Department of Infrastructure Engineering 2014 Annual Report

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

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Head’s Report ...... 4 Advisory Committee ...... 6 Department Staff ...... 7 Highlights ...... 8 Promotions/Appointments ...... 12 Postgraduate Conference ...... 13 Awards ...... 14 RHD Completions ...... 17 Research Initiatives ...... 18 Research Grants ...... 19 Research Centres ...... 22 Publications ...... 24 Visitors ...... 30 The Department of Infrastructure colleagues are making to ensure strong links Engineering has gone from strength to strength with industry. These initiatives create and 2014 was an immensely successful year opportunities for staff and students to benefit for our Department from different aspects. from valuable knowledge-transfer activities. Of particular note is the several new strategic appointments and replacement of outgoing and Significant activities in 2014 include the retiring staff. curriculum review, which undertook a review of the new Melbourne Model Masters degree and New appointments in the area of Sustainable integrated positive ideas and feedback received Cities (Prof. Anne Steinemann), Reservoir earlier from industry and Engineering (Prof. Stephan Matthai), Geomatics recent graduates. Prof. Abbas Rajabifard (Dr Kourosh Khoshelham), Environmental Head of Department Hydrology and Water Resources (Assoc. Prof. The Centre for Disaster Management and Rory Nathan), Geothermal Engineering (Dr Public Safety was also launched on April 29. Mahdi Disfani), Infrastructure Engineering, The Centre, which is under the leadership of and the current program in Building Energy the Department, held its first international Efficiency, again in Environmental Hydrology symposium in September, which was a success. and Geomatics, and also a strategic move to The Centre has established several units. appoint several periodical teaching staff are all contributing to our strategy and vision. The Department is ramping up its focus in the area of UAVs as part of the Centre. A workshop Since its formation in 2011, we have continued was held in early September to open a dialogue to integrate and align the activities of our among interested researchers at the University three disciplines to become a globally of Melbourne and industry partners, with the engaged, comprehensive research-intensive vision to department focused on addressing the modern create synergies for potential research and infrastructure challenges faced by society today. development opportunities.

We have just reached the halfway point of the The Geotechnical Group installed a 120kW Department’s five-year (2013-2017) strategic shallow geothermal system at Elizabeth plan. One of the changes for the Department will Blackburn School of Science (a new sub-science be the renaming of the Geomatics courses which school of University High School). This project will be known as ‘Spatial’ from 2015. This name is part of a large shallow geothermal energy change is a strategic move to align the discipline research and demonstration project undertaken better with industry. by the Department and funded significantly by the Victorian Government through the Moving forward, we hope to cement our role Department of State Development, Business and and strengthen our influence in addressing Innovation (DSDBI). society’s major social, economic and environmental challenges. We are continuing strongly our collaboration with China in the Australia-China Joint Research Combining Civil Engineering, Environmental Centre for River Basin Management. Dr Yongping Hydrology and Water Resources, and Geomatics Wei and I made an academic visit to China in late expertise in one department provides us October. On this trip we visited several with a broad intellectual platform from which universities to build stronger links with our we can pursue unique opportunities. Our existing partners such as Tsinghua University, aspiration to provide leadership and influence and also to look for potential avenues for directs our strategic plan. In 2014, our plan has research collaboration. This visit to China was supported the realisation of strong student concurrent with my keynote presentation at the numbers, improved RHD completion rates, Third High-Level UN Forum on Global Geospatial and new initiatives to foster greater symbiosis Information Management in Beijing. The trip with industry and increased engagement had several positive outcomes, one of which was with international colleagues and industries. the signing of a memorandum of understanding Our collaboration with Bamford Rock Testing with Tsinghua University for a joint-PhD program Services is testament to the efforts our in water and environmental engineering. I am

4 pleased to share that several other Chinese I am honoured to welcome our new universities expressed interest in collaborating academic staff who commenced in 2014, and with us for joint international research and to those who will commence in 2015: Prof. workshops on disaster management starting in Anne Steinemann, Prof. Stephan Matthai, A/ 2015. Prof. Rory Nathan, Dr Mehdi Disfani, Dr Kourosh Khoshelham, Dr Elisa Lumantarna, Dr Felix Kin I would like to thank our Industry Advisory Group Peng, Dr Katie Potts, Dr Rackel San Nicolas, Dr members and all our industry partners who have Myeonghun Jeong, Dr Roser Casas-Mulet and collaborated with the Department and helped us Ms Eleanor Gee. I would also like to welcome to drive our strategy. Your support and industry Ms Eileen Doufas-Shea who takes over from Ms expertise is greatly appreciated. Particularly, I Rose Macey as Executive Assistant to the Head. would like to thank Mr Chris McRae, the Chair of the IAG, for his outstanding leadership. Thanks are also due to Teaching and Learning Coordinators Ms Bianca White and Ms In 2015, our aim is to continue to work towards Leonie Elder. They have been excellent teaching strengthening the Infrastructure Engineering coordinators. The University is undergoing a identity and to continue to improve our visibility process of transformation for all professional and profile as an integrated discipline both staff and Bianca and Leonie have moved to within the University community and also among different faculties. We welcome Ms Hai Do as our global peers. We will continue to provide our new Teaching and Learning Coordinator and I a productive and inclusive environment for am confident that she will do an outstanding job all staff and students so that we can continue with her depth of experience. to attract high quality researchers, academic staff and students – essentially the core of our Thanks are also due to the Graduate Department. Infrastructure Engineering Students (GIES) team for their contribution to the Department. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution Without them events such as the Postgraduate of all academic and research staff, professional Conference would not have been the success colleagues, honorary colleagues and graduate that it was. students. In particular, Professor Andrew Western (Deputy Head); all three Special thanks to all colleagues and senior Discipline Leaders for their leadership and hard executives across the university and, in work: for Civil Engineering – Assoc. Prof. Colin particular, the School of Engineering, for Duffield; for its ongoing support and contribution to Geomatics – Prof. Stephan Winter; for the operation and administration of the Environmental and Hydrology Resources – Assoc. Department. Prof. Mike Stewardson, and Prof. Stan Grant for his contribution as Acting Discipline Leader in 2014. It is also significant to note when the contributions of our colleagues are recognised by the broader Prof. Abbas Rajabifard research community and also by industry as seen Head of Department in Assoc. Prof. Duffield’s appointment to the board of Infrastructure Australia, and the appointment of Prof. Winter and Prof. Priyan Mendis to the ARC College of Experts.

I would like to acknowledge Ms Rose Macey and Ms Pauline Woolcock for their outstanding administration and executive support. We farewelled Rose at the end of 2014 and I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for her dedication and hard work in the last few years. I would also like to thank Ms Pamela Chew, Ms Chris Charman and Ms Jenny Smith for their professional support.

5 INDUSTRY ACADEMIC Mr Chris McRae Professor Abbas Rajabifard Executive Director, Land Victoria, Department of Head of Department Environment, Land, Water and Planning – IAG Chair Professor Peter Scales Mr Garry Liddle Deputy Dean, Melbourne School of Engineering Deputy Secretary Transport, DTPLI – IAG Deputy Chair Professor Andrew Western Mr Mark Allen Deputy Head of Department Strategic Project Manager, City Design, City of Melbourne Professor Stephan Winter Discipline Leader, Geomatics Mr Peter Ryan General Manger (Southern Region), Assoc Professor Colin Duffield Leighton Contractors Discipline Leader, Civil

The Hon Gary Nairn Assoc Professor Michael Stewardson (Former Federal Minister), NT PLanning Commission, Discipline Leader, Environmental Hydrology & Water Consultant to AAM Group Resources

Mr Dominic Ancaro Director, Navire SECRETARY Mr Glenn Cockerton Managing Director, Spatial Vision Innovations Ms Pauline Woolcock

Dr Joseph Correnza Principal, Melbourne Buildings Group Leader, ARUP

Mr Ramesh Liyanagedera Director, Infrastructure and Operational Performance, Yarra Trams

Mr Mark Judd Manager, Innovation Select Solutions, Geomatic Technologies

Dr Rory Nathan Technical Director, Jacobs SKM

Mr Dean McIntyre Manager-Victoria, GHD

6 SENIOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Prof. Abbas Rajabifard, Head of Department Prof. Andrew Western, Deputy Head of Department & Chair, Research Committee Prof. Stephan Winter, Discipline Leader, Geomatics & Chair, Education Committee Assoc. Prof. Colin Duffield, Discipline Leader, Civil & Deputy Chair, Industry Engagement Committee Assoc. Prof. Michael Stewardson, Discipline Leader, Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources & Chair, Industry Engagement Committee

ACADEMIC STAFF (T&R AND RESEARCH ONLY)

Civil Environmental Hydrology Geomatics Assoc. Prof. Lu Aye & Water Resources Dr Susanne Bleisch Research Fellow (till Assoc. Prof. Helen Goldsworthy Dr Meenakshi Arora June 2014) Dr Felix Kin Peng Hui Dr Justin Costelloe (Senior Research Dr Benny (Yiqun) Chen (Research Fellow) Prof. Ian Johnston Fellow) Assoc. Prof. Matt Duckham Assoc. Prof. Nelson Lam Dr Siobhan De Little (Research Fellow) Dr Ida Jazayeri (Research Fellow) Dr Guillermo Narsilio Ms Eleanor Gee (Research Fellow) Dr Mohsen Kalantari Soltanieh Dr Tuan Ngo Dr Biju George (Senior Research Fellow Assoc. Prof. Allison Kealy Dr Rackel San Nicolas (Research Fellow) till July 2014) Ms Azadeh Keshtiarast Research( Assoc .Prof. Richard Tay (finished Dec.) Prof. Stanley Grant Assistant) Assoc. Prof. Russell Thompson Dr Avril Horne (Research Fellow) Dr Joseph Leach Dr Jonathan Phuong Tran (Research Prof. Hector Malano Prof. Kim Lowell Fellow) Dr Kim Miller (Research Fellow until Dr Myeonghun Jeong Dr Yi Yang (Research Fellow) October 2014) Mr Clifford Ogleby (Teaching Specialist) Dr Sam Yuen Assoc. Prof. Graham A Moore (Teaching Mr Rocco Panciera (Research Fellow) Dr Lihai Zhang Specialist) Dr Katie PottsResearch ( Fellow) Dr Massoud Sofi (Research Fellow) Dr Murray Peel (Future Fellow) Dr Nicole Ronald (Research Fellow) Dr Tim Peterson (Research Fellow) Dr Mihai Tanase (Research Fellow) Mr Robert Pipunic (Research Fellow) Dr Maria Vasardani (Research Fellow) Dr Dongryeol Ryu Mr Lionel Siriwardena (Research Fellow) EMERITUS PROFESSORS Dr Dominic Skinner (Research Fellow) Prof. Tom McMahon Dr Chun-Hsu Su (Research Fellow) Prof. Len Stevens Dr Angus Webb (Senior Research Fellow) Prof. Ian Williamson Dr Yongping Wei (Future Fellow) Mr Rodger Young (Technical Assistant) PROFESSORIAL FELLOWS SENIOR TUTORS Prof. Ian Bishop Dr Elisa Lumantarna Prof. Clive Fraser Dr Massoud Sofi Prof. Graham Hutchinson Mr Kenny Tan Prof. John Langford

PROFESSIONAL STAFF Mrs Rose Macey, Executive Assistant to Head of Department (until Dec 2014) Ms Eileen Doufas-Shea, Executive Assistant to the Head of Department (from Dec 2014) Ms Pauline Woolcock, Executive Assistant to Deputy Head of Department Ms Pamela Chew, Communications Officer Ms Bianca White, Teaching Liaison Officer Ms Leonie Elder, Teaching Liaison Officer Ms Corine Skey Nankoo, Personal Assistant, Australia China Centre on Water Resources Research Ms Chris Charman, Administration Assistant Ms Jenny Smith, Administration Assistant

7 Curriculum Review in that most were very incorporates subjects offered by the approving of the program and thus the Melbourne Business School. changes anticipated are more along The Department of Infrastructure the line of refinement and the inclusion Engineering, through the Education of some new content that will assist The Geomatics discipline streamlined Committee, undertook a review of young engineers’ transition into the its offerings, strengthening its the new Melbourne Model Masters workplace. programs, and the name ‘Geomatics’ degree and integrated positive ideas will be replaced with ‘Spatial’ from and feedback received in 2013 from 2015. industry and recent graduates. The 2014 also heralded the commencement survey and interviews conducted with of our new Master of Civil Engineering employers and graduates was pleasing (with Business) degree. This degree

Launch of the Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety (CDMPS)

Leveraging on the University of Melbourne’s partnership with IBM Australia since 2012 on the Australian Disaster Management Platform (ADMP), a decision was made to establish a focussed research hub to conduct multi-disciplinary research and training on disaster management and public safety.

L-R: Inspector David Williams, Professor Abbas Rajabifard, Detective Inspector Ged The Centre for Disaster Management Griffin, Mr Craig Lapsley, Mr Geoff Spring, and Mr Terry Hall at the launch of CDMPS. and Public Safety (CDMPS), which was launched on April 29, is under Justice, was showcased. the custody of the Department of Infrastructure Engineering. The event discussed trends, strategies An International Symposium on ‘Next and a vision for delivering a resilient Generation of Disaster Management future. Following the presentation on the new and Public Safety: Delivering a Resilient Centre, the outcomes of the Intelligent Future’ was held on 30 September and Disaster Decision Support System attracted over 120 participants and (IDDSS) project, a one-year project high-level international speakers from funded by the Victorian Department of industry, government and academia.

UAV Workshop Metropolitan Fire Brigade, provided useful inputs and lessons from field experiences. The Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety (CDMPS) hosted a workshop on 18 September with The workshop, which was coordinated an aim to open a dialogue among by Dr Dongryeol Ryu and Mr Cliff interested researchers at the Ogleby, had presentations on a wide University of Melbourne and industry range of UAV/RPAV applications partners in the area of UAVs and in disaster warning, rescue create synergies for potential research missions, general vegetation vigour and development opportunities. monitoring, bushfire fuel moisture mapping, precision agriculture and archaeological survey. A number of participants from various disciplines of the university and rel- Mr Cliff Ogleby and Dr Dongryeol Ryu at evant industry, such as the Melbourne the UAV workshop in September.

8 Geotechnical group loop ground heat exchangers to be used as heat extractors/ installed shallow injectors. geothermal system This project is a part of a large The Geotechnical Group shallow geothermal energy installed a 120kW shallow research and demonstration geothermal system at Elizabeth project undertaken by the Blackburn School of Science Department and funded by the (a new sub-science school of Victorian Government through University High School) fulfilling the Department of State around 75% of the school Development, Business and building’s heating and cooling Innovation (DSDBI). requirements. The underground Research assistant Riyan Aditya and PhD student Olga part of the system features 28 Mikhaylova during the installation of the system. 50-metre deep borehole double

Meeting with ICSM: The committee has recently launched a new 20-year Cadastre 2034 vision for land and property management, ‘Cadastre In May, the Department hosted 2034: Powering Land and Real an important meeting with the Property’, in which they have Intergovernmental Committee acknowledged our on Surveying and Mapping research on 3D land and (ICSM) with Surveyor-Generals property. This project is led of all Australian states and New by Prof. Abbas Rajabifard, Zealand in attendance here at with Chief Investigators Prof. Ian Williamson, Dr. Mohsen the University of Melbourne. PhD candidate Behnam Atazadeh presenting his progress Kalantari and Dr. Tuan Ngo. report to the committee at the meeting.

Prof. Abbas Rajabifard as a keynote speaker at the Third High- Level UN Forum on Global Geospatial Information (far left); the signing of an MOU for a joint-PhD program in water and environmental engineering with Tsinghua University.

Keynote Presentation at October. As part of this trip, Prof. program in water and environmental Rajabifard and Dr Yongping Wei engineering. High-Level UN Forum; made an academic visit to several Academic Visit to China universities in China. Several other Chinese universities Prof. Abbas Rajabifard delivered a expressed interest in collaborating keynote talk on disaster management The trip had several positive outcomes, with us for joint international at the 3rd High Level UN Forum one of which was the signing of a research and workshops on disaster on Global Geospatial Information memorandum of understanding with management starting in 2015. Management in Beijing in late Tsinghua University for a joint PhD

9 Prof. Abbas Rajabifard and Dr Yongping Wei visited Tsinghua University in October.

KEY OVERSEAS VISITS

APRIL SEPTEMBER Prof. Abbas Rajabifard participated in a senior delegation to Dr Lihai Zhang participated in the Victorian Week Trade Mis- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the annual IECHE (The International sion to China. Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education) featuring OCTOBER 75 workshops presented by leading academics from around Prof. Abbas Rajabifard and Dr Yongping Wei the world. visited several Chinese universities including Tsinghua University and Hohai University. They also visited the MAY Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, the Prof. Colin Duffield gave the keynote address at Hong Chinese Academy of Sciences, where both sides agreed to Kong’s Institute of Project Managements 2014 Annual develop collaborative research and training courses with Conference. the support from its CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation. A visit to the Ministry of Water Resources also yielded a JULY positive outcome with opportunities for a future Dr Sam Yuen gave the keynote address at the United international conference in collaboration with China. Nations University (UNU) workshop attended by delegates from 12 countries in the Asia region, held in Sri Lanka.

Prof. Colin Duffield led a team of specialists from Australia and Indonesia in an Australia Aid project to develop a new centre of excellence for Indonesian Infra- structure.

AUGUST Assoc. Prof. Russell Thompson participated as a Senior Academic in the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute Program on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems in Bogota, Columbia. A MOU for Jointly Awarded PhD Degree between the Department of Infrastructure Engineering and the Depart- ment of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, was signed in 2014.

10 EVENTS

Prof Stephan Winter Chairs Inaugural Research Stream of Locate Conference

Locate, a new regional conference relevant to the Geomatics discipline, took place on 7-9 April in Canberra. Locate was a bigger event than prior conferences, with two ministers opening the conference, a broad range of industries exhibiting, and five to six parallel streams of presentations. Part of Locate was Research@Locate, the academic research stream. Research@Locate was chaired by Geomatics Discipline Leader, Prof. Stephan Winter, together with Prof. Chris Rizos (University of New South Wales).

(L to R) Dr Tuan Ngo, Prof. Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Jonathan Tran and Mr Alireza Jamshidi at the 3D printing showcase.

3D Printing Showcase

The annual 2-day 3D printing showcase organised by the University of Melbourne attracted participants from more than 15 companies specialized in 3D-printing technologies and various research institutes in Victoria. Two research teams from IE led by Prof. Abbas Rajabifard, Prof. Priyan Mendis, Dr Tuan Ngo and Dr Jonathan Tran have demonstrated their work using 3D printing technology for land administration and structural applications.

Deputy Secretary, Transport at Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Mr Gary Liddle kicked off a new series of seminars led by industry experts.

New Seminars Series Led by Industry Experts Launched

To kick off a series of seminars led by industry experts, we had Mr Gary Liddle, Deputy Secretary, Transport at Depart- ment of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure, who is also the Deputy Chair of our Industry Advisory Group, talk about transport and sustainable cities relevant to the Depart- ment of Transport, Planning and Infrastructure (DTPLI). Gary is a Senior Executive in the transport industry and also the (L to R) IE academic staff Mr Cliff Ogleby, Dr Maria Vasardini immediate past CEO of VicRoads. and PhD candidate Sam Amirebrahimi at the Open Day. Open Day This series of seminars is a good opportunity for all staff and students to better understand our Industry and its activities.

We had another successful Open Day, coordinated by Maria Vasardini, Justin Costelloe, Tuan Ngo and Meenakshi Arora.

11 Prof. Priyan Mendis Prof. Stephan Winter Assoc. Prof. Colin Dr Guillermo A Dr Meenakshi Arora appointed to the ARC appointed to the ARC Duffield appointed to Narsilio appointed appointed as member College of Experts for a College of Experts the Board of ARC Future Fellow of NHMRC Fluoride three-year period com- for a three-year Infrastructure Reference Group – FRG mencing period commencing 1 Australia 1 January 2015 January 2015

Assoc. Prof. Matt Assoc. Prof. Rich- Dr Felix Kin Peng Hui Assoc. Prof. Rory Duckham promoted to ard Tay joined the joined the Depart- Nathan – new Industry Professor engineering management as a lecturer. Academic Staff ment team. He will member be teaching Market- ing Management for Engineers (finished Dec 2014)

Dr Katie Potts Dr Rackel San Nicolas Dr Myeonghun Jeong Ms Eleanor Gee Research Fellow Research Fellow Research Fellow Research Associate

12 (Left) Prof. Abbas Rajabifard at the conference. The Postgraduate Conference (above) was very successful and the forum (below) which featured a panel discussion was well-attended and received.

Postgraduate Conference 2014

The 2014 Postgraduate Conference was yet another successful one, designed and coordinated by Infrastructure Engineering postgraduate Society (GIES), and featured special guest speaker Emeritus Prof. Len Stevens. In attendance at a special panel session were Assoc. Prof. Geoff Sutherland, Dr Kein Gan, and Dr. Hamed Olfat . We would like to thank them for their participation.

13 STAFF AWARDS

Assoc. Prof. Graham Moore and Dr Tuan Ngo and his team (above) received Assoc. Prof. Nelson Lam (above) and the Defence Capability Improvement Award Mrs Rose Macey and Dr Justin Costel- for significant contribution in the Armoured loe (right) were presented with Staff Land Vehicle program, especially the work Recognition Awards in acknowledgment undertaken with the Thales Group on of their contribution to the Department. improving the blast and ballistic protection, structural optimisation and advanced Assoc. Prof. Nelson Lam and Dr Tuan composite materials for the Bushmasters and Ngo were both honoured for their the new Hawkei military vehicles. The team outstanding contribution to teaching and also received renewed funding till 2018. learning. Professor Ian Williamson Emeritus Professor Tom McMahon was inducted into AM (below) was awarded Engineers Australia’s “Hall of Fame”, an honour which Professor Emeritus. recognises his outstanding and lasting contributions to the This award recognises water engineering profession in Australia. many years of valuable service by distinguished Professors who have retired but are still active at the University .

The Intelligent Disaster Decision Support Project won the Judges’ Commendation Award on 22 September at the 2014 Resilient Australia Awards organised by the Attorney-General’s Department, Emergency Management Australia. The award was presented by Hon. Wade Noonan, the Victorian Minister for Police. The IDDSS team led by Prof. Abbas Rajabifard is comprised of Prof. Priyan Mendis, Dr Tuan Ngo, Dr Mohsen Kalantari, Dr Benny Chen, Dr Katie Potts, Assoc. Prof. Russell Thompson, Mr Sam Amirebrahimi, Mr Alireza Kashian, Mr James Hung and Mr Farzad Alamdara. Senior advisers to the team also included Mr Ged Griffin, Mr David Williams, Mr Geoff Spring and Mr Jan Wandek.

14 ARC-LINKAGE PROJECT AWARDS THORNTON-SMITH MEDAL

Dr Tuan Ngo and Prof. Priyan Mendis - An Innovative light weight composite panel system for high speed modular construction.

Prof. Andrew Western, Dr Dongryeol Ryu and Dr Angus Webb - Predicting water quality at the catchment scale: learning from two decades of monitoring.

Prof Abbas Rajabifard and Assoc Prof Russell Thompson for a project led by Monash University ,aiming to provide tools for determining the most cost-efficient schedule of preventative strengthening works for road networks for reducing disruption and recovery costs after extreme events. Dr John Dawson awarded Thornton Smith Medal by the Department of Infrastructure Engineering GRANTS & FUNDING Dr John Dawson completed a Bachelor of Surveying (Hons) Dr Angus Webb led a team that secured a large fund and Bachelor of Science in 1994 at the University of Mel- from the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, bourne. with co-contributions from the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries and the Victorian Having developed a strong interest in satellite geodesy, John Environmental Water Holder, to monitor and evaluate then completed a Master of Geomatics Science undertaking the effects of Basin Plan environmental flows on the some of the earliest GPS measurements of glacial motion in Goulburn River. Antarctica. His PhD research, undertaken at the Australian National University, was the first to observe and characterise Dr Lihai Zhang was awarded the AOTrauma Asia Pacific Australian earthquakes from space and used satellite radar Research Grant in 2014. This grants will support the interferometry. investigation of ‘The effects of dynamic locking screws on early stage of one fracture healing’ from 2014 to 2015 John now leads the Geodesy Program at Geoscience through mechanical testing and computational modelling Australia and in this role is responsible for the Australian in the University of Melbourne. Government’s GNSS and Satellite Laser Ranging observatories in Australia, Antarctica and the South Pacific as well as Assoc. Prof. Colin Duffield was awarded the Australia’s contribution to the International geodetic ANZSOG grant with Monash and Carsten Greve from the services including the International GNSS Service. John is the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark to Program Manager of Positioning within the CRC for Spatial research ‘Governing Public-Private Partnerships: Information. His main research interests are in GNSS and After the ribbon cutting, then what?’ satellite radar interferometry, precision engineering surveys, legal metrology and the geodetic analysis of earthquakes and volcanoes. Dr Jonathan Tran was awarded a University of Mel- bourne’s Early Career Research Grant from the School to develop a new generation of lightweight and smart John is chair of the Permanent Committee on Geodesy, which materials to better resist extreme loadings ion critical is responsible for Australia’s datum and its modernisation infrastructure. over the coming years. John continues to be an influential geodesist internationally having conceived and led the Asia- Pacific Reference Frame initiative through the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific.

15 STUDENT AWARDS

PhD Candidate Sam Amirebrahimi was awarded an IBM fellowship.

The Class of 1948 presenting the 2014 Sir Louis Matheson Prize to RHD Candidate, Ryan Hoult. (left to right: John Mann, Trev- or Horwood, Colin Duffield, Bill Brake, Ryan Hoult, Tom Russell, Bruce Addis, Jack Emmins, Roy Hardcastle and Bob Turner.

ENDEAVOUR AWARDS

Amir Orangi (above with MSE Dean Prof. Iven Mareels) received Dean’s Honours and the 2013 Norman Westmore Memorial Prize, awarded for best research project.

John Freimanis and Oltan Yemez’s Master’s project ‘Design and Implementation of a Shaking Table Experimental Program’ was awarded a prize from the Victorian Branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers 1st Place: Bio-Inspired Composite Structure to Resist Blast and Impact Loadings RHD candidate Saeed Miramini won an (above from left) Steven John Linforth,Qiao Zhang and Phillip oral presentation award at the Australian Jose, with Assoc. Prof. Colin Duffield Biomedical Engineering Conference in Canberra. 2nd Place: Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Foamed Fly Ash Geopolymer Concrete (Sunday Costa, Ryan Francis Marsden-Smith, Floyd Ian West- man)

3rd Place: Investigating the Effects of Victoria’s Floods in 2011/2012 on The Road Network. (Rebecca Ann Howie, Alex Le, Nicholas Gerard Oude-Vrielink)

16 Left to right: Dr Adam Smith, Prof. Andrew Western, Dr Katie Potts, Prof. Abbas Rajabifard, Prof. Ian Johnston, Dr Stuart Colls and Dr Guillermo Narsilio

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETIONS (17 PHDS + 2 MPHILS)

Adam Smith (Prof. Andrew Western) Raymond Lumantarna (Prof. Priyan Mendis) Andrew Paul Smith (Prof. Andrew Western) Marzieh Reisi Varzaneh (Assoc. Prof. Lu Aye, Prof. Abbas Chun Keith Chan (MPhil) (Prof. Stephan Winter) Rajabifard) Grant Hausler (Dr Phil Collier) Tshewang Lhendup (Assoc. Prof. Lu Aye) Hossein Agheshlui (Assoc. Prof. Helen Goldsworthy) Wesley He (MPhil) (Assoc. Prof. Nelson Lam) Damith Jayasekara Mohotti (Dr Tuan Ngo) Yuan Li (Dr Dongryeol Ryu) Katie Potts (Prof. Abbas Rajabifard) Shabnam Saffarpour (Prof. Andrew Western) Maryam Varmazyar (Dr Nick Haritos) Asal Bidarmaghz (Dr Guillermo Narsilio) Myeong Hun Jeong (Assoc. Prof. Matt Duckham) Muneeb Ali (Assoc. Prof. Nelson Lam)

17 Bamford Rock Testing Services Partnership A significant step has been made in formalising the partnership between Bamford Rock Testing Services (BRTS) and the Department of Infrastructure Engineering. The collaboration includes: access to BRTS facilities for University of Melbourne students; development of a unified capability statement; mechanisms to utilise University of Melbourne facilities by BRTS; potential involvement in maintenance and ongoing operation of University of Melbourne research equipment; and supervision and mentorship.

Water Resource and Freshwater Ecosystem Management Assoc Prof Mike Stewardson was hosted by the Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour L’environnement et L’agriculture (IRSTEA), a government research institute with the local group focused on water resource and freshwater ecosystem management.

Research investigating critical aquatic habitat and Developments in remote sensing research connectivity in Diamantina River catchment New developments in remote sensing research led by Dr Dr Justin Costelloe is commenced a three-year project with Dongreol Ryu and for the 2014 growing season, UAV-borne field the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and campaigns are scheduled to capture unique aerial snapshots Natural Resources investigating critical aquatic habitat and in the phenological cycles of crops/pasture at the University of connectivity in the Diamantina River catchment of northern Melbourne’s Dookie research farm. South Australia funded by Commonwealth Government ‘Caring for our Country’ Biodiversity Scheme.

Blue Print for Regional Water Productivity The aim was to set an agenda for water productivity improvement and was developed with the help of a variety of partners in the water industry and significant input from people from across the Department of Infrastructure Lab improvements making good progress Engineering. The Blue Print was launched by The Hon Greg Improvements to labs within the Department made good prog- Hunt (right), Minister for The ress in 2014, especially with the wet labs and soil labs. Environment, on 11 June.

18 NEW GRANTS

Urban Futures – Mobility. Carlton Connect Initiatives Fund, Optimising seasonal decisions for environmental water use. Stephan Winter, Nicole Ronald, Chris Manzie, Chris Leckie, ARC, LP13 LP130100174 2014-2016. M. Stewardson, N. Boland, Russell Thompson, Iven Mareels, Robin Evans, Abbas Rajabifard, J. Davis, B. Farquharson, M. Banister, P. Lay, N. Saitilan, T. Richard Sinnott, 2014-2015 Wilson, A. Horne, M. Jensz, A. Lucas, B, Johnson.

The effects of dynamic locking screws on early stage of bone Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC: pre-disaster multihazard fracture healing, AOTrauma Asia Pacific, L. Zhang, M. Richard- damage and economic loss estimation model. Abbas Rajabifard, son, M. Pirpiris, 2014-2015. Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Nelson Lam, Mohsen Kalantari, Prasad Bhatta, Dr Peeranan Towashiraporn, 2014-2017 The Influence of bone-plate distance on the mechanical flexibility of the Locking compression plate fixations, Synthes Australia Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC: natural hazard exposure Pty Ltd, L. Zhang, 2014-2015. information modelling framework. Dr Krishna Nadimpalli, Valdis Juskevics, Abbas Rajabifard, Mohsen Kalantari, Yogi Vidyattama, 2014-2017 The influence of flexible fixation on osteoporotic bone fracture healing, The Pierce Armstrong Trust, L. Zhang, 2015-2016. Planning and managing road transport systems for extreme events through spatial enablement. Sarvi, M., Rajabifard, A., Monitor and evaluate the effects of Basin Plan environmental Fireder, S., Thompson, RG., Miller-Hooks, E., Wall, AR., Leighton, flows on the Goulburn River, funded by the Commonwealth A. ARC Linkage Project, 2014-2017. Government, A Webb

An innovative light weight composite panel system for high Successful first round AIC Small Project Fund Proposal – Prof Lu speed modular construction, ARC Linkage Project LP140100504, Aye, Prof Graham Moore and PhD candidate Arie Rahmadi T. Ngo, H. Hao, J.Torero, P. Mendis, 2015-2018

Predicting water quality at the catchment scale: learning from Integrated Carbon Metrics, CRC Low Carbon Living, T. Ngo, T. two decades of monitoring, ARC Linkage Project LP140100495, Wieldmann, 2014-2018 A Western, D Ryu, J Webb, P Leahy, S Schreiber, M Watson, D Waters, R Goudy Precinct Information Model, CRC Low Carbon Living, T. Ngo, L. Aye, J. Plume, 2014-2017 Water availability outlook pilot research project, Bureau of Meteorology and Carlton Connect Initiative Funds, A Western, R Argent, B George, M Ayre, R Nettle, K Dassanayake, K Perera, Visions and Pathways 2050, CRC Low Carbon Living, C. Ryan, T. P Pickering Ngo, 2014-2018

Developing a long-term satellite soil moisture record for model Envision Scenario Planner, CRC SI & AURIN, T. Ngo, 2014-2015 evaluation, The University of Melbourne MRO Early Career Researcher Grant, Chun-Hsu Su, 2015 3D Volumetric Module for Visualising Urban Data, AURIN, T. Ngo, 2014-2015 Elizabeth and Frederick White Conference on Mining Data for Detection & Prediction of Failure in Geomaterials, Australian Integrated Urban Infrastructure Modelling Platform, AURIN, T. Academy of Science, White Conference 2015, A. Tordesillas and Ngo, 2014-2015 G. Narsilio, 2015

Resilience of Road Infrastructure, CRC Bushfires and Natural Direct geothermal energy: harnessing an emerging technology, Hazards, S. Sujeeva, P. Mendis, T.Ngo, 2014-2018 Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship FT140100227, G. Narsilio, 2014-2018 Decentralized Water Systems and its interactions with existing Infrastructure People and the Environment, VESKI Direct geothermal energy: harnessing an emerging technology, Victorian Innovation Fellowships awarded by Victorian State The University of Melbourne FT 2014 Establishment Grant, G. Government, Arora, M. 2014 Narsilio, 2014

19 ONGOING GRANTS

Automated groundwater level mapping: a tool for catchment scale Pre-disaster Multi-Hazard Damage and Economic Loss Estimation estimation of aquifer storage changes, fluxes and hydrogeological Model. Abbas Rajabifard, Nelson Lam, Mohsen Kalantari, Serryn properties, ARC Linkage Project L P130100958, A Western, A Frost, E Eagleson in collaboration with Deakin University and Asian Disaster Carrara, X Cheng, C McAuley, 2013-2016 Preparedness Centre, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2014-2016

A New-Generation Flood Forecasting System Using Observations from Collapse Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Regions Space, ARC Linkage Project LP110200520, A Western, D Ryu, J Walker, of Lower Seismicity. Nelson Lam – Discovery Project DP140103350, S Sooriyakumaran, C Leahy, W Crow, QJ Wong, D Robinson, L Renzullo, Australian Research Council (ARC), Non-lead grant with Swinburne 2011-2015 University of Technology, 2014-2016

An Integrated Investigation of Nutrient Generation and Delivery Direct Geothermal Energy Pilot Demonstration Projects for Victoria, Processes and Pathways from Paddock to Small Catchment Scales, Victorian Government Department of State Development, Business ARC Discovery Project, A Western, M Grace, R White, J McDonnell, and Innovation (DSDBI), Energy Technology Innovation Strategy: 2009-2014 Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration (SEPD) Program 2012, I. Johnston, G.A. Narsilio and others, 2012-2016 Impact of Bushfires and Land Use Changes on Seasonal Stream Flows for Real-time Forecasting, Li, CSIRO Student Agreement, D Ryu, A The role of turbulence in transporting waterborne material within Western, D Robinson, QJ Wang, 2010-2014 streambed sediments and across the sediment-water interface. S. Grant, M. Stewardson, K. Chauhan, ARC, DP13, 2013-2015 Hydrologic modelling for a changing world, ARC Future Fellowship FT120100130, M.C. Peel, 2012-2016. Advanced Protective Armour, Defence Material Technology Centre (DMTC), Tuan Ngo and Priyan Mendis, 2009-2015 Impacts of climate change and watershed development on whole-of- basin agricultural water security in the Krishna and Murray-Darling Energy Technology Innovation Strategy: Sustainable Energy Pilot Basins. ACIAR Project LWR/2007/113. H. Malano, B. Davidson, D Ryu. Demonstration (SEPD) Program. Direct Geothermal Energy Pilot Demonstration Project for Victoria. Department of Primary Industry, International workshop on adaptation of water resources manage- I. Johnston, G. Narsilio and Others, 2012-2016 ment to climate change. H. Malano & B Maheshwari. ACIAR Project No C2014-001 Impact of Bushfires and Land Use Changes on Seasonal Stream Flows for Real-time Forecasting, Li, CSIRO Student Agreement, Ryu, Western, Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Robinson, Wang, 2010-2014 Earthquake Risk. Nelson Lam and Helen Goldsworthy in collaboration with University of Adelaide (leading), Swinburne University of Integrating Mobility on Demand in Urban Transport Infrastructures. Technology and Geoscience Australia, Bushfire and Natural Hazards ARC Linkage Project, Winter, Duffield, Kulik, Kotagiri, CRC, 2014-2020 Thompson, Wallace, Savelsbergh with industry partners Public Transport Victoria, VicRoads, Yarra Trams, Royal Automobile Club iMoD – Integrating Mobility on Demand in Urban Transport Victoria, and Haasz Technology, 2012-2014 Infrastructures, ARC Linkage Project LP120200130, Stephan Winter, Colin Duffield, Lars Kulik, Rao Kotagiri, Russell Thompson, Mark Land and Property Information in 3D, ARC Linkage Project, Abbas Wallace, 2012-2015 (extended) Rajabifard, Ian Williamson, Tuan Ngo with industry partners Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure, Victoria, Fork safely – Improving safety of ordinary forklifts by automating Land and Property Management Authority, NSW, task-specific operations, ARC Linkage Project LP130100113, Denny Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping, PSMA Oetomo, Allison Kealy, Murray Cox, Tom Drummond, Wai Ho Li, Iven Australia Limited, Alexander Symonds Surveying Consultants, Fender Mareels, Stephan Winter, 2013-2017 Katsalidis Architects, Strata Community Australia, The AAM Group, 2012-2015

From Environmental Monitoring to Management: Extracting Knowledge About Environmental Events from Sensor Data. ARC Prefabricated reusable building modules: reducing building life cycle Discovery Project DP12010072, Duckham, Kealy, Richter, Winter, environmental impacts, ARC Linkage Projects, Lu Aye, Tuan Ngo and Kininmonth, Klippel, Laube, Lyon, Medyckyj-Scott, Wark, 2012-2015 Priyan Mendis, 2010 – 2014

20 ONGOING GRANTS

Winter, Duckham, Baldwin, Kealy, Cavedon, Stirling, Rajabifard, Constructing and testing a multi-dimensional framework to assess Richter, 2010–2014 and plan urban growth, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute Seed Funding Scheme, Arora, Malano, Duffield, Sposito, March, Rajabifard, Yoshihisa, 2013-2014 Towards Operational Monitoring of Key Climate Parameters for Synthetic Aperture Radar. ARC Super Science Fellowship FS100100040, Lowell, with Walker, Milne, Hacker, 2011-13 (ex- Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building tended to April 2014) Related Earthquake Risk. Nelson Lam and Helen Goldsworthy in collaboration with University of Adelaide (leading), Swinburne University of Technology and Geoscience Australia, ‘Transit for All’, Research Program on Station Design and Access Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2014-2020 Planning. University of Melbourne ‘Carlton Connect’ grant, led by C Hale. Project partners include: PTV, Vic Roads, Metro Trains Melbourne, City of Darebin, City of Yarra, City of Moreland, City Decentralised Water Systems and its interactions with existing of Hobsons Bay, Grimshaw Architects, Caldis Cook Group, Cox Infrastructure People and the Environment (VESKI architects, MGS architects, 2013-2014 Victorian Innovation Fellowships) awarded by VESKI, Arora, 2013- 2014

Understanding Cultural and Ecological Triggers for Policies against Water Catchment Degradation (Discovery Projects), awarded by Development of Efficient, Robust and Architecturally-flexible Australian Research Council, Yongping Wei, 2012-2015 Structural Systems using Innovative Blind-bolted Connections, ARC Linkage Project LP110200511, H. Goldsworthy, E. Gad, B. Uy and S. Fernando, 2012-2015 Alternate Materials and Manufacturing for Next Generation Ar- moured Vehicles, Defence Material Technology Centre (DMTC), Tuan Ngo, Phuong Tran and Priyan Mendis, 2013-2014 Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE): Low energy options for making water from waste water; US National Science Foundation (NSF). S Grant, A. AghaKouchak, R. Ambrose, P. Application of Environmental Offsets for Treated Wastewater Bowler, B. Cooper, R. Detwiler, S. Elghobashi, D. Feldman, S. Jiang, Discharges and the Development of a Framework for the Victorian L. Kohne, R. Lejano, L. Levin, L. Riley, M. McBride, M. Prather, J.D. Water Industry, Carlton Connect Initiatives Fund awarded by the Saphores, D. Rosso, B. Sanders, A. Sengupta, E. Stein, M. Sutula, W. University of Melbourne, Kellar, Allinson, Arora, Long, Pettigrove, Tang, L. Treseder, J. Vrugt, R. Brown, P. Cook, A. Deletic, T. Fletcher, Grant, 2013-2014 A. Hamilton, I. Marusic, D. McCarthy, D. Ryu, M. Stewardson, A. Western, 2011-2016 Australia China Research Centre on River Basin Management (Water Resources and Water Quality, Australia China A holistic integrated design approach for building envelopes incor- Science & Research Joint Research Centre) awarded by porating sustainability, security and safety, ARC Linkage Project Department of Industry Innovation, Science, Research & Tertiary LP110100429, L. Aye, T. Ngo, 2012-2015 Education, Yongping Wei, 2013-2014

Bridging the gap between cartilage biology and osteoarthritis risk Automated groundwater level mapping: a tool for catchment scale prediction, NHMRC Project Grant APP1051538, Gardiner, D. Smith, estimation of aquifer storage changes, fluxes and hydrogeological L. Zhang, A. Grodzinsky, D. Lloyd, T. Besier, 2013-2015. properties, ARC Linkage Project, Western, Frost, Carrara, Cheng, McAuley, 2013-2016

Better Water Management Through More Focus on Ecological and Social Sciences (Future Fellowships) Awarded by Australian Research council, Yongping Wei, 2013-2018

Collapse Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Regions of Lower Seismicity. Nelson Lam – Discovery Project DP140103350, Australian Research Council (ARC), Non-lead grant with Swinburne University of Technology, 2014-2016

21 THE CENTRE FOR SDIS & LAND ADMINISTRATION (CSDILA)

DIRECTOR: PROF. ABBAS RAJABIFARD ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: DR MOHSEN KALANTARI

Established in 2001, CSDILA provides the promotion of networking linkages and keynote addresses in 2014, particularly a focus for research in spatial data research opportunities between the Cen- to the Third High Level Forum on Global infrastructures (SDIs), spatial enablement tre researchers and their own institutions Geospatial Information Management and land administration by building and contact networks. held by the UN-GGIM in China. The UN’s on ongoing research relationships and recognition of the Centre’s standing in creating new links through extended the realm of SDI and Land Administration collaboration at both national and The Centre has gone from strength to research is testament to the high-quality international levels. strength in the last year. The Centre and research carried out here. its members had a busy year hosting visitors and also contributing in seminars The activities of the Centre are based and conferences overseas in its bid to A delegation from Ethiopia also visited on a three-pillared approach: the facilitate the sharing of information the Centre for a benchmarking visit. The development of a Research Program; a among progressive industry experts team from Addis Ababa University visited focused Postgraduate Training Program; and academics, and also to highlight the Australia with the support of the Ethiopian and facilitated knowledge transfer achievements of the Centre. In total, government with the aim of learning including a Visiting Program. Research in Centre members made 12 visits around how to set up a research centre similar to the Centre is conducted by staff members the world in 2014 and hosted 12 individual CSDILA. of the University of Melbourne, research researchers from different countries and fellows, honorary affiliated national four delegations from China, Malaysia, and international members, research and Ethiopia. The visiting program The Centre has been, and remains at the higher degree students associated with continues to be a successful initiative forefront, in the development of spatial the Centre, and international academic for the Centre, facilitating the cross- enablement, SDI and land administration visitors and collaborators. pollination of ideas for better research systems that facilitate decision making and training. within the context of sustainable development objectives at local, state, national The Centre’s Advisory Board comprises and multi-national levels. distinguished Australian and overseas Highlights for the Centre include a leaders in spatial science and related nomination at the Victorian Spatial technologies from academia and industry. Excellence Awards for the IDDSS project Meetings, reports and information dis- and receiving the Judges’ Commendation semination ensure that the Advisory Award for Education and Research at the Board members are informed of the Resilient Australia Awards. Director of the research achievements and directions. Centre, Prof. Abbas Rajabifard also had Advisory Board members also encourage the honour of being invited to deliver six

The Australia-China Joint Research Centre on In 2014, activities and achievements to note AUSTRALIA- River Basin Management (Water Resources and include: Water Quality) builds on the existing Australia- Dr Yongping awarded an ARC Future Fellow Fel- China Centre on Water Resources Research lowship of $609,306 ARC funding for 4 years. CHINA JOINT (ACCWRR).The Australia-China Centre on Water The International River Basin Management Resources Research (ACCWRR) was launched course (ENEN90037) - the first official RESEARCH in 2006 at the University of Melbourne, postgraduate C-campus course taught by staff facilitated by the Australian Department of from the University of Melbourne and Tsinghua Innovation, Industry, Science and Research CENTRE ON University. The subject involved one week of (DIISR), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) lectures and tutorials and one week of field and the Ministry of Science and Technology of RIVER BASIN work in the Yellow River in China. China (MOST). Prof Peter Scales and Dr David Lewis were in- The Centre’s chief objective was to link water MANAGEMENT vited to participate in the Chinese Hydraulic En- researchers, policy-makers, managers, tech- gineering Society’s annual conference in Tianjin nology providers and users in a constructive in October. exchange, addressing the common challenge of water scarcity facing Australia and China.

22 CENTRE FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

DIRECTOR: PROF. ABBAS RAJABIFARD

The Centre for Disaster Management They are: The Centre held an International and Public Safety (CDMPS) is a • Conduct world-recognised research Symposium on 30 September 2014 at research centre established at the into disaster/emergency management the University of Melbourne. The event University of Melbourne focused on and public safety coincided with the launch of the Centre’s conducting multi-disciplinary research new research lab, which is located in the • Encourage collaborative research proj- and training on disaster management Walter Boas building on campus, and ects with state and federal governments and public safety both nationally and offers a space for students, researchers, in Australia, the private sector, and lead- internationally. and industry to collaborate and come ing overseas university stakeholders together to advance their knowledge in • Create an open-standards initiative to the field of disaster management and Research at CDMPS focuses on themes develop interoperability architecture to public safety. associated with preparing for, respond- test and develop models on multi-hazard ing to, recovering from, and mitigating disasters against incidents across the all-hazards The research symposium, ‘Delivering a • Disseminate research findings through spectrum of emergency/disaster man- Resilient Future: The Next Generation of academic publications, seminars, agement. Disaster Management and Public Safety’ conferences and scholarly interchange attracted over 120 participants from • Develop and enhance the knowledge industry, academia and government. Excellent Research is a critical base and research capabilities in component of CDMPS’s drive to emergency/disaster management understand and improve public safety. through research, training and specific The Centre also had its first advisory One of the key objectives of the research initiatives such as workshops, symposia meeting in October and is working program is to use a multi-disciplinary and conferences towards further collaboration with approach to create a knowledge base researchers, both national and that can be used to support further • Conduct short training programs in the international, in the realm of disaster research activity, training and education fields of emergency/disaster manage- management and public safety. programs. ment especially at the executive level for government agencies (both Australian and international), private sector bodies Through consultation with key stake- and other interested groups holders and an analysis and review of • Develop and implement a Masters studies conducted on major disasters, six level course for disaster management key priority areas have been identified. and public safety.

CDMPS Launch: RHDs L-R: Farhad Laylavi, Alireza CDMPS Launch: RHDs L-R: Bob Jensen, Ray Canter- International Symposium, 30 September 2014 Kashian, Arash Kaviani, Sam Amirebrahimi ford, Abbas Rajabifard

23 A1 AUTHORED RESEARCH BOOKS Singh, R., Maheshwari, B., & Malano, H. M. (2014). Securing Water Richter, K. F., & Winter, S. (2014). Landmarks: GIScience for Intelligent Supply in Western Sydney: An Analysis of Water Use, Demand and Services (1 ed.). CH: Springer International Publishing. Availability in the South Creek Catchment. In B. Maheshwari, R. Purohit, H. Malano, V. P. Singh, & P. Amerasinghe (Eds.), The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Op- A2 EDITED BOOKS portunities for Peri-Urban Futures (1 ed., pp. 121-136). NL: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6_10 Maheshwari, B., Purohit, R., Malano, H. M., Singh, V. P., & Amerasing- he, P. (Eds.) (2014). The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability Taniguchi, E., & Thompson, R. G. (2014). Future Perspectives on Urban of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures (1 ed.). Freight Transport. In E. Taniguchi, T. F. Fwa, & R. G. Thompson (Eds.), NL: Springer. Urban Transportation and Logistics: Health, Safety, and Security Con-

cerns (1 ed., pp. 255-260). US (Florida): CRC Press. Taniguchi, E., Fwa, T. F., & Thompson, R. G. (Eds.) (2014). Urban Trans-

portation and Logistics: Health, Safety, and Security Concerns (1 ed.). Taniguchi, E., Thompson, R. G., & Yamada, T. (2014). Concepts and Vi- US (Florida): CRC Press. sions for Urban Transport and Logistics Relating to Human Security. In E. Taniguchi, T. F. Fwa, & R. G. Thompson (Eds.), Urban Transportation Worrell, E., & Reuter, M. A. (Eds.) (2014). Handbook of Recycling: and Logistics: Health, Safety, and Security Concerns (1 ed., pp. 1-30). State-of-the-art for Practitioners, Analysts, and Scientists (1 ed.). NL US (Florida): CRC Press. (Amsterdam): Elsevier.

Thompson, R. G. (2014). Healthy Transport. In E. Taniguchi, T. F. Fwa, & R. G. Thompson (Eds.), Urban Transportation and Logistics: Health, B1 RESEARCH BOOK CHAPTERS Safety, and Security Concerns (1 ed., pp. 53-76). US (Florida): CRC Aye, L., Nawarathna, B. N., George, B. A., Puthravilakom Sadasivan Press. Nair, S., & Malano, H. M. (2014). Greenhouse Gas Emissions of De- centralised Water Supply Strategies in Peri-urban Areas of Sydney. In Uno, N., Oshima, Y., & Thompson, R. G. (2014). Road Safety. In E. Tani- B. Maheshwari, R. Purohit, H. Malano, V. P. Singh, & P. Amerasinghe guchi, T. F. Fwa, & R. G. Thompson (Eds.), Urban Transportation and (Eds.), The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: Logistics: Health, Safety, and Security Concerns (1 ed., pp. 123-166). Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures (1 ed., pp. 355- US (Florida): CRC Press. 363). NL: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6_27 van Schaik, A., & Reuter, M. A. (2014). Material-Centric (Aluminum Bernal, S. A., Bilek, V., Criado, M., Fernández-Jiménez, A., Kavalerova, and Copper) and Product-Centric (Cars, WEEE, TV, Lamps, Batter- E., Krivenko, P. V., . . . Puertas, F. (2014). Durability and Testing - Degra- ies, Catalysts) Recycling and DfR Rules. In E. Worrell, & M. A. Reuter dation via Mass Transport. In J. L. Provis, & J. S. L. van Deventer (Eds.), (Eds.), Handbook of Recycling: State-of-the-art for Practitioners, Alkali Activated Materials:State-of-the-Art Report, RILEM TC 224-AAM Analysts, and Scientists (1 ed., pp. 307-378). NL (Amsterdam): Elsevier. (1 ed., pp. 223-276). NL: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7672-2_9 doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-396459-5.00022-2

Davidson, A. B., Malano, H. M., Hellegers, P., George, B. A., & Worrell, E., & Reuter, M. A. (2014). Definitions and Terminology. In E. Nawarathna, B. (2014). Valuing the Water Used in Peri-urban Regions Worrell, & M. A. Reuter (Eds.), Handbook of Recycling: State-of-the- of Hyderabad, India and in Western Sydney, Australia. In B. Mahesh- art for Practitioners, Analysts, and Scientists (1 ed., pp. 9-16). NL (Am- wari, R. Purohit, H. Malano, V. P. Singh, & P. Amerasinghe (Eds.), The sterdam): Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-396459-5.00002-7 Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures (1 ed., pp. 463-474). NL: Worrell, E., & Reuter, M. A. (2014). Recycling: A Key Factor for Re- Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6_35 source Efficiency. In E. Worrell, & M. A. Reuter (Eds.), Handbook of Recycling: State-of-the-art for Practitioners, Analysts, and Scientists LAI, J., Zhang, L., Duffield, C. F., & Aye, L. (2014). Risk Appraisal in (1 ed., pp. 3-8). NL (Amsterdam): Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12- Engineering Infrastructure Projects: Examination of Project Risks 396459-5.00001-5 Using Probabilistic Analysis. In H. K. Kim, S. I. Ao, & M. A. Amouzegar (Eds.), Transactions on Engineering Technologies (1 ed., pp. 687-701). NL (Dordrecht): Springer Science+Business Media. doi:10.1007/978- 94-017-9115-1_50 C1 JOURNAL ARTICLES REFEREED Acreman, M., Arthington, A. H., Colloff, M. J., Couch, C., Cross- Malano, H. M., Arora, M., & RATHNAYAKA, K. (2014). Integrated Water man, N. D., Dyer, F., . . . Young, W. (2014). Environmental flows for Cycle Modelling of the Urban/Peri-urban Continuum. In B. Mahesh- natural, hybrid, and novel riverine ecosystems in a changing world. wari, R. Purohit, H. Malano, V. P. Singh, & P. Amerasinghe (Eds.), The FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 12(8), 466-473. Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities (1 ed., pp. 11- doi:10.1890/130134 26). NL (Dordrecht): Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6_2 Adams, R., Arafat, Y., Eate, V., Grace, M. R., Saffarpour, S., Weatherley, Malano, H. M., Maheshwari, B., Singh, V. P., Purohit, R., & Ameras- A. J., . . . Western, A. W. (2014). A catchment study of sources and inghe, P. (2014). Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-urban Futures. sinks of nutrients and sediments in south-east Australia. Journal of In B. Maheshwari, R. Purohit, H. Malano, V. P. Singh, & P. Amerasinghe Hydrology, 515, 166-179. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.04.034 (Eds.), The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures (1 ed., pp. 3-10). Agunbiade, M., Rajabifard, A., & Bennett, R. (2014). Land administra- NL: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6_1 tion for housing production: An approach for assessment. Land Use Policy, 38, 366-377. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.12.005

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29 JAN APRIL Chinese Delegation June 30: Mr Ran Gao (Tsinghua University, China) Dr Megan Rippy (University of California, Mr Kaighin McColl (Massachusetts Institute of Irvine (UCI), USA) Mr. Xu Jianzhong (Emergency Management Technology (MIT), USA) Mr Theodor Wolff (Technische Universität Office of the People’s Government of the Dr Andrew Mehring (University of California, Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany) Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) San Diego (UCSD), USA) Mr. Zhao Suojun (Emergency Management Office of the People’s Government of Liuzhou Prof. Xiaohu Zhang (National University of MAY Defense Technology (NUDT), China) City) Mr Aniruddha Baral (Indian Institute of Tech- Mr. Pei Jun (Emergency Management Office of nology (IIT) Kanpur, India) the People’s Government of Guilin City) FEB Dr Guo Cheng (National University of Defense Mr. Li Xiaobo (Emergency Management Office Prof. Eil Kwon (University of Minnesota, USA) Technology (NUDT), China) of the People’s Government of Wuzhou City) Mr Aditya Nigam (Indian Institute of Technol- Mr. Wu Shanwei (Emergency Management Of- ogy (IIT) Kanpur, India) fice of the People’s Government of Fangcheng- MARCH Dr Arbind Man Tuladhar (University of Dr Roser Casas-Mulet (Norwegian University gang City) Twente, the Netherlands) of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway) Mr. Tang Weimin (Emergency Management Of- 15 undergraduate students and academics Dr Caixia Jiao (Nanjing University of Informa- fice of the People’s Government of Baise City) from the Department of Civil and Architec- tion Science and Technology (NUIST), China) Mr. Li Chengrong (Emergency Management Of- tural Engineering from the City University of Ms Kathleen Low (University of California, fice of the People’s Government of Hechi City) Hong Kong visited our department on 22 May Irvine (UCI), USA) Mr. Liao Shuangjian (Emergency Management Dr Zhiqiang Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sci- Office of the People’s Government of Laibin ences, China) JUNE City) Dr Guanghui Zheng (Nanjing University of Ms Morvarid Azizian (University of California, Mr. Wu Shizhong (General Office of the Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Irvine (UCI), USA) People’s Government of the Guangxi Zhuang China) Dr Guo Cheng (National University of Defense Autonomous Region) Technology (NUDT), China) Mr. Chen Di (Education Department of the Chinese Delegation 7 March: Ms Deshuang Li Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Prof Zhongjing Wang, Vice Dean School of A/Prof Gen Tian (Henan Polytechnic University, Mr. Dong Boqing (Emergency Management Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University and China) Office of Health Department of the Guangxi a delegation of nine from Tsinghua and Gansu Zhuang Autonomous Region) inland river authorities visited the University Mr. Li Yuquan (Department of Land and of Melbourne, in particular the Australia- Resources of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous China Joint Research Centre on River Basin Region) Management. Mr. Li Haobing (Oceanic Administration of the

30 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Mr. Pan Shigui (Department of Emergency Dr Ricardo Crespo (Universidad Bernardo Ms Amber Kuss (University of California, Management Training of Guangxi Academy of O’Higgins, Chile) Santa Cruz (UCSC), USA) Governance) Mr Salvatore Digrandi (Politecnico di Torino, Mr Masashi Sota (Tokyo Institute of Technol- Mr. Lyu Kaichuang (Emergency Management Italy) ogy, Japan) Office of the People’s Government of the Mr Andre Dittrich (Karlsruher Institut für Mr Rui Zhou (Tongji University, China) Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Technologie (KIT), Germany) Mr. Liang Maojie (General Office of the Mr Bob Jensen (Department of Homeland People’s Government of the Guangxi Zhuang NOVEMBER Security, USA) Autonomous Region) Dr Céline Berni (Institut national de re- Dr Soheil Sabri (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) cherche en sciences et technologies pour Mr Greg Scott (Geoscience Australia) l’environnement et l’agriculture (IRSTEA) JULY Mr Sha (Colin) Zhou (China University of Lyon-Villeurbanne, France) Mr Thierry Chau (École Spéciale de Travaux Geosciences, China) Prof. Francisco Escobar (Universidad de Alcalá Publics, du Bâtiment et de l’Industrie (ESTP), Mr Jiangou Zhou (Wuhan University, China) (UAH), Spain) France) Dr Antony Galton (University of Exeter, UK) Mr Rémy Hamai (École Spéciale de Travaux Ethiopian delegation September 22: Mr Albert Herero (Universitat Politècnica de Publics, du Bâtiment et de l’Industrie (ESTP), Dr.-Ing. Dereje Asfaw (Addis Ababa University Catalunya • BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain) France) (AAU)) Mr Hyunjin Jang (Ministry of Land Infrastruc- Dr Changsup Han (Youngsan Park Planning Dr.-Ing. Elias Lewi Teklemariam (Addis Ababa ture and Transport, Republic of Korea) Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and University (AAU)) Ms Miao (Michelle) Xiuxiu (University of Sci- Transport, Republic of Korea) Dr. Mengesha Mamo Wogari (Addis Ababa ence and Technology Beijing, China) Mr Kentaro Takido (Tokyo Institute of Tech- University (AAU)) nology, Japan) Mr. Sisay Zenebe Gebretsadik (Addis Ababa Ms Sha Zhou (Tsinghua University, China) University (AAU)) DECEMBER Mr Guilherme Nonose (State University of Ms Liya Wang (Henan Institute of Engineer- Professor Tegegne Gebre-Egziabeher Belay Maringá, Brazil) ing, China) (Addis Ababa University (AAU)) Ms Li Wey (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry Ato Berhanu Hailu Tura (Ministry of Urban University, China) AUGUST Development and Construction) Miss Asal Askarizadeh Bardsiri (University of Ato Fekadu Teklemariam Serege (Ministry of California, Irvine (UCI), USA) Urban Development and Construction)

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