People
Meet the researchers and graduate students who make up the Future Construction Technology group.
Leadership
Prof Tuan Ngo
Dr Ngo is a Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Melbourne. His research interests range prefabricated modular buildings, extreme loading (blast, impact and fire), sustainable materials and low carbon technologies, composite materials, and design of sustainable buildings. Prof Ngo is the leader of the FCT group.
dtngo@unimelb.edu.auDr Tuan Nguyen
Dr Nguyen is a senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. His research interests lie on sustainable construction materials, renewable energy infrastructure and advanced computational modelling. Dr Nguyen is the deputy leader of the FCT group.
tuan.nguyen@unimelb.edu.auResearchers
Dr Steven Linforth
Dr Linforth is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include extreme loadings (blast and impact) and auxetic metamaterials.
linforth.s@unimelb.edu.auGraduate students
Name: Tay-Son Le Supervisors: Prof Tuan Ngo, Dr Tuan Nguyen Thesis: Assessment of energy storage systems in buildings |
Former members
Name: Rajendra Bohara Time: 2020-2023 (PhD student) Current position: Karagozian & Case Australia | |
Name: Sachinthani Ayesha Karunarathna Time: 2019-2022 (PhD student), 2022-2023 (Research Associate) Current position: Arup |
Opening positions
We are looking for graduate students and postdocs who are interested in our research areas. Please send the application to Prof Tuan Ngo (Email: dtngo@unimelb.edu.au) or Dr Tuan Nguyen (Email: tuan.nguyen@unimelb.edu.au). Please include the following:
- Cover letter, including research and career interests
- CV
- Transcripts (for graduate applications)