Postgraduate Research Students

Student Research Topic
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

Kate McDonell

Nanoengineering carbon nanotubes for improvement of the bundled properties

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  
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

 

Matthew Mason Modelling of Severe Thunderstorm Winds  
Farzad Meysami Azad

Simulation of thermally induced desiccation cracking of Geosynthetic Clay Liners in landfills

 
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