Dr Aliakbar Gholampour
Senior Lecturer
College of Science and Engineering
Dr Aliakbar Gholampour is a Senior Lecturer in Civil and Structural Engineering at the College of Science and Engineering of Flinders University. He completed his PhD in Structural Engineering at the University of Adelaide in 2019. He was then a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne till July 2020.
He has extensive experience in research on the development of sustainable construction/building materials and technologies. He worked in ARC-Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (ARC-CAMPH) at the University of Melbourne and has been project manager and research leader of three research projects in $2.7M Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) round 8.
Research Interests:
- Infrastructure Materials Engineering:
- Recycling waste materials, industrial by-products and natural fibres for the development of sustainable construction materials
- Cementitious composites containing nanomaterials
- Smart and multi-functional materials for construction
- 3D printable concrete for automated construction
- High performance and ultra-high performance composite
- Fibre-reinforced concrete composite
- Constitutive and finite element modelling of fibre-reinforced concrete
- Structural Engineering:
- Behaviour, performance and design of civil infrastructure
- Assessment and management of deteriorating civil infrastructure
- Infrastructure resilience and sustainability
- Construction, repair and rehabilitation practices for civil infrastructure
PhD (Structural Engineering), MSc (Structural Engineering), BSc (Civil Engineering)
- Emerging Research Leader Award, Flinders University (2023).
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers, Flinders University (2022).
- World's top 2% scientist, Stanford University and Elsevier (2022).
- Research Infrastructure Fund, Flinders University (2022).
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) (DVCR) Research Investment Fund, Flinders University (2021).
- World's top 2% scientist, Stanford University and Elsevier (2021).
- Honorary Fellowship, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, (2020 - ).
- College of Science and Engineering Research Grant, Flinders University (2020).
- Research Grant on Recycling Waste Plastics for Manufacturing Prefabricated Building Components, CRC-P round 8 (2020).
- Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, The University of Adelaide (2019).
- Travel grant for National Conference, The University of Adelaide (2018).
- Travel grant for International Conference, The University of Adelaide (2016).
- Travel grant for International Conference, Walter & Dorothy Duncan Trust (2016).
- Adelaide Scholarship International (ASI), The University of Adelaide (2015).
- Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS), Monash University (2015).
- Exceptional Talent Award, University of Tehran (2011).
Special Issue Editor:
- "Fibre Reinforced Polymers” in Polymers Journal (2019-2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/fiber_reinforced_polymers
- "Fiber Reinforced Composites (FRCs) for Construction Applications" in Fibers Journal (2020-2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fibers/special_issues/fiber_reinforced_composites_construction
- "Sustainable Concrete Mixtures for Pavements and Structures" in Frontiers in Built Environment Journal (2020-2021): https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/16241/sustainable-concrete-mixtures-for-pavements-and-structures
- "Sustainable High Performance Fiber-reinforced Cementitious Composites (HPFRCCs) and Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRPs)" in Fibers Journal (2020-2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fibers/special_issues/Sustain_HPFRCCs_FRPs
Journal Associate Editor:
- Frontiers in Built Environment Journal
Journal Reviewer (Selected):
- Composite Part B
- Engineering Structures
- Construction and Building Materials
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Thin-Walled Structures
- Structural concrete
- Polymers
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Advances in Structural Engineering.
Membership:
- Member of Concrete Institute of Australia (since 2015).
- Member of Iranian National Foundation of Elites (since 2010).
Industry experience:
- Technical Office Member, Perlite Construction Company, (2012-2015).
- Chairman, Karno Construction Company, (2013-2015).
- Nanotechnology
- Sustainability
- 3D concrete printing
- Eco-friendly construction materials
- Fibre-reinforced polymer composites
- Geopolymer
- Graphene-reinforced concrete
- High performance and ultra-high performance concrete
- Nano-reinforced cementitious composites
- Recycling waste materials in construction
- Structural Engineering
- Sustainable construction
In Media:
ABC Radio National: Carbon Counter: Could geopolymer concrete be an environmental saviour?
The Conversation: A green trifecta: how a concrete alternative can cut emissions, resource use and waste
Cosmos Magazine: Homing in on sustainable concrete with fly ash, slag and waste sands
Eco Voice: Sustainable concrete cuts emissions and uses waste for better buildings
The National Tribune: Sustainable concrete cuts emissions and waste
Sustainability Times: Sustainable concrete can help reduce the construction industry’s environmental footprints
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