Most Significant Research Contributions

 

· Development of a practical optimization framework for production scheduling of caving operation

· Introducing a multi-step approach for block-cave production scheduling optimization

· Determination of the best height of draw and development precedence in block-cave sequence optimization using mathematical programming

 

· Development of a practical optimization framework for open-pit production scheduling

· Development of thermo-insulating shotcrete containing expanded perlite

· Modeling the effects of thermo-insulating shotcrete in underground openings

· Modeling and design in Northern diamond mines

· Influence of methane on the heat evolution of coal and its tendency to self-heating

· Mine water and tailings management in a Northern gold mine