Author Info | - Dr Ashok K. Jain is a former Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Formerly University of Roorkee), obtained B.E. and M.E. degrees with Honours from the University of Roorkee in 1972 and 1974, and doctorate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1978. He has over 40 years of experience in exploring the behaviour of plain concrete, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete, from lecture room to laboratory to design project to site inspections and investigations. He has designed numerous buildings, water tanks, STPs, bridges, retaining walls, and blast resistant structures. He has also investigated failure of many RC structures under normal and earthquake situations. He has conducted extensive research on non-linear analysis of buildings and bridges. A recipient of several awards, he has been a Research Fellow at the University of Michigan; a Visiting Professor at the McGill University, Montreal; Director, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, and Head of Civil Engineering Department, I.I.T. Roorkee. Prof. Jain embodies a unique combination of teaching, research, design consultancy, as well as a mentor and a philanthropist.
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