About
Dr. Shashank Pathak
Assistant Professor
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
A11, 5th Floor, Room No.- 15
North Campus, IIT Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India - 175075,
Phone: +91-1905-267716
E-mail: shashank@iitmandi.ac.in
Academics
Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) Jul 2013-Sep 2019
PhD Thesis:
Nuclear Explosion Deforms the Ground: How much & How Sure?
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, India
B.Tech.-M.Tech. (Dual) (Civil Engineering) Jul 2005-Aug 2010
Master Thesis:
On Nonstationarity-Related Errors in Modal Combination Rules
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, U.P., India
Research Interest
Structural Dynamics; Uncertainty analysis; Extreme & Transient Loads
Professional Experience
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India: Assistant Professor in School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (Since Nov 2021)
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium: Post-doctoral researcher in Precision Mechatronics Laboratory (Nov 2019–Sep 2021)
Central Soil & Materials Research Station, Ministry of Water Resources RD & GR, Govt. of India: Scientist-B (Jun 2012–Jun 2017) & Scientist-C (Jun 2017–Sep 2019)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India: Assistant Research Professor in Department of Civil Engineering (Nov 2011–Apr 2012)
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Faridabad, Haryana, India: Post-Graduate Engineer Trainee (Aug 2010–Aug 2011) & Executive Engineer (E1) (Aug 2011–Oct 2011)
Scholarships and Awards
Junior Associate Editor in Journal of structural dynamics.
Actions de recherche concretes (ARC) Fellowship–2019 by ULB, Belgium
Young Geotechnical Engineer Award–2016 by Indian Geotechnical Society-Delhi Chapter
ISRMTT Best Paper Award–2014 by Indian Society for Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Technology
Academic Excellence Award–2010 by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Academic Excellence Award–2009 by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
All India Rank 36 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2009
Rank 24 in U.P. State in High School U.P. Board Examination, 2003