James Lim

I am a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. My PhD was on the topic of cold-formed steel portal frames, supervised by Professor D.A. Nethercot. Before joining University of Waikato in 2022, I was faculty at University of Auckland (where as an Honorary Academic now, I continue to co-supervise PhD and ME students), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and Queen's University. I have supervised more than 30 PhD students to completion on topics related to cold-formed steel. At University of Waikato, I currently co-supervise around 30 PhD and ME students. I am a Principal Investigator in the Product Accelerator network (https://www.nzproductaccelerator.co.nz), and have been for the last six years.

Aside from structural engineering aspects of cold-formed steel, my research interests also include applications of BIM, sustainability, circular economy and fire to cold-formed steel structures.

If you are interested in PhD or ME, details of the application process are also here:
https://eng.waikato.ac.nz/research/cold-formed-steel-structures-group

Please also feel free to contact me directly.

https://eng.waikato.ac.nz/research/cold-formed-steel-structures-group
room: F.1.11F
email: james.lim@waikato.ac.nz
mobile / WhatsApp / zoom: +64 (0) 22 417 5301 / https://waikato.zoom.us/my/james.lim.meetingroom