Dr Matthew Gibbs

Biography/ Background

Employment History

Mar 2007 - present     ARC Senior Research Associate, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Jul 2007 - Present       Lecturer (Casual), School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Mar 2003 - Dec 2005   Tutor (Casual), Bradford College, c/- The University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Dec 2001 - Feb 2002   Researcher (Casual), School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental/Water Resources Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, August 2008. Thesis Title: Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm Parameter Setting for Water Distribution System Optimisation.
Bachelor of Civil & Environmental Engineering (First Class Honours), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 2002.

Awards & Achievements

Australian Water Association Postgraduate Research Award 2008
Australian Research Council Postgraduate Award Scholarship 2003-2006
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment Postgraduate Top-up Scholarship 2003-2006
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality & Treatment, Honours Project Scholarship, 2002
Adelaide Access Scholarship, The University of Adelaide 1998-2002
Whyatt Benevolent Institution University Scholarship for Country Students 1998-2000

Teaching Interests

Courses Taught

Engineering Modelling and Analysis III 2007 - 2009
Engineering Modelling and Analysis II  2009
Environmental Modelling, Management and Design IV 2008 (with Prof. H. Maier)
Civil and Environmental Engineering I 2008-2009 (Water Engineering Component)

Courses Tutored

Statics I
Dynamics I
Engineering Computing I
Materials I

Research Interests

Modelling and optimisation of water resources, including:

• Hydraulics
  • Water Distribution Systems (WDS)
  • Open channel flow
• Hydrology
  • Rainfall-runoff modelling
• Water quality
  • Chlorine and chloramine residuals in WDSs
  • Salinity
• Data-driven modelling methods
  • Artificial neural networks
  • Mutual information
• Optimisation using Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Theory and application of Genetic Algorithms and other evolutionary methods

Matt's current research is funded by an ARC Linkage Project with the Department for Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation USE Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Program, titled "Innovative approach to the optimal management of water resources and application to the Upper South East Region of South Australia". The project will develop a Decision Support Tool to assist in the management of the regulators in the drains and wetlands in the Upper South East region of South Australia. This involves both the modelling and optimisation of the rainfall-runoff processes, hydraulics of drains, wetland ecology and groundwater influences in the region.

Reviewer for Journals

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, USA.
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, USA.
Water Management, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, UK
Water Science and Technology, IWA Publishing, London, UK

Invited Presentations/Workshops

Water Research Cluster Postgraduate Forum: The Science of the Upper South East Drainage Project
ICE WaRM Living Laboratories: Technological Innovation in Wetland Management

Publications

Books

Gibbs M, Maier H. and Dandy G. (2009) Determinination of Practical Genetic Algorithm Parameter Settings: Applications to the Operation of Water Distribution Systems, VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-639-19332-9, 240p.

Journal Papers

Gibbs M.S., Maier H.R. and Dandy G.C. (2009) Comparison of genetic algorithm parameter setting methods for chlorine injection optimization, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, published online 15 May 2009, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000033.

Gibbs M.S., Dandy G.C. and Maier H.R. (2008) A Genetic Algorithm Calibration Method Based on Convergence due to Genetic Drift. Information Sciences 178(14), 2857-2869.

Gibbs M.S., Morgan N., Maier H.R., Dandy G.C., Nixon J.B. and Holmes M. (2006) Investigation into the relationship between chlorine decay and water distribution parameters using data driven methods. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 44(5-6), 485-498.

Conference Papers – Refereed

Gibbs, M.S., H.R. Maier and G.C. Dandy (2009) The use of GIS to derive distributed unit hydrographs for streamflow prediction. MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, July 13–17, p. 280

Coff, B.E., N.J. Ditty, M.C. Gee, J.M. Szemis, H.R. Maier, G.C. Dandy and M.S. Gibbs (2009) Relating catchment attributes to parameters of a salt and water balance model. MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, July 13–17, p. 255

Gibbs M.S., Maier H.R., Dandy G.C. and Nixon J.B. (2006) On the effect of epistasis and problem size on the optimum GA population size. IEEE World Congress of Computational Intelligence, Vancouver, Canada, July 16-21, Proceedings on DVD.

Gibbs M.S., Maier H.R. and Dandy G.C. (2004) Applying fitness landscape measures to water distribution optimisation problems. Sixth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Singapore, June 21-24, Vol. 1, pp.795-802.

Gibbs M.S., Morgan N., Maier H.R., Dandy G.C. Holmes M. and Nixon J.B. (2003) Use of artificial neural networks for modelling chlorine residuals in water distribution systems. Modsim 2003 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc, Townsville, Australia, 14-17 July, Vol. 2, pp.789-794.

Conference Papers - Refereed by Abstract

Gibbs M.S, Dandy G.C. and Maier, H.R. (2008) Calibration of Rainfall Runoff Models in Ungauged Catchments: Regionalization Relationships for a Rainfall Runoff Model. World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, ASCE, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May 12-16

Gibbs M.S., Dandy G.C., Maier H.R. and Nixon J.B. (2005) Selection of genetic algorithm parameters for water distribution system optimisation. World Water & Environmental Resource Congress, ASCE, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 15-19.

Dandy, G.C. and Gibbs, M.S. (2003) "Optimising System Operations and Water Quality", Proceedings, World Water & Environment Resource Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 23-26.

Theses

Gibbs, M.S. (2008) "Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm Parameter Setting for Water Distribution System Optimisation" Ph.D. Thesis, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Adelaide, August 2008.

Gibbs, M.S. and Morgan, N. (2002) Investigation Into the Relationship Between Chlorine Decay and Water Distribution Parameters Using Data-Driven Methods. Honours Thesis, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Adelaide, November 2002.

Community Engagement

Information Officer and Webmaster for the Adelaide University Scuba Club (AUSC)

Entry last updated: Monday, 19 Oct 2009