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Jerry Andrews at ASEC 2024
Tanya de Hoog FIStructE CEng MIEAust
Michelle Collett, Ross Harvey, Dr Jun Li and Alexandra Snelson
ASEC 2024 Welcome reception
Session speakers Serene Sara Simon and Ellen Worthington
ASEC 2024 speaker session in the Melbourne office
ASEC 2024 attendees
Dr Joseph Correnza FIEAust CPEng
Welcome reception at Curious Bar
ASEC 2024’s two-day hybrid program features engaging plenary sessions and panel discussions for structural engineering professionals, academics, students and more.
Stay ahead in this evolving field and sharpen your insights in:
- Engineering resilience
- Technology and innovation
- Circular economy
- Buildings: design and construction
- Asset management and forensic engineering
- Infrastructure: transport and heavy industrial
View the latest program (PDF)
*all times listed are AEDT
Join us at the Curious bar in W Melbourne for an evening of great conversation and networking opportunities. From 5.00 pm to 7.30 pm, enjoy canapés and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees, industry experts and speakers in a relaxed and vibrant setting.
The welcome reception sets the stage for an engaging and memorable conference experience.
Elevate your Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2024 experience by adding a site tour to your existing ASEC 2024 registration. With limited spaces available, secure your spot today.
T3 Collingwood
Join us for an exclusive tour of T3 Collingwood, a commercial building showcasing the intricate engineering of exposed timber structures. Discover how timber has been innovatively integrated into modern architecture as you walk through a typical floorplate with exposed timber columns and beams.
The tour includes a detailed examination of the concrete core-to-timber interfaces and beam-to-column connections, insights into how services interact with the exposed timber floorplate, as well as conversations with the engineers who designed and manufactured the timber, discussing the challenges and solutions in mass timber building design.
Pricing
$55 per person
Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project
Join us for an exclusive tour of the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project. Witness the advanced engineering and sustainable practices shaping Melbourne's future. Gain insights from project experts, network with peers, and see firsthand how this transformative infrastructure project will enhance Melbourne’s transport network with new stations and modern trains opening in 2025.
Pricing
$55 per person
PPE requirements
- PPE will be provided (protective boots, protective eyewear, hard hat and high-vis vest)
- Dress code: long pants and long sleeves
ASEC 2024 has an exciting line-up of experts from across the profession.
More to be announced soon.
To explore plenary session details, click on the speaker biography dropdowns.
Plenary speakers

Joseph is a Principal and Australasian Regional Board Member at Arup. He leads Arup’s Excellence, Design and Innovation Executive and chairs Arup’s Australasia Ethics Committee. As a building engineer and design director with more than 25 years’ experience, Joseph has delivered a portfolio of significant city-shaping projects. Joseph has held numerous leadership roles managing the firm’s Victoria and South Australia offices and teams in London.
The industry recognises him as a collaborative and innovative designer and exemplar leader, acting ethically and with integrity. He understands and advocates across industry for quality projects that will elevate city’s the sustainability, resilience, and liveability.
He is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Engineers Australia Fellow, Board Member of the Committee for Melbourne and Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Plenary session: Building a sustainable future - a new paradigm for structural engineering
As sculptors of our built environment, we must consider an important question – what is the new paradigm for structural engineering to deliver a more sustainable future? Join Arup’s Dr Joseph Correnza, Principal and structural engineer, to reflect on this concept.
In his presentation, Dr Correnza will briefly touch on the history and celebration of structures; the changing focus of the structural engineering profession and its industry partnerships and the fundamental principles founding capability. He will also explore the importance of future learning in shaping an increased breadth of skills, partnerships and applications and address how structural engineers play a part in responding to the challenges facing our society.

Tanya is the 2024 President of the Institution of Structural Engineers, where she is focused on amplifying structural engineers’ vital role in driving climate action, upholding public safety and positively impacting people.
Tanya is also Aurecon’s Chief Engineering, Eminence and Innovation Officer, where she leads efforts to empower engineers and designers to consistently deliver technical excellence in a changing industry and attain eminence as leaders in their fields.
A structural engineer with nearly 30 years of design experience, Tanya has led award winning and landmark projects across Australia, the UK and the US.
Tanya has a Masters in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment from the University of Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering.
Plenary session: Structural engineering with purpose: addressing climate change globally through aligned action

Ulrike Kuhlmann is Professor for Steel, Timber and Composite structures and Head of the Institute of Structural Design at University of Stuttgart (Germany), joining in 1995 after seven years of industrial experience. Professor Kuhlmann received her PhD from Ruhr University Bochum. Since 1998, she has been a partner at the consulting office Kuhlmann-Gerold-Zipperlen.
As a member in numerous expert committees, Professor Kuhlmann is actively involved in European standardisation work and was the Chair of TC250/SC3 Steel Structures from 2009 to 2022. Her research includes investigations on subjects as stability, fatigue and on all kinds of joints and connections with a focus on bridge design.
Plenary session: Design of high-strength and ultra high-strangth steels in the frame of Eurocode 3
Whenever even higher-strength steels were developed, there were doubts about their cost-effectiveness and usability. However, the development from S355 to S460 and finally to S700 has shown that this innovation paid off in a very short time. In terms of sustainability, the use of ultra-high strength steel up to S960 can save resources, make connections more efficient and extend the service life of bridges. This keynote presents results from various research projects carried out at the University of Stuttgart, Germany and shows where high and ultra-high strength steels can be used in the frame of the revised Eurocode 3.
Speakers

Michelle is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and the current Chair of the Victorian Structural College at Engineers Australia. She is a key member of MLEI’s Victorian Leadership Team with over 20 years of experience, specialising in the structural design and project management of industrial and commercial buildings. She is a particularly skilled project manager and is excellent at client liaison, early engagement, schematic and detailed design, multi-disciplinary lead and value management. She specialises in industrial warehouses with a portfolio bursting with projects such as the National Tiles Warehouse, Bedford Warehouse, JBS Processing Facility, Bluescope Manufacturing Warehouse, Linfox Facility, Hunter Express, Apex Steel, Orora Warehouse and many more.
She has designed buildings made of steel, concrete, timber and masonry. Michelle also has experience in the role of National Quality and Continual Improvement Manager.

Ross has a practical approach to leading and inspiring teams to deliver complex building projects across a holistic discipline space. Inspiring people to collaborate, to give their best and challenge them to grow in a safe space. He is a technically strong creative thinker driving innovation through all aspects of the business, and is passionately involved in technology and its application to the profession. He leads WSP's Sydney structural team and is involved in WSP's global team investigating the use of LLMs for structural engineering. He has developed engineering solutions for complex buildings and his work includes projects with major private and public-sector clients, including tfNSW, PolyGlobal, Oxford University, Land Securities, Brookfield Multiplex and Lipton Rogers.

Dr Jun Li is currently a professor and Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Australia. His research interests mainly include the development and application of emerging computer vision, artificial intelligence and data analytics techniques for structural health monitoring of civil engineering structures. His research outcomes have been applied to operational condition monitoring of a Curtin engineering pavilion building, Matagarup Bridge and Stirling Bridge in Western Australia. Jun has published more than 220 technical publications, including over 160 journal papers, attracting over 5200 citations in Google Scholar with an H-index of 42. He was also a recipient of the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2013) and received several research awards, such as the Nishino Prize (2019). Jun is currently a Fellow of Engineers Australia, Associate Editor of “Structural Health Monitoring” and “Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring,” and Academic Editor of “Structural Control and Health Monitoring.” He has been invited to give over 20 keynotes and invited presentations at international and national conferences.

Alex develops and leads projects that seek to develop resources and tools to help organisations understand and implement standards to ensure safety, reliability and trust in the critical and emerging technology areas of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum.
Alex comes from a background in product and program management, and strategic partnership development, recently with Microsoft focused on space, defence and intelligence sectors.