Work Experience:
Jan. 1982 - Dec. 1983: Structural Engineer at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in San Francisco working on design of buildings Feb. 1987 - Dec. 1989: Lecturer ().6 FFT) at the University of Melbourne Jan. 1992 - Dec. 1996: Lecturer (0.6 FFT) at the University of Melbourne Jan. 1997 - Dec. 2011: Senior Lecturer (0.6 FFT) at the University of Melbourne Jan. 2012 - October 2017: Associate Professor att eh University of Melbourne Nov. 2017 - present : Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne
Special Studies Programs:
Jan. 1994 - June 1994: University of California Berkeley, Visiting Scholar and member of reconnaissance team investigating the Northridge earthquake Aug. 2000 - Dec. 2000: University of Nottingham U.K. August 2005: University of Cambridge, U.K.
July 2016 - December 2016: University of Adelaide
Research Supervision:
Has successfully supervised 11 Ph.D. students and 5 Masters (by research) students to completion. Supervision of 3 research fellows Supervision of numerous short Masters research projects (part of coursework programs) and final year research projects
Publications:
46 refereed journal publications (mainly in ERA A and A* international journals) 99 refereed conference papers 1 book chapter 4 reports
University Teaching:
Primary lecturer and coordinator in Master's level subjects on "Earthquake-resistant Design of Buildings" and "Concrete Design and Technology", and previously in undergraduate subjects on "Concrete Theory and Design" and "Mechanics of Solids"
Worked together with industry consultants to devise workshops that they conducted in my subjects, something that provided excellent practical value for my students
Professional Responsibilities and Memberships (within the last 10 years):
International Reviewer for ARC Discovery Grants Reviewer for many A and A* international structural engineering journals Member, Australian Society of Earthquake Engineering (AEES) and of IPENZ Member of the national committee of the AEES Member of the earthquake subcommittee for BD-002 (2016-2017)
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FEATURED Journal article
Seismic Fragility Assessment of Non-ductile Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Australia
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STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF CONCRETE INFRASTRUCTURE (N-DETECT..
Research Grant
Engineering a safer future in Nepal
NEWS ARTICLE
Plastic Hinge Length for Lightly Reinforced C-Shaped Concrete Walls
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STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF CONCRETE INFRASTRUCTURE (N-DETECT..
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The Influence of Key Design Parameters on the Cyclic Axial Behavior of Innovative Replacea..
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DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT, ROBUST AND ARCHITECTURALLY-FLEXIBLE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS USING INN..
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Projects
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Project Types
11
Research Grant
3
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Research Grants (within the last 15 years)
Awarded ARC Discovery Grant for 3 years commencing in Jan. 2006 together with two other CIs from the University of Melbourne, Professor Frank Sear from Archaeology and Andrew Hutson from Architecture.
Title: “Technological Advances in Large-scale Roman Concrete Buildings during the Second and First Centuries BC.”
Total amount:
Awarded ARC Linkage Grant for 3 years commencing in August 2006 together with two other CIs, Emad Gad from Swinburne University, and Brian Uy from the University of Wollongong, and one PI, Saman Fernando from Ajax Fasteners with two industry partners: Australian Tube Mills and Acme Holdings (Ajax Engineered Fasteners).
Title: “Development of economical beam-column connections for robust composite steel-concrete structural frames.”
Total amount: $450,000 plus matching funding from the Industry Partners.
Awarded ARC Linkage Grant for 3 years commencing in August 2011 (due to late start this did not finish until end 2016) together with two other CIs, Emad Gad from Swinburne University, and Brian Uy from the University of Wollongong, and one PI, Saman Fernando from Ajax Fasteners with two industry partners: One Steel and Acme Holdings (Ajax Engineered Fasteners).
Title: “Development of efficient, robust and architecturally-flexible structural systems using innovative blind-bolted connections”
Total amount: $381,000 plus matching funding from the Industry Partners.
Awarded AISRF Grant 2012 (one of several applicants) Title: "Spatially Enabled Nations Workshop on meta-integrative framework towards improving disaster management in India and Australia" Amount: $37,400
Awarded grant within CRC for Bushfire and Natural Hazards (2014 to 2020),
Title: Section on "Cost Effective Mitigation Strategy for Building Related Earthquake Risk" Collaborative project with the University of Adelaide (Lead), University of Melbourne, Swinburne University and Geoscience Australia
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
For Ph.D. research at the University of Melbourne (supervised by Prof. L.K. Stevens)
with Highways Dept. of S.A.
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Honorary
Infrastructure Engineering
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Civil (1991)
University of Melbourne
Master of Science - Civil Engineering (1982)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Engineering [Hons 1] 1981 (Civil)
Adelaide University