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Monica Arul

Assistant Professor
Monica Arul Jayachandran
102-B Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)

Program Area : Structural Engineering and Materials

Area of Interest

Wind Engineering, Extreme Wind Characterization, Infrastructure resilience to windstorms, Bluff Body Aerodynamics, Wind effects on structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Translational Data Science, Scientific Machine Learning

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame - 2022
  • M.S in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame - 2022
  • M.E in Structural Engineering, Anna University, India - 2015
  • B.E in Civil Engineering, Anna University, India - 2013
  • Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate Student Award, University of Notre Dame, 2022
  • Best Journal Paper in Analysis & Computation, ASCE Journal of Structural of Structural Engineering, 2021
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award, University of Notre Dame, 2018
  • Ethical Leaders in STEM Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2017
  • Er. Rangarao Endowment Award, Anna University, 2016
  • Prof. P.C. Varghese Endowment Award, Anna University, 2016 
  • University Gold Medal, Anna University, 2016