Elena Atroshchenko

Dr. Elena Atroshchenko is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where she joined in 2019. She is a member of the Centre for Infrastructure and Engineering Safety (CIES), contributing to research in computational mechanics and structural engineering. Prior to her appointment at UNSW, she served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Chile, Santiago, from 2012 to 2019.

• MSc in Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia, 2006
• PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2010

Dr. Atroshchenko's research primarily focuses on Computational Mechanics and Numerical Methods, with specific applications to fracture mechanics, acoustics, and the bending and vibration of composite plates. Her work extensively utilizes Boundary Element Methods (BEM) and Isogeometric Analysis for solving complex engineering problems. She has made significant contributions to shape optimization, inverse problems, and generalized continuum theories, particularly in the context of structural analysis and material behavior at microscales.

Her recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a strong emphasis on advanced computational techniques for structural analysis, with particular focus on boundary element methods, isogeometric analysis, and peridynamics. Her research spans multiple domains including structural health monitoring of bridges, thermal metamaterials design, fracture mechanics, and optimization of functionally graded materials. A notable trend in her recent work is the integration of machine learning techniques with traditional computational mechanics approaches.

Dr. Atroshchenko teaches CVEN2002 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Computations and CVEN9802 - Structural Stability at UNSW. She is actively involved in research projects related to infrastructure safety and computational methods development. Her office is located in the Civil Engineering Building (H20), Level 6, Room CE607 at UNSW.