Dr. Aslam Kunhi Mohamed

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Building Science Block 222, Dept. of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, TN 600036, India.

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Dr. Aslam Kunhi Mohamed

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, TN 600036, India

Aslam Kunhi Mohamed is an Assistant Professor in the Building Technology, Construction Materials, and Management (BTCM) Group, Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras since 2023. He received his B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials engineering from IIT Madras and then proceeded to EPFL for his Master’s degree. In the same university, he then pursued his Ph.D on the atomic structure of the main hydration product of cement, the calcium silicate hydrates using molecular simulations. This was followed by a few years of postdoc at ETH Zurich where he worked on molecular modelling of organic admixtures in concrete.

Research Areas
Molecular modelling of construction materials
Cement hydration at the atomic scale
Molecular dynamics, Density functional theory simulations

Molecular modelling of construction materials

Development of low CO2 binders such as calcium sulfoaluminate cement.



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Cement hydration at the atomic scale

Short-term and long-term performance, hydration reactions, thermodynamic modelling

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Molecular dynamics, Density functional theory simulations

Mineral carbonation – valorization of industrial byproducts

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Professional Experience

  1.  2023-till
    Assistant Professor
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
  2. 2019-2023
    Postdoctoral Associate
    ETHZ
  3. 2018-2019
    Postdoctoral Associate
    EPFL
  4. 2013-2014
    Scientific Assistant
    EPFL LMC

Education

  1.  2018

    Ph.D., Civil Engineering

    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland CH-1015
  2. 2013

    M.S.,

    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland CH-1015
  3. 2011

    B.Tech., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

    Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Awards

  • 2019
    Nominated to Rodolphe and Ren´ee Haenny Prize for EPFL PhD thesis
    EPFL
  • 2019
    Nominated to Professor Ren´e Wasserman Award for EPFL PhD thesis
    EPFL
  • 2011-2013
    Research assistant scholarship
    EPFL
  • 2006
    Secured 1st Rank (out of 100,000 + students)
    Kerala State Engineering Entrance Examination
  • 2006
    Secured 532ndrank (out of 600,000 + applicants)
    All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE)
  • 2004
    Air India Scholastic Excellence Award