Dr Hamid Ronagh

Email: h.ronagh@uq.edu.au

Telephone: 07 3365 9117

Organisational Unit: Civil Engineering - School of

Topics: Structural engineering, composite steel/concrete structures, use of fibre reinforced plastics for strengthening of structures, cold-formed steel structures, finite element method, earthquake engineering.

Professor David J. Williams

Email: d.williams@uq.edu.au

Telephone: 07 3365 3642

Organisational Unit: Civil Engineering - School of

Web: http://www.eng.uq.edu.au/civil

Topics: Geotechnical engineering (foundations, slope stability, earthquake engineering, embankments on soft foundations, expansive clay foundations). Geomechanics of mine waste disposal and rehabilitation (field monitoring, laboratory modelling and testing, and analysis), including application of unsaturated soil mechanics to the water balance of mine waste rock dumps and tailings storage facilities, during operation and post-closure. Mined landform design, dewatering of mineral products. Disposal of nickel laterite residue. Risk assessment and cost-effectiveness analysis applied to mine site rehabilitation.