Suman Kumar, Ph.D.

About

Dr. Suman Kumar is currently working as a Scientist in the Heritage and Special Structures Group at CSIR-CBRI Roorkee. Before joining CSIR-CBRI Roorkee, he served in academia as a Trainee Teacher (NIT-IIT Trainee Teacher Scheme, MHRD, GoI) in the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Meghalaya. He received his Doctoral and M. Tech. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, in the specialization of structural engineering. He obtained a B. Tech. from the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Hamirpur, H.P., India. His area of interest includes blast and impact engineering, Behavior of composites under ballistic impact, Design and optimization of protective shelters, and Modelling and Simulation of Buildings and structures under multi-hazards scenarios. He published papers and holds a patent grant in his area of interest.

Employment

• AcSIR Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• Central Building Research Institute Scientist
  2022 - Present
• National Institute of Technology Meghalaya Faculty/ Trainee Teacher
  2014 - 2022
• Larsen & Toubro (India) Graduate Engineer Trainee
  2013 - 2014

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Master of Technology
  2014 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (9)

• Comprehensive evaluation of microparticle-modified cement mortars: microstructural analysis, thermal fatigue, and mix-field radiation shielding
  Sanchit Saxena, Suman Kumar, Hrishikesh Sharma
  Materials and Structures 2026 DOI: 10.1617/s11527-025-02924-2
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• Design and Development of Blast and Heavy Impact Simulating Mechanism for Blast-resistant Design and Validation of Structures
  2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7260523/v1
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• A novel computational framework for efficient nuclear containment design: Structural integrity, radiation shielding, and reliability assessment
  Sanchit Saxena, Suman Kumar, Hrishikesh Sharma
  Reliability Engineering & System Safety 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2025.111038
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• Quantitative Assessment of Steel Reinforcement Effects on Gamma-Ray Shielding in Reinforced Concrete Using Monte Carlo Simulations
  Sanchit Saxena, Suman Kumar, Hrishikesh Sharma

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  • Poonam Kumari
  Case Studies in Construction Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e05023
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• Experimental and numerical based model formulation for estimation of subgrade resilient modulus using the repeated load CBR test considering in situ state of stress
  Transportation Geotechnics 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2024.101331
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• Development of design guidelines using probabilistic framework for the development of smart thickening fluid based ultra resistant adaptive kinematic soft human armor (SURAKSHA)
  Suman Kumar, Sanchit Saxena, Hrishikesh Sharma

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  • Jaswanth Gangolu
  • T. Ajeeth Prabhu
  Reliability Engineering & System Safety 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2023.109277
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• Ballistic Performance Evaluation of High-Performance Fabric Due to Interyarn Friction
  Suman Kumar, Sanchit Saxena, Hrishikesh Sharma
  Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction 2022 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000721
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• A Blast Simulator for testing of specimens of variable dimensions
  Indian Patent Office 2022
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• Impact testing Facility: BHISM for Performance Based Design of Reinforced Concrete (RC) Structures
  G. Jasawanth, Suman Kumar, Hrishikesh Sharma
  Procedia Engineering 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.12.095
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