The mining sector is fraught with complex geotechnical challenges warranting a careful and rigorous analysis approach. The capability of GeoStudio to successfully capture the manifold aspects of mining engineering problems will be explored during this live webinar.
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The 30-minute presentation will be followed by an engaging Q&A with Seequent GeoStudio specialists, Farzin Hamidi and Kathryn Dompierre.
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Can’t make it to the live session? Register anyway and receive the recording to watch at your own convenience.Â
Farzin has 10 years of geotechnical engineering experience in field work, laboratory (rock/soil) testing, site investigation, and numerical modeling to examine slope/tunnel stability. Since joining Seequent in August 2021, Farzin has gained experience in GeoStudio technical support. He is an expert in geotechnical site investigations and stability analysis and worked in underground/open pit mines and infrastructure projects such as Dawson and Grosvenor Mine, Inland Rail (G2K), Cross River Rail-Tunnel Station Development (TSD), Kingsford Smith Drive (KSD) upgrade, Burdekin falls dam and Queen’s Wharf. He received his Ph.D. at Geotechnical Engineering Centre (GEC), University of Queensland. He has a strong technical background in rock mechanics, in-situ stress measurement, rock/soil fluid interactions, laboratory and in-situ characterization of rocks and soils, rock failure control by support design, instrumentation, and monitoring for surface and underground excavations
Kathryn Dompierre completed a M.Sc. in environmental policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Ph.D. in civil engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada). Her doctoral research explored the movement of pore water, contaminants, and energy through oil sands fine tailings using field testing and numerical analyses.
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She joined the GeoStudio research and development team in 2016, and now manages the learning and technical content related to GeoStudio.
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Kathryn is involved in the Women in Engineering committee for Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba and serves on the boards of two environmental NGOs: Lake Winnipeg Foundation and Manitoba Eco-Network.
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Vincent's experience in the geotechnical engineering world is diverse, thanks to the varied jobs and activities over the last ten years.
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Starting his journey out in the field supervising drilling operations helped him gain a better grasp of the dynamics and complexities of field work.
His years as a PhD student were filled with many great experiences. Travelling to conferences to present work and meet peers. His research project brought him into the world of constitutive models (especially NorSand) and all its intricacies.
It was during his PhD years that Vincent became quite involved with the Canadian Geotechnical Society through various roles and responsibilities.
As a research scientist in the GeoStudio team at Seequent, Vincent gets to add even more experience to his bag.  Numerical simulations can seem deceivably simple sometimes (thanks to always evolving software), but what is underlying is always complex.