Name

Research Topic

Ms Nicole Arbon

A new approach to systematic blockage detection and mapping in water distribution systems.

This project is a collaborative venture with United Water International Pty Ltd with the aim being to develop a practical method for the detection and location of blockages in the field.

Ms Eva Beh

Optimal Sequencing of Water Supply Options at Regional Scale Incorporating Sustainability and Uncertainty

Ms Bernadette Foley

Incorporating the concept of sustainability into decision making

My research focuses on using alternative thinking techniques and tools to advance the concept of sustainability and develop it as a journey. read more

Ms Li Li

Improved method for baseflow estimation

Mr Jingzhe Gong

Pipeline condition assessment

Ms Sarah Jewell

Dredging and sea level rise: impacts on the geomorphology of the Murray Mouth coastal lagoon

The primary aim of this research is to gain a fuller understanding of the influences of dredging on the tidal dynamics of coastal lagoons in which dredging is used as a countermeasure to a net sediment influx. read more

Mr Steven Need

Mr Jeffrey Newman

Optimisation

The project focusses on the decisions a planner makes when considering a greenfield development, with particular focus on optimising these decisions.  read more

Mr Alexander Osti

Quantification of hydrological persistence and drought forecasting in Australia

My research is centred primarily on the identification, classification and forecasting of drought events from Australian rainfall patterns. read more

Ms Joanna Szemis

A generic optimisation framework for environmental management using ant colony optimisation algorithms

Mr Tim Rowan

Development of an integrated modelling framework for assessment of irrigation management policies This project focuses firstly on the development of a conceptual model describing the environmental, economic and social components of an irrigated landscape. read more

Ms Wenyan Wu

Genetic algorithm optimisation; water distribution system optimisation;

multi-objective optimisation; sustainable development

Ms Fiona Paton

Multi-objective optimisation using evolutionary algorithms; sustainable urban water supply management

Mr Daniel Partington

Modelling surface water - groundwater interactions in the Upper South East region of South Australia

Ms Mina Pazandeh

Urban Heat Island verification in Adelaide and it's possible effect on the coast

Mr Darren Broad

Decision support system to maintain water quality

This project will build on the vast research field of optimisation of water distribution systems. While numerous papers exist in the literature on this topic, design of real water distribution systems in industry rarely utilises optimisation algorithms. read more

Mr Fei Fei Zheng

Genetic algorithm optimization

Optimal design and operation of water distribution systems

Decomposing water distribution systems by graph theory

Multi-objective optimization

Ms Abigail Goodman

Ecological water requirements of wetlands

The construction of the deep groundwater drains in the Upper South East of South Australia has had a major impact on the volume and quality of the water received by more than 200 wetlands in the region. read more

Ms Gayani Fernando

Multi model combination techniques to quantify and reduce prediction uncertainty

Name

Research Topic

Mr Matthew Haskett

A method to obtain the interfacial bond stress-slip relationship for various types of reinforcement

Matthew's research is investigating a method to obtain the interfacial bond stress-slip relationship for various types of reinforcement, including steel reinforcing bars, near surface mounted (NSM) plates, and externally bonded (EB) plates from the global load-slip relationship. The influence of fatigue on the bond interfacial stress-slip relationship will also be quantified.

Mr Liang Huang

Blast effect mitigation for reinforced concrete
member protection using cellular material cladding

Yunita Idris

Lateral deformation capacities of FRP confined concrete columns

Ms Jaya Kashyap

Seismic retrofit of RC frames using FRP

My research interests revolves around different aspects of structural engineering, in particular related to seismic behaviour of structures and their retrofitting.

Mr Arash Khansari

Ms Nora Abdullah

Core component of the structured program (CCSP)

Mr Wade Lucas

A fundamental analysis into the shear strength of reinforced concrete beams

The aim of this project is to develop a structural mechanics based model that is capable of predicting the load at which an RC beam will undergo sliding failure and in particular to take into account the interaction between the major components that contribute to the shear capacity.

Ms Lisa Moon

Pushover analysis of URM buildings with flexible diaphragms

Ms Rahimah Muhamad

Reinforced concrete structural members with fiber reinforced concrete

Ms Ratni Nurwidayati

Moment rotation of hinge in reinforced concrete beams

Mr Hisham Qureshi

Response of reinforced concrete structures under extreme lateral loading

Mr Yu Su

The behaviours of ordinary concrete, ultra-high performance concrete and masonry structures subjected to blast loading or impact

Mr Yu Su is interested in studying the behaviors of ordinary concrete, ultra-high performance concrete and masonry structures subjected to blast loading or impact. read more

Mr Jerry Vaculik

Seismic design of unreinforced masonry walls in biaxial bending

The aim of this research is to develop a displacement-based assessment approach for the seismic design of unreinforced masonry in biaxial bending.

Mr Tom Vincent

Examining the behaviour and design of FRP encased high strength concrete columns

Mr Phillip Visintin

Dynamic analysis of reinforced ultra-high performance of concrete members for blast loading

Mr Ming Tao

High stress rock mass excavation by dynamic loading
and unloading

Mr Don Xiang

Mr Tao Zhang

Name

Mr Bambang Setiawan

Assessing liquefaction potential of soils utilising in-situ testing

Liquefaction has caused significant failures worldwide and represents a significant problem for the community and geotechnical engineering designers. Thus, assessing the liquefaction potential of soils is a crucial initial step in reducing the risk of substructure failures and mitigating casualties. read more

Mr Younes Fadakar Alghalandis

My PhD research topic is "Stochastic modelling of fractures in Rock Masses". The main subjects covered by the research include: discrete fracture network (DFN) modelling, stochastic modelling, marked point processes, multi-points statistical and geostatistical simulations (for correlations between and within marks) and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations.

The research will develop methods to link stochastic fracture models to the mechanical behaviour (e.g., fluid flow) of discrete fracture systems, which is critical for performance assessment of enhanced geothermal energy systems (EGS) in hot dry rock (HDR) applications.

Ms Melissa Salt

Phytocaps

My project is part of a larger ARC funded project known as Australian Alternative Cover Assessment Program (A-ACAP) The aim of A-ACAP is to determine quantitatively whether phytocaps read more

Saeid Hashemi

Drilling and maintaining stable boreholes in unconsolidated rock formations

Mr Chen Liang

Spatial Analysis Based Susceptibility Assessment of Riverbank Slope Instability in River Murray

This project (supported by Department for Water, South Australia.) is a combination of riverbank instability research and GIS modeling aiming to develop a framework to assess the risks associated with riverbank collapse.