Rate My Professor Hossein Masoumi

Associate Professor Hossein Masoumi serves in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, at Monash University, where he was promoted to his current position in 2022. Previously, he held the role of Senior Lecturer at Monash from 2018 to 2022 and served as Leader of Resources Engineering and Head of the Resources Group from 2018 to 2023. His academic career began at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he worked as an Associate Lecturer in the School of Mining Engineering from 2012 to 2016, Lecturer from 2016 to 2018, and Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering from 2018 to 2019. Masoumi holds a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from UNSW in 2013, a Master of Engineering in Mine Management and Mine Geomechanics from UNSW in 2009, and a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from Tehran University, Iran, in 2007. He teaches courses such as Introduction to Resources Engineering, Mining Systems, and Mine and Tunnel Planning.

Masoumi's research focuses on advanced rock mechanics, particularly size/scale and shape effects on intact rock behaviour, constitutive modelling under uniaxial and triaxial conditions, cable bolt characterisation and modelling, micro-scale characterisation of intact rocks, and modelling of non-persistent jointed rocks. He has published extensively, including two books: "Scale-size and structural effects of rock materials" (2020, co-authored with S. Wang, J. Oh, and S. Zhang) and "Size effects in intact rock" (2014). Notable journal publications include "A novel laboratory testing framework for field-scale axial performance assessment of cable bolt reinforcement system" (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2026), "An advanced 3D continuum finite element model for field-scale in-situ stress simulation of rock media" (Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2025), and "A novel insight into the transition from plasticity to elasto-damage modelling in intact rocks" (Computers and Geotechnics, 2025). Masoumi is an editorial board member for leading journals such as the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences (Elsevier), Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (Springer), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Elsevier), International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), and Mining (MDPI). He has supervised numerous PhD students to completion and currently oversees several ongoing projects. His work is supported by grants from the Australian Research Council and industry consulting projects in rock testing and mineral sands.