University of Queensland

Prof. Alexander Scheuermann is a recognized expert in geotechnical and environmental engineering, renowned for his expertise in the development, modification, and application of electrical and electromagnetic measurement methods for various applications. He received his master’s degree in civil engineering, specializing in geotechnical engineering with a focus on dam engineering, in 1998, and his doctoral degree in 2005 on the topic “Transient Seepage through Quasi-Homogeneous Levees,” both from the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany. In 2012, he earned his Habilitation from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, on the topic “Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) in Geohydraulics and Geomechanics.”

Since 2010, he has held a position at the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland, where he heads the GeoSystems Group. This group is dedicated to investigating complex multiphysical processes in porous media across scales, including processes under unsaturated conditions. For the advancement of Spatial TDR technology for key industries in Queensland, he was awarded the Queensland Smart Futures Fellowship in 2012. He was also invited to join the Technical Committee of the International Society for Electromagnetic Aquametry (ISEMA) for his contributions to this research field.

He is a member of the ISSMGE Technical Committee TC213 on Scour and Erosion, as well as the Asian Technical Committee ATC1 on “Geotechnical Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate-Change-Induced Geo-Disasters in Asia-Pacific Regions.” In 2018, he was awarded the prestigious ARC Future Fellowship for his work on using geophysical methods to monitor erosion processes in dams. Prof. Scheuermann is an editor of Acta Geotechnica and an associate editor of the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering.