People

Meet the researchers and graduate students who make up the Future Construction Technology group.

Leadership

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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.au
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Dr 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.au

Researchers

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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.au

Graduate 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)