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Eco-friendly solution for Environmental Geotechnology
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Dr Vivi Anggraini Senior Lecturer PhD
Research expertise : Geomaterials , Compacted Clay Liners , Geosynthetics , Environmental Geotechnics , Ground Improvement
E : vivi . anggraini @ monash . edu T : + 603 5515 9697
Dynamic traffic modelling : Solution for resilient , smart and green mobility
Dr Susilawati Lecturer PhD
Research expertise : Smart cities , big data , connected and autonomous vehicles , resilient transport systems , dynamic traffic modelling
E : susilawati @ monash . edu T : + 603 5514 4490
The increasing desire for sustainable infrastructural development , municipal solid waste and good road networks over the world has led engineers to find cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods to construct on unsuitable soils such as exceptionally soft soils or contaminated soils . The study will examine the suitability of unacceptable curtail soils amended with sustainable materials for construction purposes . The innovativeness of this treatment method not only saves a substantial cost in any infrastructure maintenance , but also enhances the speed of construction with enhancing loadcarrying capacity . The study will
There has been a significant shift in transport planning and management recently in which transport planning is no longer focused on constructing transport infrastructures . Instead , it has been evolving into the provision of reliable transport services and improving accessibility . The research projects conducted at Monash University focus on employing emerging technologies , including harnessing potentials offered by autonomous mobility to develop an adaptive , integrated , and reliable traffic system framework that can assist in implementing intelligent and sustainable cities .
An accurate traffic framework that consider the traffic demand and supplies uncertainty and traveler behavior is essential in solving various critical mobility issues that include : be based on an experimental and analytical robust model developed to represent the dynamic behavior of the sustainable materials treated soils for roads , liner materials and any other earth structure design . This project is in line with the project on the movement of leachate through compacted clay liners using local clay deposits funded by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia ( FRGS ) as well as Thermal and mechanical efficiency of Municipal Solid Waste ( MSW ) landfill liners .
1 ) assess active and micro mobility on traffic congestion reduction ,
2 ) assess travel demand management effectiveness ,
3 ) evaluate the effects of road disruptions due to frequent and severe natural disasters on key traffic performance indicators .
With the potentials offered by the Autonomous Vehicles ( AVs ), the proposed framework is utilized to assess the benefit of AVs and SAVs adoptions that include :
1 ) evaluate road capacity improvement that leads to reduction of travel time and cost .
2 ) assess the effectiveness of ( SAVs ) and public transport integration in solving public transport ' s first-mile and last-mile connectivity problems .
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Municipal solid waste landfill associated with the olivine treated soil liners .
Contour plot of soil temperature profile with cooling system
Testbed city traffic model .
Connected and autonomous vehicles ( courtesy : Shutterstock )
R E S E A R C H E R P R O F I L E 2022 / 2023