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Civil Engineering – 2009 Annual Report | A
Department of Civil Engineering
2009 Annual Report
Civil Engineering – 2009 Annual Report | 1
1. Highlights in 2009 2
2. Our people 6
3. Education 12
4. Research 15
5. Services 33
Contents
Cover image courtesy of JNF (Jewish National Fund) - Biofiltration Project, Kfar-Sava, Israel.
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Recognition of staff achievements Mr Chris Powell has won the 2009 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Exceptional Performance by Professional Staff. Chris also received the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Performance by a HEW Staff Member. Well deserved!
The ARC (Australian Research Council) Future Fellowships scheme provides opportunities for outstanding mid-career researchers from a variety of disciplines to conduct high quality, innovative research in Australia. Dr Ranjith has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship to study the greenhouse gas storage assessments of various geological formations. Well done!
Dr David McCarthy was awarded the prestigious Churchill Fellowship in June. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust was created to honour the memory of Sir Winston Churchill. David’s project is on ‘Improving treatment technologies for mitigating health risks of utilising stormwater for reuse and recreational purposes’. The fellowship award will allow him to travel to USA, Canada and Japan to visit seven different research facilities.
Dr Belinda Hatt was presented with the Kenneth Hunt Medal for Excellence in Research at the Faculty of Engineering Awards Presentation Evening in May. This Award is made annually to the graduating PhD student whose thesis is judged to be the best submitted in the calendar year preceding the award. The Medal is named after the late Professor Ken Hunt, Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
Belinda also received the Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for the best thesis and VC’s Commendation Certificates for excellence in Masters and PhD theses.
The 2009 Alumni of the Year went to Dr Adrian Williams. He is an outstanding engineer who has contributed extensively to the field of geomechanics over many years and has achieved a worldwide reputation in his specialised field. Adrian was the Chief of CSIRO, Division of Petroleum Resources, then the Chief of CSIRO, Division of Energy Technology before re-establishing and heading Geodynamics, a leading company dealing in geothermal energy.
The Early Career Alumni of the Year went to Mr Andrew Somers. He was the top student in the department during his Civil Engineering degree and also completed a Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Transport and Master of Traffic degrees. He has been recognised within his employment as “high flyer” with rapid
1. Highlights in 2009
From left to right: Professor Tam Sridhar and Mr Chris Powell.
Dr P.G. Ranjith (ARC Future Fellow)
From left to right: Mr Chris Powell and Professor Ed Byrne (Vice Chancellor)
Dr Adrian Williams of Geodynamics Ltd, Milton Queensland
From left to right: Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao and Mr Andrew Somers of VicRoads (Early Career Alumnus of the Year)
Professor Tam Sridhar (Dean of Engineering) and Dr Belinda Hatt
Dr David McCarthy (top row, first from left) with Professor David de Kretser, Governor of Victoria and a group of fellow recipients at Government House, Melbourne.
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promotion to the position of Acting Manager, Network Operations program within VicRoads.
Andrew has been awarded the VicRoads Divisional Award for ‘Getting things done’ and the Kerry Burke Memorial Award which gave him the opportunity to travel to a number of key institutions around the world to obtain first hand information on developments in congestion management and intelligent transport systems.
This year’s Technical Staff Member Award went to Mr Kevin Nievaart and Postgraduate OHS Award went to Mr Matthew Sentry.
Dr Bill Wong was promoted to Associate Professor. Bill has made significant contribution to the department especially in high quality teaching. Congratulations!
Research achievements We have run special interaction meetings with researchers in other departments:
• Mechanical and Aerospace
• Materials
• Chemical
• Electrical and computer science
• Biological engineering, and
• Architecture.
The department was successful in leading a VSA (Victoria Science Agenda) application (a multi-disciplinary research program) which attracts $8.7 million cash from the government and industry. Congratulations to Professor Ana Deletic and her team!
The department was successful in winning 3 ARC Discovery Grants and 3 ARC Linkage Grants this year.
Associate Professor Kodikara played a leading role in submitting a very large ARC Linkage Grant in November. Again this is a multi-disciplinary research program which attracts about $5 million dollars cash and $12m in-kind from Industry, while asking ARC for $7m cash.
Engagement with Industry and CommunityThe Civil Engineering Appreciation Dinner was held on 24 November. Mr Colin Jordan (Managing Director and CEO of RACV, our Industry Advisory Committee Chairman) addressed the challenges we are facing and the importance of collaboration between university and industry.
Professor Edwina Cornish, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and DVC (Research) introduced Ms. Madeleine McManus, President of the Engineers Australia Victoria, who gave a wonderful speech about Women in Engineering and promoting engineering to the Community.
The department is running a high profile water research project in Israel sponsored by the Jewish National Fund. A ceremony was held in Kfar-Sava, Israel on 19 November 2009 to launch Stage One of the Biofiltration Project. The biofilter will harvest storm water and treat polluted groundwater. This wonderful new undertaking began with Mr Yaron Zinger, a young Israeli researcher studying at Civil Engineering under Professor Ana Deletic.
From left to right: Mr Matthew Sentry and Mr Chris Powell
The Hon Senator Kim Carr (Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) and Professor Ana Deletic at Parliament House, Canberra
From left to right: Mr Kevin Nievaart and Mr Chris Powell
Mr Colin Jordan speaking at the Civil Appreciation Dinner
Professor Edwina Cornish, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, introducing Ms McManus at the Civil Appreciation Dinner
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Thanks to a grant arranged by JNF Australia, Mr Zinger was able to implement this project in Israel. The delegation from Australia included The Honourable Phillip Costa, Minister for Water and Regional Development of NSW and leader of the WATEC Mission to Israel, Professor Ana Deletes and Mr Chris Powell, Director of Resources.
Departmental Retreat The Department held a retreat on 3rd February 2009 to review its research, teaching and international strategies. It was agreed that the Department should actively pursue innovative and significant multi-disciplinary research to address the challenges for engineering in the 21st century.
Bob Keller’s Retirement FunctionColleagues and friends gathered in June at the Monash Club to celebrate the retirement of Associate Professor Bob Keller. A few former senior staff of the department attended the function: Professor Peter Darvall (former Vice Chancellor of Monash University), Professor Paul Grundy (former Head of Department), Dr Ian Donald, Professor Ian Johnston, Professor Russell Mein and Mr Norm Sneath. Special guests included Gracie (Professor Noel Murray’s wife) and Daphne (Professor Eric Laurenson’s wife).
Professor Bill Young (former Head of Department) made a comprehensive presentation on Bob’s career at Monash since 1979. Professor Peter Darvall presented the plaque ‘The RJ Keller Hydraulics Facility’ in recognition of Bob’s significant contribution to the hydraulic laboratory.
Associate Professor Bob Keller holding with prides the plaque bearing his name ‘The RJ Keller Hydraulics Facility’.
Ms Madeleine McManus (President, Engineers Australia Victoria) speaking at the Civil Appreciation Dinner
Professor Zhao giving an overview of the retreat to staff. Standing: Associate Professor Bourassa making a
presentation to staff.
Brainstorming session – From left to right: J. Sanjayan, G. Currie, D. McCarthy, G. Vaz, E. Daly, J. Kodikara
Standing: Associate Professor Rose making a presentation to staff.
From left to right: Professor Bill Young and Associate Professor Bob Keller
Clockwise, from left: G. Vaz, E. Daly, B. Hatt, D. McCarthy, A. Deletic, J. Manson
From left to right: Professor Peter Darvall and Associate Professor Bob Keller.
From left to right: Yehuda Ben Chamo (Mayor of Kfar Sava Municipality), Yael Shaltieli (Director General of JNF), Dr Or Karasin (part of JNF board of directors), Mr Yaron Zinger, Professor Ana Deletic, His Excellency James Larson (former Australian Ambassador in Israel)
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Annual Ogden Transport Lecture The Ogden Transport Lecture was initiated in 2001 by the Institute of Transport Studies (ITS) to recognise Professor Ken Ogden’s role in founding the transport program at Monash in 1969. Professor Dan Sperling delivered the 2009 Ogden Transport Lecture at the State Library theatrette on August 20 2009. Speaking on the topic of ‘Towards 2 Billion Cars: Transforming cars, fuel and mobility’, Professor Sperling described the challenges and opportunities associated with the car based mobility system which dominates urban areas in the developed world.
He described the role which electric vehicles will play in the future and the importance of establishing a low carbon fuel standard to ensure that when stocks of petroleum decline they are not substituted by high carbon equivalents (e.g. oil from tar sands).
He also outlined the role that information and communications technologies will have in underpinning the transformation of urban mobility systems to include access to more dynamic information on service availability and the use of the technology to support on-demand services.
40th Anniversary CelebrationThe 40th Anniversary of the Transport Research and Education Program at Monash University was celebrated in style at a dinner held in the Monash Staff Club in August. The dinner celebrated the achievements of the program which traces its beginning to Ken Ogden’s appointment in 1969 as Monash’s first Lecturer in Transport. The anniversary dinner was strongly supported by the profession with 150 people attending.
Professor Ed Byrne, who had only just returned to Monash to take up the position of Vice Chancellor, welcomed the guests, reflected on the achievemens of the transport program at Monash and provided insight into his vision for the University.
Jim Betts, the Secretary of the Department of Transport, gave the dinner address which focussed on ten propositions and their relevance to contemporary issues in transport. The contributions of the staff, students and industry were acknowledged over the course of the evening.
The event provided an excellent opportunity for current and former staff and students, friends and colleagues to reconnect and reflect on the positive impact which the program has had on the transport profession in Australia. Strong links with industry have been a feature of the transport research and education activities at Monash over many years.
The 2009 Ogden Transport Lecture and the 40th Anniversary Celebration were supported by sponsorship provided by: the State Government of Victoria; RACV; Booz and Company; ARRB Group; Bus Association of Victoria; Connect East; Monash University Accident Research Centre; Sinclair Knight Merz; Traffix Group; Ventura Bus Lines and Vic Roads. Thanks are extended to those organisations for helping to make the celebration such a successful and memorable event.
From left to right: Mr Jim Betts, Ms Brenda O’Keefe and Professor Ken Ogden
From left to right: Professor Edwina Cornish, Professor Dan Sperling and Associate Professor Geoff Rose
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2 Our people
2.1 Management Committee In 2009, the Management Committee of the Department consisted of:
• Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao (Head of Department)
• Professor Ana Deletic (Director of Research)
• Associate Professor Jay Sanjayan (Director of Teaching)
• Dr Bill Wong (Director of International Affairs)
• Mr Christopher Powell (Director of Resources).
Meetings of the Management Committee were held once a month.
2.2 Industry Advisory Committee Meetings of the Department’s Industry Advisory Committee were held on 30th March 2009 and 24th November 2009 at the Clayton campus. The membership of the Industrial Advisory Committee was as follows:
Industry members:• Mr Colin Jordan (Chair)
Managing Director and CEO, RACV Ltd, Melbourne
• Mrs Ann Kollmorgen Consulting Engineer, Sinclair Knight Merz, Malvern
• Dr Bronwyn Ridgway Environmental Engineering Consultant, Cromer
• Mr Murray Cullinan General Manager, Business Dev., Public Transport Section, Department of Infrastructure, Victorian Government, Melbourne, Victoria
• Dr Brian Wrench Principal, Golder Associates Pty Ltd, Hawthorn, Victoria
• Mr John Sturdy General Manager, ETM Search & Selection, South Melbourne, Victoria
• Dr Rory Nathan Principal, Sinclair Knight Merz, Armadale, Victoria
• Mr Ian Pitcher Director, Alliances, AECOM, Melbourne, Victoria
• Dr Swee L. Mak Deputy Chief – Industry, CSIRO Manufacturing and Materials Technology, Highett, Victoria
• Mr Chris Chesterfield General Manager, Waterways, Melbourne Water
• Mr Claude Cullino Director, Assets & Engineering, Manningham City Council, Doncaster, Victoria
Departmental members: • Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao
Head of Department
• Professor Ana Deletic Director of Research
• Associate Professor Jay Sanjayan Director of Teaching
• Dr Bill Wong Director of International Affairs
• Mr Christopher Powell Director of Support Services
2.3 Heads of section The Heads of Section were as follows:
• Professor Bill Young Head, Transport Group
• Associate Professor Riadh Al-Mahaidi Head, Structures Group
• Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara Head, Geomechanics Group
• Associate Professor Tim Fletcher Head, Water Group
Meetings of the Heads of Section were held every three months in 2009, twice combined with the Management Committee meetings.
2.4 Occupational Health and Safety Committee The Civil OHS Committee was created in 2008. In 2009, the membership of the committee was as follows:
• Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao (Chairperson)
• Mr Mike Leach (Deputy Chairperson)
• Mr Chris Powell
• Dr Mike Bambach
• Dr P.G. Ranjith
• Mr Frank Winston
• Mr Don McCarthy
• Mr Hui Lu
• Mr William Darlington
Meetings of the Civil OHS Committee were held every two months in 2009.
Clockwise, from left: Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao, Mr Colin Jordan, Mr Graham James, Dr Ranjith, Dr Bob Keller, Mr Chris Powell, Mr Ian Pitcher, Professor Russell Mein, Professor Edwina Cornish and Ms Madeleine McManus (at the Civil Appreciation Dinner in November 2009)
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2.5 Research groups The department operated through the following four groups:
2.5.1 The Geomechanics Group In 2009, the group was led by Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara and included:
• Associate Professor Malek Bouazza
• Dr Asadul Haqu
• Dr P.G. Ranjit
• Dr Will Gates
• Dr Aruna Amarasiri
• Dr Nathan Rajeev
• Dr Rao Martand Singh
Research strengths: Environmental geotechnics, unsaturated soils, soil and rock stabilisation
2.5.2 The Structures Group In 2009, the group was led by Associate Professor Riadh Al-Mahaidi and included:
• Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao
• Assoc. Professor Jay Sanjayan
• Dr Bill Wong
• Dr Michael Bambach
• Dr Frank Collins
• Dr Lizi Sironic
• Dr Con Adam
• Dr Wen Hui Duan
• Dr Hongbo Liu
• Dr Yu Bai
• Emeritus Professor Paul Grundy (Honorary staff member).
Research strengths: Advanced Thin-Walled Structures; FRP Composites; Non-Portland Cement based sustainable concrete alternatives; Impact and blast; Lifetime Integrity of Structures; Timber structures.
2.5.3 The Water Group In 2009, the group was led by Associate Professor Tim Fletcher and included:
• Professor Ana Deletic
• Dr Edoardo Daly
• Dr Gavin Mudd
• Dr Guangzhi Sun
• Dr Belinda Hatt
• Dr David McCarthy
• Associate Professor Gary Codner (Faculty of Engineering Associate Dean, Teaching)
• Associate Professor Robert Keller (Adjunct Research Associate)
• Mr Frank Winston
• Ms Katia Bratieres
• Mr Peter Poelsma
• Mr Justin Lewis
Research strengths: Modelling and monitoring of stormwater quality and treatment; water filtration and treatment technologies (including biofiltration); water sensitive urban design and integrated urban water management; stormwater harvesting; ecohydrology; groundwater modelling; hydrogeochemistry (water and gas flux modelling); life cycle assessment of water (mining, urban etc.); physical modelling of hydraulic structures; stochastiac soil-moisture dynamics and water balance, soil-atmosphere interaction; constructed wetland; wastewater treatment and pollutant degradations.
Clockwise, from left to right: Kevin Nievaart, Rajeev Nathan, Martand Singh, Scott Gould, Matthew Sentry, Long Goh, Dr Gamini, Xavier Choi
Clockwise, from left to right: Malek Bouazza, Brian Wrench, Nicolette Cumbo, Paul Grundy, Gary Codner, Simon Roberts, Bronwyn Ridgway, Murray Cullinan, Chris Haberfield
Clockwise, from left to right: Stephen Payne, Bill Wong, Frank Collins, Con Adam, John Connal, Diana Goodall, Tim Goodall, Lizi Sironic, John Sun Clockwise left to right: Greg Ryan, Belinda Hatt,
Julie Duong, Gavin Mudd, Tony Ladson, Matthew Burns (at the Civil Appreciation Dinner in November)
Clockwise, from left to right: Martin Aylward, Yu Bai, Jessica Lee, Xi Zhang, Richard Eckhaus, Daya Dayawansa & Geoff Taplin Clockwise left to right: Tim Fletcher, Dean Judd,
Belinda Hatt, Edoardo Daly, David McCarthy, Long Goh (at Bob Keller’s retirement dinner)
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2.5.4 The Transport Group (Institute of Transport Studies) In 2009, the group was led by Professor Bill Young and included:
• Associate Professor Geoff Rose
• Professor Graham Currie
• Dr Majid Sarvi
• Dr Yibing Wang
• Mr John Clements
• Mrs Astrid De Alwis
• Ms Pauline Forbes
• Ms Alexa Delbosc
• Ms Brenda O’Keefe (Administration Manager).
Research strengths: Transport and traffic planning and management; travel demand; transport operations; public transport planning and management; intelligent transportation systems; pedestrian modelling and network optimisation.
2.6 Staff list Professors • Xiao-Ling Zhao BE ME Shanghai
Jiao-Tong PhD Syd EMBA NSW&Syd FASCE FIEAust CPEng MIIFC [Head of Department]
• William Young BE(Hons) NSW MSc PhD GradDipMgt Deakin MBA Deakin FIEAust FITE FCIT MPAA MAITPM CPEng
• Graham Currie BSc(Hons) Huddersfield MSc Cranfield MCIT
• Ana Deletic BSc(Hons) Belgrade MSc Belgrade PhD Aberdeen GradCertHighEd MIWA
Associate Professors • Riadh Al-Mahaidi BSc(Civil Eng)(Hons)
Baghdad MSc Cornell PhD Cornell FIEAust MASCE CPEng
• Abdelmalek Bouazza CivIng Algiers PhD Glasgow FIEAust [Deputy Head of Department]
• Gary Peter Codner DipCE Caulfield I.T. BE(Hons) MBA PhD FIEAust
• Tim Fletcher BForSc(Hons) Melb PhD Melb MRBMS
• Jayantha Kodikara BSc(Hons) Peradeniya PhD FIEAust, CPEng
• Geoffrey Rose BE(Hons) Qld I.T. MSc PhD Northwestern MIEAust MITE MAITPM
• Jay G. Sanjayan BScEng(Hons) Peradeniya PhD MIEAust
• Bill M.B. Wong BSc(Eng) Lond. PhD NSW CEng MICE MIEAust CPEng
Senior Lecturers • John Clements BCom(Hons) DipEd
Melb MEc MAdmin FCIT
• Frank Collins BE Syd MEngSc Syd PhD FIEAust
• Asadul Haque BScEng KBIT MEng AIT PhD Wollong. MIEAust
• Ranjith Pathegama Gamage BSc(Eng)(Hons) Moratuwa PhD Wollong. MASCE MISRMI MAGS MSSE
• Majid Sarvi BCivEng(Hons) Tehran MEng (Hons) IUST PhD Tokyo MJSCE MJSTETTSC MCITE
• Yibing Wang BS Sichuan MS Chongqing PhD Tsinghua
Lecturers• Yu Bai BEng(Struct) Tsinghua
MEng(Struct) Tsinghua PhD EPFL
• Michael Bambach BE Syd PhD Syd
• Edoardo Daly MSc Polyt.Turin PhD Polyt.Turin
• Astrid de Alwis BA Melb GDip.T&DMgt RMIT MLogMgt MCIT
• Wen Hui Duan BEng Tianjin MEng Tianjin PhD NUS
• Belinda Hatt BAppSci(Hons) RMIT PhD
• Gavin Mudd BEnvEng (Hons) RMIT PhD VUT MIAH MSSEE
• Guangzhi (John) Sun BEng(Chem) Tianjin M. Eng(Chem) Tianjin PhD Birmingham GradCertHighEd (Teaching) Queen’s
Senior Tutor• Elizabeth Sironic BE DIC MSc PhD
Research staff• Constantine Adam BEngSc MEngSc
PhD AIWS
• Pauline Forbes
• Alexa Delbosc BA Lewis & Clark MA Harvard
• Will Gates BSc MSU MSc NMSU PhD Illinois
• David McCarthy BSc BE(Hons) PhD
• Alessandra Mendes BEng(Mat) UFSCar Brazil
• Peter Poelsma BSc (Environmental) RMIT
• Aruna Amarasiri BEng (Civil)(Hons) MSc Texas Tech PhD Texas Tech
• Rao Martand Singh BEng(Civil)Vyas Jodhpur MTech(Geotech)IIT Delhi PhD Cardiff
• Nathan Rajeev BSc Peradeniya MSc Pavia PhD Pavia
• Hongbo Liu BEng Harbin MSc Nanyang PhD
Administrative staff • Jenny Manson – Research &
Postgraduate Manager
• Brenda O’Keefe – Administration Manager, ITS
• Helen Parker – Finance Officer, Support Services
Clockwise from left: Craig McPherson, George Panas, Mark Beech, Geoff Rose, Sevim Akcelik, Rahmi Akcelik,Raian Isaac and Nithi Nithianandan (at Civil Appreciation Dinner)
Clockwise from left: Yibing Wang, Megan Ridgway, Serena Kennedy, Graham Currie, Majid Sarvi and Astrid de Alwis (at Civil Appreciation Dinner)
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• Chris Powell – Director, Support Services
• Irene Sgouras – Undergraduate Studies Administration Manager
• Noi Souvandy – Finance Officer, Support Services
• Dominique Thomson – Personal Assistant to the Head of Department
Technical staff • Robert Alexander AssocDip AppSc
(Arch. D) Moorabbin TAFE/RMIT – Technical Officer/Draftperson
• Patrick Arias – Technical Officer
• Glenn Davis – Technical Officer
• Jeffrey Doddrell – Technical Assistant
• Peter Dunbar – Technical Officer
• Long Kim Goh– Laboratory Manager
• Michael Leach – Technical Officer
• Don McCarthy BAppSc(Photo) RMIT GradDip(Media) Deakin MIPT – Senior Communications Officer
• Kevin Nievaart – Technical Officer
• Gary Preston – Senior Technical Officer
• Binu Stanley – Senior Technical Officer
• Alan Taylor – Technical Officer (Stores)
• Mark Taylor – Senior Technical Officer
• Godwin Vaz – IT Officer
• Richard Williamson – Senior Technical Officer
• Frank Winston BE(Hons) MEngSc – Senior Technical Officer (Hydraulics Lab)
Honorary members of the Department
Emeritus Professor• Paul Grundy BCE(Hons) MEngSc Melb
PhD Cantab. FIEAust MISOPE CPEng
Adjunct Research Associates• Rahmi Akcelik MSc Istanbul T.U. PhD
Leeds
• A.S. Balasubramaniam BSc (Eng), PhD
• Sushil Bhandari BE(Mining) Jodhpur MSc(Mining) Banaras PhD NSW
• Sing Ki (Xavier) Choi BE(Hons) PhD GradDip Computing
• Hugh Duncan BE(Hons), MEngSc, MIEAust, CPEng
• Christopher Haberfield BSc Syd BE(Civil) Syd PhD FIAust MAGS MISRM MISSMGE
• Robert J. Keller BE(Hons) PhD Canterbury NZ MASCE MIEAust MIPENZ
• Anthony R. Ladson BE(Hons) Melb MSc Minn. PhD Melb GradCertHighEd
• Russell Mein BE(Agr) Melb MEngSc Melb PhD Minn. FIEAust
• Henry Robert Milner BE MEngSc Qld PhD London FIEAust CPEng NPER AIWS
• Valerie Grace Mitchell BE (Hons) Canterbury NZ PhD
• Rory Nathan BE(Agr) Melb MSc DIC London PhD
• Anthony J. Richardson BE(Hons) MEngSc UNSW PhD FIEAust MITE
• Rita Seethaler MEc&PolSc Berne PhD
• Julian Peter Seidel BE(Hons) PhD MIEAust CPEng
• Geoffrey Robert Taplin BE(Hons) Tas MEngSc PhD CPEng NPR MICE MIStructE MIEAust
• John Tilleard BE Civil(Hons) Melb MSc Colorado PhD Melb CPEng MIEAust MASCE
• Peter Erwin Weinmann DipIng ETH Zurich MEngSc MIEAust CPEng
• Tony H.F. Wong BE PhD CPEng MIEAust MASCE
From left to right: Long Goh, Noi Souvandy and Godwin Vaz at Bob Keller’s retirement function
From left to right: Irene Sgouras, Chris Powell and Jenny Manson at Bob Keller’s retirement function
From left to right: Russell Mein, Norm Sneath and Peter Darvall at Bob Keller’s retirement function
Clockwise, from left: Rick Wootton, Astrid de Alwis, John Molloy, Erwin Weinmann, Wendy Mein, Russell Mein, Daphne Laurenson at Bob Keller’s retirement function
From left to right: Bob Keller, Judy Keller and Ian Donald at Bob’s retirement function
Clockwise from left: Norm Sneath, Ian Donald, Peter Darvall, Gracie Murray, Margaret Schoonbeek, Paul Grundy at Bob Keller’s retirement function
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2.7 Staff changes in 2009
New staff members • Dr Yu Bai
• Dr Nathan Rajeev
• Dr Rao Martand Singh
• Dr Hongbo Liu
• Dr David McCarthy
Promotions• Dr Bill Wong (from Senior Lecturer to
Associate Professor)
Resignations • Dr Chaminda Gallage
• Associate Professor Riadh Al-Mahaidi
• Associate Professor Jay Sanjayan
• Dr Michael Bambach
• Dr Zhigang Xiao
• Dr Grace Mitchell
• Mr Justin Lewis
RetirementNil
2.8 Visitors to the Department The following visitors came to Civil Engineering at Monash University in 2009:
Visiting Academics Professor G-Q Li from Tongji University (China) visited the Department in February. His visit was hosted by Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao. Prof Li met with members of the Structures Group to discuss research projects of mutual interest and benefit.
Associate Professor Hiroyuki Oneyama from the Department of Civil & Environmental Dept, Graduate Schools of Urban Environment Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan) visited Dr Majid Sarvi of the Institute of Transport Studies.
Mr Lalith Kumar Donakonda who was the recipient of an Endeavour Executive Award, visited the Department from May to September. The purpose of his visit was to collaborate with Dr Ranjith PG in the research area of mutual interest.
Professor Amir Fam, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Innovative and Retrofitted Structures, Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston (Canada) visited the Department as a presenter for a short course entitled ‘FRP Composites to Retrofit Concrete and Steel Structures’.
Professor Dusan Prodanovic from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Belgrade (Serbia), visited Professor Ana Deletic of the Water Group to collaborate on a project entitled ‘Uncertainties in Urban Drainage Models’.
Ms Jingqiu Guo of the Transport and Logistic Business School, University of Western Australia, visited the department in November. The purpose of her visit was to collaborate with Dr Yibing Wang on research matters of mutual interest.
Professor Lin-Hai Han from Tsinghua University was a Visiting Professor in the department in 2009. During his visit, in addition to the collaborative research work carried out with staff from the structures group, Professor Han was a speaker at a short course entitled ‘FRP Composites to Retrofit Concrete and Steel Structures’ which was held in August.
Associate Professor Xiaoyan Jin of the Department of Civil Engineering, Jinnan Railway Institute of Technology, Jinan City (China), arrived in the department in October for a 5-month visit. Vice-Professor Jin collaborated with Dr Bill Wong in the research area of ‘Fire after earthquake’.
Professor Pinnaduwa Kulatilake visited the department in July to deliver lectures and discuss possible research cooperation with staff in the Geomechanics Group.
Dr Riane Nunes, from the Environmental Planning Area of Energy Planning Programme – PPE at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) arrived in the department in September. She has been collaborating with staff from the Water Group within the Civil Engineering Department.
Professor S. R. De Silva Chandrakeerthy of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka visited the department during the period 31st July to 31st December. Dr Ranjith hosted this visit.
Professor Sofia Alisjahbana, Director of the School of Graduate Studies and Vice- Rector for Academic Affairs, Tarumanagara University, Jakarta (Indonesia), visited the department in October. The purpose of the visit was to explore more in research collaboration between Tarumanagara University and Monash University in the field of structural dynamics and other potential fields which are suitable to both universities.
Dr Sharif Mohamed, Professor and Director, Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Management, Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus) Queensland, visited the department in November to conduct a two-day course to Postgraduate Students in the Civil Engineering Department.
Professor Daniel Sperling, Director of Transportation Studies, Acting Director of the Energy Efficiency Centre, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California (USA), was invited to be the Guest Speaker at the 2009 Ogden Transport Lecture.
Associate Professor Fathi Shaqour from the Department of Applied Geology and Environment at the University of
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Jordan, Amman (Jordan), has been visiting the department and collaborating with Associate Prof Malek Bouazza.
Dr Russell Thompson of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Melbourne, visited the department in October working with staff members of the Institute of Transport Studies.
Dr Tao Yu of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, (China) was a visitor in the department from April – July. His visit was hosted by Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao.
Professor Chien Ming Wang, Director, Engineering Science Program, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, visited the department in June. His visit was hosted by Dr Wenhui Duan.
Professor Jorge G. Zornberg, Fluor Centennial Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Texas-Austin (USA) visited the department in July-August to participate in a short course on Lining and Cover Systems for Waste.
Dr Carol Boyle of University of Auckland visited Dr Gavin Mudd in April for collaboration on research into sustainable infrastructure.
Occupational TraineesMs Emilie Plessis, from the Energy and Environmental Engineering Department, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Lyon (France), arrived in the department in April for a 5-month visit. She was enrolled in a MEng degree and her visit was hosted by Associate Professor Tim Fletcher.
Mr Arnaud Bourachot, Masters student at Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan (France), visited the Department during the period 3rd May to 7th August 2009. He was supervised by Dr Ranjith.
Mr Christian Helbach from RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Environmental Engineering, visited the Department between January and May. His visit was hosted by Dr Gavin Mudd.
Mr Yang Peng of the Department of Structural Engineering, Tongji University (China) arrived in the Department in March 2009 for a 12-month visit. His visit was hosted by Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao who supervised him on a research project entitled ‘Fatigue behaviour of cast steel connections’.
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3.1 Course offerings The Department offers undergraduate single degrees in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering and Management, namely the Bachelor of Engineering, the Bachelor of Environmental Engineering and the Bachelor of Technology (Infrastructure).
The Civil program is combined with Arts, Law, Commerce and Science to offer undergraduate double degrees, namely the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Laws, the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Commerce, the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering.
As part of the undergraduate programs in Civil and Environmental Engineering, ITS (Monash) had responsibility for transport/traffic related subjects. With core units offered in both Level Two (CIV2282 Transport and Traffic) and Level Three (CIV3283 Road Engineering) of the undergraduate civil engineering degree, two electives in Final Year (CIV4283 Transport Planning and CIV4284 Transport Systems) and the option to do a final year transport project, the program has proven itself to not only motivate, but also prepare students to pursue careers in the transport and traffic industry.
The Department also offers two postgraduate coursework degrees via distance education (Graduate Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma and Masters): one in Infrastructure Engineering and Management, the other in Transport and Traffic.
3. Education
3.2 Undergraduate scholarships and prizes
Scholarships (Faculty)
Traffix Group Scholarships:
Level 2 (partly funded by Mirabito family)
Level 3
Shanika Ekanayake
David Beaton
Golder Associates Scholarship Matthew Greenough
Prizes (Faculty)
GHD Civil Engineering Award Prize Madeleine Tillig
Civil Contractors Federation Prize – the Ian Jacka Award John Fitzgerald
Golder Associates Prize Avi Shonberg
Prizes (Department)
Level 1 Prizes
Highest achieving single degree student commencing Civil Engineering in 2008 Average 87%
Professor Zhao and Prize Winner, Jarrod Lawson
Highest achieving double degree student commencing Civil Engineering in 2008 Average 90%
Professor Zhao and Prize Winner, Laura Cantwell
Level 2 Prizes
Railand Prize for Water Engineering (Best overall performance in 2nd Year Water Supply – CIV2263)
Associate Professor Fletcher and Prize Winners, Hong Huei Yak and Chia Chung-Kiat
SRIA Prize for Concrete Structures (for outstanding achievement in reinforced concrete design)
Associate Professor Sanjayan and Prize Winner, Harsha Fowdar
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Level 3 Prizes
Australian Steel Institute Prize (Greatest proficiency in the field of steel structures CIV3221)
Associate Professor Al-Mahaidi and Prize Winners, Peter Bach (left) and Luke McKenzie (right)
Douglas Partners Prize for Geomechanics (Greatest proficiency at Level 3 in geomechanics units, CIV3247 & CIV3248)
Prize Winner, Graham James and Peter McDonald, Director of Douglas Partners
Railand Prize of Urban Water Systems(Best overall performance in CIV3264, Urban Water & Wastewater systems)
Associate Professor Fletcher and Prize Winner, Anna Lintern
GHD Highway Design Prize (to the group who submitted the best highway design project in CIV3283)
Robert van Oorschot of GHD with the winning group, Jenny Leung, Oscar Sun, Peter Bach and Monique de Moel
Level 4 Prizes
Foundation Industry Prize for Soil Engineering (Best Foundation Design in Soil Engineering – CIV4249)
Associate Professor Kodikara and Prize Winner, Benjamin Shannon
GHD Prize in Water Engineering (Greatest proficiency in the water engineering subjects at Level 4)
Robert van Oorschot of GHD and Prize Winner, Andrew Dodson
Richardson Prize in Transport (Greatest proficiency in one transport elective and transport final year project)
Professor Bill Young and Prize Winner, Nick Hurley
Thiess Prize for Civil Engineering Design (Group who has submitted the Best Design in Civil Engineering Practice 4)
From left to right: Chris Greeland, Nick Manuelpillai, Professor Zhao, Emma Wardrop and Madeleine Tillig
Foundation QA Prize (for the Best Final Year Project in Geomechanics)
Left to right: Associate Professor Kodikara and Prize Winner, Andrew Kuzmanovic
Traffix Group Prize (Greatest proficiency in transport engineering)
Left to right: Nathan Woolcock of Traffix with Prize Winners Nick Hurley and Leigh Furness
Civil Engineering Vacation Work Prize
Left to right: Professor Zhao with Prize Winner, David Tricarico
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Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) Chun Ho AuJeffrey Peter Bates Michael Kollen BryceLuning LiKok Yung Lester LoGomata MakhmalbafCharles Reiner Tsun Kun ShumDavid Michael Tricarico Ka Kin Lun Angel ChanXuexu LiKee Yew SiaBenjamin Tran Ka Ming Chan Fung Shing LamHo Yin LiKa Ming ChanFung Shing Lam Ho Ying Li
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) with Honours Jazper Redmon BlizzardVincenzo BonacciDaniel CalacheRachel Tiu CalleryNicholas Lee ChungTiago Alexandre CoelhoMichel Youssef DaherPooja Harish DesaiAndrew Geoffrey DodsonNelson Kwame DzadeyJohn Michael Fitzgerald Michael John-Paul GuthridgeNicole Anne GuyTony HarikaNicholas James HurleyAnthony John KaissidisAndrew Michael KuzmanovicRitchie Dong Leong LauTerry William Leach James Alexander Lewis Zhi Zhong LiJosip LovrencicPatrick James MacKenzieAmira MouradRahayu OetomoNathan David Peiper
Sangye William RigzinSean Rodney RobertsonJoseph Mark ScataAleya ShalarAdem TemelKimon TsitsopoulosJoel VelascoBradley Ronald WartersAnthony WoodBo Yuan Shaun William Kent Stephen Paul O’Hern Walid Ahmad AhmadzaiDenham Anthony AlphonsoMuditha Chamara AriyarathnaNathan Olaf James BachmannEdwin EnguaFang JiarongGyu-Sang HwangZi Jeat LimMelanie Elizabeth ScerriJames Luke WestcottEko Saputro Wijaya Peter Marcus Bach Gurdeep Singh Jeswan SinghHan Soon LingJing Yi LuoShu-Cheng Albert Pan
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in the field of Civil EngineeringEmer Louise DonnellyJoanne LeRoss Edward Sanual McEwanHuylin Ream
Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in the field of Civil EngineeringCamilla Jane BachetKirsty Patricia CarrollAdam John Mcgregor Dawson Leigh Alan FurnessMandy Lee GookZuzzanna Marta GraszkiewiczChristopher GreenlandThomas Peter HennessyCarlo Ross Morello Benjamin Michael Shannon
Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in the field of Civil EngineeringNicholas Mariaraj ManuelpillaiSusan Maxwell Patrick Christopher James PaxinoMadeleine Therese TilligEmma Judith WardropStephanie Mei-Wen Yu Minh Thong Nguyen Huu
Bachelor of Environmental Engineering Chui Ying Kathy Wan
Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (with Honours) Ugyen ChodenAndrew David ChurcherSarah Christina De ManThamara Dasun GunasekeraThomas James HarveyChiu Kit Aaron HuiKhalif Ardhi JusufRadha RockwoodTara Jane SmithMichael Edward SouthChristopher Noel TancheffKevin Yip Chee FongSam Worrall
Bachelor of Technology (Infrastructure – Design, Construction and Management)Sajmir BellaFranklin Francis Koon Pak MingCarmen LaiBen Jones Atchia Kai Tai LauTimothy John Danckert Ping Yu Kwok Peter Wayne Good Tafdzwa Tiyago
3.3 Graduating Class of 2009 (Undergraduate students)
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4. Research
4.1 Research projects undertaken in 2009
Geotechnical Engineering
Projects Investigators Stone columns Bouazza
Unsaturated flow behaviour of geotextiles Bouazza
Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of GCLs and porous media Bouazza
Unsaturated behaviour of GCLs Bouazza
Ground Anchors Bouazza
Moisture dynamics in GCLs Bouazza
Geothermal Energy Geostructures Bouazza
Biological applications to Geotechnical Engineering Bouazza
Filtration behaviour of capping material under dynamic loading condition Haque/Bouazza
Research into Geosequestration of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), including geomechanical behaviour due to the stored supercritical CO2, Formation and swelling behaviour of rock media, Migration of CO2 due to change in insitu stresses.
Ranjith
Slope Stability of large deep, open cut mines Ranjith
Stability of wellbore analysis Ranjith
Underground longwall mining Ranjith
Enhanced coal bed methane recovery, ECBM Ranjith
Hydro-fracturing and other simulation methods for depleted and tight reservoirs Ranjith
Two-phase and multiphase flow in fractured rock media Ranjith
Coupled Hydro-mechanical behaviour of fractured and porous rocks Ranjith
Gas outbursts and groundwater inundation in mines Ranjith
Rock physics under high pressure conditions Ranjith
Characterization of weathered rocks Ranjith
Tunneling in soft and hard ground Ranjith
Pile foundation: Laterally loaded piles Haque/Ranjith
Railway Geotechnics : Filtration behaviour of subballast under cyclic loading condition. Haque/Bouazza
Rock joints : Numerical modelling on infilled joints Haque
Soil improvement : Triaxial and macrostructural behaviour of lime-slag treated clay Haque
Strength and compressibility behaviour of Coode Island Silt . Haque
Optimisation of lime content for lime-slag treated clay Haque
Atmosphere and soil interaction modelling Kodikara
Modelling of shrinkage cracking Kodikara
Deterioration modelling of road pavements Kodikara
Study of desiccation cracking of clay Kodikara
Particle flow and compaction analysis Kodikara
Pipe failures due to ground movement in reactive soils Kodikara
Axial response of seabed pipelines Kodikara
Modification of marginal soils with hydrophobic additives Kodikara
Incorporation of climate influence into road pavement design. Kodikara
Use of thermal imager for civil engineering applications . Kodikara
Stone columns Bouazza
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Structural Engineering
Projects Investigators Development of epoxy/nanomaterials as adhesives for bonding CFRP to steel plates Al-Mahaidi/Zhao
Bond characteristics of CFRP strengthened steel members under extreme temperature cycles Al-Mahaidi/Zhao
The study of bond behaviour of CFRP reinforced steel plates under high-amplitude cyclic loading Al-Mahaidi/Zhao
Bond characteristics between steel members and carbon fibre reinforced polymer ‘CFRP’ composites
Al-Mahaidi/Zhao
Performance of FRP retrofitted concrete structures under thermal loading Al-Mahaidi/Wong
Fatigue performance of steel joints bonded with CFRP fabrics Zhao/Al-Mahaidi
Quality control procedures for EWPs Adam
Evaluation of the engineering properties of Resak laminated timber veneer Adam
Evaluation of tension strength and flexural proof load level for finger jointed Supachord Beams Adam
Interaction of carbon nanotubes and cement particles Collins/Duan
Use of smart materials for structures in fire Wong /Al-Mahaidi/Zhao
Temperature prediction and heat transfer of dual tubes Wong
Behaviour of elliptical hollow sections Zhao
Fatigue of welded cast steel tubular joint Zhao/Duan
Fatigue performance of CFRP-repaired tubular joints Zhao/Xiao
Steel bollard circular cantilever beams with and without CFRP subjected to impact Bambach/Grzebieta/Zhao
Fire resistance of CFDST tubular columns filled with SCC Zhao
Fatigue of subsea pipelines Zhao/Xiao
Interaction of carbon nanotubes and epoxy Zhao/Al-Mahaidi/Duan
Fatigue performance of rolled steel-cast steel butt welded joints Zhao/Xiao
Axial interaction between subsea pipeline and seabed Kodikara/Xiao
Unified modelling of thermally induced material degradation Bai
Time-dependent mechanical and structural response of polymer-matrix composites under elevated temperatures
Bai/Keller (EPFL)
Transportation Engineering
Projects Investigators A joint state-parameter estimation mechanism for real-time freeway traffic surveillance (2009) Wang/Rose/Young
An innovative approach to automatic freeway traffic incident detection Wang
A model of a transport research organisation (2009) Shackleton/Young/Currie
Assessing the impacts and effectiveness of the Melbourne CBD parking levy Currie/Young
Bus Association of Victoria – Bus Industry review, R&D Project Currie/Delbosc
Bus Priority Research (2009) Currie/Nelson/Mulley
Cement Industry EcoDrive pilot field trial – Cement Industry Federation and Sustainability Victoria Rose/Symonds
Comparison of parking policy in various cities (2009) Kifli/Young/Rose
Concrete pavement behaviour (2009) Yeo/Young
Department of Transport – Smartbus patronage drivers, R&D Project Currie/Delbosc
Design strategies for the amelioration of anti-social behaviour on Public Transport De Bono/Currie
Does car ownership contribute to social exclusion? Exploring the links between arts and cultural participation, transport and social exclusion
Currie/Stanley
EcoDrive as a road safety tool for Australian conditions, Australian Transport Safety Bureau Rose/Symmonds
EcoDriver training Rose
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Projects Investigators Exploring bus transfer behaviour in Metropolitan Melbourne Currie/Loader
Exploring the drivers of Light Rail route ridership (2008-9) Currie/Ahern
Exploring the transit network effect in Melbourne and Toronto Currie/ Shalaby/Woo
Exploring trip rates in an ageing population Currie/Delbosc
Freeway travel time prediction Wang/Rose
Fundamental research of vehicle-infrastructure-integration (VII) Wang
Future Bus – route-bus bodywork design for specification diversity Burns/Currie/De Bono
Improving methodologies to estimate the economic impacts of agglomeration economies in urban rail projects
Currie/Stanley/Malden
Investigating transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in Metropolitan, Regional and Rural Victoria (2008-2010)
Currie
Investigating travel time and variability prediction for Road-based Public Transport Currie/Rose/Sarvi
Investigating trip linking behaviour in public transport Currie/Delbosc
Land use/transport study of Melbourne Kadir/Sarvi/Young
Local ramp metering in the presence of random bottlenecks downstream of a metered on-ramp Wang/Rose/Young
Measuring transfer penalties from revealed preference data Currie/Hurley
Modelling lane changing behaviour of heavy vehicles Sarvi/Rose
Modelling of pedestrian behaviour under panic conditions Sarvi/Rose/Burd
Modelling the safety of intersections Sobhani/Archer/Young/Sarvi
Motorcycles and transport strategy Rose
Multi axel loading of infrastructure Moffatt/Young
Operational impacts of alternative vehicles Rose
Optimising transit priority at the network level Sarvi/Currie
Predicting driver behaviours Sarvi
Public Transport measures for road traffic congestion relief Currie/Sarvi
Problems of governance for mutual recognition of bus and coach operator accreditation in Australia
De Alwis
Rail passenger arrrival behaviour and unreliable rail services Currie/Rose
Real-time freeway traffic state estimation under traffic flow inhomogeneity Wang
Regional mobility to remote aboriginal communities – w/University of South Australia for Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
Currie
Review of Australasian Bus Rapid Transit – University of Southern Florida and the US Federal Transit Authority
Currie
Review of Australian US and Canadian Trends in Public Transport Currie/Pucher
Road pricing and parking pricing Bonsall/Young
Setting long bus headways – When less is more? Currie
Social research in Transport (SORT) Clearinghouse Currie/Forbes
Understanding the impacts of the ‘free before 7’ program on rail overloading Currie
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Water/Environmental Engineering
Projects Investigators
Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration Projects:
Project 3 – Design tools and Guidelines (major output of FAWB’s research program) Hatt/Deletic/Fletcher
eWater CRC Projects:
MUSIC Version 4 (Model for Urban Stormwater Improvement Conceptualisation) Deletic/Fletcher/Daly/Hatt
Climate and Catchments Mudd/Daly
Other Projects:
Application of reed filters for treatment of stormwater domestic wastewater – project undertaken through French National Research Agency, in partnership with INSA Lyon, Cemagref.
Fletcher/Deletic
Calculating a bacterial budget for a waterways environment McCarthy/Deletic
Can dispersed application of WSUD result in the restoration of urban streams? ARC Linkage Fletcher/Walsh
Coping with uncertainty in stormwater models Fletcher/Deletic/McCarthy
Could porous pavements be part of our urban water solutions? – ARC Linkage Deletic/Fletcher
Developing an improved unified equation for prediction of stormwater treatment Deletic/Fletcher
Development of a Global Engineering Education accreditation model Codner
Development of a modular stormwater treatment and harvesting system (Water Harvesting Technologies)
Deletic/Fletcher/McCarthy
Effective monitoring and assessment of contaminants impacting the mid to lower Yarra catchments – Temporal Scale Assessment
McCarthy
Flow characterization in vegetated open channels Daly
Groundwater quality and ASR in Melbourne Mudd
Groundwater recharge modelling under long-term climate change scenarios Mudd/Ladson
Maximum water savings at minimum cost by education & auction (funded through SmartWater) Fletcher/Ladson/Walsh
Monitoring the Banyan Reserve stormwater treatment train (Melbourne Water industry grant, $238k)
Hatt/Fletcher/Deletic
Monitoring the Clifton Hill biofiltration system (Melbourne Water industry grant, $92k) Hatt/Fletcher/Deletic
Natural Spatial and Temporal Hydraulic Habitat Variability in Victoria; Implications for Regional Environmental Flow Planning.
Codner/Stewardson (Melb Uni)
New technologies for mitigating risks of stormwater reuse McCarthy/Deletic/Fletcher
Piloting stormwater biofilters in Israel for aquifer recharging, Jewish National Fund ($330K) Zinger/Deletic/Fletcher
Planted filters for management of stormwater and combined sewers – project funded by French National Research Agency
Fletcher/Deletic
Quantifying and coping with uncertainty in stormwater models; French-Australian Science and Technology (FAST) funded project, in collaboration with INSA Lyon, France
Fletcher/Deletic
Sustainable groundwater resource modelling Mudd
Sustainable mining Mudd
Water and CO2 fluxes in biofiltration systems Daly/Deletic
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4.2 Research grants and income Research Funding for 2009 was as follows:
Investigators Project title Amount awarded
ARC Discovery Projects
Kodikara Modelling of shrinkage crack development in porous media 42,469
Ranjith et al Hydro-mechanical interactions in coal geo-sequestration of carbon dioxide 108,228
ARC Linkage Projects
Bouazza Improved landfill barrier design for changing climates 53,338
Kodikara, Zhao and Bouazza Prediction and controlling of pipe failures in buried water and gas pipe systems 74,956
Currie et al Investigating transport disadvantage, well being and social exclusion in Metropolitan, Regional and Rural Victoria
54,095
Deletic et al Could porous pavements be a part of the urban water solution? 16,229
Collins et al Securing longevity of reinforced concrete infrastructure through enhanced cathodic protection design
38,223
Collins et al Improved management of Australian port infrastructure by development of predictive ageing simulation*
53,338
Walsh/Fletcher (Melb Uni submission w/Civil Eng participation
Can dispersed, catchment-scale urban stormwater retention restore stream ecosystems?
48,682
Fletcher et al Understanding the role of vegetation in nitrogen removal by biofiltration 28,566
ARC Future Fellowship
Ranjith An assessment of carbon dioxide storage capacity of water bearing sedimentary basins 87,538
ARC Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Grants
Bambach (Civil participation) Rollover crash research infrastructure capacity building 35,000
Beringer/Daly et al (Flinders Univ. submission w/Civil Eng participation)
Airborne hyper-spectral scanning for advanced monitoring and assessment of vegetation and water properties
42,061
Gates (Civil participation) Versatile scanning x-ray microscopy facility at the Australian Synchrotron 80,000
CSIRO Flagship Collaborate Research Program
Zhao and Kodikara Subsea pipelines cluster structural integrity 75,000
Contract Research – Commonwealth Government
Currie Ninti One Ltd – Desert transport 5,000
Contract Research – State Government
Al-Mahaidi VicRoads – Westgate Bridge 106,750
Currie Dept of Transport 40,000
Currie Dept of Infrastructure (Vic) 53,000
Haque Powerlink Queensland 10,909
Hatt Melbourne Water – Banyan Reserve 114,167
Hatt Melbourne Water 92,000
Keller Barwon Water Region Corporation 58,805
Keller Melbourne Water 45,510
Keller Melbourne Water (STaPS) – EIP G&S upgrade 51,810
Rose Vic Roads Motor cycles transport strategy 9,750
Rose Dept Transport (Vic) – Eco Driving 11,625
Sarvi VicRoads 21,800
Sarvi VicRoads – Research 21,800
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Investigators Project title Amount awarded
Wang VicRoads – Multi bottlenecks 15,000
Young Vic Government – Public Transport Chair 278,640
Young VicRoads – Safety 80,000
Contract Research – Local Government
Currie City of Melbourne – Pedestrian activity 21,000
Grants – Research (Local Government)
Kodikara Ipswich Water 5,000
Grants – Research (State Government)
Bouazza Sustainability Victoria 90,000
Collins State Government Partner (Linkage Project) 15,000
Currie Department of Infrastructure 45,000
Fletcher Dept of Sustainability & Environment (via Melb Uni) 53,494
Kodikara City West Water (Industry component to Linkage Grant) 35,000
McCarthy Smart Water Fund Round 5 30,667
Grants – Research (Commonwealth Government)
Deletic et al DIISR – PREPARED – Enabling change 45,000
Fletcher Dept of Science Education & Training 6,291
Grants – Research (Australian Industry)
Adam Glued Laminated Timber Assoc. Aust 15,000
Adam ITC Timber Heyfield Pty Ltd 45,000
Adam CHEP Aust Ltd Performance Evaluation 31,730
Bouazza Golder Assoc/VibroPile – Sustainability Victoria 20,000
Bouazza Geotech 38,000
Collins Industry Partners (ARC Linkage Grant) 15,000
Currie Business Assoc. Vic 45,000
Currie Business Assoc. Vic 25,000
Darlington BHP Billiton 58,333
Deletic Water Harvesting Technology Pty Ltd 615,739
Deletic/Fletcher CERES Inc (Industry component to Linkage Grant) 5,000
Deletic et al Jewish National Fund 137,520
Kodikara Alinta Net Services (Industry Component to Linkage Project 37,000
Mudd Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corp 13,295
Rose Aust Roads Res Board – Alt vehicles 86,500
Cooperative Research Centres
Shukla CO2 CRC Scholarship 32,520
Deletic/Fletcher MUSIC 4 Development 107,038
eWater Scholarships 43,022
Forest and Wood Research and Development Corporation
Adam Glulam design on lamination grades and the use of mill shorts 40,000
Faculty of Engineering Small Grants Scheme
Total Funds Received 111,500
Faculty of Engineering New Staff Member Grants Scheme
Total Funds Received 78,892
Total Funding Awarded in 2009 $3,801,830
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Institute of Transport Studies The research activities of ITS (Monash) continued to grow in 2009 as evidenced by the 24 tier-one international journal and conference papers being published during the year and the attraction of over $1,000,000 in research funds. ITS (Monash) has increased its role in multi-disciplinary sustainability-related research. It has been involved in research with Department of Psychological Studies, Sustainability Victoria, Cement Industry Federation, Austroads, Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), ARRB Transport Research and Department of Transport, covering areas of traffic safety, public transport use, freeway operations, freight performance and bicycle travel. Reflecting the growth in the research activities, ITS (Monash) has seen continued increase in the number of students enrolled in research degrees with over 25 Higher Degree Research students now enrolled.
Further details about the Institute can befound at its website at:
http://civil.eng.monash.edu.au/its
FAWB (Facility for Advanced Water Biofiltration) The Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (FAWB) is a joint venture research facility between EDAW Australia and Monash University. It was established in 2005 with the support of $1.46 million in funding from the third round of the STI Infrastructure Grant Program and almost $1 million from Industry partners. FAWB aims at providing better and safer solutions for the on-site treatment and management of stormwater through improved stormwater biofiltration. FAWB established agreements with seven collaborators at the onset of the research program. Novel biofiltration systems were built by FAWB’s collaborators in consultation with FAWB across 18 sites in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. These demonstration sites allowed collaborators to assess facilities and gave them confidence to proceed with the adoption of innovative biofiltration technologies.
In 2009, staff continued the Monash University-led project called ‘Water Sensitive Cities’ believing the time was right for a bold idea that could produce 20 to 30 percent of Melbourne’s future water needs. The project will harness stormwater to overcome water shortages, reduce urban temperatures and improve the landscape and liveability of Australian cities. Most models involve capturing stormwater in neighbourhood parks and creeks, letting nature clean it through bio-filtration, then reusing it in toilets, for washing and on gardens. The stormwater treatment systems will also help cool increasingly hot cities and protect the health of urban waterways. The systems can be adapted to most major cities and the team is currently running pilots in Israel and Singapore. The official launch of a biofilter in the Israeli town of Kfar Sava, designed to recycle the town’s rainwater, was carried out in November 2009, the technology being the work of Mr Yaron Zinger who is working towards a PhD.
FAWB is also an invited partner to a 7 Million Euros project for the European Union on adaptation of urban water systems to climate change.
Further details about the Facility can be found on its website at:
www.monash.edu.au/fawb/
Management And Prediction of Pipe BurstS (MAPPS)The activities of MAPPS Group included activities in current ARC Linkage Grant on water and gas reticulation pipelines, activities in CSIRO Cluster on seabed pipelines and submission of a Linkage Grant application on the advanced condition assessment and failure prediction technologies for optimal management of critical water supply pipelines. Current ARC Linkage project work involved field monitoring of two instrumented pipeline locations in Altona and Falkner and monitoring of moisture profiles in insitu pipe sites at 22 locations in Melbourne and surrounding areas using a neutron probe. Dr Chaminda Gallage resigned from the position of Research Fellow in June 2009 to join Queensland University of Technology as a lecturer. Dr Nathan Rajeev took up the position vacated by Chaminda in June as well. Various publications and outcomes were generated from current linkage project, which can be found at:
http://civil.eng.monash.edu.au/expertise/geomechanics/mapps.
Another interesting activity the Group embarked into was the use of thermal imaging to research detection of leaks in reticulation pipe systems. In addition, Associate Professor Kodikara led the submission of an ARC Linkage Grant application on large diameter pipelines in November 2009, involving a large number of local and overseas partners and three local universities. The proposed project carried a total cash and in-kind budget of $25.6 million.
4.3 Research activity in Centres ( ITS, FAWB, MAPPS)
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4.4 Research seminars By visitors to the Department
Presenter Seminar topic
Professor Guo-Qiang Li, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China Behaviour of restrained steel components in fire
Associate Professor Yoshiaki Okui, Saitama University, Japan Investigation on bending moment capacity of steel concrete bridges
Dr Andreas Ciroth Open Source LCA: Earthster and other developments
Dr Manas Shome, Worley Parsons, Canada Development of an integrated hydrologic-hydraulic model using MIKE SHE for the Lesser Slave River Basin, Alberta, Canada
Dr Tom Beer, (CSIRO) Transport Biofuels Stream Energy and the environmental future of Australian transport
Dr Ian Bennetts, Principal Risk Consultant, Noel Arnold & Associates
Aspects of the fire resistance of structures
Dr John St George, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Permeability studies related to the assessment of carbon dioxide sequestration in the Waikato Coalfields
Professor Amir Fam, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Innovative and Retrofitted Structures, Dept of Civil Engineering, Queens University, Canada
FRP applications for retrofitting steel girders and columns and in prestressed piles made of concrete-filled tubes
Associate Prof Fathi Shaqour, Dept Applied Geology and Environment, University of Jordan, Jordan
Some Geo-environmental impacts of the Gulf Wars: Examples from Jordan and Kuwait
Dr Jay N. Meegoda, P. E., Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Neward NJ, USA
Innovation and research for water infrastructure for the 21st century
By staff and postgraduate students Presenter Seminar topic
Eric Chong Uplift and lateral capacity of single piles socketed into jointed rock mass
Michael Moffatt The effect of multiple axle group loads on road pavement performance
Associate Professor Geoff Rose Emerging types of private vehicles and their implications for road system management
Harpreet Kandra Performance assessment of porous pavements/fine media filter systems
David Choy Developing a framework for assessing the environmental sustainability of Aquifer storage and recovery
Professor William Young Sustainable Research Structures
Professor Graham Currie Exploring links between changes in fuel prices and rail ridership – Australia and North American experience
Evan Gwee Expanding the cost-benefit analysis framework for urban passenger rail-estimation of agglomeration benefits
Associate Professor Bob Keller Interdisciplinary projects – stories from the front line or collaboration blues – a light hearted look at how I learned to stop worrying and love statistics
Kok Yun Lee Continuous mechanistic deterioration modelling of road pavements
Paul Hamer Travel and parking impacts of the Melbourne CBD parking levy
Siavash Hashemi Cement based bonding materials for FRP strengthening of RC structures
Jawdat Tashan Detection of bond defects in CFRP systems bonded to concrete using infra-red thermography
Amir Sobhani Assessing safety performance of intersections using simulation models
Mike Shackleton Towards road infrastructure research performance measures
Victoria Johnson Investigating the role of transport in arts participation and social inclusion
Hussein Sadiq Strengthening of structural steel members in fire using shape memory alloys
Tanveer Saeed Subsurface flow constructed wetlands for the treatment and recycle of domestic wastewater
Ali Zavabeti Development of a platform to study driver’s behaviour using real traffic data
Rawaa Al-Safy CFRP strengthening of concrete structures using nanomaterials modified adhesives
Mr Mike Moffatt won the ‘Best Departmental Seminar Presentation’ Award for 2009.
Mr Ben Shannon won the ‘Best Departmental Seminar Attendance’ Award for 2009.
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4.5 PublicationsBooks Packer, J.A., Wardenier, J., Zhao, X.L., van der Vegte, G.J. and Kurobane, Y. 2009, ‘Design guide for rectangular hollow section (RHS) joints under predominantly static loading’, 2nd edition, CIDECT, Canada, pp. 1-149.
Wong, B. 2009, ‘Plastic analysis and design of steel structures’, Elsevier-BH, UK, pp. 1-246.
Book ChaptersMilner, H.R. 2009, ‘Sustainability of engineered wood products in construction’ in Sustainability of construction materials, eds. J.M. Khatib, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Cambridge UK, pp. 8-11.
Wang, Y. 2009, ‘The role of macroscopic modeling in the simulation, surveillance and control of motorway network traffic’ in Transportation Simulation – Beyond Traditional Approaches, eds. E. Chung and A.G. Dumont, EPFL Press, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 3-25.
Edited BooksMudd, G.M. (Chief Editor), 2009, Proceedings of the SSEE International Conference 2009 – Solutions for a Sustainable Planet, Society for sustainability and Environmental Engineering, Engineers Australia, Melbourne VIC Australia, November 2009.
Journal papers: Peer-reviewed Abuel-Naga, H.M., Bergado, D.T., Bouazza, A. and Pender, M.J. 2009, ‘Thermomechanical model for saturated clays’, Geotechnique, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 273-278.
Abuel-Naga, H.M. and Bouazza, A. 2009, ‘Equivalent diameter of a prefabricated vertical drain’, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 227-231.
Abuel-Naga, H.M., Bergado, D.T., Bouazza, A. and Pender, M.J. 2009, ‘Thermal conductivity of soft Bangkok clay from laboratory and field measurements’, Vol. 105, No. 3-4, pp. 211-219.
Adam, C. and Milner, H.R. 2009, ‘Developments in adhesive bonding of structural timber’, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 159-168.
Adam, C. and Milner, H.R. 2009, ‘Newly-developed shear connectors for timber bridges’, Australian J. of Structural Engineers, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 169-180.
Aly, T. and Sanjayan, J.G. 2009, ‘Development of model parameters for early-age properties and crack-width prediction of slag concretes’, Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 379-386.
Archer, J.M. and Young, W. 2009, ‘Signal treatments to reduce heavy vehicle crash-risk at metropolitan highway intersections’, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 41, No. 3, p. 404-411.
Arulrajah, A. Abdullah, A., Bo, M.W. and Bouazza, A. 2009, ‘Ground improvement techniques for railway embankments’, Ground Improvement, Vol 162, No. G11, pp. 1-14.
Bai, Y. and Keller, T. 2009, ‘Modeling of strength degradation for fiber-reinforced polymer composites in fire’, J. of Composite Materials, Vol. 43, No. 21, pp. 2371-2385.
Bai, Y. and Keller, T. 2009, ‘Shear failure of pultruded fiber-reinforced polymer composites under axial compression’, J. of Composites for Construction, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 234-242.
Bai, Y. and Keller, T. 2009, ‘Time dependence of material properties of FRP composites in fire’, J. of Composite Materials, Vol. 43, No. 21, pp. 2469-2484.
Bai, Y. and Keller, T. 2009, ‘Pultruded GFRP tubes with liquid cooling system under combined temperature and compressive loading’, Composite Structures, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 115-121.
Bai, Y. and Keller, T. 2009, ‘Modeling of mechanical response of FRP composites in fire’, Composites – Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol 40, No. 6-7, pp. 731-738.
Bambach, M.R., Elchalakani, M. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Composite Steel-CFRP SHS tubes under axial impact’, Composite Structures, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 282-292.
Bambach, M.R. 2009, ‘Photogrammetry measurements of buckling modes and interactions in channels with edge-stiffened flanges’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 485-504.
Bambach, M.R. 2009, ‘Design of uniformly compressed edge-stiffened flanges and sections that contain them’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 277-294.
Bambach, M.R., Tan, G. and Grzebieta, R.H. 2009, ‘Steel spot-welded hat sections with perforations subjected to large deformation pure bending’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 11, pp. 1305-1315.
Bambach, M.R., Elchalakani, M. and Jama, H.H. 2009, ‘Axial capacity and design of thin-walled steel SHS strengthened with CFRP’ Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 10, pp. 1112-1121.
Bambach, M.R., Jama, H.H. and Elchalakani, M. 2009, ‘Static and dynamic axial crushing of spot-welded thin-walled composite steel-CFRP square tubes’, Int. J. of Impact Engineering, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 1083-1094.
Barton, A.F., Keller, R.J. and Katopodis, C. 2009, ‘Verification of a numerical model for the prediction of low slope vertical slot fishway hydraulics’, Australian J. of Water Resources, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 53-60.
Blecken, G.T., Zinger, Y., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D. and Viklander, M. 2009, ‘Impact of a submerged zone and a carbon source on heavy metal removal in stormwater biofilters, Ecological Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 769-778.
Blecken, G.T., Zinger, Y., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D. and Viklander, M. 2009, ‘Influence of intermittent wetting and drying conditions on heavy metal removal by stormwater biofilters’, Water Research, Vol. 43, No. 18, pp. 4590-4598.
Bouazza, A. and Gniel, J.R. 2009, ‘Improvement of soft soils using geogrid encased stone columns’, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 167-175.
Bouazza, A., Haque, A. and Wang, D.W. 2009, ‘Assessment of some hydraulic properties of slime slurries from sand mining pits using a modified triaxial cell’, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 115-121.
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Bouazza, A., Gates, W.P. and Ranjith, P.G. 2009, ‘Hydraulic conductivity of biopolymer –treated silty sand’, Geotechnique, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 71-72.
Byrne, M., Albrecht, D.W., Sanjayan, J.G. and Kodikara, J.K. 2009, ‘Recognizing patterns in seasonal variation of pavement roughness using minimum message length inference’, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol.24, No. 2, pp. 120-129.
Collins, F. and Sanjayan, J.G. 2009, ‘Prediction of capillary transport of alkali activated slag cementitious binders under unsaturated conditions by elliptical pore shape modeling’, Journal of Porous Materials, Vol. 1, pp. 1-8.
Currie, G.V. and Delbosc, A. 2009, ‘Exploring public transport usage trends in an ageing population’, Transportation, Online First, pp. 1-14.
Currie, G.V., Johnson, V. and Stanley, J.R. 2009, ‘Measures of disadvantage: is car ownership a good indicator? Social Indicators Research, Online First, pp. 1-12.
Currie, G.V., Richardson, T., Smyth, P., Vella-Brodrick, D.A., Hine, J., Lucas, K., Stanley, J.R., Morris, J., Kinnear, R. and Stanley, J. 2009, ‘Investigating links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in Melbourne – Preliminary results’, Transport Policy, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 97-105.
Currie, G.V. 2009, ‘Australian urban transport and social disadvantage’, Australian Economic Review, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 201-208.
Currie, G.V. and Gook, M. 2009, ‘Measuring the performance of transit passenger information websites’, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2110, pp. 137-148.
Currie, G.V and Loader, C. 2009, ‘High ridership growth from extended transit service hours – an exploration of the causes’, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2110, pp. 120-127.
Currie, G.V. 2009, ‘Using a public education campaign to improve driver compliance with street car transit lanes’, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2112, pp. 62-69.
Daly, E., Palmroth, S., Stoy, P.C., Siqueira, M.B., Oishi, C.A., Juang, J.Y., Oren, R., Porporato, A. and Katul, G.G. 2009, ‘The effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen amendments on subsurface CO2 production and concentration dynamics in a maturing pine forest’, Biogeochemistry, Vol. 94, pp. 271-287.
Daly, E., Zinger, Y., Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T.D. 2009, ‘A possible mechanism for soil moisture bimodality in humid-land environments’, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 36, pp. 1-5.
Daly, E. and Porporato, A. 2009, ‘Correlation-anti-correlation by state-dependent Poisson noise’, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Vol. 238, pp. 170- 174.
Deletic, A. and Haydon, S. 2009, ‘Model output uncertainty of a coupled pathogen indicator – hydrologic catchment model due to input data uncertainty’, Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 322-328.
Dotto, C.B.S., Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T.D. 2009, ‘Analysis of parameter uncertainty of a flow and quality stormwater model’, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 717-725.
Duan, W. and Wang, C.M. 2009, ‘Nonlinear bending and stretching of a circular graphene sheet under a central point load’, Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, No. 7, pp. 1-7.
Duan, W. , Quek, S.T. and Wang, Q. 2009, ‘A novel ring type ultrasonic motor with multiple wave numbers: design, fabrication and characterization’, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 18, No. 12, pp. 1-13.
Epley, N., Converse, B.A., Delbosc, A.R., Monteleone, G.A. and Cacioppo, J.T. 2009, ‘Believer’s estimates of God’s beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people’s beliefs’, Proceedings of the 2009 National Academies of Science of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 51, pp. 1-6.
Fernando, D., Yu, T., Teng, J.G. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘CFRP strengthening of rectangular steel tubes subjected to end bearing loads: effect of adhesive properties and finite element modelling’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 10, pp. 1020-1028.
Gamage, K., Al-Mahaidi, R. and Wong, M.B. 2009, ‘Durability of CFRP-strengthened concrete members under extreme temperature and humidity’, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 111-118.
Gates, W.P., Bouazza, A. and Churchman, G.J. 2009, ‘Bentonite clay keeps pollutants at bay’, Elements, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 105-110.
Gniel, J.R. and Bouazza, A. 2009, ‘Predicted site behaviour of geogrid encased stone columns’, Australian Geomechanics, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 11-16.
Guerrieri, M., Sanjayan, J.G. and Collins, F. 2009, ‘Residual compressive behavior of alkali-activated concrete exposed to elevated temperatures’, Fire and Materials, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 51-62.
Guerrieri, M., Sanjayan, J.G. and Collins, F. 2009, ‘Residual strength properties of sodium silicate alkali activated slag paste exposed to elevated temperatures’, Materials and Structures, Vol. 1, pp. 1-9.
Guo, Z., Jin, L., Li, F. and Bai, Y. 2009, ‘Applications of the rotating orientation XRD method to oriented materials’, J. of Physics D – Applied Physics, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 1-4.
Haedir, J., Bambach, M.R., Zhao, X.L. and Grzebieta, R.H. 2009, ‘Strength of circular hollow sections (CHS) tubular beams externally reinforced by carbon FRP sheets in pure bending’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 10, pp.1136-1147.
Han, L.H., Huang, H. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Analytical behaviour of concrete-filled double skin steel tubular (CFDST) beam-columns under cyclic loading’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 6-7, pp. 668-680.
Hatt, B.E., Fletcher, T.D. and Deletic, A. 2009, ‘Hydrologic and pollutant removal performance of stormwater biofiltration systems at the field scale’, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 365, No. 3-4, pp. 310-321.
Hatt, B.E., Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T.D. 2009, ‘Pollutant removal performance of field-scale stormwater biofiltration systems’, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 1567-1576.
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Jama, H.H., Bambach, M.R., Nurick, G.N., Grzebieta, R.H. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Numerical modelling of square tubular steel beams subjected to transverse blast loads’, Thin Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 1523-1534.
Keller, R.J. 2009, ‘On the physical modelling of large vortex drop structures in municipal sewerage systems’, Australian J. of Water Resources, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 61-68.
Kilic, A.M., Yasar, E., Erdogan, Y. and Ranjith, P.G., 2009, ‘Influence of rock mass properties on blasting efficiency’, Scientific Research and Essays, Vol 4, No. 11, pp. 1213-1224.
Kristinof, R., Ranjith, P.G. and Choi, S.K.X. 2009, ‘Finite element simulation of fluid flow in fractured rock media’, Environmental Geology, Online First, pp. 1-9.
Kodikara, J.K., Arthur. M., Choi, S.K.X., Ranjith, P.G., Li, H.H. and Jasinge, D. 2009, ‘Mechanical properties of reconstituted Australian black coal’, J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 135, No. 7, pp. 980-985.
Le Coustumer, S.M., Fletcher, T.D., Deletic, A., Barraud, S. and Lewis, J. 2009, ‘Hydraulic performance of biofilter systems for stormwater management: Influences of design and operation’, J. of Hydrology, Vol. 376, No. 1-2, pp. 16-23.
Lee, C.G., Fletcher, T.D. and Sun, G. 2009, ‘Nitrogen removal in constructed wetland systems’, Engineering in Life Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 11-22.
Liu, H., Xiao, Z., Zhao, X.L. and Al-Mahaidi, R. 2009, ‘Prediction of fatigue life for CFRP-strengthened steel plates’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 10, pp. 1069-1077.
Liu, H., Zhao, X.L. and Al-Mahaidi, R. 2009, ‘Boundary element analysis of CFRP reinforced steel plates’, Composite Structures, Vol. 91, No. 1, pp. 74-83.
Liu, H., Al-Mahaidi, R. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Experimental study of fatigue crack growth behaviour in adhesively reinforced steel structures’,Composite Structures, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp. 12-20.
Lu, H., Han, L.H. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Analytical behavior of circular concrete-filled thin-walled steel tubes subjected to bending’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, pp. 346-358.
Lu, H., Zhao, X.L. and Han, L.H. 2009, ‘Fire behaviour of high strength self-consolidating concrete filled steel tubular stub columns’, J. of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 65, No. 10-11, pp. 1995-2010.
McCarthy, D. 2009, ‘A traditional first flush assessment of E. coli in urban stormwater runoff’, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 60, No. 11, pp. 2749-2757.
Mudd, G M and Diesendorf, M, 2009, Response to Comments on ‘Sustainability of Uranium Mining : Towards Quantifying Resources and Eco-Efficiency’. Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (10), pp 3969–3970.
Pan, Z., Rangan, B.V. and Sanjayan, J.G. 2009, ‘An investigation of the mechanisms for strength gain or loss of geopolymer mortar after exposure to elevated temperature’, J. of Materials Science, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 1873-1880.
Pang, N.L., Zhao X.L., Mashiri, F.R. and Dayawansa, P.H. 2009, ‘Full-size testing to determine stress concentration factors of dragline tubular joints’, Engineering Structures, Vol. 31, pp. 43-56.
Pang, N.L. and Zhao, XL. 2009, ‘Finite element analysis to determine stress concentration factors of dragline tubular joints’, Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 463-478.
Quek, S.T., Tran, V.A., Hou, X.Y. and Duan, W. 2009, ‘Structural damage detection using enhanced damage locating vector method with limited wireless sensors’, J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 328, No. 4-5, pp. 411-427.
Ranjith, P.G., Quy, N.M., Choi, S.K., Jasinge, D. and Giao, P.H. 2009, ‘Analytical assessment of horizontal well efficiency with reference to improved oil recovery of the South-East Dragon oil field southern offshore of Vietnam’, J. of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 66, pp. 75-82.
Sarvi, M. and Kuwahara, M. 2009, ‘Improving the efficiency of freight traffic at congested freeway merging sections’, Transportation Letters, Vol 1, No. 4, pp. 309-322.
Scott, B., Ranjith, P.G., Choi, S.K.X. and Khandelwal, M. 2009, ‘Geological and geotechnical aspects of underground coal mining methods with Australia’, Environmental Geology, Online First, pp. 1-13.
Seethaler, R. and Rose, G. 2009, ‘Using odometer readings to assess VKT changes associated with a voluntary travel behaviour change program’, Transport Policy, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 325-334.
Sentry, M.R., Bouazza, A., Al-Mahaidi, R., Loidl, D., Bluff, C. and Carrigan, L. 2009, ‘Use of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) as an alternative material in permanent ground anchors’, Australian Geomechanics, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 47-56.
Shiwatoki, N., Sarvi, M., Rose, G. and Burd, M.C. 2009, ‘Enhancing the safety of pedestrians during emergency egress’, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2137, pp. 31-37.
Sun, G. and Saeed, T.F. 2009, ‘Kinetic modelling of organic matter removal in 80 horizontal flow reed beds for domestic sewage treatment’, Process Biochemistry, Vol. 44, pp. 717-722.
Vallee, T., Keller, T. and Bai, Y. 2009, ‘Delamination of pultruded glass-fiber-reinforced polymer composites subjected to axial compression’, Composite Structures, Vol. 91, No. 1, pp. 66-73.
Walsh, C.J., Fletcher, T.D. and Ladson, A.R. 2009, ‘Retention capacity: A metric to link stream ecology and storm-water management’, J. of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 399-406.
Wang, Y., Papageorgiou, Messmer, A., Coppola, P., Tzimitsi, A. and Nuzzolo, A. 2009, ‘An adaptive freeway traffic state estimator’, Automatica, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 10-24.
Wang, W.D., Han, L.H. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Analytical behavior of frames with steel beams to concrete-filled steel tubular column’, J. of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 497-508.
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Wang, S.H., Lee, C.I., Ranjith, P.G. and Tang, C.A. 2009, ‘Modeling in the effects of heteroneneity and anisotropy on the excavation damage/disturbed zone (EDZ)’, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 229-258.
Yellishetty, M., Ranjith, P.G. and Kumar, L. 2009, ‘Metal concentrations and metal mobility in unsaturated mine wastes in mining areas of Goa, India’, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol 53, No. 7, pp. 379-385.
Yellishetty, M., Ranjith, P.G., Tharumarajah, A. and Bhosale, S.V., 2009, ‘Life cycle assessment in the minerals and metals sector: a critical review of selected issues and challenges’, Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, Vol. 14, pp. 257-267.
Young, W. and Archer, J.M. 2009, ‘Traffic microsimulation modeling to study a traffic signal incident reduction function’, Transportation Research Record, Vol 2, No. 2103, pp. 80-87.
Zhang, Y.Y., Wang, C.M., Duan, W., Xiang, Y. and Zong, Z. 2009, ‘Assessment of continuum mechanics models in predicting buckling strains of single-walled carbon nanotubes’, Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, No. 39, pp. 1-8.
Zhao, X.L. and Al-Mahaidi, R. 2009, ‘Web buckling of lightsteel beams strengthened with CFRP subject to end-bearing forces’, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 10, pp. 1029-1036.
Zhao, X.L. and Packer, J.A. 2009, ‘Tests and design of concrete-filled elliptical hollow section stub columns, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 47, No. 6-7, pp. 617-628.
Zhou, F., Young, B. and Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Tests and design of aluminum tubular sections subjected to concentrated bearing load’, J. of Structural Engineering, Vol. 135, No. 7, pp. 806-817.
Conference papers: Peer-reviewedAftabuzzaman, M., Currie, G.V. and Sarvi, M. 2009, ‘Understanding congestion relief impacts of public transport in monetary terms – Evidence from Australasia, Europe and the US’, in Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Ed. R.E. Skinner, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-14.
Amarasiri, A.L., Kodikara, J.K. and Costa, S. 2009, ‘Numerical modelling of laboratory tests on dessication cracking’, in Proceedings of the 1st Int. Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Eds. S. Pietruszczak, G.N. Pande, C. Tamagnini and R. Wan, Int. Centre for Computational Enginering, Rhodes Greece, pp. 302-310.
Archer, J.M. and Young, W. 2009, ‘The application of a micro-simulation model to study the safety performance of a traffic signal incident-reduction function’, in Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Ed. R.E. Skinner, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. USA, pp. 1-16.
Bai, T., Zhao, X.L. and Al-Mahaidi, R. 2009, ‘Experimental investigation of CFRP strengthened damaged steel plates subjected to static loading’ in Proceedings of the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, Ed. J. Sim, Hanyang University, Int. Institute for FRP in Construction, Korea, pp. 105-110.
Bos, D., Walsh, C.J., Fletcher, T.D., Nemes, V. and Rossrakesh, S. 2009, ‘Restoring urban streams by managing stormwater in the catchment’, in Proceedings of Australia’s National Water Conference and Exhibition, Ed. A. Gale et al, Australian Water Association, St Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 1-7.
Chan, C.C., Gallage, C., Gould, S., Kodikara, J.K., Bouazza, A. and Cull, J.P. 2009, ‘Field instrumentation of water reticulation pipe buried in reactive soil’, in Proceedings of Australia’s National Water Conference and Exhibition, Ed. A. Gale, Australian Water Association, St Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 1-8.
Chong, W.L., Haque, A., Ranjith, P.G. and Shahinuzzaman, A. 2009, ‘Numerical modelling of laboratory behaviour of single leterally loaded piles socketed into jointed rocks’, in Proceedings of the 9th Int. Conf. on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation – New Developments and Applications, Eds. G. Ma and Y. Zhou, Research Publishing Services, Singapore, pp. 413-420.
Currie, G.V. and Loader, C. 2009, ‘Exploring bus transfer behaviour in metropolitan Melbourne’, in Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Transport Research Forum, Ed. L. Cooper, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Auckland NZ, pp. 1-16.
Currie, G.V. 2009, ‘Exploring the impacts of the ‘Free before 7’ campaign on reducing overcrowding on Melbourne trains’, in Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Transport Research Forum, Ed. L. Cooper, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Auckland NZ, pp. 1-13.
Currie, G.V. and Delbosc, A. 2009, ‘Car ownership and low income on the urban fringe – Benefit or hindrance’, in Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Transport Research Forum, Ed. L. Cooper, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Auckland NZ, pp. 1-11.
Glaister, B. and Mudd, G.M. 2009, ‘Platinum mining and sustainability – understanding the environmental costs of future technologies’, in Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Minerals industry, Ed. D. Brereton, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Carlton VIC Australia, pp. 259-271.
Gould, S., Boulaire, F., Marlow, D. and Kodikara, J.K., 2009, ‘Field instrumentation of water reticulation pipe buried in reactive soil’, in Proceedings of Australia’s National Water Conference and Exhibition, Ed. A. Gale, Australian Water Association, St Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 1-8.
Grima, V. and Mudd, G.M. 2009, ‘Calculating greenhouse gas emissions in the construction industry’, in Proceedings of the SSEE 2009 Int. Conference – Solutions for a Sustainable Planet, Ed. G.M. Mudd, Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 1-10.
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Hamer, P., Currie, G.V. and Young, W. 2009, ‘Exploring travel and parking impacts of the Melbourne CBD parking levy’, in Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Transport Research Forum, Ed. L. Cooper, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Auckland NZ, pp. 1-13.
Johnson, V., Currie, G.V. 2009, ‘Can measures of disadvantage perpetuate the problems they seek to solve?’, in Proceedings of the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference – An inclusive society? Practicalities and Possibilities, Ed. D. Brennan, University of New South Wales, Australia, pp. 1-12.
Lu, H., Zhao, X.L. and Han, L.H. 2009, ‘Tests on fibre reinforced SCC filled double skin tubular stub columns exposed to standard fire’, in Proceedings of the Sixth Int. Conf. on Advances in Steel Structures, Ed. S.L. Chan, Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction, China, pp. 802-809.
Mashiri, F.R., Zhao, X.L. and Han, L.H. 2009, ‘Fatigue design of square hollow section tubular T-joints with concrete-filled chords under in-plane bending’, in Proceedings of the Sixth Int. Conf. on Advances in Steel Structures, Ed. S.L. Chan, Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction, China, pp. 620-627.
Mendes, A., Sanjayan, J.G. and Collins, F.G. 2009, ‘Influence of cooling methods on the mechanical properties of OPC and OPC/Slag concretes after exposure to elevated temperatures’ in Proceedings of the 2nd International RILEM Workshop – Concrete Life’09 – Concrete Durability and Service Life Planning, Ed. K. Kovler, RILEM Publications France, pp. 515-523.
Mesbah, M., Sarvi, M., Ouveysi, I. and Currie, G.V. 2009, ‘Optimization of transit priority in the transportation network using a decomposition methodology’ in Proceedings of the 18th Int. Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, Eds. W. Lam, S.C. Wong and H. Lo, Hong Kong Polytechnic University China, pp. 1-18.
Mudd, G.M. 2009, ‘Sustainability reporting in Australia: An important part of the solution’, in Proceedings of the SSEE 2009 Int. Conference – Solutions for a Sustainable Planet, Ed. G.M. Mudd, Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 1-12.
Mudd, G.M. 2009, ‘Sustainability reporting and mining – An assessment of the state of play for environmental indicators’, in Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conf. on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Minerals Industry, Ed. D. Brereton, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Carlton VIC Australia, pp. 377-391.
O’Keeffe, S., Zhao, X.L., Sanjayan, J.G. and Lu, H. 2009, ‘Geopolymer concrete filled steel tubes at elevated temperatures’, in Proceedings of the Sixth Int. Conf. on Advances in Steel Structures, Ed. S.L. Chan, Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction, China, pp. 786-793.
Ooi, W.S. and Collins, F.G. 2009, ‘Carbon capture by concrete: Lifecycle assessment of built concrete infrastructure within Australia’ in Concrete Solutions 09, adding value in changing climates – Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Ed. R.I. Gilbert, Concrete Institute of Australia, Rhodes NSW Australia, pp. 1-11.
Rose, G. and Symmons, M.A. 2009, ‘Training heavy vehicle drivers to reduce fuel consumption: Results from a pilot EcoDrive project’ in Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Ed. R.E. Skinner, US Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. USA, pp.. 1-14.
Rose, G. 2009, ‘Motorcycles: A growing dot on the transport policy radar?’ in Proceedings of the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, Ed. G. Strachan, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Wellington NZ, pp. 1-15.
Shomali, E.M., Currie, G.V., Rose, G. and Sarvi, M. 2009, ‘Using SCATS data to predict bus travel time’, in Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Transport Research Forum, Ed. L. Cooper, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Auckland NZ, pp. 1-14.
Toleman, R.F. and Rose, G. 2009, ‘Towards a moving target: delivering outcomes for sustainable transport’ in Proceedings of the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, Ed. G. Strachan, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Wellington NZ, pp. 1-15.
Valero, A, Valero, A and Mudd, G M. 2009, ‘Exergy – A Useful Indicator for the Sustainability of Mineral Resources and Mining’ in SDIMI 2009 – 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Minerals Industry, AusIMM, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, July 2009, pp 329-336.
Wang, Y. and Papageorgiou, M. 2009, ‘A joint state and parameter estimation approach to freeway traffic state estimation, incident alarm and detector fault diagnosis’ in Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting, Ed. R. Skinner, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-24.
Wong, M.B., Gamage, K. and Al-Mahaidi, R. 2009, ‘Investigation of CFRP-concrete bond under long-term exposure to cyclic temperature’, in Proceedings of the 9th Int. Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Eds. D. Oehlers, M. Griffith and R. Seracino, University of Adelaide, South Australia, pp. 1-4.
Wong, M.B. 2009, ‘Interventional strategy for engineering education’ in Proceedings of the ICEE and ICEER 2009 Korea – Engineering Education and Research under Knowledge-Based Society, Ed. H.S. Kim, Korea University of Technology and Education, Seoul Korea, pp. 1-6.
Wong, M.B. 2009, ‘A numerical investigation into the temperature distribution of street hollow dual tubes’ in Proceedings of the 12th Int. Symposium of Tubular Structures, Eds. Z.Y. Shen, Y.Y. Chen and X.Z. Zhao, CRC Press UK, pp. 651-658.
Zhao, X.L. 2009, ‘Tests on CFRP strengthened open sections subjected to end bearing forces’ in Proceedings of the Second Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, Ed. J. Sim, Hanyang University, Int. Institute for FRP in Construction, Korea, pp. 65-70.
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4.6 Postgraduate research projects Student name Project title Main supervisorMEngSc
Farhana Ahmed Impact of weather on commuter cycling behaviour and possible effects of climate change
Associate Professor G Rose
David Barry-Macaulay Thermo-mechanical behaviour of Victorian Soils Associate Professor A Bouazza
Matthew Burns Urban hydrology and waterway health Associate Professor Tim Fletcher
Navinda De Silva An investigation of mechanical properties and permeability of coal with respect to CO2 sequestration
Dr Ranjith PG
Jason Ellerton The effect of competition between plants on the treatment performance of stormwater biofiltration systems
Dr B Hatt
Ip, Mau Chung Filtration behaviour of cohesionless soils under cyclic loading Dr A Haque
Paul Hamer Monitoring the Impacts of the Melbourne CBD Parking Levy Professor G Currie
Zulsam Kifli Relationship between parking and land use/transport policy Professor W Young
Senthilkumar Muthukrishnan Modeling of degradation of Rock Joint Behaviour Associate Professor J Kodikara
Alice Niculescu Impact of biofiltration systems on water and greenhouse gases in urban areas
Dr E Daly
Felipe Orellana Estimation and Modelling of Evapotranspiration in Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
Dr E Daly
Brendan Pender Objectives in transport scheduling Professor G Currie
Samintha Perera Effect of carbon dioxide sequestration on coal hydro-mechanical properties
Dr Ranjith PG
Tracey Mai Tram Pham The influence of vegetation on hydrology and pollutant removal in biofilter
Dr B Hatt
Michael Poustie Towards Sustainable Groundwater Management: A cast Study: Tagabe Catchment, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Professor A Deletic
Hassan Sabzehali Development of a framework for environmentally friendly intelligent eco-vehicle
Dr M Sarvi
Benjamin Shannon Fracture Propagation of Cohesive Soils under Tensile Loading and Desiccation
Dr J Kodikara
Binu Stanley Effect of pyrite oxidation on strength and compressibility of treated Coode Island silt
Dr A Haque
Guohui Tan Structural crashworthiness performance of vehicle roofs in rollover crashes
Dr M Bambach
Bill Wang Behavior of pile foundations subject to thermal loading Associate Professor A Bouazza
Sasika Wijessoriya Modelling of desiccation cracking in compacted clay liners and covers
Associate Professor J Kodikara
Chao Wu Bond characteristics, fatigue and durability of steel plates strengthened with high modulus CFRP plate
Prof X-L Zhao
Ali Zavabeti The removal of metals and arsenics from contaminated water using natural occurring minerals and construction wetlands
Dr M Sarvi
PhD
Basim Abbas Durability of CFRP repaired structural members and their cyclic temperature and humidity
Associate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
Siti Abdullah FRP Rehabilitation of Alkali Aggregate Reaction Damaged Concrete Structures.
Associate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
Md Aftabuzzaman Understanding the road traffic congestion relief impacts of public transport
Prof G Currie
Kayvan Aghabayk Relationship between rate of accidents and road consistency parameters on rural two-lane highways in Australia
Prof W Young
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Student name Project title Main supervisorRawa Al-Safy CFRP strengthening of concrete structures using nanomaterials
modified adhesivesAssociate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
Haider Al-Zubaidy FRP Strengthening of metal structures for impact and blast loads Dr M Bambach
Tao Bai The study of bond behaviour of CFRP reinforced steel plates under high-amplitude cyclic loading
Associate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
Derek Chun Chuen Chan Prediction and controlling of water and gas pipe failures and ground response using surveying and geophysical testing methods.
Associate Professor J Kodikara
Wai Loong Chong Lateral and uplift load capacity of single piles socketed into jointed rock mass
Dr A Haque
Bishwajit Chowdhury Improvement of soft clay by mixing lime-slag Dr A Haque
David Kam Wai Choy Developing a framework for assessing the environmental sustainability of aquifer storage and recovery
Dr G Mudd
Susanga Costa Modelling of shrinkage crack development in clay soils Associate Professor J Kodikara
Daniel Csikos Identifying measures of public transport reliability performance that are related to passenger perceptions
Professor G Currie
Will Darlington Investigating of strength deformability and failure of mechanisms of rock slopes in large open pit mines
Dr Ranijth PG
Cintia Dotto Uncertainties and scale issues in stormwater pollution generation and treatment modelling
Professor A Deletic
Haydar Faleh An investigation of the delamination of FRP composites from steel plates using the material point method
Associate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
David Flower An Integrated Approach to Modelling Urban Water Systems Dr G Mitchell
Matthew Francey Pollutant generation from urban catchments Prof A Deletic
Kumari Gamage Fire resistance of CFRP plated concrete members Associate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
Joel Gniel Investigation of the use of geogrid encasement for support of stone columns in very soft soils
Associate Professor A Bouazza
Scott Gould Prediction and controlling of pipe failures in buried water and gas pipe systems
Associate Professor J Kodikara
Tat Meng (Evan) Gwee) Development of a new methodology to estimate the economic impacts of agglomeration economies in urban passenger rail projects
Prof G Currie
Jimmy Haedir Development of high strength bollards Dr M Bambach
Siavash Hashemi Evaluation of the properties of several types of repair concretes Associate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
Young-Sun Heo Fire resistance of high strength concrete Associate Professor J Sanjayan
Hussein Jama Thin-walled structures subjected to impact and blast loads Dr M Bambach
Dileeka Jasinge An investigation of the effect of carbon dioxide sequestration on the behaviour of brown coal
Dr Ranjith PG
Victoria Johnson Transport disadvantage and social policy Professor G Currie
Harpreet Kandra Performance assessment of porous pavements/fine media filter systems
Professor A Deletic
Daniel Lean Yew Kong Development of a high fire resistant geopolymer based concrete Associate Professor J Sanjayan
Nurses Kurucuk Multi-scale studies of unsaturated granular geomaterials during one-dimensional compression
Associate Professor J Kodikara
Yang Liu Hydro-mechanical effects of microbially induced cementation of CO2 in carbonates
Associate Professor A Bouazza
Katherine Lizama The removal of metals and arsenics from contaminated water using natural occurring minerals and construction wetlands
Dr G Sun/Associate Professor Tim Fletcher
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Student name Project title Main supervisorHui Lu Fire resistance of composite tubular members Professor X-L Zhao
Soheila Maduliat Inelastic behaviour of high strength steel channel sections in bending
Dr M Bambach
Tony Matacin A rational method of specification of unbound geomaterials in road pavements
Associate Prof J Kodikara
Ehsan Mazloumi The prediction of on-road public transport travel time and its variability
Professor G Currie
Alessandra Mendes Fire resistance of concrete made with slag blended cements Associate Professor J Sanjayan
Mahmoud Mesbah A methodology to optimize transit road space priority at the network level
Dr M Sarvi
Sara Moridpour Modelling the lane changing behaviour of heavy vehicles in congested traffic conditions
Dr M Sarvi
Michael Moffatt The influence of multiple axle loads on pavement performance Professor W Young
Tien Nguyen Environmental durability of steel structures strengthened with carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites
Dr M Bambach
Zhu Pan Investigation of geopolymer based concretes for the construction of high fire risk infrastructures
Associate Professor J Sanjayan
Avijit Paul (IITB-Monash)
Development and testing of stormwater quantity and quality models based on radar rainfall data
Dr S Ghosh (IITB), Professor A Deletic/Dr D McCarthy
Emily Payne The role of vegetation in removal of nitrogen within stormwater biofiltration systems
Dr B Hatt
Balamurali Raju (IITB-Monash)
Geo-sequestration of carbon dioxide in coal seams Professor D Chandrasekharam (IITB), Dr Ranjith/Associate Professor A Bouazza
Hussein Sadiq Steel structure – progressive collapse of steel structures in fire Dr B Wong
Tanveer Saeed Subsurface flow constructed wetlands for the treatment and recycle of domestic wastewater
Dr G Sun
Matthew Sentry Investigation of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) strands as an alternative for steel strands in High Capacity Ground Anchors
Associate Professor A Bouazza
Mike Shackleton Quality and impact of transportation research Prof W Young
Kunal Kumar Singh (IITB-Monash)
Investigation of permeability of fractured, steep and deep rock slopes with high ground water pressures
Dr Ranjith PG/
Prof D Singh (IITB)
Nirajan Shiwakoti Simulating crowd dynamics under emergency conditions Dr M Sarvi
Richa Shukla Geosequestration of carbon dioxide and caprock integrity Dr Ranjith PG
Jawdat Tashan Non Destructive Tests – Evaluation of concrete structures using non destructive tests (NDT)
Associate Professor R Al-Mahaidi
Roger Toleman Parting of the Ways? Toll Roads and Sustainability in Australia Associate Professor G Rose
Mohan Yellishetty Achieving environmental stewardship in iron and steel sector through application of life cycle analysis
Dr Ranjith PG
Matthew Wightwick Improvement of the performance of water-sensitive geomaterials using hydrophobic additives
Associate Professor J Kodikara
Richard Yeo Effects of emerging large road freight vehicles on the performance of typical Australian road pavements
Professor W Young
Chui Fern Yong Could porous pavements be a part of the urban water solution? Professor A Deletic
David Young Protecting occupants in vehicle rollover crashes Dr M Bambach
Ren Zhao Investigation of spalling of geopolymer based concrete of high fire risk infrastructures.
Associate Professor J Sanjayan
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4.7 Theses accepted for Higher Degree in 2009
MEngSc (Research)
Last name First name Supervisor(s) Thesis title
Klaas Dua Dr Gavin Mudd Indigenous water management sustainable water conservation strategies in karstic dominated area in Rote Island NTT Province, Indonesia
Tan Guo hui Dr Mike Bambach Perforated hat sections subjected to large rotation pure bending
PhD
Last name First name Supervisor(s) Thesis title
Li Yong Professor Ana Deletic/Associate Professor Tim Fletcher
Modelling sediment behaviour in constructed stormwater wetlands
Guerrieri Maurice Associate Professor Jay Sanjayan Fire performance of alkali activated slag and geopolymers
Flower David Dr Grace Mitchell/Associate Professor Gary Codner
An integrated approach to modelling urban water systems
Richardson Shane Dr Mike Bambach Performance criteria for effective structural rollover protective systems for light passenger vehicles
Gniel Joel Associate Professor Malek Bouazza/Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara/Dr Chris Haberfield
An investigation into ground improvement using geogrid encased stone columns
Jama Hussein Dr Mike Bambach/Professor Raphael Grzebieta
The behaviour of tubular steel beams subjected to transverse blast loads
Kong Daniel Lean Yew
Associate Professor Jay Sanjayan Fire resistance of geopolymer concretes
Nahlawi Hani Associate Prof Malek Bouazza/Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara
Experimental and numerical investigation of the unsaturated hydraulic behaviour of geotextiles
Wightwick Matthew Associate Prof Jayantha Kodikara/Dr Ranjtih
Improvement of the performance of water-sensitive geomaterials using hydrophobic additives
Staff members and Postgraduate students
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Master of Engineering Science (Research) • Guohui Tan
Master of Infrastructure Engineering and Management • Aruna Welgama
• Thyagie Samika Wettasinghe
• James Shiu Tung Wong Michael Kenneth Hall
• Wilfred Osa Ihegie
• Russell King
• Malcolm James Sharkey
• Evan Tyrone Styles
• Nicole Kristen Cooper
• Inderbir Singh Grewal
• Charles Sturt
• Stanley Tapiwa Nyandowe Thillainayagam Santhaseelan
• Mardi Leigh Squier
• Master of Traffic
• Anthony Lyle Barton
• Amanda Jane Halley
• Le Minh Tuan
• Laura Denise Procter
• Shan Shao
• Queenie Hoi Wai Siu
• Jeffrey Robert Garry
• Anthony Russell Woods
• Paul Nathan Carter
• Michael John Smith
• Master of Transport
• Timothy David Rampton
• Haider Yousif
• Anthony Lyle Barton
• Renee Mieka Frossinakis
• Le Minh Tuan
• Michael Adrian Salvatore Marsicovetere
• Martin Conrad Ruschena
Postgraduate Diploma in Infrastructure Engineering and Management • Janina Maria Pereira Mok
Graduate Certificate in Infrastructure Engineering and Management • Natasha Anne Cercarelli
Doctor of Philosophy• Dr Yong Li
• Dr David Thomas McCarthy
• Dr Anke Wendelborn
• Dr Sebastien Mael Le Coustumer
• Dr David Jonathan Mark Flower
• Dr Joel Robert Gniel
• Dr Maurice Guerrieri
• Dr Hussein Haji Jama
• Dr Daniel Kong
• Dr Hongbo Liu
• Dr Hani Nahlawi
• Dr Shane Andrew Richardson
4.8 Graduating Class of 2009 (Postgraduate Students)
Graduation ceremony, October 2009 – left to right, first row: Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao (Head of Department), Dr Hani Nahlawi, Dr Daniel Kong, Dr Maurice Guerrieri, Dr Hongbo Lui; second row: Dr Joel Gniel, Dr David Flower, Dr Hussein Jama, Professor Gary Codner (Associate Dean, Teaching)
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5.1 Contribution to professional organisations Adam, Con
(Member, Standards Australia Committee TM-004 Glued Timber Products
Member, ISO/TC165 Standard Committee, Timber Structures
Al-Mahaidi, Riadh (Associate Professor)
Member, ACI-ASCE Committee 447 ‘Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures’
Convener, ACI-ASCE 447 subcommittee on ‘Finite element modelling for the repair and rehabilitation of RC and masonry structures’
Member, American Concrete Institute ACI Committee 440 ‘Fibre Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement’
Member, Standards Australia Committee BD-101, ‘Retrofitting Structures by Plating’
Member, Int. Advisory Panel for the Int. Symposium on Brittle Matrix composites held in Warsaw, Poland,
Member, Local Organising Committee, FRPRCS-9 Conference, held in Sydney NSW
Member, Int. Scientific Committee, FRPRCS-9 Conference, held in Sydney NSW
Member, Int. Scientific Committee, 3rd Int. Workshop on Conservation of Heritage Structures using FRM and SHM, to be held in Ottawa, Canada, August 2010
Bouazza, Malek (Associate Professor)
Member, Int. Geosynthetics Society Council
Vice-President, Australasian Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society (IGS)
Chair, Education and Asian activities committees, IGS
Co-Chair, Education and African activities committees, IGS
Core member and Coordinator, Technical Committee No 5 (Environmental Geotechnics) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering
Member, Australian Standard Committee on Geosynthetics
Member ASCE, GI Institute, Geosynthetics Committee
Member, Scientific Committee, 1st African Regional Geosynthetics Conf., held in South Africa
Member, Scientific Committee, 7th French National Geosynthetics Conf., held in France
Member, Scientific Committee, Int. Conf. on Environmental Geotechnics, held in China
Member, Scientific Committee, 9th Int. Geosynthetics Conference, to be held in Brazil in 2010
Member, Scientific Committee, 6th Int. Congress Environmental Geotechnics, to be held in India in 2010
Codner, Gary (Associate Professor)
Chair, IEAust College of Environmental Engineers
Collins, Frank (Dr)
Member, ACI Committee 506.1 on Shotcrete for underground support
Member, ACI Committee 365 on Service life prediction of concrete structures
Member, Australian Standards Committees: CE-018-00-01 on Piling Code AS2159 and AS3600; Building Code of Australia
Member, ACI Committee 222 on ‘Corrosion of metals in concrete’
Member, ACI Committee 207 on ‘Mass concrete’
Member, RILEM (Reunion Int. des Laboratoires et Experts des Materiaux), TC-217-PRE
Currie, Graham (Professor)
Member, Transport and Social Inclusion Committee, Melbourne
Member, Minister for Public Transport’s Victorian Road-Based Public Transport Advisory Group, Melbourne
Member, Academic Network, Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP), France
Member, US Transportation Research Board – Committee AP050-Bus Transit Systems, Committee AP975- Light Rail Transit Systems, Committee AP025-Public Transportation Planning and Development, USA
Member, Australian Capital Territory Light Rail Reference Group
Member, CILTA, Passenger Transport Group Committee
Member, Organising Committee, Transport and Social Inclusion National Conference
Member, Organising Committee, 9th Int. Transport Survey Methods Conference 2011
Daly, Edoardo (Dr)
Member, Ecohydrology Technical Subcommitte for Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union
Deletic, Ana (Professor)
Chair, UNESCO IHP-VI Data for Integrated Urban Water Management
Chair, Int. Working Group on Data and Models (under JCUD of IWA/IAHR)
Member, Committee of Sewer Systems and Processes Working Group, working under Joint Urban Drainage Committee of IWA and IAHR
Member, Data and Modelling Working Group, Joint Committee on Urban Drainage of IWA and IAHR
Member, SOCOMA Working Group, Joint Committee on Urban Drainage of IWA and IAHR
Treasurer, Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (under IWA/AIHR)
Member, Scientific Committee of the 8th UDM Conf. held in Tokyo, Japan, April
Fletcher, Tim (Associate Professor)
Member, Water Sensitive Urban Design Working Group, Joint Committee on Urban Drainage of IWA and IAHR
Member, Data and Modelling Working Group, Joint Committee on Urban Drainage of IWA and IAHR
Member, Scientific Committee, 9th Int. Conf. on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, held in Sheffield, UK, September
Member, Scientific Committee, 7th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies for Urban Water Management (NOVATECH 2010), to be held in Lyon, France, in July 2010
5. Services
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Gates, Will (Dr)
Founder Member, Soft X-ray Beamline Advisory Panel to develop microspectroscopy and imaging capabilities on the soft X-ray beamline at the Australian Synchrotron
Chair, Clay Minerals Society Nominations Committee
Co-Organiser, Session HE05 ‘Moisture Transport Through Clay’, XIV Int. Clay Conference, Castellaneta Marina, Italy, held in June
Kodikara, Jayantha (Dr)
Member, Council of the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education
Core member and coordinator of Technical Committee on Pavement Geotechnics of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Member, Austroads Committee on Road Stabilisation
Member, Australian Standard Committee on Soil Stabilisation
Member, AGS, Victorian Chapter Committee
Member, Council on Pavement Education
Member, Organising Committee of IACMAG, ANZ 2011
Mudd, Gavin (Dr)
Elected member, Victorian Committee of the Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering (SSEE) Branch, Engineers Australia
Member, Organising Committee of the 3rd Int. Conf. on Mine Closure, held in Perth WA, September
Co-Chair, Organising Committee of the Int. Conf. on Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, held in Melbourne, November
Ranjith, P.G. (Dr)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, Award Panel for Victorian Construction Award
Rose, Geoff (Associate Professor)
Member, IEAust National Committee on Transport
University Representative, US Transportation Research Board
Member, US Transportation Research Board, Committee ABE50 Travel Demand Management
University Representative, US Transportation Research Board
Member, Committee ABE50 on Travel Demand Management, US Transportation Research Board
Member, Scientific Committee, 12th World Conf. on Transport Research, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2010
Sanjayan, Jay (Associate Professor)
President, Concrete Institute of Australia, Victoria Branch
Elected National Councillor, Concrete Institute of Australia
Member, Permanent Committee of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers
Member, Concrete Structures (WC3) of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers
Member, Committee 233 – Ground Slag in Concrete (voting member), American Concrete Institute
Member, Committee 216 – Fire Resistance and Fire Protection of Structures (voting member), American Concrete Institute
Member and Convener, Organising Committee, Seminar on Cracking in Concrete for Concrete Institute of Australia, Victoria Branch
Sarvi, Majid (Dr)
Member, Engineers Australia, Transport Branch
Sun, Guangzhi (Dr)
Member, Constructed Wetland Association
Member, Scientific Committee and Session Chair for the 12th Int. Conf. on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control to be held in Venice, Italy in October 2010
Wang, Yibing (Dr)
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Member, IEEE Society of Intelligent Transportation Systems
Member, Paper Review Sub-Committee, Freeway Operation Committee, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies (USA)
Member, Organising Committee, 13th IEEE Annual Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems to be held in 2010
Member, Int. Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Transport Systems
Member, Int. Advisory Committee of the European Project NEARCTICS
Wong, Bill (Dr)
Member, Engineers Australia Structural Branch Committee, Victoria
Member, Organising Committee for the Aust. Structural Engineering Conference, Melbourne
Young, William (Professor)
Member, Standards Association of Australia, Parking Committee
Member, Committee CE-001, Parking Facilities, Part 6: Off-street parking for people with disabilities
Zhao, Xiao-Ling (Professor)
Chairman, IIW Subcommission XV-E on Tubular Structures
Chairman, IIFC (Int. Institute for FRP in Construction) working group on FRP-strengthened metallic structures)
Member, Int. Scientific Committee, Asia-Pacific Conf. on FRP in Structures (APFIS 2009), held in Korea, December
Member, Int. Scientific Committee, 6th Int. Conf. on Advances in Steel Structures, held in Hong Kong, China, December
Member, Int. Scientific Committee, 13th int. Symposium on Tubular Structures, to be held in Hong Kong, China in December 2010
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5.2 Editorial services Adam, Con (Dr)
Reviewer, J. of Structural Engineering (ASCE)
Al-Mahaidi, Riadh (Associate Professor)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Open Construction and Building Technology Journal, Bentham Science Publishers
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Open Materials Science Journal, Bentham Science Publishers
Guest Editor, Australian J. of Structural Engineering, Special Issue on fibre reinforcement in concrete structures
Reviewer of the following journals: J. of Engineering Mechanics; J. of Structural Engineering; ACI Structural J.; ASCE Composites in Construction J.; Composites Part B J.; Open Construction and Building Technology J.; Advances in Structural Engineering J.,; J. of Thin Wall Structures, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering
Reviewer, Grants for the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Qatar Foundation
Examiner, PhD thesis for the University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Bambach, Michael (Dr)
Reviewer of the following journals: J. of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE); J. of Structural Engineering (ASCE); Advances in Structural Engineering; J. of Thin-Walled Structures, J. of Composites Materials, J. of Composite Structures, J. of Engineering Structures
Bouazza, Malek (Associate Professor)
Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes
Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal of Lowland Technology
Member, Editorial Board of Geosynthetics International
Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering
Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
Reviewer of the following journals: Geosynthetics International, J. of
Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, Geotechnique, J. of Hazardous Materials, Acta Geotechnica, Geotextiles & Geomembranes, J. of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
Panel Member, Landfill Award, Waste Management Association of Australia
Panel Member, Awards from IGS
Examiner, Doctoral thesis oral defence at University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble France, September
Examiner, Doctoral thesis from National University of Singapore
ARC/ERA Journals Review Committee; ARC OZReader
Reviewer, Grant Applications from Swiss Research Council
Collins, Frank (Dr)
Reviewer for the following journals: ACI Materials Journal; Int. J. of Advances in Structural Engineering; Fire Safety J.; Corrosion and Materials J.; Cement and Concrete Composites J., Building and Environment J., Materials and Structures J. (RILEM) , Corrosion Science J. (NACE), Fire and Materials J., American Concrete Institute Materials J.
Reviewer, RILEM TC-217-PRE ‘Progress of recycling in the built environment’
OzReader, ARC Discovery Grant Applications
Currie, Graham (Professor)
Member, Editorial Board, Road and Transport Research Journal
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) Transport Journal
Reviewer for the following journals: Transportation Research Board, Road and Transport Research J., Transportation, Urban Policy and Research J., Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Research Part A, Transport Policy, Monash Business Review, J. of Transportation Engineering, European J. of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Environment and Planning A, J. of Sustainable Transportation, J. of Transport Geography, Transport Reviews
Reviewer, Freeway Operation Committee papers, Transportation Research Board, USA
Reviewer, Australian Transport Research Forum, held in Auckland NZ
Reviewer, Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board USA, to be held in 2010
Reviewer, PhD thesis for Victoria University of Wellington, NZ on ‘The Social Environment of Public Transport’
Daly, Edoardo (Dr)
Reviewer for the following journals: Water Resources Research, Int. J. of Climatology, J. of Hydrology
Deletic, Ana (Professor)
Associate Editor, Water Research
Reviewer for the following journals: Water Research, Chemosphere, J. of Hydrology, J. of Environmental Management, Urban Water, J. of Hydraulic Research, J. of Microbiology, Hydrological Processes, Water Resources Research
ARC, OzReader
Duan, Wen Hui (Dr)
Reviewer for the following journals: Smart Materials and Structures, Nanotechnology, Carbon, Materials-An Int. Open Access J., Current Nanoscience, J. of Physics: Condensed Matter, Physica E., Int. J. of Structural Stability and Dynamics, J. of Applied Physics, Cnano, J. of Nanotechnology, Semiconductor Science and Technology, J. of Sound and Vibration
Fletcher, Tim (Associate Professor)
Associate Editor, Urban Water
Reviewer for the following journals: Environmental Management, Urban Water, Water Research, J. of Hydraulic Research, J. of Microbiology, Hydrological Processes, Water Resources Research, J. of Hazardous Materials
Reader, ARC Discovery and Linkage projects
OzReader, ARC
Examiner (PhD Rapporteur) and Jury Member for thesis of Damien Granger at INSA Lyon, France
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Gates, Will (Dr)
Associate Editor, Clay and Clay Minerals
Member, Editorial Board, J. of Applied Clay Science
Special Publications Editor, Clay Minerals Society
Reviewer of the following journals: Applied Clay Science, J. of Near Infrared Spectroscopy; Geosynthetics International; Geotextiles and Geomembranes; J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering; Clays and Clay Minerals; Molecular Modeling; Colloids and Interface Science; Vibrational Spectroscopy
Hatt, Belinda (Dr)
Reviewer for the following journals: Ecological Engineering, Science of the Total Environment, Urban Water, Water Research, J. of Hydrology
Haque, Asadul (Dr)
Reviewer, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Kodikara, Jayantha (Associate Professor)
Associate Editor, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Reviewer of the following journals: Canadian Geotechnical J. ; Geotechnical Testing J.; Computer and Geotechnics
Examiner, PhD thesis from Deakin University
Examiner, PhD thesis from the University of Sydney
McCarthy, David (Dr)
Reviewer of the following journals: Water Research, Water and Environmental Journal
Mudd, Gavin (Dr)
Reviewer of the following journals: Canadian Geotechnical J., Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Int. J. of Environment and Solid Waste Management, Atmospheric Environment, Urban Water Journal
Ranjith, P.G. (Dr)
Reviewer of the following journals: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Int. J. of Impact Engineering; Geotechnical Testing Journal; Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering; Int. J. of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science,
Computers & Geotechnics, J. of Flow Measurement and Instrumentation
Reviewer, PhD Thesis from University of Queensland
Reviewer, Grant Proposal by European Commission (Cordis)
Reviewer, ARC Discovery Grant Applications
Examiner, PhD thesis from the University of Melbourne
Rose, Geoff (Associate Professor)
Reviewer of the following journals: IEEE Journal of Intelligent Transport Systems; ASCE J. of Transportation Engineering; Transportmetrica, Transport Policy, Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Part C, J. of Sustainable Transportation, Omega: Int. J. of Management Science
Member, Editorial Board, Int. Assoc. of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
Reviewer, Research Proposal for Israel Science Foundation
Sanjayan, J.G. (Associate Professor)
Chairman, Editorial Panel, Concrete in Australia (Journal published by Engineers Australia on behalf of the Concrete Institute of Australia
Reviewer, papers for Concrete ’09 Conference held in Sydney NSW, September
Examiner, PhD thesis for IIT Madras, India
Sarvi, Majid (Dr)
Reviewer of the following journals: ASCE J., IEEE-Intelligent Transportation J., JAT J., Intelligent Transport, Transportation, Transport Research Part A, Transport Research Part C
Sun, Guangzhi (Dr)
Reviewer of the following journals: Ecological Engineering, J. of Hazardous Materials, Engineering in Life Sciences, Chemosphere, Desalination, Process Biochemistry, Environmental Pollution, CLEAN-Soil, Air and Water
Wang, Yibing (Dr)
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Associate Editor, Int. J. of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems
Member, Editorial Board, the Open Transportation Journal and Transportation Research Part C
Reviewer of the following journals: Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies , Transportation Research B, Transportation Research Record, The Open Transportation Journal, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, J. of Advanced Transportation
Examiner, PhD defence at Delft Technical University, Netherlands, October
Reviewer, Research proposal for the US National Science Foundation
Reviewer, Research proposal for the Chile National Science Foundation
Wong, Bill (Dr)
Reviewer of the following journals: J. of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Int. J. of Steel and Composite Structures, J. of Constructional Steel Research, Engineering Structures, Fire Safety J., Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Int. J. of Steel Structures, Australian J. of Civil Engineering, Int. J. of Fatigue, Australian J. of Structural Engineering, J. of Constructional Steel Research
Reviewer, ARC Discovery grants
Reviewer, ARC Fellowship, March
Examiner, PhD thesis for the University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Young, William (Professor)
Grant Referee, Australian Research Council
Grant Referee, Research Council of the University of Kuwait
Reviewer of the following journals: Transportation, Transport Policy, E, Int. J. of Simulation and Process Engineering, J. of Urban Planning and Development- ASCE, J. of Transport Planning and Technology, ASCE J. of Transportation Engineering, Transport Research Part C
Member, Editorial Board, Proceedings of Transportation Engineering ICE
Member, Editorial Board, Transport for Developing Countries Workshop, IIT(Bombay), India
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Zhao, Xiao-Ling (Professor)
Member, Editorial Board, Thin-Walled Structures
Member, Editorial Board, International J. of Structural Stability and Dynamics
Member, Editorial Board, Advanced Steel Construction
Reviewer of the following journals: J. of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), Thin-Walled Structures, Engineering Structures, J. of Constructional Steel Research, Construction and Building Materials, Steel and Composite Structures, Advances in Structural Engineering, Int. J. of Fatigue, Australian J. of Structural Engineering, J. of Structural Engineering (ASCE)
Examiner, PhD Oral Defence at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Examiner, PhD thesis for Tongji University, China
5.3. Services to expert bodies and expert advice Adam, Con (Dr)
Advisory member and inspector for Glued Laminated Timber Association of Australia (GLTAA)
Collins, F.G. (Dr)
Member, Expert Panel reviewing outputs from ‘Climate Change Impacts on Concrete Infrastructure’, project undertaken by the Federal Department of Climate Change and CSIRO
Currie, Graham (Prof)
Academic Member, Victorian Road-Based Public Transport Advisory Group of the Minister for Public Transport, Melbourne Victoria
Member, submission to the Federal Senate Inquiry into Public Transport Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, March
Research expert, invited to give evidence at the Federal Senate Inquiry into Public Transport Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, March
Media interview with ABC Radio National, Tony Delroy Late Show Hour, on Public Transport, April
Presentation, ‘Visioning Melbourne’s Transport Futures’, to the Committee for Melbourne –Shaping Melbourne Taskforce, May
Research Expert, Victorian Parliamentary Enquiry into Training in the Rail Industry, Faculty of Engineering submission
Fletcher, Tim (Associate Professor)
Research expert representative , Melbourne Water Waterways Advisory Committee
Chair, River Health Expert Input panel, Melbourne Water
Research expert, Barwon Water Advisory Panel
Mudd, Gavin (Dr)
Advisor on mining and groundwater issues
Environment Representative on Working Group developing two new booklets on Leading Practice for Sustainable Development – Environmental Risk Management; Monitoring Auditing and Evaluating Performance (auspiced through Commonwealth DITR)
Reviewer, Groundwater components of the Annual State of the Catchment Report for Port Philip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority
Independent environmental expert, Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee (ARRTC), A national level committee for uranium mining research
Rose, Geoff (Associate Professor)
Media interview with ABC Radio National, The Science Show, on ‘the Future of the Car’
Panel Member, Low Emissions Vehicle Partnership Forum and Drive Day
Research Expert, Victorian Parliamentary Enquiry into Training in the Rail Industry, Faculty of Engineering submission
5.4 External seminars, workshops and special presentations Al-Mahaidi, Riadh (Associate Professor)
Tri-University Workshop on Post-quake Reconstruction, Tsinghua University, China, November
Seminar presentations at Istambul Technical University (Turkey), Mustansiryah University and American University of Sharjah (UAE)
Short course and seminar delivered at the University of Baghdad, Iraq
Short course on the use of Australian Standards in Design of Structures, delivered to 2+2 students at Central South University, China, June
Currie, Graham (Prof)
Seminar to SSEE on ‘Does the Victorian Transport Plan contribute to a sustainable future?’, at Engineers Australia, Melbourne, February
Seminar to Australian Labor Party Electorate Council Discussion Group, Clayton, May
Video-Conference on Collaborative Research Initiatives with University of Auckland, New Zealand
Keynote address to Prahran Electoral Conference of the Liberal Party on ‘Transport Alternatives’, March
Seminar on Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Transport, March
Presentation to the Liberal Party Policy Discussion Group, Eastern Metro Regional Electorate Council, March
Presentation to the BTRE Colloquium, BRT/LRT, Canberra, June
Presentation to the Transport and Social Inclusion Committee on ‘Climate change, transport and social inclusion, Melbourne, August
Presentation to the Transport Policy Group of the Department of Transport on ‘ARC Project on Transport and Social Exclusion- Update’, Melbourne, August
Seminar on ‘Investigating links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well being in Melbourne-An update of results’, South Melbourne, October
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Presentation to the Senior Transport Management Group, Department of Transport on ‘ARC Project on Transport and Social Exclusion – Update’, Melbourne, October
Seminar on ‘Back to Basics 5’ at AITPM NSW – Keynote Speech on ‘ARC Project on Transport and Social Exclusion – Update – Implications for Public Transport in Sydney’, Parramatta, October
Daly, Edoardo (Dr)
Short course on ‘Fluid Mechanics’ for final year and postgraduate students.
Invited seminar at the ‘Centre for Modelling of Stochastic Systems’, Monash University
Fletcher, Tim (Associate Professor)
Short course on ‘Stormwater Treatment Technologies’ for industry audience, Clayton, November
Grundy, Paul (Emeritus Professor)
Tri-University Workshop on Post-quake Reconstruction, Tsinghua University, China, November
Kodikara, Jayantha (Associate Professor)
Workshop on Pipe Asset Management, Sydney, July
Mudd, Gavin (Dr)
Invited seminar, Community public meeting on Mining and Water issues in South Australia, March
Invited lecture on Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering Leadership Program, March
Special invited Public Lecture on In Situ Leach Uranium Mining, Fort Collins (Colorado), USA, August
Invited Seminar on the Environmental Impacts of Uranium Mining, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada, August
Invited Keynote Seminar for New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science, October
Sarvi, Majid (Dr)
Video-Conference on Collaborative Research Initiatives with University of Auckland, New Zealand
Ranjith, P.G. (Dr)
Presentation at Tri-University Workshop, Central South University Changsha, China, November
Presentation at Beijing Mining Technology University, Beijing, China, December
Rose, Geoff (Associate Professor)
Seminar on ‘Does the Victorian Transport Plan contribute to a sustainable future?’ for the Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, Engineers Australia, Melbourne, February
Presentation on ‘Research activity of the Transport Theme of the Monash Sustainability Institute’ at the Monash University Early Career Researchers Breakfast
Transport Alternatives Seminar (Keynote Speaker), Prahran Electoral Conference of the Liberal Party, Melbourne, March
Seminar on ‘Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Transport’, Melbourne, March
Presentation to TREK Centre at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June
Presentation to ORTEC (Portland State University Transport Centre), Portland, USA, June
Presentation on ‘What does EcoDriver Training Achieve? Insight from a Victorian Pilot Project’, at College of Road Safety, Victoria
Presentation on ‘Implications of emerging types of private passenger vehicles’ at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Video-Conference on Collaborative Research Initiatives with University of Auckland, New Zealand
Seminar on ‘Sustainable Transport’ (keynote speech) to the Australian Conservation Foundation, Federal Parliament House, Canberra, November
Sanjayan, Jay (Associate Professor)
Presentation to Cheongju University students, Seoul, Korea, March
Wang, Yibing (Dr)
Video-Conference on Collaborative Research Initiatives with University of Auckland, New Zealand
Seminar on ‘Local ramp metering in the case of random downstream bottlenecks’, at VicRoads, Melbourne
Wong, Bill (Dr)
Short course on Steel Design, delivered to 2+2 students at Central South University, Changsha, China, June
Short course on Steel Design, Shanghai, China, July
Presentation entitled ‘Structural Design of steel Structures in Fire: Comparative Study on Australian and European Practice, at a seminar for the Association of Structural Consulting Engineers, at Box Hill TAFE, Victoria, September
Presentation at a seminar on ‘The modern method of plastic design – Quick, Economical and Painless’, for Engineers Australia , North Melbourne, August
Young, William (Professor)
Video-Conference on Collaborative Research Initiatives with University of Auckland, New Zealand
Zhao, Xiao-Ling (Professor)
Presentation at the Monash-Tsinghua Workshop on Earthquake, Beijing, China, February
Presentation to promote 2+2 Civil Program to students at Tongji University, Beijing, China, February
Presentation at the Monash-Sichuan Workshop on Earthquake, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, February
Presentation to promote 2+2 Civil Program to students at Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, February
FRP Shortcourse, Monash, August
Tri-University Workshop on FRP Strengthening of Steel Structures, Central South University, China, November
Presentation to Tongji University students on 2+2 Civil Program, China, November
Seminar on studying civil engineering at Monash, delivered at the Careers Night, Scotch College, Melbourne
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5.5 Consulting and Contract Research Al-Mahaidi, Riadh (Associate Professor)
Consultant to Iraq Higher Education Committee, London UK
Currie, Graham (Professor)
Review of the Victorian Transport Connections program
‘Literature Review of Induced Demand’ for City of Boorondarah, April
Delbosc, Alexandra (Ms)
‘Literature Review of Induced Demand’ for City of Boorondarah, April
Mudd, Gavin (Dr)
Independent Expert reporting on Proposed Exploration Drilling and Groundwater for Alcorns & Browns v. Coal Mines Australia Ltd
Expert report for Mrs R. Horridge on Proposed Billen Cliffs Cemetery
Expert report for Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation on Ranger Tailings Dam Lift to RL54m – Conceptual modelling of potential seepage rates and associated environmental aspects
Adviser, Coal seam gas in Australia, groundwater and environmental impacts
Review, Olympic Dam EIS
Member, Tailing Storage Facility Technical Working Group
Independent Expert witness for Liverpool Plains Court Case on groundwater issues associated with coal exploration
Wang, Yibing (Dr)
Research expert advising CIC Corporation, China, on real-time complete surveillance of freeway traffic
5.6 Professional development Bouazza, Malek (Associate Professor)
Senior Management Summit, Monash University, February
Daly, Edoardo (Dr)
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES), Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, May
Fletcher, Tim (Associate Professor)
Outside Study Program, January to February
Hatt, Belinda (Dr)
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
Kodikara, Jayantha (Associate Professor)
Monash University Leadership course (two modules)
Mudd, Gavin (Dr)
Outside Study Program at Int. Centre for Sustainability Engineering, University of Auckland and Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales, July-Nov
Powell, Christopher (Mr)
Contract Negotiation and new business development – Opening of the FAWB Biofiltration facility for the Kfar Saba Council and liaison with Australian/Israeli Sustainability Trade Mission, local councils and water authorities, Tel Aviv, Israel, November
Ranjith, P.G. (Dr)
Supervision Level 2 Certificate
Sun, Guangzhi (Dr)
Outside Study Program at the Chinese Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, Changchun City, China, December 2009-March 2010
5.7 Conference attendance Adam, Con (Dr)
23rd Int. Meeting of ISO/TC 165 – Timber Structures, Bordeaux, France, October
Amarasiri, Aruna (Dr)
ComGeo I, Int. Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Juan-les-Pins, France, April
Al-Mahaidi, Riadh (Associate Professor)
15th Int. Conference on Composite Structures, Porto, Portugal, June
Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS2009), Seoul, Korea, November
Bratieres, Katia (Ms)
6th Int. Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference (Hydropolis #3), Perth, Western Australia, May
Bouazza, Malek (Associate Professor)
Geosynthetics 2009 Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah USA, February
1st African Regional Geosynthetics Conference, Cape Town & Johannesburg, South Africa, September
TENSAR Jubilee Conference, London UK, September
Currie, Graham (Professor)
88th Annual Meeting of the US Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January
Urban Transport World Conference, Public Transit Planning in the 21st Century, Sydney, February
UrbanRAIL 2009, Conference on ‘Igniting the rail revolution: the land use agglomeration benefits of new urban railways’, Australasian Railway Association, Sydney, March
Australasian Transport Research Forum, Auckland NZ, September
Future City Transport 2nd Annual Conference, Melbourne, July
Melton Transport Connections Forum (keynote address), July
Transport Economics Forum on ‘ARC Project on Transport and Social Exclusion’ Update, Melbourne, September
Bus Industry Confederation National Conference on ‘ARC Project on Transport
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and Social Exclusion – Update’, Hobart, October
Victorian Transport Infrastructure Summit on ‘Rethinking public transport: What more is needed for continued patronage growth?’, Melbourne, November
VCOSS Annual General Meeting on ‘ARC Project on Transport and Social Exclusion – Update’, Melbourne, November
National Conference of the Transport and Social Inclusion Committee on ‘ARC Project on Transport and Social Exclusion-Update’, ‘Improving understanding and capturing learning’ and ‘Workshop Management’, Melbourne, November
11th Int. Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, September
Daly, Edoardo (Dr)
Workshop on Developing Integrated Catchment Management Strategies for Sustainable Water Use in response to Climate Change, held in Hanoi Vietnam, June-July
Workshop related to groundwater-vegetation Research Program at the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, July
International Symposium on Integrated Catchment Management for Sustainable Water Use in response to Climate Change, held in Melbourne VIC, September
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December
Delbosc, Alexandra (Ms)
Australasian Transport Research Forum, Auckland NZ, September
Deletic, Ana (Professor)
Creating Water Sensitive Cities in Australia, Conference in held in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide in February
6th Int. Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference (Hydropolis #3), Perth WA, May
International Symposium on Integrated Catchment Management for Sustainable Water Use in response to Climate Change, Melbourne VIC, September
8th Int. Conf. on Urban Drainage Modelling held in Tokyo, Japan in September
Fletcher, Tim (Associate Professor)
9th Int. Conf. on Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI), Sheffield, UK, September (invited Keynote Presentation)
8th Int. Conf. on Urban Drainage Modelling held in Tokyo, Japan, September
Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Sustainability Trade Mission to Israel 2009, Tel Aviv, Israel, November
Gates, Will (Dr)
49th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Billings, Montana USA, June
Grundy, Paul (Emeritus Professor)
International Disaster and Risk Conference, Chengdu, China, July
Hatt, Belinda (Dr)
Alternative Technology Association Seminar: Alternative water supply options for Melbourne, February
6th Int. Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference (Hydropolis #3), Perth WA, May
8th Int. Conf. on Urban Drainage Modelling held in Tokyo, Japan, September
Keller, Robert (Dr)
IAHR Int. Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August
McCarthy, David (Dr)
6th Int. Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference (Hydropolis #3), Perth WA, May
8th Int. Conf. on Urban Drainage Modelling held in Tokyo, Japan, September
AusAid-funded Workshop on ‘Integrated Catchment Management under Climate Change’, Orissa (Mumbai), India, November
Mudd, Gavin (Dr)
48th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Canadian Metallurgical Society, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, August
Young Earth Scientists International Congress, Young Earth Scientists Network, Beijing, China, October
Solutions for a Sustainable Planet – SSEE International Conference 2009, Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November
SDIMI 2009 – 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Minerals Industry, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, July
Poelsma, Peter (Mr)
6th Int. Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference (Hydropolis #3), held in Perth WA in May
Ranjith, P.G. (Dr)
Underground Coal Gassification Workshop, Imperial College, London UK, September
Rose, Geoff (Associate Professor)
88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January
Australian Davos Connection, Future Summit 2009, Melbourne
GHD Executive Forum, Melbourne
Interface Councils CEO Forum, Municipal Association of Victoria, Melbourne, August
Local Government National Conference, Municipal Association of Victoria, East Melbourne, August
Australasian Transport Research Forum, Auckland, NZ, September
US Institute of Transportation Engineers Conference on Transportation Engineering Education, Portland Oregon USA, September
Transport Connections Coordinators Forum on ‘Transport Connections – A Sustainable Future’ (keynote speech), Melbourne, October
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Sanjayan, Jay (Associate Professor)
Int. Seminar on Improvement of Fire Resistance Performance of High Strength Concrete, Seoul, Korea, March
24th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Sydney NSW, September
Sarvi, Majid (Dr)
88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January
ISTTT18 Conference, Hong Kong, China, July
Australasian Transport Research forum, Auckland NZ, September
Wong, M.B. (Dr)
9th Int. Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Sydney NSW, July International Conference on Engineering Education and Research, Seoul, Korea, August
ISCM II and EPMESC XII Conference, Hong Kong and Macau, China, November-December
Wang, Yibing (Dr)
Tri-University Workshop, Central South University, Changsha, China, November-December
Young, William (Professor)
88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA, January
Australasian Transport Research forum, Auckland NZ, September
Zhao, Xiao-Ling (Professor)
CIDECT Annual Meeting, Tampere, Finland, August
3rd Int. Forum on Advances in Structural Engineering, Shanghai, China, November
Second Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS2009), Seoul, Korea, December
Int. Conf in Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS’09), Hong Kong, China, December
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