Group Photo 2025

Group Leader

Dr Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype

Room 322, Skempton Building, South Kensington Campus

Affiliations:

Emerging Structural Technologies

Structures Section

Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

 

Group Members

Mohammad Ashour, PhD Candidate

Mohammad Ashour, PhD Candidate
Victoria (Aus), Monash (Aus), Kuwait (Kuwait) Project: Vision-based dynamic identification

Atif Rasheed, PhD Candidate

Atif Rasheed, PhD Candidate
BUET (Pakistan),NUST (Pakistan) Project: Low-cost seismic isolation

David Chalco, PhD Student

David Chalco, PhD Student
UNSA (Peru), Brasilia (Brazil) Project: AI-supported seismic design of buildings

Jarvin Tsai, PhD Candidate

Jarvin Tsai, PhD Candidate
Beijing (China) Project: Structural layout optimization of RC walled buildings

Maria Rachwan, PhD Candidate

Maria Rachwan, PhD Candidate
Co-supervised with Dr Ruiz-Teran, Project: Cable-stayed bridges with curved pylons

Opeyemi Ogunkuade, PhD Candidate

Opeyemi Ogunkuade, PhD Candidate
Are Babalola (Nigeria), AUST (Kenya) Project: Generative design for low carbon footprint structures

Dr Rikesh Amin, Research Associate

Dr Rikesh Amin, Research Associate
Imperial (UK), Project: RESIBUILD

Salih Ozdemir, PhD (visiting) student

Salih Ozdemir, PhD (visiting) student
ITU (Türkiye) Project: AI-supported design of 3D printed structures

Dr Sanghaun Kim

Dr Sanghaun Kim
Academic Visitor, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)

Shirley Shen, PhD Candidate

Shirley Shen, PhD Candidate
Bristol (UK),Imperial (UK) Project: Physics-informed AI predictions of nonlinear responses

Yang (Jerzy) Zhao, PhD Candidate

Yang (Jerzy) Zhao, PhD Candidate
UST (China), Tongji(China) Project: Structural design of extra-terrestrial structures

Yixuan Zhang, PhD Candidate

Yixuan Zhang, PhD Candidate
SWJTU (China), Leeds (UK), Imperial (UK) Project: Optimisation of rocking structures

Yu Cheng, PhD Candidate

Yu Cheng, PhD Candidate
HK Poly (HK), Imperial (UK) Project: Nonlinear instabilities in metamaterials for vibration control

Zilan Zhang, PhD Student

Zilan Zhang, PhD Student
Liverpool (UK), Imperial (UK) Project: Nonlinear analysis of timber hybrid structures

Alumni

PhD Alumni
  • Faridah Zhara (Graduated 2024) Performance based seismic engineering considering soil-structure interaction. Funding: University of Malaysia.
  • Carlos Melchor Placencia (Graduated 2024) Non-linear analysis of pot-tensioned timber elements. Funding: PRONABEC, Peru.
  • Eknara Junda (Graduated 2024) Application of Machine Learning algorithms to seismic response estimation of timber structures. Funding: Ministry of Education, Thailand.
  • Rodrigo Thiers (Graduated 2020) Seismic control of multiple-rocking frames with supplemental rotational inertia. Funding: CONACYT Chile.  ★Unwin Prize for the Best PhD thesis in Civil Engineering
  • Leena Kibriya (Graduated 2020) Seismic response of damage-free rocking frames.
  • Zhan Lyu (Graduated 2020) Dynamic response of long-span pre-stressed timber bridges. Second supervisor: Dr A. Ruiz-Teran. Funding: Imperial College PhD Scholarship
  • Adeyanju Teslim-Balogun (Graduated 2019) Performance based design of steel structures subjected to blast and post-blast fire hazards. Second supervisor: Dr P. Stafford. Funding: PTDF of Nigeria. ★ 3rd Prize Poster IStructE
  • Demirci Cagatay (Graduated 2019) Seismic response of tall Cross Laminated Timber buildings incorporating innovative performance modification systems. Second supervisor: Dr L. Macorini. Funding: TUBITAK
  • Luis Fernando Sirumbal (Graduated 2019) Seismic performance of damage-avoidance hybrid timber-steel systems for high-rise.  Funding:  FINCyT
  • Vasileios Karagiannis (Graduated 2017) Response of hybrid steel-timber structures. 
  • Dr. Yanzhi Liu (Graduated in 2013), Behaviour of beam-to-tubular column connections under extreme loading conditions. Co-supervised with Prof. A. Elghazouli. ★ Best Departmental Poster Award
MEng Alumni
  • Jad Maqdah, Artificial Intelligence applied to the design of extraterrestrial structures ★ Best Structures Project  ★ Basu Prize in Civil Engineering 
  • Thomas McLean, Optimal design of long span structures in low gravity conditions ★ Best Structures Project 
  • Reema Ismail, Advanced modelling of the mechano-sorptive behaviour of wood 
  • Marco Lok Fung Cheng (MEng 2017),  Motion control through supplemental rotational inertia
MSc Alumni
  • Pei Zhang (MSc 2019), Low-cost open-source dynamic testing
  • Sebastian Aedo Maluje (MSc 2019), Seismic response of timber structures ★ Dissertation won the Basu Prize in Civil Engineering
  • Junjia Lyu (MSc 2019), Structural monitoring through complex vibration modes
  • Qianxi Zhang (MSc 2019), Seismic response of structures with first and second kind similarities
  • Catalina Meza (MSc 2019), Digitally-manufactured wooden beams for optimized dynamic performance
  • Emily Peper (MSc 2018), Progressive collapse analysis of cross laminated timber structures ★ Dissertation won First Prize for MSc research from the IStructE
  • Jingren Wu (MSc 2018), Seismic response of tall and slender steel structures
  • Manousos Psaltakis (MSc 2017), Assessment of acceleration demands through low-order building models
  • Hend Tubaila (MSc 2017), Equivalent viscous damping for performance-based design of rocking CLT walls
  • Xiao Pan (MSc 2017), External resonators for seismic control of monumental structures
  • Yiwei Hu (MSc, 2017), Influence of alternative degradation modelling strategies on the seismic response of RC columns
  • Mohammed Abdelhadi (MSc 2016), Avanced Cross-Laminated-Timber (CLT) stability systems, in collaboration with Ramboll UK
  • Manon Dangelser (MSc 2016), Impact of building type on seismic losses considering environmental costs
  • Yara Achcouty (MSc 2016), Modelling fatigue induced collapse of RC bridge piers
  • Bryan Carroll (MSc 2015), Performance of Cross-Laminated-Timber (CLT) subjected to fires
  • Konstantinos Bougatsas (MSc 2015), Probabilistic seismic assessment of alternative building systems.
  • Shijia Yang (MSc 2015), Interaction between ground motion characteristics and structural model in nonlinear dynamic analysis.
  • Ishan Abeisekara (MSc 2014), Dynamic response of tall timber buildings. ★ First Prize for MSc research from the IStructE
  • Katerina Zographou (MSc 2014), Dimensional response analysis of regular and irregular RC frames
Past Post-doctoral Researchers
  • Umut Almac, Project: Seismic response of masonry structures timber-lacings, Assist. Prof. Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
  • Daia Zwicky, Wooden structures. Project: Wood-based sustainable concrete, Head of the Institute for Building and Environmental Technologies at the Fribourg University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Past Visiting Students
  • Sasan Shahzamani, Isfahan University of Technology (Iran), Research project: Control of reinforced concrete structures using a novel damper
  • Rajib Biswas, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), Research project: Seismic performance evaluation of deteriorating RC structures
  • Daniele Reale, Politecnico di Bari (Italy), Research project: Seismic response of steel buildings
  • Jasmine Stragapede, Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Research project: Structural implementation of inerters in steel structures
  • Carlos Menéndez Vicente, RWTH Aachen (Germany), Research project: Structural implementation of motion-control devices

...  and its informal (more like us) version

Past Group Photos:

PhD Students during the Departmental Conference (Feb 2025) where Atif won the best presentation award!

... and a Ghibli Studio rendering or it  ; P

Group picture (Jun 2023) :

At a group meeting (2022): 

At the IStructE's Young Researchers Conference 2019:
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Contact us

Dr Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Email: c.malaga@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)207 594 5007

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