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Director: Dr. Don Cameron is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, who has been Director of SMAG since 1997 . His expertise include the following:

For more information see Don Cameron's University homepage.
 

Associate Professor Mark Symons was Director of SMAG from 1980 - 1997, and is now an Adjunct  Associate Professor at UniSA. Mark Symons has over 30 years of experience in engineering. He has worked with research teams in Australia and the UK. Mark's particular area of interest is concrete technology and concrete structures. He is the inventor of the revolutionary new Tri-Ped footing system. Other interests include:

  • Concrete materials

  • Stabilised pavements

  • Concrete structures

For Mark Symons contact details, please see his UniSA homepage, or email: mark.symons@tpg.com.au
 

Dr. Julie Mills is a Senior Lecturer in civil engineering who joined SMAG in 1996 and contributes her expertise in the following areas:

  • Steel structures, particularly cold-formed

  • Engineering education

  • Women in engineering

For more information see Julie Mills' UniSA home page         
 

Dr. Yan Zhuge is a Senior Lecturer who joined UniSA in 1996, and has the following specialist areas:

  • Mechanics and structures

  • Earthquake resistant design of structures

  • Computer applications in civil engineering (finite element analysis)

  • Masonry structure design

  • Use of recycled fibres

For more information see Yan Zhuge's Unisa homepage.     
 

Peter Kentish is a lecturer in the area of Materials Engineering, and has been with the UniSA since 1989. Peter graduated as a Secondary Metallurgist (Materials Engineer) from the then South Australian Institute of Technology, now the University of South Australia. He is currently enrolled in post graduate studies, researching the influence of surface texture on the stress corrosion cracking characteristics of coated steel pipelines.

Peter is also very active in the external consulting field providing services to manufacturing, insurance companies, barristers, government agencies and the public. He is also a laboratory assessor for NATA, having performed assessments in various states of Australia.

  • Corrosion

  • Fatigue

  • Fracture mechanics

  • Materials selection

  • Mechanical testing

  • Stress corrosion cracking

Peter Kentish is also involved with the Ian Wark Institute in an ARC Linkage Grant in biomedical engineering, entitled: “Advanced intramedullary nailing systems”. The project is expected to commence in 2006.
 

For more information see Peter's UniSA homepage   
 

Dr. Kevin Mills is an adjunct Senior Lecturer who joined SMAG in 1988. He is now an adjunct Senior Lecturer who specialises in the following areas:

  • Geotechnical engineering

  • Pavement engineering

  • Numerical modelling (finite elements and finite differences)

Kevin is also involved in setting up the 'Pulsing Pavement Testing Facility' which is being set up on the laboratory strong floor for future research and development with Transport SA.

For more information on Kevin see his UniSA homepage 

Professor Stephen Priest is currently the Dean of Research in the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment. He joined SMAG in 2005, following the winding-up of the Mining Engineering Research Group. He contributes expertise in the following areas of rock mechanics:

  • Site investigation and rock structure data collection

  • Laboratory testing

  • Instrumentation

  • Slope design

  • Stability analysis of deep petroleum well-bores

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For more information please visit Professor Priest’s UniSA home page at Stephen Priest

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