Prof. Stephen Fityus
| Work Phone | 15294 |
|---|---|
| Fax | 16991 |
| Stephen.Fityus@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Office | EA224, Engineering A |
Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 34 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $4,196,239 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
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2012 (1 grants)
The application of the Soil Moisture Probe to in situ soil testing$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Doctor Brett Turner, Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2012 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1200352 | ||
2011 (1 grants)
Reliable geotechnical stability assessment for very high spoil dumps$486,500
Funding Body: Australian Coal Research Limited
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus, Dr John Simmons | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $486,500 | 2011 | 2014 |
| GNo:G1100008 | ||
2010 (4 grants)
Combined strategies to extinguish underground coal fires and to extract geothermal energy$460,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Stephen Fityus, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $460,000 | 2010 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0900127 | ||
Combined strategies to extinguish underground coal fires and to extract geothermal energy$179,920
Funding Body: Near Surface Geothermal Energy Pty Ltd
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Stephen Fityus, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $179,920 | 2010 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0900201 | ||
The stability of natural slopes in moderately dipping sedimentary settings$16,303
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $16,303 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0900212 | ||
The stability of natural slopes in moderately dipping sedimentary settings$3,697
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss (Equipment) Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $3,697 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G1000832 | ||
2009 (6 grants)
Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $650,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0189120 | ||
Barriers for cost-effective rock fall hazard mitigation$520,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus, Professor Scott Sloan, Professor John Carter, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Professor Gian Paolo Giani, Mr Hendrik Buys | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $520,000 | 2009 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0189165 | ||
Barriers for cost-effective rock fall hazard mitigation$200,000
Funding Body: Roads and Traffic Authority
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus, Professor Scott Sloan, Professor John Carter, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Professor Gian Paolo Giani, Mr Hendrik Buys, Doctor Anna Giacomini | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $200,000 | 2009 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0189598 | ||
Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $70,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0190441 | ||
Use of screws piers and soil scarification to reduce the swelling pressure of expansive soils$33,000
Funding Body: Heltech Industries
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus, Doctor Olivier Buzzi | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $33,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0189956 | ||
Barriers for cost-effective rock fall hazard mitigation$3
Funding Body: RailCorp
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus, Professor Scott Sloan, Professor John Carter, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Professor Gian Paolo Giani, Mr Hendrik Buys, Doctor Anna Giacomini | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $3 | 2009 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0189599 | ||
2008 (2 grants)
Geographical Information System-based slope instability hazard assessment in mildly deformed sedimentary strata$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0188414 | ||
The 3rd International Conference on Site Characterization, Taipei International Convention Centre (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan 1/4/2008 - 4/4/2008$2,070
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,070 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0188708 | ||
2006 (2 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 | ||
Geomechanics and Geotachnics of Particulate Media, Ube Japan, 12-14 September 2006$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186756 | ||
2005 (3 grants)
Theoretically derived calibration of the neutron moisture meter.$278,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $278,000 | 2005 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0184422 | ||
Foundation remediation using resin injection$225,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus, Professor Scott Sloan | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $225,000 | 2005 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0184264 | ||
Foundation remediation using resin injection$90,000
Funding Body: Mainmark Corporation Pty Ltd
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus, Professor Scott Sloan | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $90,000 | 2005 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0185998 | ||
2004 (6 grants)
Fundamental theoretical investigation of the chemomechanical properties of clay$49,500
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $49,500 | 2004 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0185429 | ||
Long-term final void salinity modelling for mine final voids$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Gregory Hancock, Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $14,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183519 | ||
The use of geological andgeochemical methods to aid geotechnical interpretation and design$8,013
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $8,013 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183511 | ||
Visit of Dr Rassoul Ajalloeian, 20 June to 12 September 2004$4,474
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Visitor Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $4,474 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184181 | ||
ISC 2 The Second International Site Characterisation Conference, 19-22 September 2004, Portugal$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184454 | ||
Fundamental theoretical investigation of the chemomechanical properties of clays$5
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor David Smith, Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $5 | 2004 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0183002 | ||
2003 (2 grants)
The design, testing and evaluation of an acoustic cone penetrometer fro determining insitu soil properties.$7,998
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,998 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0182408 | ||
UNSAT2003 Second International Conference on Unsaturated Soils for Asia 10-12 November 2003$1,445
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,445 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0183661 | ||
2002 (2 grants)
Geotechnical Study of Newcastle Regolith.$8,800
Funding Body: Geoscience Australia
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $8,800 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0181726 | ||
Third International Conference on Unsaturated Soils Brazil, 10-13 March 2002$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0181699 | ||
2001 (2 grants)
The Effects of Cracking on Ground Movements in Expansive Clay Soils.$174,433
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor David Smith, Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Large Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $174,433 | 2001 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0179301 | ||
Clay Behaviour: Chemo-Mechanical Coupling, Italy 28-30 June 2001$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2001 | 2001 |
| GNo:G0180823 | ||
2000 (3 grants)
Accurate Theoretical Models for Predicting Time-dependent Embankment Settlements$139,024
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Large Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $139,024 | 2000 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0178574 | ||
Mapping of the sediments beneath the city of Newcastle.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Early Career Researcher Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| GNo:G0180175 | ||
UNSAT Asia 2000: Asia Conference on Unsaturated Soils Singapore, 18-19 May 2000.$972
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Stephen Fityus | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $972 | 2000 | 2000 |
| GNo:G0179838 | ||