Staff:

Sean Maloney, M.Sc., P. Eng.

Director - specialty in stress measurements, full-scale laboratory testing, and ground support design.

Fidelis Suorineni, Ph.D.

Senior Researcher - main focus on mine design (method and sequence optimisation), support systems, seismicity and rock properties

Pavel Vasak, M.Sc., P. Eng.

Research Engineer - Specialty in exploration, resource modeling, engineering earth models, virtual reality, rock mechanics and mining-induced seismicity

Bo-Hyun Kim, Ph.D.

Senior Researcher - main interests in rock mass characterization using photogrammetric method and numerical modeling

Benoit Valley, Ph.D.

Senior Researcher - active at the disciplines interface of structural geology and geomechanics with focus on rock mass characterization

Navid Bahrani, M.Sc.

Research Engineer - main interest in numerical modeling, mining geomechanics, ground support design

Rob Bewick, M.Sc., P. Eng.

Research Engineer - specialty in site characterization, mine design, ground support design (static & dynamic), crown pillar stability & photogrammetry using SiroVision & 3G tool sets

Salina Yong, PEng, PE, PhD.

Senior Research Engineer - interests in field-scale investigations, site characterisation, data integration and interpretation, and development of engineering models

Senior Research Advisors:

Peter Kaiser, Ph.D, P. Eng.

Chair for Rock Mechanics and Ground Control, Laurentian University. President and CEO of the Center for Excellence in Mining Innovation

Ming Cai, Ph.D, P. Eng

Associate Professor in Laurentian University's School of Engineering