Researcher

Associate Professor Jianfeng Xue

My Expertise

Geotechnical Engineering, Slope stability, Reinforced soil structures, Soil dam.

Fields of Research (FoR)

Civil Geotechnical Engineering, Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering

Biography

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.

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

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, $450,000, 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, and EDEM, ect.

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

Pavement geotechnical engineering, reliability analysis of soil structures, pile foundations

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