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Dr Allan Manalo

Name :	Dr Allan Manalo
Position :	Lecturer (Civil Engineering)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office :	P9 105
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2547
Extension :	2547
E-mail :
Qualifications :	MEng Saitama PhD USQ

Professional Memberships

Composites Australia
Engineers Australia
International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)
Concrete Institute of Australia
Australasian Association for Engineering Education
Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines

Professional Affiliations

Editorial board member - International Journal of Materials Engineering (Dec 2011 – present)
Reviewer: ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering; International Journal of Mechanical Sciences; Journal of Composite Materials; Composites Part B: Engineering

Research Interests

Fibre composite materials and structures
Sandwich structures
Housing materials and construction technologies
Timber engineering
Structural testing and finite element simulation

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

1. Manalo, A.C., Aravinthan, T., Karunasena, W. and Stevens, N. Analysis of a typical railway turnout sleeper system using grillage beam analogy. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 2012; 48: 1376-1391.
2. Manalo, A.C., Aravinthan, T., Mutsuyoshi, H. and Matsui, T. Composite behaviour of a hybrid FRP bridge girder and concrete deck. Advances in Structural Engineering 2012; 15(4), pp 633-644.
3. Manalo, A.C. and Aravinthan, T. Behaviour of Full-scale Railway Turnout Sleepers from Glue-laminated Fibre Composite Sandwich Structures. ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction 2012 (doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000307).

Most notable :
Manalo, A.C., Aravinthan, T., Karunasena, W. & Islam, M. Flexural behaviour of structural fibre composite sandwich beams in flatwise and edgewise positions. Journal of Composite Structures 2010; 92(4), pp 984-995.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

CIV3506 Concrete Structures
ENG8803 Mechanics and Technology of Fibre Composites
ENG2102 Engineering Problem Solving and Analysis
CIV3907 Civil Systems Practice

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 5 years