Urban Transformation

Research that supports the ongoing sustainable and net zero urban transformation through systems, societal and technological approaches.

Strength

• Construction management, including sustainable procurement, supply chain, circular economy, decarbonization; health and safety.
• Energy, people and nature, including Renewable energy systems, people and home, building automation, energy efficiency, embodied energy and carbon, sustainable design, sustainable procurement and construction.
• Building design and technology, including construction technologies, Building materials, Passive design, Energy efficient building, Virtual design and construction, Digital design and construction, Immersive design.
• Experimental and computational research in the geotechnical engineering, including soil-structure interactions; computational geotechnics; geomaterial characterization; soil investigation.

Selected projects

The Climate Resilient Housing Toolkit: making it work for older Australians" for the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Program
Chief Investigator: Dr. Aso Hajirasouli, Professor Paul sanders

Funded by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

Sustainable Procurement
Chief Investigator (Lead): Yingbin Feng
Funded by SBEnrc

2020-2021, $165,000

NHMRC Ideas Grant

Chief Investigators: Professor Paul Sanders (WSU); Doctor Aso Hajirasouli (WSU)

2020-2025, $1,156,152

A novel method to stabilise expansive soils by alkaline-activation
Chief Investigators: Chin Leo, Samanthika Liyanapathirana, Qinghua Zeng, Pan Hu
Funded by ARC and EIC Activities

2022-2026, $423, 000

Low embodied energy and carbon for residential buildings and the new paradigm of Consumer Energy Resources
Chief Investigator: Greg Morrison
Funded by Lang Walker endowment

2022-2025, $100 000