Appraisal and development
conversations (ADC) form R&T
Name:
Abhilash Sreekumar
Job title:
Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellow
Job level:
Post Graduate Researcher
Faculty/School/Department:
Faculty of Engineering
Attendees:
Abhilash and Dr. Jelena Ninic
Signed as agreed (appraiser):
Signed as agreed (appraisee):
This form is intended to be used as a guide to facilitate the structure of
the discussion and should cover the following areas:
Reflection
Constructively review
past activities and how
achievements have
been realised
Date of discussion:
Date of last discussion:
10/07/2020
Start date of current role:
1st September 2018
Name: Date:
Abhilash Sreekumar
Name: Date:
Dr. Jelena Ninic
Looking forward Future objectives
Discuss personal Agree future objectives
development and career which balance with/
aspirations including contribute to the priorities
career advancement of the faculty/
school/department
Reflection
Constructively review progress/achievements/delivery against objectives including how these have been
achieved (reference can be made to the Building a Culture for Success guide) and how they have contributed
to the faculty/school/department as outlined in the relevant balanced framework:

Objectives – teaching and learning Appraisee comments: Appraiser comments:

Aimed to improve my abilities to communicate Participated in three

technical ideas clearly and effectively to students. module demonstrations:
1-2, SAP2000 for linear
and non-linear structural
engineering 2018-2020
(assisted Dr. Savvas
Triantafyllou and Dr.
Georgia Thermou).

3, Matlab for engineering

mechanics 2018 (assisted
Dr. Tao Liu)
Objectives – research and knowledge exchange Appraisee comments: Appraiser comments:
Aimed to disseminate my research output to different 1. Engaged in seminars
audiences: within my research group:
Centre for Structural
Engineering and Informatics

2. Participated in two
December aerospace
exhibitions (2018,2019) for
high-school students.

3. Attended several short

courses, summer schools
and scientific congresses to
learn the state of the art in
my area of research, and
have fruitful discussions with
the wider computational
mechanics communities.
Objectives – contribution Appraisee comments: Appraiser comments:
Aimed to deliver original contributions in the field of 1. Published three articles in
computational mechanics, poroelasticity and vibro- internationally reputed peer
acoustics. reviewed journals as the
primary contributor.
2. Engaged in fruitful
collaboration with
researchers from the Faculty
of Computer Science -
UNOTT, University of Lyon,
National Technical University
Athens and Columbia
University.

2. Presented our results and

output at 11 international
scientific congresses.
 Objectives – culture and climate Appraisee comments: Appraiser comments:
Aimed to get involved within a friendly and efficient work I did get to interact with
environment; and grow in non-academic fronts as well. several peers on a frequent
basis. However, these
interactions were
unfortunately restricted to
virtual conversations, owing
to social distancing
restrictions,

Previous personal development undertaken (appraisee comments): Comments (appraiser):

I feel like I have accomplished these goals in a timely and
satisfactory way.

Additional comments (appraisee): Additional comments (appraiser):

None.
Looking forward
Personal and professional development and career aspirations including career advancement.

Appraisee comments:
I look to conduct post-doctoral research after the conclusion of my PhD. To this end, I believe that my skills
mentioned below are currently deficient, and would benefit from improvement.

Appraiser comments:

Personal and professional development identified: How this will be met: Priority/time scale:
1. Conflict resolution Attending UNOTT short By the end of 2021
Suggested by Dr. Ender Ozcan course:
Conflict Management
(Online Course)

2. Improve teaching and presentation abilities Attend UNOTT short course By the end of 2021
Suggested by Dr. Ender Ozcan Accessibility Essentials for
Teaching and Learning
Will prove useful in the future to smoothly transition
into teaching responsibilities

3. Develop ability to write research proposals. Attend UNOTT short course By the end of 2021
Opportunities and skills
Will prove invaluable in securing funding grants for development in applying
my future research goals.
for funding

Future career development/promotions discussion notes and agreed next steps (appraisee/appraiser):
Future objectives
Objectives should be SMART and include proposed interim review dates (where applicable), timescales for completion
and desired outputs/outcomes aligned with the current and future priorities of the faculty/school/department as outlined
in the relevant balanced framework (including strategic and operational priorities, contribution and culture and climate
priorities). When discussing objectives please also consider how work will be achieved (reference can be made to the
Building a Culture for Success guide) as well as what will be achieved:

Objectives – teaching and learning

Objective: Completion date: Review date:

Aim to have more direct inputs on teaching. E.g., actively teaching
numerical methods/ coding algorithms etc. to students, instead of only
assisting them with tasks.

Objectives – research and knowledge exchange

Objective: Completion date: Review date:

Aim to attend summer schools and short course that help broaden the End of 2022
scope of my work, e.g., courses offered by International Centre for
Mechanical Sciences (CISM) on non-linear acoustics and damage
modelling/peridynamics.

Objectives – contribution

Objective: Completion date: Review date:

Aim to diversify and publish more work on topics not immediately related End of 2021
to my research, e.g., stochastic dynamics, topology optimization, data
driven modelling etc.

Objectives – culture and climate

Objective: Completion date: Review date:

Aim to participate more fervently in interdisciplinary discussions and Being
events, e.g., the weekly FE coffee and Wave Chaos seminars offered by implemented at
the Mathematics dept. present

Additional comments (appraisee):

None.

Additional comments (appraiser):

Date of next discussion: