The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering is holding a showcase on Monday 30 July and technical workshops on Tuesday 31 July 2018. This Showcase will present research outcomes resulting from 7 years (2011-2017) of Australian Research Council support. Through advanced laboratory testing, physical modelling, full-scale field testing and cutting-edge […]
The UON node of the CGSE is holding a one day short-course presented by Professor D Vaughan Griffiths from Colorado School of Mines which will be held on Monday, 6 August 2018. The course starts by reviewing basic probability theory and introduces the idea of treating geotechnical engineering properties as random variables. The available tools […]
CGSE Centre Director, Laureate Professor Scott Sloan was appointed to the Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to education, particularly in the field of geotechnical engineering, as an academic and researcher, to professional associations, and as a mentor of young engineers. Read More
The 2017 University of Newcastle Chancellor’s Award for Innovation was presented to Dr Brett Turner from the School of Engineering’s Centre for Geotechnical Science and Engineering. Dr Turner’s research has shown that plant proteins, in particular the proteins from hemp plants, are an effective, natural method for PFAS remediation. Widely used at airports since the […]
Associate Professor Shanyong Wang honoured with the 2018 John Booker Medal Associate Professor Shanyong Wang is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and member of the CGSE. His outstanding contribution to science has been formally acknolwedged by the Australian Academy of Science through the award of the 2018 John Booker Medal. The John Booker medal […]
Firefighting foam chemicals leached from the RAAF based have been found in high concentration in Williamtown groundwater, surface water and soils. CGSE researchers have been awarded $600,000 from the NSW Government’s Research Attraction and Acceleration Program to fund groundbreaking remediation methods that use hemp seed powder to remove the PFAS chemicals from the water. Read […]
Congratulations to Dr Glen Burton who was awarded the 2016 D. H. Trollope Medal by the Australian Geomechanics Society. The Trollope Medal is awarded to the author of an outstanding paper on either theoretical or applied geomechanics. It is the most prestigious award available for a young Australian researcher in geomechanics and continues the long […]
CGSE researchers receive ARC linkage funding for boosting the strength of railway tracks worth $675,000
CGSE academics have been recognised for their high quality research publications in the 2016 Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing Awards.
Dr Shazzad Hossain and Prof Mark Cassidy along with other academics and PhD students from the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) and the school of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at The University of Western Australia recently visited Korea as part of the Australian-Korea Foundation Grant AKF2015Grant0044 funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Geotechnical engineering and rail infrastructure expert Professor Buddhima Indraratna received the most prestigious award at the combined Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) Gala |Dinner and Awards Night held at the NSW Parliament House.