Arul Arulrajah

Arul Arulrajah is an Australian civil engineer and academic specialising in geotechnical engineering.

Early life and career Professor Arulrajah was born in Malaysia and raised in Singapore.

He completed his primary, secondary, and junior college education in Singapore, including at St Joseph’s Institution and Raffles Junior College. He received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 1992, a Master of Engineering Science in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Malaya in 2003, and a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from Curtin University in 2005.

Arulrajah worked in the geotechnical engineering industry for 14 years until 2006. He was employed as a senior geotechnical engineer with several civil engineering consultancies in Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia. He was involved in major projects, including the Changi East land reclamation project in Singapore and a high-speed railway project in Malaysia.

Academic In 2006, he joined Swinburne University of Technology as a Senior Lecturer. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010 and to Professor in 2015. He leads the geotechnical engineering group and is the geotechnical laboratory director at Swinburne University of Technology.

Research Arulrajah’s research in geotechnical engineering focuses on sustainable geotechnics, recycled waste materials, ground improvement, and transportation geotechnics, including applications in roads, railways, ports, and land reclamation.

Awards and honours Telford Premium Prize (2010, 2021) from the Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom, and the Shamsher Prakash Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Geotechnical Engineering, United States (2010).