STAFF PROFILE
Dr Indu Patnaikuni
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Phone:
+61 3 9925 2197
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.,Patnaikuni, I.,Wu, Y. (2017). Pozzolanic reaction of sugarcane bagasse ash and its role in controlling alkali silica reaction In: Construction and Building Materials, 148, 231 - 240
- Rahman, M.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2017). Effect of curing temperature on the properties of 100% Clay based geopolymer concrete In: Proceedings of the Ninth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Valencia, Spain, 24-29 July 2017
- Afroz, M.,Patnaikuni, I.,Venkatesan, S. (2017). Chemical durability and performance of modified basalt fiber in concrete medium In: Construction and Building Materials, 154, 191 - 203
- Venkatesan, S.,Patnaikuni, I. (2016). Review on Hybrid Fiber Reinforced High Performance High Volume Flyash Concrete In: International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research (IJSCER), 5, 39 - 43
- Rahman, M.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2016). Optimizing the mix design of clay based geopolymer concrete In: Proceedings of the 3rd Australasia and South-East Asia Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ASEA-SEC-3 2016), Sarawak, Malaysia, 31 October - 4 November 2016
- Sethu Mathavan, R.,Venkatesan, S.,Patnaikuni, I. (2016). Mechanical properties of high volume flyash concrete reinforced with hybrid fibers In: Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, , 1 - 7
- De Silva, S.,Setunge, S.,Patnaikuni, I.,Law, D. (2016). 100% cement replaced high volume fly ash concrete In: Concrete in Australia, 42, 37 - 41
- Law, D.,Adam, A.,Molyneaux, T.,Patnaikuni, I.,Wardhono, A. (2015). Long term durability properties of class F fly ash geopolymer concrete In: Materials and Structures, 48, 721 - 731
- Myadaraboina, H.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2014). Durability of basalt fibers in concrete medium In: Proceedings of the Second Australasia and Southeast Asia Conference in Structural Engineering and Construction (ASEA-SEC-2) 2014, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-7 November 2014
- Jayasuriya, S.,Zhang, G.,Setunge, S.,Patnaikuni, I. (2014). Critical Issues During the Concession: Review of Studies on Public-Private Partnership Projects In: Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering, Hyderabad, India, 6-8 January 2014
- 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.