The Research Team

The CGSE combines two of the world’s leading geotechnical research groups, the Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling at Newcastle led by Professor Scott Sloan, and the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems at the University of Western Australia led by Professor Mark Cassidy. It also includes the highly influential Geotechnics and Railway Engineering Centre at the University of Wollongong, led by Professor Buddhima Indraratna, which has a worldwide reputation for its work on transport infrastructure.

The list of participating researchers includes three Rankine Lecturers (Poulos, Randolph, Sloan), a Terzaghi Lecturer (Poulos), an ARC Laureate Fellow (Sloan), an ARC Federation Fellow (Randolph), three ARC Future Fellows (Cassidy, White, Krabbenhoft), four Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science (Poulos, Randolph, Sloan, Carter), five Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (Poulos, Randolph, Sloan, Carter, Cassidy), a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering (Randolph), and five E H Davis Memorial Lecturers (Poulos, Randolph, Sloan, Carter, Indraratna).

These researchers, together with the other Chief Investigators, have been recipients of the highest awards possible in the field of geotechnical engineering. All the participating groups have extensive experience in managing large research projects and working closely with government and industry infrastructure firms.

Directors

Laureate Professor Scott Sloan

Director
University of Newcastle

Professor Mark Jason Cassidy

Deputy Director
University of Western Australia

Chief Investigators

Professor John Carter

University of Newcastle

Professor Christophe Gaudin

University of Western Australia

Professor Buddhima Indraratna

University of Wollongong

Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft

University of Newcastle

Associate Professor Andrei Lyamin

University of Newcastle

Associate Professor Richard Merifield

University of Newcastle

Professor Mark Randolph

University of Western Australia

Professor Daichao Sheng

University of Newcastle

Professor David John White

University of Western Australia

Partner Investigators

Professor Harry George Poulos AM

Coffey Geotechnics

Professor D Vaughan Griffiths

Colorado School of Mines

Business Manager

Lachlan Bates

University of Newcastle
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Lisa Melvin

University of Western Australia
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Centre Coordinator

Kirstin Dunncliff

University of Newcastle
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Administrative Officer

Monica Mackman

University of Western Australia
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Associates

Associate Professor Andrew Abbo

University of Newcastle

Associate Professor Britta Bienen

University of Western Australia

Dr Daniel Bishop

University of Newcastle

Associate Professor Olivier Buzzi

University of Newcastle

Dr Guoqing Cai

University of Newcastle

Professor J Antonio H Carraro

University of Western Australia

Assistant Professor Scott Draper

University of Western Australia

Dr Xiaowei Feng

University of Western Australia

Professor Stephen Fityus

University of Newcastle

Dr Xueyu Geng

University of Wollongong

Dr Anna Giacomini

University of Newcastle

Professor Susan Gourvenec

University of Western Australia

Dr James Paul Hambleton

University of Newcastle

Dr Muhammad Shazzad Hossain

University of Western Australia

Dr Jinsong Huang

University of Newcastle

Dr Mina Kardani

University of Newcastle

Dr Md Rezaul Karim

University of Newcastle

Dr Richard Kelly

University of Newcastle

Dr George Kouretzis

University of Newcastle

Dr Xianfeng Liu

University of Newcastle

Dr Marti Lloret Cabot

University of Newcastle

Dr Joao Paulo Duarte Pereira da Conceicao Mendes

University of Newcastle

Dr Majidreza Nazem

University of Newcastle

Dr Sanjay Shrawan Nimbalkar

University of Wollongong

Dr Jubert Andres Pineda

University of Newcastle

Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

University of Wollongong

Dr Wojciech Solowski

University of Newcastle

Dr Samuel Stanier

University of Western Australia

Dr Klaus Thoeni

University of Newcastle

Dr Brett Turner

University of Newcastle

Dr Shanyong Wang

University of Newcastle

Dr Chet Vignes

University of Newcastle

Dr Cristina Vulpe

University of Western Australia

Dr Chao Yang

University of Newcastle

Dr Shenbing Yu

University of Newcastle

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University of Western Australia

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University of Wollongong

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University of Wollongong

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University of Wollongong

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University of Wollongong

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University of Western Australia

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University of Newcastle

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University of Newcastle

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University of Western Australia

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University of Western Australia

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University of Wollongong