MEET THE EXPERT – Professor Priyan Mendis, Professor of Civil Engineering, The University of Melbourne, and Director of Australian Research Council’s Centre on Prefabricated Buildings
Topic: Prefabricated Modular Construction
Date: 25 March 2021
Time: 11:00 AM (Bangkok time)
About the Speaker
Professor Priyan Mendis is Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Melbourne & Director of Australian Research Council’s Centre on Prefabricated Buildings. He completed his Ph.D in Monash university & worked as a structural engineer at Connell Wagner Ltd – Australia’s largest structural engineering consulting company before he joined the Department of Infrastructure Engineering of Melbourne University & has worked for over 25 years as an academic & a structural consultant.
Professor Mendis is a world expert on modular construction. He has been involved with design & construction of many prefabricated modular structures. He is a fellow of the Australian Institution of Engineers & Chartered Engineer of Australia. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering (EJSE) since 2001.
