Dr Guangyao Si is an Associate Professor at the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering. He was initially trained as a mining engineer at the top mining university in China, China University of Mining Technology. He graduated as the top student among nearly 280 mining peers in 2010. Due to his excellent academic performance, he was awarded three scholarships by Imperial College London to sponsor his PhD research under the supervision of Professor Sevket Durucan. Guangyao defende...
Dr Guangyao Si is an Associate Professor at the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering. He was initially trained as a mining engineer at the top mining university in China, China University of Mining Technology. He graduated as the top student among nearly 280 mining peers in 2010. Due to his excellent academic performance, he was awarded three scholarships by Imperial College London to sponsor his PhD research under the supervision of Professor Sevket Durucan. Guangyao defended his thesis in 2015 with outstanding research outputs and then continued his work at Imperial College London as a Research Associate until the end of 2017. In December 2017, Guangyao moved from the UK to Australia to take a faculty position at UNSW. Having been studying and working for the mining industry on three different continents, Guangyao is determined to devote himself to exploring fundamental knowledge boundaries as well as developing industry-oriented research solutions.
Professional Involvement:
- · Collaborated with a wide range of mining companies: Anglo American, Glencore, BMA, South32, and Centennial.
- · Editorial Board Member, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- · Member of the International Rock Mechanics Society (ISRM), Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), and Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).
Research Interests:
Guangyao's research expertise was forged through years of collaborations with prestigious research institutes and industry operators, which are constituted by international and multidisciplinary teams. Through these collaborations, Guangyao has been immersed in various fields such as Reservoir Engineering, Geophysics, Geostatistics, and Geomechanics. The blending of these areas grants him a unique perspective to investigate challenges arising from the modern mining industry. His fundamental research interest lies in developing safer, smarter, and more sustainable mining technologies, which include:
- Coal seam gas capturing and utilisation,
- Goaf management and spontaneous combustion
- Multiphysics coupled simulation,
- Mining-induced seismicity management,
- Mining hazard prevention and mitigation,
- Machine learning applications in mining
We are constantly recruiting highly able, enthusiastic and well-motivated PhD students from subjects including Mining Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering, and other related engineering subjects. Students with an outstanding background in math, physics and programming are strongly encouraged to apply.
We have several PhD scholarships available to be distributed in 2024/2025. Please contact me asap to discuss research topics.
- Publications
- Grants
- Awards
- Teaching and Supervision
Lead and Co-Investigator for over AUD 12 million research projects. Major Cat 1 research projects are listed below:
- Guangyao Si, Appraisal of Gas Indicators from Goaf Drainage Holes for Spontaneous Combustion and Explosion Risk Management - Stage 2, $223k, ACARP.
- Guangyao Si, Peyman Mostaghimi, Ting Ren, Bharath Belle, Jian Zhang, Liang Zhao, Maximise goaf gas drainage for safe coal extraction and emissions reduction, ARC Linkage Project, $468k in total (298k from ARC, 170k from industry partners)
- Guangyao Si, Joung Oh, Peyman Mostaghimi, Zhentao Li, Reliable determination of strata gas content using geophysical logs and laboratory measurements: Stage 1, $129k, ACARP.
- Guangyao Si, Appraisal of gas indicators from goaf drainage holes for spontaneous combustion and explosion risk management, ACARP, 2020-2021, $120k.
- Duncan Chalmers, Guangyao Si, Evaluating GAG docking Connections/Simulations, ACARP, $82k, 2020-2021
- Peyman Mostaghimi, Ismet Canbulat, Ryan Armstrong, Chengguo Zhang, Guangyao Si, Direct measurements of effective diffusion coefficient of coal), ACARP, 2020-2021, $175k.
- Guangyao Si, Joung Oh, Paul Hagan, Naj Aziz, Ali Mirzaghorbanal, Development of a numerical modelling approach to better understand the effect of cable bolt performance on roof failure mechanisms in varying rock mass conditions, ACARP, July 2018-July 2020, $389k.
- Guan Yeoh, Guangyao Si and others, ARC Research Hub for Fire Resilience Infrastructure, Assets and Safety Advancements (FRIASA) in Urban, Resources, Energy and Renewables Sectors, 2022-2026, $5,053,012.
- Zheng Jiang, Guangyao Si and others, ARC Training Centre for Innovative Composites for the Future of Sustainable Mining Equipment, 2022-2026, $5,022,681.
- · Research Excellence (Early Career) Award-Faculty of Engineering UNSW
- · Excellent Scientific Editor (JRMGE, 2022),
- · Best Reviewer (IJCS&T, 2022)
- · High Impact Paper Award (Engineering Journal)
- · MINESOC Best Lecturer (2018)
- · Unearthed Young Innovator Award (2018)
My Research Supervision
Primary Supervision: Xin Zhang; Fatemeh Soleimani; Yuehan Wang; Xu Li; Zexin Yu; Haoyue Zhang; Xuebin Wu,
Joint/Co-supervision: Zizhuo Xiang; Xu Zhu
HDR Completion: Yi Duan (2023); Shuyu Wang (2023); Changbin Wang (2021); Jinming Dong (2018);
My Teaching
MINE3310 - Mining Geomechanics
MINE3510 - Mine Ventilation
MINE3430 - Mining Systems
MINE4510 - Advanced Mine Ventilation