Rate My Professor Rebecca Gravina

Professor Rebecca Gravina holds the position of TMR Chair of Structural Engineering and Professor in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The TMR Chair is endowed by the Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads. She obtained her PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Adelaide. Previously, she served as Professor in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to entering academia, Professor Gravina worked as a consulting Structural Engineer with ARUP. Over her 25 years of experience in academia and consulting engineering, she has established herself as a leading researcher in structural engineering.

Professor Gravina's research specializations include the long-term performance and durability of reinforced concrete (RC) and prestressed concrete (PC) structures, sustainability of infrastructure, rehabilitation of existing structures with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP), multi-functional self-healing cementitious composites, recycled materials in concrete, and engineering education. She is co-author of the textbook Prestressed Concrete by Warner, Foster and Gravina and has published more than 100 research papers. Notable publications include 'Evaluating ore-sand by-products at Cadia’s porphyry copper-gold mine for construction applications' (Segura-Salazar et al., Minerals Engineering, 2026), 'Probabilistic Assessment of the Fatigue Performance of Crumb Rubber Concrete Pavement: Fatigue Model Development and Reliability Assessment' (Wang and Gravina, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 2026), 'Comparative study of field durability of externally bonded CFRP based on direct tension pull-off test' (Sakuraba et al., Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2025), and 'Flexural behaviour and post-cracking performance of polypropylene fibre-reinforced waste cardboard blended concrete' (Mahdi et al., Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024). She has secured numerous competitive research grants valued over $6 million and received teaching awards. Professor Gravina is Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, Immediate President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Australian Section, an Executive Committee Member of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC), and a Member of the Concrete Institute of Australia. She is a Fellow of Engineers Australia. Her research garners industry recognition through continuous collaborations with civil infrastructure companies and agencies to advance innovation and technology transfer.