Keynote Lectures

A CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR HYDRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF GRANULAR MATERIALS SUBJECT TO CYCLIC LOADING

by Prof. Nasser  Khalili, PhD

PSM Professor and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales

 

 

 

PSM Professor and Scientia Professor Nasser Khalili has about 30 years of experience in geotechnical engineering both as a consultant and as an academic/researcher. Prior to joining The University of New South Wales in 1993, he was responsible for managing the geotechnical group in the Chicago Office of the consulting firm Dames & Moore. He is currently the Head of School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW, Director of ARC Research Hub on Resilient and Intelligent Infrastructure Systems, the President of the Australian Association for Computational Mechanics (AACM), Fellow of Institution of Engineers Australia, Fellow of Australian Geomechanics Society, and Fellow of Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). His research interests lie primarily in the areas of mechanics of unsaturated soils, soil plasticity, and mechanics of multi phase multi porous media. He is the recipient of many prestigious international awards including: Chandra Desai Medal from International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) in 2014, and Valliappan Medal from International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2016.

INNOVATIVE SYSTEM FOR 3D MEASUREMENT OF S&C CRITICAL PARAMETERS

by Prof. Stasha Jovanovic, PhD 

Full Professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences


Dr Stasha Jovanovic is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and founder and principal consultant in the consultancy companies EURO RAIL CONSULT and LOGITRANS, in Belgrade, Serbia. Dr Jovanovic finished his Ph.D. study at the Technical University Delft in the Netherlands and collaborated with more than 30 railways world-wide. He developed the two integrated Railway Asset Management SYStems - “RAMSYS” for Mermec, Italy and AMA (Automated Maintenance Advisor) for Ensco, USA; implemented at a multitude of railways worldwide. Stasha Jovanovic has had more than 100 publications on various railway engineering issues, in most important Railway Magazines, like Rail International (Schienen der Welt), International Railway Journal, Railway Gazette, Rail Technology Magazine, as well as at various railway related conferences organized by UIC, IHHA, TRB, AREMA, etc.