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Dr Jurij Karlovsek

Senior Lecturer

School of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
j.karlovsek@uq.edu.au
+61 7 344 31686

Overview

Dr Jurij Karlovsek is an expert in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, dedicated to advancing knowledge through research and fostering the development of the next generation of engineers. His comprehensive expertise spans various domains within Geotechnical Engineering, including:

1. Infrastructure Projects (Sustainable Underground Space Development - Tunnelling):

  • Pioneering research in Sustainable Underground Space development.
  • Expertise in Tunnelling, encompassing aspects such as Information Modelling (BIM in Tunnelling - IFCTunnel),
  • Constructability, and Lifecycle Analysis.

2. Information Modelling:

  • Proficiency in Information Modelling with a focus on BIM in Tunnelling (IFCTunnel).
  • Expertise in Constructability and Lifecycle Analysis.

3. Non-Destructive and Spatial Techniques:

  • Employing Non-Destructive and Spatial techniques for Infrastructure Projects.
  • Specialized in Integrity and Localization through advanced technologies like GPR, SLAM, LiDAR, and InSAR.

Dr Karlovsek plays a pivotal role as an EAIT Faculty Lead and Co-Director at the Sustainable Infrastructure Research Hub, collaborating closely with the BEL Faculty. Additionally, he is the co-founder and area lead at the Infrastructure CoLab.

Within the School of Civil Engineering (SoCE), Dr Karlovsek serves as the course coordinator for key subjects:

At the corporate level, Dr Karlovsek is actively involved in community engagement through the creation and implementation of associations. Currently, he holds the position of Vice-President of the National Committee of the Australian Tunnelling Society (ATS) and serves as the Past Animator (Chair) of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) Working Group 22 – Information Modelling in Tunnelling (BIM in Tunnelling). Locally, Dr Karlovsek contributes to committees at BrisBIM – Digital Community Group Queensland, Planning Institute of Australia Technical Group (PlanTech), Australasian BIM Advisory Board (ABAB) and the Australian Shotcrete Society National Committee.

Beyond his organizational roles, Dr Karlovsek is deeply committed to mentorship, actively guiding undergraduate and postgraduate students. He supports their research endeavors, industry engagement activities, and overall ensures a enriching and profitable educational experience for each student under his mentorship.

Research Impacts

Awards and Memberships:

  • UQ SIRH - Co-Director - Sustainable Infrastructure Research Hub (EAIT Faculty Lead)
  • SoCE - Deputy Director and Student Community
  • ATS - Vice-President at National Committee (Australian Tunnelling Society)
  • Infrastructure CoLab - Co-Founder and Area Lead
  • ABAB – Australian BIM Advisory Board - Industry Lead / Infrastructure (Tunnels)
  • BrisBIM – Digital Construction Industry Queensland - Committee Member
  • PlanTech - Planing Instutite Australia (PIA) Technical Group - Member
  • ITA Animateur of Working Group 22 – Information Modelling in Tunnelling (Past Chair 2016 - 2023)
  • AuSS (Australian Shotcrete Society) National Committee Member
  • QGD Website - Website Co-Owner
  • Industry Advisory Board Member (Civil Engineering), UQ (2020 - 2022)
  • Academic Advisor - Civil Geotechnical Engineering Major (2020 - 2022)
  • ITA Young Members Group (ITAYM Founder and Chair) – 2014-2016
  • International Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards 2015 (ITA-AITES Awards): ITA Young Tunneller of the Year 2015
  • ATS Young Professional Representative (ATSYM Founder and Chair) – 2012-2016
  • David Sudgen Award 2012; ATS Award - Young Professional Engineers, Sydney - 2012
  • Vice-Chair & Founder of UQ APS (Association of Postgraduate Students), UQ - 2011
  • President of PRESS (Postgraduate Research in Engineering Student Society), UQ – 2010

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

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Publications

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • A framework to assess the expected utility of the observational method

    Roper, T. P. and Karlovšek, J. (2023). A framework to assess the expected utility of the observational method. ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2023 (WTC 2023), Athens, Greece, 12-18 May 2023. London, United Kingdom: CRC Press/Balkema. doi: 10.1201/9781003348030-199

  • Failure of hard roof strata in underground mining and its control factors: an analytical model study

    Ji, Songtao and Karlovšek, Jurij (2021). Failure of hard roof strata in underground mining and its control factors: an analytical model study. 55th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Online, 18-25 June 2021. Richardson, TX, United States: American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA).

  • Failure Mode of Concrete Under Polyaxial Stresses

    Serati, Mehdi , El-Amin, Mutaz , Williams, David J., Quintero Olaya, Sebastian , Karlovsek, Jurij and Hanzic, Lucija (2020). Failure Mode of Concrete Under Polyaxial Stresses. 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, CO United States, 28 June – 1 July 2020. Alexandria, VA United States: ARMA.

  • WIP: Using a teamwork model to manage large teams in a large lecture

    Murzi, Homero, Karlovsek, Jurij, Ruiz, Bianey, Virguez, Lilianny and perez, omar (2020). WIP: Using a teamwork model to manage large teams in a large lecture. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, Online, 22 - 26 June, 2020. Washington, DC United States: ASEE Conferences. doi: 10.18260/1-2--29133

  • Toughness of polypropylene fibre-reinforced sprayed geopolymer concrete

    Xu, Z., Hanžič, L. and Karlovšek, J. (2020). Toughness of polypropylene fibre-reinforced sprayed geopolymer concrete. ACMSM25, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 December, 2018. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-7603-0_47

  • WIP: Using a teamwork model to manage large teams in a large lecture

    Murzi, Homero, Karlovsek, Jurij, Ruiz, Bianey and Virguez, Lilianny (2017). WIP: Using a teamwork model to manage large teams in a large lecture. 2017 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, OH, United States, 24-28 June 2017. Washington, DC, United States: American Society for Engineering Education.

  • Experimental quantification of tunnel fire heat flux

    Gibson, Timothy, Shaw, Timothy, Karlovsek, Jurij, Emberley, Richard and Torero, José L. (2016). Experimental quantification of tunnel fire heat flux. ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2016, WTC 2016, San Francisco, CA USA, 22-28 April 2016. Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

  • Tunnel information modelling in most recent form: applying BIM technologies and procedures in tunnelling environment

    Žibert, Marko, Keniston, Scott and Karlovšek, Jurij (2016). Tunnel information modelling in most recent form: applying BIM technologies and procedures in tunnelling environment. ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2016, WTC 2016, San Francisco, CA, United States, 22-28 April 2016. Englewood, CO, United States: Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

  • Estimating propagating velocity through steel fibre reinforced concrete

    Bialkowski, K. and Karlovsek, J. (2014). Estimating propagating velocity through steel fibre reinforced concrete. 2014 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 2014, Memphis, TN United States, 6-11 July 2014. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/APS.2014.6905109

  • Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of undisturbed soil samples

    Karlovsek, Jurij, Wagner, Norman, Bonitz, Frank and Williams, David J. (2012). Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of undisturbed soil samples. 34th International Geological Congress Australia 2012 (IGC), Brisbane, Australia, 5-10 August 2012. Australia: Australian Geosciences Council.

  • Frequency-dependant dielectric parameters of steel fibre reinforced concrete

    Karlovsek, Jurij, Wagner, Norman and Scheuermann, Alexandar (2012). Frequency-dependant dielectric parameters of steel fibre reinforced concrete. 14th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Shanghai, China, 4-8 June 2012. Hoboken, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2012.6254918

  • Investigation of voids and cavities in bored tunnels using GPR

    Karlovsek, Jurij, Scheuermann, Alexandar and Williams, David J. (2012). Investigation of voids and cavities in bored tunnels using GPR. 14th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR2012), Shanghai, China, 4-8 June 2012. Hoboken, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2012.6254916

  • Spatial time domain reflectometry for monitoring of the hydrological water balance at a lysimeter test site in Thuringia/Germany

    Bonitz, F., Wagner, N., Kupfer, K., Knoblauch, S. and Karlovsek, J. (2012). Spatial time domain reflectometry for monitoring of the hydrological water balance at a lysimeter test site in Thuringia/Germany. IGARSS 2012: 32nd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Munich, Germany, 22-27 July, 2012. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351466

  • Application of ground penetrating radar to testing tunnel integrity

    Karlovsek, J., Scheuermann, A., Muller, W. and Williams, D. J. (2011). Application of ground penetrating radar to testing tunnel integrity. 14th Australasian Tunnelling Conference: Development of Underground Space, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-9 March 2011. Carlton, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

  • Application of ground penetrating radar to testing tunnel integrity

    Karlovšek, J., Scheuermann, A., Muller, W. and Williams, D. J. (2011). Application of ground penetrating radar to testing tunnel integrity. 14th Australasian Tunnelling Conference 2011: Development of Underground Space, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-10 March 2011. Carlton, VIC Australia: AusIMM.

  • Characterising moisture and other properties of civil engineering infrastructure using GPR

    Muller, Wayne, Karlovsek, Jurij, Reeves, Bryan, Scheuermann, Alexander, Dux, Peter and Williams, David (2010). Characterising moisture and other properties of civil engineering infrastructure using GPR. First European Conference on Moisture Measurement Aquametry 2010, Weimar, Germany, 5-7 October 2010. Weimar, Germany: MFPA Weimar.

Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Large Ring Test for Restrained Shrinkage Cracking in Shotcrete Tunnel Lining

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Resilience of Underground Infrastructure Use of Digital Engineering

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • How wide can a rock reinforced cavern be opened?

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • The Economics of the Observational Method in Tunnelling

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • The Value of Geotechnical Information as a Public or Private Asset

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Tunnelling related topic - Water mitigation

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING BASED LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT: An Early Design Stage Decision-Making Framework Focused on Building's End-of-Life Stage

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Tunnel risk management

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

Completed Supervision

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