Undergraduate projects

The following projects are currently undergoing by the undergraduate students under the supervision of CEEFC's experts:

Project topic

Student

Principal supervisor

Behaviour of laminated fibre composite sandwich girders

Mr Christopher Pickford

Assoc Prof Thiru Aravinthan

The effect of vandalism on fibre composite structures

Mr Tristan Rennie

Investigation on the fatigue behaviour of pultruded fibre composites

Mr Alan Taylor

Behaviour of innovative fibre composite sandwich panels for structural applications

Mr Matthew Plain

Assoc Prof Thiru Aravinthan
Dr Mainul Islam

Temperature effects on a fibre reinforced polymer material

Mr Samuel Zerbst

Structural performance of of low grade timber slabs

Mr Cameron Summerville

Assoc Prof Karu Karunasena

Use of Fibre Bragg Grating sensors in structural health monitoring

Ms Allison Coulter Dr Jayantha Epaarachchi

Composites from natural renewable resources in civil engineering

Mr David Mayen Dr Francisco Cardona

Polymer resin made from natural renewable resources (vegetable oils)

Mr Tyson Cooney

Dr Hao Wang
Dr Francisco Cardona

Characterisation of natural fibre composites that contain epoxidised vegetable oils

Mr Nathan Manthey

Modeling and measurement of fracture toughness of calcium carbonate reinforced vinyl ester composites

Mr Mustapha Eddine Jamal

Dr Harry Ku

Flexural strength of three types of glass powder reinforced vinyl ester composites

Mr Rezwanul Huq

Fracture toughness of glass powder reinforced vinyl ester resins using short bar tests

Mr Geoffrey Korowa

The design, construction and operations of the floating roof tank of an oil development project in Turkmenistan

Mr Jean Kuan

Tensile strength of glass powder reinforced phenolic composites cured in microwaves

Mr Chaodi Wu

Flexural strength and mechanical and electrical loss tangent measurements of glass powder reinforced phenolic composites cured in microwave

Mr Syahran Abdullah
Sidek

Tensile strength of sawdust reinforced vinyl ester composites

Mr Xiao Liang Zhong

Investigate the best percentage by weight of glass powder, as fillers, in phenolic resins using tensile tests

Mr Xuejin Zong

Fracture toughness of vinyl ester composites reinforced with sawdust post-cured in microwaves (MEngTech)

Mr Malay Prajapati