2017-08-24

Please welcome our new HDR students for Research Quarter 3, 2017:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Research Group
Jaime CADENA GOMEZ	PhD	Dr Cristian Maluk	Fire
Leo DE WAAL	PhD	Dr Dilum Fernando	Structures
Kristie HIGGINSON	PhD	Dr Dilum Fernando	Structures
Congrui LI	PhD	Prof. David Lockington	Environmental
Katayoon TEHRANI	PhD	Assoc. Prof. Alexander Scheuermann	Geotechnical
Ye WEN	PhD	Dr Dilum Fernando	Structures
Ananth WUPPUKONDUR	PhD	Prof. Tom Baldock	Coastal
Hons WYN	MPhil	Dr Luis Yerman	Fire
Zhongyu XU	PhD	Dr Jurij Karlovšek	Geotechnical
Miriam YAP GABON	PhD	Dr Ilje Pikaar	Environmental

Congratulations to the following students who have successfully completed their HDR program in Research Quarter 2, 2017:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Thesis Title
Azalden ALSGER	PhD	Dr Mahmoud Mesbah	Estimation of transit origin destination matrices using smart card fare data
Mehdi BAGHERIAN	PhD	Dr Mahmoud Mesbah	Network-Wide Analysis and Design of Transit Priority Treatments
Jonathan CABREJOS HURTADO	MPhil	Dr Dorival Pedroso	Micromechanical study of granular assemblies by true triaxial test simulations
Ali SHOKOUHI	PhD	Prof. David Williams	Experimental Study of Geotechnical Behaviour and Parameters of Coal Washery Wastes
Ye Win TUN	PhD	Dr Dorival Pedroso	Reliability Analyses of the Stability of Slopes using the Limit Equilibrium Method and Genetic Algorithms
Yunpeng ZHANG	PhD	Dr Dorival Pedroso	On accuracy, efficiency and stability of methods for solving porous media dynamics

Congratulations to the following students who have successfully submitted their thesis for examination in Research Quarter 2, 2017:

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Thesis Title
Morteza GHAMGOSAR	PhD	Dr Nazife Erarslan	Micromechanical and microstructural aspects affecting rock damage, fracture and cutting mechanisms
HMD HARSHANI	PhD	Assoc. Prof. Alexander Scheuermann	Micro-scale flow and induced contact erosion in granular media
Farshad HASHEMI REZVANI	PhD	Dr Hamid Ronagh	Robustness of Steel Moment Resisting Frames Subjected to Travelling Fire and Structural Element Removal
Misbah Uddin KHAN	PhD	Dr Mahmoud Mesbah	Improvement of a pavement management system incorporating flooding
Danielle LESTER	PhD	Prof. José Torero	Delivering Superior Megaproject Performance Outcomes Through Timely Intervention in the Civil Engineering Curriculum
Duy NGUYEN	PhD	Dr Vinh Dao	Early-age cracking in concrete structures: mechanisms and control
Gangfu ZHANG	PhD	Prof. Hubert Chanson	Free-Surface Aeration, Turbulence, and Energy Dissipation on Stepped Chutes with Triangular Steps, Chamfered Steps, and Partially Blocked Step Cavities

Congratulations to the following students who were successfully nominated for the Civil HDR student travel grant in the round 3, 2016.

Student	Program	Principal Advisor	Conference
Carmen GORSKA	PhD	Dr Juan Hidalgo	12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science Technical Faculty Campus at Lund University, SWEDEN AND 2nd International Fire Safety Symposium, Italy
Farzin HAMIDI	PhD	Assoc. Prof. Alexander Scheuermann	3rd NORDIC ROCK MECHANICS SYMPOSIUM NRMS 2017 Helsinki, Finland
Thomas KLOETZKE	PhD	Dr Matthew Mason	Internship at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Youwei XU	PhD	Prof. David Williams	2017 US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium San Francisco, California, USA

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the 3MT Civil Final on Thursday 6^th July:

FIRST PLACE ($200 in UQ Union vouchers and a place in the EAIT Faculty Final)

Timothy Vangsness

Principal Advisor: David Williams

3MT Title: Muddling Mud

SECOND PLACE ($100 in UQ Union vouchers)

Jesper Nielsen

Principal Advisor: Dave Callaghan

3MT Title: Reverting the Brisbane River from brown to blue

PEOPLE’S CHOICE ($50 in UQ Union vouchers)

Mohadeseh (Massi) Rahbar

Principal Advisor: Mark Hickman

3MT Title: Your ‘GO Card’ is important to me!