K.U. Muthu B.E (Hons) (Madras, 1975), M.E (IISc, 1977), Ph.D (IISc, 1982) is Dean and Professor and Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Brindavan College of Engineering, Bangalore. Earlier he was Professor and Head in Civil Engineering Department, M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He has teaching and research experience of about three decades. He has been the co-recipient of Nicholoides Award by Institution of Engineers (INDIA) twice for best publication. He has co-authored a book on Numerical Methods for civil engineering problems. He has published over 120 papers in international conferences and peer refereed international journals. He is a member of ISIE, ICCTDC and IACT.