Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Dr Linda Osman-Schlegel
  Phone   +61 3 522 78323
Email   linda.osman@deakin.edu.au
Position   Lecturer (Construction Management)
Campus   Waterfront

Research interests

  1. Damage to light structures, Expansive Soils, Foundation Movement
  2. Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence

Career

Aug 2009 – July 2010 Research Engineer : Housing Engineering Design & Research Association (HEDRA)
May 2008 – July 2009 Lecturer : Swinburne University of Technology, Kuching, Malaysia
June 2007 – May 2008 Research Engineer: Australian Road Research Group (ARRB), Melbourne, Australia

Key publications

Lopes, D. and Osman, N.Y (2010) Changes of the Thornthwaite Moisture Indices in Victoria from 1948-2007 and the effect on seasonal foundation movements Australian Geomechanics Journal Vol 41, No. 1, 37-48 Australian Geomechanics, Australia

Osman, N. Y., McManus, K. J., Tran, H. D., and Krezel, Z. A (2007) The prediction of damage condition in regards to damage factor influence of light structures on expansive soils in Victoria, Australia Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (CAMES) Vol. 14 , No. 2, 345-352 CAMES, Poland

Osman, N.Y (2008) Artificial Intelligence approach for analysing and testing a Predictive Damage Condition model for light structures Proceedings of EnCon2008 - 2nd Engineering Conference on Sustainable Engineering Infrastructures Development & Management 909-914 UNIMAS, Malaysia

Osman, N.Y (2008) The prediction of damage condition for light structures with Hybrid Artificial Intelligence techniques roceedings of the Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Bridges, Buildings and Construction Practice (IABSE Conference IABSE, Switzerland

Osman, N.Y., Lopes, D. and McManus, K. J (2006) The influence of geological conditions and changes in climate to damage to light structures Proceedings of the 7th Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference Australian Geomechanics, Australia

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Teaching areas

Construction and Structures 2 - Commercial and Industrial Buildings
Technology Project 1


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8th February 2013