Research projects

EPSRC-Funded projects:

• Pedestrian Interaction with Lively Low-Frequency Structures
• The Behaviour of Semi-Rigid Through-Diaphragm Connection between Steel I-Section Beams and Tubular Columns under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading
• Connections and Joints for Buildings and Bridges of Fibre Reinforced Polymer
• Confidence in Durable Composites (DURACOMP)
• Resilient and sustainable steel frame with innovative post-tensioned connections and rate-dependent passive dampers for multi-hazard mitigation
• Characterising dynamic performance of fibre reinforced polymer structures for resilience and sustainability

EU-Funded projects:

• PRRPStruJoin - Structural joints for building frames of pultruded fibre reinforced polymers (Marie Curie Actions - IEF Fellowship) 

Other Funded projects:

• Dynamic properties and damage identification of partially cracked reinforced concrete structures; Research Development Fund (Startegic Awards), Univ. of Warwick
  

• Hybrid energy dissipative brace for performance-based wind and seismic design of structures; Proof-of-Concept Award, Strategic Impact Fund, Univ. of Warwick
• Integration of smart structural design and damage detection to achieve sustainable and resilient highway/railway bridge infrastructure; Strategic Impact Fund, Univ. of Warwick
• Minimal structural forms in Engineering, Architecture and Art; Leverhulme Trust
• Stable minimal surface scaffolds in structural bone grafting; MRC
• Wrinkle-free inflatable decelerators for interplanetary vehicles; NASA

Current PhD projects:

• Novel minimal-damage column bases for seismic-resistant steel structures
• Standardization of resilient self-centering steel structures
• Integration of smart structural design and damage detection for sustainable steel-concrete composite bridges
• Resilient steel frames with replaceable connections and rate-dependent passive dampers
• Dynamic Loading induced by Individuals and Crowds on Grandstands
  
• Pedestrian Interaction with Low-Frequency Structures
• Cyclic behaviour of hollow and concrete-filled circular hollow section
• Structural behaviour of external diaphragm connection between steel I-section beams and circular hollow section columns under cyclic loading
• Startlink Lightweight Building System
  
• Buckling Behaviour of Pultruded Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Members
• Aspects of Bolted Connections of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Structures
  
• Closed shapes of pultruded fibre reinforced polymer materials
• Integrated Form-finding and Patterning of Fabric Structures
• Optimal Forms of Arch Structures