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, Flinders University. He earned his PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Adelaide in 2019 and subsequently served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne until July 2020.
Dr. Gholampour specialises in infrastructure materials and structural engineering, with a strong focus on sustainability and innovation. His expertise includes recycling waste materials, industrial by-products, and fibres to develop sustainable construction materials. He also works extensively on cementitious composites, nanomaterials, and fibre-reinforced concrete, including advanced modeling and design approaches.
In the field of structural engineering, Dr. Gholampour's research addresses the behaviour, performance, and design of civil infrastructure, with a particular emphasis on resilience, sustainability, and effective management of deteriorating assets. His work extends to cutting-edge technologies such as 3D printable concrete and smart multifunctional construction materials.
Research Interests:
- Infrastructure Materials:
- Recycling waste materials, industrial by-products and 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)
- Finalist in Research and Education Category, Developing Sustainable Concrete, SA Climate Leaders Awards, Government of South Australia (2024).
- Decarbonising the Building Industry, International Clean Innovation Researcher Networks (2023-2027).
- World's top 2% scientist, Stanford University and Elsevier (2023).
- Research Investment Fund, Research support for ECRs and MCRs, Flinders University (2023-2024).
- 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 (2021-2022).
- 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).
Sustainable construction materials and technologies lead.
Special Issue Editor:
- "Advances in Experimental Investigation and Computational Modeling of Fiber Reinforced Polymers and Composites" in Materials Journal (2023-2024): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/2JL6EHV73L
- "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
- "Fibre Reinforced Polymers” in Polymers Journal (2019-2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/fiber_reinforced_polymers
Journal Associate Editor:
- Frontiers in Built Environment Journal (Impact factor: 3; Cite score: 4)
Journal Reviewer (Selected):
- Composite Part B: Engineering
- Engineering Structures
- Construction and Building Materials
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Structural Concrete
Membership:
- Steering Committee Member of the International Researcher Network for Decarbonising the Building Industry (2023-2027).
- Member of Concrete Institute of Australia (since 2015).
Industry experience:
- Technical Office Member, Perlite Construction Company, (2012-2015).
- Chairman, Karno Construction Company, (2013-2015).
- Sustainability
- 3D concrete printing
- Concrete
- Eco-friendly construction materials
- Fibre-reinforced polymer composites
- Geopolymer
- Glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforcement
- Graphene-reinforced concrete
- High performance and ultra-high performance concrete
- Nano-reinforced cementitious composites
- Nanotechnology
- Recycling waste materials in construction
- Resource recovery
- 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
Cosmos Magazine: What you might have missed: mass extinction, infrared mirrors, birds cooperate with humans, and concrete waste
Mirage News: Carbon-Recycled Concrete Cuts Emissions, Waste
Bioengineer: Recycling concrete using carbon can reduce emissions and waste
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
PhD scholarhips at Flinders University:
There are two competetive scholarship schemes at Flinders University, The Australian Government Research Training Program and Flinders University Postgraduate Scholarships, which are specifically intended to support international and domestic students to undertake a Higher Degree by research. If you are seeking a PhD scholarship at Flinders University you can contact me to discuss your proposed research project. International scholarships are usually due in early August and domestic scholarships are usually due in early October.
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