• PhD, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2012-2015
• M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) HYDERABAD, Telangana, India, 2010-2012
• B. Tech, Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology(B.I.E.T),  JHANSI, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA, 2006-2010
• 10+2th Std (UP Board), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Sanatan Dharm Vidyalay KANPUR, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA, 2006
• 10th Std (UP Board), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Sanatan Dharm Vidyalay KANPUR, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA, 2004

1. Associate Research Fellow, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Japan  (2015-2021) 
2. Assistant Professor, GLA University, Mathura, UP, India (2021)
3. Assistant Professor, Allenhouse Institute of Technology, Rooma, Kanpur, UP, India, (2012)

• Alumni Award 2021-"Excellence in Alumni Relation" by IIT Hyderabad
• Recipient of JICA-IITH Friendship Scholarship for doctorate course in the University of Tokyo – (2012-2015)
• Selected for Todai-IIT Scholarship for doctorate course in the University of Tokyo-2012
• Silver Medal for scoring highest CGPA in department for M. Tech in 2012.
• Academic Excellence Award for M. Tech 1st year in 2011.
• Recipient of MHRD, India Scholarship for Master’s course in IIT Hyderabad (2010-2012)

Journal Articles 

1. Mohd Akram, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Maddegedara and Muneo Hori,“Modeling of thermal shrinkage induced cracking in brittle material using Higher order PDS-FEM”,  Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)), 77(2) pp. 205-215, 2021 
2. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Tomoshi Miyamura, Makoto Ohsaki, “A comprehensive numerical simulation of steel-concrete composite beam incorporating compression failure of concrete”, International Journal of Computational Methods (world-scientific) Vol 16 (6),1840028, 2019
3. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Maddegedara L.L. Wijerathne and Muneo Hori, “Numerical modeling of brittle cracks using Higher Order Particle Discretization Scheme-FEM”, International Journal of Computational Methods (world-scientific) Vol 16 (4),1843006, 2019
4. Mahendra Kumar Pal and Takuzo Yamashita, “Construction of high-fidelity finite element model for large-scale parallel seismic analysis of Soil-underground structure”, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)), 73(2) pp. 729-738, 2017
5. Takuzo Yamashita, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Kazutoshi Matsuzaki and Hiromitsu Tomozawa, “Development of Virtual Reality Experience System of Interior Damage due to Earthquake Utilizing E-Defense Shake Table Test”, Journal of Disaster Research, 12(5), pp. 882-890, 2017
6. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, Tsyushi Ichimura, “Simulation of cracks in linear elastic solids using higher order Particle Discretization Scheme-FEM”, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)), 71(2) pp. 327-337, 2015
7. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, Tsyushi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka, “Implementation of Finite Element Method with higher order Particle Discretization Scheme”, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM)),70(2), pp. 297-305, 2014
8. Mahendra Kumar Pal, and Amirtham Rajagopal, “Sensitivity analysis of linear elastic cracked structures using Generalized Finite Element”, International journal for computational methods in engineering science and mechanics, 15(5), pp.422-437, 2014
9. Mahendra Kumar Pal, and Amirtham Rajagopal, “Multiscale failure modeling of composites using generalized finite element method”, PAMM proceedings of applied mathematics and mechanics, 12, pp. 453-454, 2012

Conference Proceedings 

1. Maddegedara Lalith, Mohd. Akram, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Elia Nicolin, Yosuke Kawahito, Toshihiro Kameda and Muneo Hori, “Application of PDS-FEM to simulate high-power LASER induced cracking”,  Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods, Vol.9, pp. 172-185, 2022.
2. Mahendra Kumar Pal,  Lalith Wijerathne and Gaurav Singh “Investigation on imposing essential boundary conditions in Higher Order Particle Discretization Scheme ”, AIP Conference Proceedings, FSAET-2021.
3. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita and Jun Fujiwara, “Validation of tensile crack model for concrete subjected to cyclic loading”, In Proceedings of Computational Engineering Conference Vol 25, June, 2020.
4. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “Reproduction simulation of Large-scale E-Defense shake table test of soil-underground structure specimen”, In the proceedings of Supercomputing in Nuclear Application + Monte Carlo, 2020.
5. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “Modeling of laminar soil container for numerical simulation of large-scale shake table test on soil underground structure, In Proceedings of Computational Engineering Conference Vol 24, May, 2019.
6. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Takoya Toyoshi, “Reproduction simulation of the shake table test for the reduced-scale steel frame”, In Proceedings of Computational Engineering Conference Vol 23, May 2018.
7. Jun Fujiwara, Takuzo Yamashita, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Makoto Ohsaki and Tomoshi Miyamura, “Implicit Updating Algorithm of Damage Variable of Concrete Elastoplastic Constitutive Model with Considering Compressive Damage”, In Proceedings of Computational Engineering Conference Vol 23, May 2018.
8. M.L.L. Wijerathne, M.K. Pal and M Hori, “Higher order extension of PDS-FEM and simulating brittle cracks”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods, Vol.4, pp. 1132-1142, 2017.
9. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “Detailed FE Analysis of E-Defense Shake Table Test on Soil-Underground Structure”, In Proceedings of Computational Engineering Conference Vol 22, May 2017.
10. Takuya Toyoshi, Takuzo Yamashita, Tomohiro Sasaki and Pal Mahendra Kumar, “Displacement and strain field measurement for steel structure under seismic load”, In Proceedings of Computational Engineering Conference Vol 22, May 2017(in Japanese)
11. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, Tsyushi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka, “Development of higher order particle discretization scheme for analysis of failure phenomena”, Proceeding of PARTICLE-2015, 933-944, 2015

International Conferences:

1. Maddegedara Lalith, Mohd. Akram, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Elia Nicolin, Yosuke Kawahito, Toshihiro Kameda and Muneo Hori, “Application of PDS-FEM to simulate high-power LASER induced cracking”, 13^th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM),  July 25th-28th, 2022, at the Cloud
2. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Mohd. Akram, Maddegedara Lalith, Yosuke Kawahito, Toshihiro Kameda and Muneo Hori, “Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Under Extreme Temperature to Assess the Fire Safety of Structures”, 15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics & 8th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, 31 July–5 August 2022, Yokohama, Japan
3. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita and Jun Fujiwara, “Compressive damage model of concrete using Ottosen failure criterion for seismic response analyses”, 14^th World Congress in Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress-2020, 11-15^th Jan. 2021, Paris, France (virtual congress).
4. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita and Jun Fujiwara, “Validation studies of concrete constitutive rule considering compressive and tensile failure under cyclic loading”, 3^rd International Conference on Computational Engineering and Science for Safety and Environment Problems (COMPSAFE)-2020, 8-11^th Dec. 2020, Kobe Japan
5. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “Reproduction simulation of Large-scale E-Defense shake table test of soil-underground structure specimen”, Supercomputing in Nuclear Application + Monte Carlo 18-22^nd May 2020, Chiba, Japan
6. Mahendra Kumar Pal, “Seismic performance assessment of high-rise buildings exposed to long-period pulse-like strong ground motion”, Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM)-2019, 18-21^st December, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan.
7. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “An elasto-plastic dynamic response analysis of E-Defense large scale experiment on soil-underground structure interaction”, 13^th World congress on computational mechanics, 22-27^th July 2018, New York USA
8. Takuzo Yamashita, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Kazutoshi Matsuzaki, Hiromitsu Tomozawa, Toru Hagiwara, and Yuji Mori, “Generation of Three-Dimensional Video Image of Interior Damage Due to an Earthquake Using Point Cloud”, 13^th World congress on computational mechanics, 22-27^th July 2018, New York USA
9. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “Validation of numerical simulation results of E-Défense large scale experiment on soil-underground structure interaction” 14^th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics 17-21^st July 2017, Montreal, Canada
10. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Tomoshi Miyamura, Makoto Ohsaki, “A comprehensive numerical simulation of steel-concrete composite beam incorporating compression failure of concrete”, 7^th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM) 1^st -4^th August 2016, University of California Berkeley, USA
11. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, “Numerical simulations of cracking phenomena using Higher Order Particle Discretization Scheme (HO-PDS)”, 12^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII) & 6^th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI), 24^th-29^th July 2016, Seoul, Korea  
12. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Maddegedara L.L. Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, Tsyushi Ichimura, “Implementation of Higher Order PDS-FEM and Application for Modeling Brittle Cracks”, 2^nd Australian Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACCM), Nov. 30-Dec 1, 2015, Brisbane, Australia
13. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, Tsyushi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka, “Development of higher order particle discretization scheme for analysis of failure phenomena”, IV International conference on Particle-Based Methods, Fundamentals and Applications, PARTICLE 2015, 28-30 September 2015, Bercelona, Spain
14. Mahendra Kumar Pal, and Amirtham Rajagopal,” Multiscale failure modeling of composites using generalized finite element method”, GAMM 83^rd Annual Scientific Conference, March 26-30, 2012, Darmstadt, Germany   

 
National Conferences:

1. Mahendra Kumar Pal,  Lalith Wijerathne and Gaurav Singh “Investigation on imposing essential boundary conditions in Higher Order Particle Discretization Scheme ”, 2nd International Conference on Futuristic and Sustainable Aspects in Engineering and Technology (FSAET)-2021, 11-13^th Nov  2021, GLA Mathura, UP,  India
2. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Mohd Akram, Lalith Maddegedara, Muneo Hori,“Modeling of thermal shrinkage induced cracking in brittle material using Higher order PDS-FEM”, 2^4th Applied Mechanics Symposium of JSCE, - 14-15^th May 2021, Japan
3. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita and Jun Fujiwara, “Validation of tensile crack model for concrete subjected to cyclic loading”, 25^th Annual meeting of JSCES, 6-10^th June 2020, Kita Kyushu, Japan
4. Pengxiang Wang, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Maddegedara, Muneo Hori, “Investigation on imposing essential boundary conditions in Higher order PDS-FEM”, 22^nd Applied Mechanics Symposium of JSCE, - 28-30^th June 2019, Hokkaido, Japan
5. Mahendra Kumar Pal, “Elasto-plastic analysis of shake table test for reduced-scale steel frame”, 22^nd Applied Mechanics Symposium of JSCE, - 28-30^th June 2019, Hokkaido, Japan
6. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka , “Modeling of laminar soil container for numerical simulation of large-scale shake table test on soil underground structure”, 24^th Annual meeting of JSCES, 29-31^st May 2019, Saitama, Japan
7. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Takoya Toyoshi, “Reproduction simulation of the shake table test for the reduced-scale steel frame”, 23^rd Annual meeting of JSCES, 6-8^th June 2018, Nagoya, Japan
8. Jun Fujiwara, Takuzo Yamashita, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Makoto Ohsaki and Tomoshi Miyamura, “Implicit Updating Algorithm of Damage Variable of Concrete Elastoplastic Constitutive Model with Considering Compressive Damage”, 23^rd Annual meeting of JSCES, 6-8^th June 2018, Nagoya, Japan
9. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “Seismic response analysis of soil-underground structure using high-fidelity finite element model with elasto-plastic soil constitutive relation”, 21^st Applied Mechanics Symposium of JSCE, - 19-20^th May 2018, Nagoya, Japan
10. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Takuzo Yamashita, Shintaro Ohno and Atsushi Iizuka, “Detailed FE Analysis of E-Defense Shake Table Test on Soil-Underground Structure” 22^nd Annual meeting of JSCES, 31^st May-2^nd June 2017, Saitama, Japan
11. Takuya Toyoshi,Takuzo Yamashita, Pal Mahendra Kumar, Fundamental Study on displacement measurement for seismic motion analysis, 30^th Computational Mechanics Annual Meeting of JSME (CMD2017), 16^th -18^th September 2017,Kindai University, Osaka, Japan.
12. Takuya Toyoshi, Takuzo Yamashita, Tomohiro Sasaki and Pal Mahendra Kumar, “Displacement and strain field measurement for steel structure under seismic load”, 22^nd Annual meeting of JSCES, 31^st May-2^nd June 2017, Saitama, Japan
13. Mahendra Kumar Pal and Takuzo Yamashita,” Construction of high-fidelity finite element model for large-scale parallel seismic analysis of Soil-underground structure”, 20^th Applied Mechanics Symposium of JSCE, - 20-21^st May 2017, Kyoto, Japan
14. M.L.L. Wijerathne, Mahendra Kumar Pal, Muneo Hori, Tsyushi Ichimura, “Higher order Extension of PDS-FEM”, 3^rd international conference on Sri Lanka-Japan Collobrative Research-2015, 18-20 September 2015, Sri Lanka
15. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Wijerathne, Muneo Hori, Tsyushi Ichimura, Seizo Tanaka, “Simulation of cracks in linear elastic solids using higher order Particle Discretization Scheme-FEM”, 18^th Applied Mechanics Symposium of JSCE, - 16-17^th May 2015, Kanazawa, Japan
16. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Lalith Wijerathne, Tsyushi Ichimura, Muneo Hori, Seizo Tanaka, “Implementation of Finite Element Method with higher order Particle Discretization Scheme”, 17^th Applied Mechanics Symposium of JSCE, - 10-11^th May 2014, Okinawa, Japan
17. Mahendra Kumar Pal, and Amirtham Rajagopal, “Two scale Generalized Finite Element Method for fracture analysis”, ICCMS 2012, Conference 10-12 December 2012, IIT Hyderabad, India

1. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Understanding seismic resilience of buildings and civil structures using high performance computing, DAILAB CAFE Series 59, AIST, Tsukuba Japan, 12th March, 2021 (Online talk)
2. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Dynamic Response Analysis of Soil Underground Structure Specimen Tested at E-Defense, Faculty Development Program Organized by GB Pant Institute of Engineering and technology, Pauri, 3rd September 2020 (online talk)
3. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Seismic Resilience Assessment of Building Structures Using High-Performance Computing, JK Cements’ UP's online session for Tech Talk, 2nd May 2020 (online talk)
4. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Seismic response analysis of full-scale E-Defense shake table test specimen using high-performance computing, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, 27th Feb 2020
5. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Seismic response analysis of full-scale E-Defense shake table test specimen using high-performance computing, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, 24th Feb 2020
6. Mahendra Kumar Pal, Seismic response analysis of full-scale E-Defense shake table test specimen using high-performance computing, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, 18th Feb 2020
7. Mahendra Kumar Pal, E-Simulator: A high-performance simulation tool for seismic analysis and resilience assessment, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India, 26th April 2019
8. Mahendra Kumar Pal, “Past, present and future of Earthquake Engineering”, Bundelkhand Institute for Engineering and Technology, Jhansi India, 8th May 2017
9. Mahendra Kumar Pal, “Extension of Particle Discretization Scheme (PDS) for failure analysis” Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, (India) 3rd October 2013
10. Mahendra Kumar Pal, “Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation”, Allenhouse Institute of Technology, Rooma Kanpur (India), 3rd September 2012

Odd Semester 

1. Fluid Mechanics (CHO-102)
2. Concrete Technology Lab (CE-204)
3. RCC Design and Drawing (CE-333) as co-teacher 

1.  Advance Concrete Technology (CE-557)
2. Optimization Methods (CE-565)

Even Semester 

1. Disaster Mitigation and Earthquake Engineering (CE-462)-Department Elective
2. Plastic Analysis of Structures (CE-436) 

1. Plastic Analysis of Structures (CE-564)