Dr. Sudharshan N. Raman is a Civil Engineering academic specialising in Structures and Materials. His research interests focuses on decarbonisation actions and efforts in the construction industry, with a focus on materials and construction systems, ultimately contributing and leading towards reduced carbon emission and healthy living of humans (low-carbon living). At present, he is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, in the School of Engineering of Monash University Malaysia. He also co-founded and leads the Monash Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Research Hub (M-CRInfra), which missions to be a platform to develop innovative solutions integrating state-of-the-art technologies, circular practices, collaborative expertise, and outreach strategies that support, educate on, and enhance the resilience of the built infrastructure to climate actions.

Dr. Raman completed his PhD at The University of Melbourne, Australia, with a focus in structural engineering and infrastructure protective technology. He has thus far led seven external research grants from government, industry and international sources; and has supervised eleven (11) PhD and five (5) Master (by research) candidates to completion. Dr. Raman was the President of the Malaysian Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (Malaysia Chapter – ACI) for the 2018-2020 Session, and is currently serving as the Director of the Chapter. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK; Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), UK; a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); a Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI); a Senior Member of RILEM, and a Committee Member of the Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). Dr. Raman is also an Adjunct Member of the Centre of Innovative Construction Technology (CICT) in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Over the years, Dr. Raman has built his reputation as a researcher in concrete structures and materials, and infrastructure protective technologies. He has served as a Reviewer for prestigious journals in Civil & Structural Engineering, and the Built Environment; and currently sits on the Editorial Boards of three international journals. Dr. Raman has also been involved with numerous consultancy projects in structural engineering and infrastructure resilience, within the public and private sectors, both locally and internationally.

Dr. Raman is also active in standards development activities, both locally and internationally. At present, he is serving in the following Technical Committees (TC) and Working Groups (WG) responsible for the drafting and development of Malaysian Standards under the Department of Standards, Malaysia (DSM) of the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

• TC/D/13 - Technical Committee on Bricks and Blocks
• TC/D/25 - Technical Committee on Cement
• WG/D/21-8 - Working Group on Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) Structures

In addition, he is serving in the following Technical Committees under the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

• Member, ACI Subcommittee 239-0F – UHPC Sustainability
• Associate Member, ACI Committee 239 - Ultra-High Performance Concrete
• Associate Member, ACI Committee 549 - Thin Reinforced Cementitious Products and Ferrocement

Dr. Raman is currently inviting Graduate (Research) Candidates and Post-Doctoral Fellows to join the Concrete Engineering and Structural REsilience (CoRE) Research Group that he leads at Monash University Malaysia.

1. Concrete engineering and technology;

2. Circular economy in construction; Circular and sustainable design;

3. Structural resilience;

4. Sustainable infrastructure and building materials;

5. Asset utilisation and regeneration of building elements