Rithuparna Rajesh
- Email: vndz3194@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Mechanistic insight into long-term integrity of cement and the steel-cement interface in CO2 storage facilities
- Supervisors: Professor Richard Barker, Dr Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Dr Joshua Owen
Profile
I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral researcher at the University of Leeds within the MISSION-CCS doctoral network. My academic background is in Civil Engineering, with specialisation in Structural Engineering. Driven by a passion for knowledge-sharing, I began my career in Academia as a Guest Lecturer at NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India, before joining the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India as a Project Associate. At IITM, I contributed to industrial consultancy projects focussed on the degradation of reinforced concrete structures. This experience was pivotal, allowing me to evolve as a researcher while gaining specialised, hands-on experience in steel corrosion that I now bring to my research on structural integrity of CO2 storage environments.
Research interests
- Durability of concrete structures
- Corrosion of steel in cementitious systems
- Carbon capture and storage
- Low-carbon construction materials
- Material degradation under aggressive environments
Qualifications
- Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering specialising in Structural Engineering)
- Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering)
Research groups and institutes
- Institute of Functional Surfaces