Mr Sebastian Quintero Olaya
Mr

Sebastian Quintero Olaya

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Background

Currently working as a Senior Research Officer/Lab manager of the Geomechanics Engineering Centre lab at UQ. Currently in projects related to instrumentation and long term monitoring of drying and wetting cycles of large scale columns with tailings or soil. Over 5 years of experience testing mechanical, physical and chemical properties of soil and tailings. Specific experiences in consolidation, direct shear, triaxial, SWCC, sensor instrumentation and characterization tests.

PhD student at the school of Civil Engineering

Availability

Mr Sebastian Quintero Olaya is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework), University of Sydney

Research interests

  • Settling, consolidation and desiccation of mine tailings slurry

  • Use of high performance fibres to enhance tailings properties

Search Professor Sebastian Quintero Olaya’s works on UQ eSpace

23 works between 2017 and 2024
All (23) Journal Article (13) Conference Publication (10)

21 - 23 of 23 works

2018

Journal Article

An airblast hazard simulation engine for block caving sites

Galindo-Torres, S. A., Palma, S., Quintero, S., Scheuermann, A., Zhang, X., Krabbenhoft, K., Ruest, M. and Finn, D. (2018). An airblast hazard simulation engine for block caving sites. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 107, 31-38. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.04.034

An airblast hazard simulation engine for block caving sites

2017

Conference Publication

Effect of Waste Additives on Mechanical Strength of Fired Clay Bricks

Serati, Mehdi, Williams, David J., del Pilar Durante Ingunza, Maria and Quintero Olaya, Sebastian (2017). Effect of Waste Additives on Mechanical Strength of Fired Clay Bricks. The 32nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19-22 March 2017. Chester, PA United States: The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management.

Effect of Waste Additives on Mechanical Strength of Fired Clay Bricks

2017

Conference Publication

Geotechnical characterisation of neutralised red mud for use in civil engineering construction and manufacturing

Quintero Olaya, Sebastian, Williams, David J., del Pilar Durante Ingunza, Maria and Serati, Mehdi (2017). Geotechnical characterisation of neutralised red mud for use in civil engineering construction and manufacturing. The 32nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19-22 March 2017. Chester, PA United States: The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management.

Geotechnical characterisation of neutralised red mud for use in civil engineering construction and manufacturing

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Investigating water balance and vegetation growth on various store and release soil cover designs for gold tailing storage facility
    Evolution Mining Limited
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    PAF Cell and Centre Pit Dump Instrumentation
    Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Phosphate Hill Gypsum Storage Facility Rehab Trials
    Phosphate Hill Gypsum Storage Facility Rehab Trials
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Performance assessment of naturally cemented hardpans for zinc and lead tailings
    Cobar Operations Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Assessment and Deployment Trial of Tailings Monitoring Probe
    Hermes & Soteria Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Undrained shear strength and consolidation changes of centrifuged red mud trial pans
    RTA Yarwun
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Water and salt transport at an environmental watering site in Lower River Murray
    Murray-Darling Basin Authority
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Geotechnical testing on Red Mud samples Phase 2 testing program (Assessment of hydrological and geotechnical behaviour of bauxite residue with varying sample treatment using large desiccation columns)
    Rio Tinto Aluminium Limited
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Non-invasive and real-time monitoring of slurry tailings density and velocity in transmission pipeline using the Electrical Resistance Tomography method
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Recharge and drying in an e-watering site of the Lower Murray 2022-23
    South Australian Department of Environment and Water
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Advancing rapid in-field quantification of Soil Organic Carbon
    Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    ASSESSMENT OF HYDROLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL BEHAVIOUR OF BAUXITE RESIDUE AFTER FILTER PRESSING AND REPULPING
    RTA Yarwun
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Long-term Water and Salt Balance during Environmental Watering of The Lower Murray Floodplain - Field Monitoring, Laboratory Experiment and Numerical Modelling
    Murray-Darling Basin Authority
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Recharge and Drying in an E-Watering Site of The Lower Murray
    South Australian Department of Environment and Water
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Salt migration on compacted red mud into natural cover
    Queensland Alumina Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Research into Hydraulic Tensile Strength (HTS) Test for Rock Tensile Strength Measurement
    Golder Associates Pty Ltd
    Open grant

Availability

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