
Address
Building Science Block 222, Dept. of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, TN 600036, India.
Contact Information
Call: +91 44 2257 4311
Email: akm@iitm.ac.in
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 |
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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.

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
Professional Experience
- 2023-till
Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India - 2019-2023
Postdoctoral Associate
ETHZ - 2018-2019
Postdoctoral Associate
EPFL - 2013-2014
Scientific Assistant
EPFL LMC
Education
- 2018
Ph.D., Civil Engineering
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland CH-1015 - 2013
M.S.,
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland CH-1015 - 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