Asal Bidarmaghz ([email protected])
(Former) Research Fellow (Geotechnical Engineering) The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering Department B204, Engineering Block B, Parkville, VIC, 3010 T: +61 3 83441293 |
PhD Thesis Topic
”3D Numerical Modelling of Vertical Ground Heat Exchangers”
Supervisors: Dr Guillermo Narsilio, Prof. Ian W Johnston
Education
Employment
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Supervision
Journal Papers
Journal Papers in Preparation or Submitted
Conference Papers
Attended and Planned Conferences
Awards and Scholarships
Grants
Theses
Other Skills
Software
Languages
”3D Numerical Modelling of Vertical Ground Heat Exchangers”
Supervisors: Dr Guillermo Narsilio, Prof. Ian W Johnston
Education
- PhD Geotechnical Engineering Group, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, , The University of Melbourne, Australia (2015)
- M.Sc. (Mining Engineering), The University of Tehran, Iran (2008)
- B.Sc. (Mining Engineering), The University of Tehran, Iran (2004)
Employment
- Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge (Sept 2017 - Present)
- Research Fellow, Geothermal technologies, Geotechnical Engineering Group, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia (March 2015-Sept 2017).
- Senior Tutor/Tutor, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia (February 2011-present).
- Teaching Assistant (Pre-lab material development), Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia (August 2015-present).
- Course Coordinator (Master of Mining Engineering), Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia (2010-2012).
- Project Engineer, NEGRI Construction Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, (May 2009-July 2010).
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Supervision
- Co-supervision of PhD candidates (2016-present)
- Supervision of master by research students (2016-present)
Journal Papers
- Bidarmaghz, A., Narsilio G., Buhmann P., Moormann C,. and Westrich B., (2017). "Thermal interaction between tunnel ground heat exchangers and borehole heat exchangers," Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (in press), (link)
- Bidarmaghz, A., and Narsilio, G.A., (2016). “Shallow Geothermal Energy: Emerging Convective Phenomena in Permeable Saturated Soils”, Geotechnique Letters, 6(2), 1-5.
- Bidarmaghz, A., Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A., Francisca F.M., and Carro Perez, M., (2016). “Geothermal Energy in Loess”, Environmental Geotechnics, (special issue, link)
- Bidarmaghz, A., Narsilio, G.A., Johnston, I.W., and Colls, S., (2016). “The Importance of Surface Air Temperature Fluctuations on Long-term Performance of Vertical Ground Heat Exchangers”, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 6(2016), 35-44 (special issue)
- Bidarmaghz, A., Narsilio G. A., and Johnston, I. W., (2012). “Numerical Modelling of Ground Loop Configurations for Direct Geothermal Applications”, Australian Geomechanics, 47(4), 15-20 (special issue).
Journal Papers in Preparation or Submitted
- Narsilio, G.A., Bidarmaghz, A., Johnston, I.W., and Colls, S., (2016). “Geothermal Energy: detailed modelling of ground heat exchangers”, Computers and Geotechnics (revision submitted).
Conference Papers
- Bidarmaghz, A. Narsilio, G.A., Buhmann, P., and Moormann C,. (2016) Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Geothermal Plants into Tunnels, 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2017, 17-22 September 2017, Seoul, Korea.
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A., Bidarmaghz, A (2016). Optimising the design of energy piles using Machine Learning. 19th ICSMGE, 17-22 September 2017, Seoul, South Korea.
- Bidarmaghz, A. and G.A. Narsilio, G.A. (2016) The influence of natural convection on thermal performance of ground heat exchangers, 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics ICEGT 2016, 29-31 August 2016, Kiel, Germany.
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A., Bidarmaghz, A., Johnston, I.W. (2016). Effects of ground heat exchanger variable pipe separation in ground-source heat pump systems. 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics ICEGT 2016, 29-31 August 2016, Kiel, Germany.
- Buhmann, P., Moormann, C,. Bidarmaghz, A., and Narsilio, G,. (2016) “An investigation of the potential thermal energy of geothermal tunnels with focus on a case study in Stuttgart, Germany”, 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics ICEGT 2016, 29-31 August 2016, Kiel, Germany.
- Jensen-Page, L., Narsilio, G., Bidarmaghz, A., and Johnston, I., (2016) “Impact of seasonal variation in ground temperature on thermal response test results”, 18th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment, 19-20 Sep 2016, Chicago, USA.
- Buhmann, P., Moormann, C,. Bidarmaghz, A., and Narsilio, G,. (2015) “Tunnel Geothermics Meets BHE, Differences in terms of Energy Extraction and Numerical Medelling”, 1st International Conference on Geo-Energy and Geo-Environment, 4-5 Dec, Hong Kong.
- Narsilio, G. A., Francisca, F. M., Ferrero, H., Bidarmaghz, A., Serrano, C., Carro Perez, M., Makasis, N., & Delacoste, E. (2015), Geothermal Energy in Loess: A detailed numerical case study for Cordoba, Argentina. In D. Manzanal and A.O. Sfriso (Eds.) Proceedings of the XV Pan-american Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, XV PCSMGE 2015, 15-18 November 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina. pp. 704-711. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-603-3-704. (link, download) (ranked as top-ten paper).
- Bidarmaghz, A., Narsilio, G. and Johnston I., (2015), “Effects of Surface Air Temperature on Thermal Performance of Vertical Ground Heat Exchangers”, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG2015), M. Sanchez, E. Romero, A. Gens, and S. Olivella, editors, 2-4 June, Barcelona, Spain.
- Narsilio, G., Johnston, I., Bidarmaghz, A., Colls, S., Mikhaylova, O., Kivi, A., Aditya, R., (2014), “Geothermal Energy: Introducing an Emerging Technology”, International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ACESD 2014), Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Aug. 27-29 (Invited paper).
- Bidarmaghz, A., Narsilio, GA., & Johnston, I., (2013), “Numerical Modelling of Ground Heat Exchangers with Different Ground Loop Configurations for Direct Geothermal Applications”, In Delage P, Desrues J, Frank R, Puech A, Schlosser F (editors), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (18th ICSMGE), Challenges and innovations in Geotechnics. Paris, France, Sept. 2-6. 3343-3346.
- Narsilio, G., Johnston, I., Colls, S., Bidarmaghz, A., Valizadeh, Kivi A., and Neshastehriz, S., (2012), “Direct Geothermal Energy Research and Demonstration Projects for Victoria, Australia”, in Proceeding of 2012 Int'l Conference on Geomechanics and Engineering, edited by Choi C., K., 2433-2446, Seoul, Korea.
- Bidarmaghz, A., Narsilio, G., and Johnston, I., (2012), “Numerical Modelling of GHE Configurations and Geometry for Direct Geothermal Applications”, in Proceeding of 2012 Int'l Conference on Geomechanics and Engineering, edited by Choi, C., K., 2447-2455, Seoul, Korea.
- Bidarmaghz, A., Narsilio, G., and Johnston, I., (2012), “Numerical Modelling of Ground Loop Configurations for Direct Geothermal Applications”, in Proceeding of 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics-Ground Engineering in Changing World, edited by G. Narsilio, Arulrajah, A., and Kodikara, J., 614-619, Melbourne, Australia, (best paper award).
Attended and Planned Conferences
- The 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2017, Seoul, Korea, 17-22 September 2017.
- The 18th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment, Chicago, USA, Sep 19-20, 2016.
- The 1st International Conference in Energy Geotechnics, Kiel, Germany, Aug 29-31, 2016.
- The 1st International Conference on Geo-Energy & Geo-Environment, Hong Kong, Dec 4-5, 2015.
- 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (PCSMGE), Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 15-18, 2015.
- The 1st International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG2015), Barcelona, Spain, Jun 2-4, 2015.
- World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental and Materials Research (ACEM'12), Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2012.
- The 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ-2012), Melbourne, Australia, July 15-18, 2012.
- Postgraduate (PG) conference (2012 and 2013), Infrastructure Engineering Department, The University of Melbourne.
Awards and Scholarships
- The 2016 Best of Research and Practice Award (Environmental Geotechnics Journal)
- Ian Potter Foundation grant, 2015, Australia
- Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics (ANZ) Best Paper Award, 2012, Australia
- Thomas Ewing scholarship, The University of Melbourne, 2012, Australia
- Research and Training Conference scholarship, 2012, Australia
- APA scholarship, The University of Melbourne, 2010, Australia
- Top student, M.Sc., Mining Engineering, Tehran University, 2008, Iran
- 3rd top student, B.Sc., Mining engineering, Tehran University, 2004, Iran
Grants
- G Narsilio, A Bidarmaghz, M Disfani, I Johnston, “Geoexchange feasibility study”, Melbourne Metro Rail Authority (MMRA), 2016, Research Contract ($120,000).
- G Narsilio, M Disfani, A Bidarmaghz, “Geothermal Testing (In-situ and Laboratory)”, Golder Associates Pty Ltd, 2016, Consultancy contract ($46,000).
- H Bornstein, S Ryan, S Weckert, A Resnyansky, R Dale, C Nelson, D Shanmugam, R Smith, K Bateman, M Saleh, L Edwards, G Narsilio, A Bidarmaghz, “Soil Model Scoping Study”, Defense Materials Technology Centre (DMTC), 2015 ($15,000)
- A Bidarmaghz, Travel Grant, Ian Potter Foundation, 2015 ($2,500)
Theses
- PhD Thesis (2014). “3D Numerical Modelling of Vertical Ground Heat Exchangers”, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
- M.Sc. Thesis (2008). “New Algorithm for Optimization of Cut-off Grade in Open Pit Mining”, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tehran, Iran (in Farsi).
Other Skills
- Numerical modelling
- Finite element
Software
- Comsol Multiphysics
- Matlab
- Autocad
- Microsoft Office
- PLAXIS (2D and 3D)
Languages
- Persian (mother tongue)
- English (fluent)
- German (beginner)