Dr Paul Vardanega
BE (QldUT), MEngSc (QldUT), PhD (Cantab), GMICE, MASCE, MIEAust, FHEA
Current positions
Associate Professor in Civil Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Tomorrow's Cities GCRF Hub
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021
Platform for Road and Infrastructure Slope Management (GCRF pump-priming project)
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Rainfall-triggered landslides are increasing in tropical developing countries due to rapid urbanisation and road construction. Hillside communities experience frequent ‘everyday disasters’ while larger storms cause hundreds of landslides that block…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/03/2018 to 31/07/2018
Databases to INterrogate Geotechnical Observations (DINGO)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/07/2017 to 09/06/2019
SAFER Seismic safety and resilience of schools in Nepal
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project aims at developing a comprehensive scheme for enhancing the seismic safety and resilience of school buildings in Nepal. The circle of resilience initiates from a holistic seismic hazard…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/05/2017 to 30/06/2021
Thesis supervisions
The Management of Bridges
Supervisors
Hydraulic Conductivity of Road Construction Materials
Supervisors
Static and Dynamic Analysis of Piles in Inhomogeneous Soil
Supervisors
Technology innovation for improving bridge management
Supervisors
Geotechnical data curation and a geostatistical multivariate framework for Vs prediction in data scarce contexts
Supervisors
A framework for assessing parameter variability of soil stress-strain data using triaxial test databases
Supervisors
Development of Empirical Model of Shear Force Capacity and Stiffness of the Screw Connections in Timber – Concrete Composite Structures
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
23/08/2016Bridge Monitoring: A Practical Guide
Bridge Monitoring: A Practical Guide
Analysis of fiber-optic strain-monitoring data from a prestressed concrete bridge
Journal of Bridge Engineering
Assessing the potential value of bridge monitoring systems
Proceedings of the ICE - Bridge Engineering
Design of Geostructural Systems
ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
The undrained strength - liquidity index relationship
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Recent publications
09/07/2023A geo-statistical framework to reduce uncertainty in predictions of VS30 and other geotechnical variables
14th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP14 Dublin, Ireland, July 9-13, 2023
Commentary on the art and science of hydraulic filling
Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies
Comparison of data from fall-cone and laboratory vane tests to investigate undrained shear strength for some fine-grained materials
European Geotechnical Engineering - Unity and Diversity
Comparison of maximum scour estimations using the HEC-18 method with field data from the USGS database
European Geotechnical Engineering - Unity and Diversity
Developing geodatabases in data-scarce regions: A case study of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies
