Postgraduate Research Students
| Student | Research Topic |
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| Tanim Ahmed | Seismic behaviour of drive-in steel storage racks |
| Fahad Allahaim | Causes of Cost Overrun of Infrastructure Projects and How to Improve Estimating Practice |
| Seyed Yaser Banihashemi Chaharom | A Contingency Framework for Inter-organizational Relationship (IOR) Governance in Infrastructure Projects |
| Shengyang Chen | Particle transport and mixing in reservoirs and lakes |
| Sagar Das | Characterization of mechanical properties of brittle materials at high strain rates using Hopkinson bar facility |
| Trung Van Doan | Long-term Behaviour of Concrete Bridges |
| Youventharan Duraisamy | Strength and Stiffness Improvement of Biocemented Liquefiable Sandy Soil |
| Thomas Earl | Measurement of Complex 3 Dimensional Turbulent Flows with Tomographic PIV |
| Christopher Hedemann | Lattice Boltzmann methods and flow through porous media |
| Md Imran Kabir | Water recycling using biogenerative vegetated soil systems |
| Rakesh Khanal | Natural Ventilation |
| Sang Hoon Kim | Geomechanical Aspects of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) |
| Li Ling | 3D grain-scale crack simulation in metallic materials using crystal plasticity theory and finite element method |
| Alan Moore | Wind Effects on Tall Buildings |
| Wenyu Liu | System Reliability-Based Criteria for Designing Steel Structures by Advanced Analysis |
| Benjy Marks | Size segregation in crushable polydisperse shear flows |
| Mohsen Masoudian Saadabad | Chemo-Hydro-Mechanical Interactions in Coal Geosequestration of Carbon Dioxide |
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Nanoengineering carbon nanotubes for improvement of the bundled properties |
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| Tom Miller | Investigations into heat transfer in granular materials using discrete experimental and numerical methods |
| Mohammad Mojtahedi | Modeling Stakeholders’ behavioral approaches toward natural disasters in different infrastructure projects |
| Neil Montgomery | An Investigation into a Power Maximising Control System for a Bottom Hinged Wave Energy Converter |
| Richard Moyle | Geotechnical Engineering |
| Abolghasem Naghib | Experimental and analytical investigation of motions in the near shore regions of lakes and reservoirs |
| Yahya Nazhat | Dynamic effects in soil - Dynamic compaction |
| Md Mahfuzur Rahman | Long-Term Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Slabs |
| James Reynolds | Design optimisation and reliability-based advanced 3D analysis of high-strength scaffolding systems |
| Francisco Sena Cardoso | Advanced analysis methods for locally unstable steel structures |
| Shabnam Shayan | System Reliability-Based Criteria for Designing Steel Structures by Advanced Analysis |
| Alexander Soo | Price formation in construction contract auctions |
| Gerard Taig | Modelling the Ultimate Behaviour of Composite Members Subjected to Quasi-Static, Dynamic and Thermal Loads |
| Fahim Nawroz Tonmoy | Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Development of a Stochastic Multi-Criteria Decision-Making and GIS Analysis Tools |
| Adam Trouncer | Advanced analysis for locally unstable steel structures |
| Zhenyu Eric Yao | Analysis and Design of Perforated Thin-walled Steel Strutures |
| Xi (David) Zhang | Advanced analysis for locally unstable steel structures |
| Yongling Zhao | Enhancement of heat transfer by natural convection |
Recently completed postgraduate students
Below are links to the pages to some of our recently completed research students. Visit our publications page to read some the abstracts of the PhD theses submitted since 1990.
| Name | Topic | |
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| Jurgen Becque | Interaction of local and overall buckling of cold-formed stainless steel members | |
| Oded Ben-Nun | Analysis of sand crushing in soil-structure interface problems | |
| David Cao | Connections in Innovative Cold-Formed Steel Members | |
| Andrew Caska | Hydrodynamics Optimisation of a Wave Energy Device | |
| Tayakorn Chandrangsu | Advanced 3D Analysis and Design Optimization of Scaffolding Systems | |
| Ryan Chen | Behaviour of Tunnels in Sedimentary Rock of the Sydney Basin | |
| Helen Chow | Analysis of piled raft foundations with various pile lengths and diameters using finite layer method | |
| Shiao Huey Chow | Rapid Penetration of Objects into Clay | |
| Arghya Das | Study of compaction bands due to grain crushing using breakage mechanics | |
| Francois Flocard | Ocean wave energy conversion by vertical cylinders subjected to irregular waves | |
| Ali Ghavam-Nasiri | Adaptive numerical methods for the investigation of coupled hydro-mechanical problems in unsaturated soils | |
| Benoit Gilbert | Behaviour and design of drive-in steel storage racks | |
| Ali Hanandeh | Multi-objective decision support tool for municipal solid waste | |
| Gareth Huxham | Energy extraction from laminar and turbulent flows by biomimetic hydrofoil | |
| Nooshin Jabiri | Project based Management of Asset Intensive Organizations | |
| Shakera Khan | Rotating a Tilted Building Structure by means of Controlled Excavation | |
| Damien Koen | Stability strength and behaviour of steel storage rack subassemblies | |
| Maura Lecce | Distortional Buckling of Stainless Steel Sections | |
| Ling Li |
Multiscale simulation of fatigue problem in metals, using crystal plasticity model |
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| Matthew Mason | Modelling of Severe Thunderstorm Winds | |
| Farzad Meysami Azad |
Simulation of thermally induced desiccation cracking of Geosynthetic Clay Liners in landfills |
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| Akm Mohsin | Small-Strain Stiffness of cemented calcareous soil investigation | |
| Thanh Binh Nguyen | Analysis of the interaction between Creep and Shrinkage | |
| Cao Hung Pham | Direct Strength Method (DSM) of design under combined action | |
| Bosco Poon | Behaviour of Circular Footings on Silica Sand Subjected to Inclined Load | |
| Ravindra Prathapa | Shakedown Analysis of Road Pavements - An Experimental Point of View | |
| Niu Shuang | Research on coupled instability of thin-walled stainless steel members | |
| Jason Surjadinata | Tunnelling-induced pile foundation behaviour | |
| Faham Tahmasebinia | Short and long term behaviour of the composite steel-concrete beam systems with the trapezoidal steel-sheeting | |
| Manh Tran | Installation of suction caissons in dense sand and the influence of the silt and cemented layers. | |
| Ezzat William | Engineering performance of Bringelly shale, Sydney Basin | |
| Sally Williams | Modelling of wave-induced transport and transformation of pollutants in coastal sediments | |
| Chongda Wu | Investigation of the dynamic response of concrete at high strain rate using Hopkinson Bar spalling test | |
| Amanda Z Y Xiao | Numerical study on the upwelling system in the continental shelf of the Sulu Sea | |
| Niphan Yaiaroon | Reliability-based Assessment of Existing Bridges | |
| Derrick Yap | Interaction of Local and Distortional Buckling Modes in Cold-Formed High Strength Steel | |
| Geng Yue | Static Long-Term Performance of the Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridge | |
| Chunshun (Ivan) Zhang | Grain Crushing in large granular flow processes: Finite element analysis | |
| Yi (Frank) Zhu | Finite Element Analysis of Elliptical Hollow Sections and LiteSteel Beams |