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
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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
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Journals
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Books
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Book Chapters
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Conference Papers
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 |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 Co-Supervisor Mineral carbonation of mine tailings for carbon sequestration and potential utilization Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohammad Rezaee 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 GroutingMaster 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
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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
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