Prof Allan Manalo
Name | Prof Allan Manalo |
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Email Address | allan.manalo@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Director (Centre for Future Materials) |
Qualifications | MEng Saitama, PhD USQ |
Department | Centre for Future Materials (Operations) |
Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences (Operations) | |
Affiliations | Centre for Future Materials |
Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences | |
School of Engineering | |
Centre for Future Materials (Research) |
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Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Professor in Civil Engineering | University of Southern Queensland | 2020 | 2023 |
Acting Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences | University of Southern Queensland | 2022 | 2023 |
Visiting Professor | West Virginia University, USA | 2019 | 2020 |
Visiting Professor | University of Colorado Boulder | 2023 | 2023 |
Visiting Assistant Professor | University of Sherbrooke, Canada | 2015 | 2016 |
Expertise
Civil composites; composite bars as reinforcement in concrete structures; polymer railway sleepers; durability; structural testing and finite element simulation
Fields of Research
- 400510. Structural engineering
- 401602. Composite and hybrid materials
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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Standards Australia BD-108 Committee on “Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bars Committee.” | |
CAN/CSA S807-10 standards on “Specification for fibre-reinforced polymers.” | |
AS1085.22 Committee on “Australian Specification for Alternative Material Sleepers” | |
AS1085.17 Committee on “Railway track material: Part 17: Steel sleepers” | |
Composites Australia | |
Engineers Australia | |
International Institute for FRP in Construction | |
Concrete Institute of Australia | |
PIANC WG 191 Composites for Hydraulic Structures |
MEng
Saitama
2008
PhD
USQ
2011
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Long-term performance and environmental sustainability of low carbon emission cementitious materials in concrete | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
AI-powered Automated Condition Assessment of Critical Transport Tunnel Infrastructure | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Development of sustainable structural panel from sugarcane bagasse | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
Performance evaluation of climate resilient precast concrete railway sleepers reinforced with fibre composite bars. | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Development of Bio-Based Sandwich Panels | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Development of a lightweight and low emission geopolymer concrete with high volume landfill wastes: Design optimisation and environmental assessment | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
Development of a low carbon emission composite sandwich panel | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2023 |
Impact behaviour of GFRP composite piles for aid-to-navigation structures | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Degradation mechanisms of structural composites under extreme weather | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Development and characterization of novel and sustainable composite reinforcing systems | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Reprocessing waste polyamide for sustainable sucker rod guides | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Impact of Different Fibre and Resin Types on the Durability of Polymer Composites | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Behaviour of GFRP reinforced Hollow Concrete Columns under Hysteretic Loading | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Novel protective seawall infrastructure using fibre composite materials | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Cement-Bonded Composites from Cotton Gin Wastes | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Structural performance of corrugated metal culverts rehabilitated by fibre reinforced polymer sliplining | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Cyclic and static behavior of Hollow Concrete beams reinforced by GFRP bars | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Structural behaviour of GFRP reinforced precast concrete for marine infrastructure | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Enhancing environmental sustainability of the composite railway sleepers | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2022 |
Modelling failure modes and identifying critical properties for structural coating in pipe-in-pipe systems | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Investigation on the Performance of Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) using Magnesium Oxide Board (MgO) | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Investigating vertical railway track structure behaviour for efficient track structure and component design | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Development of sustainable building technologies from low grade timber | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Assessing long-term performance and durability of geopolymer concrete mortar for sewage pipe coating material | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Experimental and analytical investigations on the torsional behaviour of glass fibre reinforced concrete pontoon decks | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Performance of Sustainable Concrete Incorporating Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Granules | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Structural behavior of modular composite wall systems under different load actions. | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Mechanical and Durability Performance of Hybrid Flax Fibres and Graphene Composites | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Static and Fatigue Behaviour of Internal Replacement Pipe Systems Subjected to Surface Load from Vehicular Traffic | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Performance in the Rail-Seat Region of Timber-Alternative Composite Railway Sleepers | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Behaviour of circular columns strengthened by glass fibre reinforced polymer wrapping system | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Static and fatigue behaviour of composite railway sleepers | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Behaviour of precast concrete panels with environmentally-friendly hollow composite reinforcements | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Compressive behavior of hollow concrete columns reinforced with GFRP bars | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Behaviour of Concrete Structures Repaired With a Novel and Sustainable Composite Jacket | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Long-term behaviour of particulate-filled epoxy-based polymers | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Flexural behaviour of concrete slabs reinforced with GFRP bars and hollow composite reinforcing systems | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2018 |
Behaviour of bolted connection system in pultruded GFRP structures | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Properties of mortar and concrete containing fine sand contaminated with light crude oil | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Behaviour of multi-celled GFRP beam assembly with concrete infill: Experimental and theoretical evaluations | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Behaviour of composite sandwich panels bonded with epoxy polymer matrix for railway sleepers | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Project title | Details | Year |
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Advanced reinforcing materials for longevity of Australian Infrastructure | A Manalo and O Alajarmeh. Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) in collaboration with Sustainable Alliance, $1.1 million, 2023-2025 for the project "Advanced reinforcing materials for longevity of Australian Infrastructure" | 2023 |
Rapid Encapsulation of Pipelines Avoiding Intensive Replacement | A Manalo and W Karunasena. US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), USA in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder, Cornell University and Gas Technology Institute, $1.2 million, 2021-2024 for the project "Rapid Encapsulation of Pipelines Avoiding Intensive Replacement" | 2021 |
Future Proofing Queensland’s Infrastructure through Climate Resilient Concrete Technologies | A Manalo. Advanced Queensland Industry Research Fellowship, $400,000, 2020-2023 for the project "Future Proofing Queensland’s Infrastructure through Climate Resilient Concrete Technologies" | 2020 |
Polymer composite transoms for rail bridge deck replacement | P Schubel and A Manalo. CRC-P 3rd round, $2.5 million (total grant of $3.0 million in collaboration with Austrak), 2017-2020 for the project "Polymer composite transoms for rail bridge deck replacement". | 2018 |
Lightweight, durable, and self-sustainable modular composite buildings | Y Bai, A Manalo, and T Keller. ARC Discovery DP180102208, $73,980 (total grant of $332,398), 2018-2020 for the project “Lightweight, durable, and self-sustainable modular composite buildings”. | 2018 |