Research in the School of Civil, Environmental
and Mining Engineering

The School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering (CEME) is one of the livliest, most diverse and interesting Schools in the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.

If you want to design a bridge or a dam, build a football stadium, a skyscraper or a highway, organise operations in a mine, or tunnel through a mountain, CEME at the University of Adelaide can help you learn how and learn why. Our teachers and researchers are some of the best in Australia. And our graduates are some of the most outstanding engineers and contributors to the prosperity of the state and country. We invite you to join our team, and learn to engineer for the future.

	Water & Environmental Engineering Coastal morphology and the River Murray mouth and Coorong Associate Professor David Walker Long-term modelling of nearshore coastal phenomena Associate Professor David Walker Environmental impact of man-made changes to climate change and its effect on the coast Associate Professor David Walker Development and application of Artificial Neural Networks in hydrology and water resources management Professor Holger Maier, Professor Graeme Dandy Optimisation of the design, operation and management of water distribution systems including sustainability and water quality considerations Professor Graeme Dandy, Professor Angus Simpson, Professor Holger Maier Incorporation of uncertainty and multiple criteria in the design, operation and management of water resources and water supply systems Professor Holger Maier, Professor Graeme Dandy, Professor Angus Simpson, Professor Martin Lambert Multi-objective optimization of total urban water management at the regional and cluster scales Professor Graeme Dandy Development of decision support systems for natural resources management Professor Graeme Dandy Monitoring, modelling and optimization of water quality in water distribution systems Professor Graeme Dandy Use of artificial neural networks techniques for forecasting hydrologic and water resources variables Professor Graeme Dandy Visit the Water & Environmental Engineering Research Group website for more information
	Structures Group Prevention of earthquake induced damage (including collapse) of unreinforced masonry buildings and non-seismically designed reinforced concrete frames Professor Michael Griffith Blast resistance of Ultra-High Performance concrete Dr Chengqing Wu Mitigation of blast effects on Reinforced Concrete and masonry structures Dr Chengqing Wu Characteristics of confined and partially confined blast loading Dr Chengqing Wu Meso/micro scale model for cellular materials Dr Chengqing Wu Rock fragmentation Dr Chengqing Wu Behaviour and design of earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete structures Dr Togay Ozbakkaloglu Behaviour and design of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforced concrete structural members Dr Togay Ozbakkaloglu Confinement of normal- and high-strength concrete columns Dr Togay Ozbakkaloglu Design and use of concrete-filled FRP tubes as high-performance columns for new construction Dr Togay Ozbakkaloglu Repair and strengthening of reinforced concrete structures with FRP composites Dr Togay Ozbakkaloglu Reinforced concrete structures - behaviour and assessment under normal, cyclic and extreme loads Professor Deric Oehlers Retrofitting reinforced concrete, steel and masonry structures by adhesive bonding steel or fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement Professor Deric Oehlers Advanced concrete material such as steel and polymer fibre concretes Professor Deric Oehlers Composite steel and concrete structures - strength and fatigue endurance Professor Deric Oehlers Application of three-dimensional failure criteria for the prediction of rock strength Professor Stephen Priest True-triaxial laboratory testing of rock materials Professor Stephen Priest Measurement and characterisation of discontinuities for rock engineering Professor Stephen Priest Rock slope stability analysis Professor Stephen Priest Visit the Structures Group website for more information
	Mining and Geomechanics Early Warning System (EWS) for mine rock failure using acoustic emission Dr Murat Karakus Practical application of genetic programming in rock mechanics Dr Murat Karakus Numerical Modelling; 2D and 3D Finite Element Analysis Dr Murat Karakus New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) Dr Murat Karakus Ground characterisation incorporating site investigation optimisation, in situ testing, problematic soils and ground vibrations Associate Professor Mark Jaksa Artificial neural networks in geotechnical engineering Associate Professor Mark Jaksa e-learning in geotechnical engineering Associate Professor Mark Jaksa Characterisation of the stratigraphy, structure and alteration associated with the Broken Hill orebody Professor Ian Plimer Visit the Mining and Geomechanics Research Group website for more information
	Geostatistics Risk and reliability in geotechnical engineering incorporating probabilistic analysis and design, spatial variability of soils, geostatistics Associate Professor Mark Jaksa Diagnosis and assessment of defective geotechnical structures using probabilistic approaches Dr William Kaggwa Incorporating spatial variability of soils in geotechnical modelling Dr William Kaggwa, Associate Professor Mark Jaksa Evaluation of prediction uncertainty associated with non-linear soil models Dr William Kaggwa Visit the Geostatistics website for more information

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Research in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering

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Water & Environmental Engineering

Structures Group

Mining and Geomechanics

Geostatistics

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Research in the School of Civil, Environmental
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