Transcript Geological Engineering Alumni Dinner

UBC Geological Engineering
Program “The Profs”
Presented by Isabelle Lévesque
Mary Lou Bevier
(aka. MLB)
Petrology, Mineralogy, & Field Geology
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B.S. with Honors, Earth Science, 1975
(University of California, Santa Cruz)
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M.Sc., Geological Sciences, 1978 (UBC)
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Ph.D., Geological Sciences, 1982 (University of
California, Santa Barbara)
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Post-doctoral Fellow, Geological Survey of
Canada, 1985-1987
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New textbook “Introduction to Field Geology”
published by McGraw-Hill.
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R.M. (Marc) Bustin
Sedimentology, Organic Petrology
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Ph.D. (UBC).
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Research: Study of the sedimentology and
diagenesis of organic matter in sediments with
particular reference to petroleum source rocks,
coal and formation of ore deposits.
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Kelly Russell
Volcanology/Geochemistry
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B.Sc. University of Manitoba 1976
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M.Sc. University of Calgary 1980
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Ph.D. University of Calgary 1984
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Research: volcanology, geochemistry and
igneous petrology as related to the
formation, transport and eruption of
magma.
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The Water Boys
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Roger Beckie
Groundwater Hydrology, Geotechnical Engineering Director
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B.A.Sc. (Waterloo)
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M.Sc. & Ph.D. (Princeton).
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Industry: Beckie Hydrogeologists
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Research: We are investigating the scale at
which a site should be characterized so that a
specified engineering objective can be
achieved in the most cost-effective fashion.
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Research: Hydrology of waste-rock dumps in
British Columbia.
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Ulrich Mayer
Groundwater Hydrology / Reactive Solute Transport
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Dipl. Ing. (1993) Universität Stuttgart
(Germany)
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Ph.D. (1999) University of Waterloo.
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Faculty Member at UBC since 2000
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Research: Geochemical evolution of lowtemperature groundwater systems with a focus
on groundwater contamination and
remediation.
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Leslie Smith
Groundwater Hydrology
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B.Sc U of A, in Geology
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Ph. D. at UBC
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Research: Mathematical modeling of fluid
flow and solute transport in fractured geologic
media, with applications to problems of
groundwater contamination.
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L. A. (Lori) Kennedy
Structural Geology
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B.Sc., Univ. New Brunswick;
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Ph. D., Texas A&M;
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Faculty Member, UBC (1996 -).
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Research: mechanisms by which faults and
shear zones develop and how they
accommodate displacements (both in brittle
and ductile regimes).
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Rimas Pakalnis
Underground Rock Mechanics
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B.A.Sc mining engineering, McGill University
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M.Sc and Ph.D. at UBC.
Industry:
consulting for six years as a
1 tonne = 10
kN
professional engineer .
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A note of interest is that he has set as an
objective to audit3and or conduct applied
research at 10 mines each year. That means
that in the 14 years that he has been teaching
at UBC He has been to 140 mines, primarily in
North America, but he also worked in Greece,
South Africa, Hungary, and England.
0.01 MPa = 10 kN/m
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Oldrich Hungr
Slope stability
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UBC (1996) professor
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Industry: engineering geologist for several
years.
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Developed Clara slope modeling program
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Research: develop new techniques for slope
stability analysis, modeling of landslide
behavior.
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New techniques of analysis must be developed
and tested in the field in order to provide tools
needed by the practitioners. The Geological
Engineering Program at UBC plays an
important role in this process.
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Michael Church
Quaternary Geomorphology
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Teaching at UBC for 36 years
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Industry: Forestry and aquatic work in the BC:
was a member of the Clayoquot Sound
Scientific panel and reviewed various Forest
Practice Codes
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Recently participated in writing riparian
management guidelines for forestry for the
central and north coasts
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Michael Bovis
Hillslope geomorphology
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B.A. Honours, M. Phil., University College
London
Ph.D. (1974), University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. Bovis is currently Head of the Department
of Geography.
John A. Howie
Geotechnical Engineering (Civil)
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B.A.Sc. Civil Engineering (UBC), B.Sc.
University Gasgow (1976)
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M.Sc. Queen’s University, Kingston (1978)
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Ph.D. UBC, 1991
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Industry: worked as a Geotechnical Engineer
in consulting practice from 1978 to 1997. He
worked in Scotland, Alberta, Hong Kong, and
British Columbia.
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Research: in-situ testing for geotechnical and
geo-environmental engineering design, ground
improvement, the engineering properties of
soils by laboratory testing, and foundation
engineering.
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R. Jonathan Fannin
Soil Mechanics
2X: UBC Killam Prize for
teaching excellence
 B.Sc. (Civil Engineering) from the
(1996; 2004).
Queen's University of Belfast
International Geosynthetics Society Award for
 engineering
graduate studies
contributions of research to
practiceat the Soil Mechanics
(1996) Research Group of the University of
Oxford.
CGS Quigley Award for the best paper in the Can.
Geotech. J.(1996)
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute,
Foundation
Engineering Section.
Visiting Senior Scientist Award
from the French
Government(2003)
Joined UBC in 1989, and became Full
Professor
in 2001.
United Nations Award for Academic
Exchange
(2001)
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He is the recipient of many awards
Karl Terzaghi Fellowship from the Norwegian
Geotechnical Institute (2004).
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Dawn A. Shuttle
Soil Mechanics
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Ph. D. at University of Manchester in numerical
modeling of localization in soils
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Over 10 years in industry working on numerical
modeling applied to problems in the fields of
geotechnical engineering and hydrogeology.
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Industry experience: UK, Germany, Holland,
Puerto Rico, Sweden, and BC.
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UBC Associate Professor since October 2002
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Dharma Wijewickreme (aka. Wiji)
Soil Mechanics
UBC Associate Professor (2001).
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Industry:
Geotechnical Engineer in consulting
Can Everyone be Quiet
Now?
Can Everyone be
practice in BC, for 11-years in the topical
fields of seismic design, ground improvement,
soil-structure interaction analyses, and
pipelineNow?
geotechnical engineering.
Quiet
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Silence Please!!!
Research: development of laboratory research
work in the areas of fundamental property
characterization as well as applicationoriented physical modeling.
Silence Please!!!
Silence Please!!!
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Ward Wilson
Mining and the Environment; Control and Mitigation of Acid Rock
Drainage
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Industry: over 20 years of industrial
experience
in
geoenvironmental
and
geotechnical engineering. He has extensive
work experience as a consulting engineer.
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Developed SoilCover modeling program
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Research: waste rock behavior as well as CoMixing of tailings and waste rock to produce
new high strength sealing materials for the
control and prevention of oxidation, acid rock
drainage and metal leaching in mine waste
management systems.
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Francis H.M. Jones
Applied Geophysics Lecturer
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Background in applied geophys, P..Eng., oil,
engineering, electrical eng. Geotechnical,
exploration
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Goal: Enhancing effectiveness of earth science
education, particularly development of
educational material for teaching applied
geophysics to end-users, undergraduates,
professionals needing to upgrade, and the
general public.
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Erik Eberhardt
Rock Mechanics, Geological Engineering
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B.Eng. - Univ. of Saskatchewan - Geological
Engineering (1992)
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M.Sc. - Univ. of Saskatchewan - Geotechnical
Engineering/Rock Mechanics (1995)
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Ph.D. - Univ. of Saskatchewan / Univ. of
Manitoba - Geotechnical Engineering/Rock
Mechanics (1998)
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Senior Research Associate and Lecturer, ETH
Zurich (1998-2003)
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UBC faculty (2004-present)
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Research: primary objective being the
advancement and integration of state-of-theart numerical modeling techniques with
innovative geotechnical field measurements.
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Recommended Awards for
students in Geological
Engineering
Awards (4th years recommend)
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Cecil J. Coveney Memorial Scholarship
Christopher Riley Memorial Scholarshi
J Fred Muir Memorial Scholarship in
Engineering
Economic Geology Memorial
Scholarship
Egil H. Lorntzsen Scholarship
George E. Winkler Memorial Scholarship
Piteau Associates Dennis C. Martin
Memorial Scholarship
Westmin Resources Limited-Dr. G.M.
Furnival Scholarship
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Scott Ellis – Winkler, Muir
Robin Bruce – Westmin
Matt King – Economic Geology
Greg Wenger – Winkler
Megan Atkinson – Winkler
Adam Wallace – Riley
Dustin McLachlan – Piteau
Rory Doyle – Lorntzsen
David Moore – Lorntzsen
Roderick Tollenaar – Coveney
Isabelle Lévesque – Lorntzsen
Awards (3rd years recommend)
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J Fred Muir Memorial Scholarship in
Engineering
Egil H. Lorntzsen Scholarship
George E. Winkler Memorial Scholarship
Teck Cominco Scholarship
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Paul Evans – Lorntzsen
Chris Wattam – Lorntzsen
Brent McAfee – Lorntzsen
Justin Burden – Lorntzsen
Kathryn Black – Lorntzsen
Trevor Bruce – Lorntzsen
Marcia Wilson – Cominco
Catherine Paul – Muir
Lindsey Lotz – Lorntzsen
Rosie Cobbett – Lorntzsen
Morgan Lederhouse – Lorntzsen
Rahul Sharma – Lorntzsen
Vafa Rombough – Winkler
Hayley Robertson – Lorntzsen
Jarym Kowalchuk – Lorntzsen
Justin Bieber - Lorntzsen
Awards (2nd years recommend)
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Christopher Riley Memorial Scholarshi
Egil H. Lorntzsen Scholarship
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Heather Stewart – Riley
Stephen Mak – Lorntzsen
Benjamin Mak – Lorntzsen
Shiraz Iqbal – Lorntzsen
Christina Rurak – Lorntzsen
Shuai Wang – Lorntzsen
Thank you for your attention!