Dr Morteza Ghamgosar is a Chartered Senior Associate Geotechnical Engineer with over 20 years of experience in major underground projects, design and construction of tailings facilities, wastewater dams, dredging, and landfill projects. He specialises in planning, design management, construction, and operation of large-scale national and international projects. Morteza has provided geotechnical in-put and project management across the entire project lifecycle, working under Alliancing, Design and Construction, Early Contractor Involvement, PPP, and more traditional formats.
Morteza enjoys collaborating closely with public and private sector stakeholders to assess and mitigate project geotechnical risks. He leverages his diverse background to find innovative ways to deliver value for clients and projects. His expertise includes hard and soft rock and soil behavior studies, geotechnical modeling for slopes, underground, and deep excavations, integrating these aspects into mega-scale geotechnical projects. He offers leadership and technical advice on designs and engineering processes, focusing on innovative and cost-effective approaches.
Morteza has extensive experience in integrity assessments, QAQC management, inspections, and risk assessments for conventional tunnels and dams, hydroelectric dams, and water resource projects. He conducts slope stability analysis using standard methods and numerical assessments. Morteza is proficient with Leapfrog3D, digital 3D rock mapping, Geophysics and InSAR-Geophysics interpretation, Geostudio, MidasGTSNX, and FLAC2D.
Additionally, Morteza is the Chair of the Queensland Tunnelling Society, an ATS member since 2017, and joined SEQ AusIMM in January 2024.
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- QUALIFICATIONS
BEng (Mining) Sahand University of Technology, Iran
MSc (Rock Mechanics) Polytechnic University of Tehran, Iran
Phd (Geotech & GeoEnviro) University of Queensland, Australia
- ACCREDITATIONS
Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
National Engineering Register (NER)
Member of The Institute of Engineers Australia (MIEAust)
Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ)
Australian Geomechanics Society, (AGS)
Queensland Tailings Group (QTG)
Australian Tunneling Society (ATS)
International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
Committee Member of SEQ AusIMM
- YEARS AT ATCW
Joined 2021
