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Presentations by visiting professionals and academics
The following seminars were presented by visiting academics and civil engineering professionals and were organised by the Structures group.
2008
Seminar Topic
| Presenter
| Organisation
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| Proposed changes to AS3600 and the use of low ductility steel |
Prof Stephen Foster |
Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of New South Wales |
| Architecture and engineering: A fruitful relationship |
Prof Shane Murray |
Head of Architecture,
Monash University |
| Structural health monitoring as a viable decision tool |
Prof Pradipta Banerji |
Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |
| Very large floating structures |
Prof Wang Chien Ming |
Director of Engineering Science Programme,
National University of Singapore |
| World Trade Centre Site and General Redevelopment on the WTC site |
Mr Marc Colella |
WSP Cantor Seinuk Group, New York |
| Marine corrosion of structural steels ? Turning data into engineering models |
Prof Rob Melchers |
Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability,
School of Engineering,
The University of Newcastle, NSW |
| Heterogeneous behaviour of AA5083 aluminium alloy in presence of dynamic strain ageing |
Prof Ahmed Benallal |
Directeur de Rechereche au CNRs,
Head of the Mechanics & Materials Division,
LMT - Cachan, France |
| Outline of design challenges specific to bridge and infrastructure engineering in the UK and Ireland |
Dr Craig Giaccio |
Associate Director,
Faber Maunsell (AECOM),
Consulting Engineers in the Transportation Structures Team, London UK |
| The hunt for the elusive concept |
Derek Oehlers |
Professor of Structural Engineering,
University of Adelaide, SA |
2007
Seminar Topic
| Presenter
| Organisation
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| Fibre optic strain measurement system in an offshore application |
Dr Hayden Marcollo |
Lead Engineer,
AMOG Consulting, Melbourne |
| Some applications and developments of concrete-filled steel tubular structures in China |
Prof Lin-Hai Han |
Director of Institute of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,
Tsinghau University, Beijing |
| Instant structural analysis: A tool for structural engineering students and engineers |
Prof S. Kitipornchai |
City University, Hong Kong
(Civil Engineering Alumnus of the Year 2007) |
| Fibre reinforced cement-based (FRC) composites after over 40 years of development in building and civil engineering |
Dr Andrzej M. Brandt |
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Centre of Mechanics and Applied Informatics, Swietokryska |
2006
Seminar Topic
| Presenter
| Organisation
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| Simulation-based engineering science for blast-resistant design |
Prof Zhen Chen |
Centre for Explosion Resistant Design,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA |
| Emerging advanced infrastructure materials |
Prof Hwai-Chung Wu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| Mineral alkaline polymers: cement or ceramic |
Dr Angelo Palomo |
Eduardo Torrojo Institute (CSIC), Madrid |
2005
Seminar Topic
| Presenter
| Organisation
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| Recent trend of highway bridges in Japan |
Prof Kentaro Yamada |
Nagoya University, Japan |
| Short and long-term nonlinear behaviour of shall concrete arches |
Prof Mark Bradford |
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of New South Wales |
| Coupled shear-flexure strengthening of reinforced concrete beams using CFRP composites |
Dr Riyadh Al-Amery |
University of Technology, Baghdad |
| Use of micro-organisms to improve the strength of cement mortar and concrete |
Prof Saroj Mandal |
Civil Engineering Department,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India |
| Fly-ash based geopolymer concrete |
Emm/Prof B. Vijaya Rangan |
Faculty of Engineering,
Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA |
| Structures subjected to blast loads |
Prof Gerald Nurick |
Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit,
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Impact Biomechanics |
Prof Gerald Nurick |
Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit,
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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