ProfessorBre-Anne Sainsbury

Professor

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Engineering

  • Professor
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Engineering
  • +61 3 522 78736 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

large-scale extraction mining methods
tunneling (ground-structure interaction)
backfill for mining operations (CRF, paste)
geomechnical laboratory testing (ground support, rock and synthetic materials)
three-dimensional non-linear analysis for large-scale deformation
empirical versus numerical design approaches
forensic investigations of excavation failures

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Consideration of Binder Addition for the Large-Scale Strength of CRF
    8 Sep 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    3-1 Aurelia Metals - $6,600.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Victorian Gold Mine Tailings as an Alternative Concrete Material
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment20 Mar 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Development of a Constitutive Model for Rock that Accounts for Complex Stress Paths
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Geotechnica Pty Ltd - $120,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigation of the UCS Response of Large-Scale Cemented Rock Fill Samples
    1 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Victory Minerals Pty Ltd - $1,391.60
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the loading response of large-scale mining timber chocks.
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Neboro P/L - $13,377.04
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigation of the long-term strength degradation of pastefill from the Kibali Mine
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Kibali Gold Mine - $49,150.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigation of the UCS Response of Large-Scale Cemented Rock Fill Samples
    19 Sep 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Peak Gold Mines - $1,050.00
  • GRANT
    Phase II: MEMS piezometer performance on field engineering site and data analysis using Machine Learning and Python code for pore pressure prediction and estimation of hydro-mechanical properties..
    18 Jul 2022 - 16 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Timms W,
    • Sainsbury B-A,
    • Touchahi MB
    International Education Resilience Fund - $15,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the Strength of Cold Joints in Paste Fill
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Geotechnica Pty Ltd - $5,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the Strength of Cold Joints in Paste Fill
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    OZ Minerals Ltd - $5,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the Strength of Cold Joints in Paste Fill
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Lundin Mining Corporation - $5,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the Strength of Cold Joints in Paste Fill
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Northern Star (Thunderbox) - $5,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the Strength of Cold Joints in Paste Fill
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Northern Star (Kanowna) - $5,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the Strength of Cold Joints in Paste Fill
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Northern Star (Carosue Dam) - $5,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of the Strength of Cold Joints in Paste Fill
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Fosterville Gold Mine - $5,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigation of the corrosion degradation of split set ground support elements.
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Mount Isa Mines Ltd - $79,920.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigation of the UCS Response of Large-Scale Cemented Rock Fill Samples.
    8 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Minefill Services Pty Ltd - $16,200.00
  • GRANT
    Transformation of Reclaimed Waste into Engineered Materials and Solutions (TREMS)
    20 Jul 2021 - 20 Jul 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Tyre Stewardship Australia - $100,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigation of the Large-Scale Cemented Rock Fill Response at the Renison Mine, Tasmania.
    1 Jun 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Operational Geotechs Pty Ltd - $19,800.00
  • GRANT
    Transformation of Reclaimed Waste into Engineered Materials and Solutions (TREMS)
    31 Mar 2021 - 31 Mar 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs - IH200100010 - $300,000.00
  • GRANT
    Advanced monitoring and analysis systems for subsurface monitoring of rock strata and groundwater systems.
    1 Jul 2020 - 1 Jul 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Fluid Potential Pty Ltd - $60,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Numerical Simulation Research - Caving Geomechanics
    16 Mar 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Geotechnica Pty Ltd - CONTR2020/00583 - $54,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Consideration of Cracking Damage to Concrete Tunnel Lining Systems
    1 May 2019 - 30 Apr 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Allens - $81,797.76
  • GRANT
    R & D Modelling
    3 Apr 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Noma Consulting Group - CONTR2018/01028 - $13,140.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Large Scale UCS analysis of CRF samples
    1 Mar 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bre-Anne Sainsbury
    Mining One Consultants - $7,743.60