PhD Student (Geotechnical/Mining) Xiuxiu Miao (miao.xiuxiu@unimelb.edu.au) The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering Department Room 204b, Level 2, Engineering Block B, Parkville, VIC, 3010

Tentative PhD Thesis Topic

”Electrokinetic Dewatering of Fine Metal Tailings”

Supervisors: Dr Guillermo Narsilio, Prof Aixiang Wu (USTB, China)

Education

§ Academic Visitor (Infrastructure Engineering, Geotechnical Group), The University of Melbourne, Australia (2014 – Present)

§ PhD Student (Civil and Environmental Engineering School) , University of Science and Technology Beijing, China (2013 – Present)

§ BSc (Mining Engineering), University of Science and Technology Beijing, China (2007 – 2011)

Journal papers

§ Xiuxiu Miao, Aixiang Wu, Baohua Yang, Jinzhi Liu, Shenghua Yin, Hongjiang Wang, 2014. Unsaturated flow and solute transport in a porous column with spherical ore particles, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials, 21(2): 113-121.

§ Yang Baohua, Wu Aixiang, Miao Xiuxiu, Liu Jinzhi, 2014. 3D characterization and analysis of pore structure of packed ore particle beds based on computed tomography images, Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 24: 833-838. 

Conference papers

§ AX Wu, XX Miao, HJ Wang, HZ Jiao, YM Wang, 2014. The application of the cemented thickened/paste tailings backfill with large flow capacity in Chinese iron mines, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Mining with Backfill, Perth, Australia, 473-479.

§ AX Wu, XX Miao, XH Liu, 2015. Paste backfill system design and commissioning at Chambishi Copper Mine, Proceedings of the 18th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened tailings, Queensland, Australia. (Accepted)

Awards and Scholarships

§ State Scholarship Fund for Chinese citizens to study abroad sponsored by China Scholarship Council (2014-2016)

§ National Scholarship for Undergraduate granted by Ministry of Education, China (2008, 2009, 2010)

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