Ahmed Soliman

Qualifications

PhD, Geotechnical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 2000
Post Graduate Diploma, Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, 1996
M.Sc., Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1987
B.Sc. (Honours Degree), Civil Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1981

Memberships

Corporate Member, Australian Institution of Engineers
Chartered Professional Engineer

Expertise

  • Open pit stability & soil slope stability
  • Overburden dump and waste rock dump stability
  • Site investigation & advanced in-situ testing
  • Design & construction of tailings dams
  • Management geotechnical projects
  • Advanced laboratory testing
  • Numerical modelling and analysis
  • Earthwork & QA/QC
  • Soil liquefaction
  • Ground improvement
  • Design of shallow & deep foundations

Publications

"BROWN COAL OPEN PIT, YALLOURN EASTFIELD, VICTORIA FLAC MODELLING: MORWELL RIVER DIVERSION CHANNEL-SOUTHERN BATTERS BUFFER WIDTH", A. Soliman, B. Wood and D. Hibberd, Australian Geomechanics Society Journal, Vol 42, No.2, June 2007, pp.87-96

"MILLBROOK DAM, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - NUMERICAL MODELING OF LARGE DEFORMATIONS",  A. Soliman, M. Coulthard, P. Russell, A. Parsons., Proceedings of the 4th International FLAC Symposium on Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics, Madrid, Spain, 2006.

"FLAC: MODELLING THE PAST, TOOL FOR THE FUTURE MILLBROOK DAM - SOUTH AUSTRALIA"  A. Soliman, M. Coulthard, P. Russell, A. Parsons. Proceedings of the 44th Annual ANCOLD/ NZSOLD Conference, Victoria, Australia, 2004.

"EVALUATION OF NONLINEAR ELASTIC SOIL MODELS USING CENTRIFUGE TESTING"  Ahmed Soliman & Martin Fahey.  Proceedings of the 7th Australian-NewZealand Conference on Geomechanics, "Geomechanics in a Changing World" 1996, Adelaide, South Australia.

"MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF SHEAR MODULUS IN SBP TESTS IN SAND"  Ahmed Soliman & Martin Fahey.  Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on "The Pressuremeter and Its New Avenues" 1995, Sherbrooke, Canada.

"MEASURING THE SMALL-STRAIN BEHAVIOUR OF SAND IN-SITU"  Martin Fahey & Ahmed A. Soliman.  Proceeding of the International Symposium on "Pre-Failure Deformations Characteristics of Geomaterial" 1994, Sapporo, Japan.

"TOWARDS A RATIONAL METHOD OF PREDICTING SETTLEMENTS OF SPREAD FOOTINGS ON SAND"  Martin Fahey, PK Robertson & Ahmed A. Soliman.  Proceedings of Settlement' 94 "Vertical and Horizontal Deformations of Foundations and Embankments"  1994, Texas, USA.

Ahmed Soliman

Honorary Lecturer

Principal Advisor, Geotechnical - Xstrata Zinc