Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule

Day 0

Sunday 7 February

Optional Tours

Walking in Wartime

10:30 am

Register

Town Hall Clock Tower

Every 15 min

More Info

Old Government House Tour

10:15 am

11:30 am

12:30 pm

More Info

4:00 pm

End 8:00pm

Registration & Welcome Reception + Networking

The Cube, QUT Gardens Point

Day 01

Monday 8 February

8:00 am

End 9:00am

Registrations

9:00 am

End 9:30am

Welcome to Country

9:30 am

End 10:30am

Opening Keynote

John Perry — fjcstudio

10:30 am

End 11:00am

Coffee Break

11:00 am

End 12:20pm

Session 01

Session I: Room 1 – Supplementing Cement

11:00 Craig Heidrich Standard Specification for Low Carbon Concrete using Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag and Fly Ash [161]
11:20 Chethana Weeraddhana Effect of sugarcane bagasse ash and graphene oxide on fresh and hardened properties of cement composite [162]
11:40 Michael Nolan Cement-free masonry and hardscape products represent the highest-impact, lowest-cost pathway for decarbonizing the built environment [163]
12:00 Lisa R. Feldman Supplementary Cementious Material Incorporation in Grout and Its Effect on the Performance of Reinforced Concrete Block Masonry Members [167]

Session I: Room 2 – Seismic Loading I

11:00 Yogendra Singh Seismic Performance of Masonry-Infilled RC Frame Buildings Designed for Modern Codes: Experimental and Numerical Insights [211]
11:20 Yuni Azhari Coupled effects of lateral-torsional deformation and seismic pounding in adjacent structures subjected to earthquake ground motions [212]
11:40 Mao Li Efficient Nonlinear Seismic Response Prediction of Reinforced Masonry Buildings Using a Physics-Informed Surrogate [213]
12:00 Ahmed Hisham Ahmed Sabry Hassanein Mabrouk Seismic Response of Thick Masonry-Infilled RC Frames: Advanced Macro-Modelling, and Parametric Evaluation [214]

Session I: Room 3 – Wall Types & Testing

11:00 Carlos Cruz-Noguez Standing Tall: An Account of Slender Masonry Wall Research [112]
11:20 Heather Sustersic Designing for Progressive Collapse with CMU [113]
11:40 Birger Gigla Robust Design and Construction of Brick Veneer Walls: A Central European Perspective [117]
12:00

12:30 pm

End 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

End 3:10pm

Session 02

Session II: Room 1 – Masonry Accessories

13:30 Mark Masia Corrosion of wall ties in masonry construction and implications for structural safety [221]
13:50 Md Akhtar Hossain Implications of Empirical Wall-tie Corrosion on the FEA Modelling of Masonry Veneer Wall Stability [222]
14:10 Lyndsey Terry Understanding Wall Tie Corrosion in Brick Veneer and Cavity Brick Walls: Implications for Detection, Maintenance, and Australian Standards [223]
14:30 Sreekanta Das Structural Performance of Shelf Angle Connections with Various Connectors [224]
14:50 Igor Chaves Mortar Joint Salt Ingress - Not the Main Culprit of Corrosion! [227]

Session II: Room 2 – Out-of-Plane Loading

13:30 Tharuki Fernando Bricks and Bombs? Successfully designing masonry to survive explosive blast loads [242]
13:50 Wojtek Kasinski Beyond Concrete Sleepers: The Continued Rise of Segmental Retaining Walls in Tall Retaining Applications [243]
14:10 Luca Tosolini Meta-Fragility of Masonry Walls under Flood Loads [244]
14:30 Abdelrhman Saleh Experimental Investigation of GFRP-Reinforced Non-Loadbearing Masonry Walls under Out-of-Plane Loading [246]
14:50 Alessandro De Iasio Simulation-driven guidance for waterborne debris impacts test design on masonry structures [265]

Session II: Room 3 – Architectural Design

13:30 Maedeh Kalantri Brick Decorations and Geometric Patterns in the Taj al-Mulk Dome of Isfahan’s Jameh Mosque: A Focused Study [311]
13:50 Jacob Dawson Beyond the stretcher bond: Climate-informed computational workflows for (sub-)tropical clay brick envelopes [312]
14:10 Stefania Puntaroli Earth, Apertures and Light: Reinterpreting Masonry Through a Contemporary Studio House [313]
14:30 Samir Mosahebi A Geometric Method for Determining the Minimum Radius of Curved Masonry Walls [314]
14:50 Guillermo Ferrari The brick Neo-Mudejar style in the Iberian Bullrings Lisbon-Barcelona-Madrid 1892-1929 [317]

3:10 pm

End 3:40pm

Coffee Break

3:40 pm

End 5:00pm

Session 03

Session III: Room 1 – Bonding to Masonry

15:40 Arturo Schultz Experimental Insights into Anchorage Behaviour of Post‑Tensioned Masonry Beams [114]
16:00 Kieran Bisacre-Peters Influence of Drilling Techniques on Masonry Anchor Tensile Capacity and Installation [172]
16:20 Renato Veronese Bond behaviour of cementitious renders on masonry after fire exposure: a review with preliminary experimental insights [132]
16:40 Dineth Edmund Axial compressive behaviour of masonry columns strengthened with auxetic cementitious composites as external reinforcement [133]

Session III: Room 2 – Computational Modelling

15:40 Christian Salvatori Equivalent-frame modelling of masonry structures using a three-dimensional microelement [261]
16:00 Anna Wang Efficient collapse analysis of unreinforced masonry structures using a physics engine-powered sequential continuum-discontinuum framework [262]
16:20 Prabhanjan Prasoon DEM-based Analysis of Confined Masonry Wall under In-Plane Loading [263]
16:40 Marta Bertassi DEM modelling of out-of-plane mechanisms in URM walls under differential input motions [264]

Session III: Room 3 – Technology & Automation

15:40 Anthony Franze Exploring mortar application in human-robot collaborative bricklaying workflows [331]
16:00 Jane Arnolda Application of Artificial Intelligence for Mullion Identification in Residential Double Brick Design Under AS 4773 [332]
16:20 Alan Hore From Craft to Platform: The Skills and Competency Shift for Industrialised Masonry and MMC Delivery [337]
16:40 John Nichols An engineer, a machine and some answers to really tough questions [338]

5:30 pm

End 9:30pm

Networking Evening

Southside, Fish Lane

Day 02

Tuesday 9 February

9:00 am

End 10:00am

Morning Keynote

Tone Wheeler — environa studio.

10:00 am

End 10:30am

Coffee Break

10:30 am

End 12:30pm

Session 04

Session IV: Room 1 – Decarbonisation & Circularity

10:30 Weena Lokuge Recycled Aggregates in Cementitious and Geopolymer Masonry Mixes [121]
10:50 Nathan Blackwell Advancing Material Circularity in Masonry through Recycled Aggregates and Alternative Binders [122]
11:10 Ibrahim Nzaramba Adobe blocks as the solution for sustainable building in tropical countries case study of Rwanda [123]
11:30 Prashidha Khatiwada Development and application of a manual brick separation and cleaning assessment framework for circular masonry construction [127]
11:50 Josephine Vaughan Development of Low Carbon Mortar Using Biochar and Wood Vinegar from Timber Waste [168]
12:10 Andrew Ciezak Hidden Carbon in Masonry Product Distribution: Simulating Unpooled Reusable Asset Recovery in the Australian Market [164]

Session IV: Room 2 – Mortarless Masonry

10:30 Faruk Patowary Shear Sliding Response of Grouted and Ungrouted Interlocking Dry-stack Masonry Wallettes [232]
10:50 Keerthi Teja Harathi Interface Shear Behaviour of Dry-stacked Geopolymerized Interlocking Compressed Earth Blocks [233]
11:10 Khaled Galal In-Plane Cyclic Behaviour of Partially Grouted Dry-Stack Interlocking Masonry Walls [236]
11:30 Mahmoud Abdelrahman Experimental Investigation on the Cyclic Behaviour of Concrete Mortarless Masonry Shear walls [237]
11:50 Kosalya Sundaralingam Experimental Investigation of the Out-of-Plane Behaviour of Semi-Interlocking Reinforced Mortarless Masonry Walls under Cyclic Loading [238]
12:10 Sathurshan Mathavanayakam In-plane cyclic behaviour of dry-stack concrete block masonry walls: Effects of reinforcement ratio, pre-compression and slenderness [245]

Session IV: Room 3 – Restoration & Retrofitting

10:30 Sara Ganzerli The Bayview Lime Kilns [141]
10:50 Kieran Bisacre-Peters Experimental Evaluation of a New Crack Stitching System for Masonry Repair [142]
11:10 Jennifer Gebhardt Experimental Study on Shear Strengthening of Brick Masonry [143]
11:30 Elisa Saler From fragility to policy: an integrated framework for optimising seismic retrofit of residential masonry buildings at national scale [144]
11:50 Julian Thamboo Uniaxial tensile characteristics of metal wire mesh cementitious composites for strengthening masonry [147]
12:10 Violeta Bokan Bosiljkov Compatible Lime-Based Injection Grouts for Structural Consolidation of Historic Stone Masonry [148]

12:30 pm

End 1:30pm

Lunch & Poster Talks

1:30 pm

End 3:10pm

Session 05

Session V: Room 1 – Masonry Mortars & Grout

13:30 Dina Helmy Experimental Determination of the Splitting Tensile Behaviour of Coarse and Fine Grouts [118]
13:50 Vlatko Bosiljkov New contemporary masonry assemblages from hollow clay units and PU glues - experimental perspective [131]
14:10 Florian Sossna Experimental Investigation of Clay Thin-Bed Mortar for Detachable Masonry Joints [134]
14:30 Ying Cheng Factors governing chemical-assisted mortar removability for brick reuse [135]
14:50 Jack Gill The effect of lime substitutes in clay masonry mortars [136]

Session V: Room 2 – In-Plane Loading

13:30 Nigel Shrive On the Effect of Horizontal Reinforcing Bars in Partially Grouted Concrete Block Shear Walls [240]
13:50 Seyed MeghdaLatd Ghaseminia Influence of Reinforcement Detailing and Aspect Ratio on the Cyclic In-Plane Behaviour of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls [241]
14:10 Saeed Shabani Application of Modified Compression Field Theory to Predict the In-Plane Shear Capacity of Partially Grouted Masonry Walls [247]
14:30 Ahmed El Saadawy Numerical Investigation of Lap Splice Length Effects on the Flexural Behavior of Partially Grouted Masonry Walls with High-Strength Reinforcement [248]
14:50 Abdallah Montaser Experimental Investigation of Sliding Shear Resistance Between Concrete Footings and Concrete Masonry Blocks [271]

Session V: Room 3 – Heritage Design

13:30 Igor Tomic Building on Tradition: Leveraging traditional knowledge on reinforcement techniques [111]
13:50 Francisco Javier Suárez Medina Non-Destructive Testing Methods for the Structural Analysis of Towers and Walls at the Alhambra in Granada [151]
14:10 Sara Ganzerli How Washington Waterpower (now Avista) lit up Spokane [152]
14:30 Giovanni Fabbrocino Towards a multi-risk assessment pipeline for Roman masonry heritage in Italy: The Sepino Archaeological Park [154]
14:50 Paulo B. Lourenço Experiences on cultural heritage diagnostics and training during the Ukrainian war [157]

3:10 pm

End 3:40pm

Coffee Break

3:40 pm

End 5:00pm

Session 06

Session VI: Room 1 – Product Innovation

15:40 Mati Ullah Shah Experimental and Blind Prediction Outcomes for Rubble Stone Masonry [115]
16:00 Lloyd Gainey From Ancient Practice to Modern Innovation: Solving the Clay Mineral Puzzle in Brickmaking [119]
16:20 Sathurshan Mathavanayakam Performance of Dry-Stack Interlocking Concrete Masonry under Axial Compression: From Small-Scale Testing to Full-Scale Wall Validation [231]
16:40 Ahmad Fathi Experimental Study of Moisture Expansion in Clay Brickwork [341]

Session VI: Room 2 – Seismic Loading II

15:40 Belal AbdelRahman Modelling and Material‑Related Uncertainties in the Seismic Response of Reinforced Masonry Walls [251]
16:00 Michol Rampado Computational tools for out-of-plane seismic analysis of archetypal Italian masonry church gabled façades in 3DEC [252]
16:20 Mao Li Performance-Based Seismic Design of Reinforced Masonry Buildings Using Machine Learning-based Parametric Time-history Prediction Metamodel [253]
16:40 Alessia Furiosi EDP selection for the seismic fragility of masonry arch bridges using a discontinuum modeling approach [254]

Session VI: Room 3 – Paving Design

15:40 Md Belal Hosain Adaptation of permeable pavement as a sustainable Technology [321]
16:00 Milan Paudel Carbon-Neutral Construction: The Potential of Permeable Pavements [322]
16:20 Wojtek Kasinski Breaking the Surface: Unlocking the Potential of PICP in Australian Urban Design [323]
16:40 Pratik Tiwari Structural Analysis of Segmental Paver Materials Under Variable Soil and Subgrade Conditions: A comparative finite element and empirical modelling study [324]

7:00 pm

End 11:00pm

Gala Dinner

Room Three Sixty

Day 03

Wednesday 10 February

9:00 am

End 10:00am

Panel Session

10:00 am

End 10:30am

Coffee Break

10:30 am

End 12:30pm

Closing Session: Block O – Australian Masonry

10:30 Andy Shaw Who will lay the bricks? Workforce attrition, business sustainability and the future of masonry installation [171]
10:50 Szymon Fujak Development and Validation of a Novel Composite Thin Brick Panel System with Finite Element Modelling and Experimental Data [173]
11:10 Simon Ingham Windborne Debris Impact Resistance of Reinforced Masonry Block Walls for Residential Cyclone Strong Rooms [174]
11:30 Samir Mosahebi Investigation into the Thermal Performance of Australian Housing Walling Systems against the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme [175]
11:50 Cathy Inglis AM Closing Notes

12:30 pm

End 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

End 2:00pm

Tour Bus

2:00 pm

End 4:00pm

Brick and Masonry Plant Tours

4:00 pm

End 5:00pm

Plant Futures Facility - The University of Queensland