Teaching :

Involved in teaching first at Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India as a Lecturer at Department of Architecture and after that at University of Southern California, School of Architecture, Los Angeles as a Teaching Assistant for a course in structural systems and seismic design. Currently lecture at Engineering colleges (U.V.C.E, D.C.E etc.) and Professional organizations (IIA, DIAF etc.) in India, to Architects, Engineers, Students, Academics, and other groups, on topics related to Structural Engineering, Lightweight Structures, Advanced Structures, Earthquake Resistant Design,  Academic and Professional work in the USA.

Academics:

UnderGraduate Projects:

Study of Earthquake Resistant Structures with an introduction by Prof. S.V. Ravindra; a handbook for both architects and engineers to design buildings in earthquake prone areas with an emphasis on reinforced concrete structures, done under the guidance of Prof. Munirudrappa (This work was acknowledged by leading scientists working on this subject in India)
Dasara Exhibition Complex designed in the historic urban core of Mysore City, project includes site planning, the design of the individual pavilions, the entrance plaza, a city tower and other buildings within the complex with application of high tech ideas.

Graduate Thesis:

Eccentric Braced Frame a new approach in Steel and Concrete, done under the guidance of Prof. Goetz Schierle and Prof. Dimitry Vergun. Thesis includes damage control analysis and design of steel and concrete structures for seismic loading with the application of fail-save devices as damage controllers.

Research :

• Researched and developed a structural engineering software application “Mathform” for the Computer Aided Design and Pattering of Tensioned Fabric Structures. Developed algorithms for non-linear analysis using stiffness matrix and dynamic relaxation, with AutoCAD 2000, Visual Basic, VC++ and Microsoft Access on Windows Operating System.
• Researched and developed Three New Cladding System, which could be used for cladding facades of buildings in areas of high seismicity and in particular in the state of California (seismic zone 4), based on the Seismic provisions of the California Building Code, 2002 edition.
• Researched and developed an engineering methodology, “Nonlinear Load History Analysis of Space frame Structures” to evaluate the ultimate load on a conventionally designed space frame. Both geometric and material nonlinearties with local/global buckling of the structure together with potential progressive collapse are considered in evaluating the ultimate loading
• Research and compiled a study “Structures in Earthquake” to a) Assess the performance and behavior of buildings in earthquake and b) Strategies for seismic analysis and design of buildings to satisfy building code
• Currently working on “Sustainability projects applying high technology, low technology and mid technology.” The projects are based on my theory that High point of sustainability is to be live in harmony with the “Earth” by only consume what is available without processing or enhancement i.e. no fire, no cooking, no tilling, no construction, no tool, etc. High point of High technology is to colonize space and start living there or to create a sunshade to the Sun and reduce radiation and in turn reduce global warming. And mid technology is to design green
• Currently working on “Form follows formula” a research into non- conventional forms conceived with the aid of Mathematics (Differential geometry), and to Design and build a Building using forms derived from Mathematics. The most interesting and exciting part of this research is the morphable, shape changing qualities of forms that are parametrically defined; the great variety of possible forms that can be conceived from very basic Math relationships.
• Currently researching to co-author a textbook titled “Light Weight Structures” for architects and engineers to analyze and design of space frames, tensile fabric, tension glazing and other weightless structures.
• Developed a “New Bolted Spaceframe System” for India. Even though space frame is a 1960’s building technology, but its potential to generate unique form, and its potential as a materially efficient sustainable structure type, remain largely unexplored and present significant future opportunity in India and I want to take advantage of this.