Civil Engineering Materials, International Edition

About Carthigesu GnanendranM. Bobby KannanNagaratnam SivakuganRabin Tuladhar

Dr. Gnanendran finished his Ph.D. at University of Western Ontario Canada and taught at University of New Brunswick for three years before joining University of New South Wales at Canberra Australia. He is an Associate Editor for the Canadian Geotechnical Journal and serves on the editorial board of Geotextiles and Geomembranes. His research interests include geosynthetics and pavements where he has supervised 10 Ph.D. students to completion. Prior to his academic career Dr. Gnanendran worked for several years in multinational consulting companies in Nigeria Canada and Sri Lanka. Dr. Tuladhar received his Ph.D. from Saitama University Japan and worked at University of Canterbury New Zealand before joining James Cook University where he is the Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at the College of Science Technology and Engineering. His research interests include innovate construction materials durability of concrete sustainability and life cycle assessment. Dr. Mathan completed his Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and worked at Monash University for three years before joining James Cook University Australia. His research interests include corrosion and biomaterials where he has completed ground breaking research during the past 10 years. Dr. Sivakugan received his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka with First Class Honors. He earned his MSCE and Ph.D. from Purdue University West Lafayette U.S.A. Dr. Sivakugan's writings include eight books 140 refereed international journal papers 100 refereed international conference papers and more than 100 consulting reports. As a registered professional engineer of Queensland and a chartered professional engineer Dr. Sivakugan does substantial consulting work for the geotechnical and mining industry in Australia and overseas including the World Bank. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Australia. He has supervised 14 Ph.D. students to completion at James Cook University Queensland Australia where he was the Head of Civil Engineering from 2003 to 2014. He is an Associate Editor for three international journals and serves in the editorial boards of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal and the Indian Geotechnical Journal.