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PhD opportunities

Accepting applications from potential PhD students: Sustainable concretes, Construction materials, Construction waste and revalorisation, FRPs in construction, and Earthquake engineering. Applicants with an MEng/MSc in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Environmental, Materials or Architectural Engineering with a strong academic/research background are particularly encouraged to email me to discuss a tentative research topic. If you are looking for a PhD scholarship, please check the criteria and deadlines (mainly Dec-Jan) of our different programmes:

• (typically UK/Irish students)

• Chancellor's International Scholarship (for international fee-paying students)

• Chinese Scholarship Scheme (CSC)

• Shanghai Jiao Tong University-糖心TV Joint PhD (only for low carbon topics)

• Monash 糖心TV Alliance Joint PhD

• 糖心TV Doctoral Access Scholarships; PATHWAY

• 糖心TV Doctoral Access Scholarships; Sanctuary

Biography

Reyes Garcia is Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at the University of 糖心TV (UK). He obtained his 5-year Degree in Civil Engineering (Graduated with Honours) from the University of Michoacan (Mexico), his joint MSc from the ROSE School (Italy) and Grenoble Alpes University (France), and his PhD from the University of Sheffield (UK).

Reyes has 25+ years of research/consultancy experience in the fields of structural and sustainable concretes, FRP composites for construction, and earthquake engineering. He has been heavily involved in management and coordination of multi-partner EU and Research Council-funded projects in excess of 拢5M. He has designed/coordinated large-scale shake table tests in large scale facilities in Europe (CEA Saclay, France; Iasi, Romania).

He has published over 140 articles, papers and book chapters. He has contributed actively to the UK TG tasks for Eurocode 8-3, and he is a member of the fib TG 5.1 "FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures". He regularly reviews research grant proposals and sits on panels for national/international research councils in the UK (EPSRC), Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as manuscripts for more than 20 international journals.

He is Associate Editor of the ICE's journal Structures and Buildings and of Frontiers in Built Environment, as well as Editor Board Member of Springer's Discover Polymers and Discover Civil Engineering. He has been member of committees, keynote speaker and chair in various international conferences in Latin America and Asia. He is also Visiting Professor at Walailak University, Thailand.

Research Interests

• Structural concrete,
• Rubberised concrete,
• Sustainable concretes (low carbon, sequestration, CO2-injection of recycled aggregate concrete),
• FRP composites for construction,
• Seismic retrofitting/strengthening of RC buildings,
• New strengthening materials,
• Earthquake engineering and seismic risk,
• Humanitarian Engineering (construction, refugee shelters, GIS).

Teaching Interests

• Civil Engineering Materials and Structural Analysis
• Concrete Structures
• Advanced Structural Engineering
• Earthquake Resilient Structures

Selected Publications

• Adha, A., Dibiantara, D.P., Garcia, R. and Laory, I. (2026) . Computers & Structures, 321 (15 January 2026), 108100.

• Djerouni, S. and Garcia, R. (2026) . Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 200, p.109739.
• Neupane, R.P., Imjai, T., Sridhar, R., Garcia, R., et al. (2025) . Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 25(7), p.310.
• Jalal, S., Bakhshayesh, Y., Abar, B.M., Garcia, R. and Hajirasouliha, I. (2025) . Journal of Building Engineering, 114, p.114288.
• Tonyali, Z., Kiral, A., Ergun, M. and Garcia, R. (2025) . Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, pp.1-25.

• Imjai, T., Aosai, P., Garcia, R., Raman, S.N., Chaudhary, S. (2024) , Engineering Structures, 312 (August 2024), 118247.

• El Khouri, I., Garcia, R., Mihai, P., ... and Pilakoutas, K. (2024). . Engineering Structures, 307 (15 May 2024), 117885.
• Helal, Y., Garcia, R., Imjai, T., Aosai, P., Guadagnini, M., and Pilakoutas, K. (2024). . Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 1-26.
• Ghodousian, O., Garcia, R., Ghodousian, A., and Mohammad Nezhad Ayandeh, M.H. 2024. . Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 9(1), 22.
• Srimuang, K., Imjai, T., Kefyalew, F., Raman, S.N., Garcia, R., and Chaudhary, S., 2024. . Journal of Building Engineering, 82(21 April), 108315.
• Neupane, R.P., Imjai, T., Makul, N., Garcia, R., Kim, B. and Chaudhary, S., 2023. . Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, (13 Oct).
• Imjai, T., Kefyalew, F., Aosai, P., Garcia, R., Kim, B., Abdalla, H.M. and Raman, S.N., 2023. . Cement and Concrete Research, 169, p.107181.

• Besharatian, B., Tajmir Riahi, H., Garcia, R., Hajirasouliha, I., 2023 . Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 172, September 2023, 107995.

• Asadpour, G., Asadi, P., Garcia, R. and Hajirasouliha, I., 2023. . Journal of Building Engineering, 72, 1 August 2023, 106668.
• Imjai, T., Garcia, R., Kim, B., Hansapinyo, C. and Sukontasukkul, P., 2023. . Structures, 51, 1071-1082.
• Raffoul, S., Margarit, D.E., Garcia, R., Guadagnini, M. and Pilakoutas, K., 2023. . Structural Concrete, 24(1), 1627-1641.
• Ghodousian, O., Garcia, R., Shafaie, V. and Ghodousian, A., 2023. . Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 1-10.
• Kargin, M., Lukpanov, R., Serenkov, A., Shaymagambetov, Y., Kargin, J., Garcia, R. and Laory, I., 2022. . Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring.
• Leelatanon, S., Imjai, T., Setkit, M., Garcia, R., Kim, B., 2022. . Buildings, 12, 1584.
• Wattanapanich, C., Imjai, T,, Aosai, P., Hansapinyo, C., Figueiredo, F.P., Garcia, R.. 2022. . Buildings. 12(7):889.
• Imjai, T., Setkit, M., Figueiredo, F.P., Garcia, R., Sae-Long, W. and Limkatanyu, S., 2022. . Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, pp.1-16.
• Markou, G., Garcia, R., Mourlas, C., Guadagnini, M., Pilakoutas, K. and Papadrakakis, M., 2021. . Engineering Structures, 248, 113152.
• Setkit, M., Leelatanon, S., Imjai, T., Garcia, R. and Limkatanyu, S., 2021. . Buildings, 11(9), 402.

• Mohsenian, V., Filizadeh, R., Hajirasouliha, I., Garcia, R., 2021. . Journal of Building Engineering, 33, 101576.
• Sianko, I., Ozdemir, Z., Khoshkholghi, S., Garcia, R., Hajirasouliha, I., Yazgan, U., Pilakoutas, K., 2020. . Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 18, 2523–2555.
• Imjai, T., Garcia, R., Guadagnini, M., Pilakoutas, K., 2020. . Polymers, 12(8), 1653.
• Imjai, T., Thinsurat, K., Ditthakit, P., Wipulanusat, W., Setkit, M., Garcia, R., 2020. . Water, 12(9), 2438.
• Imjai, T., Setkit, M., Garcia, R., Figueiredo, F.P., 2020. . Case Studies in Construction Materials, 13, e00403.
• Imjai, T., Guadagnini, M., Pilakoutas, K., Garcia, R., Sukontasukkul, P., Limkatanyu, S., 2020. . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, pp. 1-28
• Huang, H., Garcia, R., Huang, S.-S., Guadagnini, M., Pilakoutas, K., 2019. . Materials and Structures, 52(6).
• Raffoul, S., Escolano-Margarit, D., Garcia, R., Guadagnini, M., Pilakoutas, K., 2019. . Journal of Composites for Construction, 23(6), 04019044.
• Alsaif, A., Garcia, R., Figueiredo, F.P., Neocleous, K. et al., 2019. . Engineering Structures, 193, pp. 170-183
• Ma, C.K., Garcia, R., Yung, S.C.S., Awang, A.Z., Omar, W., Pilakoutas, K., 2019. . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Structures and Buildings, 172 (10), pp. 703-711
• Flores Medina, N., Garcia, R., Hajirasouliha, I., Pilakoutas, K., Guadagnini, M., Raffoul, S., 2018. . Construction and Building Materials, 188, pp. 884-897
• Khan, S.A., Pilakoutas, K., Hajirasouliha, I., Garcia, R., Guadagnini, M., 2018. . Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 17 (4), pp. 787-804
• Raffoul, S., Garcia, R., Escolano-Margarit, D., Guadagnini, M., Hajirasouliha, I., Pilakoutas, K., 2017. . Construction and Building Materials, 147, pp. 388-397
• Garcia, R., Pilakoutas, K., Hajirasouliha, I., Guadagnini, M, Kyriakides, N., Ciupala, M.A., 2017. . Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 15 (8), pp. 3321-3347
• Imjai, T., Guadagnini, M., Garcia, R., Pilakoutas, K., 2016. . Engineering Structures, 126, pp. 353-364
• Pesic, N., Zivanovic, S., Garcia, R., Papastergiou, P., 2016. . Construction and Building Materials, 115, pp. 362-370
• Helal, Y., Garcia, R., Pilakoutas, K., Guadagnini, M., Hajirasouliha, I., 2016. . ACI Structural Journal, 113 (6), pp. 1197-1208
• Garcia, R., Guadagnini, M., Pilakoutas, K., Pech Poot, L.A., 2016. . Advances in Structural Engineering, 20 (6), pp. 976-1001
• Raffoul, S., Garcia, R., Pilakoutas, K., Guadagnini, M., Flores Medina, N., 2016. . Construction and Building Materials, 124, pp. 391-404
• Ma, C.K., Awang, A.Z., Garcia, R., Omar, W., Pilakoutas, K., 2016. . Structural Concrete, 17 (5), pp. 768-777
• Garcia, R., Hajirasouliha, I., Guadagnini, M., Helal, Y., Jemaa, Y., et al., 2014. . Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 18 (2), pp. 187-213
• Garcia, R., Jemaa, Y., Helal, Y., Guadagnini, M., Pilakoutas, K., 2014. . Journal of Composites for Construction, 18 (2)
• Garcia, R., Sullivan, T.J., Della Corte, G., 2010. . Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 14 (2), pp. 252-277
• Garcia, R., Hajirasouliha, I., Pilakoutas, K., 2010. . Engineering Structures, 32 (10), pp. 3075-3085

Book Chapters

• Zaidi, Z., Garcia, R., 2022. Rethinking Refugee Camps: Reconsiderations for A New Age. In: , Koumpouros, Y., Georgoulas, A. and Kremmyda, G. Eds., DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9190-1.ch009.

Projects and Grants