Newcastle University

Dr Talamona is a Lecturer with the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering based in the University's Singapore Campus.

Qualifications:

PhD: Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1995

MSc: F.S.T. University of Mulhouse, France, 1990

PGCHEP (PostGraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice), University of Ulster, UK, 2007

Languages:

English

French

MEC2102 - Principles of Mechanics

MEC2103 - Concurrent Design & Manufacture

MEC2104 - Materials & Manufacturing

Module Leader: MEC3103 - Product Design Engineering

Module Leader: MEC3104 - Developments in Materials & Processes

Module Leader: MEC3190 - Manufacturing Engineering Project (Final Year Project)

Fire Safety Engineering:

Experimental and numerical investigation of the stability and failure modes of steel, concrete and composite structures under fire conditions.

Sustainability/Green Materials:

Investigation and development of new green material such as green-concrete, green fire protection and green and sustainable materials in general.

• Talamona D, Tan KH. A Sustainable Urban Built Environment Using Recycled Aggregate Concrete. In: SB13 Singapore - Realising Sustainability in the Tropics. 2013, Singapore: BCA Centre for Sustainable Buildings (BCA CSB) and co-organised with the National University of Singapore (NUS).
• Talamona D, Tan KH. Properties of recycled aggregate concrete for sustainable urban built environment. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials 2012, 1(4), 202-210.
• Talamona D, Tan KH. Recycled Concrete Aggregate for Structural Applications. In: Eighth Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-8). 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Tan KH, Roghanian N, Talamona D. Investigating the Microstructural Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete in Singapore. In: International Conference on High Performance Concrete and Ultra-High Performance Concrete. 2010, Shenzhen, China.
• Tan KH, Roghanian N, Talamona D. Investigating the Potential of Using Recycled Aggregate Concrete in Singapore. In: The 2nd International Conference on Waste Engineering and Management. 2010, Shanghai, China.
• Talamona D. Numerical Investigation of the Buckling of Steel Columns in Pure Compression under Fire Conditions. In: NASCC The Steel Conference Together with the SEI Structures Congress. 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA.
• Talamona D. Buckling of Steel Columns Subjected to Compression and Uniform Bending under Fire Conditions. In: 5th International Symposium on Steel Structures: ISSS’09. 2009, Seoul, Korea.
• Talamona D. Numerical Study of the Fire Resistance of Steel Columns in Axial Compression and Uniform Bending. In: ASCE-SEI, 41st Structures Congress’09: Don't Mess with Structural Engineers. 2009, Austin, Texas, USA.