CWiMI provides opportunities for students wanting to enrol in an Honours, Masters or PhD program. The research topics available address current industry questions across multiple fields and, under the guidance of our academic researchers, students are able to make significant contributions to sustainability in mining specialising in water in resource extraction.
If you would like to know more about Higher Degree by Research Programs (HDR) please visit SMI Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Programs
If you would like to know more about all SMI study please visit SMI Study Information
Topics currently available for postgraduate research projects:
| Research Project No. |
Research Project name | Short explanation of research area | Contact Details for applicants |
| Land & Water 1 | Beyond the carrot and stick: how social norms and values influence water management | Monitoring, fines and incentives have since long been used as tools for water management. This research area will explore how cultural values and social norms can be used as novel tools for sustainable water management. |
For more information please contact |
Though the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) program, we have three exciting opportunities to undertake PhD projects:
- Towards an interdisciplinary framework for groundwater pumping estimation;
For details about the NCGRT program, eligibility criteria, scholarship and benefits, and lodging an Expression of Interest:
http://www.groundwater.com.au/2019-national-ph-d-positions-in-groundwater-expressions-of-interest
Regional Land and Water Resources
For further information, please contact: Neil McIntyre
Mine Water Management and Accounting
For further information, please contact: Associate Professor Claire Côte
Postgraduate research students currently enrolled in a PhD or MPhil (and project title):
Our Current HDR Students are:
| Name | Project |
| Raphael Akesseh |
Geochemical and hydrological study of mine tailings & capping design strategy for proposed tailing facility system closure |
| Gemma Bloomfield | Recharge estimation in the Surat Basin |
| Nena Bulovic | A changing water cycle in an agricultural and coal seam gas basin |
| Melinda Hilton | Prediction of long-term salt generation from coal spoils |
| Karan Jian | Salt crusting and its impact on water flow |
| Kristian Mandaran | Mount Isa Mines closure: evaluation of final void water balance |
| Juan Sebastian Ossa Moreno | Quantifying the value of water over project life cycles in a mining and agricultural region |
| Gabriel Pérez Murillo | Modelling transport and transformation of mine tailings |
| Louisa Rochford | Evaluating a national framework for groundwater use estimation in Australia |
| Meng Shirley Shi | Rainfall extremes and adaptive mine water management in the Bowen Basin |
| Shahla Yavari |