Graduated Students
Mr. Chatura Dodangoda
Project Title: Hydrogen storage in geological formations
Graduated Year: 2026
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Ms. R.D.G. Fiona Harshini
Project Title: Understanding of fracture stimulation for geothermal energy recoveries, Renewable energy
Graduated Year: 2026
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Mr. Treshan Nimasha Perera
Project Title: Investigation of new rock breaking technology for future mining
Graduated Year: 2026
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Mr. Bo Zhang
Project Title: Foam flow in pores and fractures, Foam based hydrofracking, Material point method, Finite element method
Graduated Year: 2025
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Ms. Janethri Parana Liyanage
Project Title: Hydration and uniform energy distribution of SREMA in effective mining purposes
Graduated Year: 2025
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Mr.Yuqi Songmage
Project Title: Experimental study and discrete element numerical simulation of sand production
Graduated Year: 2024
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Ms. Guorui Yang
Project Title: Introducing green cement for subsurface applications under high-temperature high-pressure conditions.
Graduated Year:
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Jun Zhou
Project Title: Geological CO2 storage, Subsurface fluids flow
Graduated Year: 2023
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Shashika Madhusanka Gajanayake
Project Title: Methane gas hydrates and gas replacement, Molecular dynamic simulations, Mechanical behaviour of hydrate-bearing sediments.
Graduated Year: 2023
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Balinee Balachandran
Project Title: Introducing a green cement for construction applications
Graduated Year: 2023
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Udeshini Manatunga
Project Title: Adoption of Soundless Cracking Demolition Agent(SCDA) for rock fragmentation in deep geological rock formations.
Graduated Year: 2023
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. David Lall
Project Title: Natural gas hydrates, Fluid flow in porous media.
Graduated Year: 2023
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Manoj Samarakoon
Project Title: Development of a new generation cement: Insights into the deep wells
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Lie Kong
Project Title: Mechanism of rock damage evolution in enhanced geothermal systems
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Dinesha Jayasekara
Project Title: CO2 geosequestration and long-term stability of caprock
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. K.M. Adheesha Shashibhanu Bandara
Project Title: Investigation of proppant crushing and embedment mechanisms in reservoir rocks
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. B.L. Avanthi Isaka
Project Title: Utilization of supercritical carbon dioxide as the working fluid in enhanced geothermal systems
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Anup Kumar Shahii
Project Title: Study of Gas Hydrate using Effective Medium Theory and Rock Physics Modelling, Subsurface Geophysical Imaging
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Zhaoyang Ma
Project Title: Geothermal Energy Exploration, Waterless Fracturing Technology.
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Guanglei Zhang
Project Title: Micro-scale response of coal with respect to CO2 sequestration in deep coal seams
Graduated Year: 2020
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Dinesh Panneerselvam
Project Title: Flow and Pollutant Transport through Fractured Porous Media
Graduated Year: 2021
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Xiaogang Zhang
Project Title: Mechanism of carbon dioxide sequestration in deep coal seams
Graduated Year: 2020
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Radhika De Silva
Project Title: Rock fracture stimulation using a slow energy releasing fracturing compound for permeability enhanced in-situ leaching
Graduated Year: 2019
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Mohammed Faizal
Project Title: Axial and radial thermal responses of field-scale energy piles
Graduated Year: 2019
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Md Rouf
Project Title: Unsaturated behaviour and gas transport through geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) and geomembrane (GMB)/GCL composite liners
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Bankim Mahanta
Project Title: Investigation and assessment of physicomorphological and thermomechanical responses of few sedimentary rocks
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Decheng Zhang
Project Title: Mechanical and flow properties of unconventional reservoir rocks and the influences of water on them
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Yunlong Tang
Project Title: Influence of Proppant Behaviour on Hydraulic Fracturing Conductivity in Deep Reservoirs
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Chengpeng Zhang
Project Title: Development of New Methodologies for Fracturing of Shale Using Non-viscous Fluid
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Pabasara Kumari
Project Title: Stimulation of heat extraction from the hot dry rocks – Geothermal Energy
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Ayal Wanniarachchi
Project Title: A New Stimulation Methodology for Extraction of Natural Gas from Deep and Tight Geological Formations
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Nikhil Sirdesai
Project Title: Numerical and experimental study of rocks under very high temperature conditions: underground coal gasification
Graduated Year: 2018
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Yanlong Zheng
Project Title: Fracturing of hard rocks by microwave treatment and potential applications in mechanized tunnelling
Graduated Year: 2017
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Dilanth de Silva
Project Title: Geosequestration of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Saline Aquifers: Hydro-Chemical Considerations
Graduated Year: 2017
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Ashani Ranathunga
Project Title: Investigation of long term safe storage of carbon dioxide in deep coal seams with enhanced methane recovery
Graduated Year: 2017
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Ms. Xue Le
Project Title: Strength and minearlogical developments in magnesia-GGBS stabilised biochar-sequestered acid sulphate soils
Graduated Year: 2017
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: MSc by Research
Dr. Tharaka Rathnaweera
Project Title: Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers: coupled flow-mechanical considerations
Graduated Year: 2016
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Shishi Shao
Project Title: Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) behaviour of rock relevant to the geothermal industry
Graduated Year: 2015
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Ka Yu
Project Title: Numerical and experimental investigations into thermal aspects of geothermal energy piles
Graduated Year: 2015
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Banambar Singh
Project Title: An experimental study of creation of optimal fracture networks for heat extraction from engineered geothermal reservoirs
Graduated Year: 2015
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Nadeesha Lakmali Ukwattage
Project Title: Study of the accelerated carbonation of coal fly ash for carbon dioxide sequestration and soil amendment
Graduated Year: 2015
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. William Darlington
Project Title: The effect of scale and defect planes on the failure process and strength of rock with applications in open pit mining
Graduated Year: 2014
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Md. Shahidul Islam
Project Title: Strength and mineralogical behaviour of lime-GGBS-treated acid sulphate soils
Graduated Year: 2014
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Mohamed Nasvi Mohamed Careem
Project Title: Geopolymer as well cement for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide
Graduated Year: 2014
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Benjamin Shannon
Project Title: Fracture propagation of cohesive soils under tensile loading and desiccation
Graduated Year: 2014
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Piyal Wasantha Liyanage
Project Title: On the coupled hydro-mechanical behaviour of jointed rock masses: an application to mine slope stability
Graduated Year: 2014
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Kunal Kumar Singh
Project Title: Investigations of permeability of fractured, steep and deep rock slopes with high groundwater pressures
Graduated Year: 2014
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Bishwajit Chowdhury
Project Title: Mechanical behaviour of lime-slag treated Coode Island Silt
Graduated Year: 2013
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Verma Dhananjai
Project Title: Investigation of influence of scale effects of strength and failure modes of deep open cut slopes
Graduated Year: 2013
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Vikram Vishal
Project Title: An investigation on carbon dioxide sequestration in Indian coal seams
Graduated Year: 2013
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Mr. David Barry-Macaulay
Project Title: An investigation on the thermal and thermo-mechanical behaviour of soils
Graduated Year: 2013
Supervision Role: Associate Supervisor
Completed degree: MSc by Research
Dr. Samintha Perera
Project Title: Investigation of the effect of carbon dioxide sequestration on the hydro-mechanical properties of coal
Graduated Year: 2012
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Richa Shukla Potdar
Project Title: Study of reservoir rock and caprock integrity in geo-sequestration of carbon dioxide
Graduated Year: 2012
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Wai Chong
Project Title: Lateral load capacity of single piles socketed into Melbourne mudstone
Graduated Year: 2011
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Deepika Singh
Project Title: A study of CO2 sequestration in basalt formation
Graduated Year: 2011
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Navinda Kishan de Silva
Project Title: An investigation of mechanical properties and permeability of coal with respect to CO2
Graduated Year: 2011
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: MSc by Research
A/Prof. Mohan Yellishetty
Project Title: Achieving environmental stewardship in iron and steel sector through application of life cycle assessment
Graduated Year: 2010
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Balamurali Raju
Project Title: Geo-sequestration of cardon dioxide in coal seams
Graduated Year: 2010
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Mr. Binu Stanley
Project Title: Engineering and microstructural behaviour of lime-slag treated pyrite bearing coode island silt
Graduated Year: 2010
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: MSc by Research
Mr.Yuqi Songmage
Project Title: Physico-Chemical Interaction of CO2-Water-Rock under Extreme Geo-Thermal-Mechanical Conditions
Graduated Year: 2009
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Mr. Derek Chun Chuen Chan
Project Title: Performance of Water and Gas Pipes Buried in Reactive Soil
Graduated Year: 2008
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: MSc by Research
Dr. Dileeka Jasinge
Project Title: A Study of Geomechanical Properties of Coal with Application to Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery and CO2 Sequestration
Graduated Year: 2007
Supervision Role: Main Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Dr. Matthew John Wightwick
Project Title:
Graduated Year: 2006
Supervision Role: Associate Supervisor
Completed degree: PhD by Research
Past Visiting PhD Students
Ms. Yameng He
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: heyamengstdu@163.com
Phone: 0414666102
Research Interest:
Mechanisms damage of wellbore cement in CO2 geological storage, permeability and resistivity properties of rocks and rock-like materials under coupled multiphysics fields.
Ms. Mi Wang
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: wang_mi@csu.edu.cn
Phone: 0466108245
Research Interest:
Dynamic mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of rocks.
Ms. Xiaoli Su
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: lilysu@csu.edu.cn
Phone: 0466124582
Research Interest:
Geotechnical Engineering, microwave-assisted rock breaking and multi-field coupling simulation.
Mr. Guojun Zhao
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Guojun.Zhao@monash.edu
Phone: +61 0466790967
Research Interest:
Multi-phase flow in porous media; Hydrate seal; Marine hydrate exploitation; CO2 geological storage
Ms. Lingling He
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: helingling001@163.com
Phone:
Research Interest:
Evaluation of underground space, Engineering geology.
Mr. Yongjun Chen
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Yongjunchen@monash.edu
Phone: +61 4784393789
Research Interest:
Deep and high temperature rock mechanics.
Mr. Zhanming Shi
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Zhanming.Shi@monash.edu
Phone: +61 432961241
Research Interest:
Fracture damage behavior of hot dry rocks; Fatigue properties of rocks; Discrete element numerical simulation.
Ms. Beixiu Huang
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: huangbeixiu@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Phone: +61 474138764
Research Interest:
Multiscale layering structures, Rock mechanics, Reservoir heterogeneity and anisotropy.
Mr. Zhennan Zhu
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: ZhuZN@cug.edu.cn
Phone: +8615927476381
Research Interest:
Rock mechanics, Exploitation of deep geothermal energy
Mr. Yang Hao
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Yang.Hao@monash.edu
Phone: +61431063493/ +8618636136908
Research Interest:
Rock mechanics, mining engineering, roadway supporting, geothermal energy
Mr. Pengfei Yin
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Pengfei.Yin@monash.edu
Phone: 61-0481187328, 86-15262012936
Office: 422, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics & Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology
Research Interest:
Deep underground engineering, rock mechanics
Mr. Jizhao Xu
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: jizhao_xu@cumt.edu.cn; jizhao_xu@126.com; jizhao.xu@monash.edu
Phone: +61 421099949; +86 15996935210
Office: School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology
Research Interest:
CO2 enhanced CBM recovery; crack characterization; fluid flow in porous media
Mr. Yi Ding
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: dingswpu@foxmail.com
Phone: +8613408084373
Office: Southwest Petroleum Universityy
Research Interest:
Wellbore stability; Rock mechanics; Hydraulic fracturing
Ms. Duan Yongting
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: 1335053667@qq.com
Phone: 86-18852146979
Research Interest:
Rock failure mechanism; meso-damage evolution; CT images characterize
Mr. Zhuo Zheng
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: 413708318@qq.com; 201620377@mail.sdu.edu.cn; Zhuo.Zheng@monash.edu
Phone: +61 424690330
Research Interest:
Grouting theory; Flowing regularity of particle suspensions; Hydraulic fracturing
Mr. Zhenyu Han
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Zhenyu.han@csu.edu.cn / Zhenyu.Han@monash.edu
Phone: +61 4 687 02607
Research Interest:
Rock dynamics; DIC application in rock mechanics; Hydraulic fracturing.
Mr. Xin Li
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Xin.Li1@monash.edu
Phone: +61 4 698 55628
Research Interest:
CO2 Geological model of reservoir development and dynamic variation law of geofluid system.
Mr. Miao Chen
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: cm0557@163.com
Phone: 86-18852146979
Office: State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics & Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology
Research Interest:
CO2 Deep underground engineering and reinforcement technique, Experiment and DEM simulation of fracture evolution of rock containing flaws
Mr. Zhenlong Song
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Zhenlong.Song@monash.edu
Phone: +61 0481 736 023
Research Interest:
CO2 Rock mechanics, Rock seepage
Mr. Chengkai Fan
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: chengkaivan@163.com
Phone: +61 422 274 832
Research Interest:
CO2 geological storage, fiber optic monitoring technology applied to fluid percolation and rock deformation
Mr. Jiang Xu
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Jiang.Xu@monash.edu
Phone: +61 4 3124 4986
Research Interest:
CO2 anchorage foundation, seepage of deep excavation, monitoring of deep excavation.
Mr. Beining Zhang
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: zhangbeining0075@link.tyut.edu.cn
Phone: +86 15135157205
Research Interest:
CO2 sequestration in coal beds, enhanced coalbed methane recovery.
Mr. Zhentao Li
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Zhentao.Li@monash.edu
Phone: +61 426290909
Research Interest:
Pore-fracture system characterization; gas adsorption-diffusion in coals; gas flow.
Mr. Yi Xue
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: yi.xue@monash.edu
Phone: +61 410892965
Research Interest:
Engineering rock mechanics, Coupled analysis of flow, stress and damage in rock failure.
Mr. Jianjian Zhao
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Jianjian.Zhao@monash.edu
Phone: +61 415061786
Research Interest:
Engineering rock mechanics, fracture propagation of rock under dynamic load.
Mr. Milind Patil
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: milind.patil@monash.edu
Phone: +61 414295892
Research Interest:
Tunneling and underground structures in soft soil, Numerical modeling, Earthquake geotechnical engineering, Computational geomechanics
Mr. Nan Jiang
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: nan.jiang@monash.edu
Phone: +61 426280622
Research Interest:
Rock fracture, Rock mechanics
Mr. Pingsheng Wang
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Pingsheng.wang@monash.edu
Phone: +61 452591109
Research Interest:
Strata-structure interaction, Frozen ground mechanics
Mr. Qiao Lyu
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: lvqiao@whu.edu.cn
Phone: +86 15172476669
Research Interest:
Jet flow, rock mechanics, shale gas exploitation
Mr. Peng Liu
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: peng.f.liu@monash.edu
Phone: +61 450233012
Research Interest:
Hydraulic fracture propagation pattern in heterogeneous formation, preferential flow in porous media
Mr. Zongqing Zhou
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: Zongqing.Zhou@monash.edu
Phone: +61 3 990 50538
Research Interest:
Mechanical mechanism, numerical simulation and risk assessment of water inrush in rock tunnels
Mr. Yi Li
Visiting Postgraduate Student
Email: yi.li@monash.edu
Phone: +61 451016855
Research Interest:
Geosequestration of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers, core flooding experiments