Staff Profiles - research

CIES researchers are known for their brilliant yet practical approach to research. They are called upon regularly to provide vital information to governments and industry – challenging the norm and heavily influencing the development of industry standards.

Here are more insights and information about some of our researchers.

Dr Mohsen Kalantari

Mohsen Kalantari joined CIES in June 2022 as an Associate Professor of Geospatial Engineering. .. Read More

Dr Arman Khoshghalb

Dr Khoshghalb has recently been awarded a substantial Australia Research Council (ARC) grant to investigate mitigation techniques for those recurring geotechnical problems of failure and instability. The research outcome will be a computational model that works as a reliable predictive tool for civic structures such as dams and embankments... Read more

Dr Elena Atroshchenko

Dr Elena Astroshchenko has joined the academic staff at CVEN in 2019 as a Senior Lecturer specialising in computational mechanics and numerical methods... Read more

Dr Ali Kashani

Dr Kashani is a 2018 Churchill Fellow, and expert in the field of sustainable concrete design and technology.. Read more

Dr Taehwan Kim

Dr Kim brings with him many strengths and much experience, but perhaps his two greatest strengths are his drive toward interdisciplinary research and his ambition to be a world leading researcher in the relatively new area of chemistry of cementitious materials... Read more

Dr Ulrike Dackermann

Structural engineer Dr Ulrike Dackermann comes to CVEN with expertise in structural dynamics, damage detection, structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing, artificial intelligence and timber engineering. .. Read more

Professor Mark Bradford

Professor Bradford has a long and distinguished history in the structural engineering arena. He is the Research Director for the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety at UNSW and is a world leader in structural engineering. .. Read more

Associate Professor Ehab Hamed

Associate Professor Ehab Hamed was drawn to the field of structural engineering, and saw an immense opportunity to find ways to enhance the safety of civil engineering infrastructure in a world that is changing constantly.. Read more

Professor Wei Gao

Professor Wei Gao of the Centre for Infrastructure, Engineering and Safety (CIES) is completing a substantial Australia Research Council Discovery grant project entitled Unified non-deterministic dynamic safety assessment of softening structure and an industry-based research project Advanced analysis and safety assessment framework for structures under uncertainty... Read More

Dr Ailar Hajimohammadi

Dr Ailar Hajimohammadi has recently joined the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety. Dr Ailar’ s research examines the chemistry of materials to develop innovative construction elements with attractive properties. She is also investigating waste management and resource recovering strategies towards circular economy in civil and construction projects. .. Read More

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