Professor Brian Uy

• Biography 
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Grants/Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Contact

Biography

Professor Brian Uy is the Foundation Director of the Institute for Infrastructure Engineering.  He was previously Head of School of Engineering and the Director of the Civionics Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney from 2007-2011. He is also a member of the Australian Council of Engineering Deans and Australian Deans of Built Environment & Design and one of three Australian Members of the Global Engineering Dean's Council. 

He was previously a member of the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts for Engineering and Environmental Sciences from 2007 - 2009, which provides advice on research funding and excellence to the Australian Government. Brian was Professor of Structural Engineering and Head of the School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wollongong from 2004-2007. He has also held academic and consulting positions at the University of New South Wales, Sydney; Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London; National University of Singapore; Ove Arup and Partners (now ARUP); Wholohan Grill and Partners (now WorleyParsons) and Wargon Chapman and Partners (now Hyder).

Brian is currently the Chairman of the Standards Australia Committee BD32 on Composite Structures and a member of the Standards Australia Committee BD01 on Steel Structures, BD02 on Concrete Structures and BD90 on Bridge Structures.  He is also the Chairman of the Australia Division of the Institution of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom. Brian is a chartered engineer in Australia, the UK and USA and regularly provides higher level consulting advice for certification and forensic purposes.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

300484.1 Engineering Thesis
8006 Engineering PhD
Brian has been involved in research in steel-concrete composite structures for over 20 years and has published over 450 articles including over 125 journal articles with more than 75% of these appearing in A and A* journals (ERA Ranking by ARC in 2010). Much of this research has been underpinned by competitive grant funding from the ARC and industry totalling over $13 million. Brian serves on the editorial boards of seven international journals for structural engineering and is a significant contributor to international codes of practice in steel and composite construction. He currently serves on the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Task Committee 5 on Composite Construction and the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Working Commission 2 on steel, timber and composite structures. Brian also serves as a member on the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Technical Committee on Composite Construction.

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Grants/Current Projects

The behaviour and design of composite columns coupling the benefits of high strength steel and high strength steel and high strength concrete for large scale infrastructure (Uy, Tao, Mashiri, Liew and Han), Australian Research Council - Discovery Grant; 2012-2014: $400,000.

Development of efficient, robust and architecturally-flexible structural systems using innovative blind-bolted connections, (Goldsworthy, Gad, Uy and Fernando), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects (Round Two); 2011-2014: $ 255,000 (ARC) + $ 285,000 (Ajax Engineered Fasteners, OneSteel Limited)

The use of innovative anchors for the achievement of composite action for rehabilitating existing and deployment of demountable steel structures (Uy, Zhu and Mirza), Australian Research Council - Discovery Grant; 2011-2013: $255,000.

Unified theory for the behaviour and design of composite steel-concrete beams subjected to generalised loading and support conditions, (Uy), Australian Research Council - Discovery Grant; 2008-2010: $300,413.

Utilising the benefits of high performance steels (HPS) and infill materials for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) against extreme loads, (Uy and Remennikov), Australian Research Council - Discovery Grant; 2008-2010: $371,000.

Time dependent response and deformations of composite beams with innovative deep trapezoidal decks, (Bradford, Uy, Ranzi and Filonov), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects (Round One); 2008-2010: $256,188 (ARC) + $ 252,900 (BlueScope Lysaght).

Innovative retrofitting techniques for the protection of anchorage zones in cable stayed bridges subjected to blast loads, (Mendis, Samali and Uy), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects (Round Two); 2008-2011: $ 211,000 (ARC) + $ 178,638 (RTA).

Development of innovative beam-column connections within robust composite steel-concrete structural frames, (Goldsworthy, Gad, Uy and Fernando), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects (Round Two); 2006-2009: $ 450,000 (ARC) + $ 465,000 (Ajax, OneSteel, Smorgon)

Behaviour of post-tensioned composite steel-concrete slabs, (Ranzi, Uy, Gowripalan, Gabor), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects; 2009-2012: $300,000 (ARC) + $225,850 (Stramit and Arup).

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Selected Publications

Uy, B. and Bradford, M.A. (1996) Elastic local buckling of steel plates in composite steel-concrete members. Engineering Structures, An International Journal, 18 (3), pp. 193-200, ISSN 0141-0296 (ERA Rank=A*).

Uy, B. (1998) Local and post-local buckling of concrete filled steel welded box columns. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, An International Journal, vol. 47 (1-2), pp. 47-72, ISSN 0143-974X (ERA Rank=A*).

Uy, B. (2000) Strength of short concrete filled steel box columns incorporating local buckling. Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, 126 (3), pp. 341-352, ISSN 0143-974X (ERA Rank=A*).

Uy, B. (2001) Local and post-local buckling of fabricated thin-walled steel and steel-concrete composite sections, Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, vol. 127 (6), pp. 666-677, ISSN 0733-9445 (ERA Rank=A*).

Uy, B. and Liew, J.Y.R. (2002) Composite steel-concrete structures, Chapter 51 Civil Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, ISBN 0-8493-0958-1, (edited by W.F. Chen and J.Y. Richard Liew).

Uy, B. (2003) High strength steel-concrete composite columns for buildings. Structures and Buildings, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol. 156 (1), pp. 3-14, ISSN 0965-0911 (ERA Rank=A).

Uy, B. and Nethercot, D.A. (2005) Effects of partial shear connection on the required and available rotations of semi-continuous composite beam systems. The Structural Engineer, International Journal of IStructE, 83 (04), pp. 29-39, ISSN 0039-2553 (ERA Rank=C).

Uy, B. (2006) Local and interaction buckling in composite columns. Chapter 8, Stability of plated structures: analysis and design. Woodhead Publishing Limited, ISBN 1 85573 967 4, (edited by N.E. Shanmugam and C.M. Wang).

Uy, B. and Bradford, M.A. (2007) Composite action of structural steel beams and precast concrete slabs for the flexural strength limit state. Special Issue- Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 7 (2), pp. 123-134, ISSN 1328 7982 (ERA Rank=B).

Uy, B. (2008) Stability and ductility of high performance steel sections with concrete infill. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, An International Journal, 64 (7-8) pp. 748-754, ISSN 0143-974X (ERA Rank=A*).

Uy, B. and Tao, Z. (2009) Proceedings of the Australia-Japan Workshop on Steel and Composite Structures, co-sanctioned by Engineers Australia and the Japanese Society of Civil Engineers. Sydney, 31 March 2009, ISBN 978-1-74108-199-2, pages: 100.

Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2009) Behaviour of headed stud shear connectors for composite steel-concrete beams at elevated temperatures. Journal of Constructional Steel Research; An International Journal, 65 (3), pp. 662-674, ISSN 0143-974X (ERA Rank=A*).

Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010) Effects of the combination of axial and shear loading on the behaviour of headed stud steel Anchors,Engineering Structures, An International Journal, 32 (1), pp. 93-105, ISSN 0141-0296 (ERA Rank=A*).

Uy, B. Tao, Z and Han, L.H. (2011) Behaviour of short and slender concrete filled stainless steel tubular columns. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 67 (3), pp. 360-378, ISSN 0143-974X (ERA Rank=A*).

Vasdravellis, G, Uy, B. Tan, E.L. and Kirkland, B. (2012) The effects of axial tension on the hogging-moment regions of composite beams. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 68 (1), pp. 20-33, ISSN 0143-974X (ERA Rank=A*).

Note:*All Rankings refer to Australian Research Council ERA 2010 Rankings.

For more information, contact Brian.