MDL summer BBQ at Hani's 2022
MDL summer BBQ at Hani's 2021
Prof Mitri receiving Guest Professorship at the University of Science and Technology Beijing
Prof Mitri receiving awards
Prof Mitri receiving McGill's lapel pin for 30 years of service
Visit to Henan Polytechnic University in 2016
MDL research group 2017
MDL research group 2015
In 2007 I got started with my PhD studies. My subject was fires in underground hard rock mines and the high point of my studies were two full-scale fire experiments in an underground mine. My dissertation took place in May 2015. Since 2006 I have worked on several mining projects in Sweden, Australia and south east Asia. From 2011 until 2015 I served as a national expert on fires in underground structures and wildfires. Between 2017 and 2023 I was an adjunct fellow at The University of Queensland, conducting research on fires in the mining industry.
Since 2023 I am an associate at the Mine Design & Numerical Modelling Laboratory at McGill University. Even though my journey has been long and not always clear, the overall aim remains: for the greater good striving at increasing the fire safety for miners as well as the capability of the fire services and mine rescue organizations.
Throughout his career, Mr. Al Heib has investigated scientific problems related to rock mechanics and mine safety during the mining production cycle. He has developed tools for use in field measurements and microseismic monitoring systems, data analysis techniques, statistical methods, and numerical modelling.
He was the scientific expert in rockburst and geotechnics for Charbonnages de France (from 1993-2004). He is an expert from the European Community (EC) for mines and underground excavation – Geotechnics, numerical modelling and mine design (TGC1). In the late 1990’s, he was involved with solving post-mining stability problems and safety in the underground storage of radioactive waste. He has published more than 120 scientific papers and official reports on these topics.
Professor He Xueqiu is the secretary of the Party committee of North China Institute of Technology and a doctoral supervisor at China University of Mining and Technology. He is renowned for his expertise in Safety Science.
He obtained the Foundation of State Outstanding Young Scientist award and Foundation of Education Ministry Trans-Century Excellent Talent Program award. He obtained a 4th National Prize for Natural Science, two 2nd National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology, and four provincial level prizes. He also obtained five National Patent of Inventions and five Utility Model Patents. He has written 10 books and published over 200 academic papers.
Throughout his career, Petr has investigated scientific problems related to mining geology and hydrogeology, rock mechanics, induced seismicity, rockburst prevention and destress blasting. He worked in coal mining industry (1990–1997) in the field of mining geology and in expert service company for coal mining companies (1997–2009) in the field of hydrogeology and geomechanics.
Petr has developed and/or verified tools for evaluation of stress release due to destress blasting using seismic monitoring data, methodology for rockburst prevention in hardcoal longwall mining, methodology of safety reinforcement of gates in hardcoal mining. He is court expert in the field of geomechanics (from 2011) and president of the Czech National Group of the International Society for Rock Mechanics. He has solved scientific projects in the field of mining geomechanics and in the field of evaluation of rock mass quality for underground gas storage and the underground radioactive waste repository. He has published more than 80 scientific papers and official reports on these topics.
Eric has more than 12 years of experience in hard rock underground mining. After graduation, he worked at Bouchard Hebert and Géant Dormant mines of Cambior Inc. He then joined TALPA mining contractors before he joined the Laronde mine of Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd mine in 2003. He is currently Mine Manager at Agnico Eagles' Lapa mine in Riviere Héva, Quebec.
Throughout his career, Prof. Piguet has investigated scientific problems related to rock mechanics and mine safety during the mining production cycle. He has developed tools for use in field measurements and microseismic monitoring systems, data analysis techniques, statistical methods, and numerical modelling.
In the late 1990’s, he was involved with solving post-mining stability problems and safety in the underground storage of radioactive waste. He contributed to the creation of GISOS (Scientific Group for Safety in Underground Workings) and became its president. He has published numerous papers and official reports on these topics.
Denis Thibodeau is a professional engineer in Ontario and Quebec and an adjunct professor at the McGill department of Mining Engineering. Denis has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry working for Vale and Barrick. He is currently the Senior Gemochanical Consultant for Stantec Mining Practice.
Mike has more than 20 years of experience in both surface and underground hard rock mining and has worked for Black Hawk Mining Inc, Hudbay Minerals, Xstrata and Vale, holding positions of increasing responsibilities, including mine planning engineer, senior ground control engineer, chief mine engineer and principal ground control engineer.
In 2017, Atsushi was appointed Associate Professor at International Organization for Advanced Research and Technology, Kumamoto University, Japan. In Canada, he studied mining-induced seismicity that takes place in deep hard rock mines at a depth of more than 1500 m. He developed a number of novel numerical simulation techniques to analyze the dynamic behaviour of fault-slip while considering its seismic source parameters and seismic wave propagation. He has expertise in numerical modelling, fault friction laws, rock mechanical behaviour, and hard rock mining.
Lishuai is an assistant professor at College of Mining and Safety Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology in China. His research interests are in ground control and rock support of mine roadway stability. He is also in charge of the international collaboration and exchange of State Key Laboratory of Mining Disasters Prevention and Control.
After graduating from McGill with a Master’s degree in Mining Engineering, Wei has obtained extensive knowledge and practical experience in mine design, mine operation, seismic analysis, numerical modeling, and ground control.
Over the last 10 years in the industry, he has progressed through roles of increasing responsibility from Vale Canada and Sudbury INO a Glencore company. Currently Wei is supporting long range mine design and major project studies for Vale’s Manitoba and Voisey Bay Operations, as Chief Ground Control Engineer.
Brad Simser is the Principal Ground Control Engineer of the Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations of the Glencore Company. He has worked in hard rock mining since 1990. His experience includes deep South African Gold mining (Anglo American), Lead-Zinc mining in northern New Brunswick, and Nickel-Copper mining in the Sudbury Basin since 2003.