Young Researchers Conference 2021: Programme - 17 March 2021
Young Researchers Conference 2021: Programme - 17 March 2021
Young Researchers Conference 2021: Programme - 17 March 2021
Conference 2021
Programme – 17 March 2021
Time Activity
13:00 Institution Welcome
Leroy Gardner – Chair, IStructE Research Panel
13:05 Keynote address - Seismic analysis, modelling and testing of Advanced Gas Cooled Nuclear
Reactor (AGR) cores in UK nuclear power stations
Adam Crewe – Professor of Earthquake Engineering, University of Bristol
13:35 Flexural-torsional buckling response of stainless steel angle columns
Lulu Zhang – Nanyang Technological University
13:50 Analysis and design of steel plates with double curvature
Luke Lapira – Imperial College London
14:05 Minimising embodied carbon of reinforced concrete beams
Amila Jayasinghe – University of Cambridge
14:20 Break
14:30 An investigation on the behaviour of cold-formed steel-to-timber connections with inclined
screws
Nathan Vella – Imperial College London
14:45 Learning from in-service behaviour of a 3D printed steel footbridge
Zachariah Wynne – University of Edinburgh
15:00 A machine learning approach for drive-by condition monitoring of bridges
Robert Corbally – University College Dublin
15:15 Presentation from Research into Practice case study competition winner
Ailsa Roberts – Senior Engineer, Expedition Engineering
15:30 Presentation from winner of Australia YRC 2019
Adam Faircloth – Griffith University
15:45 Certificates, prize giving
16:00 Online networking
Join us online to discuss the conference with the presenters, judges, sponsors, and other industry
professionals. Meet fellow researchers and share current project details and ideas.