My graduate students work on a wide variety of research projects within the field of rock mechanics applied to mining and the earth sciences. Prospective graduate students should consult the Department web site for details about admission standards and how to apply. An M.A.Sc. program generally takes 2 years to complete, and a Ph.D. program takes 4 years. All graduate students are required to take advanced courses to complement their studies. Through their graduate studies, interaction with other students and faculty, and with our broad range of industrial contacts, Queen’s Mining graduates are well–placed for careers in the mining industry and service organizations.
Since I am no longer a full time professor (effective January 2020), new graduate students will be accepted only on a very limited basis.
Current graduate students:
| Name | Degree | Topic | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Quevedo | Ph.D. | Machine learning analysis of pillar collapses, Chuquicamata underground mine. | 2023- |
| Paulina Schachter | M.A.Sc. | Application of machine learning to prediction of hangups at the El Teniente Mine (part-time). | 2021- |
Previous graduate students:
| Name | Degree | Topic | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Quevedo | M.A.Sc. | Machine learning analysis of cave mine pillar collapses. | 2021-2023 |
| Weizhang Liang | Ph.D | Prediction of rockbursting in tunnels.(Visiting scholar from Central South University, China, for 18 month period) | 2019-2021 |
| Lindsay Moreau-Verlaan | Ph.D. | Drift destressing in deep mines. (Part-time, now withdrawn). | 2012-2020 |
| Andrew McDonald | Ph.D. | Geological controls of strainbursting in deep mine drifts. | 2016-2019 |
| Yousef Abolfazlzadeh | Ph.D. | Stress field mapping using seismic stress inversion. | 2013-2017 |
| Anna Perry | M.A.Sc. | Determining the mechanisms of subsidence at a dewatered Carlin Trend underground mine using numerical modeling methods. | 2015-2017 |
| Jessa Vatcher | Ph.D. | Listening to the story of the rock mass:Development of a methodology to understand the large-scale rock mass behaviour, with application to the Kiirunavaara Mine, Sweden. | 2012-2017 |
| Kris Gringas-Little | M.A.Sc. | Monitoring of the effects of destressing trials in deep high stress drifts. | 2013-2017 |
| Connor McAnuff | M.A.Sc. | Stress change monitoring using LiDAR-based deformation monitoring. | 2014-2016 |
| Kimberlee Falkenstein | M.A.Sc. | Stress changes following a large rockburst using seismic stress inversion. | 2013-2015 |
| Jason Mah | Ph.D. | Characterization of rock masses using 3D laser scanning. | 2009-2012 |
| Javier Vallejos | Ph.D. | Development of re-entry protocols in seismically active mines. | 2005-2010 |
| Alan Baird | Ph.D. | Crustal Stresses and Seismicity in Intraplate Settings: Relationship to Geology and Driving Forces. | 2005-2010 |
| Laura Olson | M.Sc. | Determination of RQD from core using laser scanning. | 2010-2013 |
| Jessa Vatcher | M.A.Sc. | Development of classification systems for assessing fault stability. | 2009-2012 |
| Lawrence Wamboldt | M.Sc. | Development of a new method of moment tensor analysis for analysis of mining-induced seismicity. | 2009-2012 |
| Paige Snelling | M.Sc. | Relationship between the structural system and mining-induced seismicity in Creighton Deep. | 2007-2009 |
| Kathy Kalenchuk | M.Sc. | Geomechanical assessment of dilution potential for sublevel caving at Ekati Diamond Mine – case study and generalized approach. | 2004-2007 |
| Sean Greggersen | M.A.Sc. | Assessment of destress blasting in the 1290 Orebody of Creighton Deep. | 2003-2006 |
| Jason Bucci | M.A.Sc. | Mining beneath an existing open pit at Inco’s 175 orebody. | 2000-2003 |