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Gurmesh Sihag

Assistant Professor

About

Mr. GURMESH SIHAG is currently working as Assistant Professor in School of Engineering. He has total experience of more than 4 years of teaching and has been associated with Galgotias University since, October, 2023. He has excellent academic record and has completed his all degrees (B.E., M.Tech and Ph.D.) from well-known engineering colleges. He has qualified GATE exam for continuously three years with good scores. He believes that teaching is not merely restricted to making the students understand the underlying concepts of a course but also to develop critical thinking and evaluate alternate approaches for problem solving.

Experience

  • 4 years of teaching experience

Qualification

  • Ph.D. (IIT Roorkee, Thesis Submitted)
  • M.Tech. (From IIT Roorkee)
  • B.E. (From PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh)

Award & Recognition

  • Received MHRD scholarship for pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Roorkee.
  • Received MHRD scholarship for pursuing M.Tech at IIT Roorkee
  • Received well-disciplined child award from K.B. DAV Senior Secondary Public School, Chandigarh
  • Received scholarship for outstanding performance in 10th

Research

  • Sihag, Gurmesh, Praveen Kumar, and Manoranjan Parida. "Development of a Machine-Learning-Based Novel Framework for Travel Time Distribution Determination Using Probe Vehicle Data." Data 8, no. 3 (2023): 60.
  • Sihag, Gurmesh, Praveen Kumar, and Manoranjan Parida. “Methodologies for Assessing the Effectiveness of VMS” Indian Highways 51, no. 10 (2023).
  • Sihag, Gurmesh, Manoranjan Parida, and Praveen Kumar. "Travel Time Prediction for Traveler Information System in Heterogeneous Disordered Traffic Conditions Using GPS Trajectories." Sustainability 14, no. 16 (2022): 10070.
  • Sihag, Gurmesh, Praveen Kumar, and Manoranjan Parida. "Development of Incident Management System for Efficient Usage of Transportation Infrastructure." In International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution, pp. 339-352. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.
  • Kumar, Praveen, Gurmesh Sihag, and Shambhavi Mishra. "Development of Incident Management System Using Ant System Algorithm and Blackboard Architecture." Indian Highways 46, no. 10 (2018).

Certifications

  • Attended GIAN Course from 11-15 March, 2019 on “Information Technology Applications In Transportation Planning & Management” conducted by MHRD at IIT Kharagpur.
  • Attended GIAN Course from 23-27 Decemebr,2019 on “Transport Data Analysis, Modelling and Simulation in the Era of Smart Mobility” conducted by MHRD at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat
  • Participated in Regional Workshop from 7-8 February, 2020 on “Quality Control, New Materials and Techniques in Road Sector” organized by TEG IIT Roorkee and Indian Road Congress (IRC).
  • Participated in one week FDP from 27-31 May, 2019 on “Deep Learning and Applications” conducted by Electronics and ICT Academy.
  • Participated in one week FDP from 18-22 June, 2019 on “Data Analytics with Python” conducted by Electronics and ICT Academy.
  • Attended workshop on “Publishing in Academic Journals: An Author’s Workshop” organized by IIT Roorkee and Taylor & Francis Group on 4th May 2019.
  • Took two days’ workshop from 13-14 October,2018 on “Research Fundamentals: Innovations and Entrepreneurship” organized by SRIC, IIT Roorkee.
  • Participated in a training session on “Web of science, EndNote & InCites” organized by MGCL, IIT Roorkee on 7th September2019.
  • Attended online certificate course on “Getting Started with Tableau Desktop” and “Tableau Desktop Fundamental” conducted and authorized by Tableau Learning Program.

Area of Interest

  • Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
  • Transportation Planning
  • Big Data in the field of Transportation Engineering

Administrative Roles

  • Overall Lab in charge for Department of Civil Engineering
  • Placement coordinator for Department of Civil Engineering

Conferences/Camps Organized

  • Worked as Volunteer in Organizing 1st International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution, 7-10 January, 2019 at IIT Roorkee
  • Worked as student volunteer in Organizing 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution, 14 – 17 September, 2022 at IIT Roorkee
  • Worked as Volunteer in Organizing Blood Donation Camp during B.E.

Other Achievements

  • Served as Bhawan Secretary for Vigyan Bhawan (IIT Roorkee) from 2018 to 2020
  • National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteer during B.E.