Srishti Banerji
Structural
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: EL 274Phone: 435-797-0990
Email: srishti.banerji@usu.edu
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Biography
Dr. Banerji is the Director of Systems, Materials, and Structural Health (SMASH) Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University. Her research focuses on the performance of advanced construction materials, development of sustainable construction materials, behavior of structural members under extreme loadings, integration of electric charging systems in concrete pavements, and strengthening of civil infrastructure. Dr. Banerji is a member of ASCE/SEI Fire Protection Committee and ACI committees, including ACI 216- Fire Resistance and Fire Protection of Structures, ACI 239- Ultra-High-Performance Concrete, ACI 239-0E Educational Outreach, ACI 239-0F UHPC Sustainability, ACI 242-00 Alternative Cements
Teaching Interests
Structural analysis; Reinforced Concrete design; Civil engineering materials; Structural fire engineering
Research Interests
Property characterization of high-performance and sustainable construction materials (such as ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), sustainable concretes) at room & high temperatures; Full-scale testing and numerical simulations for evaluating structural response of members; Performance-based structural design; Non-destructive testing; Structural health monitoring (SHM)
Awards
International Faculty Recognition (Hero) Award, 2023
International Student Council (ISC), Utah State University
ASCE Education (ExCEEd) Faculty Teaching Fellowship, 2023
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering
Top Cited Article 2021-2022, 2023
WILEY Fire and Materials Journal
SHMII-11 Conference Early Career Faculty Grant, 2022
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Engineering Graduate Leadership Fellow, 2020
Michigan State University
Graduate Student Conference Travel Fellowship, 2019
Michigan State Unviersity
Summer Research Fellowship, 2019
Michigan State University
Inducted in Chi Epsilon – The Civil Engineering Honor Society, 2017
Best Conference Paper , 2016
Tenth Structural Engineering Convention, CSIR-SERC, India
Engineering Distinguished Fellowship, 2016
Michigan State University
CN Graduate Fellowship in Railway Dynamics, Canada, 2015
Excellence in Creativity and Collaboration, 2015
IC-IMPACTS, University of Toronto
Natural Sciences and Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Scholarship, 2015
Graduate Merit Scholarship, 2014
Concordia University
- Banerji, S., (2022). Using artificial intelligence to derive temperature-dependent mechanical properties of ultra-high performance concrete: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Management, and Safety of Infrastructure. CRC Press
- Banerji, S., (2019). A novel method for vibration based damage detection in structures using marginal Hilbert spectrum: Recent Advances in Structural Engineering. Springer
Publications | Book Chapters
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Kodur, V., Banerji, S., (2023). Comparative fire behavior of reinforced concrete beams made of different concrete strengths. Fire Technology
- Zaker Esteghamati, M., Gernay, T., Banerji, S., (2023). Evaluating fire resistance of timber columns using explainable machine learning models. Engineering Structures
- Gil, A., Banerji, S., Kdour, V., (2023). Factors influencing pore pressure measurements in concrete during heating and its influence on fire-induced spalling. Cement and Concrete Composites
- Kula, B., Mitra, D., Chu, Y., Cetin, K., Gallagher, R., Banerji, S., (2023). Laboratory testing methods to evaluate the reliability of occupancy sensors for commercial building applications. Building and Environment, 240:110457, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110457
- Banerji, S., Kodur, V., (2022). Numerical model for tracing the response of Ultra‐High performance concrete beams exposed to fire. Fire and Materials, 3099, 1-19.
- Banerji, S., Kodur, V., (2021). Effect of temperature on mechanical properties of ultra‐high performance concrete.. Fire and Materials, 2979, 1-15.
- Kodur, V., Banerji, S., (2021). Modeling the fire-induced spalling in concrete structures incorporating hydro-thermo-mechanical stresses. Cement and Concrete Composites, 117:103902
- Kodur, V., Banerji, S., Solhmirzaei, R., (2020). Effect of temperature on thermal properties of ultra-high performance concrete. ASCE Journal of Construction Materials in Civil Engineering, 32:8, doi: 04020210
- Banerji, S., Kodur, V., Solhmirzaei, R., (2020). Experimental behavior of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete beams under fire conditions. Engineering Structures, 208:110316
- Kodur, V., Banerji, S., Solhmirzaei, R., (2019). Test methods for characterizing concrete properties at elevated temperatures.. Fire and Materials, 2777, 1-15.
- Roy, T.B, Banerji, S., Panigrahi , S.K, Chourasia, A., Tirca, L., Bagchi , A., (2017). Modal identification and damage detection in structures using non-linear and non-stationary vibration response. Journal of Structural Engineering, 44:3, 220-227.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.