Current Scholarship Recipients
MRIWA funds scholarships for postgraduate research studies at any Western Australian university

Kenneth Tetteh Akiti
MRIWA Odwyn Jones PhD Scholarship (2025)
Responsible management of retired mining vehicle batteries to address environmental and economic challenges

Yasamin Hamidian
MRIWA PhD Scholarship for Women (2025)
Development of a Gas-Assisted Ion-Selective Membrane for Lithium-Ion Extraction from Tailings

Farid Ullah
MRIWA PhD Scholarship (2025)
Advanced integration of electromagnetic data in the Tomofast X Inversion code for enhanced mineral exploration

Nousheen Fatima
MARS Program PhD Scholarship (2025)
Examining the Role of Psychosocial Safety Climate in the Mining Industry

Benjamin Walsh
MARS Program PhD Scholarship (2025)
Occupational Hygiene Dust Sampler Comparison Study in Western Australian Mining Operations

Patrick Benetti
MARS Program PhD Scholarship (2025)
Effective Leader Safety Storytelling: its attributes and outcomes

Neil James
MARS Program PhD Scholarship (2025)
Psychological Capital – The Last Line of Defence in Psychosocial Safety in the Mining Industry

Yamini Kannappan
MRIWA PhD Scholarship for Women (2024)
Extraction of Rare Earth Elements (REE) from Sub-Economic Ores and Process Tailings

Emad Al-Hemyari
MRIWA Odwyn Jones PhD Scholarship (2024)
Data Processing and Inversion for Seismic While Drilling and Mining Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Machine Learning

Muzammil Khan
MRIWA PhD Scholarship (2024)
Towards decarbonisation in steelmaking: Grey-box modelling for optimisation of green and sustainable metallurgical coke production from biomass

Sistine Sun
MRIWA PhD Scholarship (2024)
The Unintended Effects of Carbon Emission Policy: International Evidence from the Paris Agreement

Michael Ajith
MARS Program PhD Scholarship (2024)
Impact of COVID-19 on the leadership of operational leaders in the oil, gas, and mining sector of Australia.

Daniel Goldstein
MRIWA PhD Scholarship (2023)
Ore Body Characterisation using Machine Learning and Measure-While-Drilling Data

Alex Eves
MRIWA Odwyn Jones PhD Scholarship (2023)
Petrogenesis and metallogenic significance of the Speewah V-Ti Deposit

Nilan Jayasiri Mudiyanselage
MRIWA PhD Scholarship (2023)
Accelerating Consolidation of Mine Tailings using Electro‐osmosis Dewatering Technology

Hyunjin Na
MRIWA PhD Scholarship for Women (2023)
Development of cementation-magnetic separation method for sulfide mineral processing and AMD prevention


Bishenka Mahaulpatha
MRIWA PhD Scholarship for Women (2022)
Feasibility of effective metal recovery from tailings material via electrokinetic in-situ leaching.

Liz Wall
MRIWA Odwyn Jones PhD Scholarship (2021)
Evaluating the mining industry’s view of their success in delivering a positive legacy for host communities at the time of mine closure.

John Grigson
MRIWA Odwyn Jones PhD Scholarship (2020)
Giant rare-metal pegmatites of the East Pilbara Terrane, Western Australia: Mineral systems analysis and terrane-scale exploration

Tyler Bikaun
ITTC in Transforming Maintenance through Data Science (2020)
Unlocking Knowledge from Technical Texts using Deep Active Learning and Entity Typing

Xingjie Chen
MRIWA Odwyn Jones PhD Scholarship (2019)
Investigating the underground support provided by shotcrete using tailings and waste rock

Gabriel Gonzalez
ITTC in Transforming Maintenance through Data Science (2019)
Risk-based Inspection Intervals: A Practical Approach
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