Associate Professor Nawawi Chouw

Associate Professor

In: Civil and Environmental Engineering » Faculty of Engineering

Biography

Associate Professor

Nawawi Chouw gained his diploma in civil engineering from the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. After working in a group of consulting engineers in Germany he returned to the research centre on structural dynamics at the Ruhr University Bochum, and in 1993 he was awarded his doctorate. He joined the Okayama University in Japan in 1994, and was promoted to associate professor in 1999. Before joining The University of Auckland, he worked in Australia. The University of Western Australia awarded him the Gledden Fellowship twice; 2003 and 2006. He was also invited to teach at several universities in Europe.

Qualifications

Diplom-Ingenieur, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Doktor-Ingenieur, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Administration

Faculty staffing committee member
Recruitment of foreign postgraduate students
Internal assessor of postgraduate projects and theses
International faculty committee member

Research | Current

Dynamics of soil-structure systems
Holistic seismic design
Numerical and experimental simulation of nonlinear soil-structure interaction
Vibration reduction
Man-made vibrations
Moving load and wave propagation
Dynamic behaviour of adjacent structures
Experimental investigation of composite structures

Research groups

University of Auckland Centre for Earthquake Engineering Research (UACEER)

Teaching | Current

CIVIL 314 Structural Dynamics
CIVIL 710 Advanced Structural Dynamics
CIVIL 720 Earthquake Engineering
CIVIL 727 Dynamics of Structures in Earthquakes

Distinctions/Honours

2016: J.M. Ko Medal of the International Journal of Advances in Structural Engineering for the most outstanding

paper in terms of quality and impact for the year 2013

2016: Supervisor of the Best PhD thesis by Dr L. Yan in a worldwide competition

2015: Supervisor of the Best PhD thesis by Dr L. Yan, winner of the VC's Prize (currently Junior Professor,

Technical University Braunschweig, Germany)

2014: Recognition for excellence in research supervision (twice), China Scholarship Council, China

2006: Gledden Fellowship, University of Western Australia, Australia

2003: Gledden Fellowship, University of Western Australia, Australia

2002: The Best Research Prize for the best research work in Earthquake Engineering, Chugoku Denryoku

Research Foundation, Japan

1996: Fritz-Peter-Müller Prize for outstanding research in Structural Dynamics, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Responsibilities

Director of the University of Auckland Centre for Earthquake Engineering Research (UACEER)

Associate Editor: Frontiers in Built Environment – Earthquake Engineering

Editor: Materials

Editor: Shock and Vibration

Editorial board:

Guest Editor:

Shock and Vibration
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Protective Structures
Mathematical Problems in Engineering (twice)

Areas of expertise

Soil and structural dynamics
Earthquake engineering
Natural fibre reinforced composite

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Professional affiliations

New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE)
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
German Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (DGEB)
Institute of Professional Engineers (IPENZ)

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Kun, C., Yang, Z., & Chouw, N. (2018). Seismic performance of skewed bridges with simultaneous effects of pounding and supporting soil. Engineering Structures, 174, 26-38. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.07.051
Wang, W., Zhang, X., Chouw, N., Li, Z., & Shi, Y. (2018). Strain rate effect on the dynamic tensile behaviour of flax fibre reinforced polymer. Composite Structures, 200, 135-143. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.05.109
Kun, C., Yang, Z., & Chouw, N. (2018). Seismic response of skewed bridges including pounding effects. EARTHQUAKES AND STRUCTURES, 14 (5), 467-476. 10.12989/eas.2018.14.5.467
Wang, W., & Chouw, N. (2018). Experimental and theoretical studies of flax FRP strengthened coconut fibre reinforced concrete slabs under impact loadings. Construction and Building Materials, 171, 546-557. 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.03.149
Chen, J., & Chouw, N. (2018). Flexural behaviour of flax FRP double tube confined coconut fibre reinforced concrete beams with interlocking interface. Composite Structures, 192, 217-224. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.02.050
Chen, J., & Chouw, N. (2018). Effect of the interface condition on the bond between flax FRP tube and coconut fibre reinforced concrete composites. Construction and Building Materials, 167, 597-604. 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.01.152
Wang, W., & Chouw, N. (2018). Flexural behaviour of FFRP wrapped CFRC beams under static and impact loadings. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 111, 46-54. 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.08.010
Wang, W., & Chouw, N. (2017). Behaviour of CFRC beams strengthened by FFRP laminates under static and impact loadings. Construction and Building Materials, 155, 956-964. 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.08.031