• M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala (2015)
• B.Tech in Civil Engineering, SSET, Karukutty (2012)

Teaching Experience 

• Assistant Professor at MBITS Engineering College from February 2016 onwards

Industry Experience 

• Design Engineer in Eldhose & Engineers, Civil & Structural Engineers consultancy firm, India for 1 Year.

Area of Specialization

• Geotechnical Engineering 

Area of Interest

• Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
• Earthquake engineering
• Soil Dynamics
• Ground Improvement Techniques

• Jayakrishnan, V., Beena, K.S. & Blayil, C.B. Studying the Impact of Continuous and Multiple Earthquake Ground Motions on Pore Pressure in Saturated Sandy Deposits. Geotech Geol Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-024-02816-2
• Beena K. S., Veena Jayakrishnan, Anupa Alex and Bindu C. S. “Analysis of Liquefaction Potential of Coastal Sands Using Laminar Box Systems,” Indian Geotechnical Journal, February, 2019.
• Veena Jayakrishnan, Beena K. S., Unni Kartha G. and Vinod J. S. “Effect of Hammer Impact on Wave Propagation Characteristics of Soil: A Laboratory Study” International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE), July 2019, 10(2):50-68, DOI: 10.4018/IJGEE.2019070104.
• Vimala C. A., Beena K. S., Veena Jayakrishnan, “Soil Stabilization using Coir Fibre and Pozzolanic Materials”, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, Volume 6, Special Issue Conference 2019, 196-203.e ISSN 2348-1269., 2019
• Merin Roy, Merin Varghese, Sam Alex, Sreeraj K. Vijayan, Veena Jayakrishnan, “Effect of NPK Fertilizers on Agricultural Soil”, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, Volume 6, Special Issue Conference 2019, 196-203.e ISSN 2348-1269, 2019. 

Book Chapter/ Conference proceedings

• Jayakrishnan, V., Beena, K.S., Vivek, V.S. (2024). Effect of Coir Geocell on the Liquefaction Potential of Coastal Sand. In: Kolathayar, S., Vinod Chandra Menon, N., Sreekeshava, K.S. (eds) Best Practices in Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering. IACESD 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 449. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8505-0_27
• Meril George, Sruthy O. A., Monisha Madhu, Fathima Hesna, Veena Jayakrishnan, Kishori V. M., “Effect of Leachate on Geotechnical Properties of Soil” Proceedings of the National Conference on Innovations in Civil Engineering (NCICE 2012), SSET, Kochi, Kerala, 19-20 April., 2012
• Shyam Krishnan, Veena Jayakrishnan, Beena K.S., “A case study on failure of railway track formation in Kerala”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy, Environment, Materials and Safety (ICEEMS’19), April 25-27, CUSAT, Kochi, India,233-240, ISBN 978-81-941516-2-3., 2019 
• Beena K. S., Veena Jayakrishnan, Unni Kartha G. and Shafnas P. S., “Studies on the Effect of Fines Content on Liquefaction Resistance using Shake Table Tests” Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019 (GeoIndus), 19-21 December 2019, SVNIT Surat, India.
• Beena K. S., Neethu M., Veena Jayakrishnan, ‘Laboratory Investigation on Wave Characteristics due to Hammer Impact on Different Types of Soil’. In: T.G. Sitharam, Kolathayar, Mukat Lal Sharma (eds) Seismic Hazards and Risk. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 116. Springer, Singapore, 2021, 10.1007/978-981-15-9976-7
• Jayakrishnan V., Gracious A., Shaju A.C., “Effect of Fly Ash on Geotechnical Properties of Oil-Contaminated Soil”. In: Singh R.M., Sudheer K.P., Kurian B. (eds) Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 83. Springer, Singapore. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5644-9_15
• Veena Jayakrishnan, K. S. Beena, Liquefaction studies and its mitigation in India -Focusing Kerala Coast-A review, Book Chapter of Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials, ASCM 2020 (Springer) 3-4, Aug, 2020, NIT Jamshedpur
• K. S. Beena, Babu K. K., Viswanathan M., Veena Jayakrishnan, “Coir geotextile as a separator for unpaved and earthen roads”, Proceedings of International Conference on, “GREEN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION – A Sustainable Approach”, NIT Surathkal, 14- 15, September, 2020. 
• Veena Jayakrishnan, Eldhose George and Devika Vijayakumar, “Feasibility of using Agricultural and Industrial Waste to Stabilize Subgrade Soil”, Proceedings of International Conference on, “GREEN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION – A Sustainable Approach”, NIT Surathkal, 14- 15, September, 2020

• Attended 2 weeks Remote Sensing & Data Analysis Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology on 7th-19th, Aug 2023
• Participated in the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Aproaches in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (IACESD-2023) held on 7^th and 8^th July 2023 by Jyothi Institute of Technology.
• Attended 2 days’ workshop on “Plaxis 2D and 3D” organized by Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology in July 2023.
• Participated in the AICTE Sponsored First International Conference on Sustainable Practices in Engineering and Technology (IC-SPET’23) held on 14^th to 16^th June 2023 by Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Alappuzha.
• Attended 40-hour online FDP on ‘Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies’ organized by National Institute of Technology, Warangal & BITS Pilani, Hyderabad on 18th-27th July, 2022.
• Attended 5 day FDP at LBS Institute of Technology for women titled “Geotechnical Engineering Practices “.
• Attended 9 day FDP at by NIT Warangal and Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Hyderabad titled “Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies “.
• Attended 3 day FDP at by MBITS titled “Teaching-Competencies for self-directed learning “.
• Attended 8 days FDP at by Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology titled “GEOSYNTHETICS FOR GROUND IMPROVEMENT “.
• Attended 3 day FDP at MBITS titled “Sustainable building materials and practices“.
• Attended 5 days Online Faculty Development Programme on “EMERGING TRENDS IN STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING PROCEDURES“ organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Arakkunnam
• Attended 5 days FDP titled Seismic Risk Mitigation & Vibration Control of Structures, at Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India sponsored by Dst and CPD, 9-13th, November 2020
• Attended 5 days FDP on Earthquake Geotechnics, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Andhra Pradesh, 22- 26th September
• 6 day Global FDP on Recent Research Advances in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, RSET, 17- 22nd August
• 6 days FDP titled R Programming (Online) at Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SKN Sinhgad, College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra in association with Spoken Tutorial IIT Bombay, Mumbai, April 30 to May 5, 2020.        
• MIDAS GTS NX- Tunnel Numerical Modelling and Analysis, MIDAS Research and Development Centre, India, April 20th -May 8th, 2020
• Attended 12 days FDP by Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, titled Building Information Modelling, 2nd to 13th, December, 2019
• Attended 5 days FDP by Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India,titled GIAN Course- Seismic Soil- Pile Interaction,  5-9th August, 2019
• Advance Training Programme on Remote Sensing and GIS, Department of Civil Engineering, MITS in collaboration with Dr. R Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, School of Environmental Science, MG University, Kottayam, 24th- 29th, June, 2019
• Attended 5 days ‘Recent Advancement in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering’- QIP Short-term Course, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India, 18-22 February, 2019
• One-week STTP – Green Energy, Environment, Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Future, Division of Civil Engineering, SOE, CUSAT, jointly with THDC Institute of Hydro Power Engineering and Technology, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, 10-14th December, 2018

Seminars/Workshops/Webinars:

• “Lecture Series on Article Valuation and Referencing Tools, Organized by CRC in Association with NDLI Club MBITS, Jan 6, 2023
• Session on Global event: Power of Storytelling in Facing Interviews, organized by NDLI Club, MBITS held on Sept 23, 2022
• Talk on Global event on future of career in technology, organized by NDLI Club, MBITS held on Dec 16, 2021
• “Lecture Series Organized by CRC in Association with NDLI Club MBITS, Dec. 10, 2021
• Web E-Talk on 21st Aug, 2021 on “Recent advancements in displacement based seismic design of bridges” and “An overview of need and adoption of wind tunnel testing for long span bridges”
• National webinar on An Insight into National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on 23rd June 2021
• All in one Tech talk series, MBITS in connection with Rhythm 2K21, 26-29th, May, 2021
• Higher Studies and Carriers in Management, MBITS & SMS CUSAT, COORDINATED BY CCE, MBITS, 7th, April, 2021
• Smart Geotechnical Engineering        Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology and THDC- IHET, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, 16- 20th Nov, 2020
• Indo Canadian Workshop on Interactive Design in geotechnical Engineering: Theory to Practice        , NITK, IGS, Surathkal Chapter, IIT, Kanpur, TC 206 of ISSMGE, University of Ottawa, 24 Sep- 2 Oct, 2020
• Planning and procurement aspects in construction industry, Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, CUSAT, 27th August, 2020
• How to turn Engineers to Entrepreneurs        MBITS in association with Kerala Startup Mission and VSSC, ISRO        9-11th August, 2020
• Attended 3 days seminar titled Outcome based Education in Higher Education Education sector by MBITS in association with AJCE, 23- 25th July, 2020
• Professional Development of women engineers in post COVID era, MBITS in association with YMCA and Accredited training. Online, 20- 22nd July, 2020
• Role of Civil Engineers for sustainable development, MBITS in association with ASAP, 14-16, July, 2020
• Ensure your safety against Earthquake Do’s and Dont’s, Delhi Technological University, 25th June, 2020
• Communicative English Skills for Engineering Students and Faculty, MBITS in association with TCS and ASAP, 28th to 30th June, 2020.
• 1st Indo-Japan Webinar Series on Geotechnics for Disaster Mitigation, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Surathkal Chapter, India, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal, India, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, India, Kyushu University, Japan, 8 – 13 June, 2020
• ISET webinar Series, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, IIT Roorkee, 30th May, 6th,13th, 20th & 27th, June, 2020
• Indo- China Webinar, Shantou University, China, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Indian Geotechnical Society Surat Chapter, SVNIT Surat and Qingdao University of Technology, China , 8th -19th May 2020
• Tools for Research, Division of Information Technology, School of Engineering, CUSAT, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, 23-24 January, 2020
• OpenSees, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, 3rd September, 2019
• Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, 2nd September, 2019
• Geopolymer Concrete, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, 29-31st August, 2019
• Challenges of Kolkata Metro Construction- by N. N. Som        IGS Kochi Chapter jointly with AIMIL Ltd., 27th July, 2019
• Pedagogy workshop on Teaching Excellence, Division of Civil Engineering and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, CUSAT, sponsored by TEQIP Phase III, 5th, July, 2019
• Lecture series in the Erudite Scholar- in – Research Programme, Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, sponsored by Kerala State Higher Education Council.        4-5 February, 2019
• Landslide: Analysis, Mitigation and Case Studies        Division of Civil Engineering, SOE, CUSAT, jointly with IGS- Kochi Chapter, in association with MACCAFERRI, 1st December, 2018
• Workshop on GEOHAZARDS, Department of Civil Engineering, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science, 30th July – 1st August, 2018
• State Level Programme Officers Workshop, Sree Buddha College of Engineering, under the auspices of APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University and Directorate of Technical Education, Kerala, 26- 27th August, 2017
• Techfest 2017 of KSCSTE – Mentor of Innovation Earthquake Simulator, KSCSTE and APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, hosted by Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, 13-14 January, 2017
• 6th International Geotechnical Symposium on Disaster Mitigation in Special Geoenvironmental Conditions, IIT Chennai, DFI of India, IGS Kochi Chapter and IGS Bangalore Chapter, 21- 23, January 2015
• “Modern Techniques in Geotechnical and Construction Engineering, National workshop at CUSAT, 27th September 2013
• National Conference on Innovations in Civil Engineering (NCICE 2012), Department of Civil Engineering, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, 19-20 April, 2012
• Application of Membrane Technology for the Treatment of Water and Waste Water, SSET Centre for Research and Innovation in Engineering and Technology, 28th January 2012

• Geodiversity of coastal sand deposits in Kerala- An Experimental Investigation, 2024
• 1D Ground Response Analysis of soil around Ernakulam District, 2023.
• Effect of waste materials on Dispersity of soil: An experimental study, 2023
• “Effect of Flyash on the geotechnical properties of oil contaminated soil” – B Tech Project [Anila C Shaju, Aiswarya Gracious, Anju Jose]

• “Effect of Coir Geotextile and Particle Shape on Strength Behaviour of Coastal Sand Deposit” – B Tech Project [Anitta Biju, Divya Prasad, Deva Chandana K R, Elby P Eldhose]

• “Dispersivity of soil and its Remedial measures: An experimental study”- B Tech Project [Haritha Pradeep, Arunima C M, Joel Jose, Joelson Noble]

• MOOC Coordinator
• Research & Consultancy Cell Joint Coordinator