Students can develop their advanced engineering skills by contributing to an industry focused research project and identify solutions to existing and emerging civil and infrastructure engineering problems.
The School of Engineering conducts research in a broad spectrum of topics with the overall vision of delivering sustainability, longevity and efficiency of infrastructure essential for the 21st century.
The program's research strengths are in the fields of:
- asset management and decision making for optimized management of infrastructure
- challenges in supporting infrastructure in reactive and unsaturated soils
- design of new material and structural forms and optimization
- innovative and sustainable materials
- predicting remaining life of structures including bridges, buildings, tunnels and underground utilities considering changes in climate
- strengthening of structures using innovative techniques
- sustainable construction
Students can select between applied research well supported by industry which will deliver innovative new products and processes, and fundamental research leading to ground breaking new knowledge.
Students will be closely supervised while they work on a project within one of the following research areas:
- computational mechanics
- construction engineering
- construction management
- construction materials
- geotechnical engineering
- high-strength and high-performance concrete
- infrastructure maintenance and management
- structural engineering
- structural optimization
- transport engineering
- water systems engineering and water resources
