Dr Sakdirat Kaewunruen CPEng, NPER, RPEQ

• Emerging Leader Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
• Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Structures / Railway Infrastructure), University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
• MBA (Executive), 2011 – date, Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), Australia
• G.Cert. in Business (Distinction), University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
• Cert. (Sustainable Urban Development) International Center for Land Policy Studies and Training, Taiwan, Republic of China
• M.Eng. Civil Engineering (Offshore structures), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand.
• B.Eng. (Hons), Civil Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
• Cooperative Education, Central Queensland University, QLD, Australia
• Chartered Professional Engineer, Civil and Structural Colleges, Engineers Australia
• RPEQ, Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland, Australia
• Licensed Civil Engineer, Engineering Council of Thailand

Teaching Programmes

• BEng/MEng Civil and Railway Engineering
  • Module Leader for Railway Infrastructure Engineering
  • Module Leader for Structural Engineering 3
• MSc in Railway Systems Engineering and Integration (Infrastructure Module)
• MSc in Structural Engineering and Practice
• Civil Engineering research projects
• Management research projects
• Integrated design projects

Zac is interested in supervising doctoral researchers in the following areas:

design, construction, inspection, operation and maintenance of civil and rail infrastructure system
train/track interface and interaction
railway and permanent way engineering; structural dynamics, reliability and resilience
shock/blast and impact
transportation systems
risks, economics, strategy, systems and urbanisation

Background:
A positive and self-motivated technical manager and specialist with extensive experience across civil, transport, and rail industry in public and private sectors. Expertise in transport infrastructure engineering and management, successfully dealing with all stages of infrastructure life cycle and assuring safety, reliability, resilience and sustainability of rail infrastructure systems. Highly skills in business management and continuous improvement of customer experience. Zac is a chartered engineer, has over 260 technical publications and held a visiting position in various institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Tokyo, and Railway Technical Research Institute.

Dr Kaewunruen has extensive experience in the field of structural, civil and railway track engineering both in industry and in academia. With over decades in industry and regulatory environments, he has wide variety of specialisations, including rail engineering, track engineering, track components, structural and geotechnical engineering, maintenance and construction. He has research and practical experience internationally in railway systems and infrastructure engineering. His work has involved many industry projects worth over £5b and supervised/participated in railway research projects worth over £8m (in Australia, UK, Japan, USA, Sweden, China, Malaysia and Thailand). He published significantly in this field in terms of both academic work and evidenced-based governmental/authoritative technical reports. He has membership in EU-Cost Actions: TU1404 (Towards the next generation of standards for service life of cement-based materials and structures), CA15125 (Designs for noise reducing materials and structures), CA15202 (Self-healing as preventive repair of concrete structures) and TU1409 (Mathematics for Industry Network). Zac is a member of ISO and BSI standard committees for railway sleepers and recycling of rolling stocks. He successfully coordinates EU-funded RISEN (www.risen2rail.eu). He is also a committee member of Concrete Society West Midlands and is Chief Editor of Frontiers in Transportation and Transit Systems.

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• External Examiner (PhD/MRes): The University of Sheffield, UK; Queensland University of Technology, Australia; Central Queensland University, Australia.
• Editor Board Member of Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, Shock and Vibration, Journal of Structures, Scientific World Journal, and International Conference of Railway Technology.
• Lead Guest Editor for Special Issue on Safety, reliability, risks and uncertainties in railway and transport systems, The Scientific World Journal (2014)
• Session Chair, World Congress on Rail Research, Sydney Australia
• International Expert Assessor & Rapporteur, Romania National Research Council’s Engineering Panel, Romania
• Expert Grant Assessor, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU-Cost Action).
• Member of EU-Cost Actions: TU1404 (TOWARDS THE NEXT GENERATION OF STANDARDS FOR SERVICE LIFE OF CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES) and TU1409 (Mathematics for Industry Network).
• Committee Member, Concrete Society West Midlands, the UK (2015-present).
• Member, Industrial Advisory Committee for QUT Master of Rail Infrastructure Engineering Program, School of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Member, Organising Committee for Mentoring Program, Centre for Engineering Management and Leaderships (CELM), Sydney, Australia
• Deputy Chair and Member, External Industrial Advisory Committee, School of Engineering, University of Western Sydney, Australia (2009-2012)
• Guest Lecturer, Rail Design and Construction, School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia (September 2010)
• Guest Lecturer, Rail Civil Engineering Course, RailCorp, Sydney, Australia
• Interviewer, Interview and Evaluation Panel for Chartered Professional Engineer Status in Civil and Structural Disciplines, Engineers Australia, Sydney
• Reviewer and assessor for International Journal of Experimental Mechanics; Journal of Sound and Vibration; Engineering Structures; ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering; ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Part B: Eng Manufacture; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Part C: Mechanical Science Eng; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Part F: Rail and Rapid Transit; Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering; Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Structures and Building; Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Transport; Journal of Zhejiang University Part A Science and Engineering; IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering; Engineers Australia’s Transport Engineering in Australia Journal; Engineers Australia’s Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering; World Journal of Applied Mechanics; Transportation Geomechanics; Materials; PCI Journals, Prestressed Concrete Institute; Proceedings of 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials; Proceedings of 2012 Conference on Railway Engineering; World University Ranking 2008/09/10, Times Higher Education Supplement.