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Professor Karu Karunasena

Name Karu Karunasena
Position Professor (Engineering Fibre Composites)
Section School of Engineering
Office B417
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4315
Extension 4315
Email
Qualifications BScEng Peradeniya , MEng Asian IT , PhD Manitoba
Homepage https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_iuEP5AAAAAJ&hl=en
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Research Career


  • Materials Engineering ( 091200 )
  • Structural Engineering ( 090506 )
  • Construction Materials ( 090503 )
  • Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation ( 091307 )
  • Dynamics, Vibration and Vibration Control ( 091304 )
  • Polymers and Plastics ( 091209 )
  • Solid Mechanics ( 091308 )
  • Composite and Hybrid Materials ( 091202 )
  • Dynamics ( 401702 )
  • Solid Mechanics ( 401707 )
  • Composite And Hybrid Materials ( 401602 )
  • Structural Engineering ( 400510 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )
  • Polymers And Plastics ( 401609 )
  • Numerical Modelling And Mechanical Characterisation ( 401706 )
  • Construction Materials ( 400505 )
  • Mechanical Engineering ( 401700 )
  • Civil Engineering ( 400500 )

Graphene use for improvement of properties in Civil/Structural/Mechanical components
Composite materials
Modelling and analysis of structures
Rehabilitation of concrete, steel and timber structures
Structural health monitoring
Wave propagation in composite materials
Steel, concrete and timber materials
Resilience of road structures


Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia - FIEAust
Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers - MASCE
Member of Structural Engineering Institute, USA
Charted Professional Engineer - CPEng
Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ)
NER (National engineering register, Australia
APEC Engineer
IntPE(Aus)


Member of the Australian Composite Structures Society
Member of the Australasian Association for Computational Mechanics
Member of the Australian Association for Engineering Education
Member , Structural Engineering Institute, USA


  • Centre for Future Materials (CFM)

Teaching


As Examiner (ie. Course Leader)
CIV3505 Structural Analysis
ENG8411 Masters Engineering Research Project A
ENG8414 Masters Engineering Research Project D

As Assistant Examiner:
ENG8412 Masters Engineering Research Project B

As Moderator :
CIV2503 Structural Design 1
CIV8801 Code Based Structural Design
CIV8804 Advanced Design Practice using Finite Element Analysis

As Project Supervisor:
ENG4111 Research Project Part 1
ENG4112 Research Project Part 2
ENG8411 Masters Engineering Research Project A
ENG8412 Masters Engineering Research Project B


Previous Teaching Involvement at USQ:

As Examiner (ie. Course Leader)
ENG3902 Professional Practice 1
ENG4903 Professional Practice 2
ENG8002 Masters Dissertation
ENG8412 Masters Dissertation C

As Assistant Examiner:
CIV1501 Statics
CIV3907 Civil Systems Practice
CIV4508 Structural Design II
ENG4104 Engineering Problem Solving 4
ENG8801 Code Based Structural Design
ENG8804 Advanced Design Practice using Finite Element Analysis


25 Years


Discipline Leader in Civil Engineering and Construction

Supervision


  • Structural Engineering ( 090506 )
  • Construction Materials ( 090503 )
  • Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation ( 091307 )
  • Dynamics, Vibration and Vibration Control ( 091304 )
  • Polymers and Plastics ( 091209 )
  • Solid Mechanics ( 091308 )
  • Composite and Hybrid Materials ( 091202 )
  • Dynamics ( 401702 )
  • Solid Mechanics ( 401707 )
  • Composite And Hybrid Materials ( 401602 )
  • Structural Engineering ( 400510 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )
  • Polymers And Plastics ( 401609 )
  • Numerical Modelling And Mechanical Characterisation ( 401706 )
  • Construction Materials ( 400505 )
  • Mechanical Engineering ( 401700 )
  • Civil Engineering ( 400500 )