Lab Tour and Test Demonstrations Showcasing AUT’s New Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory Facilities

When – 4.00pm – 7.30pm Thursday 29th August 2019//

Where – Foyer, WZ Engineering Building, AUT City Campus, 6 St Paul Street, Auckland

Agenda –
15:55 gathering
16:00 Drinks and light refreshments kindly served by AUT prior to the tours

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Abstract

The AUT Built Environment Engineering (BEE) Department at City campus is organising an official opening event for its new Structural and Geotechnical Engineering lab facilities at the new School of Engineering WZ Building. The event will include a tour and demonstration testing of different building innovations such as rocking systems and damage detection techniques with major focus on earthquake resiliency.

Another Hi-tech facility in NZ with large capacity dynamic actuators, shake table, triaxial soil test machine, ready to support R&D projects and construction industry.

Biography

Dr Pouyan Zarnani is the Academic Head of BEE Dept Labs at AUT. He has been considerably active in Structural/Earthquake Engineering research being recognised internationally through his findings. He has been successful in securing over $3.7M in research grants over his career in different roles as PI/Co-PI, supported by MBIE and EQC. He is the inventor of the Resilient Slip Friction Joint Technology, a New Zealand Hi-Tech Earthquake-proofing solution already adopted in several buildings in NZ and overseas such as in Nelson Airport New Terminal, Hutt Valley new Medical Hub, and Fast & Epp Consultants Headquarter Office in Vancouver. As the technical committee member of the New Zealand NZS 3603 Standard, he has also had significant contribution on the revision of the connection design chapter.