Patrick Andrieux — mine design, mining engineering, geomechanics, drilling and blasting. Dr. Andrieux is a mining engineer with over 20 years of experience at operating sites (both on surface and underground) and in research and development, instrumentation, technical services and support, and consulting. His areas of specialization are mine design and sequencing, mine monitoring, geomechanics, practical ground control and ground support programs, drilling and blasting, and blast monitoring. He has been involved in over 300 projects at more than 110 mine sites world-wide, and has provided consulting services to nearly 60 mining companies. Dr. Andrieux is the author of over 50 published technical papers and 30 major technical/consulting reports. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Canada, as well as a Designated Consulting Engineer (Professional Engineers Ontario).
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Richard Brummer — rock Mechanics, risk assessment, mining engineering. Dr. Brummer has 30 years of experience in geomechanics consulting, practical mining applications, research and academia. His areas of specialization are all aspects of the behavior of highly stressed rock in deep mines or in extensively mined workings. He also has expertise in rockbursts, the design of microseismic and general instrumentation systems, the design of backfill and backfill systems, and particularly in the optimization of mining layouts to reduce risk and maximize value. He is the author of over 50 technical articles. Dr. Brummer is a Registered Professional Engineer in both Canada and South Africa, and is a Designated Consulting Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario.
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Luigi Cotesta — geomechanics, geotechnical and mining engineering. Mr. Cotesta is a Civil Engineer with over 9 years of experience in the Geotechnical and Mining Engineering fields. His areas of specialization are scientific visualization applied to hazard assessment and data interpretation, n-dimensional visualization techniques (time-dependent processes), geosynthesis of site characterization and numerical simulation datasets for deep geologic repositories, 3D geological deposit modeling, stress control on permeability in fractured rock and the development of custom software tools. He currently is pursuing graduate studies in Mineral Resource Engineering at Laurentian University.
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Marty Hudyma — seismicity and rockbursting in mines, mine design, stope design, ground support. Mr. Hudyma is a mining engineer with more than 20 years experience at mine sites and research organizations in Canada and Australia. His areas of specialization include mine design and sequencing, seismic monitoring, application of mine seismicity data, rockbursting, ground control and ground support. He is the author of over 30 published technical articles.
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Hao Li — geomechanics and software development. Dr. Li is a geomechanics engineer with over 9 years of experience in geomechanics consulting, research and application in the areas of mining engineering and hydropower engineering. He specializes in numerical modeling applied to high stress analysis, high slope stability analysis, mine design, open pit design and support system design. He also has over 16 years of programming experience and specializes in software development of database, 3D visualization and CAD tools. He is the author of over 13 academic and technical articles.
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Christopher O'Connor — mining engineering, numerical modeling, instrumentation. Mr. O'Connor has 6 years of consulting experience with a focus on numerical modeling of mining operations and backfill design. He has been in charge of several design projects related to mining at depth, large excavations at depth and the development of new mining properties, and he has obtained a Master's degree in Mineral Resource Engineering, with a thesis topic on fragmentation prediction. Mr. O'Connor is beginning studies for a Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.; the focus of his research work is the development of predictive numerical modeling tools to allow for the prediction of surface subsidence in block caving mines.
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Binod Paudel — computational mechanics, numerical modeling, project management. Mr. Paudel is a Civil/Geomechanics Engineer with approximately 10 years of experience in engineering project management, including stints as an engineer with the United Nations in several conflict regions around the world. He has research experience in computational mechanics and finite element modeling. His research involved the modeling of structures using triangular elements to study the damage response of a Gurson material. Mr. Paudel also has experience in the development of database and utility routines used in engineering, modeling and other fields.
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Alexandr Turichshev — rock engineering. Mr. Turichshev is a geomechanics engineer specializing in rock engineering and numerical modeling. He has experience in design and optimization of relational databases, database application development and computer programming.
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