Senior Lecturer / Deputy HOD-Academic

Contact details

Room 401.1108
City Campus
20 Symonds Street
Auckland

Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 88195
Email: j.stgeorge@auckland.ac.nz

Biography
I have industrial experience in the minerals industry working in Africa and the UK, and teaching experience in the areas of rock mechanics, slope stability, environmental engineering and surveying. For a number of years I have been involved with coordinating and assessing the Part 4 research projects in the Department. My research interests are in the permeability of coal in relation to stress changes due to desorption, the spontaneous combustion of coal and related heating effects, stability issues related to mineral extraction sites mainly subsidence and slope stability. In the last five years I have published over 18 papers (five in refereed journals) and 29 technical reports. I am also actively involved in consulting on a wide range of projects in slope stability, rock properties and subsidence.

Qualifications
BSc Mining Engineering, University of London
MSc University of Newcastle, Newcastle UK
PhD The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Research interests

• Permeability in coal measure strata under confining stress in relation to coalbed methane extraction.
• Subsidence problems related to old workings and the prediction of settlements.
• Spontaneous combustion propensity with respect to low rank NZ coals.
• Environmental effects of blast vibrations with respect to urban development.

Research groups

• Geotechnical (infrastructure)
• Water and environment

Teaching 2010
CIVIL 201 Land Information Systems
CIVIL 422 Slope Engineering
CIVIL 324 Geomechanics

Selected publications
Singamneni, S, McKenna, N, Diegel, O, St. George, J D and Choudhury A R. Direct Metal Casting through 3D Printing: Analysis of Mould and Casting Characteristics, AJME, 7(1), 2009, 33:41.

Schäfer G S, St. George J D, Black, P M, Erakovic, E and Pidwerbesky B, Enabling Change: Developing a Sustainability Strategy for the Road Contracting Industry in New Zealand. Int J of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. 2007, 3(4), 115-124.

S J Zarrouk, M J O'Sullivan & J D St George, Modelling the Spontaneous Combustion of Coal: The Adiabatic Testing Procedure, Combustion Theory and Modelling, 10, (6), 2006, 907:926.

St George, J.D. Risk assessment for urban development of land subject to ground movements from abandoned old workings, 4th Int Conf on Mine Closure, Fourie A B & Tibbett M eds, Perth, Australia, 2009, 561:568.

Administration

• Chair of Faculty Safety Committee
• Faculty APC Committee
• Undergraduate Course Advisor

Professional affiliations

• Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Member of the Institution of Materials, Mining and Metals, London
• Member of the International Society of Explosive Engineers
• Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council, UK