Dr Craig Willis

Biography/ Background

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Structural Engineering
  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Adelaide, 2004
  Project Title: Design of Unreinforced Masonry Walls for Out-of-plane Loading
  Scholarship: Australian Postgraduate Awards (Industry) Research Scholarship
  Supervisor: Associate Professor Michael Griffith
  
  
• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) - Civil and Environmental Engineering
  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Adelaide, 2000
  

Awards

• Australian Council of Engineering Deans National Award for Engineering Education Excellence - Encouragement Certificate (2012)
• ECMS Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching: Team Award (2011)
• Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2011)
• Stephen Cole the Elder Awards for Excellence in Teaching (2010)
• The University of Adelaide Excellence in Education Award (2010)
• ECMS Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010)
• ECMS Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2010)
• Dean's Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Civil & Environmental Engineering (1998, 1997)

Teaching Interests

Lecturer for the following courses:

• Civil and Environmental Engineering I / IA (Structural)   Level I     (2006-12)
• Statics / Engineering Mechanics: Statics                    Level I     (2006-12)
• Introduction to Architectural Engineering                    Level I     (2012)
• Structural Engineering Design                                   Level II    (2009-11)
• Structural Design and Solid Mechanics                       Level III   (2010-12)

Research Interests

• Integration of Professional Processes into Engineering Curricula
• Active Learning Strategies for Improved Student Learning
• Online Learning Modules to Transform Face-to-face Learning Environments
• Out-of-plane Behaviour of Unreinforced Masonry and Rammed Earth Structures
• FRP Retrofit of Masonry Walls under Flexure
  
  

Publications

Ph.D. Thesis

• Willis, C.R. (2004). “Design of Unreinforced Masonry Walls for Out-of-plane Loading”. Ph.D. Thesis, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Adelaide, November 2004.

Reports

• Willis, C.R., Melkoumian, N., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2008). “Earthquake Design Guidelines for Unreinforced Masonry Residential Buildings up to 15 m in Height”. Research Report R179, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Adelaide, May 2008, 39p.
• Willis, C.R., Melkoumian, N., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2008). “Earthquake Design Guidelines for Unreinforced Masonry Residential Buildings up to 15 m in Height”. Report for Think Brick Australia, May 2008.
• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2007). “Earthquake Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Residential Buildings up to 15 m in Height”. Research Report R178, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Adelaide, March 2007, 57p.
• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2006). “Earthquake Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Residential Buildings up to 15 m in Height”. Report for the Clay Brick and Paver Institute (CBPI), July 2006.

Journal Articles

• Willis, C.R., Seracino, R., Griffith, M.C. (2009). “Out-of-plane Strength of Brick Masonry Retrofitted with Horizontal NSM CFRP Strips”. Engineering Structures, doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.10.015
• Willis, C.R., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., Griffith, M.C. (2009). “Bond Behaviour of FRP-to-clay Brick Masonry Joints”. Engineering Structures, Vol. 31, No. 11, 2009, pp 2580-2587.

• Lawrence, S.J., Willis, C.R., Melkoumian, N., Griffith, M.C. (2009). “Earthquake Design of Unreinforced Masonry Residential Buildings up to 15 metres in Height”. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2009, pp 85-99.

• Willis, C.R., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., Griffith, M.C. (2009). “Damaged Masonry Walls in Two-Way Bending Retrofitted with Vertical FRP Strips”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2009, pp 1591- 1604.
• Lawrence, S.J., Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C. (2008). “Earthquake Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Residential Buildings Designed to Australian Standards”. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008, pp 49-62.
• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2006). “Moment Capacities of Unreinforced Masonry Sections In Bending”. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2006, pp 133-145.
• Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J., Willis, C.R. (2005). “Diagonal Bending of Unreinforced Clay Brick Masonry”. Masonry International, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2005, pp 125-138.
• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2004). “Horizontal Bending of Unreinforced Clay Brick Masonry”. Masonry International, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2004, pp 109-121.

Conference Papers (Research)

• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Ingham, J.M. (2009). “Design of FRP Retrofitted Masonry under Out-of-plane Bending”. Second Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, APFIS 2009, Seoul, Korea, December 2009.
• Willis, C.R., Kashyap, J., Griffith, M.C. (2009). “Flexural Behaviour of NSM CFRP Retrofitted Masonry Wallettes under Static and Cyclic Loading”. Proceedings of the 9^th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, FRPRCS-9, Sydney, Australia, July 2009.
• Willis, C.R., Wu, C., Griffith, M.C., Seracino, R. (2008). “Horizontal Bending of FRP Retrofitted Masonry Small Wall Specimens”. Proceedings of the 14^th International Brick & Block Masonry Conference, 14^th IBMaC, Sydney, February 2008, Paper 142.
• Willis, C.R., Wu, C., Seracino, R., Griffith, M.C. (2007). “Displacement Induced and Intermediate Crack Debonding in FRP Strengthened One-way Masonry Beams”. Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, APFIS 2007, Hong Kong, China, December 2007.
• Willis, C.R., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., Griffith, M.C. (2007). “Analysis of Damaged Masonry Walls Retrofitted with Vertical FRP Strips Subjected to Out-of-plane Loading”. Proceedings of the 8^th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, FRPRCS-8, Patras, Greece, July 2007, Paper 18-5.
• Willis, C.R., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., Xia, S.H., Griffith, M.C. (2006). “Severely Damaged URM Walls Retrofitted with FRP Strips Subjected to Out-of-plane Loading”. Proceedings of the 3^rd International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2006, Miami, Florida, USA, December 2006.
• Yang, Q., Willis, C.R., Seracino, R., Xia, S.H., Griffith, M.C. (2006). “Bond tests on FRP retrofitted URM prisms”. Proceedings of the 19^th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM 19, Christchurch, New Zealand, November-December 2006, pp. 133-139.
• Lawrence, S.J., Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C. (2005). “Further Developments in the Design of Masonry Walls in Bending”. Proceedings of the Australian Structural Engineering Conference, Newcastle, New South Wales, September 2005.
• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2004). “Implications of Recent Experimental and Analytical Studies for the Design of Face-loaded URM Walls”. Proceedings of the 7^th Australasian Masonry Conference, Newcastle, New South Wales, July 2004, pp. 255-264.
• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2002). “Horizontal Bending of Face-loaded Brick Masonry Wallettes”. Proceedings of the 6^th International Masonry Conference, London, England, November 2002, pp. 551-558.
• Willis, C.R., Griffith, M.C., Lawrence, S.J. (2002). “Non-linear Behaviour of Out-of-plane Loaded URM Walls”. Proceedings of the 17^th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM 17, Gold Coast, Queensland, June 2002, pp. 539-544.
• Griffith, M.C., Willis, C.R., Lawrence, S.J. (2001). “Flexural Behaviour and Design of Unreinforced (Brick) Masonry Walls”. Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Masonry Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, July 2001, pp. 175-184.

 Conference Papers (Education)

• Willis, C.R. (2009). “The Use of Crash Courses to Promote Active Engagement in Large Class Sizes". Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE) Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, December 2009.
• Willis, C.R. (2009). “Using Crash Courses to Promote Active Engagement and Develop Problem Solving Skills". 4th Education Research Group of Adelaide (ERGA) Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, September 2009.

Entry last updated: Thursday, 13 Dec 2012