Brian Considine
Details
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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brian.considine@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-1011-3303
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Media enquiries
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Mentoring (long-term)
About
Dr Brian Considine is a Lecturer in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT University. He completed a Masters Degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Dublin City University and worked as a Project Engineer for one year before pursuing a PhD. He obtained a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Trinity College Dublin in 2022 by investigating air pollution control technology for building HVAC systems. Prior to joining RMIT University, he worked as a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Cambridge for three years.
He specialises in building stock modelling, circular economy, building energy, indoor and outdoor environmental quality, urban climatology, hydropower and waste heat recovery. His expertise spans computational fluid dynamics, building energy performance certification, building energy modelling, HVAC systems, retrofits, life cycle costs, hygrothermal modelling, air pollution control technology, microclimate modelling, nature-based solutions and renewable energy technology development for hydropower and wastewater sectors.
Research fields
- 401204 Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics)
- 401205 Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer
- 4012 Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering
- 401101 Air pollution modelling and control
- 370102 Air pollution processes and air quality measurement
- 401703 Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical)
- 401209 Hydrodynamics and hydraulic engineering
- 330206 Building science, technologies and systems
- 33 Built environment and design
- 400513 Water resources engineering
- 401105 Life cycle assessment and industrial ecology
UN sustainable development goals
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 13 Climate Action
- 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Academic positions
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 30 Jun 2025 – Present
- Post Doctoral Research Associate
- University of Cambridge
- Civil Engineering
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 13 Jan 2025 – 27 Jun 2025
- Research Fellow
- Trinity College Dublin
- Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
- Dublin, Ireland
- 1 Jul 2022 – 10 Jan 2025
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Trinity College Dublin
- Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
- Dublin, Ireland
- 4 Mar 2019 – 10 Jan 2025
Non-academic positions
- Project Engineer
- Leo Lynch
- Dublin, Ireland
- 3 Sep 2018 – 28 Feb 2019
- Instructor
- Centre for Talented Youth
- Dublin, Ireland
- 4 Sep 2017 – 13 Dec 2017
- Intern Engineer
- Veolia Water
- Kilkenny, Ireland
- 4 Jul 2016 – 31 Aug 2016
- Apprentice Plumber
- Kirby Group
- Dublin, Ireland
- 1 Nov 2006 – 29 Feb 2012
Supervisor projects
- The control of air pollution using green infrastructure, building and city ventilation
- 15 Oct 2025
- Developing Solutions for Wastewater Heat Recovery in Australian Food Processing and Production
- 21 Jul 2025
Teaching interests
MIET 2385: System Engineering Principles
Research interests
Building decarbonisation, whole life cycle analysis for retrofits, circular economy in the built environment, wasteheat recovery, air pollution control in nautral and mechanical ventilated buildings, urban heat island, urban ventilation, green-blue-infrastructure, operational and embodied building stock modelling, building energy and hygrothermal analysis, microhydropower applications and HVAC systems.
