PhD, MSc, BSc, Geotechnical Engineering
Senior Lecturer - Engineering (Visiting academic at Monash University-Clayton campus)
School of Engineering and Technology
Centre for Railway Engineering
Dr. Mirzababaei is a senior lecturer of Geotechnical Engineering at the Melbourne campus of Central Queensland University since 2016. He has been working as a Project Engineer and a Senior Engineer in Civil/Geotechnical engineering projects between 2004 and 2008. He completed his PhD for a research project with a title of "Reinforcement of Clays using waste carpet fibres" in association with EnviroLink (United Kingdom), a governmental body active in the environmental-related research issues. Later in 2012, he worked on a post-doctoral project to investigate the shear failure of Queensland heavy haul railway networks in collaboration with Aurizon (Australia’s largest rail freight operator). He has published more than 30 journal articles (including articles under review). He serves as an Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Since 2004, he has been active in designing automated (software-controlled) laboratory equipment for geotechnical engineering testing and research. His current research is focused on temperature-related behaviour of stabilised soils and soil stabilisation with novel environmental-friendly materials.
2020-Present: Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University (Melbourne-Australia)
2016-Present: Lecturer, School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University (Melbourne-Australia)
2013-2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University (Rockhampton-Australia)
2008-2012: Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford (Bradford-United Kingdom)
2011-2012: Sessional Lecturer, schools of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, University of East London (London-United Kingdom)Qualifications
2008-2012: PhD, University of Bolton (Bolton-United Kingdom)
2003-2006: MSc., Tarbiat Modares University (Tehran, Iran)
1999-2003: BSc., Shahid Chamran University (Ahvaz, Iran)
2017-Present: Geotechnical Engineering Design (PG Students), Central Queensland University, Australia
2017-2018: Mining Engineering systems and legislation (PG Students), Central Queensland University, Australia
2016-2017: Mine Management & Safety (UG Students), Central Queensland University, Australia
2016-2017: Australian Engineering Practice (PG Students), Central Queensland University, Australia
2013-2016: Geotechnical Engineering (UG Students), Central Queensland University, Australia
2013-2016: Capstone Structure and Geotechnical Engineering (UG Students), Central Queensland University, Australia
2011-2012: Geotechnical Engineering (UG students), University of East London, London, United Kingdom
2008-2012: Advanced Materials (UG students), University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
2008-2012: Geotechnical Laboratory (UG students), University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
Soil stabilisation with environmental-friendly materials
The behaviour of reactive clays
Soil reinforcement
Thermal behaviour of stabilised clays
Railway geotechnology
Numerical modelling of geotechnical structures
Laboratory large-scale testing of soil-structure interactions
Remote sensing and geotechnical field instrumentation
Particle Image Velocimetry analysis of geotechnical structures and models
Designing advanced closed-loop controlled testing equipment for research
Use of IoT in Geotechnical Engineering Practice
Associate Editor: ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (2018-Present)
Guest Editor: Special Issue "Stabilisation and Reinforcement of Clays with Environmentally Friendly Materials" (2020)
Editorial committee member of GeoChina 2018 conference (July 2018)
Editorial Committee member of Transportation Geotechnics and Geoecology Conference (May 2017)
Invited lecture by Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (2018)
Invited lecture by Tongji University, Shanghai, China (2018)
Invited lecture by Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (2017)
2017-2017: Consultancy job for Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland, $5,000
2017-2019: CQUniversity, New Staff Research grant, $14,480
2018: Publon global Peer Reviewer Award (top 1% of global peer reviewers in Engineering)
2018: CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor Award “Publication Recognition”
2018: CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor Award for "Outstanding Student Satisfaction factor"
2016: CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor Award, $1,000 for "Best Practice in Learning and Teaching"
2015: CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor award for "Distance Educator of the Year 2015"
2015: CQUniversity School of Engineering award for "Outstanding Student Satisfaction factor"
Triaxial test accessories for upgrading to temperature-controlled test (2019)
Apparatus for determining the thermal conductivity coefficient of soil and rock samples (2019)
Temperature controlled swell potential testing equipment (Fully Software-controlled, -1.5 to 50°C) (2018)
Temperature controlled Consolidation testing equipment (Fully Software-controlled, -4 to 50°C) (2019)
Advanced loading frame with closed-loop load/displacement control for small-scale footing test (2017)
Pressure panel for the static and dynamic triaxial test (2016)
Equipment, software and data logging system for determining the Poisson ratio and E modulus of cylindrical rock samples (2012)
Suction probe for measuring negative pore-pressure in slopes (2010)
6-way triaxial pressure panel (2009)
General
Universities Studied At
University of Bolton
University of Bradford
Universities Worked At
University of Bradford University of East London
Awards
Vice-chancellor’s awards for good practice in learning and teaching (tier 1)
Vice-chancellor’s awards for the outstanding number of research outputs in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Professional Memberships
Australian Geomechanics Society International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Bowen Basin Underground Geotechnical Society
Professional Interests
Soil reinforcement
Soil treatment
Study the fabric of soils using Scanning Electron Microscopy
Laboratory modelling
Large scale modelling
Numerical modelling
Computer Software
Geoslope
AllPile
Professional Visual Basic Programming
Developing automated software for data acquisition systems
Industry Reports
Aurizons formation shear failure report
Editor
ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Consultancy Work
An update of the Hs values for Queensland, Australia to comply with AS2870-2011