People

The Structures section is comprised of 18 full-time academic and teaching staff, with expertise across the full range of structural engineering. Academic staff are active in teaching, research and consultancy. Our student population comprises approximately 60 full-time PhD students.

Structures Academic and Teaching Staff A-Z

Structures Academics A-Z
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	Craig Buchanan Lecturer in Construction, PhD 3D printing, metals, material testing, structural testing, finite element modelling.
	Nick Buenfeld Professor of Concrete Structures and Head of Department, PhD, DIC, FICE, FIStructE, FREng Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Concrete structures; Deterioration mechanisms; Design for durability; Condition assessment and monitoring; Life prediction of new and existing concrete structures.
	Ahmed Elghazouli Professor of Structural Engineering and Head of Section, PhD, DIC, CEng, FIStructE, FICE Head of Structural Engineering Section Director of MSc in Earthquake Engineering The response of structures to extreme loads, Structural earthquake engineering, Structural fire engineering; Structural robustness.
	Leroy Gardner Professor of Structural Engineering, PhD, DIC, CEng, FICE, FIStructE Director of Research Structural testing; Numerical modelling and the development of design guidance for steel structures.
	Bassam Izzuddin Professor of Computational Structural Mechanics, PhD, DIC, MASCE, CEng, FIStructE Director of the MSc Programme Nonlinear structural analysis; Finite element analysis; Extreme loading; Simplified modelling; Robustness and progressive collapse; Multi-scale modelling; Steel structures; Concrete structures; Glass structures.
	Luke Louca Reader in Engineering Structures, PhD Behaviour and design of structures subjected to explosions.
	Lorenzo Macorini Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, PhD Director of the MSc in General Structural Engineering and MSc in Structural Steel Design Masonry structures (numerical modelling, analysis under extreme loading, strengthening); Computational structural mechanics; Composite structures (long-term and collapse behaviour, seismic performance).
	Christian Malaga Chuquitaype Senior Lecturer in Structures, PhD, DIC Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics; structural timber engineering and hybrid construction, resilient and smart structures; performance-based and multi-hazard structural design.
	Andrew Phillips Senior Lecturer in Structural Biomechanics, PhD, CEng, MIMechE Biomechanics, FE and inverse dynamics; Musculo-skeletal modelling; Blast biomechanics; Orthopaedic device assessment / design, Structural optimization.
	Sunday Popo-Ola Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, PhD, DIC, FHEA Structural Engineering and testing; Composite Construction, Modern method of Construction, Fixing and anchor technology; Cladding and Façade Technology; Indigenous Materials; Structural Modelling; BIM; CAD and Expert Witness.
	Andy Pullen Senior Research Fellow Structures, Structural materials; Blast and impact loading behaviour; Elements under impact; Extreme compressive stresses; Strain rate.
	Ana Ruiz-Teran Senior Lecturer in Bridge Engineering, PhD, CEng, MICE, FHEA Director of MSc in Concrete Structures Bridge engineering; Structural engineering; Innovative types of cable-stayed bridges; Spatial arch bridges; Footbridges; Accidental breakage of stay cables; Prestressed concrete; Bridge design.
	Adam Jan Sadowski Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, PhD Thin and thick shell structures, stability of shells.
	Peter Stafford Reader in Engineering Seismology & Earthquake Engineering, PhD Quantitative risk analysis; Probabilistic methods in engineering seismology and earthquake engineering; Reliability theory.
	Margaret Szabo Senior Teaching Fellow in Structures, PhD, FHEA Structural mechanics, structural design, biomechanics
	Robert Vollum Reader in Concrete Structures, PhD, CEng, MIStructE Long-term deflections of reinforced concrete slabs; Beam-column joints; Shear in beams; Punching shear; Numerical modelling of reinforced concrete structures; Strut and tie modelling; Control of early age thermal cracking.
	Ahmer Wadee Professor of Nonlinear Mechanics, PhD, CMath, FIMA, CSci, MRI Director of Postgraduate Research Structural stability; Structural mechanics; Structural engineering; Laminated composite and layered materials; Steel structures; Sandwich structures; Nonlinear buckling theory; Applied mathematics; Structural failure; Solid mechanics.
	Hong Wong Reader in Structures and Materials, PhD, DIC Microstructure characterisation; Concrete petrography; Image analysis; Degradation of concrete structures; Modelling performance from microstructure.
Structures Academics A-Z

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Structures Research Staff A-Z

Structures Academics A-Z
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	Miguel Angel Bravo Haro Research Associate, PhD Earthquake Engineering, Structural Monitoring, Inelastic response of steel structures, and effects of strong-motion characteristics Email Miguel
	Dan Bompa Research Associate, PhD Hybrid connections of RC floors to steel columns by means of shearkeys, structural testing, numerical and analytical modelling Email Dan
	Corrado Chisari Marie Curie Fellow, PhD MultiCAMS - Multi-level Model Calibration for the Assessment of Historical Masonry Structures Email Corrado
	Pinelopi Kyvelou Research Associate Cold-formed steel structures Email Pinelopi
	Luca Modenese Imperial College Research Fellow, PhD Computational models of the musculoskeletal anatomy; Advanced dynamic analyses to understand the principles underlying human motion and motor control Email Luca
	Xiang Yun Research Assistant Structural testing; High strength steel structures; Aluminium structures and Steel structure design Email Xiang
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Structures Research Students A-Z

Structures Academics A-Z
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	Deema Abu-Salma Started Oct 2018 Seismic design of framed RC structures Supervised by: Vollum, R.L .; Macorini, L. Email Deema
	Firdaus AbdolKalary Started Nov 2015 Response of steel structures to extreme loads Supervised by: Malaga Chuquitaype, C. Email Firdaus
	Omar Algassem Started Oct 2017 Strut and tie modelling of reinforced concrete structures Supervised by: Vollum, R.L . Email Omar
	Joao Angelo Sio Started Sep 2018 Design-oriented robustness assessment of multi-storey reinforced concrete building structures Supervised by: Izzuddin, B.A. Email Angelo
	Adam Bekele Started Oct 2016 Meta-modelling of lattice materials for sustainable civil engineering Supervised by: Wadee, M.A.; Phillips, A.T.M. Email Adam
	Laura Bellamy Started Oct 2015 Sustainable optimisation of construction As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering Supervised by: Phillips, A.T.M.; Malaga Chuquitaype, C. Email Laura
	Behnam Behzadi Sofiani Started Oct 2017 Study of angle columns Supervised by: Gardner, L.; Wadee, M.A. Email Benham
	Aizat Bin Alias Started Oct 2014 Effects of uplift on composite floors due to blast loading Supervised by: Louca, L.; Elghazouli, A. Email Aizat
	Adrien Boyez Started Oct 2015 Shell bending theory for axisymmetric cylindrical shells of stepwise varying thickness Supervised by: Sadowski, A.; Izzuddin, B.A. Email Adrien
	Javier Canada Perez-Sala Started Oct 2018 Structural behaviour and design criteria of segmental high-speed railways bridges Supervised by: Ruiz-Teran, A. Email Javier
	Francisco Cedron Started Oct 2015 Seismic behaviour of form-found structures Supervised by: Elghazouli, A Email Francisco
	Xi Chen Started Oct 2017 Concrete durability Supervised by: Wong, H.S.; Buenfeld, N.R.; Email Xi
	Matthew Chuo Started Oct 2018 Adaptive contact and cracking analysis of solid continuum structures Supervised by: Izzuddin, B.A. Email Matthew
	Sophie Day Started Oct 2017 Design and testing of high strength steel structures Supervised by: Gardner, L. Email Sophie
	Cagatay Demirci Started Nov 2014 Integrated design and behaviour of tall timber buildings Supervised by: Malaga-Chuquitaype, C., Macorini, L. Email Catatay
	Sam Draper Started Oct 2017 Microstructure and durability of concrete prepared using new multi-component cements Supervised by: Wong, H.S.; Cheeseman, C.R.; Buenfeld, N.R.; Email Sam
	Osama Eid Started Jan 2019 Strengthening reinforced concrete structures with ultra high performance concrete Supervised by: Vollum, R.L.; Wong, H.S. Email Osama
	Clement David Favier Started Oct 2015 Modelling the biomechanics of the spine Supervised by: Phillips, A.T.M. Email Clement
	Abobakr Elwakeel Started Aug 2016 Design of D Regions in Reinforced Concrete Supervised by: Vollum, R.L. Email Abobakr
	Andreas Fieber Started Oct 2015 Displacement based design and reduced stiffness method for steel Supervised by: Gardner, L.; Macorini, L. Email Andreas
	Marcus Filiagi Started Nov 2015 Strut and tie modelling of concrete structures Supervised by: Vollum, R.L. Email Marcus
	Konstantinos Georgiadis Started Oct 2016 Structural behaviour and design criteria of under-deck cable supported footbridges Supervised by: Ruiz-Teran, A.; Stafford, P.J. Email Konstantinos
	Stanyslav Grosman Started Oct 2015 Progressive collapse assessment of building structures Supervised by: Izzuddin, B.A. Email Stanyslav
	Jiaping Gu Nonlinear analysis of large-scale structures, computational efficiency Email Jiaping
	Nicholas Hadjipantelis Started Oct 2015 Steel structures Supervised by: Gardner, L.; Wadee, M.A. Email Nicholas
	Cheng Huang Started Oct 2018 Metal 3D printing Supervised by: Gardner, L. Email Cheng
	Josh Kaufmann Started Oct 2016 Bone health in amputees Supervised by: Phillips, A.T.M.; McGregor, A. Email Josh
	Alalea Kia Started Oct 2014 Porous pavement - control of permeability degradation in pervious concrete As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering Supervised by: Wong, H.S.; Cheeseman, C.R. Email Alalea
	Constantinos Kyprianou Started Oct 2016 TBC Supervised by: Gardner, L.; Nethercot, D.A. Email Constantinos
	Maria Liapopoulou Started Oct 2018 Seismic behaviour of steel structures Supervised by: Elghazouli, A.Y. Email Maria
	Jia Xiang Liew Started Oct 2018 Concrete structures with smart reinforcements Supervised by: Buenfeld, N.R.; Wong, H.S. Email Jia
	Zhan Lyu Started Oct 2015 Dynamic response of innovative post-tensioned timber bridges Supervised by: Malaga Chuquitaype, C.; Ruiz-Teran, A. Email Zhan
	Navid Mehreganian Started May 2014 Behaviour of plate structures under blast loading Supervised by: Louca, L. Email Navid
	Carlos Melchor Placencia Started Feb 2019 Effect of the Long-Term Behaviour of Wood on the Seismic Performance of Timber buildings Supervised by: Malaga Chuquitaype, C. Email Carlos
	Xin Meng Started Oct 2016 High-strength steel hollow sections Supervised by: Gardner, L. Email Xin
	Alexandros Nordas Started Jan 2015 Towards the incorporation of an innovative structural scheme in the design of offshore platform topsides Supervised by: Izzuddin, B.A., Macorini, L. Email Alex
	Bradley Pring Started Sept 2015 Structural performance of precast high speed railway bridges Supervised by: Ruiz-Teran, A Email Bradley
	Chunyan Quan Started Oct 2017 Direct strength method for the design of thin-walled structures considering element interaction Supervised by: Gardner, L. Email Chunyan
	Branimir Radukic Started Oct 2016 Prevention and treatment of fragilities fractures Supervised by: Phillips, A.T.M. Email Branimir
	Kamil Riedel Started Oct 2018 Achieving buildability and robustness in demountable precast buildings As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering Supervised by: Vollum, R.L.; Izzuddin, B. Email Kamil
	Burak Sahin Started Jan 2018 Seismic design of steel and composite structures Supervised by: Elghazouli, A.Y. Email Burak
	Gabriel Barros Dos Santos Started Jun 2015 Structural engineering - steel structures Supervised by: Gardner, L. Email Gabriel
	Luis Fernando Pinho Santos Started Jul 2015 Innovative floor system for offshore topside structures Supervised by: Izzuddin, B, Macorini, L Email Luis
	Andri Setiawan Started Oct 2015 Assessment of hybrid RC flat slab connection Supervised by: Vollum, R.L.; Macorini, L Email Andri
	Barnaby Shanks Started Oct 2018 Investigating new low-carbon cements based on MgO/silica components of olivine Supervised by: Cheeseman, C.R. ; Wong, H.S.; Email Barney
	Yuan Shi Started Apr 2015 Incremental dynamic analysis - earthquake engineering Supervised by: Stafford, P. Email Yuan
	Luis Fernando Sirumbal Zapata Started Nov 2014 Seismic performance of high-rise timber buildings Supervised by: Malaga Chuquitaype, C., Elghazouli, A. Email Luis
	Adeleke Soyemi Started Jan 2016 Assessment of structures under extreme loading Supervised by: Izzuddin, B Email Adeleke
	Robert Stephens Started Nov 2012 Investigation of new or novel methods of accurately measuring the response of structures under blast loading Supervised by: Louca, L. Email Robert
	Leena Tahir Kibriya Started Oct 2016 Damage avoidance structural systems Supervised by: Malaga Chuquitaype, C. Email Leena
	Adeyanju Ashabi Teslim-Balogun Started Apr 2015 Response of steel structures under extreme loading Supervised by: Stafford, P., Malaga Chuquitaype, C. Email Adeyanju
	Rodrigo Thiers Moggia Started Oct 2016 Seismic design of CLT timber buildings Supervised by: Malaga Chuquitaype, C. Email Rodrigo
	Natividad Garcia Troncoso Started Feb 2016 Footbridge dynamics under pedestrian loading using supplemental damping Supervised by: Stafford, P., Ruiz-Teran, A.
	Nathan Vella Started Jan 2016 Cold formed steel and timber composite structures Supervised by: Gardner, L. Email Nathan
	Fiona Walport Started Oct 2016 Behaviour and design of sustainable stainless steel structures Supervised by: Nethercot, D.A., Gardner, L. Email Fiona
	Amy Wilson Started Oct 2018 Reducing the impact of nanoparticle emissions during concrete production and recycling Supervised by: Stettler, MEJ.; Wong, H.S.; Fowler, G.D. Email Amy
	Zhe Xing Started Oct 2017 Stainless steel open-section Supervised by: Gardner, L. Email Zhe
	Bowen Xu Started Nov 2014 Structural behaviour of rubberised concrete Supervised by: Elghazouli A., Stafford, P., Ruiz-Teran, A. Email Bowen
	Kaidong Wu Started Feb 2017 Buckling and post-buckling of the new material graphene Supervised by: Wadee, M. A.; Gardner, L. Email Kaidong
	Dan Tudor Zaharie Started Oct 2014 Mitigation and prevention of pelvic trauma Supervised by: Phillips, A.T.M. Email Dan
	Kai Zhang Started Oct 2017 Durability assessment of novel cements and concretes Supervised by: Wong, H.S.; Buenfeld, N. Email Kai
Structures Research Students A-Z

Technical, laboratory and administration staff

Finance, HR and Research Admin
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	Stefan Algar Laboratory and Concrete Operations Manager, Structures Room 236, +44 (0)207 594 3169, Email Stefan
	Les Clark Laboratory and Hydraulics Operations Manager, Structures Room 236, +44 (0)207 594 5941, Email Les
	Paul Crudge Laboratory and Workshop Services Manager, Structures Room 219b, +44 (0)207 594 5902, Email Paul
	Andrew Morris Laboratory Technician, Structures Room 236, +44 (0)207 594 5954, Email Andrew
	Alfredo Olivo Laboratory Technician, Structures Room 120b, +44 (0)207 594 5949, Email Freddie
	Trevor Stickland Engineering Laboratory Technician, Structures Room 236, +44 (0)207 594 3224, Email Trevor
	Ruth Bello MSc Cluster Administrator, Structures Room 439, +44 (0)207 594 6040, Email Ruth
Technical, laboratory and administration staff

Structures Emeritus, Senior Research Investigators, Visitors and Honorary staff

Emeritus and Senior Research Investigators
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	Professor Patrick Dowling Emeritus Professor of Steel Structures Although he left Imperial in 1994 to take the post of Vice Chancellor at the University of Surrey, Professor Dowling has always retained an association with his alma mater, where he continues to hold the post of Visiting Professor. He was elected to the Fellowship of Imperial College in 1997, was awarded a CBE in 2001 for services to Industry and Higher Education, and has served until recently as the Chairman of the British Science Association.
	Professor George England Emeritus Professor of Mechanics and Structures Professor George England’s career has been in the field of the mechanics and analysis of structural systems and components. He has applied this to the lifetime performance of structures and performance of structures in fire and has specialised in time-dependent behaviour of concrete structures. He has often acted as an expert advisor on the long term behaviour of prestressed concrete bridges.
	Professor Roger Hobbs Senior Research Investigator, Distinguished Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Structural Engineering Professor Hobbs has been associated with Imperial for over 50 years, completing his BSc and PhD here in the 1960s, and later serving as Head of Department in the mid 1990s. Throughout his career, he has maintained close links with Industry, and is still active in Tension Technology International, Ltd, providing design services in moorings for offshore structures, a place where interesting research topics frequently emerge. He was involved with the EU committee responsible for the development of the steel Eurocode, EC3, and with the latest edition of the OCIMF Mooring Guidelines.
	Professor David Lloyd-Smith Emeritus Professor of Structural Mechanics David Lloyd Smith retired in 2009, but remains active as a teacher, researcher and scholar in the field of structural mechanics. In recognition of his contribution to the academic life of the College, he was elected to the Fellowship of Imperial College in May 2012.
	Professor David Nethercot Senior Research Investigator, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Professor David A Nethercot OBE, is former Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College and former Deputy Principal (Teaching) of the Engineering Faculty. He has more than thirty years experience of research, specialised advisory work and committee activity in the area of steel, aluminium and composite construction.
Emeritus and Senior Research Investigators

Visiting and honorary staff

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Atula Abeysekera	Professor of Practice: Atula is a specialist in enterprise risk management and is a senior risk officer in the City of London with over 25 years experience in working for global financial organisations. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Civil Engineer. Atula holds a Masters degree in Engineering Hydrology at the Department of Civil Engineering at Imperial College. Atula teaches business risk management to 2nd year and 3rd year MEng students.
Haig Gulvanessian	Visiting Professor
Gaby Khoury	Senior Research Investigator, Visiting Professor: Gaby Khoury has been a Visiting Professor since leaving Imperial College in 2009. During his time at the College, he worked in a wide range of specialisations, including the impact of fire on structures, fire safety and the London Greenways Project. He has also worked on the design and construction of airships.
Alan Powderham	Visiting Professor
Michael Rotter	Visiting Professor
Faith Wainwright	Visiting Professor
Visiting and Honorary staff

People

Members of the Structures Section

Structures Academic and Teaching Staff A-Z

Structures Research Staff A-Z

Miguel Angel Bravo Haro

Dan Bompa

Corrado Chisari

Pinelopi Kyvelou

Xiang Yun

Structures Research Students A-Z

Deema Abu-Salma

Firdaus AbdolKalary

Omar Algassem

Joao Angelo Sio

Adam Bekele

Laura Bellamy

Behnam Behzadi Sofiani

Aizat Bin Alias

Adrien Boyez

Javier Canada Perez-Sala

Francisco Cedron

Xi Chen

Matthew Chuo

Sophie Day

Cagatay Demirci

Sam Draper

Osama Eid

Clement David Favier

Abobakr Elwakeel

Andreas Fieber

Marcus Filiagi

Konstantinos Georgiadis

Stanyslav Grosman

Jiaping Gu

Nicholas Hadjipantelis

Cheng Huang

Josh Kaufmann

Constantinos Kyprianou

Maria Liapopoulou

Jia Xiang Liew

Zhan Lyu

Navid Mehreganian

Carlos Melchor Placencia

Xin Meng

Alexandros Nordas

Bradley Pring

Chunyan Quan

Branimir Radukic

Kamil Riedel

Burak Sahin

Gabriel Barros Dos Santos

Luis Fernando Pinho Santos

Andri Setiawan

Barnaby Shanks

Yuan Shi

Luis Fernando Sirumbal Zapata

Adeleke Soyemi

Robert Stephens

Leena Tahir Kibriya

Adeyanju Ashabi Teslim-Balogun

Rodrigo Thiers Moggia

Natividad Garcia Troncoso

Nathan Vella

Fiona Walport

Amy Wilson

Zhe Xing

Bowen Xu

Kaidong Wu

Dan Tudor Zaharie

Kai Zhang

Technical, laboratory and administration staff

Stefan Algar

Les Clark

Paul Crudge

Andrew Morris

Alfredo Olivo

Trevor Stickland

Ruth Bello

Structures Emeritus, Senior Research Investigators, Visitors and Honorary staff

Professor Patrick Dowling