Rate My Professor Brian Uy

Professor Uy's research focuses on steel and composite structures over more than 30 years, along with critical infrastructure protection systems, deconstruction techniques, rehabilitation and strengthening techniques, structural health monitoring, structural systems, and sustainable construction materials. He has produced over 750 publications, including more than 300 journal articles predominantly in Q1 journals, garnering over 19,000 citations with an h-index of 75. Key publications include the edited volume Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VII (2016, with M.A. Bradford) and chapters such as 'Local and interaction buckling of composite construction members' in Analysis and Design of Plated Structures (2022). His contributions have earned him numerous honors, including the Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year Award (2019), John Connell Gold Medal as Structural Engineer of the Year (2021), Lewis Kent Award (2017), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2022), and Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute (2024). Uy chairs Standards Australia Committee BD-032 on Composite Structures and BD-090 Part 6 on Bridge Structures, serves as Chief Editor (Asia-Pacific) for Steel and Composite Structures, and holds editorial roles on 14 international journals. He is President of the Institution of Structural Engineers (2026), Vice President of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (2023), and has supervised over 150 research students while securing more than $15 million in Australian Research Council grants.