2014-06-27

Please welcome our new RHD students for Research Quarter 3, 2014:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Commencing	Research Group
Mr Umair Asghar	PhD	Dr Alexander Scheuermann	01/07/2014	Geotechnical
Mr Da Chen	PhD	Prof. Sritatwat Kitipornchai	01/07/2014	Structures
Ms Xinqian Leng	PhD	Prof. Hubert Chanson	01/07/2014	Hydraulic
Ms Danielle Lester	PhD	Prof. José Torero	01/07/2014	Engineering Education
Mr Chuang Miao	PhD	Dr Dilum Fernando	01/07/2014	Structures
Mr Guanxi Yan	PhD	Dr Alexander Scheuermann	01/07/2014	Geotechnical

Congratulations to the following students who have successfully completed their RHD program in the second quarter of 2014:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Thesis Title
Behrouz BEHNAM	PhD	Em. Prof. Peter Dux	Post-Earthquake Fire Analysis and Risk Mitigation Strategies
Christine BUCKIUS	PhD	Assoc. Prof. James Udy (Healthy Waterways)	Social and Environmental Impacts of an Exploited Fishery: Holothurians in Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Hashim CAREY	PhD	Prof. Ling Li	Groundwater dynamics at the ocean-aquifer interface: implications for resource management modelling in the Pioneer Valley Aquifer
Peter CHAPMAN	PhD	Prof. David Wiliams	Estimation of tailings surface fluxes as part of closure cover design
Hassan KARAMPOUR	PhD	Assoc. Prof. Faris Albermani	Buckle Interaction in deep sub-sea pipelines
Nazanin KHEZRI	PhD	Prof. Hubert Chanson	Modelling Turbulent Mixing and Sediment Process Beneath Tidal Bores: Physical and Numerical Investigations
Inhi KIM	PhD	Prof. Luis Ferreira	Evaluation of Railway Level Crossing Safety Using ITS Interventions
Mehdi SERATI	PhD	Dr Habibollah Alehossein (CSIRO)	Stiffness and Strength of Rock Cutting and Drilling Tools - Drag Bit and Roller Disc Cutters
Behnam SHABANI	PhD	Prof. Tom Baldock	Nearshore and Surf Zone Wind Stress
Bruno SIMON	PhD	Prof. Hubert Chanson	Effects of tidal bores on turbulent mixing: a numerical and physical study in positive surges

Congratulations to the following students who have successfully submitted their thesis for examination in the second quarter of 2014:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Thesis Title
Hassan BAJI	PhD	Dr Hamid Ronagh	Calibration of partial safety factors of structures designed based on advanced procedure
Jurij KARLOVSEK	PhD	Prof. David Williams	Non-destructive testing of tunnel integrity using ground penetrating radar
Mohammad OLFATEH	PhD	Prof. Tom Baldock	Momentum and energy transfer under wind waves, wave organised motion contribution
Kasper OESTERGAARD	PhD	Prof. David Lockington	Quantifying woody vegetation water use in subtropical groundwater systems
Vui CAO VAN	PhD	Dr Hamid Ronagh	Seismic damage assessment and FRP retrofit of reinforced concrete structures
Sicong (Rick) Zhu	PhD	Prof. Luis Ferreira	Developing Queensland based emissions capability in transport/traffic models

Congratulations to the following students who were successfully nominated for the Civil RHD student travel grant in the second round, 2014:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Conference
Hamid SAFI	PhD	Dr Mahmoud Mesbah	10th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods, Leura, Australia, November 16-21, 2014
Yunpeng ZHANG	PhD	Dr Dorival Pedroso	The 14th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Kyoto, Japan, 22-25, September, 2014
Libao ZHU	PhD	Dr Nazife Erarslan	ISRM 13th International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Montreal, Canada, 10-13 May 2015

We only had one student asking to participate in the Civil 3MT for 2014:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Project Title
Huu Duc TO	PhD	Dr Alexander Scheuermann	Porosity influence in suffusion analysis of non-cohesive soils