Ben is a geoscientist currently working with the MinEx Cooperative Research Centre and has previously been involved with the real-time analysis of geological samples from coiled tubing drill rigs within the Deep Exploration Technologies CRC.
About me
Ben is a geoscientist currently working with the MinEx Cooperative Research Centre and has previously been involved with the real-time analysis of geological samples from coiled tubing drill rigs within the Deep Exploration Technologies CRC.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Science Honours The University of South Australia
Bachelor of Science The University of Adelaide
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Geostatistics and Machine Learning applied to LIBS geochemical data, MinEx CRC, 02/12/2024 - 02/06/2028
MinEx Project 2 Phase 2: Coiled Tubing Drilling for Definition of Mineral Deposits, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2027
MinEx Project 3 Phase 2: Real-time downhole assay, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2027
LIBS for real-time analysis of wet and slurry drill cuttings, MinEx CRC, 01/08/2023 - 30/04/2025
MinEx CRC Project 2: Coiled Tubing Drilling for definition of Mineral Deposits, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
MinEx CRC Project 3: Real-time downhole Assay, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
13
9
|
| 2023 |
3
2
4
|
| 2023 |
|
| 2021 |
Open access
8
6
5
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
| Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| Imdex Limited | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Co-designer of the prototype sampling solution for the RoXplorer coiled tubing drill rigDeep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC) |
2016 |
RoXplorer awarded #2 in the Top 10 Science Meets Business Innovations of 2016KnowHow Magazine, CRC Association |
2016 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Geostatistics and Machine Learning applied to LIBS geochemical data | Current |
| Machine learning-based synthetic data generation for predicting (downhole) Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) assay data | Current |
| Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for downhole chemical assay | Completed |
