Durgesh C. Rai

Teaching Experience - New Courses


 
 
  • Academic Senate Commendations

IIT Kanpur Academic Senate commendation for excellence in teaching for the UG core course of Mechanics of Solids (ESO 202A) in 2014; and PG courses Masonry Structures (CE625) in 2010, Advanced Steel Design (CE627) in 2011, Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering (CE623A) in 2015, Structural Dynamics (CE 620) in 2011 and 2016,and Engineering Mechanics (CE621) in 2018 and 2023.

 
  • Commendations by Graduating Students

Silver plaque from the Department of Civil Engineering for being voted the most inspiring teacher by the 2008 batch of Civil Engineering

 
  • Laboratory Course in Structural Engineering

A new post-graduate laboratory course Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering (CE 623) is developed which is currently being offered as core course for PG students. The objective of the course is to introduce students experimental techniques generally utilized in investigating static and dynamic behaviour of structural systems and components. The emphasis of the course is on the use of computer-controlled load application, instrumentation and sensors, data acquisition and interpretation systems for comparison of experimental and theoretically predicted behavior. The course is complemented with several “hands-on” experiments in the laboratory. It is expected that an experience in verifying analytical work will develop a keen insight into the theories and a careful attitude in developing new theories.

 
  • UG Elective for Earthquake Engineering

Introduced an elective course at the undergraduate level on Introduction to Earthquake Engineering (CE 423) and taught the same three times so far. This is developed with a view to expose the undergraduate students to the basic concepts in design of structures to resist earthquake effects.

 
  • Structural Design Course for Masonry

A new elective course was also developed on Masonry Structures (CE 625). The course on masonry structures is in sequence to structural design courses in steel and concrete at the PG level. The course deals with behavior of masonry structures under different loadings, and provides computational principles along with the quantitative approach to design of masonry structures. The course outline is kept related to structural engineering principles of masonry construction with adequate emphasis on the fundamentals and basic mechanics and code practices.

 
  • Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering (PG Lab Core)

A new post-graduate laboratory course Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering (CE 623) is developed which is currently being offered as core course. The objective of the course is to introduce students experimental techniques generally utilized in investigating static and dynamic behaviour of structural systems and components. The emphasis of the course is on the use of computer-controlled load application, instrumentation and sensors, data acquisition and interpretation systems for comparison of experimental and theoretically predicted behavior. The course is complemented with several "hands-on" experiments in the laboratory. It is expected that an experience in verifying analytical work will develop a keen insight into the theories and a careful attitude in developing new theories.

 
  • Rigid Body Mechanics Course Materials for a Large Class

At University of Oklahoma, Norman, I assisted in the development of a course material for an undergraduate course of Rigid Body Mechanics for a very large class. I prepared two sets of lecture notes: one incomplete set for students to be completed during lectures and another complete set for the instructor. I also assisted in the use of these notes and conducted tutorial classes to monitor the efficacy of this mode of instruction.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Designed by Pawan Kumar srivastava
NICEE, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur