Academic staff
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Academic staff
Professor Ha Bui
Research Interests:
His research interests lie in computational mechanics and material modelling, with a particular focus on advanced mathematical frameworks for multi-physics problems in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering. His work bridges engineering and physics to deliver predictive computational tools for complex, real-world geotechnical applications.
Professor Victor Chang
Leader of Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, 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 and Pattern Recognition, Construction and Demolition Waste Management, Sustainable Construction, Material Recycling
Dr. Fatemeh Azhari
Dr. Leah Barrett
Research Interests:
Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Microbial Source Tracking (MST), Environmental Health, Human Health, Water Quality, Engineering Education
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
Research Interests:
Renewable energy technologies (solar, hydro, wind), energy system transition pathways, life cycle assessment, energy storage (batteries, PHES, H2)
A/Professor Alexa Delbosc
Research Interests:
Travel behaviour and needs of diverse groups such as young adults, women, the socially excluded and people from different ancestries. Supporting sustainable transport including e-bikes and e-scooters.
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
A/Professor 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.
Professor Amin Heidarpour
Research Interests:
Structural and computational mechanics, with specific application to steel, concrete and composite structures subjected to extreme actions
Dr. Tamara Herzog
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
Professor Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch
Professor (Practice) in Structural Engineering
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. Yee Sye Lee
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, Smart materials and structures, Computer-vision based defect detection, AI based 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, intact rock micro-scale modelling, 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.).
Dr. Thang Nguyen
Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
Research Interests:
Professor Ranjith’s inventions—including carbon-negative geothermal energy, waste-to-cement technology, and tailings-free mineral extraction—are transforming how the world produces energy, and mines resources. His research delivers real-world, carbon-reducing solutions with profound global benefits for climate, industry, and society.
Professor Valentijn Pauwels
Research Interests:
Model data fusion, Hydrology, Optimization
A/Professor 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.
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.
A/Professor Stuart Walsh
Dr. Brandon Winfrey
Research Interests:
ecological engineering, water sensitive urban design, green infrastructure, urban ecology, stormwater biofilters, constructed wetlands, remote sensing, ecosystem services, mycorrhizae, asset maintenance, low-cost sensors, real-time monitoring, mine water pollution, and mine drainage treatment.
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.
A/Professor 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).