Associate Professor Murat Karakus

Associate Professor/Reader

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Computational Rock Mechanics

FEA for block cave mining

Rock burst analysis in deep mines/excavation

Source analysis of fractures in rocks using Moment Tensor inversion

ID Drill bit wear analysis by acoustic emission (AE)

In-situ stress measurements using AE and Deformation Rate Analysis (DRA)

Tunnelling (New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM))

Genetic Programming applied to Rock Mechanics

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2017 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide
    2014 - 2016 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2009 - 2013 Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2007 - 2009 Associate Professor Inonu University
    2000 - 2007 Assistant Professor Inonu University
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2000 University of Leeds United Kingdom PhD
    1991 Hacettepe University Turkey BEng
  • Certifications

    Date Title Institution name Country
    2022 Leadership Principles Harvard University United States
    2009 Certificate of Teaching at University University of Adelaide Australia

SELECTED FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS (Over $10 Million; Lead Chief Investigator of $5.2 Million)

Year Funding Body Project Title Value, A$
2023 ARC-DP A multi-scale theory for solid-granular transition in deep mining 493,390
2022 ARC-LP Multi-phase modelling of mudrush hazard in mining 1,303,402
2022 ARC-ITTC Innovative Composites for the Future of Sustainable Mining 4,969,602
2021 OZ Minerals Grouting of fractured fault zones in underground mining 175,000
2020 ARC-LP Machine Learning Driven flow modelling of fractured rocks 516,000
2020 ACARP In-situ stress measurement 240,000
2020 ACARP Rock burst and De-stress design in deep mines 330,000
2019 OZ Minerals Cave Mining Centre at Adelaide Uni 640,000
2019 OZ Minerals Various Masters and Honours Projects in Geotechnical Eng. 40,000
2019 OZ Minerals Hollow Cylinder Rock Burst Study 90,000
2018 ACARP Rock burst management in deep underground excavations 370,000
2016 MEA Optimisation of cemented paste backfill 92,000
2015 DVCR Grant New exp. facility for temperature, defect and stress imaging 49,000
2016 ARC-LP A new damage model for rock burst 244,000
2014 ARC-LIEF Three-dimensionally compressed and monitored Hopkinson bar 560,000
2014 OZ Minerals Mitigating rock bursts during deep mining 80,000
2014 Faculty of ECMS Advanced numerical modelling of deep mines 36,000
2014 MEA Fractures in anisotropic rocks using moment tensor inversion 32,000
2011 CRC AE of the rock cutting response of impregnated diamond segment 135,000
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor Constitutive Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Mud Rush occurring during Fragmentation Process in Cave Mining Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Vikas Matapher Prajapati
    2024 Co-Supervisor Investigation of the micro-mechanism of gap-graded soils subjected to suffusion using a novel CFD-DEM approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hanfan Liu
    2024 Co-Supervisor Hydrogen flow through faults and fractures and its implications for geo-hydrogen generation and storage Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sirous Hosseinzadeh
    2024 Co-Supervisor Development of Numerical model based on Peridynamics theory to predict cracking / fracturing in brittle and ductile materials under extreme conditions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Muhammad Naveed Akram
    2024 Co-Supervisor Theoretical, numerical and experimental investigation of failure of 3D printed cement-based materials (3DPC) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Longsheng Wang
    2024 Principal Supervisor Advanced Simulation of Dynamic Rock Cutting for Next-Generation Excavation Tools Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Volkan Satar
    2023 Co-Supervisor Failure of 3D-printed cement-based materials. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zili Huang
    2023 Co-Supervisor Constitutive and numerical modeling of internal erosion in soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dharani Raj Subramaniam Viswanathan
    2022 Principal Supervisor Experimental rock mechanics and rock mass characterisation for block caving mines Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Fauzan Yudho Pratomo
    2022 Co-Supervisor Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulations of fracture and fragmentation in cave mining Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Thanh Nhan Nguyen
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Experimental Investigation of Strength Improvement of Fractured Rocks by
    Polyurethane Resin Grouting
    Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Luong Tuan Anh Doan
    2020 - 2024 Principal Supervisor In-situ Stress Measurement using Non-Destructive Techniques (NDTs) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zulfiqar Ali
    2020 - 2025 Principal Supervisor INVESTIGATING THE USE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TO MANAGE CAVE BACK PROPAGATION Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Benjamin James Powlay
    2018 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Prediction and Control of Rock Burst Phenomenon in Deep Underground Mining Based on Rock Behaviour Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh
    2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Numerical Modelling of the Time-Dependent Behaviour of Tunnels in Squeezing Ground Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Eugie Kabwe
    2016 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Experimental investigation of damage evolution during strain burst in brittle rocks for deep mines Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Selahattin Akdag
    2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor A Combined Theoretical-Experimental-Numerical Approach to Characterization and Modelling of Rock Fracture and Rock Burst Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Rupesh Kumar Verma
    2015 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Study on performance of Cement Paste Backfill (CPB) with different binder under various situation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yue Zhao
    2014 - 2018 Principal Supervisor A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Damage Process in Hard Rock with Application to Rockburst Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Thomas Daniel Bruning
    2014 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Theoretical and Numerical Modelling of the Anisotropic Behaviour of Jointed Rocks Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Changtai Zhou
    2013 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Acoustic Analysis of Rock Cutting Process for Impregnated Diamond Drilling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Santiago Perez Ospina
    2010 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Relationship Between Input and Output: A Systematic Study of the Stability of Highly Fractured Rock Slopes Using the Hoek-Brown Strength Criterion Master of Engineering Science Master Part Time Mr Qian Qian
    2009 - 2013 Principal Supervisor Analytical and Numerical Analyses for Rock Slope Stability using the Generalized Hoek-Brown Criterion Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jiayi Shen
  • Editorial Boards

    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2022 - ongoing Board Member Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (JRMGE) The Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
    2018 - ongoing Associate Editor Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria Germany
    2017 - ongoing Editor-In-chief Arabian Journal of Geosciences Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria Austria
    2016 - ongoing Associate Editor International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Elsevier B.V. Netherlands
    2016 - ongoing Board Member International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment Taylor & Francis Group United Kingdom
    2012 - ongoing Board Member Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology Elsevier Netherlands
  • Position: Associate Professor/Reader
  • Phone: 83136471
  • Email: murat.karakus@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134359
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering North, floor N1
  • Org Unit: Mining and Petroleum Engineering

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