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Date/Time
Date(s) - 16 Nov 2021 - 19 Nov 2021
Location
TBA
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Associate Professor Johan Wesseloo Director, Australian Centre for Geomechanics Since obtaining a BEng (Civil) and MEng (Geotechnical) from The University of Pretoria, Johan has been involved in geotechnical engineering in open pit and underground environments throughout 14 countries. He commenced his career in 1998 as a geotechnical engineer at SRK Consulting in Johannesburg where his experience included open pit and underground projects in varying geotechnical conditions. In 2005 he was awarded a PhD (Geotechnical) from The University of Pretoria. Johan joined the ACG in 2007 as a Research Fellow. During his time at the ACG, Johan has been involved in research, the supervision of postgraduate students and geotechnical training. He also performs geotechnical and mining-induced seismicity reviews providing him with the valuable opportunity to visit numerous operations worldwide. Johan was instrumental in the development of the mXrap software and many of the software routines and apps available in that platform. Johan is a Fellow of The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He was awarded the SAIMM Gold medal in 2006 and 2016, and the SAIMM Silver Medal in 2014. In May 2019, Johan was appointed Centre Director. |
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William Joughin Chairman, SRK Consulting, South Africa |
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Joseph Mbenza Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Geomechanics Joseph joined the ACG in early 2019 as a research fellow. His areas of interest include: advanced numerical modelling and statistical, probability and data analysis. Previously, Joseph was a senior mining geotechnical engineer for SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd. He has 15 years of experience in mining and rock mechanics.Joseph has a BSc Mining Engineering from University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a Master’s degree in Rock Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He was the recipient of the Rauji Foundation award in 2004 for best student, Faculty of Engineering, University of Lubumbashi, and the Chairman award for employee of the year at SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd in 2016. |
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Denisha Sewnun Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Geomechanics Denisha has more than 10 years of experience in the rock mechanics aspects of open pit and underground mining projects. She has a BSc (honours) degree in Engineering Geology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a Master’s degree in Rock Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand. Denisha has recently joined the Australian Centre for Geomechanics as a Research Fellow after having spent the last 7 years providing consulting services for mining projects across Africa. Her principal areas of expertise include geotechnical data analysis, geotechnical investigations, three-dimensional geotechnical block modelling and rock support design. |
| This hybrid workshop will be held from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon daily (AWST) from 16 to 19 November 2021. |
| Mining Geomechanical Risk 2019
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Papers from the ACG’s First International Conference on Mining Geomechanical Risk 2019 are available for open access on the ACG Online Repository of Conference Proceedings. Click
