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UNSW School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is one of Australia’s top research and teaching schools, with a strong international reputation for innovative research with real world impact.

Our graduates have become research leaders in their own right – or go on to work in government or industry where they have advanced to key positions.

We have active research groups in:

Your journey as a research student

As a research student, you will develop your independent and critical thinking skills, placing your work in the context of current research and presenting it in the form of publications and talks to the community, industry, government, critics and peers.

While there may be challenges as you grow in your academic career developing your problem-solving skills and research capabilities, you will have access to the very best in academic support and facilities.

Academic support

Your supervisor is there for academic advice during the progress of your research and the final preparation of your thesis. As a research student, you will meet your supervisor regularly to discuss the progress of your research.

Find out more from the UNSW GRS Postgraduate Research Handbook

Lab access

Postgraduate research students who wish to work in one of the Schools’ laboratory is required to:

Have the required level of training
Complete all inductions with the relevant laboratory managers
Uphold their responsibilities to work safely in the laboratory on an ongoing basis

Contact your supervisor or Laboratory Manager for more information on induction and training.

Additional support

UNSW assists research students by providing a wide range of scholarships, ranging from living allowances and tuition fee costs, to travel scholarships and supplements.

Our school can also provide some financial support for students to attend conference to present a paper. For more information, contact your research supervisor.

The UNSW Learning Centre offers a wide range of academic skills support.

Research students list

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Supervisor

Co-supervisor

Adila, Ahmed	Pore to Core Scale Analysis of Cyclic Hydrogen Injection: Implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage	Armstrong	Ebadi
Agyemang, Kesewa Opoku	Forecasting Freight Demand for Truck Sharing Platforms	Hossein Rashidi Irannezhad
Ahani Amineh, Zeinabbano	Impacts of longwall Coal Mining on Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions	Andersen Rutlidge	Glamore
Ahmadinezhad, Adel	Effects of Hydraulic Hysteresis on Dynamic Properties of Unsaturated Sand	Shahbodagh Khalili	Khoshghalb
Ai, Mohan	Development of an ABM Using Advanced Deep Learning Methods in Transportation Systems	Hossein Rashidi Najmi
Akhyani, Sina	Computational Modelling of Coupling Processes in Unsaturated Geostructures	Shahbodagh Khalili	Vahab
Al-Hajji, Mohammad	Pore scale imaging and modelling of EOR processes	Mostaghimi Armstrong
Alavi, Seyed Karen	An insight into CLT structures by considering time-dependent characteristics	Bradford Valipour
Alekseev, Vladislav	Fusing geophysical datasets to characterize rock mass from multiple datasets using deep learning algorithms	Armstrong Clark	Khalili
Alfazazi, Umar	Measurement of Dynamic Relative Permeability with the Aid of Positron Emission Tomography Saturation Monitoring System during Coreflooding	Armstrong	Mostaghimi
Aliakbari, Alireza	Multiscale Analysis of Lignin Performance in Recycling of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement	Hajimohammadi	Khalili
Alimohammadi, Vahid	Degradation of Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)	Manefield O'Carroll	He
Aljasmi, Ammar	Developing a strategic, sustainable PMO-centric decision analysis framework for public transit project portfolios	Dixit
Alnahhal, Ahmed M E	Extract sodium silicate from Rice husk ash as silica source using Hydrothermal and thermochemical methods	Hajimohammadi Kim
Amur, Khursheed Ali	Surveying and Mapping Underground Utility Networks	Kalantari Solatnieh	Bidarmaghz
Annisa, .	The study examines how operators choose heavy vehicles. Understanding freight decision-making processes is key to improving sustainable transportation solutions. This initiative aims to inform laws, industry, and technology to promote zero-emissions.	Irannezhad	Hossein Rashidi
Ansari, Mohammad Arman	Modelling the effects of aging on the strength and stability of tailings storage facilities	Russell Kim
Aouad, Gregory	A comparative study between autonomous and user driven vehicle safety on Australian motorways for policy development	Dixit Wijayaratna
Artigaut, Marion	Modelling and characterising transport processes in granular media using dynamic pore network models and graphs	Sufian Russell
Ayala, Tomas	Bridge Structural Health Monitoring based on Physics Informed Neural Networks	Makki Alamdari Atroshchenko

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Babina, Elena	The Influence of Dynamic Topography on the Formation and Evolution of the Barents Sea Basin with Computational Methods	Clark	Salles Makuluni
Bai, Ting	Urban Change Detection with Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) images	Ge	Sepasgozar
Barbosa, Maira Grasiele Soares	Urban Underground Climate Change - Sustainable Subterranean Solutions	Bidarmaghz Khoshghalb
bhardwaj, shefali	Biodegradation of Polyfluorinated alkyl substancesPer and Polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS).	Manefield	O'Carroll
Black, Emma	Iron mineral redox transformations and their relationship to natural hydrogen production in the subsurface	Waite	Miller
Braine, Marilyn	A Comprehensive Management Framework for Biosolids Management	Khan Stuetz	McDonald Kearnes

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Cairns, Joseph	Assessing the impacts of longwall mining on Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS). Particularly, the impacts on the water balance, primary productivity, and carbon storage. This could have water management and carbon budgeting	Johnson Glamore
Calcraft, Patrick	Ensemble modelling of daily to decadal timescale coastal shoreline variability in a changing climate	Splinter	Marshall Simmons
Calderon Hurtado, Andres Felipe	Developing an innovative framework for an advanced indirect bridge structural health monitoring based on a drive-by inspection technology, using a novel model to describe de vehicle-bridge interaction to evaluate the structure's long-term p	Atroshchenko Makki Alamdari
Chai, Zhizhuo	Carbon-negative synthesis of ethanol by C. autoethanogenum in steelworks off-gases: Genetic engineering modification and Optimization of fermentation conditions.	Zheng	Ni
Chan, Chun-Yen	Reliability-based analysis and design of steel-reinforced timber frames	Atroshchenko Valipour	Bradford
Chen, Chang	The behaviour of steel lattice towers under bushfire attack	Bradford Valipour
Chen, Hongzhe	A scaled boundary finite element framework for computational fracture analysis of discretely reinforced structures and materials	Song	Eisentraeger (Duczek)
Chen, Kailun	Optimisation of the performance of novel photocatalysts in cementitious materials and their environmental applications	Li	Chen
Chen, Yisu	Stochastic nonlinear response and stability assessment of spatially curved structures	Gao	Tin-Loi
Chen, Yitu	Long-term behaviour of timber-concrete composite system	Dackermann Valipour	Foster
Cohen, Nadav	Wave Energy Generation and Coastal Protection	Flocard Turner
Conti, Stefano	Quantifying the impact of infiltration on dune erosion under waves and surges	Turner Splinter
Corte Tedesco D Avila, Marina	Ecological engineering of textiles to reduce the pollution by fibres	Stuetz Fisher
Cox, ReillyXavion	TBA	Felder	Kingsford

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Damandeh, Moloud	Analyzing Street Walkability in Cities using Deep Learning	Saberi Kalaee	Hossein Rashidi
Deeb, Rachel	Porous-Based Design of Architectural Forms For 3D Fabrication	Chen	Kate
Deshmukh, AdityaNitin	TBA	Evans Harley	Turner Di Luca
Dong, Bixuan	Shoreline prediction of beaches with different characteristics using deep learning methods	Harley Splinter
Drinnan, Anthony John	Machine Learning Based Structural Reliability Analysis	Gao	Song
Dunlop, Thomas	Applications of nature-based solutions to address climate change risks in coastal and estuarine environments	Glamore Felder
Dykman, Caleb	Assessing Water Supply Security in a Nonstationary Environment	Sharma	Mehrotra Nathan Wasko

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Earl, Eleanor	Improving the flood resilience of Pacific Island urban communities	Johnson	Marshall Sanderson
Elhadayri, Farj	Constitutive modelling of lightly cemented unsaturated soils.	Khalili	Russell
Emami, Ahmad	Understanding and Modeling the Behavior of Emerging Micro-mobility Modes in Urban Networks	Saberi Kalaee	Irannezhad

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Farooqi, Nayab Iqbal	Synergistic Treatment of Sewage Sludge Using Algae and Bacteria	Ni	Duan
Fazeli, Sara	Measuring and improving individual preparedness in response to flood and bushfire emergencies	Hossein Rashidi Haghani
Ferrer Ferrer, Maximiliano Ruben	Kinetics and mechanism of copper-mediated Fenton processes in natural and engineered systems	Waite	Pham
Fowler, Daniel Benjamin	Spatial Epidemiology: How infectious and non-infectious diseases can spread throughout Sydney	Lim
Fu, Mingyang	Design of meta-materials for thermal energy harvesting	Gao Atroshchenko	Bordas

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Gao, Han	Creep and shrinkage in Geopolymer concrete structures	Hamed Foster	Hajimohammadi
Gao, Yi	Adsorption of mixed PFAS/protein solutions	Lee O'Carroll
Gharehdaghikhajehghiasi, Mahnoush	Analytical and numerical modelling of consolidation and strain localisation in unsaturated soils	Shahbodagh Khalili	Russell
Gilbert, Mikael	Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Modular Buildings through Building Information Modelling (BIM)	Barati Shen
Goodwin, Kylie	Absolute sustainability of global cities - Benchmarking urban development against planetary boundaries and social thresholds	Wiedmann
Gossmann, Simon	Energy Transition Amid Geopolitical Competition: Quantitative Evaluation of Democracy, Dependency and Critical Materials Mining	Wiedmann	Tallis
Goyal, Anmol	Automated rip current detection using deep learning	Harley
Gu, Senyuan	Developing Enhanced Modeling Methods for Accurate Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants	Duan	Ni
Guanzon, Clarence	AI-driven generative design for low-carbon prefabricated buildings	Chen Gao
Guo, Rui	Fundamental understanding of iron-mediated nitrogen conversion processes	Zheng	Ni
Guo, Yipu	Robust cement-based sensors for smart automation in future infrastructure	Li	Atroshchenko
Guo, Youheng	Automated Structural Defects Detection and Modelling for Intelligent Infrastructure Asset Management	Shen	Barati

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Hameed, Rizwan	Low embodied-carbon concrete using steel slag and CO2 utilization	Kim Kashani
Hammad, Muhammad	Development of Inverse Model-based LSTM structure (InvMod-LSTM) for Understanding Hydrological Failures and Spatio-temporal Extremes	Sharma	Mehrotra
Han, Kwanghee	Application of Satellite Remote Sensing to Assess Uncertain Reservoir Releases in Unmonitored Regions for Integrated Water Resource Management	Sharma	Mehrotra
Hassani, Sahar	Multitype Data Fusion for Reliable Condition Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures	Dackermann	Song
He, Wenting	Three-dimensional Adaptive Dynamic Failure Analysis Using the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method	Song	Hamed
Heidary, Mohammadsaeed	BIM based hazard identification approach in modular construction planning phase to improve the sustainability of construction projects	Shen	Barati
Hirbod, Fatemeh	Optimization and queue systems modelling at the maritime container terminal	Irannezhad Saberi Kalaee
Ho, Cheuk Ying Rita	Interface Shear Strength between Concrete Piles and Reactive Soil	Khoshghalb	Khalili
Hosseini, Reyhaneh	Development of Hybrid Steel-Timber-Concrete System	Valipour	Bradford
Hu, Yining	Signal Control Optimisation with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Considering Vulnerable Road Users	Rey Saberi Kalaee
Huang, Benjamin	Robustness and progressive collapse assessment of timber structures	Valipour Hamed

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Ibrahimkhil, Mohammad Hashim

Construction Project Real-time Progress Monitoring Through Robotic Mapping

Shen

Barati

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Jafarpour Hamedani, Shahed	Indirect structural health monitoring of bridges using vehicle-mounted sensors	Atroshchenko Makki Alamdari
Jiang, Qi	The development of CFD and reaction kinetics coupled model for optimising advanced oxidation processes in water and wastewater treatment	Waite	Wang
Jiang, Ziang	Smart Thermal Inspection and Data Processing for Civil Applications	Shen	Barati
Jindal, Mehak	Geospatial approaches to understanding avian influenza outbreaks.	Lim	MacIntyre

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Kadir, Wan Nadiah Amalina	Growth of Microalgae and its Interaction with Microplastic and Other Chemical Contaminants	Stuetz Dansie	Tamburic
Kammanankada, Hiruni	Field Deployment of the Tube Fishway System	Martino Felder	Suthers
Kankanige, Dinuka	Improving the terrestrial water storage estimation for hydrological prediction.	Sharma Liu
Kanwar, Manvi	Monitoring transport infrastructure using multi-temporal interferometric synthetic aperture radar (MT-InSAR) techniques	Lim	Pokharel
Karimzadeh, Keyhan	Hybrid structures with post-tensioned timber elements	Valipour O'Shea	Foster
Kaviani Hamedani, Farzad	The effect of grain-scale parameters in the journey of fabric evolution towards the critical state: an application of continuous shear moduli measurements	Khoshghalb	Khalili
Khondoker, Md Tareq Hossain	Development of sustainable and low-carbon concrete mix designs for construction 3D-printing	Kashani	Foster
Kumar, Arvind	An Investigation of the Thermal Behaviour of Geothermal Piles Subjected to Groundwater Advection	Khoshghalb Bidarmaghz
Kurniawan, Mirza	Evaluating The Impacts Of Climate Change On Hydropower And Solar Energy Generation In Indonesia: Adaptation Strategies For A Resilient Power Sector	Sharma Johnson

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Landers, Evan	Elucidation of the mechanisms of organohalide reduction by organohalide reducing bacteria.	Lee Manefield
Lee, Isabella	Machine learning for information extraction from satellite imagery, including polarimetric SAR and optical data	Sowmya Trinder
Li, Jiejie	Study on Multiphase Flow Transport in Marine Natural Gas Hydrate Exploitation based on Machine Learning	Armstrong Waite
Li, Junxing	Non-deterministic nonlinear response and stability assessment of spatially curved structures	Li Gao
Li, Zhaocheng	Development of Self-sensing Pavement Using Asphalt Mixture Skeleton	Li	Chen
Lin, Xunyang	Nitrogen Removal via Fe(III)-Driven Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation for Domestic Wastewater Treatment	Zheng	Ni
Lin, Yinghui	Modified electro-Fenton processes for the elimination of polyethylene terephthalate from aqueous systems	Ni	Zheng
Linsangan, Kelvin	CPT, strength and stability in tailings and/or filtered stacks, especially when unsaturated, and when there are alternating coarse and fine layers.	Russell	Douglas
Liu, Haoran	Stochastic nonlinear behaviour and instability analysis of curved structures	Chen Gao
Liu, Jiacheng	Innovative Techniques for Point Cloud Segmentation: Combining Active Learning with Diffusion Models	Kalantari Solatnieh	Wang,J
Liu, Jiyu	Assessing post-fire forested ecosystem by using Spaceborne LiDAR over south-eastern Australia	Glenn Lim	Jia
Liu, Jizhe	The application of artificial intelligence in sewage treatment and the reconstruction of artificial intelligence structure for corresponding research	Ni	Zhang
Liu, Lisha	Odour Emission Modelling from Wastewater Treatment System	Stuetz Fisher	Abdala Prata Junior
Liu, Wanlin	A Cross-Cultural Study on the Risky Behaviors of E-bike Food Delivery Riders in China and Australia	Haghani Mojtahedi
Liu, Yiyang	Structural reliability analysis and robust optimal design	Gao	Song
Liu, Yiyang	Durability of Rubberized Geopolymer Concrete Using Dry Cast Technology	Yang Hajimohammadi
Lodge, Jack William	Transboundary Water Management	Dansie Johnson
Luo, Jingwen	Sustainability Assessment of Biosolids Management Options	Wiedmann Fisher	Aryampa
Luo, Yanjin	Phosphorus and fluorine removal from wastewater using Ca-Mg-Al-Fe layered double hydroxide made of solid waste	Ni	Zheng

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Ma, Yuanchen	Deep Learning-based Data Fusion: Towards an Intelligent Transportation System	Najmi Hossein Rashidi
Mahboobimotlagh, Nazanin	Experimental and DEM analysis of critical state behavior of cemented granular materials under drained triaxial loadings	Khoshghalb	Khalili
Makhotin, Ivan	Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Computational Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media	Mostaghimi Khalili
Mandloi, Pushpraj	Investigating the role of particle shape on internal erosion	Sufian Russell
Mathew, Eric Sonny	Deep learning guided Synchrotron imaging of Complex Multiphase Flow	Armstrong	Tang
McIlquham, Jack	Physically-informed machine learning techniques appliedto spectroscopy for mineral and elemental identification	Armstrong	Mostaghimi
Memarpour, Mehrdad	Crowd dynamics in transportation systems	Hossein Rashidi	Waller Haghani
Meng, Xiaochu	Seismic Resilience of Timber Structures	Valipour	Hamed
Mesgari Hagh, Morteza	Service Life Considerations for Shear Design of Members with High Strength Steel Stirrups - And Use of Machine Learning for Short- and Long-Term Prediction Models	Foster	Valipour
Miao, Yijian	Self-healing concrete	Li	Dong
Moe, Yan Aung	Fatigue Behaviour of Welded Ultra-high Strength Steel Plates Coupled with Extreme Environmental Conditions	Zhao Valipour	Heidarpour
Mohammadian, Mohammadreza	Localisation and measurement of prefabricated building elements using depth camera built in smartphones and AR glasses.	Song	Eisentraeger (Duczek)
Mohseni, Pooriya	Novel Construction Material Development: Use of waste plastics in asphalt	Khalili Hajimohammadi
Mostazid, Md Ibrahim	Role of test methods in detecting chloride resistance and alkali-silica reaction of geopolymer concrete	Foster Hajimohammadi	Kim
Mousavi, Milad	A data-driven method to predict the sustainability of modular construction projects in their early design and planning stage	Li Shen	Barati
Mufidah, Fathiya	Stormwater biofiltration for microplastic removal	O'Carroll Zhang
Murrant, Victoria	Visualisation of 3D cadastres using VR/AR/MR and screen-based technologies	Kalantari Solatnieh	Pokharel

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Nai, Kimsrorng	Deformation of Tailings Embankments due to Seismic Loading under Partially Saturated State	Russell Douglas
Nalinakumar, Harikrishnan	Basin Evolution and Resource Potential of the Isa Superbasin and South Nicholson Basin	Clark Salles
Nejad, Flora	Develop the Performance of Timber Composite Joints	O'Shea Valipour	Foster
Ni, Lifeng	Data Driven-Based Functionally Graded Porous Structures Mechanical Property and Environmental Impact Analysis	Gao Chen
Ni, Yiling	Application of second-order work concept in stability analysis of unsaturated granular slopes and tailings subject to wetting: experimental and numerical investigation	Khoshghalb	Bidarmaghz Russell
Norouzi, Mohammad Amin	Rheological and Chemical Analysis of Bio-Binders and Bio-Mixtures Containing High-Content Biomass in Pavement Construction	Hajimohammadi	Shahbodagh
Nourmohammadi, Fatemeh	Pedestrian travel demand: model transferability, behavioural analysis and emerging data	Saberi Kalaee	Hossein Rashidi
Nourmohammadi, Zahra	On-demand optimization for real-time workforce and fleet logistics management	Rey Saberi Kalaee
Nunes Guerrero, Thais	Wastewater Biosolids Process Stability	Stuetz Fisher	Abdala Prata Junior
Nurwahyuni, Risa	Production of Microbial Community-based Single Cell Protein from Shrimp Farming Wastewater for Aquafeed Applications	Ni	Zheng

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Pal, Ram	Effect of the Glass Chemistry on Reaction Kinetics and Phase Development in Alkali-Activated Materials and Their Incorporation into Thermodynamic Modelling.	Kim Hajimohammadi
Pan, Yanheng	Inhibitory effect of copper on the transformation of phenolic and amine contaminants induced by excited triplet states and the sulfate radical	Waite	Garg
Parastar Namini, Reza	Modelling CO2 transportation and reaction mechanisms to predict concrete durability against carbonation and corrosion	Kashani	Kim
Patil, Jidnyasa	Scan to BIM Automation	Kalantari Solatnieh	Sowmya
Paul, Aaneta	Assessing the Performance of Stormwater Constructed Wetlands for Fate, Transport and Removal of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Heavy Metals	Stuetz Tamburic	de Medeiros Paulino
Peralta Braz, Patricio	Isogeometric Analysis of Piezoelectric Energy Harvester based on the Kirchhoff-Love Plate Model in Presence of Uncertainties	Makki Alamdari Atroshchenko	Hassan
Pirjalili, Ali	large scale thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling of porous media	Khoshghalb Bidarmaghz	Russell
Pollock, Benjamin	Structural Optimisation of Multi-Storey Buildings	Valipour	Atroshchenko
Putri, Kartika Nur Rahma	Digital Twins for Smart and Sustainable Construction Supply Chain Management	Shen	Barati

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Qi, Xiang

Integration study of green roofs and solar photovoltaic systems: A trade-off between the water retention and cooling benefits of green roof

Armstrong
Jing

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Raihan, Ovik	Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties for Nanostructured Skutterudites by Carbon Nano Tube and Nano Wire Doping	Hajimohammadi	Alnahhal
Raza, Ali	Performance of Waste-Derived Materials on Developing Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Sustainable Construction	Ponomar Hajimohammadi	Kashani
Ren, Yi	Bacterial adaptation to organofluorine metabolism	Manefield	Lee Ho
Riaz, Raja Dilawar	Development of Earth-Based and Low Carbon Material for Additive Manufacturing of Sustainable and Equitable Housing	Kashani	Hajimohammadi
Richard, Sebastien	Surfboard fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and automated manufacturing	Pearce Chen	Felder
Rong, Peiyi	Machine Learning-Aided Stochastic Structural Analysis in Engineering Metamaterials	Gao	Li
Rottemberg, Maria	Investigation of hydro-thermo-mechanical behaviour of geo-energy structures in local scale	Khoshghalb Bidarmaghz
Ruser, Nathan	Maximizing Biodiversity Returns: Integrating high-resolution & landscape-scale ecological modelling with restoration efforts including in post-conflict regions	Glamore Kingsford

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Safarnezhad, Maryam	Integrated Framework for Optimizing On-Demand Vehicle Services Fare Prices	Saberi Kalaee Irannezhad
Saffari, Rahim	Expansive soil improvement by means of microbial induced calcite precipitation: a study of hydro-mechanical behaviour at various degrees of saturation	Shahbodagh Khalili	Khoshghalb
Said, Samah	Small-Strain Dynamic Properties of Sands	Khalili Shahbodagh	Khoshghalb
Salari, Soroush	Simplified Image-Based Analysis of Structural Behavior Due to Dynamic Vibration and Earthquake Loading for the Purpose of Damage Detection and Promoting Static and Dynamic characteristics of Structures: Both Numerical and Experimental appro	Song	Eisentraeger (Duczek)
Samimi, Soodeh	Constitutive Modelling and Experimental Investigation of Reactive Soils	Shahbodagh Khalili	Vahab
Sebban, Jonathan	Forecasting the Oceanic State at Olympic Surfing Venues through the Implementation of Emerging Technologies and AI.	Harley
Secadiningrat, Julius Raditya	Motion Sickness in Automated and Electric Vehicles	Dixit	Regan
Sefidi Jirandeh, Kosar	Structural behavior of steel-timber composite joints	Valipour	Bradford
Shah, Gunja	Development of sustainable and low-carbon concrete mix designs with Delithiated Beta Spodumene	Kashani	Foster
Shah, Suraj	Application of remote sensing data to account for the drought and hydrology change of the Himalayas	Liu Sharma
Shahbazi Sehrani, Mahshid	Combined Methods of Removal of PFASs from Soil	Zhang Hajimohammadi	Khalili
Shahoveisi, Sana	Extended high order transition elements	Khalili Shahbodagh	Vahab
Sharifazari, Salman	Climate change impacts on water resources for Indian Ocean island Communities	Andersen	Johnson Palmer
Sheng, Ziheng	GPS Enhanced Smart Parking System	Taubman Ge
Shi, Zhiyi	A Probabilistic Framework for Assessing the Fire Vulnerability of Building Structure	Atroshchenko Gao
Soltanian, Mehdi	Using PFAS and heavy Metals polluted soil as concrete additives: a new approach for immobilization	Hajimohammadi	Alnahhal
Song, Zimu	Development of geospatial risk analysis techniques for an early warning system for epidemic diseases	Lim	MacIntyre
Stead, David Geogre	Application of near real-time PlanetScope cubesat imagery and CoastSat toolkit for coastal storm impacts and predictions.	Harley	Turner
Steffi Joseph Perumpully, .	Bicarbonate activated hydrogen peroxide: Mechanistic insights into peroxymonocarbonate formation and decay	Waite	Garg
Sun, Liran	Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Disaster Monitoring.	Rizos	Trinder
Sun, Siqi	Characterisation and toxicity assessment of dusts generated in the artificial stone benchtop fabrication and coal mining industries	Waite	Kinsela Sun
Sun, Yafei	Smart Infrastructure Asset Management Based on Internet of Things	Zlatanova Shen	Barati

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Tabasi, Maliheh	Investigating the Value of Travel Time of Sydney Residents by Developing Time-use Activity-based Models	Najmi Hossein Rashidi
Tang, Yinghui	Nitrogen removal through simultaneous nitrification, anammox and denitrification (SNAD) process in vegetated biofiltration systems (VBS)	Prodanovic Zhang	O'Carroll
Tasmim, Rumia	Torsion of innovative timber composite floors	Bradford Valipour	Foster
Tavakkoli, Omid	Pore scale investigation of surfactant adsorption behavior on reservoir rock in the presence and absence of nanoparticles using X-Ray micro-CT	Armstrong	Mostaghimi
Thapa, Sunil	A Decadal Roadmap for Water Security and Resource Management.	Sharma Jiang
Tian, Yuhang	Analytical framework for nonlinear stability analysis of steel plate joint	Song Gao
Tucker, Tobias Alexander	Climate change in intermittent estuaries.	Glamore Splinter

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Verhoeven, Theodorus	An integrated catchment/basin scale blue-green algae management strategy for the 21st Century	Evans Dansie	Khan
Villalba, Imee Bren	Extreme Wave Modelling Across Eras: Past, Present, and Future	Sharma	Harley
Vincent, Annmary	Geothermal Pavements: A Sustainable Solution for Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Enhancing Pavement Performance	Khoshghalb Bidarmaghz	Hajimohammadi
Vural, Hasan	Optimisation of a Hybrid System Consisting of a Novel Closed-Loop Geothermal Model and a Concentrated Solar Power Plant by Using Supercritical CO2, Helium, Nanofluids, and Water	Mostaghimi

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Wan, Kaixuan	Investigating water balance of green walls for greywater treatment	O'Carroll Zhang	Prodanovic
Wang, Chen	Biotransformation of waste activated sludge to high-value chemicals through Lactobacillus-based bioaugmentation	Ni	Zhang
Wang, Jason	Expanding the usage of existing CGE-transport interaction models into new sectors, such as agriculture. Focus on problems with efficiency and vulnerability of supply chains in the face of potential problems facing society (disease, global w	Hossein Rashidi Dixit
Wang, Jieli	Principles, concepts and frameworks in engineering for sustainable development	Fisher Stuetz	Care Kearnes
Wang, Yige	Multifunctional Porous Building Elements for Sustainable Civil Construction	Chen Gao
Wang, Yulong	TBA	O'Carroll Andersen
Wang, Zile	Long term performance of tree pits in stormwater management and urban cooling	Zhang Osmond
Washburn, Sidney	Evaluating Alaskan Shoreline Variability for Climate Change Implications Using Remote Sensing Imagery	Splinter	Mao Vitousek
Wells, Sarah Louise	Ecohydrodynamics and Mangrove Restoration	Dansie Glamore
Wijewantha Abeygunasekarage, Hashani	GIS-based Route Solver Analysis to assess the Risk of Landslide Susceptibility	Lim	Pokharel
Wilkinson, Joshua Paul	Investigating the social impacts of coastal restoration in Fiji, with a focus on the political ecology of restored mangrove ecosystems and the transformation of human-mangrove relationships. This research will contribute to Project Halophyte.	Dansie Glamore
Wilson, Katherine	Long-range forecasting of coastal erosion and flooding on wave-dominated coastlines in Australasia	Splinter Harley
Wong, Chung Yiin	Algal Taste and Odour Production in Water Reservoirs	Stuetz Tamburic
Wu, Wenhui	Development of an Integrated Water Sensitive Urban Design Modelling Tool for Strategic Flood Risk Management	Deletic Zhang	Marshall Jamali
Wu, Yunhao	TBA	Ge	Sepasgozar

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Xi, Wen	Micro-CT imaging and numerical modeling for two-phase flow in porous media	Mostaghimi	Armstrong
Xu, Jiayang	Comparative Study for Inverse Problem in the context of Indirect Sensing	Atroshchenko Makki Alamdari
Xu, Junxiang	How do external and internal uncertainties affect disaster evacuation transport network design?	Nair	Waller Haghani
Xu, Qing	Development of anaerobic fungi mediated anaerobic digestion process for targeted valorisation of high recalcitrant lignocellulose in waste/wastewater	Ni	Zheng

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Yan, Jin	Modelling Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of Soils Using a Mechanistic Approach Considering Micro-Structural Influences	Khoshghalb Bidarmaghz	Russell
Yang, Shuyi	Steel-timber composite systems.	Dackermann Valipour
Yang, Yuchen	Developing sustainable and efficient sludge treatment technologies	Duan Ni
Yao, Shuai	Multi-objective Optimization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters for Power Generation and Sensing	Makki Alamdari Atroshchenko
Yao, Yuanbin	Development of bridge structure optimization program based on artificial intelligence algorithm
Yao, Zuobang	Investigation of converting mine wastes as cementitious materials	Kashani Kim
Yazdanparast, Tahereh	Green Wall Technology: Sustainable Urban Development to Mitigate Climate Change	O'Carroll Zhang	Prodanovic
Ye, Quanyi	Role of groundwater for cultural significant water features in the landscape at Walgett	Andersen	Rutlidge
You, Dengyu	Experimental and Numerical Analysis for Structural and Durability Optimisation of Digitally Fabricated Concrete Walls	Hamed Kashani
Yu, Ming	Damage identification and condition assessment of in-service poles and pipes using smart sensing NDT technique	Yang	Hajimohammadi

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Zakerzadeh, Mahdi	The Impact of Hydrophobic Material on the De-Icing and the Surface Drainage of Pavements	Shahbodagh Khalili	Vahab
Zeinolabedini Rezaabad, Maryam	Modelling uncertainty in catchment water quality	Johnson	Marshall
Zhai, Mudi	Combined contaminated water treatment and regeneration of saturated carbon-based material	Duan	Ni
Zhan, Yifan	Integration of Geometric Modeling and Scaled Boundary Finite Element Analysis	Song	Eisentraeger (Duczek)
Zhang, Han	Artificial Neural Networks Methods for Computational Mechanics	Makki Alamdari Atroshchenko	Shahbodagh Bordas
Zhang, Jiadong	Real time control green technologies for stormwater management	O'Carroll Zhang	Prodanovic
Zhang, Jiaming	Synergic degradation of dissolved and colloidal substances (DCS) in Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) Whitewater with intimately coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation treatment (ICPB)	Ni	Zheng
Zhang, Liangjing	A Decadal Roadmap for Water Security and Resource Management	Sharma Jiang
Zhang, Runzi	3D Phase Field Fatigue Analysis Using the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method	Song	Pearce
Zhang, Tingting	Analysis of transportation disruptions by using computable generalized equilibrium model	Dixit Nair	Waller
Zhang, Xiaoran	Three-dimensional adaptive dynamic failure analysis using the scaled boundary finite element method	Song	O'Shea Eisentraeger (Duczek)
Zhao, Caiyu	Design, Production and Application of Multifunctional Cement and Concrete towards a Sustainable Future	Li	Dong
Zhao, Enyong	Polyphase uncertainty dynamic and reliability analysis of structures	Makki Alamdari Gao
Zhao, Ruiyi	Emerging Mobility in Smart Cities Empowered by Blockchain and Deep Data	Hossein Rashidi	Waller Kanhere
Zhao, Shixin	Anodic Oxidation Combined with Hydrogen Production in Wastewater Treatment	Pham Waite
Zhou, Xiao	Dynamic behaviours and damping properties of porous composites	Chen	Gao
Zhou, Ziqi	Transformation of iron and natural organic matter (NOM) during redox cycling processes	Waite	Kinsela Garg
Zhu, Hongbo	TBA	Wang,J	Liu
Zhu, Qixiang	Accounting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Treatment and Their Impacts on Climate Change	Duan	Ni
Zhu, Yunyi	Application of Digital Twins in the Water Sector	Wang Waite
Zou, Hui	Hydrology and Water Resource Modelling and Uncertainty Analysis	Sharma	Marshall
Zulfan, James	Sustainable weirs for hydropower production and climate change adaptation	Montano Felder	Johnson

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