UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Hearty Congratulations to Dr Asaad Shamseldin and Dr Alice Chang-Richards for being promoted to the positions of Professor and Associate Professor respectively at the UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering welcomes Nikhil Narayanan as a new technician at the Transportation Engineering Laboratories. Prior to joining the UoA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nikhil N was working with Higgins Contractors and has worked with the Warehouse group. All the best, Nikhil, for the new role!

Congratulations to Dr Tūmanako Fa'aui, Dr Ashkan Hashemi, and Dr Cody Mankelow for their recent promotions at the UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering !!

We were delighted to have Dr. Cathy Bebelman from Auckland Transport, Dr. Chris Cameron and Luci Tretheway from Pattle Delamore Partners, Rebekah Pokura-Ward from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, and Sian John from Royal HaskoningDHV as the industry guest lecture panel for our Climate Adaptation Design course in Part III CEE at the UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering. It was a fantastic, thought-provoking session!

McConnell Dowell kindly hosted two final-year project teams (Uriel Teo, Rogan Strachan, Canyu Chen, Xiaolong Wang) from UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering on a site visit last week to walk over the Walkworth to Snells Transfer Pipeline currently under construction. The students have been working on some great real-world construction problems supported by Daniel Patten and Craig Campbell, thinking about carbon impacts and construction efficiency in the direct pipe system. It has been fantastic to build this partnership with McConnell Dowell and integrate research and practice.

Congratulations to Professor Bruce Melville from the UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering for being awarded an Honorary Professorship from Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute (NHRI). These awards are given on seldom occasions after a significant screening of candidates.

Congratulations, Dr. Naresh Singhal, Dr. Bharat Manna, Ph.D., and Xueyang Zhou from UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering for the Endeavour Smart Idea Award for their proposal titled 'Innovative wastewater treatment intensification for stringent nitrogen and N2O control'.

Further, Congratulations to Dr. Jason Ingham, Dr. Enrique del Rey Castillo, Dr. Tūmanako Fa'aui, Nona Taute, Dr. Conrad Zorn, and Dr. Liam Wotherspoon from the UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering for their successful Endeavour proposals.

Hundreds of plants are being used to transform the rooftop of the Faculty of Engineering building at the University of Auckland as part of a trial to facilitate the uptake of green roofs in Aotearoa New Zealand. The green or living roofs can help manage stormwater runoff, improve air quality, help combat rising temperatures and offer enclaves for wildlife. The research is being led by Associate Professor Asaad Shamseldin of UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering. He recently shared his views about the usability of green roofs in an article in NZ Herald.
Please read the complete story using the links below:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/explainer-why-nzs-cities-need-to-get-spongier-and-fast/POIZM6UDW5ENLJXFSIOKJZOLEY/
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/08/14/green-roof-trial-blooms-with-potential.html

Green roof trial blooms with potential - The University of Auckland A project to understand the benefits of 'living' roofs is sprouting up at the Faculty of Engineering.

UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering student Ella Wyllie finished second in the Under-23 competition at the Tour de France Femmes recently and 16th overall, completing the 956km race in 25.5 hours. The Department congratulates her for her remarkable achievement.

Please see the full story below.

Student cyclist Ella Wyllie rides into World Champs - The University of Auckland Engineering student Ella Wyllie doesn’t let the challenge of competing on the international cycling stage as well as studying send her into a spin.

Faculty members Dr. Sandeeka Mannakkara and Dr. Cody Mankelow from UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering recently completed 2 weeks of fieldwork in the Cook Islands covering Rarotonga and Mangaia islands for their research project looking at evaluating the outcomes and stakeholder and community perceptions of engineering climate adaptation projects.

A study co-authored by Associate Professor Asaad Shamseldin from UoA Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering recently featured on nzherald.co.nz. The study focused on understanding "Atmospheric Rivers" and their impacts on rainfall in different regions of New Zealand.
The complete article can be accessed using link below:

'More water than the Amazon': What we're learning about NZ's giant rain-makers "Atmospheric rivers" shown to contribute huge chunk of monthly rainfall in west and north.