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Assoc Prof Ali Mirzaghorbanali

Assoc Prof Ali Mirzaghorbanali
Name Ali Mirzaghorbanali
Position Associate Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)
Section School of Engineering
Office B455
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4270
Extension 4270
Email
Qualifications BEng Isfahan UT , MPWE Curtin , PhD Wollongong
Homepage https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=RmLRBHkAAAAJ&hl=en
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Biography

Dr Ali Mirzaghorbanali started his research career around a decade ago in leading and reputable Australian Universities in WA and NSW and in close collaboration with industry. Ali has conducted his Post-Doctoral fellowship in Rock Bolting and Strata Control research group at the School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong under supervision of Professor Naj Aziz. Ali's research studies cover a wide range of applications in Civil and Mining Geomechanics as:

Shear behaviour of rock joints and discontinuities,

Resin and grout mechanical properties determination for strata reinforcement,

Axial load transfer mechanisms of rock bolts,

Shear load transfer mechanisms of rock bolts,

Axial load transfer mechanisms of cable bolts,

Shear load transfer mechanisms of cable bolts, and

Fibre glass bolt load transfer mechanisms.

Ali is currently a member of Centre for Future Material at the University of Southern Queensland, focusing on cutting edge research studies in the field of Geotechnical Engineering in collaboration with industry and University of Wollongong.

Research Career


  • Mining Engineering ( 091405 )
  • Civil Geotechnical Engineering ( 090501 )
  • Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering ( 091402 )
  • Geomechanics And Resources Geotechnical Engineering ( 401902 )
  • Civil Geotechnical Engineering ( 400502 )
  • Mining Engineering ( 401905 )
  • Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy ( 401900 )
  • Civil Engineering ( 400500 )

Rock defects: mechanical properties of rock joints
Strata control: fiber glass rock bolting, steel rock bolting, cable bolting, mesh mechanical properties, grout and resin mechanical properties
Numerical simulation: Numerical simulation using UDEC, FLAC 2D&3D, 3DEC


MIEAust, CPEng, NER
Visiting fellow of school of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong


Member of Centre for Future Material (CFM)
Member of editorial board and advisory committee of Coal Operators' Conference


  • Centre for Future Materials (CFM)

Teaching


CIV2403: geology and geomechanics
CIV2901: geology and geomechanics practice
ENG3104: engineering simulation and computation
ENG8411-8412: research project


6 Years


Chief investigator of geotechnical engineering projects

Supervision


  • Mining Engineering ( 091405 )
  • Civil Geotechnical Engineering ( 090501 )
  • Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering ( 091402 )
  • Geomechanics And Resources Geotechnical Engineering ( 401902 )
  • Civil Geotechnical Engineering ( 400502 )
  • Mining Engineering ( 401905 )
  • Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy ( 401900 )
  • Civil Engineering ( 400500 )