Fields of Research

Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics)
Structural engineering
Mechanical engineering
Architectural science and technology
Marine engineering
Naval architecture
Timber engineering
Ocean engineering
Signal processing
Electrical circuits and systems
Service oriented computing
Higher education
Timber, pulp and paper
Applied mathematics
Other engineering
Construction materials
Mechanical engineering asset management
Structural dynamics
Complex civil systems
Artificial intelligence
Interaction and experience design
Information security management
Engineering practice and education
Palaeoclimatology
Transport engineering
Civil engineering
Numerical solution of differential and integral equations
Hydrology
Music performance
Information systems development methodologies and practice
Geodesy
Special vehicles
Aerodynamics (excl. hypersonic aerodynamics)
Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy
Applied statistics
Autonomous vehicle systems
Environmental assessment and monitoring

Research Objectives

Domestic passenger water transport (e.g. ferries)
Water safety
Metals
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Maritime
International passenger water transport (e.g. passenger ships)
Timber materials
Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies
Water transport
Expanding knowledge in built environment and design
Music
Hardwood plantations
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
Other culture and society
Construction materials performance and processes
Coastal sea freight transport
Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciences
Civil construction design
Civil building management and services
Clinical health
Forestry
Environmentally sustainable information and communication services
International sea freight transport (excl. live animals, food products and liquefied gas)
Rail safety
Construction processes
Nautical equipment
Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Environmental education and awareness
Teaching and instruction technologies
Teaching and curriculum

Career Best Publications

Added mass of whipping modes for ships at high Froude number by a free surface boundary element method coupled with strip theory; ANZIAM Journal
Boundary element modelling of a novel simple enhanced bandwidth Schroeder diffuser offering comparable performance to a fractal design; Acoustics Australia
Concrete-filled circular steel tubes with a timber infill under axial compression; Journal of Structural Engineering
Determination of wave slamming loads on high-speed catamarans by hydroelastic segmented model experiments; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Effect of a chamber orchestra on direct sound and early reflections for performers on stage: a boundary element method study; Acoustical Society of America. Journal
Estimation of Stormwater Flow through Railway Ballast; The Institution of Engineers Australia: Journal of Water Resources
Green Function Solutions for the Transient Motion of Water Sections; Journal of Ship Research
Motion and Passenger Discomfort on High Speed Catamarans in Oblique Seas; International Shipbuilding Progress
Seakeeping Computations of Semi-SWATHs at High Froude Number; The Transactions of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Part A International Journal of Maritime Engineering

Research Publications

A baseline-free damage detection method using VBI incomplete measurement data; Measurement
A BEM study of the influence of musicians on onstage sound field measures in auditoria; 43rd International Congress on Noise Control Engineering
A BEM study on the effect of source-receiver path route and length on attenuation of direct sound and floor reflection within a chamber orchestra; Acoustics 2015 Hunter Valley
A comparison of the motions of trimarans, catamarans and monohulls; Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering
A high Froude number time-domain strip theory for ship motion predictions in irregular waves; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
A new signal reconstruction for damage detection on a simply supported beam subjected to a moving mass; Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring
A practical Algorithm for the Computation of Tree Felling Times; ANZIAM Journal
A Shannon entropy approach for structural damage identification based on self-powered sensor data; Engineering Structures
A spline method based on the crack induced deflection for bridge damage detection; Advances in Engineering Software
Accurate temporal resolution of harmonic content in both amplitude and phase; 11th Biennial Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference
Added mass of whipping modes for ships at high Froude number by a free surface boundary element method coupled with strip theory; ANZIAM Journal
An assessment of in-field nondestructive testing methods for detection of internal defects in standing live trees; SPIE 10972
An experimental investigation of ride control algorithms for high-speed catamarans Part 1: Reduction of ship motions; Journal of Ship Research
An experimental investigation of ride control algorithms for high-speed catamarans Part 2: Mitigation of wave impact loads; Journal of Ship Research
An experimental investigation on slamming kinematics, impulse and energy transfer for high-speed catamarans equipped with Ride Control Systems; Ocean Engineering
An experimental study on externally pressurized stiffened and thickened cylindrical shells; Thin-Walled Structures
An investigation into the effect of roughness conditions and materials on bond strength of CFRP/steel double strap joints; Australian Journal of Structural Engineering
An Investigation into the Whipping of Large High-Speed Catamarans; HIPER 04: 4th International Conference on High-Performance Marine Vehicles
Analysis of wave slam induced hull vibrations using continuous wavelet transforms; Ocean Engineering
Anisotropic material behaviour under compression of Eucalyptus nitens with high moisture content; Construction and Building Materials
Anisotropic tensile characterisation of Eucalyptus nitens timber above its fibre saturation point, and its application; Polymers
Application of Two Dimensional Boundary Element Methods to Ship Motion Predictions; Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002
Application of Two Dimensional Boundary Element Methods to Ship Motion Predictions; Second International Conference on Fluid Dynamics
Applying model parameters as a driving force to a deterministic nonlinear system to detect land cover change; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Beam damage detection using synchronisation of peaks in instantaneous frequency and amplitude of vibration data; Measurement
Behavior of cross-laminated timber panels made from fibre-managed Eucalyptus nitens under short-term serviceability loads; Buildings
Behaviour of locally post-tensioned nail laminated high mass floor panels under serviceability loads; Australian Journal of Structural Engineering
BESTSEA 1.0: an Overview; AME 97 Postgraduate Conference
Boundary element computation of fresh water groundwater lenses; Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference
Boundary element methods in the prediction of the acoustic damping of ship whipping; ANZIAM J.
Boundary element methods in the prediction of the acoustic damping of ship wipping vibrations; 11th Biennial Computational Techniques and Applications Conference
Boundary element modelling of a novel simple enhanced bandwidth Schroeder diffuser offering comparable performance to a fractal design; Acoustics Australia
Boundary element modelling of fractal and other enhanced bandwidth Schroeder diffusers; Acoustics 2015 Hunter Valley
Broadband acoustic scattering with modern aesthetics from random 3D terrain surfaces generated using the Fourier Synthesis algorithm; Acoustics 2016: The Second Australasian Acoustical Societies Conference
Centre bow and wet-deck design for motion and load reductions in wave piercing catamarans at medium speed; Ships and Offshore Structures
Chamber musicians’ acoustic impressions of auditorium stages: relation to spatial distribution of early reflections and other parameters; Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Characterisation of slam events of a high-speed catamaran in irregular waves; FAST: International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Classifying bow entry events of wave piercing catamarans in random waves using unsupervised and supervised techniques; International Conference on Marine Industry 4.0
Comparison of measured and computed non-linear wave loads using a time domain method for an 86m catamaran; Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Composite timber beams strengthened by steel and CFRP; Journal of Composites for Construction
Concrete-filled circular steel tubes with a timber infill under axial compression; Journal of Structural Engineering
COVID-19 time series forecast using transmission rate and meteorological parameters as features; IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine
Determination of wave slamming loads on high-speed catamarans by hydroelastic segmented model experiments; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Dynamic wave loads on a high speed catamaran ferry fitted with T-foils and stern tabs; Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (Part A), International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Effect of a chamber orchestra on direct sound and early reflections for performers on stage: a boundary element method study; Acoustical Society of America. Journal
Effect Of Sea, Ride Controls, Hull Form And Spacing On Motion And Sickness Incidence For High Speed Catamarans; The 7th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Estimation of Stormwater Flow Through Railway Ballast; 6th Conference on Hydraulics in Civil Engineering -
Estimation of Stormwater Flow through Railway Ballast; The Institution of Engineers Australia: Journal of Water Resources
Estimation of torsional and global loads for a wave-piercing high-speed catamaran at full-scale in irregular bow quartering seas using CFD simulation; Ocean Engineering
Experimental analysis of the wet flexural mode response of an NPL 6A hydroelastic segmented model; Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Experimental analysis of the wet flexural mode response of an NPL6a hydroelastic segment model; HIPER 06: 5th International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles
Experimental study on damaged cylindrical shells under compression; Thin-Walled Structures
Experiments on dented cylindrical shells under peripheral pressure; Thin-Walled Structures
Experiments on dented steel tubes under bending; Advances in Structural Engineering
Experiments on locally dented conical shells under axial compression; Steel and Composite Structures
Extreme Asymmetric Slam Loads on Large High Speed Catamarans; 6th Symposium on High Speed Marine Vehicles
Fatigue estimation on a high-speed wave piercing catamaran during normal operations; Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Fatigue experiments on circular hollow sections with CFRP reinforced cutouts; Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Fatigue tests of damaged tubes under flexural loading; Steel and Composite Structures
Feature extraction of wood-hole defects using empirical mode decomposition of ultrasonic signals; NDT and E International
Finite element modeling of brass musical instruments; Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Acoustics, Development and Environment
Flexural behaviour of locally post-tensioned reinforced concrete beams; Australian Journal of Structural Engineering
Flexural characteristics of Eucalyptus nitens timber with high moisture content; BioResources
Full-scale motions of a large high-speed catamaran: the influence of wave environment, speed and ride control system; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Global and Slam Load Model Testing to Support Developing HSMV Operations in Severe Sea Conditions; International Conference for Innovation in High Speed Marine Vessels
Global load determination of high‑speed wave‑piercing catamarans using finite element method and linear least squares applied to sea trial strain measurements; Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Global Structural design of hydroelastic models; HiPer: International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles
Green Function Solutions for the Transient Motion of Water Sections; Journal of Ship Research
High-speed wave-piercing catamaran global loads determined by FEA and sea trials; Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Hydrodynamic Sectional Added Mass and Damping for a Ship Moving with Forward Speed; Thirthteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Identification of wave impacts and separation of responses using EMD; Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Influence of a cutout on circular steel hollow sections under cyclic loading; Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Influence of an active T-foil on motions and passenger comfort of a large high‑speed wave‑piercing catamaran based on sea trials; Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Influence of an active T-foil on motions and passenger comfort of a wave-piercing catamaran based on sea trials in oblique seas; Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
Influence of centrebow on motions and loads of high-speed catamarans; 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST 2011)
Internationalisation Strategy Benchmarking Final Report and Recommendations
Investigating concert hall acoustics from musicians' perspective: summary of results from a survey of two touring chamber orchestras; Acoustics 2015 Hunter Valley
Longitudinally stiffened corrugated cylindrical shells under uniform external pressure; Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Machine learning analysis of features extracted from time–frequency domain of ultrasonic testing results for wood material assessment; Construction and Building Materials
Machine learning and cloud computing for remote monitoring of wave piercing catamarans: a case study using MATLAB on Amazon web services; Smart Ship Technology Online Conference 2020
Machine learning and cloud computing for remote monitoring of wave piercing catamarans: a case study using Matlab on Amazon web services; Smart Ship Technology 2020 International Conference
Manipulating Papua New Guinea Balsa by Design for Acoustic Absorption in the Built Environment; 2018 Society of Wood Science and Technology/Japan Wood Research Society International Convention
Measurement and prediction of wave loads on a high-speed catamaran fitted with active stern tabs; Marine Structures
Measurements of response amplitude operators for an 86m high speed catamaran; Journal of ship research
Micro-VOF: An Improved Free Surface Tracking Algorithm for Unsteady Free Surface Flow Problems; Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002
Micro-VOF: An Improved Free Surface Tracking Algorithm for Unsteady Free Surface Flow Problems; Second International Conference on Fluid Dynamics
Motion and Passenger Discomfort on High Speed Catamarans in Oblique Seas; International Shipbuilding Progress
Motions of Catamarans in Oblique Seas at Speed ; Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions. Part A. International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Non-destructive testing of knot-free timber in a Tasmanian eucalyptus nitens plot; 12th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (12th ECNDT)
Optimisation of ride control operation to reduce motions and loads of high-speed catamarans; 14th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Outcomes of recent work on the optimisation of ride control operation to reduce motions and loads of high‐speed catamarans; 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2019)
Overview and preliminary results from a study of stage acoustics for chamber orchestras; The International Symposium on Musical and Room Acoustics (ISMRA 2016)
Passenger motions on equivalent monohulls, catamarans and trimarans; HiPer: International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles
Plastic buckling of dented steel circular tubes under axial compression: an experimental study; Thin-Walled Structures
Pole relocation for an orthogonal grid: An analytic method; Ocean Modelling
Quaternion analysis of beam multi-type vibration data for damage detection; Structural Control and Health Monitoring
Real time structural loads monitoring for a large high-speed wave-piercing catamaran using numerical simulation and linear regression; Pacific International Maritime Conference 2019
Recent contributions on the effect of local damages on the behavior of circular steel hollow sections; Second International Conference on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering (PLSE 2015)
Recovery of capacity lost due to openings in cylindrical shells under compression; Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Rectangular steel tubes with timber infill and CFRP confinement under compression: experiments; Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Response of a high-speed wave-piercing catamaran to an active ride control system; Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions. Part A. International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Rigid Body Dynamic Hull Bending Moments, Shear Forces and Pcm In Fast Catamarans; The 7th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Seakeeping Computations of Semi-SWATHs at High Froude Number; The Transactions of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Part A International Journal of Maritime Engineering
SEAKEEPING INVESTIGATION OF WAVE PIERCING AND SWATH VESSELS USING A TIME DOMAIN STRIP THEORY; 12th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Seakeeping Response of a Family of Semi-Swath Hull Forms; Fourth International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Ship motion using a high Froude number time domain strip theory; Journal of Ship Research
Slam and wave load response reconstruction in high speed catamarans using transmissibility on full scale sea trials; Ocean Engineering: An International Journal of Research and Development
Slam events of high-speed catamarans in irregular waves; Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Slam load estimation for high-speed catamarans in irregular head seas by full-scale computational fluid dynamics; Ocean Engineering
Slam loads and kinematics of wave-piercing catamarans during bow entry events in head seas; Journal of Ship Research
Slam loads and pressures acting on high-speed wave-piercing catamarans in regular waves; Marine Structures
Slamming and Whipping of Wave-Piercing Catamarans; Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology International Conference
Slamming of High-Speed Catamarans in Severe Sea Conditions Investigated by Hydroelastic Segmented Model Experiments; Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Slamming Quasi-Static Analysis of an Incat 98m High-Speed Wave Piercing Catamaran; International Conference for Innovation in High Speed Marine Vessels
Slamming Response of a Large High-Speed Wave-Piercer Catamaran; Marine Technology and SNAME News
Stage acoustics in eight Australian concert halls: acoustic conditions in relation to subjective assessments by a touring chamber orchestra; Acoustics Australia
Structural behavior of shells with different cutouts under compression: an experimental study; Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Systematic model tests on centre bow design for motion and slamming load alleviation in high speed catamarans; 14th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
The 2019 Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane Award: Slam loads and kinematics of wave-piercing catamarans during bow entry events in head seas
The effect of centre bow and wet-deck geometry on wet-deck slamming loads and vertical bending moments of wave-piercing catamarans; Ocean Engineering
The Effect of Hullform on Ship Motions; THE 26th ISRAEL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The effect of slamming and whipping on the fatigue life of a high speed catamaran; Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering
The influence of hull form on the motions of high speed vessels in head seas; Ocean Engineering
The influence of slamming and whipping on the fatigue life of a high-speed catamaran; FAST: International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
The influence of the centre bow and wet-deck geometry on motions of wave-piercing catamarans; Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
The Medal of Distinction of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects for Response of a high-speed wave piercing catamaran to an active ride control system
The prediction of wetdeck slam loads on high-speed catamarans; International Maritime Conference, Pacific
The Vibratory Damping of Large High Speed Catamarans; Marine Structures
The Vibratory Response of High-Speed Catamarans to Slamming Investigated by Hydroelastic Segmented Model Experiments; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
The whipping vibration of large high speed catamarans; International Journal of Maritime Technology
The whipping vibratory response of a hydroelastic segmented catamaran model; FAST: International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Timber filled CFRP jacketed circular steel tubes under axial compression; Construction and Building Materials
Time-domain simulation of wet deck slamming - a hybrid theoretical and empirical approach; HiPer: International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles
Transient Dynamic Slam Response Of Large High Speed Catamarans; The 7th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Transient wave loads on large high speed catamarans; 8th International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles
Unsupervised and supervised machine learning techniques for slamming classification from SHM data; The 9th International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology
Upgrading steel I-beams using local post-tensioning; Journal of Constructional Steel Research
Using a moving load to simultaneously detect location and severity of damage in a simply supported beam; Journal of Vibration and Control
Using a spherical microphone array for stage acoustics: A preliminary case for a new spatial parameter; 22nd International Congress on Acoustics
Using locally pre-stressed reinforcing bars to restore the capacity of severely damaged steel beams; International Journal of Steel Structures
Using remote monitoring and machine learning to classify slam events of wave piercing catamarans; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Validation of nonlinear wave loads predicted by time domain method in sea trials of an 86m catamaran; FAST: International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Vibration of suspended solid-timber slabs without intermediate support: assessment for human comfort; Australian Journal of Structural Engineering
Wave impact loads on wave-piercing catamarans; Ocean Engineering
Wave response of an 86m high speed catamaran with active T-foils and stern tabs; Transactions of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Wave slamming loads on wave-piercer catamarans operating at high-speed determined by hydro-elastic segmented model experiments; Marine Structures
Wet-deck slamming loads and pressures acting on wave piercing catamarans; International Shipbuilding Progress
Wetdeck Slamming Of High-Speed Catamarans With A Centre Bow; The 7th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation

Research Projects

Asymmetric and Nonlinear Unsteady Loads on High Speed Ferries; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Developing Predictive Imputation of internal defects in standing Trees using nondestructive techniques. Improving Forestry productivity through selection.; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Dynamic Loads on Ultra High Speed Ferries; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Engineering pathways for regional Australia:viable learning platforms built by knowledge partnering; Office for Learning & Teaching (OLT)
Investigating Auditorium Acoustics from Perspective of Chamber Orchestra Musicians; Australian Acoustical Society (AASociety)
Remote sensing to improve structural efficiency of high-speed catamarans; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Seakeeping and Dynamic Load Computations for High Speed Ships; National Computational Infrastructure (NCI)
Wave Slam on High Speed Wave Piercing Catamaran Ferries in Large Seas; Australian Research Council (ARC)

Research Candidate Supervision

Computational Finite Element Analysis Methods for the Design and Optimisation of Space Frame Vehicle Chassis
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Static and Dynamic Stress-Strain Behaviour of Granular Granitic Sediments of Tasmania
Fatigue behaviour of FRP strengthened steel structures
Finite element modelling of laminated timber in cold presses
High speed ferry aerodynamics
Investigating Auditorium Acoustics from the Perspective of the Musician
Investigation on the Fatigue Behavior of Very High Strength Butt-welded and Fillet-welded Steel Joints
Non-Linear Unsteady Wave Loads on Large High-Speed Wave Piercing Catamarans
Ship Motions and Wave-Induced Loads on High Speed Catamarans
Slamming and Motions of High-Speed Catamaran Ferries
Slamming of Large High-Speed Catamarans in Irregular Seas
Structural Behaviour of Locally Post-Tensioned Continuous Concrete Beams
Structural Dynamics and Seakeeping of High Speed Vessels
Study of Mechanical and Acoustical Properties of Tasmanian Timbers for Violin-making
The Slamming and Whipping Vibratory Response of a Hydroelastic Segmented Catamaran Model
Ultimate Strength of Double Skin Deck Extrusion
Ultimate strength of the catamaran decking extrusion
Understanding Undersea Cable Physics
Wave Slam Response of Large High Speed Catamarans
Wetdeck Slamming of High-speed Catamarans with a Centre Bow