Dr. Bhairav Thakkar

Biography

Dr. Thakkar teaches Structural Engineering to Engineering undergraduates. Heexposes students to fundamentals via hands-on projects and continuously strives to develop pedagogy to help students to visualize various concepts of solid mechanics. He has chosen teaching to as a way to conduct research in education. Recipient of the Best Teacher Award at Navrachana University, he is greatly enthused by the teaching-learning processand is highly inspired by work of students of Navrachana University. He has guided five Masters Dissertations and 14 undergraduate dissertations. He serves as an External Examiner to review Masters Dissertation projects at M. S. University of Baroda, Parul University and Gujarat Technological University. He has given expert lectures and has worked as a resource person for numerous Faculty Development Programs, Short Term Training Programs and workshops

Research Interest

Dr. Bhairav Thakkar research interest revolve around description of failure in metals and laminated composites. He is also involved in developing low-cost wind turbines. He is currently developing model experiments to teach structural engineering to undergraduate and graduate students.