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Personal profile
Biography
Pandian is a doctoral degree student in Ocean Graduate School (OGS) at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He is a coastal engineer with 10+ years of experience in technical consultancy for Ports and Harbours developments.Prior to joining UWA, Pandian worked as a Technical Director in BMT Consultants India. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil engineering and a Master’s degree in Ocean Engineering. He has a expertise in detailed design of coastal defence structures such as seawalls, breakwaters and groynes. His present research focusses on quantifying the flood defence capacity of submerged flexible coastal vegetation.
Education/Academic qualification
Ocean Engineering, Master's Degree, Experimental studies on Offshore Tension legged platforms with perforated Cylinders under Regular waves
Award Date: 30 May 2011
Civil Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Experimental studies on Geopolymer Concrete, Anna University
Award Date: 30 Apr 2009
External positions
Research officer (PT), Coastal and Offshore Laboratory
20 Apr 2022 → 31 Dec 2022
Industry keywords
- Oceans
Research expertise keywords
- Coastal protection
- Seawalls
- Breakwaters
- Mooring systems
- Hydrodynamics
- Berthing structures
- Port Planning
- Fishing harbour
Activities
- 1 Public outreach/ public event
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OffshoreWind4Kids demo day
Britta Bienen (Speaker), Julia Hein Mazutti (Advisor), Thien An Nguyen (Advisor), Senthen Mani (Advisor), Jack Jorgensen (Advisor) & Pandian Soundara Pandian (Advisor)
27 Mar 2022Activity: Service and engagement › Public outreach/ public event
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