Infrastructure and Environment

Postgraduate
Infrastructure and Environment
Postgraduate
1.4 John Muir
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Mr Ting-Hsuan Liao
Postgraduate
G.1 John Muir
Infrastructure and Environment
Senior Lecturer
+44(0)131 6507153
3.16 William Rankine Building
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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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.

Postgraduate
1.15 Alexander Graham Bell Building
Infrastructure and Environment
Early Stage Researcher
Infrastructure and Environment
IIE - Production of Industrial Wastes Geopolymer Binders by Chemical Improvement of Indigenous Precursors
1.15 Alexander Graham Bell Building, 1.15 Alexander Graham Bell Building
Infrastructure and Environment
Research on Image Captioning Model for Recognition of Building Safety Hazards Based on Deep Learning
Infrastructure and Environment
Experimental Officer
+44(0)131 6504865
1.6 John Muir
Infrastructure and Environment
Postgraduate
G.8 John Muir
Infrastructure and Environment