Education

• Ph.D (2012) Civil Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
  
• M.S. (2007) Civil Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
  
• B.E. (2003) Structural Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor (December 2011 to Present), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, India
• Graduate Assistant (June 2006 to August 2011), Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
• Research Fellow (September 2003 to January 2004), Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India

Research Interest

• Impact and Contact Mechanics 
• Blast Analysis and Resistant Design
• Risk Assessment and Reliability Analysis
• Performance-based Engineering
• Design of Protection Measures for Severe Loading

Honors/Awards/Medals

• International Education Scholarship, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
• Civil Engineering Scholarship, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

Professional Membership

• Student Member: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Student Member: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• Member: Chi Epsilon, Texas A&M University, College Station, Honors Society

Referred Journals:

1. Sharma H., Hurlebaus S., Gardoni, P. “Performance-based Response Evaluation of RC Columns Subjected to Vehicle Impact,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 23, 2012, pp. 52-62.

2. Sharma, H., Hurlebaus, S. and Gardoni, P. “Development of a Bridge Bumper to Protect Bridge Girders from Overheight Vehicle Impacts.” Computer Aided Civil Infrastructure and Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 6, 2008, pp. 415-426.

Conference Proceedings :

1. Sharma, H., and Hurlebaus, S..: “Overheight Collision Protection Measures for Bridges,” Structures Congress (ASCE), 2012 Structures Congress, Chicago, IL, March 29-31, USA.

2. Sharma, H., Gardoni, P., and Hurlebaus, S.: “Reliability of Bridges Subjected to Vehicle Collision,” ICASP 2011, Switzerland

3. Sharma, H., Hurlebaus, S., and Gardoni, P.: “A Probabilistic Model for the Shear Capacity of Bridge Piers Subjected to Dynamic Loading,” Proceedings of 41^st Structures Congress (ASCE), 2009, Austin, TX, USA

4. C. Yao, C. Darby, H. Sharma, S. Hurlebaus, G.R. Price, K.-A. Chang, B.E. Hunt, O.-Y. Yu, J.-L. Briaud, C: “Scour Monitoring Development for Two Bridges in Texas,” 5^th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, San Diego, California, USA, 2010.

5. J.-L. Briaud, C. Yao, C. Darby, H. Sharma, S. Hurlebaus, G.R. Price, K.-A. Chang, B.E. Hunt, O.-Y. Yu: “Motion Sensors for Scour Monitoring: Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations,” TRB 2010 Conference, Washington D.C., USA.

Technical Reports

1. Briaud, J-L, Hurlebaus, S., Chang, K-A., Yao, C., Sharma, H., Yu, O-Y., Darby, C., Hunt, B. E., Price, G.R. “Realtime Monitoring Of Bridge Scour Using Remote Monitoring Technology,” Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, FHWA/TX-11/0-6060-1, October 2010.

2. Trejo, D., Hurlebaus, S., Gardoni, P., Sharma, H., Mathakari, S. “Design of a Bridge Bumper to Protect Bridge Girders against Collisions of Overheight Vehicles,” Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, 150611–00008, 2007.

UG Courses taught/teaching

• Engineering Mechanics (Tutorial)

PG Courses taught/teaching  

Course Conducted

Project Guidance

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Research/Consultancy Projects

Sponsored Research:

1. “Scour monitoring for scour critical bridges”, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, USA, 2007-2010, (Graduate Research Assistant).

2. “Design of a Bridge Bumper to Protect Bridge Girders against Collisions of Overheight Vehicles”, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, USA, 2006-2007, (Graduate Research Assistant).

3. “Earthquake Resistant Design and Retrofit of existing RC Building”, Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee, INDIA, (Research Fellow).

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