Dr. Xi Sun
Details
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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xi.sun@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-1722-7901
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
About
Dr Xi Sun earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 2022, supported by the Australian Government RTP Scholarship. Upon completing his doctorate, he joined RMIT as a research fellow in Geotechnical Engineering while concurrently serving as a laboratory tutor for undergraduate courses. His research primarily focuses on unsaturated soil mechanics, field instrumentation and monitoring, climate-plant-soil-structure interactions, and the assessment of tree-induced structural damage.
Research fields
- 4005 Civil engineering
- 3108 Plant biology
- 4106 Soil sciences
- 3001 Agricultural biotechnology
- 3007 Forestry sciences
UN sustainable development goals
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 13 Climate Action
Teaching interests
CIVE1178 Geotechnical Engineering 1 (laboratory tutor)
CIVE1187 Statics (laboratory tutor)
CIVE1105 Rock Mechanics (laboratory tutor)
OENG1167 and OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Project (field trip coordinator)
Research interests
Expansive Soils; Field instrumentation and monitoring; Climate-plant-soil-structure interactions; Assessment of tree-induced structural damage
