Associate Professor
Hafizah Binti Ramli

Biography

Dr Hafizah Binti Ramli is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at QUT.  Hafizah is passionate in sustainable materials for circular building and construction. Her research work includes development of design strategies in buildings and infrastructures such as prefabrication and precast structures, recycled building materials, efficient and high strength steel-concrete composite structures, fibre reinforced polymer composites and fire protection materials. Her research on green concrete with recycled glass and waste tyre aggregates combined with supplementary cementitious materials has contributed to suitable solutions to overcoming challenges of glass and tyres waste in Australia and reduce the carbon emissions. She is a member of Engineers Australia, technical committee member of Standards Australia Committee BD062 and Professional Engineers of Board of Engineers Malaysia.

Research areas: Hafizah has developed research interests within structural engineering field such as: Steel and composite structures Her research is mainly in experimental and numerical studies of steel members such as tubular composite columns i.e. concrete-filled tubular section, concrete-filled double steel tubes, tubular flexural members, joints for tubular members and shear connectors in composite structures.  These studies aim to provide more solutions for effective and optimised structural performance under monotonic and cyclic loadings. Strengthening of structural members Hafizah has examined the behaviour of strengthened steel and concrete beams using different types of fibre reinforced polymer such as carbon fibre and glass fibre.  Her research also proposed several techniques including near surface mounted, side-near surface mounted and side-externally bonded reinforcement with more economical solution in structural strengthening by using sustainable mortar as partial adhesive replacement. Structural Fire Engineering Hafizah has focused on examining the behaviour of steel joints under fire, where she has developed a component method for accessing the performance of several types of steel connections at elevated temperature.  She also has experimentally tested the behaviour of tubular steel beams and steel pallet rack beam-to-column connection at elevated temperature. Fire Protection Materials Hafizah has collaborated with researchers in material science to develop intumescent coating materials with eco-friendly and sustainable bio fillers such as chicken eggshell, palm oil clinker and rice husk ash.  The developed solvent-based and water-based coatings has excellent fire resistance performance which is suitable for structural steel application.

Completed supervision of Doctorates research projects:

1. Seismic Performance of Innovative Hybrid Precast Reinforced Concrete Beam to Column Joints (2022)
2. Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Compressive Behaviour of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns (2022)
3. Application of Palm Oil Clinker as Fine Aggregate Replacement in Stone Matrix Asphalt Mix Design (2021)
4. Performance of waterborne intumescent coating with hybrid industrial and biofillers for steel protection (2021).
5. Efficient Side Near Surface Mounting Techniques for Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams (2019)
6. Analysis of Cyclic Performance of Stiffened Steel Plate Shear Walls (2018)
7. Simulation of Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Beam Debonding Behaviour using Global Energy Balance Approach (2018)
8. Flexural Performance of Cold-formed Steel Tube Filled with Oil Palm Clinker Concrete (2018)
9. Effect of Spiral Reinforcement on Axial Compression Behaviour of Tubular Steel Short Columns Filled with Normal and Lightweight Concretes (2018)
10. Investigation on Plate End Debonding in CFRP Strengthened Wide-Flange Steel I-beams under Monotonic and Fatigue Loading (2017)
11. Experimental Investigations on Novel Double-Sleeve TubeBolt Moment Connection to Concrete Filled Tubular Column (2017)
12. Stochastic Response of Tension Leg Platform (2017)
13. Behaviour of Reverse Top Seat Angle Connections at Ambient and Elevated Temperatures (2017)
14. Evaluating the Performance of W-Beam Guardrail Roadside Safety Barrier Systems (2016)
15. Behaviour of Steel Pallet Rack Beam to Column Connections at Ambient and Elevated Temperature (2016)
16. Development and Characterization of Intumescent Fire Protective Coatings (2015)
17. Structural Behaviour of Through Steel Beam Connection to Concrete Filled Square Steel Tube Column (2013)
18. Behaviour of C-Shaped Shear Connectors in Steel Concrete Composite Beams (2013)
19. Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Strips for Flexural and Shear Strengthening of Steel I-Beams (2011)
20. Eccentricity Optimization of Off-Centre Brace System by Using Genetic Algorithm (2010)

1. Palm Oil Clinker as Novel Bio-filler in Intumescent Fire Protective Coatings for Steel (2018)
2. Performance of Precast Beam-Column Connection by Using Different Modular Size of Components (2017)
3. Dynamic Analysis of Jacket Type Offshore Platforms Considering Joint Flexibility (2015)
4. Fatigue Strength of Channel Shear Connectors in Full Scale Steel-Concrete Composite Beams (2014)
5. Investigation on Torsional Behaviour of CFRP Strengthened Square Hollow Steel (2013)
6. Numerical Investigation of Top-Seat Angle Connections at Elevated Temperatures (2013)
7. Characterization of Intumescent nano-coatings As Fire Protection material for Steel (2012)
8. Steel Connection Behaviour in Frame and Floor System at Elevated Temperature (2012)