Rate My Professor Vivi Anggraini

Dr. Vivi Anggraini is a Senior Lecturer in Geomechanics in the Civil Engineering Discipline at the Malaysia School of Engineering, Monash University. She holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, an M.Eng in Geotechnical Engineering, and a PhD in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. With more than 15 years of teaching experience, including since 2016 at Monash University Malaysia where she advanced from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer, she has worked on geotechnical projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia for private sector and government clients. Dr. Anggraini is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) of the Institution of Engineers Indonesia, a member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia, and a Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia (MIEAust). She teaches courses including CIV2242 Geomechanics 1, CIV3247 Geomechanics 2, CIV4248 Ground Hazards Engineering, CIV4249 Foundation Engineering, and ENG1011 Engineering Methods.

Dr. Anggraini's research specializations encompass geomaterials, geosynthetics, sustainable soil liners, ground improvement, environmental geotechnics, gas CO2 sequestration in liners, compacted clay liners, geotechnical properties of soft soils, nanoparticles in fibres reinforced soil, and earth reinforced structures. She has published over 36 original research papers, three book chapters, one book on ground improvement, and one guideline on construction on peat and organic soils, accumulating more than 2,400 citations. Notable publications include "Exploring vegetation-driven microclimatic effects on soil temperature dynamics in tropical climates through machine learning and explainable AI" (Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2025), "Characterization and experimental modeling of rockwool, hot-sprayed polyurea, and casted polyurea as thermal insulation for heat mitigation in landfill liner" (Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025), "Elucidating the effect of stacking sequence on water absorption, flexural, and impact properties of banana pseudostem fiber–reinforced unsaturated polyester composites" (Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2025), and "A critical reappraisal of residual soils as compacted soil liners". Awards include the 2022 PVC's Awards for Excellence in Research and best paper presentation at the 2022 colloquium for young researchers. She leads projects funded by Monash University, industry, and the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, such as "An integrated intelligent/smart approach for monitoring and modelling water retention in urban vegetated soils" (2021-2025). Dr. Anggraini is President of the International Geosynthetics Society Malaysian Chapter, and serves on the editorial boards of Scientific Reports (since 2023) and International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (since 2022). She is accepting PhD students.