Dr Hwa Kian Chai

Senior Lecturer

Telephone

+44(0)131 6507153

Location

3.16 William Rankine Building

Engineering Discipline

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Institutes

Infrastructure and Environment
Research Publications
Dr Hwa Kian Chai

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. 

BEng(Hons) in Civil Engieering (Universiti Sains Malaysia) MEngSc in Concrete Materials (Universiti Malaya) PhD in Civil Engineering (Osaka University)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Accepting PhD projects.