Prashanth M H

Designation: 

Associate Professor

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Monday, May 21, 2007

Professional Experience: 

Total experience: 20 years
Experience at NITK: 19 years

Contact Details

E-mail: 

mh_prashanth@nitk.edu.in
mhprashanth1@gmail.com

Telephone: 

0824-2473608

Mobile: 

+91-944 862 6481

Academic Background

Academic Background: 

• Ph.D. - (Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore), 2018
• M.Tech. - Structural Engineering (National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal), 2006
• B.E.- Civil Engineering (National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal), 2004

Areas of Interest
  • Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Behaviour of Concrete; Sustainable Concrete Materials and Geopolymer Concrete; Reinforced Concrete Structures and Strengthening; Fractal Analysis and Surface Characterization; Structural Fire Engineering and Finite Element Modelling.

Significant Projects

1) Establishing the Empirical Relationship of Structural Serviceability Parameters Between Naturally and Accelerated corroded RCC beams exposed to Natural coastal environment for prolonged period (Project Cost: 18 Lakhs), Board of Research for Nuclear Sciences. 2026-2029 (Continuing) (Co-PI)

2) Strength, serviceability and hazard assessment of global vipassana pagoda considering as built information and in-situ material properties (Project Cost: 18 Lakhs)
Global Vipassana foundation, 2021-2024, (Continuing) (Co-PI)

3) Effect of Corrosion on Residual Capacity of RCC Beams and Beam –Column Joints in coastal regions, (Project Cost: 35 Lakhs), Board of Research for Nuclear Sciences.
2010 -2013 (Completed) (Co-PI)

Supervision of Ph.D

Ongoing: 6
Completed: 5

Significant Publications

1) Pruthviraj S, Prashanth M H, Measurement Scale Influence and Performance Analysis of Advanced Methodologies for Fractal Dimension Characterization of Real-World Irregular Surfaces, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 33(8), 12045 - 12072

2) Pruthviraj S, Prashanth M H, Optimising fine-aggregate gradation for enhanced strength properties of cement mortar: a study using gradation fractal dimension European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2026, 30(1), 2705946

3) Guruprasad T N, Prashanth M H, Narasimhan M C, Development and characterisation of an optimum one-part geopolymer concrete mix with high mechanical strength, Progress in Engineering Science, 2026, 3, 100323

4) Guruprasad T N, Prashanth M H, Mahanthesh H S, Narasimhan M.C Experimental investigation on the bond behavior of the GFRP bars with one-part geopolymer concrete and conventional concrete, Research on Engineering Structures and Materials, 2026

5) Imran K, Prashanth, M H, Yashwant G V, Rakshit Kumar S, Fracture and brittle behavior of lightweight self-consolidating alkali activated concretes: a Taguchi-ANOVA approach, Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design, 2026, 9(1), 140

6) Channappa T M, Prashanth M H, Narasimhan M C, Yatish R G, and G Bhanu Prakash, Influence of Fly Ash and Coarse Aggregate Proportions on Fracture Parameters of Alkali Activated Self-Compacting Concrete, Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 73(10): 3247-3266; 2025.

7) Prakash G B, Prashanth M H, Narasimhan, M C, K Mahendra, Amit Kumar Das Performance evaluation of fiber reinforced self-compacting alkali activated concrete mixes—a DoE approach, Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation 2025, 10(2), 114

8) Imran K, Prashanth M H, Application of Taguchi's optimization techniques for enhancing the fracture characteristics and brittleness of self-compacting alkali-activated concrete Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2025, 138, 104931

9) Subhash C Yaragal, Harsh Kumar V. A, Nithish Krishna K M, Chandrashekar A, Gopika D, Prashanth, M. H, Influence of curing regimes and duration on the early strength development of fibers based reactive powder concretes, Journal of Building Engineering, 2025, 102, 112020

10) Guruprasad T N, Suresh Babu K S , Prashanth M H, Experimental Study on the Load Response of GFRP-Reinforced RC Short Columns under Concentric and Eccentric Loading Conditions, SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, 2025, 12(12), pp 1-11

11) Imran K, Prashanth M H, Development and Performance Evaluation of Self-Compacting Lightweight Alkali-Activated Concrete Incorporating Hydroton Clay Balls, Structures, 2025, 71, 108124

12) Chaitanya A, Prashanth M H, Residual strength estimation of RC columns subjected to elevated temperatures from stress block parameters, Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 2025, 16(2), pp. 200–216

13) Prakash, G B, Prashanth, M.H., Narasimhan, M.C. Mahendra, K., Das, A.K. Flexural and fracture performance of fiber reinforced self-compacting alkali activated concrete– A DOE approach, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2024, 133, 104630

14) Pruthvi Raj S, Prashanth M H, Direct estimation of fractal dimension for an irregular surface using the roughness parameter approach, Measurement, (2024), 236.

15) Chaitanya A, Prashanth M H, Chiranjeevi Joshi, Simplified Method to Predict Residual Strength of Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Natural Fire Conditions, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A (2024)

16) Aryamol Joy, Manjunath R, Neha S N, and M. H. Prashanth, Experimental studies on self-compacting alkali activated slag concrete mixes incorporating reclaimed asphalt pavement as fine aggregate, Key Engineering Materials, 2023, 961, pp 113-134

17) Manjunath, R., Prashanth, M.H., Narasimhan, M.C., Bala Bharathi, U.K., Flexural behavior of reinforced high performance self-compacting alkali activated slag concrete beams, Indian Concrete Journal, 2020, 94(12), pp. 17–28

18) Prashanth, M.H., Parvinder Singh, P., J M Chandra Kishen, Role of longitudinal reinforcement on the behavior of under reinforced concrete beams subjected to fatigue loading, International Journal of Fatigue, 2019, 125, pp. 271–290.

Achievements

1. Conferred with the Young Civil Engineer Award 2023 by The Institution of Engineers (I), Mangaluru local centre, in recognition of contributions to the field of civil engineering on Engineers Day 15th September 2023.

Remarks
 

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Department of Civil Engineering, NITK, Surathkal
P. O. Srinivasnagar, Mangalore - 575 025
Karnataka, India.

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