BEng, MEng, PhD, MIEAust
Lecturer, Griffith School of Engineering
Contact Details for Dr Erwin Oh
Research Expertise
Dr Oh has research interests in the field of geotechnical and pavement engineering. He has authored/co-authored over 75 refereed journal or conference articles. His special interests include geotechnical issues for infrastructure, soft clay behaviour and ground improvement techniques, dynamic behaviours of soil, and numerical modelling. Dr Oh is actively engaged with the industry. He is the elected Chairman for Engineers Australia Gold Coast local group (2012) and Chairman for Australian Geomechanics Society Queensland Chapter (2012).
Current Teaching Areas
- Engineering Mechanics
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Advance Foundation Engineering
- Advance Topics in Structure and Geotechnics
Publications
- Mosavat, N, Nalbantoglu, Z., and Oh, E (2011). “Pore Fluid Effects on Engineering Behavior of Clay Soils”. Proceeding of International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering (ISBN 978-0-646-55142-5), 215-220.
- Balasubramaniam, A. S., Cai, H., Zhu, D., Surarak, C., and Oh, E. Y. N. (2010). “Settlements of Embankments in Soft Soils”. Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA (ISSN 0046-5828), Vol. 41, No. 2, 1-19.
- Balasubramanuam, A. S., Oh, E. Y. N., and Phienwej, N. (2009). “Performance of Bored and Driven Pile in Bangkok Sub-Soils”. Journal of the International Association of Lowland Technology (ISSN 1344-9656), Vol. 11, No. 1, 29-36.
- Oh, E. Y. N, Lin, D. G., Bui, Q. M., Huang, M, Surarak, C., and Balasubramaniam, A. S. (2009). “Numerical analysis of piled raft foundation in sandy and clayey soils”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISBN 978-1-60750-031-5-1159), Alexandria, Egypt, 1159-1162.
- Oh, E. Y. N., Bui, Q.M., Surarak,C., Adamec, R., and Balasubramaniam, A. S. (2008). “Parametric Study on Piled Raft Foundation in Sand Using Numerical Modelling”, Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on The Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ISBN 978 0415 491969), 261-267.
- Oh, E. Y. N., Huang, M., Surarak, C., Adamec, R. and Balasubramaniam, A. S. (2008). “Finite element modelling for piled raft foundation in sand”, Proceedings of the 11th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (ISBN 978 986 80222 49), Taiwan, 728-729.
- Oh, E. Y. N., Bolton, M., Balasubramaniam, A. S. and Buessucesco, B. (2008). “Undrained Behavior of Lime Treated Soft Clays”, in Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISBN 978 1 880653 70 8), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 607-612.
- Oh, E. Y. N., Balasubramaniam, A. S., Surarak, C. Bolton, M, Chai, G. W. K., Huang, M., and Braund, M., (2007). “Behaviour of A Highway Embankment on Stone Column Improved Estuarine Clay”. Proceedings of 16th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Vol. 1, 567-572.
- Oh, E. Y. N., Surarak, C., Balasubramaniam, A. S., and Huang, M. (2007). “Observed Field Behaviour of Soft Clay Due to Embankment Loading: Case Study in Queensland, Australia”. Proceedings of 16th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Vol. 1, 515-522.
- Balasubramaniam, A. S., Oh, E. Y. N., Lee, C. J., Handali, B, and Seah, T. H. (2007). “A more fundamental approach to predict pore pressure for soft clay”. Journal of the International Association of Lowland Technology (ISSN 1344-9656), Vol. 9, No. 1, 11-18.