Faculty Profile

Name Purva Mujumdar

Profile/Designation Assistant Professor

Education B.E. (Civil Engineering), M.S. (Structural Engineering), PhD (Civil Engineering)

Email purvamujumdar@sushantuniversity.edu.in

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-purva-mujumdar-773ab08/

Academia: https://iitd.academia.edu/PMujumdar?from_navbar=true

Short Biography

Dr. Purva Mujumdar is an educator and researcher with Civil Engineering background having a Master’s degree in Structural Engineering (2008) and a PhD in Civil Engineering with a focus on Construction Management (2017) from IIT Delhi. She has a keen interest in Smart and Sustainable Structures, Planning and Scheduling in Construction, BIM and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, Design-Construction Interface Management and Design Automation. Before joining Academics, Dr. Mujumdar has worked in Buildings Sector (Chicago, USA) and Highway Infrastructure Sector (Delhi & Gurgaon, India) as a Structural Design Engineer. She has worked on a DST (Department of Science & Technology) funded research project as a doctoral research fellow and have 15+ research publications and a software prototype tool (Automation of design phase in construction projects) to her credit. She has also authored book chapters in Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series (SIST, Vol 35) and Advances in Structural Engineering: Mechanics (Volume 1). She has also co-mentored a Start-up Action Project on Automation & Robotics in Construction as well as an NPTEL course on Scheduling Techniques in Projects at IIT Delhi. Dr. Mujumdar teaches Structural Systems and Design since 2020 at School of Art & Architecture, Sushant University. 

Research Interests

Design Management, Planning and Scheduling in Construction, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Design-Construction Interface Management, Design Automation 

Publications

Articles in Journals and Chapters

1. Mujumdar, P., Maheswari, J.U. (2014). A Cloud based Solution for Information and Communication Design Iterations. Special Issue in Trends in Innovative Computing, MIRLABS, USA.
2. Maheswari, J.U., Charlesraj, V.P.C., Goyal, A., Mujumdar, P. (2015). Application of RDM (Relationship Diagramming Method) for Resource-Constrained Scheduling of Linear Construction Projects. Procedia Engineering, 123, pp. 308-315.
3. Mujumdar, P., Matsagar, V. (2017). A Framework for Causes and Effect of Design Iterations. Institution of Engineers India (Series A). 98 (1-2), pp. 171-176.
4. Mujumdar, P., Maheswari, J.U. (2018). Design Iteration in Construction Projects – Review and Directions. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 57 (1), pp. 321-329.
5. Mujumdar, P., Maheswari, J.U. (2018). Alternate Beeline Diagramming Method Network Analysis for Interdependent Design Entities. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(1), pp. 66-84.
6. Maheswari, J.U., Mujumdar, P., Padala, S.P.S., Gwaskoti, A. (2021). BDM-MDM integrated solution concept for scheduling information-driven projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. In Press
7. A Study on DSM Partitioning through Case Study Approach; Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series (SIST, Vol 35)
8. Design Optimization of Steel Members using OpenSTAAD Application Programming Interface and Genetic Algorithm; Advances in Structural Engineering: Mechanics (Volume 1) 

Research Projects

(Starting from the Latest)

1. Automation of Structural Design Iteration for Indian Construction Industry (funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST)) (Completed) 

Awards and Achievements (including Scholarship)

Affiliations

1. Member, American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2. Member, India BIM Association (IBIMA)
3. Student Member, Design Society