Currently working as a Senior Research Officer/Lab manager of the Geomechanics Engineering Centre lab at UQ. Currently in projects related to instrumentation and long term monitoring of drying and wetting cycles of large scale columns with tailings or soil. Over 5 years of experience testing mechanical, physical and chemical properties of soil and tailings. Specific experiences in consolidation, direct shear, triaxial, SWCC, sensor instrumentation and characterization tests.
PhD student at the school of Civil Engineering
Journal Article: Instrumented column testing on long-term consolidation and desiccation behaviour of coal tailings under natural weather conditions
Zhang, Wenqiang, Zhang, Chenming, Lei, Ximing, Quintero Olaya, Sebastian, Zhu, Yuyang, Zhao, Zicheng, Jensen, Steve and Williams, David John (2023). Instrumented column testing on long-term consolidation and desiccation behaviour of coal tailings under natural weather conditions. Acta Geotechnica. doi: 10.1007/s11440-023-01984-4
Journal Article: Engineering properties of fine-grained red mud
Tian, Hua, Williams, David J., Mandisodza, Keith, Zhang, Chenming, Olaya, Sebastian Quintero, Zhang, Wenqiang and Tang, Chongyi (2023). Engineering properties of fine-grained red mud. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 37 (6), 399-418. doi: 10.1080/17480930.2023.2212575
Journal Article: Effect of ZrO<sub>2</sub>/CeO<sub>2</sub> mixed oxides on fuel gas production during self-sustaining smouldering combustion of lignocellulosic wastes
Wyn, Hons, Konarova, Muxina, Quintero Olaya, Sebastian and Yermán, Luis (2023). Effect of ZrO2/CeO2 mixed oxides on fuel gas production during self-sustaining smouldering combustion of lignocellulosic wastes. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 7 (10), 1-7. doi: 10.1039/d3se00307h
(2023–2025) Australian Coal Association Research Program
Water and salt transport at an environmental watering site in Lower River Murray
(2023–2024) Murray-Darling Basin Authority
(2023) Rio Tinto Aluminium Limited
Zhang, Wenqiang, Zhang, Chenming, Lei, Ximing, Quintero Olaya, Sebastian, Zhu, Yuyang, Zhao, Zicheng, Jensen, Steve and Williams, David John (2023). Instrumented column testing on long-term consolidation and desiccation behaviour of coal tailings under natural weather conditions. Acta Geotechnica. doi: 10.1007/s11440-023-01984-4
Engineering properties of fine-grained red mud
Tian, Hua, Williams, David J., Mandisodza, Keith, Zhang, Chenming, Olaya, Sebastian Quintero, Zhang, Wenqiang and Tang, Chongyi (2023). Engineering properties of fine-grained red mud. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 37 (6), 399-418. doi: 10.1080/17480930.2023.2212575
Wyn, Hons, Konarova, Muxina, Quintero Olaya, Sebastian and Yermán, Luis (2023). Effect of ZrO2/CeO2 mixed oxides on fuel gas production during self-sustaining smouldering combustion of lignocellulosic wastes. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 7 (10), 1-7. doi: 10.1039/d3se00307h
Kazmi, Danish, Serati, Mehdi, Williams, David J., Quintero Olaya, Sebastian, Qasim, Sadaf, Cheng, Yi Pik and Carraro, J. Antonio H. (2022). Kaolin clay reinforced with a granular column containing crushed waste glass or traditional construction sands. International Journal of Geomechanics, 22 (4) 04022030. doi: 10.1061/(asce)gm.1943-5622.0002322
Using pycnometry and Archimedes’ principle to measure the gross and air cavity volume of fruit
Hughes, Stephen and Quintero Olaya, Sebastian (2021). Using pycnometry and Archimedes’ principle to measure the gross and air cavity volume of fruit. IOP SciNotes, 2 (2) 025201, 1-7. doi: 10.1088/2633-1357/abf33f
Del Pilar Durante Ingunza, Maria, Williams, David J. and Olaya, Sebastian Quintero (2020). Effects of fly ash addition on the rheological characteristics of red MUD slurry: An approach to the sustainable mining waste management. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 46 (4), 581-588. doi: 10.5276/JSWTM/2020.581
del Pilar Durante Ingunza, Maria , Williams, David J. and Quintero Olaya, Sebastian (2020). Effects of fly ash addition on the rheological characteristics of red mud slurry: an approach to the sustainable mining waste management. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 46 (4), 580-587.
An airblast hazard simulation engine for block caving sites
Galindo-Torres, S. A., Palma, S., Quintero, S., Scheuermann, A., Zhang, X., Krabbenhoft, K., Ruest, M. and Finn, D. (2018). An airblast hazard simulation engine for block caving sites. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 107, 31-38. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.04.034
Mutaz, E., Serati, M., Williams, D.J. and Quintero, O.S. (2023). Validation of the crack mode-changing stress in circular tunnels under generalized triaxial tensile stress states. Eurock 2022 - Rock and Fracture Mechanics in Rock Engineering and Mining, Helsinki, Finland, 11 - 15 September 2022. Bristol, United Kingdom: Institute of Physics Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1124/1/012068
Large-scale instrumented column test to assess oxidation and leachate
Zhang, Chenming, Williams, David J., Lei, Ximing, Quintero, Sebastian and Ferguson, Tony (2020). Large-scale instrumented column test to assess oxidation and leachate. Tailings and Mine Waste 2020, Fort Collins, CO USA, 15-18 November 2020. Vancouver, BC Canada: UBC Studios.
Use of high-performance fibres to enhance tailings
Olaya, Sebastian Quintero, Zhang, Chenming, Williams, David J., Lei, Ximing, Zhao, Zicheng and Llano-Serna, Marcelo (2020). Use of high-performance fibres to enhance tailings. Tailings and Mine Waste 2020, Fort Collins, CO USA, 15-18 November 2020. Vancouver, BC Canada: UBC Studios.
A comparative study on shear strength of crushed waste glass with natural and manufactured sand
Kazmi, Danish, Serati, Mehdi, Williams, David J., Qasim, Sadaf, Cheng, Yi Pik and Olaya, Sebastian Quintero (2020). A comparative study on shear strength of crushed waste glass with natural and manufactured sand. 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, United States, 28 June - 1 July 2020. American Rock Mechanics Association.
Failure Mode of Concrete Under Polyaxial Stresses
Serati, Mehdi , El-Amin, Mutaz , Williams, David J., Quintero Olaya, Sebastian , Karlovsek, Jurij and Hanzic, Lucija (2020). Failure Mode of Concrete Under Polyaxial Stresses. 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, CO United States, 28 June – 1 July 2020. Alexandria, VA United States: ARMA.
Zhang, Wenqiang, Zhang, Chenming, Lei, Ximing, Zhu, Yuyang, Quintero, Sebastian, Williams, David J. and O'Neill, Mike (2019). Assessing salt migration from compacted bauxite residual into overlying cover using an instrumented column. Tailings and Mine Waste 2019, Vancouver, Canada, 17-20 November 2019. Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia.
Effects of fly ash addition on the rheological behaviour of red mud slurry
Ingunza, Maria P. D., Williams, David and Olaya, Sebastian Q. (2019). Effects of fly ash addition on the rheological behaviour of red mud slurry. The 34th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Annapolis, MD, USA, 31 March-4 April 2019. Widener University School of Engineering: Springer Journals Editorial Office.
Effect of Waste Additives on Mechanical Strength of Fired Clay Bricks
Serati, Mehdi, Williams, David J., del Pilar Durante Ingunza, Maria and Quintero Olaya, Sebastian (2017). Effect of Waste Additives on Mechanical Strength of Fired Clay Bricks. The 32nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19-22 March 2017. Chester, PA United States: The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management.
Quintero Olaya, Sebastian, Williams, David J., del Pilar Durante Ingunza, Maria and Serati, Mehdi (2017). Geotechnical characterisation of neutralised red mud for use in civil engineering construction and manufacturing. The 32nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19-22 March 2017. Chester, PA United States: The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management.
(2023–2025) Australian Coal Association Research Program
Water and salt transport at an environmental watering site in Lower River Murray
(2023–2024) Murray-Darling Basin Authority
(2023) Rio Tinto Aluminium Limited
Phosphate Hill Gypsum Storage Facility Rehab Trials
(2022–2025) Phosphate Hill Gypsum Storage Facility Rehab Trials
Recharge and drying in an e-watering site of the Lower Murray 2022-23
(2022–2023) South Australian Department of Environment and Water
Advancing rapid in-field quantification of Soil Organic Carbon
(2022) Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
(2021–2022) RTA Yarwun
(2021–2022) Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Recharge and Drying in an E-Watering Site of The Lower Murray
(2021) South Australian Department of Environment and Water
Salt migration on compacted red mud into natural cover
(2020–2021) Queensland Alumina Limited
Research into Hydraulic Tensile Strength (HTS) Test for Rock Tensile Strength Measurement
(2019–2020) Golder Associates Pty Ltd