Associate Professor Xiaoshan (Susanna) Lin
Details
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: Bundoora East Australia
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susanna.lin@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-8913-5539
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Xiaoshan (Susanna) Lin is an Associate Professor and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Her primary research focuses on concrete and composite materials and structures, with specific interests in (i) advanced numerical methods for concrete and composite materials and structures, (ii) innovative design and application of cementitious materials and structures, and (iii) new approaches to fabricating free-form structural elements. As a chief investigator, she has secured multiple competitive research grants, including ARC Future Fellowship, Discovery Projects, and funding from the Victorian government and industry partners.
Dr Lin serves as an Editor for Construction and Building Materials, a top-ranked Elsevier journal in construction materials. She is also an Editorial Board Member for Engineering Structures, a leading journal in structural engineering, and actively contributes to several other prestigious journals in the field. She has successfully supervised 13 PhD students and 1 Master by Research student to completion.
Her contributions to research have been globally recognised, including her inclusion in the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2024), election as an IAAM Fellow (2023) by the International Association of Advanced Materials, and receiving the HDR Supervision Award (2023) from RMIT STEM College.
Dr Lin obtained her PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of New South Wales in 2012. Before joining RMIT as a Lecturer in 2016, she held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Liverpool in the UK, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and the University of New South Wales in Australia.
Academic positions
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2025 – Present
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2021 – 2024
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2016 – 2020
Supervisor projects
- Optimisation of Buildable Structures for 3D Concrete Printing.
- 22 Jan 2025
- Advanced Structural Engineering - Innovative Structures for Eco-friendly Construction
- 5 May 2024
- Advanced Structural Engineering - Rehabilitation of Existing Civil/Infrastructures
- 18 Apr 2024
- Development of Innovative Perforated and Confined Compression Cast Concrete (PC-CCC) for FRP-Reinforced Compression Yielding (CY) Beam
- 18 Apr 2024
- Analysis and Design of FRP-Reinforced Concrete Beams with Innovative Compression Yielding Mechanism
- 20 Mar 2024
- Effect Of Nanoparticles On The Structural Response Of The Bio-Inspired 3d Printed Materials
- 12 Feb 2024
- Reliability Analysis of Underground Structures with Statistical Moments and Al/ML based Surrogate Models
- 18 Dec 2023
- Development of a composite structure of nanogenerator mechanical metamaterial concrete
- 14 Nov 2023
- Designing Innovative and Efficient Structures Using Topological Optimisation Techniques
- 17 Oct 2023
- Seismic performance of monopile-supported wind turbines (MWTs) with considering wind-structure-ground interaction
- 11 Sep 2023
- Rheological behaviour of saturated and unsaturated soils and its modelling
- 4 Jul 2023
- Investigation and Application of Advanced Materials in Engineering Structures
- 8 Mar 2023
- Topology Optimisation for Enhanced Buckling Resistance in Continuum Structures
- 28 Oct 2021
- Topology Optimisation of Concrete Structures Considering Stress Constraints
- 19 Oct 2021
- Creating Diverse and Competitive Designs in Topology Optimisation
- 19 Oct 2021
- Probabilistic Stability Analysis of Reinforced Soil Retaining Structures under Static and Seismic Conditions
- 23 Aug 2021
- Mechanical Properties and Applications of Additively Manufactured Thermoplastic Polyurethane Material
- 20 Dec 2019
- Methods for Identifying the Engineering Flexural Stress in FRP-Confined Concrete Columns
- 26 Nov 2019
- Application of Recycled Ceramic Aggregate as Internal Curing Material in High Performance Concrete
- 21 Aug 2019
- Swelling Mechanism and Swelling Behaviour of Expansive Clay and Clay Minerals
- 14 Feb 2019
- Performance of Fibre Reinforced Concrete at Elevated Temperatures
- 31 Jan 2019
- Generating Structurally Efficient Forms for Digital Fabrication: A Pathway to Manufacturing-Ready Design
- 2 Jan 2019
- An Innovative Formwork System Based on Ice and Sand for Casting Optimised Concrete Components
- 9 Oct 2018
- Development of High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete for 3D Construction Printing
- 7 Oct 2018
- Innovative Design of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Tunnel Segments
- 17 Sep 2018
- Topology Optimisation and Additive Manufacturing of Structural Nodes of Gridshell Structures
- 4 May 2018
- Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Plate-Like Assemblies Made of New Interlocking Bricks
- 24 Feb 2017
Teaching interests
Supervisor interest areas:
- Reinforced concrete structures
- Composite materials and structures,
- Structural design and optimisation
- Computational mechanics
- Structural analysis under extreme loadings
Supervisor projects:
- Application of innovative materials and technologies in precast structures
- Investigation and application of advanced materials in engineering structures
- Innovative structural design and additive manufacturing
UG courses:
- CIVE1179 Steel Structures
- CIVE1177 Concrete Structures
Research interests
Dr Lin's research is focused on the following areas:
1. Advanced numerical methods for composite materials and structures;
2. Innovative design and application of cementitious materials and structures;
3. New approaches to fabricating free-form structural elements
Research keywords:
Computational mechanics, reinforced concrete structures, composite materials and structures, topological structural design, and extreme loading conditions.
