STAFF PROFILE
Professor Jie Li
Position:
Assistant AD Civil & Infrastrcture Eng.
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399253554
Email:
jie.li@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Areas of research and consulting expertise
- Testing and design for unsaturated soils
- Neutron moisture probe calibration
- The influence of trees on the design of residential footings
- Site investigation & back analysis of buildings damaged by expansive soils
- Soil-structure interaction analysis
- Foundation and footing design
Accomplishments
- SEH College Student Choice Teaching Award (2008, 2009, 2015)
- RMIT Nominee for Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) citation (2009)
- RMIT University Teaching Award (2008)
Teaching
- CIVE1187 Statics
- CIVE1155 Sustainable Infrastructure Design
- CIVE1108 Geotechnical Engineering 2
- CIVE1249 Stability of Earth Structures
Administration
- Program Manager (Civil and Infrastructure Engineering)
- Assistant Discipline Head (Civil and Infrastructure Engineering)
- Year 4 Coordinator for Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours)
BSc, MEng, PhD
Affiliations and professional memberships
- Member, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- Member, Australian Geomechanics Society
- Member, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- Member, International Association for Computer Methods & Advances in Geomechanics
Technical journal referee
- Geotechnical Testing Journal
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal
- Applied Clay Sciences
- ASCE Journal of Goetechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Journal of Australian Geomechanics
- Sadeghian, F.,Jahandari, S.,Haddad, A.,Rasekh, H.,Li, J. (2022). Effects of variations of voltage and pH value on the shear strength of soil and durability of different electrodes and piles during electrokinetic phenomenon In: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 14, 625 - 636
- Islam, M.,Li, J.,Wu, Y.,Roychand, R.,Saberian, M. (2022). Design and strength optimization method for the production of structural lightweight concrete: An experimental investigation for the complete replacement of conventional coarse aggregates by waste rubber particles In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 184, 1 - 25
- Perera, S.,Saberian, M.,Zhu, J.,Roychand, R.,Li, J. (2022). Effect of crushed glass on the mechanical and microstructural behavior of highly expansive clay subgrade In: Case Studies in Construction Materials, 17, 1 - 19
- Wang, L.,Xu, M.,Li, J.,Zhou, E.,Gao, Y. (2022). Kinematic limit analysis of unsaturated stepped excavation slopes subjected to surcharge loads In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering, , 1 - 17
- Islam, M.,Li, J.,Roychand, R.,Saberian Boroujeni, M.,Chen, F. (2022). A comprehensive review on the application of renewable waste tire rubbers and fibers in sustainable concrete In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 374, 1 - 26
- Liu, X.,Zhou, A.,Shen, S.,Li, J. (2022). Modeling drainage in porous media considering locally variable contact angle based on pore morphology method In: Journal of Hydrology, 612, 1 - 10
- Zhang, H.,Tao, Y.,Zhang, K.,Li, J.,Setunge, S.,Shi, L. (2022). Impacts of storey number of buildings on solar chimney performance: A theoretical and numerical approach In: Energy, 261, 1 - 12
- Zhu, J.,Saberian Boroujeni, M.,Perera, S.,Roychand, R.,Li, J.,Wang, G. (2022). Reusing COVID-19 disposable nitrile gloves to improve the mechanical properties of expansive clay subgrade: An innovative medical waste solution In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 375, 1 - 14
- Kilmartin-Lynch, S.,Roychand, R.,Saberian Boroujeni, M.,Li, J.,Zhang, G.,Setunge, S. (2022). A sustainable approach on the utilisation of COVID-19 plastic based isolation gowns in structural concrete In: Case Studies in Construction Materials, 17, 1 - 11
- MolaAbasi, H.,Kharazmi, P.,Khajeh, A.,Saberian Boroujeni, M.,Chenari, R.,Harandi, M.,Li, J. (2022). Low plasticity clay stabilized with cement and zeolite: An experimental and environmental impact study In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 184, 1 - 17
- Pile foundations in unsaturated soils: a mechanistic framework. Funded by: University of New South Wales from (2023 to 2026)
- Malcolm Moore Research Project Transforming COVID-19 PPE wastes into valuable resources for construction applications: A practical, innovative and sustainable solution. Funded by: Casafico from (2022 to 2023)
- Solar Panels and Geotechnical Soil Slopes Integration. Funded by: Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund 2018 onwards- Grant from (2021 to 2022)
- Incorporating treated crumb rubber and recycled aggregate into concrete aided by Indigenous Methodologies. Funded by: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH RESEARCH LTD Scholarship from (2020 to 2021)
- Sustainable planting of trees in suburban environments on shrinkable clays. Funded by: ARC Linkage Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2022)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
15 PhD Current Supervisions16 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions
Testing and design for unsaturated soils; Neutron moisture probe calibration; The influence of trees on the design of residential footings; Soil-structure interaction analysis; Foundation and footing design