Group Members

A/Prof Joe Gattas, Lead	Harry Mills, PhD Candidate	Gabrielle Hodge, PhD Candidate
Tomas Bravo Tetlak, PhD Candidate	Yuyu Wang, PhD Candidate	Jian Jiang, MPhil Candidate
Mahmoud Abu Saleem, PhD Candidate

Graduates

Dr Ting-Uei (Jeff) Lee, PhD (2019)	Dr Ya Ou, PhD (2020)	Dr Yousef Alqaryouti, PhD (2020)
Zhuoyang Xin, MPhil (2021)	Quan Shi, PhD (2021)	Weiqi Cui, PhD (2022)

Projects - Current

Title	Year(s)	Lead(s)
Structural performance of cardboard folded sandwich structures for ultra-low-cost emergency shelters	2022-	Mahmoud Abu Saleem, Joe Gattas, CM Wang
Forest to fibre, fibre to building	2021-	Kim Baber, Catherine Keys
Novel database management, verification, and cost optimisation tools for parametric steel connection design	2021-	Yuyu Wang, Joe Gattas, Vitor Bottazzi
Automated processing tools for BIM/IFC models: construction sequencing and connection code compliance checking	2021-	Joe Gattas, Vitor Bottazzi
Optimisation of timber selection in low-rise residential wall frame construction	2021-	Jian Jiang, Joe Gattas, Lisa Ottenhaus
Novel methods for the study of dynamic and static behaviours of mass timber floor systems	2021-	Tomas Bravo Tetlak, Cristian Maluk, Joe Gattas
Application of remote sensing technologies for the verification and enhancement of network scale bridge data records	2020-	Gabrielle Hodge, Joe Gattas
Alternative uses for under-valued sawmill products in innovative timber structures	2018-	Harry Mills, Kim Baber, Joe Gattas

Projects - Completed

Title	Year(s)	Lead(s)
Mouldless manufacture and performance of hybrid FRP-timber thin-walled structures	2018-2022	Weiqi Cui, Joe Gattas, Dilum Fernando, Michael Heitzmann
Tension strap assembly methods for lightweight and high-speed timber construction	2019-2021	Zhuoyang Xin, Joe Gattas, Kim Baber
Prefabrication and digital fabrication strategies for large-scale timber construction	2018-2021	Joe Gattas, Kim Baber
Robotic assembly of mass timber building components	2019-2020	Joe Gattas
‘Plate House’ folded structures for permanent social housing	2019	Joe Gattas
Mechanics of digitally-fabricated hinges for folded steel structures	2016-2021	Quan Shi, Joe Gattas, Sritawat Kitipornchai
Hybrid timber-concrete floor panel systems with a novel hollow core construction	2015-2020	Ya Ou, Dilum Fernando, Joe Gattas
Structural performance and digital fabrication of low-cost folded sandwich structures	2016-2020	Yousef Al-Qaryouti, Joe Gattas, Kim Baber, Dilum Fernando
Elastic energy behaviours of curved-crease origami	2016-2019	Ting-Uei Lee, Joe Gattas, Yan Chen