Dr. Mahesh Balwant Sonawane

Bio

Dr. Mahesh B. Sonawane has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, since July 2017. He received his Ph.D. from the prestigious Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, in March 2021 for his work "GIS-based building energy simulation studies". He obtained his BE (Civil Eng.) and M.E. (Civil- Building Science & Technology) degrees from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, in 1998 and 2008, respectively.

Dr. Sonawane has been associated with the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune, since December 2006 and has been teaching various subjects such as Building Design & Drawing, Green building & Infrastructure, Smart City Planning & Development, Building Control Procedure & Legislation. He had presented research papers in reputable international conferences in India and abroad. In 2016, he presented a research paper at the International Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has published 8 research papers in international journals and presented 8 research papers in international conferences.

His research interests include energy simulation of buildings, building physics, and GIS-based energy simulation studies. He has been granted three international patents, two from the Government of Australia and one from the Government of South Africa; two patents are published by the Government of India. In addition, Dr. Sonawane has served as the chairman of various subjects at SP Pune University and MITWPU Pune and worked as an LIC committee member of Pune University. He holds a life membership of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) New Delhi.

Research Papers

1. Mahesh B Sonawane and Sumedh Y Mhaske (2018), "Predicting daylight illuminance in urban city using multiple regression techniques", Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 13, No.7, pg. 2181-2194, ISSN: 1823-4690

2. Mahesh B Sonawane and Sumedh Y Mhaske (2016), “Daylighting Estimation and Analysis in Residential Apartment Building: GIS based approach”, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 012024, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

3. Mahesh B. Sonawane, S. K. Dubey and S. V. Deodhar (2013), “An Analytical Approach to Demand-Capacity Method”, International Journal of Advanced Technology in Civil Engineering, Vol - 1, Issue – 4, pages -264-270.

Patents

1. Two Indian Patent published, Three International Patents Granted (1- A method for assessing climate based on illuminance level of a place.

2. Water collection & notification intelligent management technology).

3. Development of special mould for preparation of lightweight concrete panel by using E-waste (2023). (Application no - 202424067739), Granted on 24/04/2024 by the Government of South Africa.

Research Area

Building Energy Simulation, Building energy analysis, GIS applications.

Publication

1. Ravindra D. Nalawade, Mahesh B. Sonawane, B. K. Sarkar (2023), “Landslides, Rainfall Triggered Landslides of Slopes by Passive Piles”, Annals of Forest Research (Science citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Q2), Vol. 66, Issue 1, ISSN: 1844-8135, pp 840-48.

2. Mahesh B Sonawane and Sumedh Y Mhaske (2020), “Assessment of daylight illuminance intensities and its estimation for moderate climate zone of India”, Official Journal of the Patent office, Govt. of India, Part 1, No. 39, pg. 84.

3. Amey Satish Darange and Mahesh B Sonawane (2019), “Planning and Scheduling of Low Income Housing Scheme Project by Line of Balancing Method’, International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, Vol.4, Issue 11, ISSN: 2456-2165.

4. Mahesh B Sonawane and Sumedh Y Mhaske (2018), “Predicting daylight illuminance in urban city using multiple regression techniques”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, (Indexed in Scopus & Web of Science, Q2) Vol. 13, No.7, pg. 2181-2194, ISSN: 1823-4690.

5. Mahesh B Sonawane and Sumedh Y Mhaske (2016), “Daylighting Estimation and Analysis in Residential Apartment Building: GIS based approach”, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, IGRSM 2016, Open access (Scopus & Web of Science), doi:10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISSN: 1755-1307, ISBN: 978-1-5108-2616-8. 

6. Mahesh B. Sonawane, Shailendra K. Dubey and Sharad V. Deodhar (2013), “ An Analytical Approach to Demand-Capacity Method”, International Journal of Advanced Technology in Civil Engineering. Vol - 2, Issue – 1, pg. 17-23. ISSN: 2231 5721.

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Orcid Link https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5497-5810