Professor Elsabe Kearsley graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pretoria and she holds a PhD from the University of Leeds. After working as structural engineer in both South Africa and the UK, she became a staff member of the University of Pretoria in 1990. In 2009 she was the president of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE). For the last 20 years she has been involved with cement and concrete materials research. Her research interests include reducing the environmental impact of concrete used for infrastructure development. Projects include soil structure interaction projects as well as the use of lightweight concrete, fibre reinforced concrete, ultra high strength concrete, recycled aggregates and waste materials in cement and concrete.
Current teaching duties
- Supervising PhD and Masters students
- Supervising undergraduate final year research project students (SSC411)
- SWK211 – Statics for Civil Engineers
- SBM321 – Civil Building Materials
- SIN324 – Reinforced concrete design
- SGC 794 – Concrete Technology for graduate students
Current research interests
- Physical modelling of soil structure interaction problems in the geotechnical centrifuge.
- Ultra-Thin Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements (UTCRCP).
- Alkali-Activated cements and concrete.
- Foamed Concrete.
- Fibre Reinforced Concrete.
- Ultra-high strength Concrete.
- Physical and mathematical modelling of concrete.
- Waste materials in cement and concrete.
Publications list (Google Scholar profile)
Current postgraduate research students (2015)
Post Doctoral Researcher: Dr Julia Shekhovtsova
PhD Students: Sharifeh Vattania
Sarah Skorpen
Grizelda du Toit (co-supervisor)
Masters Degree Students: Eduard Lemmen
Phia Smit
Alicia Joyce
Brendon Venter
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