Prof. Daichao Sheng

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5746
Fax	(02) 4921 6991
Email	Daichao.Sheng@newcastle.edu.au
Office	EA225, Engineering A

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	28
Total funding	$19,595,637

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2013 (2 grants)

A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$345,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Professor Nasser Khalili, Professor David Williams, Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara, Associate Professor David Airey, Associate Professor Itai Einav, Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Dr Samuel Stanier, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Dr Dorival Pedroso, Dr Alexander Scheuermann, Dr Ha Bui
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$345,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1200139

A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$300,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Professor Nasser Khalili, Professor David Williams, Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara, Associate Professor David Airey, Associate Professor Itai Einav, Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Dr Samuel Stanier, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Dr Dorival Pedroso, Dr Alexander Scheuermann, Dr Ha Bui
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$300,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1200460

2012 (1 grants)

Mechanics of unsaturated soils and its applications$360,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Discovery Projects	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$360,000	2012	2014
GNo:G1100191

2011 (4 grants)

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$14,400,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Associate Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Mr Harry Poulos, Mr D Griffiths, Doctor Shanyong Wang
Scheme		Role
ARC Centres of Excellence		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$14,400,000	2011	2017
GNo:G0900169

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$500,000
Funding Body: NSW Office for Science & Medical Research

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Associate Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Associate Professor Richard Merifield
Scheme		Role
Science Leveraging Fund		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$500,000	2011	2011
GNo:G0900187

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000
Funding Body: Coffey Geotechnics

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Associate Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Mr Harry Poulos, Mr D Griffiths
Scheme		Role
CoE Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$350,000	2011	2017
GNo:G1200004

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000
Funding Body: Douglas Partners

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Associate Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Mr Harry Poulos, Mr D Griffiths
Scheme		Role
CoE Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$350,000	2011	2017
GNo:G1200005

2009 (1 grants)

An effective stress approach to mine backfill$150,000
Funding Body: Australian Centre for Geomechanics in WA

Project Team
Professor Andries Fourie, Mr Matthew Helinski, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Scott Sloan
Scheme		Role
Research Fellowship		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$150,000	2009	2010
GNo:G0189771

2008 (2 grants)

Pile and penetrometer analysis using computational contact mechanics$600,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Discovery Projects	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$600,000	2008	2012
GNo:G0187534

Unsaturated soil mechanics and risk assessment for mine waste management$330,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor John Carter
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$330,000	2008	2012
GNo:G0187531

2006 (4 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical & Materials Modelling$524,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Irina Belova, Professor John Carter, Professor Graeme Murch, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor Andrei Lyamin, Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft
Scheme		Role
Priority Research Centre		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$524,282	2006	2013
GNo:G0186948

Two-scale modelling of geomaterials$80,640
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Linkage International Fellowship	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$80,640	2006	2006
GNo:G0185348

Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for penetration problems in geomechanics$15,900
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Pilot Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,900	2006	2007
GNo:G0186689

7th World Congress on Computational Mecanics 16-22 July 2006$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,400	2006	2006
GNo:G0186626

2005 (2 grants)

FRICTION AND CONTACT IN SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION AT LARGE DEFORMATION$350,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Discovery Projects	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$350,000	2005	2007
GNo:G0184353

11th International Conference of Intl Assoc of Computer Methods & Advances in Geomechanics/The 2nd Intl Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, 19-29 June 2005$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,400	2005	2005
GNo:G0185401

2004 (4 grants)

Probabilistic finite element method in geotechnical engineering$12,256
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng, Associate Professor David Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,256	2004	2004
GNo:G0183485

Finite element algorithms for large deformation analysis of coupled displacemnet and pore pressure problems$9,427
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,427	2004	2004
GNo:G0183403

Visit of Dr D A Sun 29/02/04 to 10/05/04$4,938
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Visitor Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$4,938	2004	2004
GNo:G0183829

The 7th Int Symp on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, 25-27 Aug 2004, Canada$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	2004	2004
GNo:G0184430

2003 (3 grants)

Static and dynamic analysis of saturated and unsaturated soils.$503,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Discovery Projects	Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$503,000	2003	2007
GNo:G0182084

Visit of Prof Kurt D Eigenbrod, from 15 March 2003 to 17 March 2003$6,717
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Visitor Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$6,717	2003	2003
GNo:G0182746

The Second Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Osaka, Japan 9-13 November 2003$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	2003	2003
GNo:G0182793

2002 (2 grants)

Constitutive modelling of expansive soils$9,609
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,609	2002	2002
GNo:G0181325

The Third International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Brazil 10-14 March, 2002$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	2002	2002
GNo:G0181711

2001 (1 grants)

Finite Element Algorithms for Competitive Contaminant Transport in Soils$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	2001	2001
GNo:G0179960

2000 (1 grants)

Fully coupled finite element algorithms for expansive unsaturated soils with automatic time stepping and error control$375,090
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Daichao Sheng
Scheme		Role
Australian Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$375,090	2000	2004
GNo:G0178580

1997 (1 grants)

9th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Wuhan, China, 2-7 November 1997$1,478
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

The University of Newcastle, Australia

Prof. Daichao Sheng

Funding

Summary

2013 (2 grants)

A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$345,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$300,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

2012 (1 grants)

Mechanics of unsaturated soils and its applications$360,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

2011 (4 grants)

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$14,400,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$500,000 Funding Body: NSW Office for Science & Medical Research

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000 Funding Body: Coffey Geotechnics

ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000 Funding Body: Douglas Partners

2009 (1 grants)

An effective stress approach to mine backfill$150,000 Funding Body: Australian Centre for Geomechanics in WA

2008 (2 grants)

Pile and penetrometer analysis using computational contact mechanics$600,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Unsaturated soil mechanics and risk assessment for mine waste management$330,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

2006 (4 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical & Materials Modelling$524,282 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Two-scale modelling of geomaterials$80,640 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for penetration problems in geomechanics$15,900 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

7th World Congress on Computational Mecanics 16-22 July 2006$2,400 Funding Body: University of Newcastle