Department of Civil and Construction Engineering

The Department of Civil and Construction Engineering combines teaching and research with industry needs to provide students with the skills required to build resilient infrastructure for a sustainable world. Our research focus includes innovative structural systems, digital design and construction, innovative construction materials, construction automation, and urban environmental and transport systems.

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Our civil and construction engineering courses combine strong theoretical foundations with a practical, real-world focus to give students the confidence and skills required for the workplace.

Civil Engineering

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Construction Management

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Architectural Engineering

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Our facilities

Geotechnical Laboratory

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Smart Structures Laboratory

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"Acciona Geotech wholeheartedly supports Swinburne’s Work Integrated Learning program and acknowledges the quality of Swinburne’s civil engineering programs as being both practical and relevant to industry. Thanks to the diversity and robustness of Swinburne’s courses, students quickly find their feet and undertake real work and add value in a very short period of time.”

Dene Macleod , Business Improvement Manager, ACCIONA Geotech

Professor Hussein Dia

Chair, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering; Program Leader, Smart Cities Research Institute

Future Urban Mobility

+61392145280

hdia@swinburne.edu.au

Academic staff

Name	Position	Contact	Location
Kamiran Abdouka	Senior Lecturer (Structural Design)	+61 3 9214 8680 kabdouka@swinburne.edu.au	ATC 740
Associate Professor Amimul Ahsan	Associate Professor	aahsan@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Riadh Al-Mahaidi	Professor of Structural Engineering; Vice President (International Engagement); Director, Smart Structures Laboratory	+61 3 9214 8429 ralmahaidi@swinburne.edu.au	EN713c
Dr Alaa Al-Mosawe	Research Fellow	+61 3 9214 5477 aalmosawe@swinburne.edu.au	ATC732
Dr MD Morshed Alam	Lecturer	+61 3 9214 5463 mmalam@swinburne.edu.au	ATC734
Dr Anita Amirsardari	Research Fellow	aamirsardari@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Arul Arulrajah	Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)	+61 3 9214 5741 aarulrajah@swinburne.edu.au	ATC742
Professor Hussein Dia	Chair, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering; Deputy Director and Program Leader (Future Urban Mobility), Smart Cities Research Institute	+61 3 9214 5280 hdia@swinburne.edu.au	ATC743
Associate Professor Palaneeswaran Ekambaram	Associate Professor	+61 3 9214 8526 pekambaram@swinburne.edu.au	ATC738
Dr Robert Evans	Senior Lecturer (Geotechnical Engineering), Department for Civil and Construction Engineering	+61 3 9214 8233 robertevans@swinburne.edu.au	ATC737
Dr Shirley Gato-Trinidad	Deputy Chair - Department of Civil and Construction Engineering; Senior Lecturer (Water Engineering); and Major Discipline Coordinator (Civil Engineering-Undergraduate)	+61 3 9214 8237 sgatotrinidad@swinburne.edu.au	ATC727
Dr Javad Hashemi	Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director, Smart Structures Laboratory	+61 3 9214 8586 jhashemi@swinburne.edu.au	ATC720
Dr Rayya Hassan	Associate Professor (Road and Transport Engineering)	+61 3 9214 8284 rahassan@swinburne.edu.au	ATC717
Suksun Horpibulsuk	Adjunct Professor	shorpibulsuk@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Iqbal Hossain	Academic Tutor	+61 3 9214 8120 ihossain@swinburne.edu.au	TB314
Associate Professor Monzur Imteaz	Head, Water Engineering Group	+61 3 9214 5630 mimteaz@swinburne.edu.au	ATC725
Dr Piratheepan Jegatheesan	Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, Course Coordinator (Construction Engineering) and Deputy Course Coordinator (Civil Engineering)	+61 3 9214 5859 pjegatheesan@swinburne.edu.au	ATC741
Dr Robin Kalfat	Senior Lecturer in Civil and Construction Engineering, HDR Advisor	+61 3 9214 4945 rkalfat@swinburne .edu.au	ATC721
Professor Julia Lamborn	Adjunct	jlamborn@swinburne .edu.au
Dr Jessey Lee	AEFAC Training and Development Manager, Lecturer	+61 3 9214 4741 jesseylee@swinburne.edu.au	ATC713
Dr Lily Li	Lecturer; Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow - Women in STEM	+61 3 9214 3435 yalili@swinburne.edu.au	EN705a
Dr Farshid Maghool	Senior Engineer and Geotechnical Laboratory Manager	+61 3 9214 5408 fmaghool@swinburne.edu.au	AMDC102
Dr Scott Menegon	Research Fellow	smenegon@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Alireza Mohammadinia	Research Fellow	amohammadinia@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Sungkon Moon	Senior Lecturer (Construction Engineering and Project Management) and Postgraduate Program Coordinator (Risk Management)	+61 3 9214 8721 smoon@swinburne.edu.au	ATC722
Dr Behzad Nematollahi	ARC DECRA Fellow; Deputy Director, Digital Construction & Concrete Laboratories	+61 3 9214 8179 bnematollahi@swinburne.edu.au	ATC732
Dr Boda Ning	Senior Research Engineer	bodaning@swinburne.edu.au	ATC732
Dr Tilak Pokharel	AEFAC National Technical Manager	+61 3 9214 8573 tilakpokharel@swinburne.edu.au	ATC712
Dr Gregory Quinn	Major Discipline Coordinator for Architectural Engineering	+61 3 9214 6 gcquinn@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Pat Rajeev	Associate Professor of Civil Infrastructure Engineering & Deputy Director, Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Digital Construction	+61 3 9214 4942 prajeev@swinburne.edu.au	ATC739
Dr Saya Ramakrishnan	ARC DECRA Fellow	+61 3 9214 3550 sramakrishnan@swinburne.edu.au	ATC732
Dr Scott Rayburg	Senior Lecturer (Water, Environment and Sustainability)	+61 3 9214 4944 srayburg@swinburne.edu.au	ATC729
Jay Sanjayan	Professor	+61 3 9214 8034 jsanjayan@swinburne.edu.au	ATC716
Professor Shan Shanmugananthakumar	Profeesorial Fellow	tshanmugananthakumar@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Hing-Ho Tsang	Postgraduate Programme Coordinator (Structural Engineering)	+61 3 9214 5009 htsang@swinburne.edu.au	ATC723

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