In this episode of the fib YMG Rising Stars Podcast series, we talk to Dr Andri Setiawan, an incoming postdoctoral researcher at UPV. Andri is also active in the fib YMG where he is currently the Secretary.
Andri’s research career has taken him all around the world, from his native Indonesia, where he graduated in civil engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung to the UK, where he obtained his PhD at the Imperial College London and received the Adam Neville Prize for the best national PhD in the field of concrete and cement in 2019. In his PhD research, he developed an efficient numerical modelling strategy to simulate punching failure of reinforced concrete flat slabs.
After his PhD, Andri continued his research as a postdoctoral fellow at iBETON, EPFL (Switzerland). With the team at EPFL, Andri investigated the punching behaviour of edge slab-column connections through experimental testing aided by refined measurement techniques (digital image correlation and distributed fibre optic sensing). Besides, during his postdoctoral stay, he was also involved in two other research projects: 1) shear verification of bridge deck slabs funded by the Swiss Federal Roads Office and; 2) SlabSTRESS Project, which investigates seismic behaviour of flat slab systems funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. He will soon move to Spain and join the ENDURE - ERC Consolidator Grant Project at the Universitat Politècnica de València as a postdoctoral researcher.
Andri is also an active fib member, being the Secretary of the international Young Members Group and organising numerous events with the Indonesian young members.
In our talk, we touch on topics ranging from Andri’s professional trajectory, research interests and vision to more personal topics of travelling around the world professionally and learning to adapt to new and different environments.
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This episode was recorded on the 21 September 2022.
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