Visiting Researchers
Professor Sheng-Qi Yang
Endeavour Research Fellow
Email: yangsqi@hotmail.com
Phone: +61 3 990 54982
Office: Room 115, Building 36, Clayton Campus
Research Interest
Experiment and simulation on fracture evolution behavior of rock containing all kinds of flaws; Deformation and damage mechanics of deep rocks; Rock creep (time-dependent) experimental and model mechanics; Deep underground rock mass engineering and reinforced technique
Professor Derek Elsworth
Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
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Affiliation: Penn State University, USA
Research Interest
Rock mechanics, Groundwater hydrology, Mathematical modelling, Poromechanics, Coupled processes, Contaminant hydrology, Mining engineering, Petroleum engineering, Fracture hydrology
Professor Tao Xu
Endeavour Research Fellow
Email: xutao@mail.neu.edu.cn
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Office: Northeastern University, China
Research Interest
Rock mechanics, Rock seepage mechanics, Coal mining induced gas outbursts, Stability of underground workings, Strata movement, subsidence, slope stability, Slope stability, Acoustic emission and micro-seismicity monitoring, Computer applications in mining/geotechnical engineering, Hydraulic fracturing and associated hydro-mechanical coupling
Professor Herbert Huppert
Professor of Theoretical Geophysics
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Affiliation: Cambridge University, UK
Research Interest
Carbon dioxide sequestration, Flow of granular media, Constrained lava flows, Exchange flows, Fluid mechanics of solidification
Dr. Qinglei Yu
Associated Professor (Geomechanics, Mining Engineering)
Email: yuqinglei@mail.neu.edu.cn
Phone: +86 24 83671626
Office: Northeastern University, P.R. China
Research Interest
Image-based numerical modelling of geomaterials, joint rock characterization and modelling, microseismic monitoring
Professor Sevket Durucan
Professor of Mining and Environmental Engineering
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Affiliation: Imperial College, UK
Research Interest
UCG gasifier design, CO2 storage performance assessment, CBM-ECBM performance assessment, Underground environment control in coal mines
Professor Hui-Hai Liu
Head, Department of Hydrogeology, Earth Sciences Division, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Email: hhliu@lbl.gov
Phone: 510-486-6452
Office: Hydrogeology Department, Earth Sciences Division
Research Interest
Fluid flow in porous media, Flow and transport in unsaturated fractured rock, Coupled hydrological and mechanical processes in the subsurface
Professor Robert Zimmerman
Professor of Rock mechanics
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Affiliation: Imperial College, UK
Research Interest
Hydromechanical behaviour of fractured and porous rocks, Petrophysics, Fluid flow in porous media, Rock failure and fracture
Professor Chandrasekharam
Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
Email: dchandra@iitb.ac.in
Phone: +91-22-2576 7263
Office: Department of earth sciences, IIT Bombay
Research Interest
Groundwater resources assessment/ evaluation, Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, Arsenic and fluoride pollution in groundwater, Chemical evolution of geothermal springs, Geothermal energy resources evaluation (for power generation and direct use), Low temperature rock-water interaction experiments, Flow stratigraphy based on field, Geochemical and paleomagnetic studies, Regional correlation of flows using trace element and isotopic signatures, petrogenesis and evolution
Professor James R. Rice
Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics
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Affiliation: Harvard University, USA
Research Interest
Earthquake source processes, Fault and crack dynamics, Lithospheric stressing and seismicity, Hydrologic and surficial processes, Pore fluid interaction with earth materials, Landslides, Episodic glacial motions
Professor Hong Li
Visiting Scholar at University of Alberta
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Office: University of Alberta, Dalian University of Technology
Research Interest
Numerical Analysis, Reservoir Engineering, Rock Mechanics, Petroleum Engineering
Professor Giovanni Barla
Professor of of Rock Mechanics
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Office: Editor-in-Chief, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Journal
Research Interest
Rock mass characterisation, Numerical modelling and back analysis, Performance monitoring, Slope stability, Rock-structure interaction for underground workings and tunnels, Surface and underground mining
Professor H.S. Thilakasiri
Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Email: saman@civil.mrt.ac.lk
Phone: +94-11-2650567-8(Ext.2121)
Office: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Research Interest
Image-based numerical modelling of geomaterials, joint rock characterization and modelling, microseismic monitoring
Professor S.R. De S. Chandrakeerthy
Senior Professor , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Email: raghu@civil.mrt.ac.lk
Phone: +94-11-2650567-8(Ext.2108)
Office: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Research Interest
Structural Engineering
Professor Manoj Khandelwal
Endeavour Research Fellow
Email: mkhandelwal1@gmail.com
Phone: +91 92144 67635
Office:
Department of Mining Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur – 313 001, INDIA
Research Interest
Rock Mechanics and Rock Science; Rock Blasting, Slope Stability, Ground Control, Environmental Technology, Soft Computing, etc
Dr. Lei He
Endeavour Research Fellow
Email: lei.he@monash.edu
Phone: +61 3 990 59339
Office: Room 151, Building 60, Clayton Campus
Research Interest
Support for large underground opening, for long-term stability, to against explosion and earthquake; Development and application of three-dimensional numerical manifold method (3D-NMM) to rock engineering.
Associate Professor Kai Zhang
Endeavour Research Fellow
Email: kzhang@cumt.edu.cn
Phone: +61 434020528
Office: Room 115, Building 36, Clayton Campus
Research Interest
Experiments in rock mechanics, especially on the creep character. Damage and plastic model for rock, and numerical simulation. Roadway support design in Coal Mines.
Dr. Shikuo Chen
Endeavour Research Fellow
Email: shikuochen@foxmail.com
Phone: +61 405790168
Office: Building 60, Clayton Campus
Research Interest
Rock Fractal Characterization, CBM extraction, Unsaturated Seepage in Fractured Rock Mass, Rock Instability and Controlling in Mining and geological disaster, Crack Damage Evolution and the Expansion of Numerical Implementation with Comsol.
Associate Professor Chenhui Wei
Endeavour Research Fellow
Email: weichenhui@mail.neu.edu.cn
Phone: +61 404240668
Office: Room 116, Building 36, Clayton Campus
Research Interest
Numerical modeling of rock damage under coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical conditions; Coal gas migration and coal-gas interaction
Associate Professor Diyuan Li
Endeavour Cheung Kong Research Fellow
Email: diyuan.li@csu.edu.cn
Phone: +61 4 2025 7018
Office: Room 115, Building 36, Clayton Campus
Research Interest
Experimental rock mechanics under various loading conditions, particularly for hard and brittle rocks; Rock dynamics and fracture propagation under dynamic loads; Slabbing/spalling and rockburst mechanism of rocks in deep mining or tunneling engineering; Cement backfilling and paste backfilling technology in mining engineering.
Associate Professor Wendong Yanga
Research Fellow
Email: wendongy@gmail.com
Phone: +61 3 20675598
Office: China University of Petroleum (East China)
Research Interest
The creep behavior of rock and rock masses,
The mechanical properties of jointed rock masses,
Hydraulic fracturing.
Associate Professor Yong Liu
Research Fellow
Email: yongliu@126.com
Phone: +86 18839179880
Office:
Research Interest
water jet, abrasive gas jet, Sc-CO2 jet and ice-particle gas jet and their application on rock/coal breakage and surface treatment, CBM extraction, CBM well drilling, hydraulic fracture in coal seam, rock impact dynamics, abrasive wear.
Professor Dong-Yin Li
Research Fellow
Email: lidongyin@126.com
Phone: +61 413 193 255 /+86 13939170537
Office:
Research Interest
Coal mine design and system optimization,
Roadway support,
Coal mine gas control and drainage,
Coal mine resources scientized mining,
Mining technology.
Professor Tingting Wang
Research Fellow
Email: wangtingting@nepu.edu.cn
Phone: +61 0437315427 +86 13644595427
Office: Northeast Petroleum University
Research Interest
Brittle characteristics and acoustic emission signals during rupture process of rock mass;
Chaotic characteristics of fracture network;
Advanced algorithm for Acoustic Emission source localization and feature
extraction of fracture network
Professor Wanchun Zhao
Research Fellow
Email: zhaowanchun520@163.com
Phone: +61 0437143215 / +86 13644595426
Office: Northeast Petroleum University
Research Interest
Rock mechanics and Fracturing improvement on unconventional oil and gas reservoir.
Hydraulic fracturing and SRV.
Engineering mechanics on Drilling and completing.
Professor Zhendong Cui
Associate Professor
Email: cuizhendong@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Phone: +61 0452491891/+86 13488763485
Office: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinsese Academy of Sciences
Research Interest
Reservoir Geomechanics; Rock Fracture Mechanics
Dr. Liwei Song
Research Fellow
Email: zhidao90@163.com
Phone: +61 0422815311 / +86 18345995535
Office: Northeast Petroleum University
Research Interest
Numerical simulation of seismic wavefield in transversely isotropic media,
Reverse-time migration.
Prof. Zhenyu Zhang
Endeavour Research Fellow/Professor of Rock Mechanics and Mining Engineering
Email: zyzhang@cqu.edu.cn
Phone:
Office: Chongqing University, China
Research Interest
Rock Mechanics, Fluid flow through porous and jointed rocks, Pressure in mining activities and ground control, Deep resource exploitation and geohazard prevention