Majid Nazem

Professor Majid Nazem

Professor

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Professor - Geotechnical Engineering

Collaborations
• Computational Geomechanics
• Computational Solid Mechanics
• Adaptive Finite Element Methods
• Meshless Methods
• Offshore Geomechanics
• Multi-seam Mining and Land Subsidence

Awards and fellowships
• Manby Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, 2012
• Outstanding Reviewer Award by Elsevier, 2012
• Research Fellowship, The University of Newcastle, Australia, 2009
• The D.H. Trollope Medal by Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS), 2006
• Research Prize by the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle, Australia, 2005

Supervisor projects

  • Numerical modelling of multi-phase media by meshless methods
  • 23 Sep 2024
  • Resilient Foundations in Calcareous Deposits
  • 16 May 2024
  • Sand-pile interface behaviour in problematic soil deposits susceptible to particle crushing and dynamic behaviour of wind turbines
  • 21 Mar 2024
  • TBA
  • 4 May 2022
  • Macro- and micro-modelling of cone penetration tests in soils
  • 1 Dec 2021
  • Numerical modelling of multi-phase media by meshless methods
  • 12 Aug 2021
  • Enhancing Efficiency in Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis using Machine Learning Techniques.
  • 14 Sep 2020
  • Analysis of Soil Penetration Problems: Parametric Studies and Inverse Analysis
  • 21 Aug 2020
  • A Study of Mechanisms Controlling the Slope Stability in South Gippsland, Victoria
  • 16 Jan 2020
  • Optimising the Planned Maintenance of Transport Infrastructure
  • 11 Jun 2019
  • Development of a new approach for predicting tram track degradation based on passenger ride/comfort data
  • 3 Nov 2016

Teaching interests

Teaching expertise
• Geomechanics, Theory of Structures, Geotechnical Engineering
• Stress and Finite Element Analysis
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Computations

Supervisor interests
Computational Mechanics, Computational Geomechanics, Contact Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Soil-Structure Interaction, Soil Dynamics, Finite Plasticity, Meshless Analysis

Research interests

Research expertise
Computational Geomechanics, Finite Elements Method, Finite Plasticity, Contact Mechanics, Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction
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