Rajibul Karim

Research Interests

Adaptation to climate change in construction Biofabrication Civil Engineering Civil Geotechnical Engineering Climate change impacts and adaptation Geomechanics Geomechanics and resources geotechnical engineering Numerical Analysis Road infrastructure and networks Soil Physics Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling

Teaching Strengths

Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical Engineering
Constitutive modelling
Numerical modelling

APrf Rajibul Karim

Senior Lecturer

School of Civil Engineering and Construction

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Available For Media Comment.

Dr. Karim completed his PhD in 2011 and worked in the area of soft soil engineering and ground improvement. After his PhD and before joining UNISA, he has worked as researcher in different institutions in Australia and United Kingdom.
Dr. Karim’s area of research interest includes, climate change, soil-atmospheric boundary interaction, expansive soils, ground improvement, soft soil engineering, constitutive modelling, numerical modelling, soil struture interaction, granular material behaviour, pavement engineering, tailing material behaviour, liqueafaction and bio cementation.

Date Position Institution name
2020 - 2025 Senior Lecturer University of South Australia
2015 - 2020 Lecturer University of South Australia
2014 - 2015 Research Fellow Queens University

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2022 Award Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Premium Prize Institution of Civil Engineers United Kingdom -

Language Competency
Bengali Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2007 - 2011 UNSW Sydney Australia PhD in Civil Engineering
2000 - 2004 Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology Bangladesh Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Year Citation
2026 Le, T. T., Khoi Nguyen, H. B., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2026). Realistic particle shape representation using clump in DEM: A critical state soil mechanics study. Computers and Geotechnics, 190(107750), 15 pages.
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2025 Hora, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Dejong, J., & Beecham, S. (2025). Consolidation and shearing behaviour of MICP-treated sand - a critical state approach. GEOTECHNIQUE, online(1), 15 pages.
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2025 Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Beecham, S. (2025). The changing frequency of La Niña cycles and their effect on footing design in expansive soils. Journal of Environmental Management, 393(127124), 14 pages.
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2025 Hora, R. N., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2025). Evaluating the effect of soil grading on the UCS of MICP-treated sandy soils. Biogeotechnics, online(article no. 100144), 100144.
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2024 Arifuzzaman., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Hewa, G. A., Rawlings, R., & Iqbal, A. (2024). Phytocapping for municipal solid waste landfills: a sustainable approach. Sustainability, 16(18, article no. 8230), 1-25.
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2024 Momotaz, H., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Zhuge, Y., Ma, X., & Levett, P. (2024). Structural performance of fibre reinforced recycled aggregate concrete road kerb sections under monotonic and cyclic loading. Construction and Building Materials, 438(137329), 14 pages.
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2024 Momotaz, H., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Zhuge, Y., Ma, X., & Levett, P. (2024). Changes in flexural, tensile and impact characteristics of kerb concrete due to the addition of tyre-derived aggregates and polypropylene fibres. Journal of Building Engineering, 83(108438), 17 pages.
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2024 Karim, M. R., Devkota, B., Rahman, M. M., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2024). Thornthwaite moisture index and depth of suction change under current and future climate ‒ An Australian study. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 16(5), 1761-1775.
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2024 Javadi, M., Hassanli, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2024). Numerical investigation on the behaviour of Post-Tensioned Mechanically Stabilised Earth Walls (PT-MSEW). Computers and Structures, 299(107403), 22 pages.
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2024 Khayyer, F., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2024). Correlation of fabric parameters and characteristic features of granular material behaviour in DEM in constitutive modelling. Acta Geotechnica, 19(10), 6711-6729.
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2024 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2024). Cyclic liquefaction resistance of MICP- and EICP-treated sand in simple shear conditions: a benchmarking with the critical state of untreated sand. Acta Geotechnica, 19(9), 5891-5913.
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2023 Kolapalli, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2023). A DEM Investigation on the Influence of Cyclic and Static Stress Ratios and State Variables on the Pore Water Pressure Generation in Granular Materials. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(7), 16 pages.
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2023 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2023). Characteristics of MICP and EICP-Treated sands in simple shear conditions: A benchmarking with the critical state of untreated sand. Geotechnique, 74(13), 15 pages.
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2023 Kolapalli, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2023). The failure modes of granular material in undrained cyclic loading: a critical state approach using DEM. Acta Geotechnica, 18(6), 2945-2970.
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2023 Rahman, M. M., Ahenkorah, I., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2023). In vitro screening of crude urease extract from native Australian plants and weeds for bio-cementation of sands. Geotechnique, 74(13), 1664-1683.
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2023 Cameron, D., Karim, M. R., Johnson, T., & Rahman, M. M. (2023). Influence of Weather, Soil Variability, and Vegetation on Seasonal Ground Movement: A Field Study. Geotechnics, 3(4), 1085-1103.
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2023 Cao, Y., Nguyen, H. B. K., Aikins, D., Karim, M. R., & Rahman, M. M. (2023). Advances in Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics and Discrete Element Method in Geotechnical Problems. Geotechnics, 3(4), 1162-1179.
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2023 Xu, Y., Zhuge, Y., Karim, M. R., Hassanli, R., Rahman, M. M., & Freney, M. (2023). Structural analysis of a 3D dry-stack tyre wall by finite-discrete element method. Engineering Structures, 281(115787), 1-15.
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2023 Xu, Y., Karim, M. R., Freney, M., Rahman, M. M., Hassanli, R., & Zhuge, Y. (2023). Experimental study on the mechanical performance of tyre encased soil elements for structural wall applications. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 18(e01971), 1-16.
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2023 Momotaz, H., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Zhuge, Y., Ma, X., & Levett, P. (2023). Comparative study on properties of kerb concrete made from recycled materials and related carbon footprint. Journal of Building Engineering, 72(106484), 1-20.
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2023 Momotaz, H., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Zhuge, Y., Ma, X., & Levett, P. (2023). Properties of the interfacial transition zone in rubberised concrete - an investigation using nano-indentation and EDS analysis. Journal of Building Engineering, 77(107405), 1-17.
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2023 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2023). Unconfined compressive strength of MICP and EICP treated sands subjected to cycles of wetting-drying, freezing-thawing and elevated temperature: Experimental and EPR modelling. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15(5), 1226-1247.
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2023 Karim, M. E., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Fourie, A. B., & Reid, D. (2023). Characteristics of Copper Tailings in Direct Simple Shearing: A Critical State Approach. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(5), 17 pages.
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2023 Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2023). Effect of soil anisotropy and variability on the stability of undrained soil slope. Frontiers in Built Environment, 9(1117858), 11 pages.
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2023 Javadi, M., Hassanli, R., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2023). Behaviour of self-centring shear walls—A state of the art review. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 17(1), 53-77.
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2022 Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2022). An Investigation of Instability on Constant Shear Drained (CSD) Path under the CSSM Framework: A DEM Study. Geosciences Switzerland, 12(12), 13 pages.
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2022 Momotaz, H., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Iqbal, A., Zhuge, Y., Ma, X., & Levett, P. (2022). A review of current design and construction practice for road kerbs and a sustainability analysis. Sustainability, 14(3, article no. 1230), 1-22.
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2022 Xu, Y., Freney, M., Hassanli, R., Zhuge, Y., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2022). Experimental study on the structural performance of full-scale tyre wall for residential housing applications. Engineering Structures, 259, 1-15.
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2022 Xu, Y., Zhuge, Y., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Hassanli, R., Luo, L., & Freney, M. (2022). Investigation on Civil Engineering Application of Tyre Encased Soil Element: Laboratory Direct Shear Test and Supply Chain Analysis. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(22), 16 pages.
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2022 Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2022). Accounting for Expansive Soil Movement in Geotechnical Design—A State-of-the-Art Review. Sustainability Switzerland, 14(23), 27 pages.
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2022 Karim, M. R., Hughes, D., & Rahman, M. M. (2022). Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation—A Case Study Modelling the Soil-Atmospheric Boundary Interaction. Processes, 10(7), 20 pages.
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2021 Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, K., Cameron, D., Iqbal, A., & Ahenkorah, I. (2021). Changes in Thornthwaite Moisture Index and reactive soil movements under current and future climate scenarios-a case study. Energies, 14(20, article no. 6760), 1-18.
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2021 Hora, R. N., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2021). BEHAVIOUR OF CLEAN AI SAND UNDER TRIAXIAL MONOTONIC LOADING. Australian Geomechanics Journal, 56(4), 145-157.
Scopus1 WoS2
2021 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2021). Enzyme induced calcium carbonate precipitation and its engineering application: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Construction and Building Materials, 308(125000), 20 pages.
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2021 Karim, M. R., Hughes, D., & Rahman, M. M. (2021). Estimating hydraulic conductivity assisted with numerical analysis for unsaturated soil - A case study. Geotechnical Engineering, 52(3), 12-19.
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2021 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2021). Optimisation of chemical constituents on enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation in test-tube and soil. Geotechnical Research, 8(3), 66-84.
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2021 Javadi, M., Hassanli, R., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2021). Self-centring segmental retaining walls—A new construction system for retaining walls. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 15(4), 980-1000.
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2021 Barnett, N., Rahman, M., Karim, R., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Carraro, J. H. A. (2021). Equivalent state theory for mixtures of sand with non-plastic fines: A DEM investigation. Geotechnique, 71(5), 423-440.
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2021 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Beecham, S., & Saint, C. (2021). A Review of Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP): The Role of Enzyme Kinetics. Sustainable Chemistry, 2(1), 92-114.
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2021 Javadi, M., Hassanli, R., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2021). Experimental study on cyclic behavior of post-tensioned segmental retaining walls (PSRWs). Engineering Structures, 229(111619), 18 pages.
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2020 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Teasdale, P. R. (2020). A comparison of mechanical responses for microbial-and enzyme-induced cemented sand. Geotechnique Letters, 10(4), 559-567.
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2020 Karim, M. R., Hughes, D., Kelly, R., & Lynch, K. (2020). A rational approach for modelling the meteorologically induced pore water pressure in infrastructure slopes. European journal of environmental and civil engineering, 24(14), 2361-2382.
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2020 Barnett, N., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2020). Evaluating the particle rolling effect on the characteristic features of granular material under the critical state soil mechanics framework. Granular Matter, 22(4), 24 pages.
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2020 Rahman, M. M., Hora, R. N., Ahenkorah, I., Beecham, S., Karim, M. R., & Iqbal, A. (2020). State-of-the-art review of microbial-induced calcite precipitation and its sustainability in engineering applications. Sustainability Switzerland, 12(15), 41 pages.
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2020 Karim, M. R., & Lo, S. C. R. (2020). Nonlinearity of creep coefficient. Geotechnical Research, 7(2), 90-95.
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2020 Rahman, M. M., Beecham, S., Iqbal, A., Karim, M. R., & Rabbi, A. T. Z. (2020). Sustainability assessment of using recycled aggregates in concrete block pavements. Sustainability Switzerland, 12(10), 17 pages.
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2019 Karim, M. R. (2019). Behaviour of piles subjected to post construction subsoil movement and effect of soil creep - a case study. Australian geomechanics, 54(1), 53-60.
2018 Hassanli, R., Youssf, O., Mills, J. E., Karim, R., & Vincent, T. (2018). Performance of segmental self-centering rubberized concrete columns under different loading directions. Journal of Building Engineering, 20, 285-302.
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2017 Rahman, M. M., Khayyer, F., & Karim, M. R. (2017). Discussion of "Effect of particle shape and fine content on the behavior of binary mixture" by Tang-Tat Ng, Wei Zhou, and Xiao-Lin Chang. Journal of engineering mechanics, 143(9, article no. 07017003), 1-2.
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2017 Rahman, M. M., Khayyer, F., & Karim, M. R. (2017). Discussion of “Effect of Particle Shape and Fine Content on the Behavior of Binary Mixture” by Tang-Tat Ng, Wei Zhou, and Xiao-Lin Chang. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 143(9).
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2015 Karim, M. R., & Lo, S. C. (2015). Estimation of the hydraulic conductivity of soils improved with vertical drains. Computers and geotechnics, 63, 299-305.
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2014 Karim, M. R., Lo, S. C. R., & Gnanendran, C. T. (2014). Behaviour of piles subjected to passive loading due to embankment construction. Canadian geotechnical journal, 51(4), 303-310.
DOI Scopus27 WoS17
2014 Alam, M. J. I., Lo, S. R., & Karim, M. R. (2014). Pull-out behaviour of steel grid soil reinforcement embedded in silty sand. Computers and geotechnics, 56, 216-226.
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2014 Karim, M. R., & Gnanendran, C. T. (2014). Review of constitutive models for describing the time dependent behaviour of soft clays. Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 9(1), 36-51.
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2013 Karim, R. (2013). Behaviour of piles subjected to passive subsoil movement due to embankment construction - a simplified 3D analysis. Computers and geotechnics, 53, 1-8.
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2013 Karim, M. R., Krabbenhoft, K., & Lyamin, A. V. (2013). Permeability determination of porous media using large-scale finite elements and iterative solver. International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics, 38(10), 991-1012.
2011 Karim, M. R., Manivannan, G., Gnanendran, C. T., & Lo, S. C. R. (2011). Predicting the long-term performance of a geogrid-reinforced embankment on soft soil using two-dimensional finite element analysis. Canadian geotechnical journal, 48(5), 741-753.
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2011 Manivannan, G., Karim, M. R., Gnanendran, C. T., & Lo, S. C. (2011). Calculated and observed long term performance of Leneghans embankment. Geomechanics and geoengineering, 6(3), 195-207.
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2010 Karim, R., Gnanendran, C. T., Lo, S. R., & Mak, J. (2010). Predicting the long-term performance of a wide embankment on soft soil using an elastic-viscoplastic model. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 47(2), 244-257.
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2010 Karim, R., & Oka, F. (2010). An automatic time increment selection scheme for simulation of elasto-viscoplastic consolidation of clayey soils. Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 153(3), 5-177.
2010 Karim, R., & Krabbenhoft, K. (2010). New Renormalization Schemes for Conductivity Upscaling in Heterogeneous Media. Transport in Porous Media, 677(3), 85-690.

Year Citation
2026 Karim, M. E., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2026). Static Liquefaction on Constant Shear Drained Conditions: A Direct Simple Shear Evaluation. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (pp. 71-77). Springer Nature Singapore.
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2026 Karim, M. R., & Devkota, B. (2026). Climate Change and Geotechnical Structures on Expansive Soils, Challenges, and Opportunities—An Australian Perspective. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (pp. 37-47). Springer Nature Singapore.
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2025 Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Zapata, C. (2025). Short-Term Thornthwaite Moisture Index (TMI) for Australian Climate. In C. Rujikiatkamjorn, J. Xue, & B. Indraratna (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG), Sydney, Australia, 20/11/2024-22/11/2024
Source details - Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Volume 1: Sensor Technologies, Data Analytics and Climatic Effects (Vol. 402 LNCE, pp. 249-257). Singapore: SPRINGER-VERLAG SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2025 Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Cameron, D. A. (2025). Modelling of Soil-Vegetation-Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Under Future Climate Scenarios. In C. Rujikiatkamjorn, J. Xue, & B. Indraratna (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Sydney, Australia, 20/11/2024-22/11/2024
Source details - Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Volume 1: Sensor Technologies, Data Analytics and Climatic Effects (Vol. 402 LNCE, pp. 259-267). Singapore: SPRINGER-VERLAG SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
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2025 Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Cameron, D. A. (2025). Numerical Investigation of Suction Profiles Under Cracked Soil Conditions. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 658 LNCE, pp. 361-371). Springer Nature Singapore.
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2024 Shrestha, S., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2024). Evaluation of pavement performance for three different designs on the expansive subgrade: three case studies. In C. Rujikiatkamjorn, B. Indraratna, & J. Xue (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Sydney, Australia, 20/11/2024-22/11/2024
Source details - Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024 (pp. 11-17). Springer Nature.
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2024 Le, T. T., Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2024). Computational Geometric and Discrete Fourier Series Approaches for Particle Shape Analysis. In Event/exhibition information: 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture, ICSCEA 2023, Da Nang City, 19/07/2023-21/07/2023
Source details - Title: The International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and ArchitectureICSCEA 2023: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture (Vol. 442, pp. 1066-1073). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
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2024 Tran, M. V., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Ahenkorah, I. (2024). Powdered Enzyme from Australian Weed for Bio-stabilisation. In Event/exhibition information: 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture, ICSCEA 2023, Da Nang City, 19/07/2023-21/07/2023
Source details - Title: The International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and ArchitectureI, CSCEA 2023: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture (Vol. 442, pp. 1191-1198). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
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2023 Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, K., & Iqbal, A. (2023). Effect of climate change on depth of suction change-A case study. In E. Rathje, B. M. Montoya, & M. H. Wayne (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles, California, 26/03/2023-29/03/2023
Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2023: Geotechnical Data Analysis and Computation (Vol. 2023-March, pp. 649-660). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2023 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2023). Influence of treatment temperature conditions on the performance of enzyme-induced cemented sand. In E. Rathje, B. M. Montoya, & M. H. Wayne (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles, California, 26/03/2023-29/03/2023
Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2023: Geotechnical Data Analysis and Computation (Vol. 2023-March, pp. 509-519). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2023 Aikins, D., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2023). Effect of Interparticle Friction and Particle Elasticity on Behavior of Granular Materials. In E. Rathje, B. M. Montoya, & M. H. Wayne (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles, California, 26/03/2023-29/03/2023
Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2023: Geotechnical Data Analysis and Computation (Vol. 2023-March, pp. 258-268). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2023 Cao, Y., Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Cheng, W. C. (2023). The Effects of Fines on the Response of Granular Soil during Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Shield Tunneling. In E. Rathje, B. M. Montoya, & M. H. Wayne (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles, California, 26/03/2023-29/03/2023
Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2023: Geotechnical Data Analysis and Computation (Vol. 2023-March, pp. 249-257). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2021 Kolapalli, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2021). Effect of Stress Reversal in Cyclic Instability: A DEM Study. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 119 LNCE, pp. 213-221). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
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2020 Kolapalli, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2020). A Micromechanical Study on the Effect of Initial Static Shear Stress on Cyclic Shearing Response. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 56, pp. 145-156). Germany: Springer Singapore.
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2020 Kolapalli, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2020). Effect of Stress Reversal and Consolidation on Undrained Behaviour of Granular Materials under Cyclic Loading: A DEM Study. In J. P. Hambleton, R. Makhnenko, & A. S. Budge (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Geo-Congress 2020: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Special Topics, Minneapolis; United States, 25/02/2020-28/02/2020
Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2020: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Special Topics (Vol. 2020-February, pp. 161-168). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2020 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Teasdale, P. R. (2020). Optimization of Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP) as a Ground Improvement Technique. In J. P. Hambleton, R. Makhnenko, & A. S. Budge (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Geo-Congress 2020: Foundations, Soil Improvement, and Erosion, Minneapolis, US, 25/02/2020-28/02/2020
Source details - Title: Geotechnical Special Publication (Vol. 2020-February, pp. 552-561). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2020 Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Dawson, A., Kumar, M., & Wegener, L. (2020). Tyre-Derived Aggregates in Pavement Subbases. In C. M. Wang, J. C. M. Ho, & S. Kitipornchai (Eds.), Source details - Title: ACMSM25: Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials (Vol. 37, pp. 645-654). Singapore: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG.
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2019 Hora, R. N., Rahman, M. M., Beecham, S., & Karim, M. R. (2019). Stress-Strain Behaviour of Adelaide Industrial Sand under Monotonic Loading. In Event/exhibition information: 8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering: Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Geo-Congress 2019, US, 24/03/2019-27/03/2019
Source details - Title: Geotechnical special publication (Vol. 2019-March, pp. 405-412). US: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2019 Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2019). The Phase Transformation under Undrained and Drained Triaxial Conditions by the Discrete Element Method. In Event/exhibition information: International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (8th : 2019 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 24/03/2019-27/03/2019
Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2019. Geotechnical Materials, Modeling, and Testing (Vol. 2019-March, pp. 40-47). United States: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2019 Barnett, N., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2019). Influence of Particle Rolling and Rotation on the Shearing Response of Clean Sand. In Event/exhibition information: International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (8th : 2019 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 24/03/2019-27/03/2019
Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2019. Geotechnical Materials, Modeling, and Testing (Vol. 2019-March, pp. 30-39). United States: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2019 Barnett, N., Rahman, M., Karim, R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2019). Critical State Theory for Sand with Fines: A DEM Perspective. In Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (pp. 62-75). Springer International Publishing.
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2019 Mizanur Rahman, M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Rajibul Karim, M. (2019). Modelling the Liquefaction Behaviour of Sydney Sand and the Link Between Static and Cyclic Instability. In Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (pp. 76-86). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
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2019 Hassanli, R., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Kamalzadeh, A., Mills, J., & Javadi, M. (2019). Pre-stressed Segmental Retaining Walls (PSRWs). In Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (pp. 187-196). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
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2019 Karim, M. R., & Rahman, M. M. (2019). Effect of “Matching” on the Prediction of Excess Pore Water Pressure in Plane Strain Analyses. In Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (pp. 151-161). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
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2019 Barnett, N., Rahman, M., Karim, R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2019). Critical state theory for sand with fines: a DEM perspective. In H. Shehata, & B. Das (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: International Congress and Exhibition "Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: Innovative Infrastructure Geotechnology"GeoMEast 2018, Cairo, Egypt, 24/11/2018-28/11/2018
Source details - Title: Advances in numerical methods in geotechnical engineering (pp. 151-161). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
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2013 Lo, S. R., Karim, M. R., & Gnanendran, C. T. (2013). Consolidation and creep settlement of embankment on soft clay: prediction versus observation. In J. Chu, S. P. R. Wardani, & A. Iizuka (Eds.), Source details - Title: Geotechnical predictions and practice in dealing with geohazards (Vol. 25, pp. 77-94). Netherlands: Springer.
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2025 Ibrahim, B., Rahman, M. M., Karim, R., Nguyen, K., & Kavazanjian jr, E. (2025). The Challenge of Stabilizing Copper Tailings Using EICP: The Role of Inhibitors. In J. Tao (Ed.), Proceedings of the ICBBG2025 (pp. 1-11). US: ISSMGE.
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2025 Khan, S. A., Karim, R., Rahman, M. M., Kavazanjian, E., & Nguyen, K. (2025). Review of critical state theory based constitutive models for bio-cemented granular soils. In J. Tao (Ed.), Proceedings of the ICBBG2025 (pp. 1-16). US: ISSMGE.
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2025 Cao, Y., Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2025). Investigating Undrained Behaviour of Partially Saturated Granular Materials under Cyclic Triaxial Loading Using DEM. In Geotechnical Special Publication Vol. 2025-November (pp. 205-213). American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2025 Le, T. T., Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2025). Modelling Undrained and Drained Triaxial Shearing Behaviour of Realistic Sand Particles Using DEM. In C. L. Meehan, J. A. McKelvey, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, M. A. Pando, N. Stark, & M. Xiao (Eds.), Geotechnical Special Publication Vol. 2025-November (pp. 214-223). CA, Long Beach: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2025 Shrestha, S., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2025). Performance Outcome of Geosynthetic Stabilised Pavement Constructed on Expansive Subgrade. In Proceedings of GeoMandu 2024 Volume 4: Ground Improvement and Environmental Geotechnics Vol. 659 LNCE (pp. 85-94). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
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2025 Shrestha, S., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2025). Evaluation of Pavement Performance for Three Different Designs on the Expansive Subgrade: Three Case Studies. In C. Rujikiatkamjorn, J. Xue, & B. Indraratna (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Vol. 409 LNCE (pp. 11-17). AUSTRALIA, Sydney: SPRINGER-VERLAG SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
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2022 Ahenkorah, I., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Beecham, S. (2022). Evaluation of the Treatment Processes for MICP-and EICP-Treated Sands. In A. Lemnitzer, & A. W. Stuedlein (Eds.), Geotechnical Special Publication Vol. 2022-March (pp. 365-374). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2022 Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., Newsome, P. L., & Cameron, D. (2022). TMI soil moisture index for South Australia under current and future climate scenarios. In M. Rahman, & M. Jaksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 2233-2236). Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
2022 Rahman, M. M., Ahenkorah, I., Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Beecham, S., Chow, C., & Desboilles, J. (2022). A potentially sustainable weed control method using urease enzymes extracted from weeds. In R. Melland (Ed.), Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Weeds Conference (pp. 181-184). Australia: Weed Management Society of South Australia.
2022 Khayyer, F., Rahman, M. M., & Karim, M. R. (2022). Fabric anisotropy of granular soils: a DEM study. In M. Rahman, & M. Jaksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (pp. 757-762). Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
2022 Xu, Y., Zhuge, Y., Karim, M. R., Hassanli, R., Freney, M., & Rahman, M. M. (2022). Numerical modelling of 3D dry-stack tyre wall by combined finite and Discrete Element Method (FDEM). In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structural Engineering Research (iCSER 2022) (pp. 80-85). Australia: iCSER.
2019 Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Dawson, A., Kumar, M., & Wegener, L. (2019). Tyre derived aggregates in pavement subbase. In Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials (pp. 1-9). Singapore: Springer Nature.
2019 Kolapalli, R., Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2019). Effect of static loading on cyclic liqueafaction behaviour: a DEM study. In H. E. Acosta-Martínez, & B. M. Lehane (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (pp. 1129-1134). Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
2019 Tolentino, R., Rahman, M. M., Cameron, D., & Karim, R. (2019). Prediction of Flexible Pavement's Unbound Granular Materials Using Elasto-Plastic Model SANISAND. In I. AlQadi, H. Ozer, A. Loizos, & S. Murrell (Eds.), Airfield and Highway Pavements 2019 Testing and Characterization of Pavement Materials Selected Papers from the International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference 2019 (pp. 481-492). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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2016 Karim, R., Rahman, M. M., & Hughes, D. (2016). Estimation of soil hydraulic conductivity assisted by numerical tools - Two case studies. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation Isc 2016 Vol. 1 (pp. 491-496). Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
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2016 Hora, R. N., Rahman, M. M., Beecham, S., & Karim, R. (2016). A review of the unconfined compressive strength of microbial induced calcite precipitation treated soils. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation Isc 2016 Vol. 2 (pp. 1161-1166). NSW, Australia: Australian Geomechanics Society.
2015 Glendinning, S., Karim, P. R., Rouainia, M., Stirling, R. A., Asquith, J. D., Hughes, P. N., . . . Muddle, D. (2015). Research-informed design, management and maintenance of infrastructure slopes: development of a multi-scalar approach. In IOP conference series: earth and environmental science Vol. 26 (pp. 1-22). UK: IOP.
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2015 Lynch, K., Hughes, D., Karim, M. R., Harley, R., Bell, A., Mckinley, J., . . . Bergamo, P. (2015). Evolving techniques for characterising and monitoring the stability of infrastructure slopes. In Proceedings of the XVI ECSMGE Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development Vol. 4 (pp. 1615-1620). UK: ICE Publishing.
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2015 Hughes, D., Karim, M. R., Briggs, K., Glendinning, S., Toll, D., Dijkstra, T., . . . Dixon, N. (2015). A Comparison of numerical modelling techniques to predict the effect of climate on infrastructure slopes. In Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Vol. 7 (pp. 3663-3668). UK: ICE publishing.
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2014 Harley, R., Sivakumar, V., Hughes, D., Karim, M. R., & Barbour, S. L. (2014). Progressive deformation of glacial till due to viscoplastic straining and pore pressure variation. In GeoRegina 2014: Engineering for the Extremes (pp. 1-5). Canada: Canadian geotechnical society.
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2013 Karim, R. (2013). Teaching and learning of fundamentals of structural engineering in undergraduate level. In Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2013 (pp. 2549-2553). US: Taylor & Francis Group.
2013 Islam, M. N., Gnanendran, C. T., Sivakumar, S. T., & Karim, R. (2013). Long-term performance of preloaded road embankment. In P. Delage (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18th international conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, ICSMGE 2013 Vol. 2 (pp. 1291-1294). Paris: CFMS.
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2012 Karim, M. R., Gnanendran, C. T., & Lo, S. C. R. (2012). Effect of geosynthetic reinforcement creep on the long term performance of an embankment. In Geotechnical Special Publication (pp. 1330-1339). US: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2012 Karim, R., Higgins, P., & Hornick, T. (2012). IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPACED RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUE BY A CAREGIVER. In GERONTOLOGIST Vol. 52 (pp. 590). OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
2009 Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Baki, A. L., & Paul, D. K. (2009). Ultimate lateral load resistance of laterally loaded pile. In W. F. Impe, & P. O. Impe (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on bored and auger piles (BAP V) (pp. 155-159). US: CRC Press.
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2009 Karim, R., & Gnanendran, C. T. (2009). Settlement analysis of foundation soil over a long time and comparison with field performance. In 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009; Alexandria; Egypt Vol. 1 (pp. 566-569). Alexandria, Egypt: IOS Press.
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2008 Karim, M. R., & Gnanendran, C. T. (2008). Review of visco-plastic soil models for predicting the performance of embankments on soft soils. In 12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008 Vol. 2 (pp. 945-956). US: ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Year Citation
2020 Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Ahenkorah, I., & Iqbal, A. (2020). Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation.
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  • Influence of expansive soil on water pipes and pavement infrastructures, City of Salisbury, 01/06/2023 - 31/12/2026
  • Guidelines to mitigate structure damage due to water content change in Victoria’s expansive soils, Victorian Building Authority, 03/03/2025 - 24/04/2026
  • Characterisation of tailings material behaviour in direct simple shear and triaxial space, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd, 22/04/2024 - 22/04/2025

Courses I teach

  • CIVE 3007 Geotechnical Engineering (2025)
  • CIVE 3008 Soil Mechanics (2025)
  • CIVE 3007 Geotechnical Engineering (2024)
  • CIVE 3008 Soil Mechanics (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Co-Supervisor Future climate pavements: optimised mechanistic and hydraulic design of permeable pavements - Doctorate Full Time Mr Milan Paudel
2023 Principal Supervisor Constitutive behaviour of bio-treated soils subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading - Doctorate Full Time Shahid Ali Khan
2023 Co-Supervisor 111168- Developing a constitutive model for stabilised tailings material - Doctorate Full Time Mr Bemah Ibrahim
2023 Co-Supervisor Constitutive modelling of unsaturated sand-fines mixtures - Doctorate Full Time Mohsen Zarei
2022 Co-Supervisor Optimisation of phytocapping technology using engineered growth media and selected native plant species for Southern Australia  - Doctorate Full Time Arifuzzaman Arifuzzaman
2022 Co-Supervisor Considering realistic shapes for granular materials in civil engineering - Doctorate Full Time Mr Tri Le
2022 Co-Supervisor Evaluation of geosynthetic stabilised pavements (GSP) for mitigating pavement damage on expansive soil - Doctorate Full Time Mr Sagun Shrestha
2022 Co-Supervisor Biostabilisation of silty sand, clayey sand and pure clay using enzyme-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (EICP) - Doctorate Full Time Mr Van Man Tran
2022 Principal Supervisor Reactive soil movement under current and future climate, and their influence on geotechnical structures - Doctorate Full Time Mr Bikash Devkota

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2025 - ongoing Member International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering TC202 (Transportation Geotechnics) International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Australia
2017 - ongoing Member Australian Geomechanics Society Executive Committee SA-NT Australian Geomechanics Society Australia

Date Role Membership Country
2025 - ongoing Member Engineers Australia -
2017 - ongoing Member Australian Geomechanics Society -

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2023 - ongoing Associate Editor Geotechnical Research Institution of Civil Engineers United Kingdom

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