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Monica Arul

Assistant Professor

Monica Arul

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

Program Area : Structural Engineering and Materials
Personal Homepage : https://marul65.wixsite.com/mysite

Areas 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

  • B.E in Civil Engineering, Anna University, India - 2013
  • M.E in Structural Engineering, Anna University, India - 2015
  • M.S in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame - 2022
  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame - 2022

  • Best Journal Paper Award, American Association of Wind Engineering, 2025
  • 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
  • Er. Rangarao Endowment Award, Anna University, 2016
  • Prof. P.C. Varghese Endowment Award, Anna University, 2016
  • University Gold Medal, Anna University, 2016

  • CEE 3404: Introduction to Structural Engineering
  • CEE 5404: Structural Wind Engineering
  • CEE 5420: Computer Methods of Structural Analysis