STAFF PROFILE
Professor Sujeeva Setunge
Position:
Associate DVC, RandI
College / Portfolio:
STEM College Office
School / Department:
Office of the ADVC R and I STEM
Phone:
99252182
Email:
sujeeva.setunge@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research
- Concrete technology, Geopolymer Concrete
- Concrete structures, behaviour, strengthening and creep and shrinkage
- Wood based composites, manufacturing, durability and performance
- Infrastructure management and disaster resilience – timber bridges, reinforced concrete bridges, community buildings, sea ports, storm water pipes, buried water pipes
Professor Setunge has co-authored 3 books, 5 book chapters and over 160 scientific articles. For a more detailed list of Professor Setunge's publications, please see the Publications section below.
Professor Sujeeva Setunge is Professor and Deputy Head, Civil Engineering.
- B.Sc Eng. (Civil) (Hons 1), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 1985
- Ph.D Structural Engineering), Monash University, Australia, 1993
Employment history
- Professor, Deputy head of school, Civil Engineering January 2014 to date
- Associate Professor, Head, Civil Engineering Discipline, February 2012 to Dec. 2013
- Associate Professor, Discipline Head, Environmental Engineering, February 2009 to January 2012
- Associate Professor, Program Coordinator Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, January 2005 to January 2009
- Senior Lecturer, School of Civil and Chem. Eng, RMIT University, March 2001 to Dec. 2004.
- Senior Lecturer, Monash University, 1998 – 2001
- Lecturer, Monash University, 1994 – 1998
- Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne, 1993-1994
Affiliations and professional memberships
- Fellow, Engineers Australia, CP.Eng
- Member, Concrete Institute of Australia
Recent industry collaborations
- BNH CRC, VicRoads, Transport and Main Roads Qld, RMS -NSW, Enhancing resilience of critical road structures: bridges, culverts and floodways under natural hazards
- Melbourne Water Corporation, Use of biosolids in enhanced fired clay bricks
- Brookfield Multiplex Pty Ltd., Investigation of Green and Safe Construction project
- Innovas Pty ltd., Concrete Repair and Strengthening Techniques for Deteriorated Reinforced Concrete Structures Using Sitefusion
- National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), Sydney Ports Corporation, Port Kembla Ports Corporation, Gladstone Ports Corporation, Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate
- Six local councils, Melbourne Water, Development of a decision making tool for whole of life care of storm water pipes
Community interaction
- Invited to be a judge for Engineering Excellence Awards in 2011.
- Invited to co-author a practice note for Geopolymer concrete in 2011.
- Invited to present on asset management of community buildings at the IPWEA Conference in March 2014
- Pooni, J.,Robert, D.,Giustozzi, F.,Setunge, S.,Xie, Y.,Xia, J. (2021). Performance evaluation of calcium sulfoaluminate as an alternative stabilizer for treatment of weaker subgrades In: Transportation Geotechnics, 27, 1 - 14
- Yazdanfar, Z.,Lester, D.,Robert, D.,Setunge, S. (2021). A novel CFD-DEM upscaling method for prediction of scour under live-bed conditions In: Ocean Engineering, 220, 1 - 13
- Herath Mudiyanselage, C.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Setunge, S. (2020). Performance of high volume fly ash concrete incorporating additives: A systematic literature review In: Construction and Building Materials, 258, 1 - 13
- Pooni, J.,Robert, D.,Giustozzi, F.,Setunge, S.,Xie, Y.,Xia, J. (2020). Novel use of calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement for treating problematic soils In: Construction and Building Materials, 260, 1 - 16
- Seneviratne, C.,Robert, D.,Gunasekara, M.,Wimalasiri, L.,Law, D.,Setunge, S. (2020). Damage Assessment of Geopolymer Aggregate Concrete Using Numerical Modeling In: ICSECM 2019 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Springer, Singapore
- Karami, H.,Robert, D.,Costa, S.,Tostovrsnik, F.,O'Donnell, B.,Setunge, S. (2020). Construction of Working Platforms on Expansive Soils Using Recycled Concrete and Stabilizers: A Case Study In: ICSECM 2019 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, Springer, Singapore
- Gunasekara, C.,Lokuge, W.,Keskic, M.,Raj, N.,Law, D.,Setunge, S. (2020). Design of Alkali-Activated Slag-Fly Ash Concrete Mixtures Using Machine Learning In: ACI Materials, 117, 263 - 278
- Khodr, M.,Law, D.,Gunasekara, C.,Setunge, S. (2020). Reactivity and Performance of Alkali-Activated Yallourn Brown Coal Ash In: ACI Materials Journal, 117, 149 - 158
- Seneviratne, C.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Setunge, S.,Robert, D. (2020). Creep, shrinkage and permeation characteristics of geopolymer aggregate concrete: long-term performance In: Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 20, 1 - 15
- Nanayakkara, O.,Gunasekara, C.,Sandanayake, M.,Law, D.,Nguyen, K.,Xia, J.,Setunge, S. (2020). Alkali activated slag concrete incorporating recycled aggregate concrete: Long term performance and sustainability aspect In: Construction and building materials, , 1 - 11
- Upcycling solutions for hazardous claddings and co-mingled waste. Funded by: Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) - Sebastian from (2020 to 2023)
- Recycled plastic ROBOVOID construction solution (CRCP). Funded by: Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grant from (2020 to 2022)
- IH18.04.4b: Development of a smart pavement asset management platform combining traffic models, pavement construction data, condition assessment data, traffic management, multi-sensor information and optimised rehabilitation strategies (administered by Monash University). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub via other University Grant 2019 from (2019 to 2024)
- IH18.04.4a: Optimisation of pavement fund allocation for pavement rehabilitation based on pavement condition data and remaining life cycle analytics (administered by Monash University). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub via other University Grant 2019 from (2019 to 2024)
- Strengthening Highway Concrete Bridge Beams with HB-FRP (hybrid bonded-fibre reinforced polymer). Funded by: Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions - Competitive from (2019 to 2021)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
25 PhD Completions and 13 Masters by Research Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Concrete materials and structures, Infrastructure Management, wood based composites.