Dr Maziar Gholami Korzani
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Biography
Overview
Dr Maziar Korzani is a research fellow interested in computational mechanics using advanced numerical modelling techniques. He is currently developing a fast flood modelling tool to tackle our real-world problem of climate change. He is also Editor-In-Chief of Geothermal Energy Journal, Springer. After several years of working experience in industry, he received his PhD in civil-geotechnical engineering at the University of Queensland, Australia in 2017, in which, he developed his first computational code, called ”PersianSPH”, to model post-failure behaviour of terrestrial structures using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). Later, he joined Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, as a postdoctoral researcher focusing on coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes, multi-phase and multi-component flow in porous media. Maziar was also the organizer and committee member of the European Geothermal Workshop for several years. He has published >25 peer-reviewed journal papers and proceedings.Research Interests
Flood modelling and managementComputational modelling for geotechnical and environmental engineering
Conventional numerical methods (e.g. FEM) and emerging numerical approaches (e.g. SPH)
Machine Learning (Physics Informed Neural Network)
Geothermal reservoir modelling
Personal details
Positions
- Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Keywords
Computational Mechanics and Numerical Modelling, Flood Modelling and Management, Scientific Code Development, Geotechnical Engineering, Geothermal Energy Research
Research field
Civil Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
- MSc (Tarbiat Modares University)
Teaching
At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, he developed curriculums for and taught two master's degree courses (master of applied geosciences), “Numerical Methods in Geosciences” and “Geothermal Reservoir Engineering” for 4 years.
At QUT, he teaches EGB373 Geotechnical Engineering.
Experience
- Jan 2022 - Present: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia - Research fellow
- Aug 2017 - Dec 2021: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany - Postdoctoral researcher
- Jan 2017 - Jul 2017: The University of Queensland, Australia - Research Assistant
- Jun 2015 - Aug 2015: The University of Twente, The Netherlands - Visiting research assistant
- Oct 2008 - Sep 2012: JAMM Design and Development Company, Iran - Senior structural (marine) engineer
- Oct 2007 - Sep 2008: Shahrsazan Olgu Consulting Engineering Firm, Iran - Graduate civil engineer
Publications
- Gholami Korzani, M., Galindo-Torres, S., Scheuermann, A. & Williams, D. (2018). SPH approach for simulating hydro-mechanical processes with large deformations and variable permeabilities. Acta Geotechnica, 13(2), 303–316. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232016
- Gholami Korzani, M., Galindo-Torres, S., Scheuermann, A. & Williams, D. (2018). Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for investigating hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of an embankment under action of flooding and overburden loads. Computers and Geotechnics, 94, 31–45. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231998
- Gholami Korzani, M., Held, S. & Kohl, T. (2020). Numerical based filtering concept for feasibility evaluation and reservoir performance enhancement of hydrothermal doublet systems. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 190. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231968
- Egert, R., Nitschke, F., Gholami Korzani, M. & Kohl, T. (2021). Stochastic 3D Navier-Stokes Flow in Self-Affine Fracture Geometries Controlled by Anisotropy and Channeling. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231993
- Esmaeilpour, M., Gholami Korzani, M. & Kohl, T. (2022). Impact of thermosiphoning on long-term behavior of closed-loop deep geothermal systems for sustainable energy exploitation. Renewable Energy, 194, 1247–1260. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/233352
- Gholami Korzani, M., Galindo-Torres, S., Scheuermann, A. & Williams, D. (2017). Parametric study on smoothed particle hydrodynamics for accurate determination of drag coefficient for a circular cylinder. Water Science and Engineering, 10(2), 143–153. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232069
- Egert, R., Gholami Korzani, M., Held, S. & Kohl, T. (2020). Implications on large-scale flow of the fractured EGS reservoir Soultz inferred from hydraulic data and tracer experiments. Geothermics, 84. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231969
- Dashti, A., Gholami Korzani, M., Geuzaine, C., Egert, R. & Kohl, T. (2023). Impact of structural uncertainty on tracer test design in faulted geothermal reservoirs. Geothermics, 107. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236537
- Esmaeilpour, M. & Gholami Korzani, M. (2021). Enhancement of immiscible two-phase displacement flow by introducing nanoparticles and employing electro- and magneto-hydrodynamics. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 196. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231994
- Stricker, K., Grimmer, J., Egert, R., Bremer, J., Gholami Korzani, M., Schill, E. & Kohl, T. (2020). The potential of depleted oil reservoirs for high-temperature storage systems. Energies, 13(24). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231967
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Maziar, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Editor-In-Chief in Geothermal Energy journal
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Assessment of urban flood simulation using artificial intelligence: Physics-Informed Neural Nets (PINNs) approach
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ana Deletic - Dynamic fast large-scale urban flood modelling
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ana Deletic - Coupled Thermo-hydro-mechanical Constitutive Model of Reactive Soil subject to Sewer Leakage
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Yilin Gui, Professor Les Dawes