Academic, Research, Teaching & Support Staff

Academic Staff
Additional Teaching Staff
Research & Professional Staff
Adminstrative Support Staff
Technical Support Staff

Academic Staff
Professor and Head of School
Prof Kim Rasmussen	Structures
Professors
Prof Greg Hancock	Structures
Prof John Small	Geotechnical
Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Prof Harry Poulos	Geotechnical
Emeritus Prof Nick Trahair	Structures
Associate Professors
A/Prof David Airey	Geotechnical
A/Prof Stuart Reid	Structures
A/Prof Dong-Sheng Jeng	Environmental
Senior Lecturers
Dr Itai Einav	Geotechnical
Dr Abbas El-Zein	Geotechnical; Environmental
Dr Tim Finnigan	Environmental
Dr Tim Wilkinson	Structures
Dr Graeme Wood	Wind Engineering
Lecturers
Dr Li Liu	Project Management
Dr Gianluca Ranzi	Structures
Adjunct and Honorary Academic Staff
Hon Prof Ali Jaafari
Adj Prof Ian Jones	Ocean Technology Group
Adj Prof Jim Forbes	Consultant for Design Studies
Hon A/Prof Andrew Abel	Materials
Hon A/Prof Peter Ansourian	Structures
Adj A/Prof Phil Mulhearn	Ocean Technology Group
A/Prof Chris Stevens	Project Management
Hon A/Prof Rob Wheen	Structures
Dr Logan Apperley	Fluids
Dr David Blair	Ocean Technology Group
Dr Michel Chaaya	Project Management
Dr Richard Watkins	Fluids/Wind
Mr Ian Bowie
Mr Wayne Courtney
Mr Noel Ings	Structures & Surveying
Mr Ted Tooher	Project Management
Mr Paul Uno	Materials
Mr Richard Weber	Construction Management

Research and Professional Consulting Staff
Dr Nigel Balaam	Geotechnical
Dr Tim Hull	Geotechnical
Dr Mohammed Karim	Environmental
Dr Jian Li	Environmental
Dr Haijiang Liu	Environmental
Dr Hongyuan Liu	Geotechnical
Dr Frank Lu	Environmental
Dr John Papangelis	Structures
Mr Antonio Reyno	Geotechnical
Dr Mohanad Mursi	Structures

Adjunct & Honorary Research Staff
Hon Prof Peter Lowe
Dr Demao Yang	Structures
Dr Yaip Telue	Structures
Dr Lip Teh	Structures

Administrative Support Staff
Mrs Maria Domadenik	School Secretary & Consulting
Mrs Suzanne Fisk	Project Management
Mrs Sally Hill	Ocean Technology
Mr Earnest Jayarajan	Finance Officer
Mrs Ailin Lee	Finance Officer
Mrs Cynthia Papangelis	Undergraduate Assistant
Mr Rajah Varatharajah	Finance Manager
Mrs Donna Sikorski	Postgraduate Assistant
Mrs Catherine Wakefield	Project Management
Mrs Dami Wicks	Project Management & Finance

Technical Support Staff
Mr Ross Barker	Senior Technical Officer
Mr Henry Black	Technical Officer
Mr Todd Budrodeen	Technical Officer
Mr Paul Burrell	Technical Officer
Mr Paul Busstra	Technical Officer
Mr Sergio de Carvalho	Technical Officer
Mr Alex Farago	Technical Officer
Mr Brett Jones	Technical Officer
Mr Nathan McKinlay	Network Manager
Mr David Rogers	Technical Officer
Mr Garry Towell	Senior Technical Officer

Staff members in profile

One of our newest members is Tim Finnigan. Tim has just spent several years working as Head of R&D; and then Technical Director, Energetech Australia, Sydney.

He completed his undergrad studies UBC, Vancouver, Canada, followed by a PhD at UWA on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, and 2 years Oceanography postdoc in Hawaii.

Tim's research is in the fields of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Ocean Power Conversion, and Fresh Water Infrastructure.

Henry Black - one of the staff with a key role in supporting our research, teaching and consulting activities - making a detailed timber model for wind tunnel testing.