Leadership team

Academic staff

Name
Position
Contact
Location
Professor Riadh Al-Mahaidi Professor in Structural Engineering
Director, Smart Structures Laboratory

+61 3 9214 8429 

ralmahaidi@swinburne.edu.au

EN713c
Professor Arul Arulrajah Professor in Geotechnical Engineering

+61 3 9214 5741 

aarulrajah@swinburne.edu.au

ATC742
Professor Hussein Dia Professor in Future Urban Mobility

+61 3 9214 5280 

hdia@swinburne.edu.au

ATC743
Professor Saman Fernando Professor in Sustainable Infrastructure +61 3 9214 4879

msfernando@swinburne.edu.au
ATC712
Professor Emad Gad Professor in Structural Engineering
Dean, School of Engineering

+61 3 9214 8210

egad@swinburne.edu.au

EN713
Professor Nicholas Haritos Professor in Structural Engineering nharitos@swinburne.edu.au  
Professor Monzur Imteaz Head, Water Engineering Group

+61 3 9214 5630 

mimteaz@swinburne.edu.au

ATC725
Professor Allison Kealy Professor
Director, Innovative Planet Research Institute
akealy@swinburne.edu.au  
Professor Lam Pham Professor in Sustainable Infrastructure lpham@swinburne.edu.au ATC726
Professor Pat Rajeev Professor in Civil Infrastructure Engineering
Department Chair

+61 3 9214 4942 

prajeev@swinburne.edu.au

ATC713
Professor Jay Sanjayan
Professor in Structural Engineering
Director, Centre of Sustainable Infrastructure and Digital Construction

+61 3 9214 8034 

jsanjayan@swinburne.edu.au

ATC716 
Professor Hing-Ho Tsang Adjunct Professor in Structural Engineering htsang@swinburne.edu.au  
Associate Professor Palaneeswaran Ekambaram Associate Professor

+61 3 9214 8526 

pekambaram@swinburne.edu.au

ATC738
Associate Professor Shirley Gato-Trinidad
Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Education

+61 3 9214 8237

sgatotrinidad@swinburne.edu.au

ATC727
Associate Professor Javad Hashemi
Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Smart Structures Laboratory 

+61 3 9214 8586 

jhashemi@swinburne.edu.au

ATC720 
Associate Professor Rayya Hassan
Associate Professor (Road and Transport Engineering) 

+61 3 9214 8284 

rahassan@swinburne.edu.au

ATC717
Associate Professor Robin Kalfat Associate Professor in Structural Engineering
HDR Advisor

+61 3 9214 4945 

rkalfat@swinburne.edu.au

ATC721
Associate Professor Jessey Lee Associate Professor in Structural Engineering

+61 3 9214 4741 

jesseylee@swinburne.edu.au

ATC735
Dr Kamiran Abdouka Senior Lecturer

+61 3 9214 8680 

kabdouka@swinburne.edu.au

ATC740
Dr MD Morshed Alam Senior Lecturer

+61 3 9214 5463 

mmalam@swinburne.edu.au

ATC734
Dr Peter Allen Education Specialist in Construction Engineering pnallen@swinburne.edu.au  
Dr Anita Amirsardari Research Fellow aamirsardari@swinburne.edu.au  
Dr Robert Evans Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering

+61 3 9214 8233 

robertevans@swinburne.edu.au

ATC737
Dr Mohammad Fardipour Teaching Specialist in Civil Engineering mfardipour@swinburne.edu.au ATC732.5
Dr Mohamed Gomaa Lecturer in Architectural Engineering mgomaa@swinburne.edu.au  
Dr Iqbal Hossain Lecturer

+61 3 9214 8120 

ihossain@swinburne.edu.au

ATC728
Dr Amanda (Mengqi) Huang Lecturer in Construction Management

+61 3 92143339

amandahuang@swinburne.edu.au

ATC722
Dr Lily Li Lecturer
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow – Women in STEM

+61 3 9214 3435 

yalili@swinburne.edu.au

EN705a
Dr Farshid Maghool Senior Engineer
Geotechnical Laboratory Manager

+61 3 9214 5408 

fmaghool@swinburne.edu.au

AMDC102
Dr Nas Meftahi Research Fellow, Innovative Planet Institute nmeftahi@swinburne.edu.au  
Dr Scott Menegon Senior Lecturer in Civil and Construction Engineering
smenegon@swinburne.edu.au
ATC730
Dr Janitha Migunthanna Education Specialist in Civil and Construction Engineering jmigunthannakariyaka@swinburne.edu.au  
Dr Tilak Pokharel AEFAC National Technical Manager

+61 3 9214 8573 

tilakpokharel@swinburne.edu.au

ATC712
Dr Scott Rayburg
Senior Lecturer (Water, Environment and Sustainability) 

+61 3 9214 4944 

srayburg@swinburne.edu.au

ATC729 
Dr Xiangzhe Weng Research Fellow xweng@swinburne.edu.au  

PhD staff

Name Name Thesis/Project title
Rusul Abduljabbar Development and evaluation of predictive traffic intelligence models
Ammar Abed Ultra-high strength double skin composite tubular systems
Pradhan Akinapalli Evaluation and enhancement of road safety using surrogate safety indicators
Affifa Akram Long-term improvement performance of concrete buried pipes
Besan Alagawani Investigation of deterioration due to the combined effects of ASR and chloride‐induced corrosion in prestressed concrete structures
Bahaa Al-Atta Development of efficient anchorage systems for strengthening of concrete structures using FRP materials
Ali Al-Attraqchi Collapse assessment of bridge piers through multi-axis hybrid testing
Ali Al-Dujaili 3-D printing of functionally fibre-reinforced graded concrete
Khattab Al-Ghrery Behaviour of curved soffit RC girders strengthened with CFRP
Aziz Alhelal Use of nano-cement adhesive in strengthening of RC beams using FRP
Mustafa Al-Mashaykhi Energy-based seismic damage index for steel structures subjected to long duration earthquakes
Aya Alothman Seismic performance of precast concrete buildings in regions of lower seismicity
Rania Al-Taie Evaluate a new type of steel micropile footing system
Dia Alwash Structural health monitoring of CFRP retrofitted bridges using optical fibre technology
Shirin Aminzadeh Bostani Taleshani The interaction between a micropile footing system and expansive soils
Ravendran Arunothayan Investigation of ultra high-performance concrete for 3D construction printing
Hamidreza Askarieh Yazdi Collapse assessment of concrete-filled steel tube columns through multi-axis hybrid simulation
Hooman Baghban Asghari Nejad Thermo-geomechanical behavior of demolition wastes in geothermal pavements
Samira Bayatkashkooli Structural performance of 3D-printed concrete components under hybrid extreme loading
Behnam Beheshtian The research will be centered on the risk analysis of the built-environment in the face of extreme events
Shin Bong Production of porous lightweight geopolymeric specimens
Andrew Danylec Develop and establish augmented reality tools in high capacity metro train for productivity and quality enhancements
Shyan Devapriya Assessment of phase change material installation in AMDC building
Rijwana Esha Numerical investigations of seawater intrusion and effects on aquifer storage and recovery
Ali Fouad Characterisation of granular pavement materials
Shan Gao Critical success factors and framework for quality assurance in transnational higher education
Meysam Ghamariadyan Contaminants transported from recycled materials due to sea-level rise using suitable DQM scheme
Behnam Ghorbani Experimental and numerical analysis of recycled demolition materials in geothermal pavements
Na Guo Development of automated and integrated 3D modelling tool for virtual reality and 3D printing applications
Russel Haque A study on flood forecasting constrained by remote sensing data
Khulood Hwayyis Modelling performance of bituminous surfaces
Farhana Islam Long-term seasonal rainfall forecasting for Western Australia using artificial neural network (ANN) and multi-model ensemble (MME) approach
Maheshbabu Jallu Development of fly ash stabilized recycled base material for sustainable design of pavements
Johana Jaramillo Restrepo Optimization of the mixture of concrete with regards to its CO2 balance
Roshan Jayathilakage Numerical (discrete particle modelling) modelling of concrete flow characteristics in 3D printing applications
Reem Jumaah  Anchorage systems in PT beams strengthened in shear with fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites
Fatima Juveria Assessment of defects that affects failure of pipes and accurate prediction of remaining life using development of analytical and finite element model
Bhargav Karnam Prabhakara Axial and Transverse pullout studies on reinforcement embedded in different fill materials
Mohammad Khan Investigating suitability of reusing recycled plastic nanocomposites to produce automotive parts using 3D printing
Rose Khorsandi Impacts of climate change on land use changes in Victoria
Dhasindrakrishna Kitnasamy Investigation of geopolymer based foam concrete for fire and acoustic rated walls
Mithaq Kohees Constitutive behaviour of geopolymer and cement-based composites under triaxial loads
Sai Konala Sesimic behaviour of bridges subjected to forward directivity ground motions simulated by slip mechanism of simple and complex fault geometrics with implication to SSFI
Sai Kondepudi Development of 3D printable mortars
Sneha Kulkarni Augmented and Virtual Reality (AVR)
Dhirendra Kumar A framework for efficient condition assessment of the local government buildings leading to prediction of future capital works programs
Dileep Kumar Economical and environmental impacts of energy use in Australian building

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