Senior Lecturer Email Hwakian.Chai@ed.ac.uk Telephone +44(0)131 6507153 Location 3.16 William Rankine Building Engineering Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Institutes Infrastructure and Environment Research Publications Biography I am a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering. I spent years working as researcher, engineer and university academic in Malaysia and Japan before joining Edinburgh. I have amassed good experience in research and application in the fields of structures and construction materials, with specific focuses in structural repair and retrofit, low carbon cementitious materials, condition monitoring and non-destructive evaluation of structures. Academic Qualifications BEng(Hons) in Civil Engieering (Universiti Sains Malaysia) MEngSc in Concrete Materials (Universiti Malaya) PhD in Civil Engineering (Osaka University) Professional Qualifications and Memberships Chartered Member of Institution of Structural Engineers Fellow of Higher Education Academy Senior Member of International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM) Member of British Institute of Non-destructive Testing "Civil Engineering Group" Graduate Member of Board of Engineers Malaysia Teaching Detailed Design of Structures 3 CIVE09029 - Lecturer Structural Design Philosophy 3 CIVE09033 - Course Organiser and Lecturer Plastic Analysis of Frames and Slabs CIVE10003 - Course Organiser and Lecturer Concrete Structures 4 CIVE10029 - Course Organiser and Lecturer Interdisciplinary Group Design Project (Engineering) SCEE11010 - Lecturer Interdisciplinary Group Design Project 4 SCEE11014 - Course organiser and Lecturer Specialities Reinforced concrete structures modelling, analysis and design Acoustic emission monitoring and data analysis Low carbon cementitious composite materials development Elastic wave tomography development and implementation Structural appraisal, strengthening and retrofit Further Information Accepting PhD projects.