Kumar Ghosh

Background

About Kumar Ghosh

Bridge Design: Over 20 years of professional experience in design of bridges, trenches and earth retaining structures; Worked as project manager/engineer and lead designer for analysis, design and preparation of bridge contract documents of several major bridge projects-Teaching: Bridge Engineering graduate class at California State University, Los Angeles with primary course emphasis on bridge design using AASHTO specifications-Project Management/Engineering: Worked as project manager/engineer for several high profile projects; Job responsibilities include planning and coordination of work with Client functional units and outside agencies such as railroad, county, city and on-call consultants for successful on-schedule project delivery-Research: Research experience related to bridge damage detection, structure health monitoring and development of design guideline for strengthening and seismic retrofit of bridge components with FRP composites; Published 8 journal papers and over 30 conference papers related to bridge strengthening and damage detection-Accelerated Bridge Construction: Worked as Project Engineer and lead designer on several emergency projects requiring fast-track project delivery and used Accelerated Bridge Construction methods-Strengthening Bridge Components with Composite Materials: Extensive knowledge in the field of strengthening of deficient bridge components using FRP composite-Educational Background: PhD and M.S. in Structural Engineering. Recipient of the prestigious Connaught Scholarship from University of Toronto and University Gold Medalist from Jadavpur University.