Civil & Natural Resources

Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Current Students

Master's Candidates

Name

Area:Title

Yen-Cheng Lu
(Arthur)

Civil Engineering
Extended direct analysis of 2D Steel Structures Subject to Cyclic Actions

Tim McDonald Fire Engineering
FDS Modelling of Effective Fire Venting Area
Denis Pino Structural Engineering
Shake table behaviour of post-tensioned timber buildings
Henry Wadworth-Watts Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Jeanette White Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Methane generation potential of Domestic Wastewater Supplemented with Coconut Pulp

PhD Students

Name

Research Area : Title

Manoochehr Ardalany Structural Engineering
Behaviour and Design of LVL Beams with Holes and Reinforcement
Mauricio Arias

Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Large scale hydrological and ecological impacts of hydropower development in the Mekong River Basin

M Jawad Arefi

Geotechnical Engineering
Characterisation of Christchurch Soil for Enhanced Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

Mohammad Soleymani Ashtiani

Structural Engineering
Dynamic Response and Performance of Beam-Column Joints Cast with Self-Compacting Concrete

Charlotte Brown Environmental Systems Engineering
Basil Daniel

Transportation Engineering
The Impacts of Neighbourhood Traffic Management

Frederico Ferreira

Transportation Engineering
Dynamic Response Recovery Tool Investigation

Debra Gardiner

Structural Engineering
The Development of Design Recommendations for the Internal Forces within Concrete Floor Diaphragm

Asif Iqbal
Timber Engineering

Seismic Design and Behaviour of Multi-Storey Timber Structures

Luke Javernick

Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Relationship between Flood Events and Vegetation Mortality in the Braided Ahuriri River, NZ

Pat Kailey

Geotechnical Engineering
Debris flow mechanics for NZ mountain catchments

Aline Lang

Transportation Engineering
Louise Murphy Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Developing Pollution Build-Up and Wash-Off Functions for Semi-Porous Paving Materials in Mitigating Storm Water Contamination
Michael Newcombe

 

Structural Engineering
Design Procedures and Numerical Analysis for Multistorey Post-Tensionend Timber Buildings
Brian Peng

Structural Engineering
Seismic Performance Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Precast Concrete Floor Systems

Kim Rait Geotechnical Engineering
Numerical Simulations of the Micromechanical Behaviour of Sturzstrom
Sean Rees

Geotechical Engineering
Undrained behaviour of silty sands using Christchurch soil

Vinod Sadashiva
Structural Engineering
Seismic Response of Irregular Structures
John Shrewsbury Transportation Engineering
Travel Demand Estimation
Catherine Tatarniuk Geotechnical Engineering
A study on the Changes in Stress State, Strength and Stiffness Properties of the Soil Surrounding Deep Soil Mixing (DSM) Columns and their Influence on Column Behaviour
Benjamin Uster

Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Modelling Rate-Limiting Processes in Sustainable Engineered Bioreactors for Treating Acid Mine Drainage.

Michelle Wild Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Growth dynamics and management of braided alluvial river deltas in New Zealand

David Yeoh

Timber Engineering
LVL Concrete Composite Floor System

Recent Past Students

Govind Acharya Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
An Analysis of Spatial Distribution Patterns of Sediment Deposition from Water Induced Erosion and Shallow Landslides
Alejandro Amaris Structural Engineering
Developments of Advanced Solutions for Seismic Resisting Precast Concrete Frames
Euving Au Structural Engineering
The mechanics and design of slotted reinforced concrete beams
Joseph Good

Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Water quality treatment and hydraulic efficacy of raingardens

Weng Yuen Kam Structural Engineering
The Development of the Selective Retrofit Strategy and Techniques for Reinforced Concrete Structures within a Performance-Based Approach
Perry Jackson
Geotechnical Engineering
The seismic response of Reinforced Soil Slopes (RSS)
Weng Yuen Kam Structural Engineering
The Development of the Selective Retrofit Strategy and Techniques for Reinforced Concrete Structures within a Performance-Based Approach
Cameron MacPherson Structural Engineering: Improving the seismic performance of Precast Concrete Frames
Craig McCauley

 

Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Assessment of Passive Treatment and Biogeochemical Reactors for Treating Acid Mine Drainage at Stockton Coal Mine, New Zealand
Amy Stephenson Risk
Benchmarking the resilience of organisations
James Rotimi

 

Civil Engineering
The Framework for Effective Post-Natural Disaster Reconstruction in New Zealand
Peter Sudhana Transportation Engineering: Feasibility Study of Foamed Bitumen
Julia Valigore

Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Microbial (micro-algal-Bacterial) biomass grown on municipal wastewater for sustainable biofuel production

Joseph Wheeler Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Hydrodynamic Modelling and Quantification of Available Habitat in Constructed Wetland Wildlife Reserves
Sarah Zhou Hydrological and Ecological Engineering
Modeling Retention Time in Constructed Wetlands