Academic staff
Civil Engineering - Academic staff
Professor Ha Bui
Research Interests:
We work at the interface of engineering and physics, developing advanced computational and mathematical models to solve future challenges in geomechanics and related disciplines, with reference to real-life engineering applications.
A/Professor Victor Chang
Leader of Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Interdependence between human and environment during the urbanization with a focus on (a) Built Environment-Human Nexus: urban air quality and built environment.
A/Professor Mehrdad Arashpour
Research Interests:
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Prefabricated Structures, Robotics, Optimisation, Building Information Modelling (BIM), Sustainability, Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Dr. Fatemeh Azhari
Professor Yu (Barry) Bai
Professor in Structural Engineering
Research Interests:
Structural adhesives and adhesively-bonded structures, Material and structural responses under critical load conditions, Composite structures, Fiber-reinforced materials and structures.
Professor Abdelmalek Bouazza
Research Interests:
Unsaturated behaviour of geomaterials. Contaminant transport through soils and geosynthetics. Geosynthetics in landfills and in mining applications (heap leach pads, tailing dams, etc.). Ground Improvement (soil mixing, dynamic compaction, stone columns). Geosynthetics reinforced piled embankments Geothermal Geostructures (Energy piles, etc.)
A/Professor Colin Caprani
Research Interests:
Highway bridge traffic loading; structural safety and reliability, structural dynamics, human-induced vibration, human-structure interaction, vehicle-bridge interaction, structural health monitoring, weigh-in-motion, footbridge vibration, random vibration, traffic modelling for bridges, probabilistic modeling, extreme value prediction.
Professor Graham Currie
Chair of Public Transport, Professor in Transport Engineering
Research Interests:
Public Transport, Travel Behavior, Transport Policy.
A/Professor Roger Dargaville
Deputy Director at Monash Energy Institute
Research Interests:
Renewable energy
A/Professor Alexa Delbosc
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
Travel behaviour of young adults, transport and the life course, public transport, social impacts of new transport technologies
Professor Wenhui Duan
Research Interests:
Nano-materials and nano-mechanics , graphene reinforced epoxy/cement/concrete composites; carbon nanotube reinforced epoxy/cement/concrete composites; high strain rate effect;
Dr. Yihai Fang
Research Interests:
Construction Automation and Informatics; Construction Robotics; Digital Twin for Construction and Built Environments; Construction Safety and Human Factors
Dr. Wynita Griggs
Research Interests:
Mathematical control theory, stability of dynamical systems, dissipative systems; Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), connected and/or autonomous vehicles; vehicle- and/or pedestrian-in-the-loop simulation (e.g., SUMO).
Dr. Asadul Haque
Research Interests:
Non-destructive Characterization of Geo-materials, X-Ray micro-CT, Foundation Engineering, Carbon Sequestration, Chemical Improvement of Soils, and Railway Geotechnics.
A/Professor Amin Heidarpour
Research Interests:
Structural and computational mechanics, with specific application to steel, concrete and composite structures subjected to extreme actions
Dr. Tom Hughes
Research Interests:
Liquid hydrogen, Cryogenic Energy, Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration, Waste heat utilisation, Semi-clathrate and natural gas hydrates, Environmentally-friendly refrigerants, Thermophysical property measurements: vapour-liquid-solid equilibrium, heat capacity, density, viscosity, thermal conductivity and surface tension, LNG processing, EOS,
A/Professor Liton (MD) Kamruzzaman
Research Interests:
-Integrated transport and land use planning -Transit-oriented development -Future of transport -Travel behaviour -GIS/Remote Sensing applications in Transport/Planning -Machine Learning / AI in Transport/Planning -Cities and Sustainability
Professor Michael Kennedy
A/Professor Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch
Research Interests:
Research interests include utilising Indigenous knowledge systems within foundational engineering, concrete structures, soil and subbase.
Professor Jayantha Kodikara
Research Interests:
Unsaturated flow and material behaviour of compacted soils, reactive soils and pavement materials, Shrinkage, creep and unsaturated flow behaviour of cemented materials, Desiccation cracking of soils and cemented materials, Soil-atmosphere/infracture interaction and climate change effects, On-shore and off-shore pipelines & Stabilisation of soils.
Dr. Anna Lintern
Research Interests:
My key interests lie in understanding and predicting water quality of streams and lakes, and the impact of Best Management Practices on water quality. This will increase our ability to design effective mitigation strategies for waterway pollution; and thereby protect water sources for both environmental benefits and for human usage.
A/Professor Ye Lu
Research Interests:
Structural health monitoring, Sensor networks and technology, Wave propagation in solids and Advanced signal processing and data fusion.
A/Professor Hossein Masoumi
Research Interests:
Rock mechanics with particular interest in size/scale and shape effects on intact rock, Constitutive modelling of intact rock exhibiting size/scale dependent behaviour under uniaxial and triaxial conditions, Cable bolt characterisation and modelling, Shaly-Sandstone micro-scale characterisation, Non-persistent jointed rocks characterisation
A/Professor Dong Ngoduy
Research Interests:
Mathematical modelling for transport systems, traffic flow theory, AI and machine learning for traffic estimation problems, transport network optimization
Dr. Phu Nguyen
Research Interests:
Numerical methods (extended finite elements, mesh free particle methods, iso-geometric analysis), Fracture mechanics (phase-field fracture, cohesive zone models, damage mechanics), Computational mechanics, Large deformation problems and Multi scale modelling of quasi-brittle materials (concretes, composites, rocks etc.).
Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
Research Interests:
Prof Ranjith has made a significant contribution to research by developing innovative methods to overcome resource-recovery challenges in mining, particularly for unconventional gas and geothermal reserves. His strategic aim is to promote technological innovation that promotes environmental protection and responsible use of resources.
A/Professor Valentijn Pauwels
Research Interests:
Model data fusion, Hydrology, Optimization
Dr. Tim Peterson
Research Interests:
I focus on detecting long-term change in catchment hydrological processes and drivers early enough so that society can act. By statistically analysing commonly available surface and groundwater data I aim to better understand where and when such chnages have occured and why.
Professor Liz Ritchie
Department of Civil Engineering & School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
Research Interests:
Tropical cyclone structure, activity, and impacts in changing environments. High-impact mesoscale weather systems. Remote sensing and numerical modelling.
Dr. Elizabeth Sironic
Dr. Fiona Tang
Research Interests:
My research focuses on investigating the control of climate and anthropogenic activities on the fate and dynamics of nutrients and contaminants. My research makes use of computational techniques to identify regions susceptible to climate and environmental change at regional, continental, and global scales.
Professor Hai Vu
Professor in Transport Engineering
Research Interests:
Intelligent transport systems: traffic monitoring, control and management, network modelling, smart use of information, connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).
Professor Jeffrey Walker
Research Interests:
A combination of i) environmental sensing, ii) earth system modelling, and iii) optimal convergence of model predictions with observations through data assimilation.
Dr. Stuart Walsh
Dr. Brandon Winfrey
Research Interests:
ecological engineering, water sensitive urban design, green infrastructure, urban ecology, stormwater biofilters, ecosystem services, mycorrhizae, asset maintenance, low-cost sensors, real-time monitoring, mine water pollution, and mine drainage treatment.
A/Professor Mohan Yellishetty
Research Interests:
Mine rehabilitation and closure Sustainability frameworks/tools and their application to the mining industry. Industrial ecology, life cycle thinking, substance flow and material flow analysis. Critical and strategic mineral supply chains and assessment Resources and environmental geotechnical engineering.
Dr. Arash Zamyadi
Research Interests:
-Water and wastewater treatment and public health within a sustainable circular economy -Water-energy nexus and nutrient recovery within circular hydrogen economy framework -Effect of climate change and harmful algal blooms on water and wastewater treatment -Removal of combined microbial/chemical contaminants and reuse opportunities
A/Professor Qianbing Zhang
Research Interests:
Geotechnical Engineering, Tunneling, Engineering Geology, Impact Engineering, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), and Experimental Mechanics.
Professor Jian Zhao
Research Interests:
Rock Mechanics, Tunneling, Underground Space-mining and Engineering.
Dr. Nan Zheng
Research Interests:
Modelling and Optimization of Complex Systems, Intelligent and Automated Transport Systems, AI- and Data-driven Analytics for Transport Systems, Digital-Twin and Virtual-Reality Enabled Solutions
Dr. Jenny Zhou
Research Interests:
Buildings have extensive direct and indirect impacts on human occupants and the ecosystem. I endeavor to advance the knowledge of a variety of interactions that take place between human and building (HBInt) and between natural and built environment (NBInt).