Dr. Daniel C received his B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D. program from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. He served at Karunya Institute of Technology as a junior and senior research fellow for a DST project outlay of 2.57 Crores from 2016 to 2019. He worked as a Senior Project Scientist in Meta Lab as a post doctotal researcher in IIT Delhi. He was a Summer faculty Research Fellow of IIT Delhi for the following years: 2022 and 2023. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai. His teaching and research interests include smart materials, supplemental damping device, energy harvesting device, vibration control techniques, and hybrid simulations. Dr. Daniel C has published more than 44 indexed research publications in reputed International Journals and Conferences. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Institution of Structural Engineers, and the International Associations of Engineers. He is the editor of two indexed journal and reviewer of 8+ SCI-indexed journals.