STAFF PROFILE
Dr Indu Patnaikuni
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Phone:
99252197
Email:
indu.patnaikuni@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Areas of research and consulting expertise
- High Performance Concrete
- Sustainability
- Composite Structures
- Infrastructure Management
Community interaction
- Presentation at Wesley College about civil engineering course in August 2003
Other achievements
- Best Research Supervisor for whole of RMIT 1999
- Best Research Supervisor of Ph. D. runner up 2000
- Best Research Supervisor of Master's program 2000
- Eminent Engineer, 1997
- Rashtriya Vikas Shiromani 2003
- BE (1961)
- MTech (1969)
- PhD (1981)
Employment history
- 1969 - 1974, Lecturer (Harcourt Butler Technological institute, Kanpur University)
- 1974 - 1981, Research Scholar and P/T Tutor (University of Western Australia)
- 1981 - 1983, Design Engineer (PdM ltd.)
- 1983 - 1985, May Tutor (University of Western Australia)
Affiliations / Professional memberships
- MAPESMA
Industry collaboration
- EcoHome
- Kazmi, S.,Munir, M.,Wu, Y.,Patnaikuni, I.,Zhou, Y.,Xing, F. (2019). Axial stress-strain behavior of macro-synthetic fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete In: Cement and Concrete Composites, 97, 341 - 356
- Munir, M.,Wu, Y.,Kazmi, S.,Patnaikuni, I.,Zhou, Y.,Xing, F. (2019). Stress-strain behavior of spirally confined recycled aggregate concrete: An approach towards sustainable design In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 146, 127 - 139
- Afroz, M.,Venkatesan, S.,Patnaikuni, I. (2019). Effects of hybrid fibers on the development of high volume fly ash cement composite In: Construction and Building Materials, , 984 - 997
- Kazmi, S.,Munir, M.,Patnaikuni, I.,Wu, Y.,Fawad, U. (2018). Thermal performance enhancement of eco-friendly bricks incorporating agro-wastes In: Energy and Buildings, 158, 1117 - 1129
- Kazmi, S.,Munir, M.,Wu, Y.,Hanif, A.,Patnaikuni, I. (2018). Thermal performance evaluation of eco-friendly bricks incorporating waste glass sludge In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 172, 1867 - 1880
- Afroz, M.,Patnaikuni, I.,Venkatesan, S. (2018). Performance analysis of hybrid fiber reinforced high volume fly ash cement composite In: Proceedingsof the 4th International RILEM Conference (SHCC4), Dresden, Germany, 18-20 September 2017
- Gunasekara, C.,Ling, X.,Setunge, S.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2018). Performance of high-volume fly ash concrete incorporating lime water In: ACI Materials Journal, 115, 289 - 297
- Munir, M.,Kazmi, S.,Wu, Y.,Patnaikuni, I. (2018). A literature review on alkali silica reactivity of concrete: Consequences and challenges In: International Journal of Strategic Engineering, 1, 43 - 62
- Kazmi, S.,Munir, M.,Wu, Y.,Patnaikuni, I. (2018). Effect of macro-synthetic fibers on the fracture energy and mechanical behavior of recycled aggregate concrete In: Construction and building materials, 189, 857 - 868
- Rahman, M.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2017). Factors affecting the performance of 100% clay based geopolymer concrete In: Proceedings 28th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia (Concrete 2017), Adelaide, Australia, 22-25 October 2017
- Blended calcium-magnesium binders for improved and more sustainable building materials. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project 2005 Round 1 from (2005 to 2007)
- Sustainability and innovation in outer suburban housing developments. Funded by: ARC Linkage Projects 2003 Round 1 from (2003 to 2008)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
4 PhD Completions and 5 Masters by Research Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions
High performance concrete, Fibre reinforced concrete, Sustainable housing construction.