Doctor Olivia Mirza
ACADEMIC COURSE ADVISOR - (PF MASTER IN FIRE SAFETY ENGINEER),
Engineering and Construction Management
LECTURER,
Engineering and Construction Management
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
- BEng University of New South Wales
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Engineering and Construction Management
- Engineering and Construction Management
Contact
| Email: | O.Mirza@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 2402 |
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| Location: | Y.3.57 Penrith (Kingswood) |
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Biography
Olivia Mirza is a lecturer in School of Computing Engineering and Mathematics. She is also Academic Course Advisor for Postgraduate Fire Safety Engineering and Building Surveying Program. Dr Mirza’s PhD research is mostly concentrated on the behaviour and design of shear connectors on composite steel and concrete structures. The issues emphasised in her research are looking at the effects of steel fibres as a strengthening system in composite steel-concrete beams, the effects of elevated temperatures on the behaviour of headed stud shear connectors for composite steel-concrete beams, the long term effects on the behaviour of the composite steel-concrete beams, the effects of strain regimes on the behaviour of the composite steel-concrete beams, the effects of the combination of axial tension and shear loading on the behaviour of composite steel-concrete beams. Furthermore, Olivia is also interested in looking at the flush end plate for beam-column connection using blind bolt under both static and seismic loading. She is also interested in looking at the use of innovative anchors for the achievement of composite action for rehabilitating existing and deployment in deconstructible and sustainability of composite steel-concrete structures. In order to advance her research and contribute to engineering community, Olivia also working closely with industry partners (AJAX Fastener, One Steel, Bluescope and VSL prestressed) and government department (RMS formerly known as RTA and RailCorp).
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Interests
- Composite Steel-Concrete Structures
- Concrete Structures
- Fire Engineering
- Fire Engineering Principle
- Fire Technology Principle
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Mirza, O. (2012), 'Finite element modelling of beam-to-column flush end plate connections utilising blind bolts', Tubular Structures XIV: Proceedings of the 14th Internatinal Symposium on Tubular Structures, London, UK, 12-14 September 2012, CRC Press 9780415621373.
Journal Articles
- Hao, H., Uy, B., Xia, Y., Mirza, O. and Yan, G. (2012), 'Dynamic Assessment of Shear Connection Conditions in Slab-girder Bridges by Kullback-Leibler Distance', Advances in Structural Engineering, 10.
- Zhu, X., Hao, H., Uy, B., Xia, Y. and Mirza, O. (2012), 'Dynamic assessment of shear connection conditions in slab-girder bridges by Kullback-Leibler distance', Advances in Structural Engineering, 10.
- Zhu, X., Hao, H., Uy, B., Xia, Y. and Mirza, O. (2012), 'Dynamic assessment of shear connection conditions in slab-girder bridges by Kullback-Leibler distance', Advances in Structural Engineering, 10.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2011), 'Behaviour of composite beam-column flush end-plate connections subjected to low-probability, high-consequence loading', Engineering Structures, 16.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010), 'Effects of strain regimes on the behaviour of headed stud shear connectors for composite steel-concrete beams', International Journal of Advanced Steel Construction, 27.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010), 'Finite element model for the long-term behaviour of composite steel-concrete push tests', Steel and Composite Structures, 23.
- 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, 13.
- 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, 13.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2009), 'Effects Of Steel Fibre Reinforcement On The Behaviour Of Headed Stud Shear Connectors For Composite Steel-Concrete Beams', Advanced Steel Construction, 24.
Conference Papers
- Henderson, I., Zhu, X., Uy, B. and Mirza, O. (2012), 'Dynamic assessment of composite structures with different types of shear connection systems', International Conference on Advances in Steel Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures, Singapore.
- Zhu, X., Uy, B., Mirza, O. and Hao, H. (2011), 'Condition assessment of composite structures using dynamic measurements', The 14th Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference, Hong Kong.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2011), 'Behaviour and Strength of Shear Connectors Utilising Blind Bolting for Composite Steel-Concrete Beams', Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM'11), Seoul, Korea.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010), 'Finite Element Analysis of the Behaviour of Composite Beam-Column Connections subjected to Seismic Loading', The Structures Congress and NASCC Steel Conference, Orlando, Florida USA.
- Mirza, O., Uy, B. and Ha, L. (2010), 'Time Dependent Analysis for Composite Steel-Concrete Beams with Innovative Deep Trapezoidal Decks', 4th International Conference on Steel and Composite Structure, Sydney.
- Mirza, O., Uy, B. and Patel, N. (2010), 'Behaviour and Strength of Shear Connectors Utilising Blind Bolting', 4th International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Sydney.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010), 'Experimental Studies of Behaviour of Composite Beam-Column Flush End Plate Connections Subjected to Seismic Loading', International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures (SDSS2010), Rio, Brazil.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010), 'Numerical Modelling and Parametric Studies of Shear Connectors using Blind Bolting', Ninth Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Beijing, China.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010), 'Numerical medelling of short and long term behaviour of headed stud shear connector in composite steel-concrete beams', 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Melbourne, Australia.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2010), 'Parametric Studies of Behaviour of Composite Beam-Column Flush End Plate Connections subjected to Low Probability, High Consequence Loading', The 13th International Symposium on Tubular Sturctures, Hong Kong, China.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2009), 'Effect of Combination Axial and Shear Loading on the Shear Connection of Composite Steel-Concrete Beams', ASCCS'2009 Ninth International Conference on Steel-Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures, Leeds, UK.
- Mirza, O., Uy, B., Maenpaaa, D. and Chalhoub, P. (2009), 'Experimental Behaviour of Composite Beam-Column Flush End Plate Connections Subjected To Low Probability, High Consequence Loading,', SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE BEHAVIOUR OF STEEL STRUCTURES IN SEISMIC AREAS, Philadelphia, USA.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2008), 'Behaviour and design of stud shear connectors in composite steel-concrete beams', The 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures of Materials, Toowoomba, Australia.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2008), 'Finite element analysis of push tests under elevated temperatures', Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, ASEC2008, Melbourne, Australia.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2008), 'Effect of strain profiles on the behaviour of shear connectors for composite steel-concrete beams', Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VI, Colorado.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2007), 'Effect of steel fibre reinforcement on the shear connection of composite steel-concrete beams', 3rd International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (ICSC07), Manchester, UK.
- Mirza, O. and Uy, B. (2007), 'Finite Element Model for Creep Analysis of Composite Steel-concrete Push Test', Proceeding of the Fifth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, Singapore.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | The use of innovative anchors for the achievement of composite action for rehabilitating existing and deployment of demountable steel structures (via UNSW) |
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| Years: | 2011-01-01 - 2013-12-31 |
| ID: | P00018317 |
| UWS Researchers: | Brian Uy, Xinqun Zhu and Olivia Mirza |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Behaviour of headed stud shear connectors on composite steel-concrete beam at elevated temperatures |
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| Years: | 2009-09-22 - 2010-09-21 |
| ID: | P00017372 |
| UWS Researchers: | Olivia Mirza |
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| Title: | High Capacity Testing Machine for Prototype Structures |
| Years: | 2009-09-22 - 2010-09-21 |
| ID: | P00017351 |
| UWS Researchers: | Brian Uy, Yang Xiang, Fidelis Mashiri, Vivian Tam, Xinqun Zhu, Zhong Tao and Olivia Mirza |
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| Title: | Behavour and Design of Composite Steel-Concrete Beams with Different Degrees of Shear Connections when subjected to Fire |
| Years: | 2011-06-29 - 2012-06-28 |
| ID: | P00020281 |
| UWS Researchers: | Zhong Tao and Olivia Mirza |
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