On November 4th, Dr. Hossein Masoumi from Monash University dilivered the academicreport, which entitiled Size dependent behaviour of intact rocks: Recent findingsand applications to different disciplines including Civil, Mining and PetroleumEngineering.

The seminar covered a brief introduction of Monash University andDepartment of Civil Engineering, especially the Resource Engineering Programfor undergraduate education and research strength for postgraduate studies. Itis followed by his main research interests that lie in the field of rockmechanics with particular focus on size/scale and shape effects on intact rockas well as constitutive modelling of intact rock exhibiting size/scaledependent behavior under uniaxial and tri-axial conditions. The seminar will providea good opportunity for all academics in HPU to seek for any potential researchcollaborations with Resource Engineering group in Monash University. It willalso aid all the students in exploring any possibilities to study ResourceEngineering Program in Monash University in the future. Dr. Hossein Masoumi answeredsome questions and enquiries regarding the related to oversea study andresearch collaboration.

This academic exchange has opened up the academic vision of relevantprofessional teachers and students, and has contributed to the promotion ofinternational academic exchanges and research on rock mechanics.