Dr. Tariq Maqsood
Deputy Head of Department, Civil & Infrastructure (L&T)
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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tariq.maqsood@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-4617-5952
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Tariq Maqsood is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at RMIT University. During the last 20 years his research focused on vulnerability and risk assessment of built environment from natural hazards. He has been a part of several national and international initiatives on disaster risk reduction and has conducted numerous post-disaster surveys. He has published more than 50 reports, conference papers and journal articles in the field of civil engineering. Currently he is leading the flood loss estimation project within the Natural Hazards Research Australia.
Selected industry projects:
- Food loss estimation project - Natural Hazards Research Australia (2024 - 2027)
- Flood vulnerability project - Geoscience Australia (2021 - 2025)
- Climate resilient Honiara - UN Habitat (2019 - 2024)
- Launceston flood risk mitigation assessment - Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (2016 - 2018)
- Flood mitigation strategies project - Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (2013 - 2020)
- UNISDR Global Assessment Report (GAR) on disaster risk reduction (2013 - 2014)
- Sydney urban storm water climate change impact study and flood vulnerability - City of Sydney (2012 - 2013)
- Global Earthquake Model (GEM) project on earthquake risk assessment (2011 - 2013)
- Philippines flood risk assessment project - AusAID (2011 - 2013)
- Earthquake risk assessment for Pakistan (2006 - 2010)
Selected industry projects:
- Food loss estimation project - Natural Hazards Research Australia (2024 - 2027)
- Flood vulnerability project - Geoscience Australia (2021 - 2025)
- Climate resilient Honiara - UN Habitat (2019 - 2024)
- Launceston flood risk mitigation assessment - Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (2016 - 2018)
- Flood mitigation strategies project - Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (2013 - 2020)
- UNISDR Global Assessment Report (GAR) on disaster risk reduction (2013 - 2014)
- Sydney urban storm water climate change impact study and flood vulnerability - City of Sydney (2012 - 2013)
- Global Earthquake Model (GEM) project on earthquake risk assessment (2011 - 2013)
- Philippines flood risk assessment project - AusAID (2011 - 2013)
- Earthquake risk assessment for Pakistan (2006 - 2010)
Academic positions
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2024 – Present
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2018 – 2023
- Research Associate
- Bauhaus University, Weimar
- Weimar, Germany
- 2006 – 2011
- Lecturer
- National University of Sciences and Technology
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- 2006 – 2006
Non-academic positions
- Structural Engineer
- Geoscience Australia
- Canberra, Australia
- 2011 – 2018
- Civil Engineer
- National Highway Authority
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- 2003 – 2004
Supervisor projects
- Development of a generalized analytical model that assists the selection of the optimum sustainable and disaster resilience approaches for a building
- 30 Sep 2023
- Use of Recycled Materials for the Stabilisation of Pavement
- 1 Jun 2023
- The Load Distribution Factor Equations of Concrete I-Girder and Super-T Girder Bridges in Australia
- 10 Mar 2023
- Application of Biochar from tea waste as green mixture in cement concrete
- 2 Feb 2023
- Use of recycled materials for the stabilization of unsuitable soils and sub-grades
- 18 Jan 2022
- Modelling the presence of water table on soil amplification
- 11 Nov 2021
- Modified Demand-Capacity Ratio Methodology for Seismic Performance Assessment of Concrete Gravity Dams
- 11 Nov 2020
- Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development in Coastal Areas: Interactive Building Facade with Low-Cost Phase Change Material
- 4 Jun 2020
- Disaster Resilience modelling of transport sectors - Melbourne transport, a case study
- 4 Oct 2019
- Optimization of Building Façade from a Life Cycle Perspective: An Integration of BIM-enabled LCA and Energy Simulation Tool
- 14 Aug 2019
- Cost-Effective Flood Mitigation Strategies: Implementation Requirements
- 7 Jun 2019
- Damage Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers under Flood and Log Impact
- 30 Nov 2018
Teaching interests
Construction Management
Structural Refurbishment and Retrofitting
Structural Refurbishment and Retrofitting
Research interests
natural hazards, disaster, risk assessment, damage assessment, risk mitigation, earthquake engineering, floods, vulnerability modelling, disaster risk reduction, resilience, post-disaster surveys, energy efficiency
