2014-05-02
Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence 2013
Congratulations to Dr Stefan Felder on receiving the Dean’s Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence in 2013. Dr Felder’s thesis is titled:
“Air-Water Flow Properties on Stepped Spillways for Embankment Dams: Aeration, Energy Dissipation and Turbulence on Uniform, Non-Uniform and Pooled Stepped Chutes”.
New Civil RHD students who commenced in 2014
Please welcome our new RHD students for 2014:
Student |
Program |
Principal Advisor |
Commenced |
Research Group |
Amini Alireza |
PhD |
Dr Hamid Ronagh |
2/01/2014 |
Structures |
Doroudi Yashar |
PhD |
Dr Dilum Fernando |
10/01/2014 |
Structures |
Edwards David |
MPhil |
Prof David Williams |
18/02/2014 |
Geotechnical |
Hamidi Farzin |
PhD |
Dr Alexander Scheuermann |
2/04/2014 |
Geotechnical |
Handapangoda Mudalige Dona Harshani |
PhD |
Dr Alexander Scheuermann |
2/01/2014 |
Geotechnical |
Irannezhad Elnaz |
PhD |
Prof Mark Hickman |
1/04/2014 |
Transport |
Le Xuan Quang |
MPhil |
Dr Vinh Dao |
10/02/2014 |
Structures |
Narsey Anand |
PhD |
Dr Hamid Ronagh |
10/02/2014 |
Structures |
Obersky Lizanne |
PhD |
Prof William Clarke |
2/04/2014 |
Environmental |
Patel Miheka |
PhD |
Prof William Clarke |
2/04/2014 |
Environmental |
Peces-Gomez Miriam |
PhD |
Prof William Clarke |
19/02/2014 |
Environmental |
Ridgway Thomas |
MPhil |
Prof David Williams |
28/04/2014 |
Geotechnical |
Soret-Cantero Gerardo |
PhD |
Prof Jose Torero |
1/04/2014 |
Structures/Fire |
Civil RHD students who have graduated in Research Quarter 1
Congratulations to the following students who have successfully completed their RHD program in the first quarter of 2014:
Student |
Program |
Principal Advisor |
Thesis Title |
Abolfazl ESLAMI HASSANABADI |
PhD |
Dr Hamid Ronagh |
Investigating the earthquake performance of FRP strengthened reinforced concrete structures |
Thi Thu Thuy VU |
PhD |
Assoc. Prof. Peter Nielsen |
Aspects of inlet geometry and dynamics |
I GDE BUDI INDRAWAN |
PhD |
Prof. David Williams |
Effectiveness of natural clay, compacted clay and geomembranes in limiting infiltration from coal |
Ilya OTHMAN |
PhD |
Prof. Tom Baldock |
Influence of grain size on swash zone sediment transport |
Civil RHD students who have submitted their thesis in Research Quarter 1
Congratulations to the following students who have successfully submitted their thesis for examination in the first quarter of 2014:
Student |
Program |
Principal Advisor |
Thesis Title |
Behrouz BEHNAM |
PhD |
Em. Prof. Peter Dux |
Urban residential building retrofitting management using neural networks |
Hassan KARAMPOUR |
PhD |
Assoc. Prof. Faris Albermani |
Buckle Interaction in deep sub-sea pipelines |
Mehdi SERATI |
PhD |
Dr Habibollah Alehossein (CSIRO) |
Stiffness and Strength of Rock Cutting and Drilling Tools and Rock-Tool Interactions |
Ahmad TAVASSOLI HOJATI |
PhD |
Prof. Luis Ferreira |
Analysis of cycling in urban comprehensive transportation planning |
Chenming ZHANG |
PhD |
Prof. Ling Li |
Hydrodynamic and thermodynamic processes during evaporation from bare soils |