Shobana Sivanendran

Shobana graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2010 with a First Class in Civil Engineering. Following this, she worked as a consultant in research and development incentives for large engineering, construction and oil & gas companies across Australia.In October 2013, Shobana joined the Concrete & Composite Structures Group to pursue a PhD in the study of the durability of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) pre-stressed concrete structures. Shobana's supervisor is Dr Janet Lees and her advisor is Dr Chris Burgoyne.Shobana was awarded a travel grant to attend a course on fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) at the University of Ghent in Belgium in January 2015.Shobana has presented research papers at:- The International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) 2015 Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark- The 12th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymers for Concrete Structures 2015 in Nanjing, China- The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Young Researchers' Conference 2015 in London, United KingdomShe will also be presenting a paper at the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) 2016 PhD Symposium in Tokyo, Japan.Shobana is funded by a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. In 2014, she received an Honorary Studentship award from Lucy Cavendish College recognising her academic achievements. She has also received Best Poster awards in the Cambridge University Structures Group Graduate Research Day and the Lucy Cavendish College Graduate Research Day.