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Appointment of Supervisors
Code of Practice - Supervision
Staff Research Interests
Research Units
APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISORS
Each postgraduate student who undertakes a research project will be allocated to a suitably qualified supervisor (or joint supervisors), who will offer guidance and advice on the research activity. Supervisors are generally internal but, in some cases, one or more supervisors, internal or external to the Faculty (or University), may be appointed. All external supervisors must be approved by the Director Postgraduate (Research) and each student must have at least one internal supervisor.
Supervision of students is a difficult and highly specialised undertaking, which must be based on a sound working relationship and mutual trust between the student and supervisor. It is highly recommended that students and supervisors discuss carefully and extensively the proposed topic and their respective roles before formally agreeing to work together. Supervision is subject to the agreement of both parties.
Unfortunately, supervisory arrangements may sometimes break down. If this situation occurs, the Director Postgraduate (Research) must be notified immediately, so that mediation of the dispute can be undertaken to attempt to resolve perceived difficulties and to reach a satisfactory solution. If necessary, alternative supervision may be arranged.
If the supervisor is to be absent from the University for a prolonged period (e.g. study leave), alternative arrangements are made for continuing supervision.
Staff Research Interests
Associate Professor Naj Aziz
Dust control in mines
Mine gases and outburst
Rock mechanics and ground control - strata control in coal mines, directional mining and mine subsidence
Rockcutting and drilling
Associate Professor Ernest Baafi
Operations Research techniques in mine planning/design
Ore reserve estimation
Mining computing
Associate Professor Michael Boyd
Urban stormwater management
Water yield of catchments
Associate Professor Denis Montgomery
Concrete technology
Engineering use of industrial by-products
Supplementary cementitious materials
Construction materials
Recycled materials
Associate Professor M (Siva) Sivakumar
Water quality modelling, monitoring and management of catchments, rivers and reservoirs
Sediment transport, deposition and erosional processes
Water and wastewater treatment including bubbleless aeration and greywater re-use
Reuse of solid wastes and Biofly process
Waste disposal in remote areas
Professor Buddhima Indraratna
Dam engineering
Stability of foundations and embankments
Numerical modelling
Mining geomechanics
Analysis of landslides and slope movements
Geotechnical instrumentation
Environmental geotechnology
Associate Professor Ian Porter
Strata control in (underground) coal mines
Rock mechanics
Mine environmental engineering
Dr HB (Dharma) Dharmappa
Water and wastewater treatment
Industrial waste treatment
Low waste technology
Computer applications in environmental engineering
Waste disposal in rural or remote areas
Dr Muhammad Hadi
Computer aided structural design
Finite elements
Reinforced concrete structures
Recycled pavements
Dr Phil Flentje
Landslides
Risk and Reliability
Professor Kiet Tieu
Tribology (friction, lubrication and wear)
Vibration of rotating machinery
Dynamics of machinery
Rolling technology
Laser doppler velocimetry
Computational mechanics
Condition monitoring
Fluid power
Finite element analysis
Professor Michael West
Testing and analysis of structural components for fatigue life assessment
Computational mechanics
Finite element analysis
Systems engineering
Mechanical behaviour of materials.
Associate Professor Peter Wypych
Pneumatic transportation (dilute-phase, dense-phase, long distance, low velocity for fragile materials, vacuum and dust extraction, ship unloading, large throughput)
General pneumatic conveying system design
Associate Professor Animesh Basu
Biomechanics
Electro-magneto-hydrodynamics
Stress analysis
Finite element analysis
Fatigue analysis
Chip formation in machining
Microwave technology in welding
Associate Professor Paul Cooper
Dust generation and air entrainment in bulk solids
Flow dust generation processes
Design and optimisation of dust control systems
Air conditioning, natural convection.
Dr Arnold McLean
Bulk solid handling technology
bulk solid container operational safety
mechanical conveyor design
two-phase flow
particulate material drying
Associate Professor G John Montagner
Solar heater R&D
control systems and experimental methods
quality management
Dr Devi Saini
Machining and grinding procedure for precision components
Intelligent machining operations
Design of metal casting and forging dies and processese for ferrous and non-ferrous metals
Weld quality monitoring systems for automated welding operations
Use of acoustic emission and ultrasonic sensors
Dr Oliver Kennedy
Pneumatic conveying system analysis
Vacuum conveying system design
Software development for pneumatic conveying
Determination of flow property and characteristics - bin and chute design; internal combustion engine analysis
Dr Richard Dwight
Analysis of maintenance requirements for equipment
Auditing of maintenance organisations
Research of techniques for determining maintenance intervals
Roll grinding, plate levelling equipment analysis and selection
Professor Shi Xue Dou
Materials processing: kinetics and mechanisms of solid-state reaction, sintering and diffusion
High temperature oxide superconductors; fast ionic conductors; metal-nickel hydride alloys
Materials characterisation: analysis of structure and microstructure; chemical properties:n stoichiometry, valence states, and chemical bonding; physical properties: thermal, electrical and magnetic measurements; thermodynamics and phase equilibria.
Associate Professor Hua Kun Liu
The synthesis, characterisation and application of high Tc superconductors
Battery research
Electrode processes and electrode materials
Correlations between properties and crystal structures and microstructure
Associate Professor Tara Chandra
Thermomechanical processing of superconducting materials
Deformation behaviour of discontinuous reinforced aluminium based metal matrix composites at high temperature
Simulation of hot working of high strength low alloy steels using advanced and computer controlled facilities
Creep, superplastic deformation and fatigue of engineering materials
Dr Geoff Spinks
Interface engineering
Adhesion and adhesives
Polymer coatings
Scanning probe microscopy
Dr Sharon Nightingale
Refractories for metallurgical processing
Corrosion/erosion testing of industrial ceramics
Microwave processing of ceramic materials
Dr Andrej Calka
Reactive ball milling
Phase transformations
Advanced materials synthesis
Nanostructured materials
Dr Zhixin Chen
Welding fume metallics
Electron microscopy and microanalysis
Corrosion
Professor Hugh Brown
Adhesion of Polymers to Metals
Adhesion between Polymers & Polymer Surfaces
Professor Rian Dippenaar
Fundamental Analysis of Technological Challenges on the Shop Floor
Professor Kieth Enever
Industrial Fluid Mechanics
Prof Peter Fisher
Semiconductors & Solid State Physics
Dr Carey Freeth
Lasers
Spectroscopy for Solid State
Solid State Materials
Dr Michael Lerch
Semiconductor Physics
Dr Roger Lewis
Semiconductors
Solid State Physics
Dr A.David Martin
Solid State Physics
Dr Jagdesh Mathur
Nuclear Physics (Reactor Engineering Physics) and Medical Physics
Professor John Norrish
Arc Welding Process Control
Metal Transfer Phenomena
Health & Safety in Welding Operations
Associate Professor Anatoly Rosenfeld
Medical & Radiation Physics
Dr P. Simmonds
Solid State/Physics & Semiconduction
Dr Rodney Vickers
Solid State Physics
Dr Wen Xu
Semiconductor/Physics & Semiconduction
Professor William Zealey
Astronomy
Astro Physics
Medical & Radiation Physics
Dr C. Zhang
Solid State & Semiconduction
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