Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Summary

Within Civil and Natural Resources Engineering there are many areas of both theoretical and experimental research. There is on-going research in many areas including: environmental engineering, fire engineering, fluid mechanics, geotechnical engineering, natural resources engineering, structural engineering and transportation engineering systems.

Our research activities have gained us an international reputation attracting many overseas visitors who bring worldwide expertise to the Department and our students. Expert technical assistance is provided for both laboratory classes and experimental research. We have our own 480m2 computing facility with both Alpha and PC computers.

Researchers

• Aisling O'Sullivan
• Alan Nicholson
• Alberto Ardid
• Alessandro Palermo
• Allan Charles Nye Scott
• Andres Valencia
• Andy Buchanan
• Anthony Kwabena Gyekye Abu
• Athol Carr
• Brendon Bradley
• Brian Guo
• Chao Wu
• Charles Fleischmann
• Chin-Long Lee
• Christopher R McGann
• Craig Daniel McConnochie
• Daniel Nilsson
• Daniel van der Walt
• David Dempsey
• David Wareham
• Dennis Su Wee Pau
• Derek Li
• Desmond Bull
• Eric Scheepbouwer
• Erica Seville
• Ethan Marcial Thomson
• Frances Charters
• Gabriele Chiaro
• Gabriele Granello
• Giovanni De Francesco
• Giuseppe Loporcaro
• Glen Koorey
• Gregory MacRae
• Hamish Robert Mackey
• Ian George Mason
• Jannik Haas
• Jennifer Jane Haskell
• Kun Xie
• Larry Arthur Bellamy
• Mark Davidson
• Mark Edward Stringer
• Mark Milke
• Markus Pahlow
• Matthew Richard Dudzik
• Matthew William Hughes
• Mehdi Keyvan-Ekbatani
• Minghao Li
• Misko Cubrinovski
• Mofreh Saleh
• Pedro Lee
• Rajesh Dhakal
• Reagan Chandramohan
• Rebecca Peer
• Ricardo Bello Mendoza
• Robin Lai-Yun Lee
• Roger Chen
• Roger Nokes
• Santiago Pujol
• Sarah Bastin
• Seunghyeon Lee
• Simone Larcher
• Sonia Giovinazzi
• Stefano Pampanin
• Thomas Cochrane
• Timothy John Sullivan
• Tom Logan
• Tonny Tessa de Vries
• Wai Wong
• Wentao Wu
• Yi Wang

• Algorithm Engineering
• Computational Imaging Group (CIG)
• Geological Hazards
• Hazard and Disaster Management
• Wood Technology Research Centre
• Fire Risk and Engineering
• Timber Engineering Group
• Energy and Transport
• Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
• Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management
• Energy and Fuels
• Mekong Flows Team
• Bridge Engineering
• Rock Mechanics
• Resilience: Physical Research
• Resilience: Organisational Research
• Search and Rescue Research Group (SRRG)
• UC Quake Centre (UCQC)
• Transport Research Hub

• An Intelligent Tutoring System for Engineering Mechanics
• Resilient Organisations
• Travel Demand and Behaviour Change with Increasing Fuel Price as a function of income for a particular geographic and activity cohort
• Sustainability Project
• Improved Management of the Rock Fall Hazard at the Base of Highwalls
• Real-time Structural Health Monitoring of Nonlinear Hysteretic Structures
• River at Risk: Modeling and monitoring the potential impacts from large-scale disruptions to the hydrological cycles of the Mekong River Basin.
• NHRP - Business impact survey program: Tourism Sector
• NHRP - Business impact survey program
• Supporting business recovery following the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake: short term collaborative research project
• Multi-storey timber buildings
• SAFER (Significant Advances for Earthquake Resistance) Concrete Technology
• ROBUST Project

• Transportation Laboratory Equipment

• Mathematics: Applied Mathematics
• Agriculture and Other Applied Biological Sciences: Agriculture
• Statistics: Applied Statistics
• Resilience: Technological: Information Technology and Telecommunications; Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing
• Human Geography: GIS
• Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences: Computer Science; Information Sciences
• Resilience: Social: People and Community; Culture and Heritage; Education; Emergency Management Planning
• Coastal Research: Seawater intrusion vulnerability; Tsunami risk modelling
• Engineering and Technology: Acoustics; Applied Mechanics; Bioprocess Engineering; Bioengineering; Chemical & Process; Civil; Computer & Software Engineering; Concrete; Design; Earthquake Engineering; Energy and Fuels; Engineering Management; Fire Engineering; Fluids Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering; Signal and Image Processing; Materials; Optical & Laser Engineering; Particle and Spray Technology; Resource/Environment Engineering; Simulation, Control and Computer Modelling; Structural; Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer; Thermophysical Properties; Timber; Transportation; Computational Mechanics; Modelling; Hydrological and Ecological Engineering; Solar power; Construction Engineering and Management
• Resilience: Commercial: Organisational Resilience and Recovery
• Architecture, Design, Planning, Surveying: Architecture, Design, Planning, Surveying
• Health and Health Sciences: Public Health
• Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour: Biogeography; Ecology; Freshwater Ecology; Microbiology
• Resilience: Physical: Environmental; Ground Acceleration; Infrastructure; Buildings; Rockfall and Slope Stability; Seismicity; Lifelines
• Environmental Studies: Environmental Studies; Environmental Science
• Earth Sciences: Climatology; Engineering Geology; Geochemistry; Geomorphology; Geophysics; Glaciology; Hydrology; Physical Geography; Tectonics; Volcanology; Geological Sciences
• Science & Technology: Science & Technology
• Education: Adult Education; Pedagogy; Assessment and Evaluation; Diversity; Environmental Education; Science Education; Teacher Education; Career Development; Curriculum Development; Professional Studies; Tertiary Education

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