Aly Abdelaziz

PhD Candidate

Biography

Aly Abdelaziz gained professional experience working for more than eight years with Al Hai & Al Mukaddam for Geotechnical Works LLC, a geotechnical investigation and construction monitoring and material testing laboratory in Dubai. Aly returned to academia in 2016, joining Professor Grasselli’s Geomechanics Group. He is working to expand his knowledge and make connections between that knowledge and industry. His current research interests include model generation using spatial Voronoi tessellations and shape tolerances, mainly for UCS testing. In addition, he wishes that the professional knowledge is brought into the academic world to achieve balance between academic practice and industry standards. Aly is a running fanatic on the verge of running his first half marathon. He has also recently started baking as a new hobby.

January 2021
January 2021

Book Chapter

Published a Chapter in Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics titled "Modelling Failure in Layered Geological Formations - FDEM: A Micro-mechanical Approach that Bridges Across Scales"
December 2020
December 2020

Journal Paper

Published a Journal Paper in Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering titled "How believable are published laboratory data? A deeper look into system-compliance and elastic modulus"
November 2020
November 2020

Conference Paper

Published a Conference Paper at ISRM Specialized Conference CouFrac2020, 11 - 13 November, 2020, Seoul. Korea titled "FDEM: a laboratory calibrated, micro-mechanical approach that bridges across scales"
September 2019
September 2019

Conference Paper

Published a Conference Paper at Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 30 September - 2 October, Calgary, Alberta, Canada titled "Unconventional Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Under True Triaxial Laboratory Conditions, the Value of Understanding Your Reservoir"
May 2019
May 2019

Nomination

Nominated as a Event Organizer in the Executive Committee of the Canadian Geotechnical Society - Southern Ontario Section (CGS-SOS)

May 2019
May 2019

Internship

Summer Internship at PETRONAS Canada Ltd. as a Summer Student in the Unconventional Center of Excellence (UCoE).

September 2018
September 2018

NSERC PSD Award

Received the Postgraduate Scholarships - Doctoral from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada with the project titled "Applications of the implications of micromechanical properties on the macromechanical properties of rocks."
July 2018
July 2018

Award

Received the Winter/Spring 2018 School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Conference Grant.

July 2018
July 2018

Journal Paper

Published a Journal Paper in Computers and Geotechnics titled "Grain based modelling of rocks using the combined finite-discrete element method"
June 2018
June 2018

Journal Paper

Published a Conference Paper at 52nd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 17-20 June, Seattle, Washington (ARMA) titled "Investigating Frictional Behavior of Micro-Cracks Using Grain Based Modelling in the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method (FDEM)"
May 2018
May 2018

Award

Won first place at the responsible development of unconventional resources (REDEVELOP) Challenge. Led a group of 3 highly qualified personnel (HQPs) to address the problem of "Supplying liquefied natural gas to remote communities: Freeze or go full steam ahead?"
December 2017
December 2017

Candidacy

Became a PhD candidate.

September 2017
September 2017

Award

Received the Queen Elizabeth II/ George Gladstone Gilchrist Graduate Scholarship In Science And Technology
January 2017
January 2017

Program Transfer

Transferred from MASc Program to a PhD Program

September 2016
September 2016

Award

Received the Queen Elizabeth II/ George Gladstone Gilchrist Graduate Scholarship In Science And Technology
January 2015
January 2015

Joined

Joined as a MASc Candidate

Publications

Abdelaziz, A., & Grasselli, G. (2021). Modelling Failure in Layered Geological Formations - FDEM: A Micro-mechanical Approach that Bridges Across Scales (A. Di Donna & D. Sterpi, Eds.; pp. 140–155). Springer International Publishing.
Abdelaziz, A., & Grasselli, G. (2020). How believable are published laboratory data? A deeper look into system-compliance and elastic modulus. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2020.10.003
Magsipoc, E., Li, M., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Analysis of the Fracture Morphologies from a Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiment on Montney Shale. 6.
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Guo, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Mapping Fracture Complexity in Hydraulically Fractured Montney Shale by Serial Section Reconstruction. 9.
Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., & Grasselli, G. (2020, March 2). Excavation stability in heterogeneous anisotropic shale formation. 36th International Geological Congress, Delhi, India.
Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Abul Khair, H., Adams, M., Tan, C. P., Musa, I. H., & Grasselli, G. (2019). Unconventional Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Under True Triaxial Laboratory Conditions, the Value of Understanding Your Reservoir. 16.
Abdelaziz, A. (2019). Fluid-induced Dynamic Fracturing Process - A Laboratory Approach. Energi Simulation Visit, University of Toronto.
Abdelaziz, A., Zhao, Q., & Grasselli, G. (2018). Grain based modelling of rocks using the combined finite-discrete element method. Computers and Geotechnics, 103, 73–81.
Zhou, H., Abdelaziz, A., & Grasselli, G. (2018). Rock Dilation and Its Effect on Fracture Transmissivity. 6.
Abdelaziz, A., & Grasselli, G. (2018). Investigating frictional behavior of micro-cracks using grain based modelling in the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM). 52nd US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Seattle.
Abdelaziz, A., Thi, H. B., Saad, S., & Fuss, J. (2018). Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for Remote Communities. University of Calgary CREATE ReDeveLoP Annual Innovation Program, April 30 - May 4, 2018, Calgary, Alberta.
Qiu, Y., Abdelaziz, A., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2018). Modelling of concrete weight coating based on micromechanical characterization. RILEMweek/CONMOD, Delft Netherlands.
Zhao, Q., Abdelaziz, A., He, T.-M., Xia, K., & Grasselli, G. (2017). Understanding progressive rock failure using ultrasonic tomography and numerical simulation. ISRM Progressive Rock Failure Conference, Ascona, Switzerland.