Dr. A Sofi

Designation : Associate Dean
School / Centre : School of Civil Engineering
Department : Structural & Geotechnical Engineering

Educational Details

Bharathidasan University

B.E.
Civil Engineering
Graduated in 2003

Annamalai University

M.E.
Structural Engineering
Graduated in 2005

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

Ph.D.
Structural Engineering
Graduated in 2016

Post Doctoral Experiences


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Concrete Materials
  • Fiber reinforced concrete
  • Supplementary cementitious materials

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Carbon Capture and uses in SCM FLSmidth Private Limited, India

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Investigation on utilization of waste tire rubber and recycled concrete fines in concrete- A multiscale Approach DST – ANRF

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Effect of pond ash and steel fiber in concrete DST- SERB
Behaviour of fibre reinforced concrete using cementitious materials SEED GRANT- VIT
Synthesis of pozzolanic nanomaterials and nano alloys SEED GRANT -VIT

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
PRECAST FIBRE REINFORCED WALL PANELS 201941046295

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Metakaolin blended Cement: The Past and Future of Sustainable Concrete Woodhead Publisher 2026
Rheological and mechanical properties of different types of lightweight aggregate concrete Taylor & Francis 2024
Hydration kinetics and stability study of pure phases of cement clinker with the addition of SCMs and dopants Taylor & Francis 2024
Study of Simply Supported Skew Composite Bridge Decks Under IRC Loading Springer 2022
Chemical Property and characteristics of Polymer Taylor & Francis 2022

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Distinguished Alumni award 2026 -TPT
  • DUO-Indian fellowship award for doing research in University of PADUA-ITALY 2020

International Collaborations

  • University of Padua, Italy
  • Swinburne University, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • TU-Wien Karlsplatz, Vienna Austria
  • University of Leeds, London, U.K
  • Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam

Industry Collaborations

  • ISRO, Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
  • L&T, Chennai
  • CBRI, Roorkee
  • STUP Consultants, Chennai
  • CSIR Bangalore

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Materials Today –Proceedings – Managing Guest Editor (Selected papers of ICON2021)