Professor
Area of Specialization:
Concrete Technology, Construction Engineering and Management, Waste management.
Research Interests:
Waste utilization in concrete and brick, Optimization.
Selected Publications:Journal Publications:
- Devi, V. Subathra, M. Madhan Kumar, N. Iswarya, and B. K. Gnanavel. "Durability of Steel Slag Concrete under Various Exposure Conditions." Materials Today: Proceedings 22 (2020): 2764-2771.
- Iswarya,N. R.Adalarasan, V.Subathra Devi and M.Madhan kumar "Experimental investigation on strength and durability of light weight bacterial concrete." Materials Today: Proceedings 22 (2020): 2808-2813.
- Kumar,M.Madhan, D.Vijaya Ganapathy, V.Subathra Devi, and N. Iswarya. "Experimental Investigation on Fibre Reinforced Bacterial Concrete." Materials Today: Proceedings 22 (2020): 2779-2790.
- Devi, V. Subathra. "Durability properties of multiple blended concrete." Construction and Building Materials 179 (2018): 649-660.
- Devi, V. Subathra, and B. K. Gnanavel. "Properties of concrete manufactured using steel slag." Procedia Engineering 97, no. 12 (2014): 95-104.
- Devi, V. Subathra, and B. K. Gnanavel. " Experimental Investigation on the mechanical properties of steel slag ceramic concrete." International journal of chem tech research 8, no. 8(2015): 152-160.
- Devi, V. Subathra. "Self-Healing Properties of Steel Slag Bio Concrete." In International Conference for Phoenixes on Emerging Current Trends in Engineering and Management (PECTEAM 2018). Atlantis Press, 2018.
- Devi, V. Subathra, Thippu Thileban S ,Yuvaraj S. " Investigation on the strength and durability properties of concrete with GGBS and silica fume." International journal of Emerging Technology and advanced engineering chem tech research, no. 8(2018): 107-111.
- Devi, V. Subathra, B. K. Gnanavel, P. Murthi, and M. Madhanagopal. "Investigation of novel sustainable concrete using optimization technique." Adv. Mater. Proc. 2 2 (2017): 86-92.
- Devi, V. Subathra, and B. K. Gnanavel. " Experimental analyzing the suitability of waste materials in sustainable concrete construction." International journal of Innovative Research in science Engineering and Technology 6, no.2 (2017): 1831-1839.
National & International Conference:
Organized:
- Organized the event, Project Display and Paper presentation for DRESTEIN’9, National level Intercollegiate Technical and Management Fest, September 2017.
- Organized the event, Poster presentation for DRESTEIN’18 and DRESTEIN’19, National level Intercollegiate Technical and Management Fest, September 2018 and 2019.
- Organized the International conference on Recent Innovations in civil engineering on March 2019.
- Organized webinar on Bridge structures, Environmental safegaurd challenges, pile raft foundation on May 2020.
- Organized SEC webinar series on the title of how to adapt for the Climate Change as coordinator on May 2020.
- Organized our department webinar series on the title Bridge Structures - Approaches to Loading and Analysis as Coordinator on May 2020.
- Organized SEC webinar series on the title of Lauch as Entrepreneurs Skills and Talents as coordinator on May 2020.
- Organized our department webinar series on the title of piles-raft foundations for high rise buildings: sustainability and future directions as coordinator on May 2020.
- Organized SEC webinar series on the title of Tricks and Tips for Civil Service Examinations as coordinator on May 2020.
- Organized Mind sport for engineers- diploma civil students quiz competition from 4 june to 10 June
- Organized webinar on applications of repair and rehabilitation of bridges at SEC on June
- Organized webinar in association with IEI on topic A sneak- peak in to AR and VR technology by mind works, Chennai on July
- Organized the International conference on Innovative Solutions and challenges in the Civil Engineering on August 2020
Paper presentation
- “Study on properties of Bricks with partial replacement of Brick earth by Steel slag“ in the National Conference on “Recent Trends in Concrete Composites for structural systems” on 03.04.2009 & 04.04.2009 at Kongu Engineering College.
- “Effect of partial replacement of aggregates by steel slag on the strength and durability properties of RCC” in the national conference on “Emerging trends in Civil Engineering” on 23.02.2010 at KSR college of Engineering, Erode.
- “Strength and durability properties of RCC using steel slag as a replacement material for aggregates” in the fifth national conference on “Optimization techniques in engineering sciences and technologies” on 25.03.2010 and 26.03.2010 at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology.
- “Properties of concrete using ceramic waste as coarse aggregate” in the national conference on “Waste Management” on 21.03.2014 at Saveetha Engineering College.
- “Properties of concrete manufactured using steel slag” in the International conference on “12th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management” on 08.12.2014 to 10.12.2014 at VIT University, Vellore.
- “Investigation of Novel Sustainable concrete using optimization techniques” in the International conference on “Material Science and Technology 2016” on 01.03.2016 to 03.03.2016 at University of Delhi, Delhi.
- “Analyzing the waste materials for its suitability in sustainable concrete construction” in the International conference on “Hybrid energy systems and sustainability” on 06.04.2016 to 08.04.2016 at Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai
- “Utilization of textile mill apparel waste in manufacturing of clay bricks” in the International conference on “Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering” on 16.03.2019 at Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai
- “Durability of Steel slag concrete under various exposure conditions” in the 2nd International conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling at VIT, Vellore during 29.03.2019 to 31.03.2019.
Working Papers:
Three Scopus indexed papers are under process of publication.
Work in Progress:
Undergoing research in the areas of lightweight concrete, fibre reinforced concrete, bacterial concrete, steel slag concrete.
Academic Experience:
16 years of teaching experience in various Institutions.
Guideship Details:
Doctoral Committee member for three scholars in Saveetha University.
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Attended:
- Major Seminars/ Conferences/workshops/training attended : 60
- Online webinars attended : 75
Memberships:
- ISTE - Indian Society of Technical Education (LM51005)
- IAENG- Member in International Association of Engineers (162698)
- IAAM- The International Association of advanced Materials (801122913172)
- ICI- Indian Concrete Institute (LM12922)
- IEI- Institution of Engineers (M-1692377)
