Jiaming Ma

Dr Jiaming Ma is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT University. He previously worked on the ARC Laureate Fellowship project as a postdoctoral researcher. Dr Ma has a strong research interest in material and structure innovation for engineering and architecture applications to lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve sustainability, plus automation for the sector.

Dr Ma is experienced in topology optimisation, rammed earth, metamaterial, computational morphogenesis, lightweight shell structure and advanced manufacturing and construction methods. He received the 2022 Hangai Prize from the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), the DNA Paris Design Award, the Best Paper Award at the Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics and the Postgraduate Research Excellence Award. Dr Ma was the President and currently the board member of the Chinese Association of Professionals and Scholars in Australia, the General Chair of the 13th Research Symposium for Chinese PhD Students and Scholars in Australia, the General Team Lead of the organising committee of the IASS Annual Symposium 2023 and one of the Lead Editors of the IASS 2023 Proceedings entitled "Integration of Design and Fabrication".

Dr Ma's research has been featured in over 309 mainstream and industry-focused media outlets, including Forbes, MSN, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Architecture & Design, with a total advertising value of over four million Australian dollars.