Personal Statement

• Geotechniques and Mining Engineering: Comprehensive and broad range field and research experience in rock mechanics including static, dynamic, and probabilistic key block analysis for stability of pit slopes, tailings dams and waste dumps; ground control for underground mines; geohydraulics for groundwater flow, monitoring systems, and in situ leaching; and newly developed are the space-based technologies for geotechnical site-characterization and probabilistic design criteria for rock structures.
  
  Geostatistics: Mastered advanced geostatistics and have broad range practical experience in ore reserve estimation by Kriging, local recovery analysis by DK and IK, and geostatistical exploration strategies for optimum drilling campaigns. Application to multi-resource analysis, geophysical exploration, geotechniques and site optimization. Extended OK and IK to evaluate random vectors in space and key block analysis.
  
  New Mine Evaluation: Complete economic evaluations of new mines ranging from mine cost estimations through future market price forecasts for DCF-ROI studies. A customized computer model for each deposit was employed for sensitivity tests and investment risk analyses.
  
  Computer Simulations and Digital Image Analysis: Numerical modeling of flow and stress analyses for mine structural stability. Simulations of mining units and systems in operations research. Digital image analysis for fragmented materials characterizations.
  
  Areas of Research Interest - mining engineering, rock mechanics, geostatistics

Education

• Ph.D., Mining Engineering/Rock Mechanics, University of Utah, 1971

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