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Prof. Robert Melchers

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 11
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL 0.45
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 4.35

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced Proposed
Completion
Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 2017 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Prediction of the Corrosion Rate of Steel in Seawater
2013 2015 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Damage Evaluation of Pitting Corroded Pipes
2013 2015 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Study of Wear and Corrosion Interaction in Steel Chains Under Working Conditions
2013 2019 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Systems and Reliability Modelling of Improvised Explosive Devices
2012 2014 M Philosophy (Civil Eng) Co-Supervisor Understanding and Reducing the Contribution of Hydraulic Transient Pressures to Pipe Failure
2012 2016 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Reliability Assessment and Risk Based Inspection Planning for Pipelines Systems
2012 2014 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Reliability Analysis and Life-Cycle Costing of Rehabilitation Strategies for RC Structures Exposed to Marine Environment
2012 2014 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor The Effects of Deterioration and Condition Assessment on Structural Reliability of Corroding Concrete Structures
2011 2015 M Philosophy (Civil Eng) Co-Supervisor Modelling the Probability of Improvised Explosive Devices Effectiveness
2011 2014 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Measurement of Soil Corrosion Rates
2010 2014 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Structural Reliability Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures subject to Explosive Blast Loading

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Probabilistic Modelling of Structural and Safety Hazard Risks for Monolithic Glazing Subject to Explosive Blast Loads
2013 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Development of Behaviour Models for Pitting Corrosion of Mild Steel Pipeline Welds in Marine Environment
2010 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Spatial Time-Dependent Reliability Analysis and Optimisation of Maintenance Strategies for RC Structures Subject to Corrosion Damage
2009 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Investigating the Correlation Between Pre- and Post-Demolition Assessments for Precast, Post-Tensioned Beams in Service for 45 Years
2009 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Pollution Deposition Rates on Insulator (HV) Surfaces for Use in Atmospheric Corrosivity Estimation
2007 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor An Investigation Into Structural Failure
2005 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Generalisation of the "Directional Simulation in the Load Space" Approach to Structural Reliability Analysis
2005 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Spatial Time-Dependent Reliability Analysis of Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Subject to Pitting Corrosion
2004 M Eng (Civil Surv & Env) [R] Principal Supervisor Operational Based Corrosion Analysis of Naval Ship Structures
2004 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Sole Supervisor Reliability Analysis of Degrading Uncertain Structures with Applications to Fatigue and Fracture under Random Loading
2004 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Sole Supervisor Corrosion of Mild Steel in Coastal Waters
2004 PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Corrosion-Induced Cracking and Spatial Time-Dependent Reliability Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures