1. Geotechnical Engineering and Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

Research interests include the engineering behaviour and characterisation of soils, particularly tropical and lateritic soils, with emphasis on unsaturated soil mechanics, soil suction, soil–water characteristic relationships, moisture transport, and soil strength and deformation behaviour. Related interests include field instrumentation, laboratory testing, slope stability, foundation engineering, and the performance of geotechnical infrastructure.

2. Climate–Soil–Infrastructure Interactions and Resilience

Research focuses on understanding how climatic variability and changing environmental conditions influence soil behaviour and infrastructure performance. Particular interests include climate-driven soil moisture dynamics, pavement subgrade behaviour, climate-informed geotechnical analysis, infrastructure vulnerability, and climate risk assessment. The broader objective is to support climate-resilient infrastructure planning, design, and asset management, particularly in tropical environments.

3. Computational and Data-Driven Geotechnical Engineering

Interests include numerical and computational modelling of geotechnical systems, particularly finite element analysis (FEM), foundation and substructure modelling, slope stability, settlement analysis, soil constitutive behaviour, and soil–structure interaction. This includes the application of specialised geotechnical software such as Rocscience, alongside Python-based computational analysis, statistical modelling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence for soil behaviour prediction, field monitoring data analysis, and engineering decision support.

4. Geospatial Analytics and Infrastructure Systems Modelling

Interests include the application of geographic information systems (GIS), spatial analysis, remote sensing, and infrastructure systems modelling to engineering and environmental challenges. Particular areas include climate risk mapping, infrastructure vulnerability assessment, spatial decision-support tools, and the integration of geospatial data with computational models to support infrastructure planning, monitoring, and resilience assessment.