hardened properties of concrete containing cold bonded aggregates

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2014

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Harilal, B.

Issue:  Advances In Concrete Construction, https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2014.2.2.077


Title:  Flexure-Shear Analysis of Concrete Beam Reinforced with GFRP Bars

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2010

Co Authors:  Ramadass, S. and Thomas, Job

Issue:  ADVANCES IN FRP COMPOSITES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17487-2_69


Title:  Analysis of prestressed fibre-reinforced concrete beams

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2009

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Ramaswamy, Ananth

Issue:  PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS-BRIDGE ENGINEERING, https://doi.org/10.1680/bren.2009.162.3.119


Title:  Mechanical properties of steel fiber-reinforced concrete

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2007

Co Authors:  Thomas, Job and Ramaswamy, Ananth

Issue:  JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, DOI :10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2007)19:5(385)


Title:  Strength and serviceability performance of beams reinforced with GFRP bars in flexure

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2007

Co Authors:   Saikia, B; Kumar, P ; Thomas, J ;Rao, KSN; Ramaswamy, A

Issue:  CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS , DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.05.021


Title:  Shear of prestressed concrete beams with steel fibres

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2007

Co Authors:  Thomas, J. and Ramaswamy, A.

Issue:  PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS-STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS, DOI: 10.1680/stbu.2007.160.5.287


Title:  Shear strength of prestressed concrete T-beams with steel fibers over partial/full depth

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2006

Co Authors:  Thomas, J and Ramaswamy, A

Issue:  ACI STRUCTURAL JOURNAL Volume103 Issue3 Page427-435


Title:  Crack width in paritally prestressed T-beams having steel fibers

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2006

Co Authors:  Thomas, J and Ramaswamy, A

Issue:   ACI STRUCTURAL JOURNAL Volume103 Issue4 Page568-576


Title:  Finite element analysis of shear critical prestressed SFRC beams

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2006

Co Authors:  Thomas, J and Ramaswamy, A

Issue:  COMPUTERS AND CONCRETE, DOI:10.12989/cac.2006.3.1.065


Title:  Performance of hybrid rebars as longitudinal reinforcement in normal strength concrete

Category:  Journal Paper

Year of Publication:  2005

Co Authors:  Salkia, B;Thomas, J; Ramaswamy, A ;Rao, KSN

Issue:  MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES,DOI: 10.1617/14229


Books

Title:   Concrete Technology

Publisher:  Cengage Learning

Year of Publication:  2015

Co Authors:  Job Thomas


Title:   Recent Advances in Structural Engineering

Publisher:  Directorate of Public Relations and Publications, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Year of Publication:  2015

Co Authors:  J. Thomas (Editor)


Title:   American Journal of Engineering Research

Publisher:  www.ajer.org, special issue of RASE-2013; Volume-1 to 4

Year of Publication:  2013

Co Authors:  J. Thomas (Guest Editor)


Title:   Current Trends in Civil Engineering

Publisher:  Springer

Year of Publication:  2021

Co Authors:  Job Thomas, B.R. Jayalekshmi, Praveen Nagarajan (Editors)


Conferences

Name:  Recent Advances in civil engineering RACE2004

Year:  25/3/2004 to 27/3/2004

Category:  National Conference


Name:  Fibre composites, high performance concretes and smart materials

Year:  8/1/2004 to 10/1/2004

Category:  International conference


Name:  Structural Engineering convention SEC2005

Year:  14/12/2005 to 16/12/2005

Category:  International conference


Name:  Recent Advances in civil engineering RACE2006

Year:  3/12/2006 to 4/12/2006

Category:  National conference


Name:  Fibre reinforced concrete

Year:  17/9/2008 to 19/9/2008

Category:  International Symposium


Name:  Structural Engineering convention SEC2008

Year:  18/12/2008 to 20/12/2008

Category:  International conference


Name:  Recent Advances in civil engineering RACE2010

Year:  16/9/2010 to 18/9/2010

Category:  National Conference


Name:  Structural Engineering convention SEC2010

Year:  8/12/2010 to 10/12/2010

Category:  International conference


Name:  Recent Advances in civil engineering RACE2012

Year:  29/11/2012 to 1/12/2012

Category:  National Conference


Name:  Energy, Environment, materials and safety ICEEMS 14

Year:  10/12/2014 to 12/12/2014

Category:  International conference


Workshops(Participated)

Topic:  Patent awareness

Date:  17/7/2001

Organiser:  STIC, CUSAT

Details:  


Topic:  Community colleges as an alternative and innovative system of education in India

Date:  18/1/2001 to 19/1/2001

Organiser:  SoE, CUSAT

Details:  


Topic:  Finite element analysis and case studies

Date:  15/2/2013

Organiser:  SoE, CUSAT

Details:  


Topic:  Sustainable concrete pavements – practices, challenges & directions

Date:  1/6/2013

Organiser:  ICI, Cochin Chapter

Details:  


Topic:  Research in structural engineering

Date:  30/1/2014 to 31/1/2014

Organiser:  DST @ IISc, Bangalore

Details:  


Topic:  Safety requirements for Engineering Institutions

Date:  21/1/15 to 23/1/15

Organiser:  SoE, CUSAT

Details:  


STTP/FDP (Coordinated)

Topic:  Recent advances in concrete technology

Date:  16/4/2007 to 27/4/2007

Details:  


Topic:  Recent Advances in Finite Element Modelling

Date:  19/1/2009 to 30/1/2009

Details:  


Topic:  Safety aspects in engineering – need &practices

Date:  28/3/2011 to 8/4/2011

Details:  


Topic:  Modern materials & methods in engineering

Date:  3/12/2012 to 7/12/2012

Details:  


STTP/FDP (Participated)

Topic:  Recent advances in structural dynamics

Date:  15/11/1999 to 28/11/1999

Details:  Karunya Institue of Technology, Coimbatore


Topic:  Teaching effectiveness index – improvement techniques

Date:  9/10/2000 to 21/10/2000

Details:  Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kerala


Topic:  Fatigue and fracture related life prediction techniques

Date:  27/11/2000 to 1/12/2007

Details:  IITM


Topic:  Induction training programme for engineering teachers

Date:  14/2/2001 to 6/3/2001

Details:  RCE Calicut


Topic:  Damage assessment, repair, rehabilitation of civil engineering structures

Date:  19/11/2001 to 30/11/2001

Details:  Annamalai University, Chidambaram


Topic:  Computational fracture mechanics

Date:  27/3/2006 to 31/3/2006

Details:  IISc, Bangalore


Topic:  Earthquake engineering education through laboratory experiments

Date:  16//2006 to 21/1/2006

Details:  IISc, Bangalore


Topic:  Structural system identification

Date:  12/2/2007 to 17/2/2007

Details:  IISc, Bangalore


Topic:  Seismic soil structure interaction analysis in time domain

Date:  26/3/2007 to 30/3/2007

Details:  IITM


Topic:  Safety and fire protection in buildings and industries

Date:  3/12/2012 to 7/12/2012

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Energy conservation & management

Date:  5/11/2012 to 9/11/2012

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Advanced engineering materials and their applications

Date:  21/1/2013 to 25/1/2013

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Innovations & open source tools in information technology

Date:  4/3/2013 to 8/3/2013

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Sustainable technologies in engineering

Date:  18/3/2013 to 22/3/2013

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Video lecture generation and distribution using social network

Date:  15/7/2013 to 19/7/2013

Details:  NITTTR, Chandigarh


Topic:  Management development programme: Problem solving and decision making

Date:  5/9/2013 to 7/9/2013

Details:  IIM Kozhikode


Topic:  Advancements in concrete technology & special concretes

Date:  25/11/2013 to 29/11/2013

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Office automation tools and practices

Date:  25/2/2013 to 1/3/2013

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Safety in construction and material handling

Date:  10/2/2014 to 14/2/2014

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Statistics for experimentalists

Date:  17/3/2014 to 29/3/2014

Details:  IITM


Topic:  Analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures as per IS 1343:2012

Date:  6/7/2014 to 12/7/2014

Details:  NIT Calicut


Topic:  Faculty Development Programme in Teaching Learning

Date:  21/5/2015 to 23/5/2015

Details:  IITM


Topic:  Recent Trends in Applied Physics

Date:  11/1/16 to 15/1/16

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Topic:  Mathematical Models in Data Mining Process

Date:  4/4/16 to 8/4/16

Details:  SoE, CUSAT


Research

Topic:  FRC reinforced Concrete Deep beams

Details:  3791 Ramadass S.


Topic:  Quarry dust products for building construction

Details:  3674 Harilal B.


Topic:  Beam column joints

Details:  3993 Krishna Kumar S


Topic:  Dynamic design of foundation structure

Details:  4770 Gadha Venugopal


Topic:  Masonry buildings

Details:  Shahas S.


Topic:  Application of Waste materials in construction

Details:  4737 Varghese K.O. (being co-guide)


Topic:  Alternate building materials

Details:  Rahamathulla Naufal E.


Topic:  Structural behavior of Infill steel tubes

Details:  Sandeep T.N.


Topic:  Project management incorporating modern equipments

Details:  Jeesan Jose (being co-guide)


Membership

Topic:  Associate

Name of Body:  The Institution of Engineers

Capacity:  1998 onwards


Topic:  Life Member

Name of Body:  The Indian Society of Technical Education

Capacity:  1999 onwards


Topic:  Life Member

Name of Body:  Indian Concrete Institute

Capacity:  1999 onwards


Topic:  Individual Life

Name of Body:  Institute for steel development & Growth

Capacity:  2001-2004


Subjects

Course:  M.Tech.

Subject:  CEC 3201 Computational Techniques


Course:  M.Tech.

Subject:  CEC 3202 Construction Engineering


Course:  M.Tech.

Subject:  CEC 3205 Computer Laboratory


Course:  B.Tech.

Subject:  Strength of Materials Lab