Kostas Senetakis简介
DrSenetakisisLecturerinGeotechnicalEngineeringattheSchoolofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,andspendshistimeresearchingthefieldsofexperimentalsoildynamicsandexperimentaltribologyHiscurrentresearchthemeisthelaboratorystudyofenergydissipationmechanismsofparticulatemediawithafocusonshearwavevelocities,Poisson'sphenomenaandmaterialdampingofcrushableassembliesThisprovidesafundamentallinkintothebehaviorofthegroundsubjectedtovariabletypesofdynamicloading,includingseismicvibrationDrSenetakishopeshisresearchwillprovideaclearerlinkbetweenthedynamicsandbehaviourofparticlesincrushablesoilsonthenano-scale(observedinmicromechanicalexperiments)andthemacro-scaleresponse(observedinlaboratoryelementtesting)“Weareworkingtowardstheadvancementofourknowledgeassociatedwiththemechanicsanddynamicsofsoilsandaframeworkforspecificationsanddesigncodes,thatengineerscanuseinrealfoundationorpavementengineeringdesign,”hesaidTheresearchwillalsocontributetothecutting-edgeresearchofthegeotechnicalengineeringgroupofUNSWbyproducingmoreaccuratemodelsassociatedwith,forexample,thepredictionofthepre-failurebehaviourofsofttostiffgroundwithamajorinterest,forexample,inoffshoreengineeringandnationalprojectsofhighimportanceKostascompletedhisundergraduatestudiesinCivilEngineering,MScandfinallyhisPhDatAristotleUniversityinGreecebeforeworkingfortwoyearsasaPost-DoctoralResearchFellowinHongKongthenworkedforoneyearasaLectureratThammasatUniversityinThailandOneofhisproudmomentsasamentorwasseeinghisstudentswinprizesforthebestHonoursthesesinHongKongThesestudentshavegoneontobecomeexcellentengineersandhavejoinedsomeoftheleadingconstructioncompaniesinAsiaToday,hecontinuesthispassionasamentorforundergraduateandpostgraduatestudents