Civil Engineering Heritage and Future

Research Group Lead

Professor Michael Lim

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You can follow our research activities and announcements on our LinkedIn page.

Research from this group was submitted to REF 2021 under UoA 12: Engineering.

This research group forms part of the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering.

Academic Staff

• Dr Vivek Agarwal
• Dr Aleena Alex
• Professor Martin Crapper
• Dr Vikki Edmondson
• Professor Michael Lim
• Dr Lauren McMillan
• Dr Brabha Nagaratnam
• Dr Hoang Nguyen
• Dr Giovanni Pesce
• Dr Keerthan Poologanathan
• Dr Xiaohui Qi
• Dr Muhammad Rahman
• Dr Honeyeh Ramezan Sefat
• Dr Mohammadali Rezazadeh
• Dr Craig Warren
• Dr Chuanbin Zhu

Postdoctoral Researchers

• Dr Muhammad Waqas Khan – Nuna: Effective mitigation and adaptation to changing ground conditions for resilient coastal futures
• Mr Muhammad Maaz (KTP Associate) – Railway bridge inspection and assessment services platform development

PhD Students

• Mr Irshad Ansari (2023) – supervised by Vikki Edmondson – Condition monitoring of civil assets by using non-destructive methods to assist the prediction of residual service life and maintenance interventions.
• Miss Georgia Coote (2024) – supervised by Craig Warren – Planning for the future in Inuvialuit Settlement Region: infrastructure resilience in a rapidly changing landscape
• Mr Drew Gray (2022) – supervised by Keerthan Poologanathan – New Generation of cold-formed steel beams for structural applications
• Mr Fitsum Haile (2021) – supervised by Brabha Nagaratnam – Reinforcement of masonry and timber structures with advanced materials
• Mrs Tyler Johnston (2024) – supervised by Giovanni Pesce – Technical and economic development of innovative bio-based construction materials
• Mr Thushanthan Kannan (2023) – supervised by Muhammad Rahman – Formulation of high-strength lightweight aggregates using renewable sewage sludge
• Mr Jack Lifsey (2023) – supervised by Keerthan Poologanathan – Structural performance of modular construction optimised beams with web openings
• Mr Luke Macpherson (2024) – supervised by Craig Warren – Where is the permafrost? High resolution 3D mapping of ground ice in the Arctic
• Mr Dishan Markandu (2024) – supervised by Brabha Nagaratnam – Light-weight High Performance Concrete for Floating Modular Structures
• Mr Ameer Radwan (2025) – supervised by Mohammadali Rezazadeh – Sustainable Development of 3D Printed Concrete for Civil Engineering Constructions
• Mr Jeffri Ramli (2018) – supervised by Brabha Nagaratnam – Strengthening of shear walls using fibre-reinforced self-compacting concrete
• Mr Kajaharan Thirunavukkarasu (2022) – supervised by Keerthan Poologanathan – Structural performance of cold formed sigma beams subject to web crippling action
• Mr Zachery Wilson (2024) – supervised by Craig Warren – What lies beneath the surface of Mars? Advanced Numerical Modelling and Data Intensive Processing for Large and Complex Ground Penetrating Radar Data

To view research papers emanating from this group, please click here to view Northumbria Research Link, our open access repository of research output from Northumbria University.