Dr Olivier Buzzi

Work Phone (02) 4921 5454
Email
Position Associate Professor
School of Engineering
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office EA 209, Engineering A

Qualifications

  • PhD (Civil Engineering), Universite Grenoble1-Universite Joseph Fourier, 2005

Research

Research keywords

  • Expansive soils
  • Rock Bentonite contacts
  • Unsaturated soils
  • rock joints

Research expertise

Hydromechanical behaviour of contacts between Geomaterials (rock joints, rock bentonite). Unsaturated soils, transfer properties of soil mass. Swelling and shrinkage of soil.

Languages

  • French
  • Italian

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
090599 Civil Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 90
091599 Interdisciplinary Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 5
091499 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy Not Elsewhere Classified 5

Centres and Groups

Centre


Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • Geotechnics
  • Solid mechanics
  • Technical drawing
  • Transportation engineering

Teaching expertise

Geotechnics (theoretical and practical aspects). Technical drawing. Introduction to solid mechanics.