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Professor Patrick Tang is a Professor in the Discipline of Construction Management in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle, within the College of Engineering, Science and Environment. He earned a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours and a PhD in construction engineering from the City University of Hong Kong. Tang's research career commenced in 1999 during his PhD, focusing on structural-grade lightweight concretes incorporating fibre-reinforced composite materials. Following his PhD in 2002, he worked as a Senior Research Assistant and Lecturer at City University of Hong Kong, where he conducted research on self-compacting concrete, performed laboratory and field tests, and developed design and application guidelines for Hong Kong’s Housing Authority. In 2009, he relocated to the University of Newcastle as a Lecturer in Construction Management, advancing to Senior Lecturer and then Professor. He has served in key leadership roles, including Deputy Head of School (Research) from 2020 to 2025, Higher Degree Research Director from 2018 to 2019, Research Director from 2019 to 2020, Accreditation Manager from 2016 to 2018, and Postgraduate Director in 2013.

Tang’s research specializations include advanced construction materials, architectural technologies, AI applications in construction for sustainable practices, green construction, energy efficiency, circular economy, low-carbon concrete, thermal energy storage, waste management, and building science. He leads the Circular Economy and Sustainable Construction research group and serves as Research Leader in the SmartCrete CRC. His achievements encompass recognition as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University since 2019, PVC Award for Outstanding Research in 2018, PVC Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in 2017, CESE Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Award in 2022, and Inaugural SABE International Engagement Prize (Research) in 2016. Key publications include Green Concrete for a Better Sustainable Environment (2020), Composite building materials and construction and demolition waste (C&DW): ecotoxicological perspectives (2024), Red Mud (2022), and Properties of self-compacting concrete with recycled concrete aggregates (2020). Tang has secured major funding, such as an ARC Discovery Project Grant in 2015 for structural-functional integrated concrete and $320,000 from SmartCrete CRC in 2022. He represents the university on the Hunter & Central Coast Circular Economy Think Tank and maintains international collaborations, including as key investigator on National Natural Science Foundation of China grants in 2013 and 2017.