Completed MRIWA PhDs
Completed PhDs by MRIWA Scholarship Recipients. MRIWA funds research scholarships for study at a Western Australian university.
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Martin Ralph
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2023 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Removal of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) deposited in corrosion scale in mineral processing circuits.
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Yihao Fu
MRIWA Directors’ PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2023 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Characterisation of ore and bulk solid systems by use of multivariate image analysis and deep learning neural networks
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Keith Giglia
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2023 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Monitoring and control of hydrocyclones by use of convolutional neural networks and deep reinforcement learning.
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Zela Ichlas
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2023 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Development of an industrially applicable electrostatic solvent extraction column for process metallurgy
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Dr Harry Watts
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2021 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Feasibility of leaching Rare Earth phosphates with concurrent precipitation of rare earth oxalates
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Dr Cameron Adams
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2021 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Investigation of the Relationship between Positive Magnetic Anomalies and Nickel-Sulfide Deposits, Kambalda, Western Australia
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Dr Rashid Geranmayeh Vaneghi
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2020 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Progressive Damage Mechanisms of Rocks Subjected to Cyclic Loading
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Dr Eunjoo Choi
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2020 MRIWA PhD Graduate
2019 David Groves prize for Postgraduate Research in Geology
Project
Alkaline magmatism as a probe into the evolution of the lithospheric mantle in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
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Dr Evelien Martens
MRIWA Directors’ Scholarship Alumnus
2019 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Feasibility of electrokinetic in situ leaching
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Dr Ashley Uren
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2019 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Links between basin evolution, crustal-scale architecture, and mineral systems development
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Dr Stefano Caruso
MRIWA PhD Scholarship Alumnus
2019 MRIWA PhD Graduate
Project
Geological controls on the fractionation of sulfur isotopes in Archaean mineral systems
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