Professor Cedric D'Mello

Overview

Professor D’Mello is currently a Professor of Structural Engineering at City University London. He obtained his undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Structural Engineering from the University of Sussex. His research work is largely in the area of very large scale testing, both in the laboratory and on location on oil rigs and large office buildings. The main focus is on composite structures, starting initially with grouted connections in offshore structures and currently on long span composite floors in buildings. All of the research work has been linked to industrial need and much of it has been supported by UK and European funding bodies and by industry. A further area of research has been in the area of dynamics of structures, particularly on the dynamics of long span floors. Professor D’Mello’s current research activity is on long span floors and particularly on the ultra slim floor beam, in which the floor slab is incorporated within the beam depth.

Professor D'Mello has held a number of senior appointments in the School and the University. He was the Associate Dean Education from 2009 to 2014, having previously been Head of Civil Engineering and later the Associate Dean Learning and Teaching in the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. His role was to lead the strategic direction of education matters in the School and promote a positive learning and teaching environment. He was an elected member of University Senate until 2013.

Employment

2012 - to date City University London, Professor of Structural Engineering

2009 - 2014 City University London, Associate Dean for Education

2007 - 2009 City University London, Associate Dean for Learning & Teaching and UG Programmes

2002 - 2007 City University London, Assistant Dean for Civil Engineering Programmes

1999 - 2012 City University London, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering

1987 - 1999 City University London, Lecturer/Teaching Fellow

1988 - 1990 OTEC (UK) Ltd, Associate Consultant

1981 - 1986 Ocean Engineering Research Centre, Postdoctoral Research Assistant

1980 - 1981 University of Sussex, Lecturer in Structural Engineering

1976 - 1980 University of Sussex, Research Assistant

Qualifications

• DPhil Structural Engineering, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom, 1981
• BSc (Hons) Structural Engineering, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom, 1976

Research interests

Professor D’Mello’s research work is largely in the area of very large scale testing, both in the laboratory and on location on oil rigs and large office buildings. The main focus is on composite structures, starting initially with grouted connections in offshore structures and currently on long span composite floors in buildings. All of the research work has been linked to industrial need and much of it has been supported by UK and European funding bodies and by industry. A further area of research has been in the area of dynamics of structures, particularly on the dynamics of long span floors.

A major part of Professor D’Mello’s current research activity is on long span floors and particularly on the ultra slim floor beam, in which the floor slab is incorporated within the beam depth. Further research work on innovative opening shapes is also in progress and several papers have been published on these topics. He has also filed a patent on this work. The work on composite cellular beam floors also includes the dynamic behaviour of flooring systems and several reports on actual floors have been written. All of this work has been supported by industry. With the incorporation of the beam and services within the slab thickness and the resulting significant reduction in floor heights, the results of this research work will have a very large impact on building costs and sustainable construction.

In addition to the experimental work, Professor D’Mello has several projects involving numerical analysis. The work started with the FE analysis of ship structures and further numerical research work on fatigue of FPSOs was carried out through his PhD student. The current research investigating the behaviour of web opening shapes includes comprehensive FE analysis and parametric studies.

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