Biography
Johnson has been a research associate with Professor Grasselli’s research group since December 2017. He finished his BASc and MASc in Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto in 2014 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include calibrating rock mechanics testing results to numerical models, simulating hydraulic fracturing processes, and simulating tunnel behaviour in highly anisotropic rock. Aside from rock mechanics research, he enjoys cooking, playing competitive volleyball, and video games.
May 2022
May 2022
Invited Talk
Invited talk on "Experimental Testing Under In Situ Stress Conditions and the Importance of Standards to Determine What Dictates the Resultant Geometry of Rock Failure: Fracture Propagation vs. Rock Structure/Fabric?
" as part of the Geological Controls and Fracture Mechanics - Considerations for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen, Methane and Compressed Air."
October 2020
October 2020
Conference Paper
Invited talk on "Hydraulic fracturing in shale - the importance of anisotropy and geological structure" given as part of Earth Seminar Invited Guest Seminar series.
December 2017
December 2017
Research Position
Started as a Research Associate with Grasselli's Geomechanics Group
April 2017
April 2017
Research Position
Started as a Casual Researcher with Grasselli's Geomechanics Group
September 2016
September 2016
Award
Received the Queen Elizabeth II/Robert M. Smith Memorial Graduate Scholarship
September 2016
September 2016
Internship
Ontario’s TalentEdge Internship Program titled in partnership with Geomechanica Inc.
September 2015
September 2015
Award
Received the Queen Elizabeth II/Robert M. Smith Memorial Graduate Scholarship
August 2015
August 2015
Internship
Mitacs Accelerate program titled "Innovative design of a sound numerical model calibration process: from lab tests to input data" in partnership with Geomechanica Inc.
September 2014
September 2014
Award
Received the Queen Elizabeth II/Robert M. Smith Memorial Graduate Scholarship
September 2014
September 2014
Joined
Joined as a MASc Candidate
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Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Sun, L., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Understanding hydraulic fracture mechanisms: From the laboratory to numerical modelling. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 7(1), 66–68.
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Fracture Network in a Shale Cube Hydraulically Fractured in the Laboratory. Album of Porous Media (pp. 45–45).
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2021). Mapping Fracture Complexity of Fractured Shale in Laboratory: Three-dimensional Reconstruction From Serial-section Images. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(5), 2937–2948.
Ha, J., Tatone, B. S. A., Gaspari, G. M., & Grasselli, G. (2021). Simulating tunnel support integrity using FEM and FDEM based on laboratory test data. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 111, 103848.
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Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Excavation stability in heterogeneous anisotropic shale formation. Presented at the 36th International Geological Congress, Delhi, India.
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 (p. 9). Presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
Alghalandis, Y. F., Ha, J., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Smash – Smart Meshing for Realistic Geomechanical Models of Rock Slope Failure Processes (Vol. All Days). Presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA-2020-1733.
Ha, J., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Simulating the Excavation Damaged Zone of A Supported Deep Geological Repository Using FDEM (p. 6). Presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
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 (p. 16). Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition - ATCE 2019, SPE: Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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