Thursday, January 17, 2013


Professor Ravindra Gettu

July 13, 2011
Dr. Ravindra Gettu is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai since 2004. He has a Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering from Northwestern University. After his post-graduate studies in the US, he moved, in 1990, to Spain and became the Director of the Structural Technology Laboratory in Barcelona.
His areas of research have been fracture mechanics of concrete and rock, nonlinear behaviour of cement-based materials, high strength concrete, fibre reinforced concrete, self compacting concrete, and the effective use of chemical admixtures. In these and related areas, he has co-authored more than 300 publications. He is the Chairman of the Technical Activities Committee of RILEM, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Structures and Systems based in France.

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