My Expertise
Geotechnical Engineering, Pavement Geotechnics, Slope stability, Reinforced soil structures.
Fields of Research (FoR)
Civil Geotechnical Engineering, Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical EngineeringBiography
Jianfeng is an Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engingeering. He is a Fellow member and a Chartered Profession Engineer accredited by the Institution of Engineers Australia. He obtained his PhD from University College Dublin in 2007. He worked in Coffey Geotechnics (Perth), Tongji University, Monash University and Federation University Australia as a lecturer before joining UNSW, Canberra.
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Jianfeng is an Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engingeering. He is a Fellow member and a Chartered Profession Engineer accredited by the Institution of Engineers Australia. He obtained his PhD from University College Dublin in 2007. He worked in Coffey Geotechnics (Perth), Tongji University, Monash University and Federation University Australia as a lecturer before joining UNSW, Canberra.
Jianfeng is available for consultancy on geotechnical projects.
Applicants with H1 equivalent are welcome to contact me for scholarship opportunities.
For publication information, please visit:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fBxgIdsAAAAJ&hl=en
or
https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-jianfeng-xue/publications
My Grants
- The ARC Training Centre for Whole Life Design of Carbon Neutral Infrastructure (DfCO2), CI, $500,000, 2024-2029
- Australia Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Engineering behaviour of rammed earth walls as bearing members in medium rise residential buildings, CI, $77,540, 2023-2024
- Australia Research Council (ARC Linkage), Novel test and design methods for base course reinforced flexible pavements, CI, $708,000, 2023-2025
- Australia Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Engineering behaviour of rammed earth walls as bearing members in medium rise residential buildings, CI, $67,540, 2023
- Australia Research Council, Smart Pavements Australia Research Collaboration Hub, CI, $200,000 to UNSW Canberra, 2019-2024
- Long term settlement of Mugga Lane landfill cell in ACT, $74,000, 2018-2021, ACT NOWaste
- Metro traffic induced settlement of existing tunnel due to undercrossing tunnel, $100,000, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Communications Planning, China, 2018-2020
- Effect of construction sequence and structure stiffness on differential settlement of high-rise buildings, $45,000, UNSW, 2018-2019.
My Qualifications
PhD: University College Dublin, 2007
My Research Activities
Research Interests
- Reliability analysis of soil structures
- Behaviour of reinforced soil structure
- Landfill waste behaviour
- Pile foundations
- Geogrid reinforced pavement system
- Tunnel interaction in soft soils
- Soil structure interaction
Research Facilities
- Well equipped Geotechnical lab with modern monotonic and MTS cyclic Triaxial cells, Unsaturated triaxial cells, Rowe Cell, and 300mm size large direct shear box, etc.
- Access to Abaqus, ANSYS, FLAC 2D and 3D, Plaxis 2D and 3D, PFC and EDEM, ect.
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Pavement geotechnical engineering, big data analysis for geotechnical engineering, pile foundations
Applicants with H1 equivalent are welcome to contact me for scholarship opportunities on above topics.
Currently supervising
- Miss CHAI Fei (MSc, BSc, Tongji University) PhD candidate: Estimation of pile capacity using CPT database
- Miss XIAO Li (MSc, BSc, Tongji University) PhD candidate: Improving pavement performance using geogrid reinforced asphalt
- Mr. Ziheng Wang (MSc Melbourne University) PhD candidate: Cyclic behaviour of reinforced soils
- Mr. Jiacheng Qiu (BSc, 1st class honours, Monash University) PhD candidate: Repeated penetration behaviour of reinforced soils
- Taiwo Sesay (MSc, Chang'an University) PhD candidate: Soil improvement for rammed earth structures
-
Matin Moghadam (BSc, MSc, Azad University) PhD candidate: Behaviour of collapsible soils
Recent UNSW PhD graduates
- Dr. Sojeong Lee (BSc, KAIST), Research Fellow, Ajou University
- Dr. Yuekai Xie, (BSc, 1st class honours, Monash University), Research Associate, UNSW
- Dr. Bo Liu, (BSc, MSc, Tongji University), Research Fellow, HongKong Polytechnic University
- Dr. Zhiyong Liu, (BSc, MSc, Sichuan University), Research Professor, Tongji University
My Engagement
- Chartered Professional Engineer, Institution of Engineers Australia, 2014 to now
- Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019
- Committee member, Institution of Engineers Australia, ACT Civil/Structural Branch, 12/2017 to now
- Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- Secretary, Australian Geomechanics Society, ACT group, 2019
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6380-1188