Md Mizanur Rahman is a professor in Geotechnical Engineering and leading a geotechnical research group of 3 academics, 2 research associates and about 10 PhD students. He has a strong track record of translating his fundamental theoretical research into industry-funded engineering applications for liquefaction assessment, pavement engineering, recycling materials for the circular economy, soil reactivity and buried lifeline. His research fund is over $5.6 M since 2017 across 14 grants, including 20%$ for cat-1, 34%$ for cat-2 and 46%$ for cat-3. Some of his current fellowship and industry-funded projects are-
About me
Md Mizanur Rahman is a professor in Geotechnical Engineering and leading a geotechnical research group of 3 academics, 2 research associates and about 10 PhD students. He has a strong track record of translating his fundamental theoretical research into industry-funded engineering applications for liquefaction assessment, pavement engineering, recycling materials for the circular economy, soil reactivity and buried lifeline. His research fund is over $5.6 M since 2017 across 14 grants, including 20%$ for cat-1, 34%$ for cat-2 and 46%$ for cat-3. Some of his current fellowship and industry-funded projects are-
He has published about 240+ peer-reviewed articles and is known internationally for the excellence of his multidisciplinary research. He is on many editorial boards for international journals and external review panels for international funding organisations. He is presenting Australia in TC 307: Sustainability in International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
Professor Rahman has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours) from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in 2002. He was awarded the University Gold Madel for his outstanding academic record. Between 2003-6, he joined as a lecturer in Civil Engineering at RUET and was then quickly promoted to assistant professor.
He obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Canberra) in 2009. The title of his PhD dissertation was - “Modelling the effect of fines on liquefaction behaviour of sandy soil”. Between 2009-10, he worked as a research associate and postdoctoral fellow at UNSW Canberra, Australia and the University of Canterbury, New Zealand respectively. In December 2010, he joined at UniSA as a lecturer and was promoted to senior lecturer and associate professor in 2014 and 2018 respectively.
Professor Rahman is leading many research projects university-wide and providing extensive mentoring support to early career researchers (ECR).
His scholar citations: 1. Google citations, 2. Scopus citations (partial record), 3. ResearchGate
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Science Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Mechanistic design of permeable pavement and its sustainability environmental performance, City of Salisbury, 01/06/2023 - 31/12/2026
Influence of expansive soil on water pipes and pavement infrastructures, City of Salisbury, 01/06/2023 - 31/12/2026
Guidelines to mitigate structure damage due to water content change in Victoria’s expansive soils, Victorian Building Authority, 03/03/2025 - 24/04/2026
Characterisation of tailings material behaviour in direct simple shear and triaxial space, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd, 22/04/2024 - 22/04/2025
Ind: Optimising the management of plantation, water and environmental assets, OneFortyOne Plantations, 01/03/2019 - 15/12/2022
Cwth: Optimising the management of plantation, water and environmental assets, Forest and Wood Products Australia, 01/03/2019 - 15/12/2022
Improving water industry asset maintenance decision-making with condition monitoring technology and analytics, SA Water, 01/08/2019 - 31/07/2022
Evaluating potential static liquefaction of tailings to prevent failures, ARC - Linkage Project, 01/07/2017 - 28/02/2022
Evaluating potential static liquefaction of tailings to prevent failures, Rio Tinto Ltd, 01/07/2017 - 30/11/2021
Upgrade of Perm Pave Software for the Design and Analysis of Concrete Segmental Permeable Pavements (CSPP), Concrete Masonry Association of Australia, 15/02/2018 - 30/06/2019
DesignPave - Computer Software for Design and Analysis of Concrete Segmental Pavement, Concrete Masonry Association of Australia, 16/06/2016 - 31/03/2018
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, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
5
72
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2014 |
84
75
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2013 |
68
61
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2009 |
131
112
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2008 |
Open access
246
218
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2024 |
67
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2023 |
Open access
2
1
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
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2023 |
Open access
4
4
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2021 |
Open access
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2021 |
Open access
1
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2021 |
Open access
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2020 |
27
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2020 |
2
1
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2020 |
Open access
1
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
Open access
1
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2
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2019 |
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2019 |
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2019 |
1
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2019 |
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2019 |
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2008 |
7
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2025 |
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2024 |
7
5
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2024 |
Open access
6
6
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2024 |
Open access
7
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2024 |
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2024 |
Open access
4
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2024 |
Open access
1
1
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2024 |
Open access
6
6
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2024 |
Open access
1
1
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2024 |
Open access
2
1
2
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2024 |
Ong, DE & Rahman, MM 2024, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 64-65.
Open access
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2024 |
Ong, DE & Rahman, MM 2024, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 186-187.
Open access
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2024 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2024, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-2.
Open access
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2024 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2024, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 110-111.
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
5
72
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2024 |
16
14
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2024 |
22
20
|
2024 |
24
23
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
|
2023 |
Open access
3
2
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2023 |
Open access
3
3
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2023 |
Open access
9
9
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2023 |
Open access
8
7
|
2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
16
14
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2023 |
Open access
16
15
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
1
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
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2023 |
Ong, DE & Rahman, MM 2023, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 53.
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2023, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol 10, no. 3, pp. 100-101.
Open access
|
2023 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2023, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-2.
Open access
|
2023 |
Open access
9
8
1
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2023 |
Open access
3
1
1
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2023 |
Open access
49
43
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
2
1
1
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2022 |
Open access
47
38
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2022 |
Open access
17
16
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2022 |
Open access
15
14
134
|
2022 |
Open access
4
3
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2022 |
Open access
8
8
1
|
2022 |
Open access
10
10
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2022 |
Open access
15
16
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2022 |
Open access
9
6
1
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2022 |
Open access
6
5
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2022 |
Ong, DE & Rahman, MM 2022, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 63-64.
Open access
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2022 |
Ong, DE & Rahman, MM 2022, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 172-173.
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
15
15
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2022 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2022, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 129-130.
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
5
4
201
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2022 |
Open access
2
2
2
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2021 |
Open access
69
60
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2021 |
Open access
11
10
2
|
2021 |
Open access
28
22
3
|
2021 |
Open access
15
14
1
|
2021 |
71
59
|
2021 |
Open access
45
41
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2021 |
Open access
74
2
|
2021 |
Open access
30
29
|
2021 |
Open access
1
1
|
2021 |
Open access
53
50
|
2021 |
Open access
2
2
|
2021 |
1
1
|
2021 |
114
109
|
2021 |
Open access
7
7
|
2021 |
Open access
5
3
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2021 |
3
|
2021 |
Open access
10
10
|
2021 |
Open access
18
17
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2021 |
Open access
55
50
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2021 |
Open access
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2021 |
Open access
27
25
1
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2021 |
Ong, DE & Rahman, MM 2021, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 64-65.
Open access
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2021 |
1
1
|
2021 |
Open access
48
45
4
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2021 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2021, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 40-41.
Open access
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2021 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2021, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 93-94.
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
47
41
|
2020 |
Open access
29
27
|
2020 |
Open access
12
10
1
|
2020 |
Open access
14
10
|
2020 |
7
7
|
2020 |
Open access
42
41
|
2020 |
Ong, D & Rahman, M 2020, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 132-133.
Open access
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2020 |
Ong, DE & Rahman, MM 2020, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-2.
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
44
39
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2020 |
Open access
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2020 |
Rahman, MM & Ong, DE 2020, 'Editorial', Geotechnical Research, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-2.
Open access
2
|
2020 |
Open access
13
9
|
2020 |
Open access
149
132
1
|
2019 |
Open access
12
11
|
2019 |
75
71
|
2019 |
Open access
|
2019 |
Open access
14
11
|
2019 |
Open access
37
34
|
2019 |
Open access
35
32
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2019 |
Open access
14
14
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2018 |
Open access
63
48
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2018 |
Open access
40
33
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2018 |
Open access
26
18
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2018 |
Open access
153
12
|
2018 |
Open access
44
35
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2017 |
Open access
42
35
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2017 |
18
|
2017 |
72
63
|
2016 |
Open access
7
7
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2016 |
Open access
93
83
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2015 |
Open access
6
30
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2015 |
1
|
2015 |
Open access
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2014 |
Open access
54
48
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2014 |
6
|
2014 |
Open access
80
73
|
2014 |
84
75
|
2014 |
100
86
|
2013 |
68
61
|
2013 |
1
1
|
2013 |
2
|
2013 |
|
2013 |
|
2012 |
75
66
|
2012 |
21
18
|
2012 |
Open access
2
2
|
2012 |
58
36
|
2012 |
94
81
|
2011 |
2
2
|
2011 |
140
122
|
2011 |
Open access
|
2010 |
35
24
|
2009 |
131
112
|
2009 |
Open access
51
|
2008 |
Open access
246
218
|
2008 |
Open access
127
85
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2023 |
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
7
|
2022 |
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
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2022 |
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2022 |
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2022 |
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2022 |
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2022 |
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2019 |
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2019 |
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2019 |
Open access
1
2
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2018 |
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1
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2018 |
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2017 |
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2017 |
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4
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2016 |
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2016 |
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2016 |
Open access
4
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2016 |
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2016 |
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2015 |
Open access
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2015 |
1
|
2015 |
15
|
2015 |
15
7
|
2015 |
Open access
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2015 |
Open access
84
|
2014 |
8
|
2014 |
|
2014 |
9
4
|
2014 |
7
|
2014 |
4
|
2014 |
2
|
2014 |
1
|
2014 |
1
|
2013 |
Open access
|
2013 |
Open access
|
2013 |
|
2012 |
|
2012 |
1
|
2012 |
9
|
2012 |
Open access
|
2012 |
25
|
2012 |
Open access
|
2012 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
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2011 |
1
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2011 |
3
|
2011 |
|
2011 |
1
|
2011 |
4
|
2011 |
4
|
2011 |
|
2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
5
|
2009 |
Open access
2
|
2008 |
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Research
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Arizona State University | UNITED STATES |
ARRB Group Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Aurecon | AUSTRALIA |
Aurecon Australasia | AUSTRALIA |
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | BANGLADESH |
Bialystok University of Technology | POLAND |
Bothar Consulting | UNITED KINGDOM |
City of Salisbury | AUSTRALIA |
Concrete Masonry Association of Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Construction Sciences | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore | INDIA |
Indian Institute of Science | INDIA |
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore | INDIA |
Mansoura University | EGYPT |
Military Technological College | OMAN |
National Taipei University of Technology | TAIWAN |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
Proship Inc. | JAPAN |
Queen's University Belfast | UNITED KINGDOM |
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (Bangladesh) | BANGLADESH |
Rio Tinto Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Ruhr University Bochum | GERMANY |
SA Water | AUSTRALIA |
Saitama University | JAPAN |
Salisbury City Council | AUSTRALIA |
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Space Engineering | CHINA |
Shanxi Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Space Engineering (XAUAT) | CHINA |
Shenzhen University | CHINA |
Shiraz University of Technology | IRAN |
Sinclair Knight Merz | AUSTRALIA |
Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
The University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of California | UNITED STATES |
University of Canterbury | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
University of Leeds | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Massachusetts Amherst | UNITED STATES |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Nottingham | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Portland | UNITED STATES |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
WAP Golder | AUSTRALIA |
WSP Golder | AUSTRALIA |
Xi’an University | CHINA |
Xi'an University | CHINA |
Xian University of Architecture and Technology | CHINA |
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology | CHINA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Committee MemberAustralian Geomechanics Society (SA-NT Chapter) |
2021 |
Co-EditorUrban Sustainability: Pavement Design, Construction and Environment |
2020 |
Committee MemberAustralian Geomechanics Society (SA-NT Chapter) |
2020 |
Editor-in-ChiefGeotechnical Research, Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) UK |
2020 |
Co-EditorUrban Sustainability: Pavement Design, Construction and Environment |
2019 |
Committee MemberAustralian Geomechanics Society (SA-NT Chapter) |
2019 |
Editor-in-ChiefGeotechnical Research, Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) UK |
2019 |
Endeavour Executive Leadership AwardAustralian Department of Education |
2019 |
Committee MemberAustralian Geomechanics Society (SA-NT Chapter) |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberGeotechnical Research, Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) UK |
2018 |
Editor-in-ChiefGeotechnical Research, Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) UK |
2018 |
FellowInstitute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) |
2018 |
MemberInternational Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Geomechanics Society (AGS) Australia |
2018 |
MemberGeo-Institute (GI), American Society of Civil Engineers, USA |
2018 |
MemberInternational Association of Engineering Geology and Environment (IAEG) |
2018 |
MemberAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE) USA |
2018 |
MemberEngineers Australia (EA) |
2018 |
Committee MemberAustralian Geomechanics Society (SA-NT Chapter) |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberGeotechnical Research, Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) UK |
2017 |
FellowInstitute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) |
2017 |
MemberGeo-Institute (GI), American Society of Civil Engineers, USA |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE) USA |
2017 |
MemberEngineers Australia (EA) |
2017 |
MemberInternational Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) |
2017 |
MemberISSMGE Technical Committee:TC 307: Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering |
2017 |
MemberInternational Association of Engineering Geology and Environment (IAEG) |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Geomechanics Society (AGS) Australia |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Civil Engineering Research, Scientific and Academic Publishing (SAP) |
2013 |
Australia-India Early Career FellowshipsAustralian Academy of Science |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Civil Engineering Research, Scientific and Academic Publishing (SAP) |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Civil Engineering Research, Scientific and Academic Publishing (SAP) |
2011 |
Reviewer of geotechnical journals: Géotechnique, Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK; Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE; Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Canada; Proceedings of ICE, Geotechnical Engineering, UK; KSCS Journal of Civil Engineering (Springer), Korea; JPGE Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Academic journals; Coastal Engineering Journal, World Scientific; Geotechnical Engineering, SEAGS: Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society; Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, AJCE, Australia; Australian Geomechanics, AGS, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, USA; Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, ASTM, USA; International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, IGI Global
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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111168- Developing a constitutive model for stabilised tailings material | Current |
391 - Adaptation of permeable pavement as an energy saving and sustainable technology | Current |
Advanced discrete element method with poromechanics for granular materials | Current |
Bio-cementation for ground improvement | Current |
Considering realistic shapes for granular materials in civil engineering | Current |
Constitutive behaviour of bio-treated soils subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading | Current |
Constitutive modelling of unsaturated sand-fines mixtures | Current |
Evaluation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Pavements (GRP) for mitigating pavement damage on expansive soil | Current |
Optimisation of phytocapping technology using engineered growth media and selected native plant species for Southern Australia | Current |
Prognostics for rotating machinery through representation learning | Current |
Reactive soil movement under current and future climate, and their influence on geotechnical structures | Current |
An evaluation of clean and MICP treated AI sand behaviour from the critical state perspective | Completed |
An evaluation of microbial and enzyme induced carbonate precipitation for soil improvement | 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 |
Cyclic liquefaction behaviour of granular materials under the CSSM framework: a DEM study | Completed |
Exploring the influence of fabric at critical states in DEM and constitutive models for granular soils | Completed |
Lateral behaviour of post-tensioned segmental retaining walls | Completed |
Mechanical characterisation of tyre walls for residential housing applications | Completed |
Micromechanical study of sand with fines using discrete element method (DEM) | Completed |
Recycled and tyre-derived aggregates in concrete and its performance evaluation for kerb application | Completed |
Recycled clay masonry blended with crushed concrete for unbound granular pavement construction | Completed |
Static liquefaction potential of tailings materials: a critical state approach | Completed |
The critical state behaviour of sand with non-plastic fines: a discrete element method (DEM) approach | Completed |