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Urban Transformation
Research that supports the ongoing sustainable and net zero urban transformation through systems, societal and technological approaches.
Strength
- Construction management, including sustainable procurement, supply chain, circular economy, decarbonization; health and safety.
- Energy, people and nature, including Renewable energy systems, people and home, building automation, energy efficiency, embodied energy and carbon, sustainable design, sustainable procurement and construction.
- Building design and technology, including construction technologies, Building materials, Passive design, Energy efficient building, Virtual design and construction, Digital design and construction, Immersive design.
- Experimental and computational research in the geotechnical engineering, including soil-structure interactions; computational geotechnics; geomaterial characterization; soil investigation.
Selected projects
The Climate Resilient Housing Toolkit: making it work for older Australians" for the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Program
Chief Investigator: Dr. Aso Hajirasouli, Professor Paul sanders
Funded by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Sustainable Procurement
Chief Investigator (Lead): Yingbin Feng
Funded by SBEnrc
2020-2021, $165,000
NHMRC Ideas Grant
Chief Investigators: Professor Paul Sanders (WSU); Doctor Aso Hajirasouli (WSU)
2020-2025, $1,156,152
A novel method to stabilise expansive soils by alkaline-activation
Chief Investigators: Chin Leo, Samanthika Liyanapathirana, Qinghua Zeng, Pan Hu
Funded by ARC and EIC Activities
2022-2026, $423, 000
Low embodied energy and carbon for residential buildings and the new paradigm of Consumer Energy Resources
Chief Investigator: Greg Morrison
Funded by Lang Walker endowment
2022-2025, $100 000
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