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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Providing geotechnical expertise for multidisciplinary forensic investigations including residential, commercial and industrial related losses • Investigating geotechnical, mining and heavy civil infrastructure failures with a specific focus on foundations, slopes, excavations and earth retaining systems • Performing site examinations relating to loss/failure • Reviewing reports, plans and specifications to determine whether they meet relevant guidelines, codes, and other regulations • Developing and maintaining research collaboration with academia

Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

* Bored Pile design and construction (Broadway Subway Project)* Embankment design and construction (TRANSMOUNTAIN Project)*Waste Water Treatment Plant Design and Construction (TOBIANO RIB)* Project Lead for "Review of settlement monitoring data for the purpose of evaluating settlement performance" * Project Lead for "Geotechnical Assessment of Proposed Rapid Infiltration Basin Areas"* Project Reviewer for "Compacting Seabed Gravel using Vibro Tamping Plate Compactor"* Project Design Specialist/modeller for slope, entrance ramp, MUP Overpass, and MSE wall (Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project)* Project Specialist for"Rock mass characterization and rock core inspection/evaluation-Broadway Subway Project"

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• providing a combination of hydrogeological field support, field and laboratory testing, numerical groundwater flow modelling and pore pressure cross sections for slope stability.• Expanding our rock mechanics laboratory into both testings in support of research but also specialized commercial testing for the mining, and civil construction industries (dams, tunnels, etc), with a special focus on coal mine instability issues in British Columbia, and block caving in Indonesia.• working closely with industry to help optimize value and ensure worker safety in deep underground mass mining operations through a project entitled Cave to Mill: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Linking Orebody Knowledge, Footprint Reliability and Sensor-Based Sorting to Improve Safety and Productivity.• Underground Monitoring and Mine Surveillance by deploying Fiber Optic technology; In situ stress Monitoring and Instability Hazard Pre-warning. • Modification of the properties of the excavated soil to aid the excavation process and improve the TBM performance• Investigating the factors that influence the likelihood and severity of having a seismic event of a given magnitude by using state-of-the-art laboratory experiments and numerical modelling.• Development of an Induced Seismicity Susceptibility Framework and Map for Northeastern British Columbia using an Integrated Machine Learning and Mechanistic Validation Approach• Training junior staff and students to carry out geotechnical testing and inspection.• Preparation of technical proposals (e.g., Vale, RTI, Mitacs, NSERC) and reports.• Development and maintenance of client relationships.

Saskatchewan, Canada

• Analyzing wireline log properties to derive mechanical parameters of Bakken, Montney, and Deadwood Formations.• Developing the Toolbox to analyze Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical stress perturbation (stress shadow).• Developing fully coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical simulation of fracture propagation and the resultant stress perturbation. • Predicting in-situ stress by using the DFIT test and well logs.• Investigating the optimized monitoring system in saline carbon dioxide (CO 2) storage Aquistore Project, managed by the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC).• Investigating the creep behaviour of potash samples and the resultant instability in underground mines, sponsored by Nutrien (previously known as PotashCorp)• Supervising students through the computer lab session and guide them through software.• More than 1500 hours of TA and LD experience in various undergraduate courses.

Tehran, North Amirabad St

• Leading a team that performed quality tests and controlling the construction operations by notified technical specifications.• Compiling and reviewing related standards in cooperation with The Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran.• Leading a team that studied physical, mechanical and chemical properties of soils and materials and construction artifacts.• Offering training sessions for technicians, experts and professionals to keep the company's body updated and for the other organizations.• Administrating the team of Designing and developing Ultrasonic Measurement Device.• Leading the team of Designing and Developing Lateral Stress Controlling System through the tri-axial Compression test.• Leading swelling team that designed and conducted Free Swelling Strain Test (FSST), Semi Confined Swelling Strain Test (SCSST) and Swelling Pressure Test (SPT) on the Marlstone of Gachsaran Cap rock Formation in Southwest of Iran and leading the numerical modelling team.• Leading a team that worked on the effect of temperature and stress on creep behaviour of Gachsaran cap rock Formation• Leading a team that worked on the application of photogrammetry in rock mechanics to determine stress and strain curves of material under uniaxial compressive stress.• Supervising graduate and undergraduate students in their theses and final projects.• Certifying the credibility of experiments for different industrial clients, analyzed data and final report.

Rock Mechanics Laboratory

* Instructing rock mechanics laboratory course* Conducting experiments for different industrial clients, analyzing data and writing the final report

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Geomechanics, Geological Engineering

Thesis title: Investigation of the geomechanical controls on hydraulic fracturing in the Bakken Formation, Southeast Saskatchewan *.

Master Of Applied Science, Rock Mechanics Engineering

Thesis title: The effect of Geomechanical behavior of the evaporative formation on the casing collapse phenomenon in the Maroon oil field

Bachelor'S Degree, Mining Engineering