Professor Sujeeva Setunge

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