FIBE Conference 2025

Program

# Main Lecture Theatre Lightfoot Room Wordsworth Room
:45 ! Live

Arrival and Registration

10:00
:15 ! Live

Introduction and Opening Remarks

Talk 

:30 ! Live

Keynote: Sarah Sharples

Professor Sarah Sharples

Talk 

:45
11:00 ! Live

The viability of Waste Clays as Low-Carbon Binders in Sustainable Earthen Construction

India Harding

Talk 

! Live

ChatTwin: Enabling Natural Language Interactions with Infrastructure Digital Twins

Peihang (Hank) Luo

Talk 

:15
:30 ! Live

Optimising the Configuration of In-Channel Leaky Dams Through Numerical Modelling

Zoe Zhuang

Talk 

! Live

Melting Roads? Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Pavements

Joseph Stephenson

Talk 

:45
12:00 ! Live

Numerical Optimisation of Ground Improvement Thermal Parameters for Long Term Energy Pile Performance

Maxine Beh

Talk 

! Live

Overcoming Data Constraints - Adopting LLMs to Digitalize Road Inspections for Efficient Maintenance and Resilient Infrastructure

Fergus Mok

Talk 

:15
:30 ! Live

Group Photo

:45
13:00 ! Live

Lunch

:15
:30 ! Live

Understanding the Influencing Parameters for Chloride Transport and Their Relationship with Electrical Resistivity in Different Low-Carbon Mortar Systems

Priyanka Beta

Talk 

! Live

Reliability-Constrained Bayesian Optimization For Structural Design Under Uncertainty

James Whiteley

Talk 

:45
14:00 ! Live

Monitoring the Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions Using Remote Sensing

Shagun Garg

Talk 

! Live

Optimising Trusses: Balancing Efficiency with Practical Considerations

Daniel Dalton

Talk 

:15
:30 ! Live

Keynote: Bill Baker

Professor Bill Baker

Talk 

:45
15:00
:15 ! Live

Networking Coffee Break

:30
:45 ! Live

Panel Discussion

Renjie Mi, Wei Bi, Rohit Prajapati, Barnali Ghosh, Chetan Kotur

Talk 

16:00
:15
:30
:45 ! Live

Closing Remarks

Talk 

17:00
:15
:30
:45
18:00 ! Live

Formal Dinner

:15
:30
:45
19:00
:15
:30
:45
Legend
Keynote
Student Talk
Plenary Session
Meal
Other
Sustainable Foundations -- Low-Carbon, Nature-Based, and Energy-Driven Solutions
Smart Roads and Resilient Pavements -- Building the Future of Infrastructure
Strength and Efficiency -- Innovations in Concrete and Steel Design Methods
Intelligent Infrastructure -- Autonomous Maintenance, Sensing, and Remote Monitoring