26 < OUR PEOPLE UNSW Centre for Infrastructure, Engineering & Safety Report 2019
Emeritus Professors Song, Chongmin
Professor and Director CIES Chair, Computing, IT & Ed Tech Ctte BE ME Tsinghua, DEng Tokyo
Research Interests: Scaled Boundary Finite-Element Method, Mesh Generation, Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction, Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, Fracture Mechanics, Elasto-Plastic-Damage Constitutive Modelling.
Fell, Robin
Gilbert, Ian Vali Pour Goudarzi, Hamid Reza Associate Professor BE, MEngSc, PhD UNSW
Research Interests: Structural mechanics; Development of innovative hybrid steel-timber-concrete structures with emphasis on sustainability and improved structural performance; Behaviour of structures subjected to extreme loads such as earthquake, impact, blast and explosion: Computational mechanics and non-linear finite element modelling of structures: Constitutive modelling of materials.
Tin Loi, Francis
Valliappan, Somasundaram
Zhao, Xiao Lin (Joshua)
Professor and Associate Dean (International), Faculty of Engineering BE, ME Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PhD and Doctor of Engineering,University of Sydney MBA (Executive) UNSW/USyd
Professor Xiao Lin (Joshua) Zhaoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current research focuses on hybrid construction utilising seawater, sea sand concrete and fibre reinforced polymers; rehabilitation of aging infrastructure using advanced composite materials; and ultra-high strength steel structures.
QQ Farewell
During 2019 the Centre sadly farewelled Associate Professor Arnaud Castel - we congratulate him on his wonderful new position and wish him all the very best as Professor at the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney.
