BASIC INFORMATION

Name：Erwin Oh

Associate Professor：School of Engineering and Built Environment - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Tel：+61 (0)7 5552 9062 (Work)

Email：y.oh@griffith.edu.au

Loc：G09 1.18, Gold Coast Campus

BIO

Dr Oh is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, specialising in geotechnical and pavement engineering. His research interests cover geotechnical issues for infrastructure, ground improvement techniques, problematic soil behaviours and pavement engineering. He has active research collaborations with industry and international partners and is recognised as an international expert in Civil Geotechnical Engineering, Ground Improvement, Structural Health Monitoring and Pavement Engineering. To date, he has supervised 18 PhD and 2 MPhil students to completion as a Principal Supervisor in Civil Geotechnical Engineering related research areas. Dr Oh has applied innovative instrumentation techniques to measure deformations in road embankments and piled foundations, researched the characterisation of unbound pavement materials for pavement design, and investigated the performance of unsealed roads under traffic loading. His research has extended to Pavement Management System, Airport Pavement, housing development and management, infrastructure health monitoring using digital, geospatial and sensor technologies, infrastructure design improvement through combining interactive BIM and statistical Bayesian methods, airport pavement analysis, optimisation via artificial intelligence, and foundation application for solar farms. His key research impacts lie in the specialised fields of soil-structure Interaction (involving road embankments, retaining structures, footings, deep foundations and problematic soils) and sustainable ground improvement materials and technologies, which include laboratory and field observations using sensors and instruments.

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor：Griffith University, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Brisbane, Australia，1 Jan 2018 - present

Director (International)：Griffith University, Griffith Sciences, Australia，5 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2023

Associate Professor：Griffith University, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Gold Coast, Australia，1 Jan 2018 - present

DEGREES

Doctor of Philosophy：Griffith University, Australia

LANGUAGES

Chinese (Mandarin)：Can read, write, speak and peer review

Malay：Can read, write, speak and peer review

Chinese (Cantonese)：Can read, write, speak and peer review

RESEARCH OUTPUTS（PART）

- Optimization Design of Stiffened Deep Cement Mixing Piles and Geogrid for Ground Improvement to Support High-Speed Railway Embankments in Central Vietnam，11 Aug 2025，INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS，18 pages，WILEY

- A Systematic Evaluation of the Empirical Relationships Between the Resilient Modulus and Permanent Deformation of Pavement Materials，2025，Buildings，15(5):663，MDPI

- Amenity preferences and design evaluation in Australian build-to-rent compact apartments: A VR/EEG study，2025，Building Research & Information，Taylor & Francis

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Civil geotechnical engineering

- Pavement Engineering with focus on pavement management system and airport pavement

- Field observational method with sensor technology

- Housing development and asset management

- Sensor technologies for infrastructure health monitoring

- Optimisation using artificial intelligent for geotechnical engineering parameters.

FUNDED RESEARCH（PART）

- Geotechnical factors affecting wicking geotextile performance for efficient and sustainable pavement-subgrade interactions：Naue GmbH & Co.，10 Oct 2025 - 27 Feb 2026

-Performance of Wicking Geotextile in Problematic Subgrade Stabilisation Considering Soil-Water Characteristic Curve (SWCC) and Sustainability：G Squared X Pty Ltd，28 Apr 2025 - 31 Dec 2027

- Advanced geotechnical sensing and early warning system for smart highway：Australian Research Council (ARC)，9 Sep 2024 - 9 Sep 2027

TEACHING INTERESTS

- 7303ENG Advanced Foundation Engineering (T1, 2022; T1, 2023; T1, 2024; T1, 2025)

- 7308ENG Advanced Geotechnical Engineering (T2, 2022; T2, 2024)

- 2105ENG Mechanics of Materials 2 (T2, 2024)

- 3115ENG Geotechnical Engineering Practice (T2, 2024; T2, 2025)

- 3107ENG Construction Materials (T1, 2025)

TEACHING & SUPERVISION（PART）

- Back analysis of airport pavement strength rating with stochastic approach：1 Jul 2025

- Stability analysis of bridge abutment and approach using finite element modelling：1 Jul 2025

- Development of strength and durability in road pavement using geosynthetics：13 Mar 2025

Details about Erwin Oh can be found at the link：https://experts.griffith.edu.au/7407-erwin-oh