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• Asperity degradation of rock joints under different loading conditions – Ph.D. thesis (Universite de Sherbrooke & HydroQuebec)
• Developed a MATLAB code to calculate contact area, damaged area and aperture during a natural rock joint shear test.
• Developed a mobile in-situ set up and in-lab apparatus for large-scale shear test (up to 1m by 1m).
• Performed the various geotechnical tests including shear test, Brazilian test, nondestructive (AE) measurement, triaxial and uniaxial tests.

• Gathered geotechnical data including joint survey, logging and sampling and oversaw lab tests.
• Performed slope stability analysis in rock and soil with considering water effects using FLAC and Phase2. Then recommended remediation for unstable areas.
• Chose tunneling method regarding to in-situ conditions and designed tunnels support system by combination of empirical, equilibrium and numerical modeling methods.
• Optimized Mine to Mill process in several operations by optimizing blast fragmentation.
• Established effective communication with clients and other parties to meet the project scope of work.

• Evaluated slops and tunnels instabilities and designed support system by combination of empirical, equilibrium and numerical (FLAC) modeling methods.
• Oversaw the geotechnical program including geotechnical drilling and in-situ testing.
• Installed geotechnical instrumentation including extensometers, convergence pins, strain gauges and anchor load cells.
• Geotechnical instrumentation monitoring, data collection and uploading into the database.

Civil Engineering

Master'S Degree, Rock Mechanics (Mining Engineering)