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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.

2 | Civil Engineering – 2009 Annual Report

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.


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


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)


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


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)


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)


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)


• 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


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


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’.


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


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


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)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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)

http://civil.eng.monash.edu.au/its

www.monash.edu.au/fawb/

http://civil.eng.monash.edu.au/expertise/geomechanics/mapps

http://civil.eng.monash.edu.au/expertise/geomechanics/mapps


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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


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


Derek Chun Chuen Chan Prediction and controlling of water and gas pipe failures and ground response using surveying and geophysical testing methods.


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


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


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


Yang Liu Hydro-mechanical effects of microbially induced cementation of CO2 in carbonates


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


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


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)


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


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


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


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)


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


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


5.2 Editorial services Adam, Con (Dr)

Reviewer, J. of Structural Engineering (ASCE)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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


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


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


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


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


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)


Ranjith, P.G. (Dr)

Presentation at Tri-University Workshop, Central South University Changsha, China, November

Presentation at Beijing Mining Technology University, Beijing, China, December


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


Seminar on ‘Sustainable Transport’ (keynote speech) to the Australian Conservation Foundation, Federal Parliament House, Canberra, November


Presentation to Cheongju University students, Seoul, Korea, March

Wang, Yibing (Dr)


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




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


5.5 Consulting and Contract Research Al-Mahaidi, Riadh (Associate Professor)

Consultant to Iraq Higher Education Committee, London UK


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


Outside Study Program, January to February

Hatt, Belinda (Dr)

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



Keller, Robert (Dr)

IAHR Int. Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August

McCarthy, David (Dr)



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


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



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)


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



Australasian Transport Research forum, Auckland NZ, September


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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