Lusa is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Charter Engineer. She begun her career as a structural engineer and senior lecturer in Romania, before immigrating to New Zealand and taking up a one year role as researcher and tutor at The University of Au...More
Lusa is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Charter Engineer. She begun her career as a structural engineer and senior lecturer in Romania, before immigrating to New Zealand and taking up a one year role as researcher and tutor at The University of Auckland's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This was followed by a consecutive 18 year period as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer and Researcher at Unites's Department of Civil Engineering, where she is teaching the Bachelor of Engineering Technology courses. In 2000, she gained her Phd in Civil Engineering, Structures with a thesis in field of steel fibre reinforced concrete. Through her career, Lusa's penchant for knowledge has sustained an active interest in research. She is a member of many professional engineering organisations, co-author of two books and has an extensive list of research contracts and publications. Lusa sees teaching and guiding students to become responsible civil engineers as her most satisfying venture.
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Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
