SIRM brings together some of the brightest minds in sustainable futures, with diverse research backgrounds and complementary expertise in civil engineering, construction management, environmental science, geospatial science, engineering management and water & wastewater engineering to improve environmental and socio-economic sustainability.

Leadership team

Professor Delene Weber
Stream Leader, Smart Communities
Professor Mizanur Rahman
Stream Leader, Natural Resources and Environmental Resilience
Associate Professor Ke Xing
Stream Leader, Innovative Infrastructure and Asset Management
Dr Ivan Lee
Technology Development Leader, Application of intelligent sensors and multimedia systems
Mrs Catherine Jordan
Senior Manager - STEM Projects

Full Members

Professor of Water Science and Engineering, UniSA STEM
Program Director: Environmental Science and Geospatial Science, UniSA STEM
Professor of Environmental Science, UniSA STEM
Regional Manager: Mount Gambier, UniSA Regional Hubs
Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, UniSA STEM
General Manager:Forestry Centre of Excellence, UniSA STEM
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher, UniSA STEM
Lecturer: Geotechnical Engineering, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, UniSA STEM
Online Course Facilitator, University of South Australia Online
Regional Manager: Whyalla, UniSA Regional Hubs
Professor in Construction and Project Management, UniSA STEM
Program Director: Master of Project Management, UniSA STEM
Program Director: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil), UniSA STEM
Dean of Programs (Information Technology & Mathematics), UniSA STEM
Professor in Structural Engineering, UniSA STEM
Professor in Structural Engineering, UniSA STEM
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Associate Professor, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Associate Professor, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Associate Professor, UniSA STEM
Adjunct Industry Associate Professor, UniSA STEM
Manager Technical Services: Civil, Mechanical and Environmental, UniSA STEM
Manager: Business Development, Enterprise Partnerships Unit

PhD Candidates

  • Fatemeh Abad
  • Abbas Abbara
  • Derrick Aikins
  • Oluyimide Akinnawonu
  • Sonali Madhuwanthi Hewa Alankarage
  • Abdulrahman Alshahri
  • Bianca Amato
  • Tesfa Andualem
  • Arifuzzaman Arifuzzaman
  • Sasan Aryaee
  • Stacey Curtis
  • Vandad Dayan
  • Bikash Devkota
  • John Devlin
  • Weiwei Duan
  • Andrew Edwards
  • El-Sayed Elbayome
  • Mohamed Eldeib
  • Mohamed El-Naqeeb
  • Amir Elseady
  • Martin Fidge
  • Stephen Fildes
  • Mohammad Rizal Firmansyah
  • Hurriyatul Fitriyah
  • Justine Flahaut
  • Robert Freda
  • Zihong Gan
  • Wei Gao
  • Mayen Geu
  • Shawn Gonzalez-Scott
  • Saeed Haijan
  • Alan Harbour
  • Guangtong Huang
  • Ruixin Huo
  • Bemah Ibrahim
  • Soleman Imbiri
  • Mehdi Javadi
  • Md Ahasan Kabir
  • Pasindu Karunatilaka
  • Shahid Ali Khan
  • Farid Khayyer
  • Kenneth Lever
  • Jingbo Liu
  • Amirhesam Mashayekhi
  • Genine Meredith
  • Hasan Momotaz
  • Peter Mrartin
  • Thanusshan Packiyarajah
  • Thalpe Panditha Wattage Sonali Panithawatta
  • Kayvan Pourhassan
  • Ahmed Said
  • Hossein Sanaei Ataabadi
  • Mt Helder Serra Cardeira
  • Shadi Shayan
  • Nayasha Shoniwa
  • Sagun Shrestha
  • Neve Skinner
  • Yuhui Sun
  • Jessica Tejeda Cuevas
  • Maheshi Tennakoon Mudiyaselage
  • Diane Thompson
  • Van Man Tran
  • Ayaz Umer
  • Shanika Vidana Gamage
  • Mahesh Wickramaarachchige
  • Chathuri Widanalage
  • Zhonghui Wu
  • Zenghao Xu
  • Lin Xu
  • Zhiqing Xu
  • Chizhengping Yang
  • Mohsen Zarei
  • Jiaying Zhang