Mr. Akshayakumar Hanagodimath

• Construction Project Management, Construction Economics and Contract management, legal issues in construction, Value Engineering, Optimization of building energy and resources, Application of Intelligent systems in construction practices
• Waste management strategies for demolition waste and planning methods for effective use
• Energy optimization of buildings through waste management strategies and efficient planning of construction activities

• Ashika Sharma, Manish Haveri, Akshayakumara V H., (2022), Structural Evaluation and Retrofitting of a Commercial Building, Recent Advances in Sustainable Environment, eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-5077-3; Print ISBN: 978-981-19-5076-6
• Geon Clinton, Hanagodimath A.V., Naik S.K. (2020) Energy Analysis, Simulation, and Comparison of a Commercial Building Using Standard Approach and AECOsim. In: Drück H., Mathur J., Panthalookaran V., Sreekumar V. (eds) Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1063-2_14

• Exemplary faculty award at RUAS during year 2021
• Best paper award at International Conference onSustainable Materials and its green technologies for Industry 4.0 (SMiGT 2021) for paper titled“Optimization of Heating and Cooling loads in residential buildings comparing hyperparameter tuning and emsemble techniques”
• Best paper award at International Conference on Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Project Management (ICCRIP 2018) for paper titled “Fuzzy Logic Model for Selection of Concrete Placement Methods and Formwork Systems”

Conferences (Organized)

Member of organization committee of 2 days National conference on “Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis and Optimisation” in collaboration with IISc, IIT-Madras and AeSI, during March, 2019 at RUAS, Bangalore

Pre-Conference workshop

Member of organization committee workshop on “Retrofitting of Lifeline structures” jointly organized by RUAS in Collaboration with ASTR Bengaluru chapter(Association of Structural Rehabilitation) on 8th June, 2019

Faculty mobility program

Represented Department of Civil Engineering, RUAS for Faculty Mobility between RUAS and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Russia, October 2017

PG M.Tech Thesis Advised : 25

International Conference Papers

• Dharshini G M, Akshayakumar V H.,(2021), Optimization of Energy efficiency of residential buildings comparing ensemble techniques and hyperparameter tuning, International conference on Sustainable materials and its green technologies for industry 4.0-SMiGT, Coimbatore
• Prajwal, Nayana N. P., Akshayakumar V. H.,(2021), Implementation of sustainable materials in an existing residential building and comparison, 3rd International conference on materials science and manufacturing technology(ICMSMT 2021), Coimbatore
• P. Zabahat Shafia Khanum, Akshayakumar V. Hanagodimath., Harshitha Ram,(2020) Studies on sustainability aspects of building with different roofing systems and block work, 2nd International conference Sustainable Urban Development, Resource Conservation and Food Security, Mangalore
• G. Surya Teja, Akshayakumar V. Hanagodimath., Shrihari K. Naik, (2019), Fuzzy Logic Model for selection of concrete placement methods and formwork systems, Construction Materials and Management, National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Pune (ISBN No. 978-93-5361-788-2)
• Syed Tufeal Ahmed, Shrihari K. Naik, Akshayakumar V. Hanagodimath., (2019), Comparative study of a non-rated residential building and SVAGRIHA Green Building, Sustainable Development in Construction Sector, National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Pune (ISBN No. 978-93-5361-298-6)

National Journal Papers

• Chetan Kumar B., Akshayakumar V. H., Harshad R. Parate(2019). Impact of Prefabrication Technology on Profitability in Construction Industry, RUAS - SASTech Journal, Vol 18, Issue 1, 21 - 24 ( ISSN: 2249-5924)
• Harshad R. Parate., Akshayakumar V. H., Harshit Hegde (2020) Comparative Risk Analysis of Construction Sectors: A Case Study, RUAS - SASTech Journal, Vol 19, Issue 2, 21 - 24 ( ISSN: 2249-5924)

International Journal Papers

• Zabahat Shafia Khanum , Akshayakumara V H , Harshitha Ram.,(2021), Studies on Sustainability Aspects of Building with Different Roofing Systems and Block Work, 12(10), 138-150, Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education. (e-ISSN 1309-4653)----Scopus indexed (Q3)
• Dharshini G M, Akshayakumar V H.,(2020) A review on optimization of energy efficiency in buildings: Smart cities, 17(9),7452-7460 Palarch’s journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology. (ISSN: 1567-214X) --(SCOPUS)-Q3
• Naveen R, Nikhil T R and Akshayakumar V H.(2020) Analysis and Prediction of delay at signalized junctions in Bangalore , Volume 7, Issue 3, page No. 604- 608, International Research Journal of Engineering & Technology (IRJET), ISSN: 2395 - 0056
• Mohammad Abdul Muqeet, Nikhil T.R, Akshaya Kumar V. Hanagodimath, (2019) Planning, Scheduling and Earned Value Management Analysis of Green Construction, Volume 8, Issue 10, pg. 9-17, International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics, ISSN: 2320-0294 --(SCOPUS)
• Patil Rohan Shantinath, Naveen kumar H. S., Akshayakumar V. H. (2020), Comparative Analysis of Design and Schedule of Reinforced Concrete and Prefabricated Steel Structure, Volume 7, Issue 6, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) , e-ISSN: 2395-0056, p-ISSN: 2395-0072
• Emaduddin Soherwady, Manish Haveri, Akshayakumar V. H., (2020), Multi Criteria selection of building block material and Indoor temperature prediction using ANN, Volume 7, Issue 7, International research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) , e-ISSN: 2395-0056, p-ISSN: 2395-0072
• Akshayakumar V. Hanagodimath, Rajashekarswamy, H. M. and Harshad R. Parate, (2016), Project Performance in Real Time Construction Industry -A Case Study, International J. of Civil Engineering and Technology, 7(5), pp. 93-102 (ISSN online: 0976 - 6316 / ISSN print: 0976 - 6308)

• Chartered Engineer (C.Engg, India) – Institution of Engineers, India (IEI)
• Associate Member (AMIE) (Civil Engg.) - Institution of Engineers, India (IEI)
• Member of Association of Structural Rehabilitation(ASTR), Bengaluru
• Life member of Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (ACCE)