Staff profile

Dane Kasperczyk is a trained civil engineer working in the Energy Resources group.

His main focus area is in hydraulic fracturing, working on research and projects in:
- Fracture mechanics modelling
- Experimental sample creation and testing
- Shale characterisation
- Field scale hydraulic fracturing preconditioning trials (block cave, sublevel cave, underground)
- Tiltmeters subsurface monitoring
- Hydraulic fracturing environmental risks and environmental concerns

Additionally he is responsible for developing software solutions including Fractura, a CSIRO developed hydraulic fracturing simulation desktop platform and online monitoring SaaS.