Heitor, Ana

Top Publications

Year	Title
2013	Laboratory study of small-strain behavior of a compacted silty sand Published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal
2014	Shear strength of rock joints influenced by compacted infill Published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
2011	Varying ground water level to minimise liquefaction hazards in Urban areas
2015	The role of compaction energy on the small strain properties of a compacted silty sand subjected to drying – wetting cycles Published in Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics

Research Areas

0905 - CIVIL ENGINEERING

Research Overview

Dr Ana Heitor is an early-mid career researcher focused on Geotechnical Engineering looking at stress strain behaviour of unsaturated compacted soil. She is a member of the Research Centre for Geotechnical and Railway Engineering at the University of Wollongong which focuses on the interdisciplinary research phases interacting between ground conditions, wheel loading and rail track performance.

Her research interests are mainly:

* Compacted (unsaturated) soil behaviour (small and large strain)

* Performance of soil stabilization in marginal compacted materials

* Non-destructive field assessments

* Behaviour of compacted granular waste materials

* Performance of Permeable Reactive barriers for geoenviromental applications

* Liquefaction analysis considering partially saturated conditions

She has published more than 40 Journal and International Conference Papers related to the behaviour of compacted granular materials.

Moreover, She has worked in Construction Industry for 2+ years as a Site Engineer. She has solid experience in quality control/assurance procedures applied to the construction of roads and related structures (e.g. bored piles, embankments, subgrade, pavement, drains, culverts).

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	A mixture of coal wash and fly ash as a pavement substructure material Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 21 Pages 100265-1 - 100265-10 Altmetric
2019	A theoretical model for total suction effects by tree roots Published In Environmental Geotechnics Volume 6 Pages 353 - 360 Altmetric
2019	Behaviour of a capping layer reinforced with recycled tyres Published In Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement Volume 172 Pages 127 - 137 ISSN 1755-0769 Altmetric
2019	Chemical Clogging of Granular Media under Acidic Groundwater Conditions-Experimental Simulation Published In Environmental Geotechnics Volume Online first Pages 1 - 10 Altmetric
2019	Compaction, degradation and deformation characteristics of an energy absorbing matrix Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 19 Pages 74 - 83 Altmetric
2019	Potential use of lignosulfonate for expansive soil stabilisation Published In Environmental Geotechnics Volume 6 Pages 480 - 488 Altmetric
2019	Pull-out behaviour of simulated tree roots embedded in compacted soil Published In Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement Volume Online First Pages 1 - 11 ISSN 1755-0769 Altmetric
2019	Shear strength of a vegetated soil incorporating both root reinforcement and suction Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 18 Pages 72 - 82 Altmetric
2019	The influence of rubber crumbs on the critical state behavior of waste mixtures Published In E3S Web of Conferences Volume 92 Pages 06004-1 - 06004-6 Altmetric
2018	An approach to measure infill matric suction of irregular infilled rock joints under constant normal stiffness shearing Published In Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Volume 10 Pages 653 - 660 ISSN 1674-7755 Altmetric
2018	Effect of Rubber Crumbs on the Cyclic Behavior of Steel Furnace Slag and Coal Wash Mixtures Published In Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Volume 144 Pages 04017107-1 - 04017107-11 ISSN 1090-0241 Altmetric
2018	Evaluating the Properties of Mixtures of Steel Furnace Slag, Coal Wash, and Rubber Crumbs Used as Subballast Published In Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering Volume 30 Pages 04017251-1 - 04017251-9 ISSN 0899-1561 Altmetric
2018	Influence of Particle Gradation and Shape on the Performance of Stone Columns in Soft Clay Published In Geotechnical Testing Journal Volume 41 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 0149-6115 Altmetric
2018	Mechanisms of stabilization of expansive soil with lignosulfonate admixture Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 14 Pages 81 - 92 Altmetric
2018	Performance of Rubber Tire-Confined Capping Layer under Cyclic Loading for Railroad Conditions Published In Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering Volume 30 Pages 06017021-1 - 06017021-7 ISSN 0899-1561 Altmetric
2016	Drained and undrained shear behavior of compacted coal wash Published In Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Volume 142 Pages 04016006-1 - 04016006-10 ISSN 1090-0241 Altmetric
2016	Small strain behaviour of a compacted subgrade soil Published In Procedia Engineering Volume 143 Pages 260 - 267 Altmetric
2015	A laboratory study on the shear behavior of mixtures of coal wash and steel furnace slag as potential structural fill Published In Geotechnical Testing Journal Volume 38 Pages 361 - 372 ISSN 0149-6115 Altmetric
2015	Ground improvement methods for port infrastructure expansion Published In Geotechnical Engineering Volume 46 Pages 125 - 130
2015	The role of compaction energy on the small strain properties of a compacted silty sand subjected to drying – wetting cycles Published In Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics Volume 65 Pages 717 - 727 ISSN 0016-8505 Altmetric
2014	Assessment of the post-compaction characteristics of a silty sand Published In Australian Geomechanics Journal Volume 49 Pages 125 - 131 ISSN 0818-9110
2014	Shear strength of rock joints influenced by compacted infill Published In International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Volume 70 Pages 296 - 307 ISSN 1365-1609 Altmetric
2013	Laboratory study of small-strain behavior of a compacted silty sand Published In Canadian Geotechnical Journal Volume 50 Pages 179 - 188 ISSN 0008-3674 Altmetric
2012	Characterising compacted soil using shear wave velocity and matric suction Published In Australian Geomechanics Journal Volume 47 Pages 79 - 86 ISSN 0818-9110

Chapter

Year	Title
2015	Assessment of the postcompaction fill characteristics at the Penrith Lakes development site Published In Ground Improvement Case Histories: Compaction, Grouting, and Geosynthetics Publisher United Kingdom: Elsevier Pages 399 - 428 ISBN 9780081006986 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Controlling Soil and Water Acidity in Acid Sulfate Soil Terrains Using Permeable Reactive Barriers Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 282 - 288
2018	Influence of Osmotic Suction and Tree Roots on the Stability of Coastal Soils Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 725 - 731
2018	Review on Compaction and Shearing-Induced Breakage of Granular Material Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 449 - 454
2018	The Influence of Rubber Crumbs on the Energy Absorbing Property of Waste Mixtures Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 455 - 460
2017	Acidic Groundwater Remediation in the Shoalhaven Floodplain Published In Geotechnical Frontiers 2017: Waste Containment, Barriers, Remediation, and Sustainable Geoengineering Pages 518 - 525 Altmetric
2017	Developing an Energy Absorbing Layer Using Waste Materials Published In 3rd International Conference of Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI2017)
2017	Influence of compaction history on the shear strength behaviour of compacted soil Published In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul 2017 Pages 1361 - 1364
2017	Road asset valuation system using long term pavement data analysis Published In Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields : Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, BCRRA 2017 Pages 1013 - 1019 Altmetric
2016	Soft soil stabilisation through native vegetation along rail corridors Published In Proceedings of the 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference & 2nd AGSSEA Conference (19SEAGC & 2AGSSEA) Pages 529 - 532
2016	Stress-dilatancy behaviour of compacted coalwash as a landfill option Published In Proceedings of the 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference & 2nd AGSSEA Conference (19SEAGC & 2AGSSEA) Pages 537 - 542
2015	Geotechnics of granular materials for railways and port reclamation Published In 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference Pages 1 - 18
2015	Influence of particle breakage on the geomechanical behaviour of compacted coalwash Published In Proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGEColombo2015) Pages 169 - 172
2015	Effect of compaction history on the shearing behaviour of a silty sand under constant water content conditions Published In Proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGEColombo2015) Pages 157 - 160
2015	Effect of suction history on the small strain response of a dynamically compacted soil Published In 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ 2015): “The Changing Face of the Earth – Geomechanics & Human Influence” Pages 1 - 8
2015	Evaluation of coalwash as a potential structural fill material for port reclamation Published In 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ 2015): “The Changing Face of the Earth – Geomechanics & Human Influence” Pages 1 - 8
2015	Field investigation on compaction and strength performance of two coal wash-BOS slag mixtures Published In Geotechnical Special Publication Pages 2359 - 2368 Altmetric
2015	Ground improvement in transport geotechnics - from theory to practice Published In Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics Pages 35 - 44
2014	Aspects related to the small strain shear modulus behaviour of compacted soils subjected to wetting and drying Published In Geo-congress Technical Papers: Geo-characterization and Modelling for Sustainability Pages 1433 - 1442 Altmetric
2014	Evaluation of the coal wash and steel furnace slag blends as effective reclamation fill for port expansion Published In 7th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Pages 972 - 979
2014	Role of the compaction energy level on the small strain stiffness of a silty sand soil subjected to wetting and drying Published In Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications Pages 749 - 754
2013	Behaviour of a compacted silty sand under constant water content shearing Published In 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Pages 1007 - 1011
2013	Use of the soil modulus for compaction control of compacted soils Published In Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control Pages 1083 - 1088
2012	Characterising compacted fills at Penrith Lakes development site using shear wave velocity and matric suction Published In 11th Australia - New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics: Ground Engineering in a Changing World Pages 1262 - 1267
2012	Effect of compaction energy on shear wave velocity of dynamically compacted silty sand soil Published In Unsaturated Soils: Theory and Practice: Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils Pages 635 - 640
2012	The effect of dry unit weight, suction, and imparted energy on the modulus of a compacted mixture of sand and kaolin Published In Second International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics Pages 440 - 445 Altmetric
2011	Varying ground water level to minimise liquefaction hazards in Urban areas Published In First International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment (GEOMAT) Pages 173 - 176
2009	Effect of Poisson ratio on the dynamic instability of water-saturated elasto-plastic soil Published In 4th Biot conference on Poromechanics Pages 1103 - 1108

Other

Year	Title
2013	Assessment of post-compaction characteristics of an unsaturated silty sand Pages 1 - 303 Publisher University of Wollongong

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2020	Performance of granular matrix under heavy haul cyclic loading Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2016 - 2017	Performance of rubber-based absorbing layer (REAL) for railroad stability Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Innovation in Priority Problem Waste Management grants programme

Other Research Activities

ANSTO-UOW 2018 Seed Funding Round Lead Investigator 2018 - 2019
Rail Manufacturing -Cooperative Research Centre- TSA ACRI Envirorubber Investigator 2016 - 2019
URC- EIS Strategic Research Partnerships Grant Scheme Investigator 2015 - 2016
URC small grants Investigator 2014 - 2015

Teaching Activities

CIVL 394 - Constrution Instructor 2012 - 2018
Virtual Geotechnical Laboratory - Triaxial test Facilitator 2014 - 2016

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Biological and Geochemical clogging of Piezometers in low-lying acid sulphate soils
Doctor of Philosophy	Clogging of Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs)	Samarakoon Jayasekara Mudiyanselage, Subhani
Doctor of Philosophy	influence of osmotic suction with tree roots on stability of surrounding soil	Jayathilaka, Pubudu
Doctor of Philosophy	Role of Unsaturation in Compacted Waste Materials for Transport Infrastructure	Tawk, Miriam
Doctor of Philosophy	Cyclic Loading Effect on the Shear Behavior of Unsaturated Soil-Infilled Rock Joints	Soomro, Mairaj Hyder Alias Aamir
Doctor of Philosophy	The use of Geopolymers in civil engineering applications.	Nawaz, Mohsin
Doctor of Philosophy	Numerical Modelling of Cone Penetration Tests Using DEM	Allulakshmi, Krishna
Doctor of Philosophy	Use of Rubber Tyres with Compacted Infill Materials to Minimise Track Degradation	Mehmood, Fatima
Doctor of Philosophy	Bio-Stabilisation of Track Construction Materials	Gedela, Ramesh

Organizer Of Event

Workshop on Transport and energy Infrastructure 2014

Education And Training

M.Eng. in Geotechnical Engineering, Kyoto University (Research Organization), Graduate School, Liquefaction analysis of partially saturated ground 2006 - 2009

Keywords

unsaturated soil, compacted soil, geomechanics, transport infrastuture, non-destructive testing, shear and compressional wave velocity, small strain shear modulus, compaction control, drying-wetting cycles, hydraulic hysteresis
granular waste materials

Top Publications

Year	Title
2013	Laboratory study of small-strain behavior of a compacted silty sand Published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal
2014	Shear strength of rock joints influenced by compacted infill Published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
2011	Varying ground water level to minimise liquefaction hazards in Urban areas
2015	The role of compaction energy on the small strain properties of a compacted silty sand subjected to drying – wetting cycles Published in Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics

Research Areas

0905 - CIVIL ENGINEERING

Research Overview

Dr Ana Heitor is an early-mid career researcher focused on Geotechnical Engineering looking at stress strain behaviour of unsaturated compacted soil. She is a member of the Research Centre for Geotechnical and Railway Engineering at the University of Wollongong which focuses on the interdisciplinary research phases interacting between ground conditions, wheel loading and rail track performance.

Her research interests are mainly:

* Compacted (unsaturated) soil behaviour (small and large strain)

* Performance of soil stabilization in marginal compacted materials

* Non-destructive field assessments

* Behaviour of compacted granular waste materials

* Performance of Permeable Reactive barriers for geoenviromental applications

* Liquefaction analysis considering partially saturated conditions

She has published more than 40 Journal and International Conference Papers related to the behaviour of compacted granular materials.

Moreover, She has worked in Construction Industry for 2+ years as a Site Engineer. She has solid experience in quality control/assurance procedures applied to the construction of roads and related structures (e.g. bored piles, embankments, subgrade, pavement, drains, culverts).

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	A mixture of coal wash and fly ash as a pavement substructure material Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 21 Pages 100265-1 - 100265-10 Altmetric
2019	A theoretical model for total suction effects by tree roots Published In Environmental Geotechnics Volume 6 Pages 353 - 360 Altmetric
2019	Behaviour of a capping layer reinforced with recycled tyres Published In Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement Volume 172 Pages 127 - 137 ISSN 1755-0769 Altmetric
2019	Chemical Clogging of Granular Media under Acidic Groundwater Conditions-Experimental Simulation Published In Environmental Geotechnics Volume Online first Pages 1 - 10 Altmetric
2019	Compaction, degradation and deformation characteristics of an energy absorbing matrix Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 19 Pages 74 - 83 Altmetric
2019	Potential use of lignosulfonate for expansive soil stabilisation Published In Environmental Geotechnics Volume 6 Pages 480 - 488 Altmetric
2019	Pull-out behaviour of simulated tree roots embedded in compacted soil Published In Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement Volume Online First Pages 1 - 11 ISSN 1755-0769 Altmetric
2019	Shear strength of a vegetated soil incorporating both root reinforcement and suction Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 18 Pages 72 - 82 Altmetric
2019	The influence of rubber crumbs on the critical state behavior of waste mixtures Published In E3S Web of Conferences Volume 92 Pages 06004-1 - 06004-6 Altmetric
2018	An approach to measure infill matric suction of irregular infilled rock joints under constant normal stiffness shearing Published In Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Volume 10 Pages 653 - 660 ISSN 1674-7755 Altmetric
2018	Effect of Rubber Crumbs on the Cyclic Behavior of Steel Furnace Slag and Coal Wash Mixtures Published In Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Volume 144 Pages 04017107-1 - 04017107-11 ISSN 1090-0241 Altmetric
2018	Evaluating the Properties of Mixtures of Steel Furnace Slag, Coal Wash, and Rubber Crumbs Used as Subballast Published In Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering Volume 30 Pages 04017251-1 - 04017251-9 ISSN 0899-1561 Altmetric
2018	Influence of Particle Gradation and Shape on the Performance of Stone Columns in Soft Clay Published In Geotechnical Testing Journal Volume 41 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 0149-6115 Altmetric
2018	Mechanisms of stabilization of expansive soil with lignosulfonate admixture Published In Transportation Geotechnics Volume 14 Pages 81 - 92 Altmetric
2018	Performance of Rubber Tire-Confined Capping Layer under Cyclic Loading for Railroad Conditions Published In Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering Volume 30 Pages 06017021-1 - 06017021-7 ISSN 0899-1561 Altmetric
2016	Drained and undrained shear behavior of compacted coal wash Published In Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Volume 142 Pages 04016006-1 - 04016006-10 ISSN 1090-0241 Altmetric
2016	Small strain behaviour of a compacted subgrade soil Published In Procedia Engineering Volume 143 Pages 260 - 267 Altmetric
2015	A laboratory study on the shear behavior of mixtures of coal wash and steel furnace slag as potential structural fill Published In Geotechnical Testing Journal Volume 38 Pages 361 - 372 ISSN 0149-6115 Altmetric
2015	Ground improvement methods for port infrastructure expansion Published In Geotechnical Engineering Volume 46 Pages 125 - 130
2015	The role of compaction energy on the small strain properties of a compacted silty sand subjected to drying – wetting cycles Published In Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics Volume 65 Pages 717 - 727 ISSN 0016-8505 Altmetric
2014	Assessment of the post-compaction characteristics of a silty sand Published In Australian Geomechanics Journal Volume 49 Pages 125 - 131 ISSN 0818-9110
2014	Shear strength of rock joints influenced by compacted infill Published In International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Volume 70 Pages 296 - 307 ISSN 1365-1609 Altmetric
2013	Laboratory study of small-strain behavior of a compacted silty sand Published In Canadian Geotechnical Journal Volume 50 Pages 179 - 188 ISSN 0008-3674 Altmetric
2012	Characterising compacted soil using shear wave velocity and matric suction Published In Australian Geomechanics Journal Volume 47 Pages 79 - 86 ISSN 0818-9110

Chapter

Year	Title
2015	Assessment of the postcompaction fill characteristics at the Penrith Lakes development site Published In Ground Improvement Case Histories: Compaction, Grouting, and Geosynthetics Publisher United Kingdom: Elsevier Pages 399 - 428 ISBN 9780081006986 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Controlling Soil and Water Acidity in Acid Sulfate Soil Terrains Using Permeable Reactive Barriers Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 282 - 288
2018	Influence of Osmotic Suction and Tree Roots on the Stability of Coastal Soils Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 725 - 731
2018	Review on Compaction and Shearing-Induced Breakage of Granular Material Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 449 - 454
2018	The Influence of Rubber Crumbs on the Energy Absorbing Property of Waste Mixtures Published In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnics of Transportation Infrastructure (ISGTI 2018) Pages 455 - 460
2017	Acidic Groundwater Remediation in the Shoalhaven Floodplain Published In Geotechnical Frontiers 2017: Waste Containment, Barriers, Remediation, and Sustainable Geoengineering Pages 518 - 525 Altmetric
2017	Developing an Energy Absorbing Layer Using Waste Materials Published In 3rd International Conference of Ground Improvement and Ground Control (ICGI2017)
2017	Influence of compaction history on the shear strength behaviour of compacted soil Published In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul 2017 Pages 1361 - 1364
2017	Road asset valuation system using long term pavement data analysis Published In Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields : Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, BCRRA 2017 Pages 1013 - 1019 Altmetric
2016	Soft soil stabilisation through native vegetation along rail corridors Published In Proceedings of the 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference & 2nd AGSSEA Conference (19SEAGC & 2AGSSEA) Pages 529 - 532
2016	Stress-dilatancy behaviour of compacted coalwash as a landfill option Published In Proceedings of the 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference & 2nd AGSSEA Conference (19SEAGC & 2AGSSEA) Pages 537 - 542
2015	Geotechnics of granular materials for railways and port reclamation Published In 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference Pages 1 - 18
2015	Influence of particle breakage on the geomechanical behaviour of compacted coalwash Published In Proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGEColombo2015) Pages 169 - 172
2015	Effect of compaction history on the shearing behaviour of a silty sand under constant water content conditions Published In Proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGEColombo2015) Pages 157 - 160
2015	Effect of suction history on the small strain response of a dynamically compacted soil Published In 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ 2015): “The Changing Face of the Earth – Geomechanics & Human Influence” Pages 1 - 8
2015	Evaluation of coalwash as a potential structural fill material for port reclamation Published In 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ 2015): “The Changing Face of the Earth – Geomechanics & Human Influence” Pages 1 - 8
2015	Field investigation on compaction and strength performance of two coal wash-BOS slag mixtures Published In Geotechnical Special Publication Pages 2359 - 2368 Altmetric
2015	Ground improvement in transport geotechnics - from theory to practice Published In Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics Pages 35 - 44
2014	Aspects related to the small strain shear modulus behaviour of compacted soils subjected to wetting and drying Published In Geo-congress Technical Papers: Geo-characterization and Modelling for Sustainability Pages 1433 - 1442 Altmetric
2014	Evaluation of the coal wash and steel furnace slag blends as effective reclamation fill for port expansion Published In 7th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Pages 972 - 979
2014	Role of the compaction energy level on the small strain stiffness of a silty sand soil subjected to wetting and drying Published In Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications Pages 749 - 754
2013	Behaviour of a compacted silty sand under constant water content shearing Published In 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Pages 1007 - 1011
2013	Use of the soil modulus for compaction control of compacted soils Published In Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control Pages 1083 - 1088
2012	Characterising compacted fills at Penrith Lakes development site using shear wave velocity and matric suction Published In 11th Australia - New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics: Ground Engineering in a Changing World Pages 1262 - 1267
2012	Effect of compaction energy on shear wave velocity of dynamically compacted silty sand soil Published In Unsaturated Soils: Theory and Practice: Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils Pages 635 - 640
2012	The effect of dry unit weight, suction, and imparted energy on the modulus of a compacted mixture of sand and kaolin Published In Second International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics Pages 440 - 445 Altmetric
2011	Varying ground water level to minimise liquefaction hazards in Urban areas Published In First International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment (GEOMAT) Pages 173 - 176
2009	Effect of Poisson ratio on the dynamic instability of water-saturated elasto-plastic soil Published In 4th Biot conference on Poromechanics Pages 1103 - 1108

Other

Year	Title
2013	Assessment of post-compaction characteristics of an unsaturated silty sand Pages 1 - 303 Publisher University of Wollongong

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2020	Performance of granular matrix under heavy haul cyclic loading Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2016 - 2017	Performance of rubber-based absorbing layer (REAL) for railroad stability Awarded by: NSW Environmental Trust Funding Scheme: Innovation in Priority Problem Waste Management grants programme

Other Research Activities

ANSTO-UOW 2018 Seed Funding Round Lead Investigator 2018 - 2019
Rail Manufacturing -Cooperative Research Centre- TSA ACRI Envirorubber Investigator 2016 - 2019
URC- EIS Strategic Research Partnerships Grant Scheme Investigator 2015 - 2016
URC small grants Investigator 2014 - 2015

Teaching Activities

CIVL 394 - Constrution Instructor 2012 - 2018
Virtual Geotechnical Laboratory - Triaxial test Facilitator 2014 - 2016

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Biological and Geochemical clogging of Piezometers in low-lying acid sulphate soils
Doctor of Philosophy	Clogging of Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs)	Samarakoon Jayasekara Mudiyanselage, Subhani
Doctor of Philosophy	influence of osmotic suction with tree roots on stability of surrounding soil	Jayathilaka, Pubudu
Doctor of Philosophy	Role of Unsaturation in Compacted Waste Materials for Transport Infrastructure	Tawk, Miriam
Doctor of Philosophy	Cyclic Loading Effect on the Shear Behavior of Unsaturated Soil-Infilled Rock Joints	Soomro, Mairaj Hyder Alias Aamir
Doctor of Philosophy	The use of Geopolymers in civil engineering applications.	Nawaz, Mohsin
Doctor of Philosophy	Numerical Modelling of Cone Penetration Tests Using DEM	Allulakshmi, Krishna
Doctor of Philosophy	Use of Rubber Tyres with Compacted Infill Materials to Minimise Track Degradation	Mehmood, Fatima
Doctor of Philosophy	Bio-Stabilisation of Track Construction Materials	Gedela, Ramesh

Organizer Of Event

Workshop on Transport and energy Infrastructure 2014

Education And Training

M.Eng. in Geotechnical Engineering, Kyoto University (Research Organization), Graduate School, Liquefaction analysis of partially saturated ground 2006 - 2009

Keywords

unsaturated soil, compacted soil, geomechanics, transport infrastuture, non-destructive testing, shear and compressional wave velocity, small strain shear modulus, compaction control, drying-wetting cycles, hydraulic hysteresis
granular waste materials

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Building 4, Room 130

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2346-8250 (pending confirmation)

Scopus Id

55321269000

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