Yuvaraj Dhandapani

Lecturer @ University of Leeds

About

I am currently working as a lecturer at the Institute of Functional Surfaces, University of Leeds, UK. Previously, I was a Research Fellow in the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK. Prior to joining Leeds, I completed my PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. My PhD research was a part of the Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

Country

India

City

Chennai

Industry

Civil Engineering

Skill

AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Civil Engineering, PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Revit, Auto cadd, staad pro, Research, Teamwork, CAD, STAAD, Customer Service, Social Media, Public Speaking, Concrete, Cement, Matlab, C

Experience

Lecturer

University of Leeds

2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Lecturer at Institute of Functional Surfaces (iFS), School of Mechanical engineering. Member, Bragg Centre For Materials Research. Talks Infrastructure materials, Durability, low carbon construction, Carbon Capture and Storage infrastructure, Carbonation, Calcined clays, Cement and Concrete. Working at the intersection of materials and infrastructure, with expertise spanning concrete technology, materials science, microscopy, and civil & structural engineering (order keeps changing depending on research problems in hand). Passionate about teaching and enabling a better future through research.

Research Fellow (Durability of Cement and Concrete Materials)

University of Leeds

2020-11 - 2024-12 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Research Fellow postion working in several EPSRC and Industry funded project in the following projects - Engineered UK clays for production of low-carbon cements (EUREKA), July 2023 - current - Response to CO2 exposure of concrete with natural supplementary cementitious materials (RENACEM), Dec 2020 - June 2023 - Re-purposed Excavated Arising Loops (REAL) project - Decarbonation UK concrete using excavated london clay, Ex-clay, 2023-current

Senior Project Officer

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

2020-7 - 2020-11 · 5 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Carried out industry-related research projects at IIT Madras under Prof. Manu Santhanam

Research Assistant

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

2014-7 - 2020-7 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Chennai Area, India

1) Teaching assistant for Characterization of construction materials course and Construction materials lab for undergrads and Graduate students. 2) Involved in supporting industrial partner on several associated projects. 3) Teaching assistant for Online course on Advanced Concrete Technology and Modern Construction Materials

Summer Research Fellow

EPFL

2016-5 - 2016-8 · 4 mos

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Summer internship to carry out research activities for a collaborative project titled LC3 - 'Limestone calcined clay cement'.

Trainer

Skyfi Labs

2014-5 - 2014-9 · 5 mos

Bangalore

Conducted Practical Training and Workshop for Civil Engineering Grads on a various aspects of civil engineering with a focus on the application of software tools. List of topics covered includes 1) Design of Tall Building. 2) Bridge Design & Fabrication. 3) Foundation Analysis 4) Application of GIS

Project Student

CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre

2013-12 - 2014-3 · 4 mos

Chennai Area, India

Worked as a Research Intern under Dr.R.Mani Seker, Senior Scientist in Advance Concrete testing and Evaluation Laboratory, CSRI-SERC. Studied External Prestressing as Strengthening mechanism of RC Bridges. Evaluated Construction materials like Concrete,Steel and Prestressing Strand through Testing.