2014-06-27
New Civil RHD students who are commencing in July 2014
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 |
Civil RHD students who have graduated in Research Quarter 2
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 |
Civil RHD students who have submitted their thesis in Research Quarter 2
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 |
Successful applicants for the Civil RHD student travel grant – round 2, 2014
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 |
3MT 2014 – Civil Heat
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 |