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Dr. SHAIK MAHABU SUBHANI

ABOUT
NAME: Dr. SHAIK MAHABU SUBHANI

M.TECH: IIT Bombay

E- MAIL: subhani@nitandhra.ac.in

POSITION: Assistant Professor & HOD

PhD: IIT Madras

PHONE: +91 6303143227


AREAS OF INTEREST: Durability of concrete structures; Cement chemistry and hydration process;Non- destructive Techniques for assessment of structures; Alkali activated binder system

PROFILE

Professional Experience 

  •        Assistant Professor, in the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Andhra Pradesh, December 2019-till date.
  •        V & M Modelling and Simulation Engineer, Cameron, a Schlumberger company, Coimbatore, May 2019- December 2019.
  •        Predoctoral Researcher, in the Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, January 2019-April 2019.
  •        Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, June. 2014 – July 2015.
  •        Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India, September 2013 – April 2014.

Research Experience

  • Predoctoral Fellow: Solid Mechanics Section, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, India, January 2019-April 2019 (Advisor: Prof. A. Arockiarajan)
  • Doctoral Research:  Solid Mechanics Section, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, India, 2015 (July) -2018 (Dec), (Advisor: Prof. A. Arockiarajan)
  • Postgraduate Research: Structural Health Monitoring and Retrofitting Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, India, 2011-2013 (Advisor: Prof. Sauvik Banerjee)

Grants and Honors

  •  As a Coordinator, secured funding of 5,00,000 /- INR from Department of Science & Technology (DST) Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for organizing one-week high-end workshop (Karyashala) on “Current and Future Prospects of Modern Construction Materials and Practices, ”, Ref: AV/KAR/2022/0781
  • Selected for Institute Research Award for the doctoral research carried out at IIT Madras.
  • Bestowed with Prof V Ramamurthy  Best Thesis Award in department of Applied Mechanics at IIT Madras
  • Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) fellowship, Government of India (July 2015-December 2018)
  • MHRD fellowship, Government of India (July 2011-June 2013)
  • Secured All India Rank 179 In GATE 2010
  • Secured Second rank in Third year B.Tech Examinations held by Acharya Nagarjuna University
  •  Secured Third rank in Second year B.Tech Examinations held by Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Publications in Refereed International Journals

  1. Ashok, Kunchala, Sk M. Subhani, and Baranidharan Sundaram. "Enhancing Strength and Durability of Sustainable Concrete Paver Blocks with Recycled Aggregates, Agro and Industrial By-Products." Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering (2025): 1-22. (Impact Factor: 2.50, Quartile: Q2)
  2. Ashok, Kunchala, Sk M. Subhani, and Baranidharan Sundaram. "Performance characteristics of ternary blended concrete incorporating fine recycled aggregate, sugarcane bagasse ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag." Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation 10.2 (2025): 1-22. (Impact Factor: 2.20, Quartile: Q2)
  3. Komaragiri, Mehar Sai, Kumar Gedela Santhosh, and Sk M. Subhani. "Effect of Palm Oil Fuel Ash and Granite Dust Inclusion on the Performance of Slag Based Alkali Activated Binders: an Innovative Ref No. : 542025014289 | Page 15 of 24 13 Step Towards Sustainable Development." International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (2025): 1-17. (Impact Factor: 2.5, Quartile: Q2)
  4. Komaragiri, Mehar Sai, Subhani Shaik, Santhosh Kumar Gedela, and Sk M. Subhani. "Machine learning modelling for strength prediction and durability investigation of alkali activated binders with POFA and granite dust." Asian Journal of Civil Engineering 26, no. 6 (2025): 2447-2464. (Impact Factor: 3.13, Quartile: Q2)
  5. Komaragiri, Mehar Sai, and Sk M. Subhani. "Mechanical and durability assessment of slag-based alkali-activated binders incorporating granite dust." Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation 10.1 (2025): 7. (Impact Factor: 2.20, Quartile: Q2)
  6. Subhani, Shaik, Sk M. Subhani, and A. Bahurudeen. " Utilization of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash in Binary, Ternary, and Quaternary Blended Cement Concrete–A Waste to Wealth Approach." Materials Today Sustainability (2024): 100954. (Impact Factor: 7.1, Quartile: Q1)
  7. Santhosh, Kumar Gedela, Sk M. Subhani, and A. Bahurudeen. "Exploring sustainable alternatives: quarry dust and sugar cane bagasse ash in sodium and potassium-based alkali-activated binders for enhanced mechanical and durability properties." Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials (2024): 1-14. (Impact Factor: 4.7, Quartile: Q1)
  8. Rifa, Asim, Sk M. Subhani, A. Bahurudeen, and Kumar Gedela Santhosh. "A systematic comparison of performance of recycled concrete fine aggregates with other alternative fine aggregates: An approach to find a sustainable alternative to river sand." Journal of Building Engineering (2023): 107695. (Impact Factor: 6.7, Quartile: Q1)
  9. Santhosh, Kumar Gedela, Sk M. Subhani, and A. Bahurudeen. "An investigation on the effectiveness of quarry dust and sugarcane bagasse ash in Na-based alkali-activated binder." Materials Today: Proceedings (2023). (Quartile: Q2)
  10.  Santhosh, Kumar Gedela, Sk M. Subhani, and A. Bahurudeen. "Recycling of palm oil fuel ash and rice husk ash in the cleaner production of concrete." Journal of Cleaner Production 354 (2022): 131736. (Impact Factor: 9.7, Quartile: Q1)
  11. Santhosh, Kumar Gedela, Sk M. Subhani, and A. Bahurudeen. "Sustainable reuse of palm oil fuel ash in concrete, alkali-activated binders, soil stabilization, bricks and adsorbent: A waste to wealth approach." Industrial Crops and Products 183 (2022): 114954. (Impact Factor: 5.6, Quartile: Q1)
  12.  Nagireddi, Jagadeesh, Santhosh Kumar Gedela, Mahabu Subhani Shaik, and Baranidharan Sundaram. "Environmental performance and cost assessment of precast structural elements for cleaner construction solutions: LCA approach." ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 26, no. 2 (2022): 04021052. (Impact Factor: 2.44, Quartile: Q2)
  13. Kumar Gedela Santhosh, Sk M. Subhani, A. Bahurudeen. “Cleaner production of concrete by using industrial by-products as fine aggregate: A sustainable solution to excessive river sand mining.” Journal of Building Engineering, 42(2021), 102415, (Impact Factor: 6.7, Quartile: Q1)
  14.  V. Sai Elakkiya, Sk. M. Subhani and A. Arockiarajan, “A phenomenological approach to study the nonlinear magnetoelectric (ME) response of ME composites”, Smart materials and structures, 29, 2020, 015010, (Impact Factor: 3.7, Quartile: Q1)
  15. Sk. M. Subhani and A. Arockiarajan. “Study on axial resonance magento-electric (ME) effects of layered magneto-electric composites.” European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 77, 2019,103799, (Impact Factor: 4.4, Quartile: Q1)
  16. Sk. M. Subhani, S. Maniprakash and A. Arockiarajan. “Theoretical and Experimental analysis of temperature dependent nonlinear behaviour of tri-layered magnetoelectric composites”. Mechanics of Materials, 126, 2018, 111 - 125. (Impact Factor: 3.4, Quartile: Q1)
  17. Sk. M. Subhani, J. Arout Chelvane and A. Arockiarajan. “Experimental investigation of performance of tri-layered magnetoelectric (ME) composites under thermal environment.” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 51, 2018, 295001. (Impact Factor: 3.1, Quartile: Q1)
  18. Sk. M. Subhani, S. Maniprakash and A. Arockiarajan. “Nonlinear magneto-electro- thermo-mechanical response of layered magnetoelectric composites: Theoretical and experimental approach.” Smart materials and structures, 26, 2017, 105010. (Impact Factor: 3.7, Quartile: Q1)
  19. Sk. M. Subhani, S. Maniprakash and A. Arockiarajan. “Rate dependent nonlinear magneto-electro-mechanical response of layered magnetoelectric composites: Theoretical and experimental approach.” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 266, 2017, 65-75. (Impact Factor: 4.1, Quartile: Q1)
  20. Sk. M. Subhani, S. Maniprakash and A. Arockiarajan. “Non-linear Magneto-electro- mechanical response of layered Magneto electric composites: Theoretical and Experimental approach.” Acta Mechanica, 228, 2017, 3185−3201.(Impact Factor: 2.3, Quartile: Q2)
  21. Banerjee, Sauvik, Debadatta Mandal, and Shaik Mahabu Subhani. "Wavlet-Based Active Sensing for Health Monitoring of Plate Structures using Baseline Free Ultrasonic Guided Wave Signals." International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems 6.4 (2013): 1435-1455. (Impact Factor: 0.5, Quartile: Q3)

Patents (Filed/Granted):

  1.      “Apparatus And Method of Determining in Concrete Sample Weight Loss Due to Water Bleeding” by Abdul Salam, Bahurudeen, Gedela Santhosh Kumar and Shaik Mahabu Subhani (Patent filed with application number 202311048296)
  1.      “An Apparatus and Method for Measuring Air Permeability of Concrete Specimen” by Abdul Salam, Bahurudeen, Shaik Subhani and Shaik Mahabu Subhani (Patent filed with application number 202311078557)

Consultancy Projects (Completed /Ongoing):

Project Title

SponsoringAgency

Structural vetting  & Proof Checking of Govt New Medical College at Nandyal in Kurnool Dist

Voyants Solutions Private Limited

Vetting of Structural design and drawings for Proposed Construction of Men's Hostel MH7 (G+17 Floors) and Ladies Hostel (LH4) G+17 Floors at VIT-AP University.

VIT University Andhra Pradesh

Conducting Material testing, cube tests , Mix Design and Structural Audting for Construction of EMRS Peddabayalu Pahase II Andhra Pradesh

CIPEL Infra ltd Hyderabad

Conducting Material testing, cube tests , Mix Design and Structural Audting for Construction of EMRS Hukumpeta Andhra Pradesh

 Brunda infra pvt limited 

Conducting Material testing, cube tests , Mix Design and Structural Audting for Construction of EMRS Araku vally Pahase II  and G Madugula  Pahase II Andhra Pradesh

Ch.Veeraraghavulu Constructions Private Limited

Design & Detailed Submission of Structural Drawings for Major/Minor/Important Brides and ROB/RUB

Balaji Rail Road Systems Private Limited

Issuance of Completion Certificate to the Project Construction of Grade Separator from H-7 area to port connectivity road bypassing convent junction

Visakhapatnam Port Road Company Limited

Third Party Proof Checking for structural design submitted by project Architect towards construction of Branch / Office Building at Kurnool at Guntur,  Nellore and Kurnool

State Bank of India

Third Party Quality Assurance (TPQA) for construction of total 9 no's Ekalavya Model Residential schools (EMRS) (in Visakhapatnam District (7 no's) and East Godavari District (2 no’s) in the state of Andhra Pradesh

 Engineering Projects India Limited and Ministry of Tribal Affairs (NESTS)

Third Party Proof Checking for structural design submitted by project Architect towards construction of DGM's and Other officer's residential quarters at Guntur

State Bank of India

lnspecting the building and conducting structural Audit and submitting the report on adequacy/need for repair/maintenance of Bank's own buildings of canara Bank, Circle Office Vijayawada area

Canara Bank

  Proof Checking for structural designs and drawings for Construction of Gallery & change room near Synthetic Athletic Track at Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar, Telangana.

Engineering Projects India Limited

Vetting of Structural designs with span more than 15.0 m in construction of 4 lane Highway from Samalkota to Atcham Peta of NH-516F

Upright Projects LLP

Conducting Non-Destructive Structural Stability Testing and Visual Inspection for assessing the Structural Soundness of Existing Buildings of State Bank of India Branches at various locations in Andhra Pradesh

State Bank of India

Material Testing, Cube Tests, Mix Design & Structural Auditing for EMRS Schools at Rampachodavaram and Koyyuru

CNR Infratech Private Limited

Material Testing, Cube Tests, Mix Design & Structural Auditing for EMRS Schools at Paderu and AnanthagiriCh.Veeraraghavulu Constructions Private Limited

Proof Checking of the Detailed Design and Submission of Structural Drawings

for Major/Minor/Important Bridges and ROB/RUB in the Jurisdiction of Deputy Chief Engineer-1 – Prayagraj”

VRP Structural Engineers Private Limited

Proof Checking of Structural Designs of RCC Buildings of Government Medical College and Hospital in Penukonda

Voyants Solutions Private Limited

Proof checking of designs and drawing of medical college at Adoni

Murthy and Manyam (Architects and Engineers)

Structural auditing of seven NVS schools located at different locations of Andhra Pradesh

Hindustan steel works construction Ltd

Unconfined Compression Tests on Deep Soil Mixed Specimens From Gap I At Polavaram Irrigation Project

Bauer Engineering India Pvt LtdNoida

Proof Checking of Structural Designs of RCC Buildings at Kurnool

SS Consultants

Proof checking of designs and drawing of medical college at Madanapalli

Young designers Private Limited

Structural auditing of Gantry systems located on NH-16

Safeway concessions Pvt Ltd

Witnessing and Certification of Bridge load test carried out at chainage of 938+485 RHS

Safeway concessions Pvt Ltd

Proof checking of designs and drawing of medical colleges at Vizianagaram, Machilipatnam Andhra Pradesh

SS Infrastructure Projects Consultants Private limited

Witness and Certification of Bridge Load Test at Kavali Village on Vijayawada-Nellore Section in Andhra Pradesh at Ch:1327+835 Rhs- Retained Bridge

Peak Infrastructure Management Services Pvt Ltd

Unconfined Compression Tests On Deep Soil Mixed Specimens From Gap I At Polavaram Irrigation Project

Bauer Engineering India Pvt Ltd

Structural auditing of NVS school located at Bhadrachalam

Hindustan steel works construction Ltd

Compressive Strength Measurement of M30 Grade Concrete Cubes for Providing 0.7 & 2.5 MLD Capacity Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)

SK Engineers

Mix design of M25 and M30 Concrete

Food Corporation of India

Proof Checking of Structural Designs of RCC Buildings of Government Medical College and Hospital in Nandyal

Voyants Solutions Private Limited

Design Mix for EMRS Schools in Vizag & East Godavari

Engineers Projects India Limited

 

Conducting Structural Stability of Existing Buildings for the Construction of additional class rooms

PRI Tadepalligudem, Govt of AP

Proof checking of design calculations for gas pipe line at railway crossing

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Consultancy Charges for Proof Checking of Structural Designs of RCC Buildings-Provision of PEB Sheds at Rangapahar MIL STN.

Rajesh Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd

TPQA for checking the integrity of welding joints of truss work

Central Public Works Department

Measurement of M30 Grade Concrete Cubes for Providing 3.5 MLD Capacity Sewage Treatment Plant

M/s Singan Projects Pvt Ltd

Cement tests & Concrete Cube tests of Samples for the project- Construction of three number of semi-permanent shelters for ESIC at Rajamahendravaram, Rajamahendravaram District, Andhra Pradesh

KVR Infra Projects

Design Mix for M20 Concrete mix and Tests for HYSD Bars

SVS Devasthanam, Dwaraka Tirumala

Conducting Non-Destructive Structural Stability Testing and Visual Inspection for assessing the Structural Soundness

Safeway Concessions Pvt Ltd

Consultancy Charges for Laboratory Testing of Steel Samples, Aggregates and Water Samples for Fly over Construction Works , Andhra Pradesh.

Shrusthi Contech Pvt Ltd

Testing Physical Properties of Cement

AP State Housing Corporation Ltd

Structural Stability of E.V.M.M High School Building at Tadepalligudem Municipality

Tadepalligudem Municipality

Conference Presentations

  1.  Kumar Gedela Santhosh, Sk M. Subhani, A. Bahurudeen “An investigation on the effectiveness of quarry dust and sugarcane bagasse ash in Na-based alkali-activated binder” in the Second International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures (ICCMS-2022) during 13-19 December, 2022.
  2. Kumar Gedela Santhosh, Sk M. Subhani, A. Bahurudeen “Experimental study on compressive strength of alkali activated binders containing stone dust as a replacement of fine aggregate”,  the International Virtual Conference on "Smart and Sustainable Development of Urban Green Infrastructure in India and Canada” organized by National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli from 25th to 26th March 2022
  3. Nagireddi Jagadeesh, Santhosh Kumar G, Shaik Mahabu Subhani, and Baranidharan S, “Environmental Performance of Prefabricated Structural Elements for Cleaner Construction solutions – A LCA Approach” Recent Innovations in Cleaner Technologies (RICT- 2021), 8th -9th March 2021, MNIT Jaipur, India.
  4. Sk. M. Subhani, S. Maniprakash and A. Arockiarajan. “Theoretical and experimental investigation of magnetoelectric (ME) effects in tri-layered composites”, 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems),11-15 June, 2018, Glasgow, UK.
  5.  Sikdar, S., Banerjee, S., and Subhani, S.M., 2013. “Detection of Disbond in a Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structure Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves and Bonded PZT Sensors”, Proceedings of the 14th Asia Pacific Conference on non-destructive testing (APCNDT), Mumbai, India, 18-22 November, Paper ID 139, 2013.
  6.   Mandal D., Banerjee, S., and Subhani, S.M., 2012. “A Baseline Free Technique for Health Monitoring of isotropic Plate-like structures using Built-in PZT Network and Guided Lamb Waves”, National Conference on condition Monitoring of Engineering systems & Structures., Pune, India, 2012.

Organization of Courses/Conferences/ FDPs etc.:

  • Organized a five day faculty development programme on "Advances in Theoretical and Computational Mechanics" during 26-30 October, 2020

Thesis Supervision:

S. No.

Student Name’s

Current Position

  1.       

 Dr. Gedela Santhosh Kumar

(PP031951)

Full Time

Thesis Defended, Currently Working as Assistant Professor, SRM University, Andhra Pradesh

  1.       

Mr. Subhani Shaik

(PP032152)

Full Time

Ongoing

  1.       

Venugopala Swamy V (PP032002)

Part Time

Ongoing

  1.       

Gadamchetty Naga Sruthi (PP032004)

Part Time

 

Ongoing

  1.       

Mehar Sai.K (PP032052)

Part Time

Ongoing

  1.       

Kunchala Ashok (PP032053)

Part Time

Ongoing


Courses Taught

  • Strength of Materials-I
  • Strength of Materials-II
  • Concrete Technology
  • Theory of Structures-I
  • Design of Concrete Structures
  • Theory of Structures -II
  • Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures

Administrative Activities:

  1.      Member, Board of Studies (BoS), Under Graduate (UG) Curriculum (Civil Engineering) of NIT Andhra Pradesh (Dec 2020 to July 2023)
  2.      Strength of Materials Laboratory In- charge, Department of Civil Engineering (2022 Onwards)
  3.      Concrete Technology Laboratory In- charge, Department of Civil Engineering (2021 Onwards)
  4.      Training and Placement, Faculty In-charge, Department of Civil Engineering (2022 Onwards)
  5.      Civil Engineering Association, Faculty In-charge, Department of Civil Engineering (2021 Onwards)
  6.      Visiting Warden, Vamsadhara Hall of Residence (2021-22) & Nagavali Hall of Residence (2022 Onwards)

Outreach:

  1.      Reviewer for International Journals (Structural Concrete, Journal of Building Engineering)
  2.      Reviewer for National Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur
  3.      Reviewer for National Seminar on Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development of India, National Council for Cement and Building Materials.
  4.      External Subject Expert – Ratification of Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (Sri Vasavi Engineering College and Narasaraopet Engineering College).
  5.      Session Chair, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering,Narasaraopet Engineering College
  6.      Doctoral Advisory Committee – VIT University Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
  7.      BoS External Subject Expert – Department of Civil Engineering, Aditya College of Engineering.
  8.      BoS External Subject Expert – Department of Civil Engineering, Sir C R Reddy College of Engineering.
  9.      BoS External Subject Expert – Department of Civil Engineering,  St. Johns College of Engineering & Technology .
  10.      Invited Lectures delivered at BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus,  Kallam Haranadha Reddy Institute of Technology, Sri Vasavi Engineering College, K.S Rangasamy College of Technology and Vishnu Institute of Technology





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