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Geomechanical engineer and researcher
Ranjith Pathegama Gamage , a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering ,
[1] is an Australian academic based at
Monash University , where he holds the position of Professor in
Geomechanics Engineering.
[2]
[3] His research has significantly influenced understanding of the
Carbon sequestration .
[3] He has also developed new sustainable technologies
[4] for extracting resources (e.g. minerals)
[5]
[6] from deep earth
[7] and
natural gas from
coal seams ,
shale , and tight geological formations.
[2]
[3]
Early life and education
Gamage was born in
Sri Lanka and he received his
BSc in Engineering (with a UNESCO Gold Medal) from the
University of Moratuwa , after which he gained a
PhD from
Wollongong University ,
Australia .
[8] His PhD was on the “Stress-strain and permeability characteristics of two-phase (water+gas) flow through fractured rocks”.
[9] His first job after the PhD was as an assistant professor at
Nanyang Technological University ,
Singapore .
[2] He returned to Australia in 2003 to work at
Monash University .
[2]
Academic and research career
Gamage is the founder and director of the Deep Earth Energy Research Lab
[10]
[11] at
Monash University . His research areas include
Carbon sequestration ,
unconventional oil ,
unconventional gas (
shale gas ,
tight gas ,
coal seam gas ,
gas hydrate ),
[12]
deep geothermal energy ,
[13]
[14]
[15]
[4]
[16]
[17]
geomechanics ,
rock mechanics ,
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methodologies,
hydraulic fracturing , sand production from unconsolidated reservoirs, and future technologies for in-situ
mining .
[2]
[5] He has also done substantial work in converting industrial waste products into useful and environmentally sustainable materials, such as
cement or
fertiliser .
[18] Around 2015 he began developing a new product for sustainable deep earth resource recovery: called SREMA
[19]
Brief list of academic activities:
Serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal: Geomechanics and Geophysics for GeoEnergy and GeoResource.
[20]
Founder and Chair of the International Conference on Geomechanics for GeoEnergy and GeoResources (IC3G) which runs every two years.
[21]
[22]
[23]
Patents
Slow Releasing Material Agent (SREMA) for rock breaking: For sustainable mining and hydrocarbon recoveries ( Patent No. USA:10 836 955B2).
[24]
Awards and honours
2023: Elected as Foreign Fellow of
Chinese Academy of Engineering , China (FCAE).
[25]
2023: Global Research Leader in Mineral Resources (The Australian).
[26]
2023: Global Research Leader in Geotechnical Engineering (The Australian).
[27]
2023: IABCA Award (Australia India Science, Research & Development Award), Finalist. “Next generation leaders for Net-zero emission and critical minerals”.
[28]
2022: Elected as Foreign Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, India (FINAE).
[29]
2021: Elected as Member of European Academy of Science and Arts, Europe (MAE).
[30]
2021: Global Research Leader: in the field of Mining and Mineral Resources (The Australian).
[31]
2021: Australian Field Leader: in the field of Environmental and Geological Engineering (The Australian).
[32]
2020: USA R&D100 Awards, USA (Finalist): often referred to as “the Nobel Prizes of Technology.”
[33]
2020: Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), UK.
[34]
2020: Fellow of Geological Society, UK.
[35]
2020: Global leader in Mining and Mineral Resources (one of the 9 global filed leaders).
[5]
2020: finalist for 2020 R&D 100 Awards.
[36]
2019: elected as a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering .
[1]
2017:
Elsevier
Scopus award for Sustainability.
[37]
2013: the Australian Leadership award.
[38]
2009: an
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for his research work to combat climate change.
[39]
Fellow of the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and
Engineers Australia .
[40]
References
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"Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage – Resource recovery innovator" . ATSE .
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"Ranjith Pathegama Gamage" . Monash University .
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"Prof. Ranjith Pathegama" . Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia .
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"IIT Hyderabad Analysis Moots Geothermal Energy As A Greener Alternative To Technologies Currently In Use" . BW Education . Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"Research September 2020 — Research special report" . Research September 2020 . Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"Unlocking the door' to sustainable mineral and energy recovery" . Australian Research Council (ARC) . 16 October 2020.
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"Buried treasure" (PDF) .
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"Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage" . Engineering . Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
^ Indraratna, Buddhima; Ranjith, P. (2001-06-01).
"Laboratory measurement of two-phase flow parameters in rock joints based on high pressure triaxial testing" . Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive) . 127 (6): 530–542.
doi :
10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2001)127:6(530) .
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"3GDeep Research Group, Monash University" . 3GDeep .
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"Deep Earth Energy" . Civil Engineering, Monash University .
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"Deep beyond fracking: How gas extraction can unearth cleaner energy sources" . Monash Lens . 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24 .
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"IIT Hyderabad analysis says geothermal energy better than photovoltaic energy" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"Is Solar All That 'Green'? Here's Why IIT-Hyd Thinks Geothermal Energy Is More Eco-Friendly" . The Better India . 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"IIT-H, Monash university analysis moots geothermal energy" . The Hindu . 2020-01-09.
ISSN
0971-751X . Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"Geothermal energy better than solar power: IIT-Hyderabad and Australian varsity joint study" . The New Indian Express . Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"Geothermal Energy is better than photovoltaic energy: IIT-H researchers claims" .
^ P.G. Ranjith, N.L.Ukwattage; M.Bouazza (July 2013).
"The use of coal combustion fly ash as a soil amendment in agricultural lands (with comments on its potential to improve food security and sequester carbon)" . Fuel . 109 : 400–408.
doi :
10.1016/j.fuel.2013.02.016 .
^ P.G. Ranjith, V.R.S.De Silva; M.S.A.Perera, B.Wu (October 2018).
"A modified, hydrophobic soundless cracking demolition agent for non-explosive demolition and fracturing applications" . Process Safety and Environmental Protection . 119 : 1–13.
doi :
10.1016/j.psep.2018.07.010 .
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"Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources" . Springer .
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"International conference on Geomechanics, Geoenergy and Georesources (2018)" . IC3G 2018 .
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"International conference on Geomechanics, Geoenergy and Georesources (2016)" . IC3G 2016 .
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"International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources" . www.science-community.org . Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"United States Patent Application: 0190153301" . appft.uspto.gov . Retrieved 2021-07-09 .
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"https://en.cae.cn/cae/html/en/col2232/column_2232_1.html" . Chinese Academy of Engineering .
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"We delve deep into the data to reveal excellence" . Retrieved 23 May 2024 .
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"We delve deep into the data to reveal excellence" . Retrieved 23 May 2024 .
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"2023 IABCA FINALISTS" . IABCA .
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"Expert Pool Members" . INAE . Retrieved 23 May 2024 .
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"European Academy of Science and Arts" .
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"RESEARCH MAGAZINE 2021 : The List: Our top 250 researchers" . Retrieved 23 May 2024 .
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"The Australian's Research magazine takes a deep dive into research" . Retrieved 23 May 2024 .
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"USA R&D100 Awards" . rd100awards . Retrieved 23 May 2024 .
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"Homepage" . www.iom3.org . Retrieved 2021-02-08 . {{
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"The Geological Society of London - Home" . www.geolsoc.org.uk . Retrieved 2021-02-08 .
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"Finalists for 2020 R&D 100 Awards are unveiled" . Research & Development World . 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-10-06 .
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"Video: Ranjith Pathegama Gamage -- Scopus Awards winner" . newscientist.com .
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"Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage" . Monash University .
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"Ranjith Pathegama Gamage" . Monash University .
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"Prof. Ranjith Pathegama" . AGSSEA .
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