{"id":2307,"date":"2024-07-30T09:32:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T23:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T23:32:05","slug":"dilan-robert-rmit-university-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/dilan-robert-rmit-university-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dilan Robert, RMIT University Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/06\/ROBERT_Dilan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/06\/ROBERT_Dilan.jpg 226w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/06\/ROBERT_Dilan-118x100.jpg 118w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/06\/ROBERT_Dilan-150x127.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor Dilan Robert is the Head of Department in Civil &amp; Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT. 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