兹定于2009年9月26日(周六), 27日(周日)，在华南理工大学交通大楼604学术报告厅举办“2009年土木工程领域科研合作研讨会(2009 SCUT & UNSW@ADFA Research Collaboration Workshop on Civil and Infrastructure Engineering)”。此次研讨会, 是由土木与交通学院和澳大利亚新南威尔士大学国防军事学院联合举办。

欢迎感兴趣的师生参加！

                                               华南理工大学土木与交通学院

                                             2009年9月17日

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澳大利亚新南威尔士大学国防军事学院主讲人简历:

SikCheung Robert  Lo

Dr. Lo is an Associate Professor of the School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW at ADFA.  He graduated from the HKU and later obtained his PhD from UNSW.  Dr. Lo started his career as a professional structural and geotechnical engineer, working on a number of milestone infrastructure projects.  Since joining UNSW at ADFA, Dr Lo has published ~140 research articles covering a wide range of areas: soil behavior, experimental soil mechanics, liquefaction, soft soil engineering, pavement geotechnics, geotechnical reliability, reinforced soil systems and foundations. He was awarded the prestigious Thomas Telford Award in 2004 for his paper on limit state design in geotechnics. He has maintained active linkage with industry, and has been offering his expertise in liquefaction, mining geotechnics, reinforced soil wall, soft soil engineering and numerical modeling to a range of clients both internationally and in Australia.  Dr Lo has served on a number of international technical committees and is currently a core member of TC39 (geotechnical engineering for coastal disaster mitigation).    

Email:  r.lo@adfa.edu.au 

[Name and initial for SCI search:  Lo S.R.  or Lo S.C.R. or Lo R.S.C.] 

Obada Kayali

Dr Kayali is an internationally recognised Australian researcher, Civil engineer, scientist and academic. He has widely contributed to the area of concrete research and concrete durability.  He is pioneering the research in finding ways to produce sustainable building materials. His major achievement in this field so far has been the commercial licensing of his two patents for exploiting fly ash in the concrete and brick and paver industries. The licenses have been signed by UNSW and the two companies Vecor Australia Pty Ltd and Vecor Building Systems and give the right to the two companies to exploit the products of the patents in Australia, China and world wide.

Dr Kayali is the author of more than 80 scientific papers published in books, international journals and conferences. He is on the editorial board of several leading journals. He is on the international expert committees of several international symposia and acts as a referee for the Australian Research Council grants.

Dr Kayali’s expertise is sought after internationally and he is often invited to deliver keynote papers as well as conduct professional workshops. He is a recipient of awards of excellence in research and teaching.  

E-mail:   o.kayali@adfa.edu.au

[Name and initial for SCI search:  Kayali O or Kayyali OA]

Rajah Gnanendran

Dr. Rajah Gnanendran is Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) at its ADFA campus in Canberra, Australia.   He obtained a BSc (Civil Engineering) from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, MEng from Carleton University, Canada and PhD from the University of Western Ontario (UWO), Canada.

Prior to his academic career, he worked as a Senior Engineer with multinational consulting and construction companies for over 8 years gaining extensive industrial experience in the design and construction of both structural and geotechnical engineering projects. He received Commendation for Outstanding Merit in the Professional Examination of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK in 1983 for writing one of the best essays when he was admitted as a Member of ICE (UK).

After receiving his PhD from UWO and working with Trow Consulting Engineers as a Geotechnical Engineer for a short time, he joined the University of New Brunswick and worked as an Assistant Professor for 3 years. He joined UNSW in 1998 as a Lecturer and got promoted as a Senior Lecturer in 2001. He is teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, including the supervision of several M.Eng. and Ph.D. students. Currently, four PhD students and a ME student are doing their postgraduate research under his supervision.

His research interests are in soft soil engineering, reinforced soil systems (geosynthetics, fibre, etc.), pavement material characterization (i.e. pavement geotechnics), and numerical modeling using the finite element and finite difference methods.

Dr. Gnanendran has published more than 20 scientific and technical papers in refereed international journals, and over 30 more in refereed international conference proceedings. One of his publications in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal was awarded the 1996 R.M. Quigley Award Honourable Mention Certificate. More recently, he received the UNSW Anthony Mason Fellowship in 2003 and the UNSW Gordon J. Samuel’s Fellowship in 2007.

Email: r.gnanendran@adfa.edu.au

[Name and initial for SCI search: Gnanendran C.T., or Gnanendran  R.]

Amar Khennane

Dr Amar Khennane is a senior lecturer in the School of Engineering and Information Technology at UNSW at ADFA. He was previously the senior lecturer in structures and materials at the University of Southern Queensland. Amar holds a bachelor degree from the University of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria, an MSc in structural engineering from Heriot Watt University, UK, and a PhD from the University of Queensland. He has over 15 years experience in lecturing and research overseas and in Australia. His research interests are in composite materials, behaviour of structures under fire, and reinforced concrete structures.

Email:  a.khennane@adfa.edu,.au

[Name and initial for SCI search: Khennane A.]

Michael O’Donnell

Dr O’Donnell is currently Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Business, UNSW at ADFA. He was previously Associate Professor in the College of Business and Economics at the Australian National University. Michael has published widely on human resource practices in the Australian Public Service. Michael also undertakes research into the relationship between chief executive officer remuneration and company performance in the private sector. He also researches the employment relations practices of large corporations in South Korea.

Email: m.odonnell@adfa.edu.au

Alan McLucas

Dr McLucas gained his BE at University of New South Wales, Kensington, qualified as a technical staff officer, qtc, at Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham (UK) before receiving a Masters in project management and a PhD degree in operations research from the University College of the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia, in 1976, 1983, 1995, and 2001 respectively.  From 1984 through 1992, both in Australia and the United Kingdom, Alan successfully managed multi-million dollar Defence development and acquisition projects, having roles ranging from project officer through to project director.  In 1993-94 he led Australian Army teams responsible for the field trials of new military equipment before their introduction into service.  In 1995 he was appointed Director of the (now) Capability Technology and Management College responsible for overseeing the training and education of Australian military officers in Defence capability and acquisition project management.  During 1998-2001 worked as a systems engineering, project management and information systems consultant, before being appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the University College, UNSW, Australian Defence Force Academy. His research and teaching interests include project management, risk management, systems thinking and system dynamics modelling, solving complex problems and strategy development. He has published widely in the systems thinking and system dynamics modelling literature.  He is the author of Decision Making: Risk Management, Systems Thinking and Situation Awareness, Argos Press, 2003 and System Dynamics Applications: A Modular Approach to Modelling Complex World Behaviour

Email: a.mclucas@adfa.edu.au