Dr Abhijit Ganguli
School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Email address: A.Ganguli@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 6239
Dr. Abhijit Ganguli is a Senior Lecturer with Civil Engineering and Built Environment with expertise in non-destructive evaluation and health monitoring of civil structures. Abhijit has expertise in teaching several modules at the UG and the PG levels such as Materials, Solid Mechanics, Numerical and Analytical Methods, Structural Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures.
Prior to joining LJMU, Abhijit was an Associate Professor within India’s IIT system, leading Government and defense agency funded research projects.
He has consulting experience with the Indian construction industry on health assessment of existing structures. Abhijit has a background in structural dynamics, experimental mechanics and ultrasonic wave propagation with a PhD from Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium followed by research experience with Schlumberger, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the Northeastern University in the United
States. Abhijit has received best research paper awards from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, and the Indian Society of Nondestructive Testing (ISNT).
He has supervised five doctoral students and has several publications with international journals. Abhijit is interested in advising students motivated to pursue a PhD at LJMU.
Languages
Bengali
Hindi
French
Degrees
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, PhD
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, 2017 - 2021
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2011 - 2017
Associate Research Scientist, Northeastern University, 2008 - 2011
Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2006 - 2008
Journal article
Al-Darraji F, Sadique MM, Marolt Cebasek T, Ganguli A, Yu Z, Hashim K. 2023. A Systematic Review of the Geotechnical and Structural Behaviors of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Piles Geosciences, 13 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Mayakuntla PK, Ghosh D, Ganguli A. 2022. Classification of Corrosion Severity in Concrete Structures Using Ultrasonic Imaging and Linear Discriminant Analysis Sustainability, 14 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Mayakuntla PK, Ghosh D, Ganguli A. 2022. Nondestructive evaluation of rebar corrosion in concrete structures using ultrasonics and laser-based sensing Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 37 :297-314 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Majhi S, Mukherjee A, Ganguli A. 2021. Enhanced Ultrasonic Imaging in Concrete Structures with Spatial Apodization Filters Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Dey G, Ganguli A, Bhattacharjee B. 2021. Inversion Based Retrieval of the Profile of the Degree of Moisture Saturation in Concrete Using Electrical Impedance Measurements Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 40 DOI Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Mayakuntla PK. 2020. Potential of contact based ultrasonic excitation and non-contact laser vibrometry for monitoring of rebar corrosion in concrete exposed to the marine environment Journal of Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation - Indian Society of Nondestructive Testing, 18
Ganguli A. 2020. Back to Basics: SHM and NDE of Civil Engineering Structures - A Brief Review Journal of Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation,
Dey G, Ganguli A, Bhattacharjee B, Gandhi TK. 2020. Electrical response-based technique for estimation of degree of moisture saturation in cement concrete and mortar in drying and wetting cycle CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 262 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ghosh D, Kumar R, Ganguli A, Mukherjee A. 2020. Nondestructive Evaluation of Rebar Corrosion-Induced Damage in Concrete through Ultrasonic Imaging JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, 32 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A. 2019. Simulation of Ultrasonic Rayleigh Wave based Damage Detection in Concrete Structures Journal of Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation,
Kumar P, Ganguli A, Benipal G. 2019. Comparative assessment of the contending force and placement methods for weightless sagging cables Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 20 :1049-1062 DOI Publisher Url
Dey G, Ganguli A, Bhattacharjee B. 2019. Electrical Conductivity, Dielectric Permittivity, and Degree of Saturation of Cement Mortar at Low Radio Frequencies JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION, 47 :2664-2680 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Dey G, Ganguli A, Charjee BB, Gandhi TK. 2019. Potential of electrical response at low radio frequencies for estimation of the degree of moisture saturation in cement mortar Indian Concrete Journal, 98 :56-63
Ghosh D, Beniwal S, Ganguli A, Mukherjee A. 2018. Reference free imaging of subsurface cracks in concrete using Rayleigh waves STRUCTURAL CONTROL & HEALTH MONITORING, 25 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Gautham A. 2018. A Parametric Study on Defect Sizing in Plates using Lamb Wave Reflection Coefficients Journal of Structural Engineering (Madras),
Kumar P, Ganguli A, Benipal G. 2017. Static and dynamic analysis of cable-suspended concrete beams STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, 64 :611-620 DOI Author Url
Kumar P, Ganguli A, Benipal GS. 2017. Mechanics of Cable-Suspended Beams LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, 14 :544-559 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Beniwal S, Ghosh D, Ganguli A. 2016. Ultrasonic imaging of concrete using scattered elastic wave modes NDT & E INTERNATIONAL, 82 :26-35 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Beniwal S, Ganguli A. 2016. LOCALIZED CONDITION MONITORING AROUND REBARS USING FOCUSED ULTRASONIC FIELD AND SAFT RESEARCH IN NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, 27 :48-67 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kumar P, Ganguli A, Benipal GS. 2016. Theory of Weightless Sagging Elasto-Flexible Cables LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, 13 :155-174 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Beniwal S, Ganguli A. 2015. Defect detection around rebars in concrete using focused ultrasound and reverse time migration ULTRASONICS, 62 :112-125 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Rappaport CM, Abramo D, Wadia-Fascetti S. 2012. Synthetic aperture imaging for flaw detection in a concrete medium NDT & E INTERNATIONAL, 45 :79-90 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Gao RX, Liang K, Jundt J. 2011. Optimal ultrasonic array focusing in attenuative media ULTRASONICS, 51 :911-920 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Gao RX, Liang K, Jundt J, Ordonez A. 2010. Experimental Investigation of Ultrasound Wave Focusing in Attenuative Solids IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, 59 :2261-2271 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Deraemaeker A, Preumont A. 2007. Regenerative chatter reduction by active damping control JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION, 300 :847-862 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Deraemaeker A, Romanescu I, Horodinca M, Preumont A. 2006. Simulation and active control of chatter in milling via a mechatronic simulator JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND CONTROL, 12 :817-848 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Deraemaeker A, Horodinca M, Preumont A. 2005. Active damping of chatter in machine tools - demonstration with a 'hardware-in-the-loop' simulator PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART I-JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND CONTROL ENGINEERING, 219 :359-369 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Mukherjee A, Joshi SP, Ganguli A. 2002. Active vibration control of piezolaminated stiffened plates COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, 55 :435-443 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Conference publication
Kumar MP, Ganguli A. 2022. Application of ultrasonic imaging and pattern recognition for classification of corrosion severity in concrete structures 59th Annual Conference of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, NDT 2022, :44-55
Yadav A, Tandon K, Manna B, Ramana GV, Ganguli A. 2019. DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS MATERIAL PRESENT BELOW PILE TIP: NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND NUMERICAL STUDY Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2015), 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering DOI Publisher Url
Gautham A, Ganguli A. 2018. A parametric study on defect sizing in plates using lamb wave reflection coefficients Journal of Structural Engineering (India), 45 :61-66
Ghosh D, Rahul , Ganguli A, Mukherjee A. 2018. Ultrasonic imaging as a diagnostic tool for detection of rebar corrosion Proceedings of the 7th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, APWSHM 2018, :808-816
Beniwal S, Ganguli A. 2015. Reverse Time Migration Based Ultrasonic Imaging of Rebars Embedded in Concrete 2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM (IUS), IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ghosh D, Beniwal S, Ganguli A. 2015. Detection of Defect in Concrete Slab Using Rayleigh Waves 2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM (IUS), IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Rappaport CM, Miller EL, Wadia-Fascetti S. 2011. Investigation of born approximation applied to non-destructive evaluation of concrete media Kundu T. HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 2011, Conference on Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2011 7984 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Gao RX, Liang K, Jundt J. 2007. Investigation of efficient ultrasonic array focusing in attenuative solids 2007 IEEE ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, VOLS 1-6, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium :1175-+ DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ganguli A, Deraemaeker A, Horodinca M, Preumont A. 2004. A "Hardware in the Loop" demonstrator for chatter instability in machine tools Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, ISMA, :849-862
Ganguli A, Dey G, Bhattacharjee B. Estimation of Degree of Moisture Saturation in Cement Concrete using Electrical Response at Low Radio Frequencies NDE 2019 Conference & Exhibition of the Indian Society for NDT (ISNT)
Chapters
Kumar P, Ganguli A, Benipal G. 2019. Linearized dynamic analysis of weightless sagging planar elastic cables Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 12 :419-433 DOI Publisher Url
Kumar P, Ganguli A, Benipal GS. 2015. Seismic analysis of weightless sagging elasto-flexible cables Advances in Structural Engineering: Dynamics, Volume Two :1543-1562 9788132221920 DOI Publisher Url
Membership of professional bodies:
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.