Seminar Programme - Civil Research Group
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If you would like to give a talk/seminar, please send an email to Dr Mohammad Rezania at: m.rezania@warwick.ac.uk.
Autumn Term 2021 (online via Teams)
November 24th: Assistant Professor Martina Siena from Politecnico di Milano
"Statistical characterization of the spatial heterogeneity of calcite dissolution rates"
October 20th: Associate Professor Lysandros Pantelidis from Cyprus University of Technology
"The Generalized Coefficients of Earth Pressure: A Unified Approach"
Spring Term 2021 (online via Teams)
April 7th: Ahmed S. Khaled (PhD student) and Derek Ma (PhD student) from University of Warwick
February 24th: Patrick Chao (PhD student) and Nima Sarmadi (PhD student) from University of Warwick
Spring Term 2020
April 22nd: Patrick Chao (PhD student) and Ahmed S. Khaled (PhD student) from University of Warwick
March 11th: Arya Panji Pamuncak (PhD student) and M. G. Nipuni Odara (PhD student) from University of Warwick
February 12th: Elisa Baioni (PhD student) and Hesamoddin Dejaloud (PhD student) from University of Warwick
Spring Term 2019
March 6th: Dr Ieuan Rickard from OFR Consultants and Dr Alan Bloodworth from University of Warwick
Autumn Term 2018
December 4th: Ms Zeina AL-Nabulsi and Mr Luke Evans from University of Warwick
Spring Term 2018
June 28th: Dr Wang-Ji Yan from University of Nottingham and Mr Md Salauddin from University of Warwick
May 23rd: Dr Darius Seyedi, Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs (ANDRA), Paris, France
On the excavation induced fractures around in the Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory
March 7th: Mr Amro El-Zehairy and Mr Derek Ma, University of Warwick
January 31st: Prof Giovanni Lancioni, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
A Variational Approach to Ductile Damage
Summer Term 2017
May 18th: Dr Christoforos Dimopoulos
A novel rocking self-centering column base for seismic hazard mitigation
Spring Term 2017
January 16th: Dr Rafael Castro-Triguero, University of Cordoba
Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Structures: SHM Applications
January 26th: Dr Jose L. Curiel-Sosa, University of Sheffield
Modelling Damage and Fracture in Composites
Feburary 2nd: 3rd year Civil Engineering PhD students
Feburary 9th: Dr Gary Fowmes: University of Warwick
Geosynthetic Prototyping and Development
Feburary 23rd: Professor Zhenyu Yang, Coventry University
Multi-scale Characterisation and Modelling of Concrete and Fibre Reinforced Composites
March 2nd: 3rd year Civil Engineering PhD students
March 9th: Dr Christoforos Dimopoulos, University of Warwick
March 16th: Dr Xiaojun Wei, University of Warwick
Summer Term 2015
May13th: Prof. Jon Coaffee, University of Warwick
Resilient Design and the search for combinational expertise
May 18th: Dr Ruben Rodari, Univerity of San Juan
Modelling Geomechanical Problems with the Material Point Method
June 10th: Prof. Larry Bank, The City College of New York
Is Structural Engineering Sustainable?
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Spring Term 2015
January 15th: Dr. Georgia Kremmyda, University of Warwick
Earthquake resilient precast structures: Learn from the past; Prepare for the future
February 3rd at 5pm in A401: Mr. Nick Sartain, Lead Geotechnical Engineer at HS2 Ltd
Geotechnical challenges of HS2
February 12th: Prof. Chris Rogers, University of Birmingham
Future Liveable Cities – A Transformative Brief for Engineers and Engineering
March 11th: Dr. Matteo Ciantia, Imperial College
A micromechanical investigation of the incremental behavior of crushable granular soils
Autumn Term 2015
October 14th Wednesday at 4pm in A401: seminars by second year civil PhD students
October 23rd Friday at 12 in F1.11: Mr Eduardo Martin, University of San Juan (San Juan, Argentina)
Application of the Discrete Element Method to the Study of the Cyclic Resistance of Gravelly Soils
November 20th: Prof Toby Mottram, University of Warwick
Simple Design Approaches and New Ways for Composite Materials
Autumn Term 2014
October 8th: 2nd year Civil Engineering PhD students' seminar
October 22nd: 2nd year Civil Engineering PhD students' seminar
November 11th: 5pm, A401, Dr John Macdonald, Univeristy of Bristol
Wobbly Bridges and Why People Don’t Fall Over
November 26th: 4pm, A401, Prof. Ian Guymer, University of Warwick
Modelling Mixing Mechanisms
December 10th: 1pm, A401, Dr Yu Bai, Monash University, Australia
Pultruded FRP Composites for Modular Structural Construction
Spring Term 2015
January 7th: 3rd year Civil Engineering PhD students
January 28th: 3rd year Civil Engineering PhD students
February 11th: Dr Xueyu Geng, University of Warwick
Soft soils improvement by PVDs for railway embankment
February 18th: Dr Stephen Wallis, Heriot-Watt University
Estimating re-aeration coefficients for rivers
Summer Term 2015
May 6th: 1st year Civil Engineering PhD students
May 13th: Dr F. Freddi, University of Trento
Title: Local engineering demand parameters for seismic risk evaluation of low ductility reinforced concrete buildings
June 3rd: Dr. Benoit Jones, University of Warwick
Stress, strain and the art of tunnelling
June 10th: Prof. W. Lewis, University of Warwick
Modelling of Minimum Energy Forms of Structures with Analogy to Nature
June 17th: Dr Sakdirat Kaewunruen, University of Birmingham
New Materials, Design and Analysis of Railway Turnout Systems
June 17th at 5pm: Ms Giulia Macaro, University of Oxford
Distinct element modelling of pipe–soil interaction for offshore pipelines on granular soils
July 22nd: Mr Stuart Gale, University of Warwick
Computational patterning methods for tensioned fabric structures. Use of a discrete model.
Summer Term 2014
Damage-based design of steel structures (abstract)
July 2th: Prof. Kent Harries from University of Pittsburgh.
Spring Term 2014
Resilient minimal-damage post-tensioned steel frames (abstract)