You will work with a small team of PhD students, a lecturer and a professor to collect and analyse data that images the soil and rocks at some sites around Sydney. You will help deploy the sensors as well as take readings in the field and then utilise software to produce images of the subsurface and help more senior staff make interpretations. We will use sound waves and electrical currents to travel through soils and rocks with the aim to build images of the site and finally interpret it.
School
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Area
Environmental engineering | Geotechnical engineering | Civil engineering | Geophysics | Water resources engineering
Suitable for recognition of Work Integrated Learning (industrial training)?
Yes
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This research project will take place at the School of Civil and Environment Engineering at UNSW Kensington, #1 in Australia in Civil Engineering and #20 in the world. We have specialised geophysical equipment that we deploy with industry partners across various sites around Sydney to collect and analyse data. The School has extensive equipment and also works closely with industry to deploy this equipment in the field. The experiments in the project will be conducted in accessible sites around Sydney (usually parks) for outreach and teaching, however the collection and interpretation can give insights into the underlying formations, the water saturation, the depth to bedrock and the strength of the bedrock. The project will be supported by a team of PhD students as well as Dr. Patrick Makuluni, who brings geological and civil engineering expertise, A/Prof. Martin Andersen, who brings groundwater expertise to the project while Prof. Clark will help with the geophysical interpretation.
- Images of the electrical conductivity and velocity of the subsurface.
- Interpretations of the geological and groundwater of the sites.
