Dr Don Cameron

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (H1-19)
tel +61 8 830 25108

email Donald.Cameron@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment
Research Degree Supervisor

Research

Research focus

Civil Engineering
Engineering
Interdisciplinary Engineering
Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
Built Environment and Design

Highlights

The influence of trees planted in expansive soils in a semi-arid climate on ground movement,Raft slab design for residential buildings on expansive soils,Volume change behaviour of compacted expansive soil with cycles of wetting and drying,In-situ recycling of pavement materials with the addition of stabilizers to modify behaviour,Dependence of the cyclic stiffness and permanent strain rate of cohesive subgrades on soil suction, density and total stress state,Geogrids for mitigation of expansive soil movements under pavements

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included.

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2024	Devkota, B, Karim, MR, Rahman, MM, Nguyen, HBK & Cameron, DA 2024, 'Modelling of soil-vegetation-atmospheric boundary interaction under future climate scenarios', in C Rujikiatkamjorn, J Xue & B Indraratna (eds), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Volume 1: Sensor Technologies, Data Analytics and Climatic Effects, Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp. 259-267. 1 1
2015	Vorwerk, SJ, Cameron, D & Keppel, G 2015, 'Clay soil in suburban environments: movement and stabilization through vegetation', in Indraratna, Buddhima; Chu, Jian; Rujikiatkamjorn, Cholachat (editors), Ground Improvement Case Histories; Chemical, Electrokinetic, Thermal, and Bioengineering Methods, Elsevier, UK, ch. 22, pp. 655-682. 6

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Yang, C, Ahammed, F, Cameron, D & Chow, CW 2025, 'Review of root intrusions by street trees and utilising predictive analytics to improve water utility maintenance strategies', Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 12, article no. 5263, pp. 1-20. Open access 1 1
2023	Cameron, D, Karim, MR, Johnson, T & Rahman, MM 2023, 'Influence of weather, soil variability, and vegetation on seasonal ground movement: a field study', vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1085-1103. Open access 3 3
2023	Hopkins, C, Cameron, D & Rahman, MM 2023, 'Field trials of unbound granular pavements treated with an insoluble dry powdered polymer', Transportation Geotechnics, vol. 41, article no. 101037, pp. 1-13. Open access 3 2
2021	Hopkins, C, Cameron, D & Rahman, MM 2021, 'On site improvement of fines-rich unbound granular materials with hydrophobic polymer and lime', Sustainability, vol. 13, no 23, article no. 13479, pp. 1-20. Open access 2 2
2021	Karim, MR, Rahman, MM, Nguyen, K, Cameron, D, Iqbal, A & Ahenkorah, I 2021, 'Changes in Thornthwaite Moisture Index and reactive soil movements under current and future climate scenarios-a case study', Energies, vol. 14, no. 20, article no. 6760, pp. 1-18. Open access 11 11
2021	Rabbi, A, Rahman, M, Kevin Mills, & Cameron, D 2021, 'Development of a stress-strain path controlled triaxial apparatus to understand the behaviour of silty sand', Geotechnical Engineering, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 20-28. 2 2
2020	Johnson, T, Cameron, D, Moore, G & Brien, C 2020, 'Ground movement in a moderately expansive soil subject to rainfall infiltration through pervious paving', Ecological Engineering, vol. 158, article no. 106022, pp. 1-13. Open access 5 4
2019	Johnson, T, Moore, G, Cameron, D & Brien, C 2019, 'An investigation of tree growth in permeable paving', Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, vol. 43, article no. 126374, pp. 1-11. Open access 19 17
2019	Rabbi, ATMZ, Rahman, MM & Cameron, D 2019, 'Critical state study of natural silty sand instability under undrained and constant shear drained path', International Journal of Geomechanics, vol. 19, no. 8, article no. 04019083, pp. 1-13. Open access 38 34
2019	Rabbi, ATMZ, Rahman, MM & Cameron, DA 2019, 'The relation between the state indices and the characteristic features of undrained behaviour of silty sand', Soils and Foundations, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 801-813. Open access 15 15
2018	Cameron, D 2018, 'Dealing with reactive clay soils through a national standard', Australian Geomechanics Journal, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 51-65. 12 10
2018	Look, BG & Cameron, DA 2018, 'Buried flexible pipes: design considerations in applying AS2566 standard', Australian Geomechanics Journal, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 101-115. 2 1
2018	Rabbi, ATMZ, Rahman, MM & Cameron, DA 2018, 'Undrained behavior of silty sand and the role of isotropic and K₀ consolidation', Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, vol. 144, no. 4, pp. 1-11. Open access 41 34
2017	Platts, AB, Cameron, DA & Ward, J 2017, 'Validation of a model for two horizontal ground coupled heat exchangers based on field testing', Energy and Buildings, vol. 138, pp. 11-25. 11 10
2016	Cameron, D, Hopkins, C & Rahman, M 2016, 'Hydrophobic polymer additive for stabilization of aggregates in local government roads', Procedia Engineering, vol. 143, pp. 26-33. Open access 7 7
2015	Azam, A, Cameron, D & Rahman, M 2015, 'Permanent strain of unsaturated unbound granular materials from construction and demolition waste', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 27, no. 3, article no. 04014125, pp. 1-12. Open access 6 33
2015	Platts, AB, Cameron, DA & Ward, J 2015, 'Improving the performance of ground coupled heat exchangers in unsaturated soils', Energy and Buildings, vol. 104, pp. 323-335. 31 28
2014	Li, J, Cameron, DA & Ren, G 2014, 'Case study and back analysis of a residential building damaged by expansive soils', Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 56, pp. 89-99. 95 78
2014	Payne, D & Cameron, DA 2014, 'The Walsh method of beam-on-mound design from inception to current practice', Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 177-188. 5
2014	Rabbi, A, Rahman, M & Cameron, D 2014, 'Prediction of collapse potential for silty glacial sand', Australian Geomechanics Journal, vol. 49 no. 3, pp. 65-77. 7
2013	Azam, A & Cameron, D 2013, 'Geotechnical properties of blends of recycled clay masonry and recycled concrete aggregates in unbound pavement construction', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 788-798. 90 81
2013	Azam, A & Cameron, D 2013, 'Laboratory evaluation of recycled concrete aggregate and recycled clay masonry blends in pavement applications', Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 328-346. 10
2013	Azam, A, Cameron, D & Rahman, M 2013, 'Model for prediction of resilient modulus incorporating matric suction for recycled unbound granular materials', Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. 1143-1158. 72 64
2013	Rahman, MM, Lo, S, Cubrinovski, M & Cameron, D 2013, 'Undrained behaviour of sand with fines', Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 29-37.
2012	Gabr, A & Cameron, D 2012, 'Permanent strain modelling of recycled concrete aggregate for unbound pavement construction', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 1394-1402. 26 22
2012	Gabr, A, Mills, K & Cameron, D 2012, 'Repeated load triaxial testing of recycled concrete aggregate for pavement base construction', Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: An International Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 119-132. 34 18
2012	Gabr, ARG & Cameron, DA 2012, 'Properties of recycled concrete aggregate for unbound pavement construction', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 754-764. 137 119
2011	Cameron, D & Beal, N 2011, 'Estimation of foundation movement and design of Footing systems on reactive soils for the effects of trees', Australian Geomechanics Journal, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 97-113. 17
2011	Gabr, A, Cameron, D, Andrews, R & Mitchell, P 2011, 'Comparison of specifications for recycled concrete aggregate for pavement construction', Journal of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International, vol. 8, no. 10, article no. JAI103646, pp. 1-15. 16
2009	Carter, J & Cameron, DA 2009, 'A constitutive model for sand based on non-linear elasticity and the state parameter', Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 1219-1228. 10 9

Conferences

Year	Output
2022	Karim, MR, Rahman, MM, Nguyen, HBK, Newsome, PL & Cameron, D 2022, 'TMI soil moisture index for South Australia under current and future climate scenarios', in M Rahman & M Jaksa (eds), 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2022 (ICSMGE), Australian Geomechanics Society, pp. 2233-2236. Open access
2019	Tolentino, R, Rahman, MM, Cameron, D & Karim, R 2019, 'Prediction of flexible pavement's unbound granular materials using elasto-plastic model SANISAND', International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 481-492. Open access 1 2
2016	Hopkins, C, Cameron, D, Rahman, M & Rabbi, A 2016, 'Evaluation of recycled aggregate treated with dry powder polymer and lime', 27th ARRB Conference: linking people, places and opportunities, ARRB Group, pp. 1-12. Open access
2015	Cameron, DA 2015, 'A geotechnical engineer's approach towards trees', The 16th National Street Tree Symposium 2015, The University of Adelaide, pp. 37-48. Open access
2015	Cameron, DA 2015, 'Management of foundations on expansive clay soils in Australia', SEC 2015 International Symposium, IFSTTAR, pp. 15-36.
2015	Cameron, DA, Vorwerk, SJ & Keppel, G 2015, 'Monitoring of a suburban environment: soil-plant-atmosphere and clay movements', in Z Chen et al. (eds), AP-UNSAT 2015: 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, CRC Press, pp. 673-684. Open access
2015	Nguyen, HBK, Rahman, MM & Cameron, DA 2015, 'Undrained behavior of sand by DEM study', International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 182-191. 15
2015	Nguyen, HBK, Rahman, MM, Cameron, DA & Fourie, A 2015, 'The effect of consolidation path on undrained behaviour of sand: A DEM approach', in F Oka et al. (eds), International conference of international association for computer methods and recent advances in geomechanics, CRC Press, pp. 175-180. 15 7
2015	Rabbi, A, Rahman, M & Cameron, D 2015, 'Undrained behaviour of silty glacial sand under K0-consolidation', 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, 6ICEGE, pp. 1-8. Open access
2014	Azam, AMAM, Cameron, DA, Gabr, AG & Rahman, MM 2014, 'Matric suction in recycled unbound granular materials', in AJ Puppala et al. (eds), 2014 Geo-Congress, ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 1367-1376. 8
2014	Cameron, D 2014, 'Expansive clays, collapsing sands, unbound pavement materials and unsaturated soil theory', in N Khalili, A Russell & A Khoshghalb (eds), 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils; UNSAT 2014, CRC Press, pp. 63-69. 3 2
2014	Rabbi, A, Cameron, D & Rahman, M 2014, 'Role of matric suction on wetting-induced collapse settlement of silty sand', in N Khalili, A Russell & A Khoshghalb (eds), 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils; UNSAT 2014, CRC Press, pp. 129-135. 9 4
2014	Rabbi, ATMZ, Cameron, DA & Rahman, MM 2014, 'Effect of initial partial saturation on collapse behavior of glacial sand with fines', in AJ Puppala et al. (eds), Geo-Congress, ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers, no. 234, pp. 103-112. 7
2014	Rabbi, ATMZ, Rahman, MM & Cameron, DA 2014, 'Undrained behaviour of silty glacial sand', in AJ Puppala et al. (eds), Geo-Congress, ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers, no. 234, pp. 139-148. 4
2014	Sadoghi Yazdi, J, Rahman, MM & Cameron, DA 2014, 'Effect of nail layout variability on soil nailed wall analysis', in AJ Puppala et al. (eds), Geo-Congress, ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers, no. 234, pp. 3133-3142. 2
2013	Cameron, DA, Rahman, MM, Azam, AH, Gabr, A, Andrews, R & Michell, P 2013, 'The use of recycled aggregates in unbound road pavements', in P Delage et al. (eds), 18th International Conference for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics, Presses des Ponts, pp. 3187-3190. Open access
2012	Azam, AH, Cameron, DA & Rahman, MM 2012, 'Blended recycled clay masonry and crushed concrete aggregate in bases', in S Miura et al. (eds), 2nd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG), CRC Press, pp. 281-287. 1
2012	Cameron, D, Azam, A & Rahman, M 2012, 'Recycled clay masonry and recycled concrete aggregate blends in pavement', in RD Hryciw, A Athanaspoulos-Zekkos & N Yesiller (eds), GeoCongress 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 1532-1541. 25
2012	Cameron, D, Gabr, A, Azam, A, Rahman, M, Andrews, R & Mitchell, P 2012, 'Sustainable aggregates for unbound granular pavements', in G Narsilio, A Arulrajah & J Kodikara (eds), 11th Australia - New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics : Ground Engineering in a Changing World, Australian Geomechanics Society and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society, pp. 846-850. Open access
2012	Cameron, DA & Gabr, ARG 2012, 'Permanent strain testing of recycled concrete aggregate for evaluation of unbound bases', in S Miura et al. (eds), 2nd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG), CRC Press, pp. 843-849. 1
2011	Cameron, D, Azam, A & Rahman, M 2011, 'Properties of recycled demolition waste for pavement construction', in H Nikraz & M Shahin, ICAGE 2011 International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Curtin University, pp. 393-399.
2011	Johnson, TP, Cameron, DA & Moore, G 2011, 'Can permeable pavements reduce conflicts between footpaths and tree roots?', International Public Works Conference, pp. 1-9.
2011	Nuntasarn, R & Cameron, DA 2011, 'The unsaturated shear strengths of two compacted collapsible soils', in A Jotisankasa et al. (eds), The 5th Asia-Pacific conference on unsaturated soils, Kasetsart University, vol. 1, pp. 191-196.
2010	Cameron, DA & Gabr, ARG 2010, 'The Specification of Recycled Concrete Aggregate for Pavement Construction', in ARRB, 24th ARRB Conference, ARRB, pp. 1-21.
2010	Cameron, DA & Mills, JE 2010, 'Experiential and reflective learning in Soil Mechanics', in Anne Gardner & Lesley Jolly, 21st Annual Australasian Association for Engineering Education conference, University of Technology, Sydney, pp. 546-551.
2010	Cameron, DA & Mills, KG 2010, 'Tree water use, soil suctions and reference evapotranspiration in a semi-arid climate', in O Buzzi, S Fityus & D Sheng (eds), 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Saturated Soils, Taylor and Francis, pp. 295-300. 5 2
2009	Cameron, DA, Weldemariam, HK, Finch, JP & Herraman, RA 2009, 'Pull-out strength of tensar geogrid reinforcement in stiff, unsaturated clay', International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering, Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics for Sustainable Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change including Global Warming, ACSIG, pp. 339-345.
2008	Potter, W & Cameron, DA 2008, 'Resilient modulus of clay subgrades', in Lee Comport, ARRB Group Ltd, pp. 1-10.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
ARRB Group Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Aurecon	AUSTRALIA
Aurecon Australasia	AUSTRALIA
Aurecon-Asia Pacific	AUSTRALIA
Australian Rail Track Corporation	AUSTRALIA
Beal and Wright Pty Ltd, Consulting Engineers	AUSTRALIA
City of Salisbury	AUSTRALIA
Defence Science and Technology Group	AUSTRALIA
Failsafe Technology Australia	AUSTRALIA
Foundation Specialists	UNITED STATES
Ghd Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Khon Kaen University	THAILAND
Mansoura University	EGYPT
Ostwald Bros	AUSTRALIA
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
The University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
TMK Consulting Engineers	AUSTRALIA
Transport Construction Authority - NSW	AUSTRALIA
Transport SA	AUSTRALIA
University of Canterbury	NEW ZEALAND
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Excellence in Waste Management Award Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia	2012

Other

Standards Australia, Committee BD25, Residential Slabs and Footings,Footings Group Committee, IEAust. (South Australia), co-opted member

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
An enhanced heat transfer system for ground heat exchange in unsaturated soils	Completed
Behaviour of silty sand: effect of consolidation, stress path and fines content	Completed
Critical state behaviour of granular materials and associated micro-mechanics: A DEM study	Completed
Recycled clay masonry blended with crushed concrete for unbound granular pavement construction	Completed
Repeated load testing for primary evaluation of recycled concrete aggregate in pavements	Completed
Reuse of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) effluent and sludge in soil-based and hydroponic horticulture systems	Completed
Risk model development of tree root intrusions in sewer pipes in an urbanised area	Completed
Trees, stormwater, soil and civil infrastructure: synergies towards sustainable urban design	Completed

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Dr Don Cameron

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