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Professor Allan Manalo

Professor Allan Manalo
Name Allan Manalo
Position Director (Centre for Future Materials)
Section Centre for Future Materials (Operations)
Office Q338
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 2547
Extension 2547
Email
Qualifications MEng Saitama , PhD USQ
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/810v9/prof-allan-manalo
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Executive Support

Biography

Allan is the Director of the Centre for Future Materials and leader of the Resilient Infrastructure research group at the University of Southern Queensland. He has an extensive research track record and industry collaboration on fibre composites and low-carbon emission materials for civil infrastructure. His research portfolio totals more than $12 million, secured through competitive processes including the Cooperative Research Centre-Projects (CRC-P) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects. Allan is currently holding the Advanced Queensland Industry Research Fellowship in collaboration with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, which aim to future-proof Queensland’s marine and boating infrastructure using GFRP-reinforced concrete technologies. Prof Manalo was awarded the UniSQ Excellence in Research Award in 2019 and was a recipient of the Australian Government Endeavour Executive Leadership Award in 2019 in recognition of his excellence in industry engagement, innovation and research.

Research Career


  • Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 090599 )
  • Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 091299 )
  • Structural Engineering ( 400510 )
  • Composite And Hybrid Materials ( 401602 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )
  • Civil Engineering ( 400500 )

Engineered composite materials and structures
Fibre-reinforced polymer reinforcing bars
Composite railway sleepers
Fibre reinforcing bars in concrete structures
Sandwich structures
Structural testing and finite element simulation


Composites Australia
Engineers Australia
International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)
Concrete Institute of Australia
Australasian Association for Engineering Education
Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines


Standards Australia BD-108 Committee on “Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bars Committee.”
Canadian Standard CAN/CSA S807-10 standards on “Specification for fibre-reinforced polymers.”
Editorial board member - International Journal of Materials Engineering (Dec 2011 – present)
Technical Reviewer: ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction; ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering; International Journal of Mechanical Sciences; Materials and Design; Journal of Composite Materials; Composites Part B: Engineering


  • Centre for Future Materials (CFM)
  • Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences (IAESS)

Teaching


CIV3506 Concrete Structures
CIV8803 Advanced Mechanics and Technology of Fibre Composites
CIV4803 Mechanics and Technology of Fibre Composites
CIV1501 Engineering Statics
ENG8180 Advanced Engineering Studies


16 Years


Coordinator for Research and Research Training, School of Civil Engineering and Surveying
Leader, Civil Composites Research Project Team (RPT)
Chair, Strategic Development Board at the Centre for Future Materials (CFM)
Member, Management Group at CFM

Supervision


  • Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 090599 )
  • Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 091299 )
  • Structural Engineering ( 400510 )
  • Composite And Hybrid Materials ( 401602 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )
  • Civil Engineering ( 400500 )