Dr Alina Jane Hale

Lecturer/Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow (APD)

Madsen Building (F09), Rm 448
Phone: +61 2 9351 3625
Fax: +61 2 9351 3644
Email:

Dr. Hale’s research focuses upon developing computational models of volcanic and subduction processes using the finite element method. She has a Ph.D. in Computational Volcanology, awarded January 2005, from the University of Reading, UK and two Master degrees in physics, a first class degree with honours (M.Phys.) and a research Master degree (M.Phil.), both from the University of Lancaster, UK. She received funding for a three-year discovery project research grant from the Australian Research Council to commence January 2007 with the title “Computationally Modelling a Volcano: Flow and Stability”.

• OzBench, M., Reganauer-Lieb, K., Stegman, D., Morra, G., Farrington, R., Hale, A. J., May, d. A., Freeman, J., Bourgouin, L., Muhlhaus, H., Moresi, L., 2008. A Model Comparison Study of Wide Subduction Zones: 3-D Flow, Slab Morphology and Mantle Feedback. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 171, 224 – 234.
• Hale, A. J., 2008. Lava Dome Growth and Evolution with an Independently Deformable Talus. Geophysical Journal International, 714, 391-417.
• Hale, A. J. & Wadge, G, 2008. The transition from endogenous to exogenous growth of lava domes with the development of shear bands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 171, 237 – 257.
• Hale, A. J., 2007. Magma Flow Instabilities in a Volcanic Conduit: Implications for Long-Period Seismicity. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors,163, 163-178.
• Hale. A. J. & Mühlhaus, H.-B., 2007. Modelling Shear Bands in a Volcanic Conduit: Implications for Over-Pressures and Extrusion-Rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 263, 74-87.
• Hale, A. J., Bourgouin, L. & Mühlhaus, H.-B., 2007. Using the Level-Set Method to Model Endogenous Lava Dome Growth. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03213, doi:10.1029/2006JB004445.
• Hale, A. J., Wadge, G. & Mühlhaus, H.-B., G. 2007. The influence of Viscous and Latent Heating in Crystal-Rich Magma. Geophysical Journal International, 171, 1406-1429.
• Gross, L., Bourgouin, L., Hale, A. J. & Mühlhaus, H.-B., 2007. Interface Modeling in Incompressible Media using Level Sets in Escript, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 163, 23-34.
• Bourgouin, L, Mühlhaus, H.-B., Hale, A. J. & Arsac, A. 2007. Studying the influence of a solid shell on lava dome growth and evolution using the level set method. Geophysical Journal International, 170, 1431-1438.
• Bourgouin, L, Mühlhaus, H.-B., Hale, A. J. & Arsac, A., 2007. Towards realistic simulations of lava dome growth using the level set method. Acta Geotechnica, 1, 225-236 .
• Mühlhaus, H.-B., Bourgouin, L. & Hale, A. J.(2007) Modelling deforming interfaces using level sets. In: Proc. Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering II. Coupled Problems 2007. Onate, E, Papadrakis, M, and Schrefler, B. Artes Gra cas Torres SL, Morales 17, 08029 Barcelona, Spain, ISBN 978-84-96736-18-4, p 606-609
• Wadge G., Macfarlane D. G., Robertson D. A., Hale A. J., et al. 2005. AVTIS: A novel millimetre-wave ground based instrument for volcano remote sensing. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 146, 307-318
• Hale A. J. & Wadge G, 2003. Numerical modelling of the growth dynamics of a simple silicic lava dome. Geophysical Research Letters. 30, (19): Art. No. 2003
• Fisher S. N., Guenault A. M., Hale A. J., et al. 2002. The thermal conductivity of superfluid He-3 in aerogel: a measurement of the energy gap. Journal of low temperature Physics, 126, 673-678.
• Brussaard P, Fisher SN, Guenault AM, et al. 2001. Phase diagram of the A and B phases of superfluid He-3 in aerogel. Physical Review Letters, 86, 4580-4583.
• Fisher SN, Hale AJ, Guenault AM, et al. 2001. Generation and detection of quantum turbulence in Superfluid He-3-B. Physical Review Letters, 86, 244-247.
• Fisher SN, Guenault AM, Hale AJ, et al. 2000. Thirty-minute coherence in free induction decay signals in superfluid He-3-B. Journal of low temperature Physics, 121, 303-308.
• Fisher SN, Guenault AM, Hale AJ, et al. 2000. Andreev reflection of quasiparticles by a vortex tangle in superfluid He-3-B? Journal of low temperature Physics, 121, 393-398.
• Brussaard P, Fisher SN, Guenault AM, et al. 2000. Novel oscillating aerogel experiments in superfluid He-3 at ultralow temperatures. Journal of low temperature Physics, 121, 555-560.

• Computationally Modelling a Volcano: Flow and Stability. Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. H. Mühlhaus, A. J. Hale, R. S. J. Sparks, O. Melnik, G. Wadge. Awarded an Australian postdoctoral fellowship (APD).
• Finite Element Analysis of Crystal-Rich Volcanic Eruptions. The University of Queensland New Staff Grant. A. J. Hale.
• Modelling the Growth of a Volcanic Talus: Implications for Hazard Assessment. The University of Queensland Early Career Research Grant. A. J. Hale.