Dr. Kusum Saini

Profil

Derzeitige StellungPost Doc
FachgebietBaustoffwissenschaften, Bauchemie, Bauphysik,Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Bauinformatik und Baubetrieb
KeywordsSustainable Construction, Biocomposite, Natural Fiber, Composite Structure, Protection of Structure
Auszeichnungen

2025: Advanced Research Opportunities Program (AROP) Scholarship

2025: Dr Krishna Sharda Award for PhD Thesis at IIT Delhi

2025: Honorary DAAD Research Ambassador

2025: TEDx Speaker

2024: Associate Member of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

2024: Batch of 1969 Innovation Fellow Award by IIT Delhi

2024: International Travel Grant by Department of Science and Technology, India

2024: Invited Speaker and Chair of Session at the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Startup Ecosystem (ICAMSE) 2024

2024: Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Presentation Competition Winner by IIT Delhi

2024: Vishwakarma Award 2024 by Maker Bhavan Foundation

2023: Associate Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI) Technical Committees: 216 Fire Resistance, 355 Anchorage, 369 Seismic Rehab

2023: Best Poster Award at the Global Indian Young Scientists Research and Innovation Conference 2023

2023: Industrial Research and Development (IRD) Student Startup Grant by IIT Delhi

2023: Research Scholar Travel Award (RSTA) by IIT Delhi

2022: DAAD Young Ambassador

2020: Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees/Cotutelle Research Grant by DAAD

2020: 2020 The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) DUO-India Fellowship Award by ASEM

2019: PhD Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India

2016: MTech Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandDeutschland
OrtAachen
Universität/InstitutionRheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH)
Institut/AbteilungInstitut für Stahlbau
Websitehttps://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/a/?lidx=1

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Libo YanFraunhofer-Institut für Holzforschung - Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (WKI), Braunschweig

Programm(e)

2025Internationales Klimaschutzstipendien-Programm für Postdocs

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2025Manisha Kushwaha, Kusum Saini, Vasant Matsagar: Strengthening Brick Masonry Structures with Natural Fiber Elements for Enhancing Earthquake Resistance. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Springer, 2025. 389–402
2024Kusum Saini, Vasant A Matsagar, Venkatesh R Kodur: Recent Advances in the Use of Natural Fibers in Civil Engineering Structures. In: Construction and Building Materials, 411, 2024, 134364
2023Kusum Saini, Akanshu Sharma, Vasant Matsagar: Numerical Investigations on Anchor Channels under Quasi-static and High Rate Loadings - Case of Concrete Edge Breakout Failure. In: Computers and Concrete, 32, 2023, 499-511