Professors

Sean Daly has  a BSc in Geology and an M.Eng. in Mining Engineering from the University of British Columbia in western Canada. He has over 40 years of intensive hands-on field experience. This includes geological mapping for the Geological Survey

Engineering Project Team Leader– Finite Element Structural Analysis Specialist at the Innovative Technology and Development Division, Caterpillar Inc., USA. In addition, he is actively working as a researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA. Dr. Idkaidek has

Dr. William F. Kane received his B.A. in geology from James Madison University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is President of KANE GeoTech, Inc., Stockton, California, which he founded in 1997. KANE

Andrea Lisjak is the numerical modelling lead and a co-founder of Geomechanica. His area of expertise lies in the development and use of finite-discrete element numerical methods to investigate failure processes in rocks. He is the recipient of the 2015

Dr. Ali Keneti is a numerical modeller conducting ground-structures interaction studies with Itasca’s FLAC3D and 3DEC for tunnelling projects in AU/NZ region. Dr. Keneti holds 15 years of professional and research experience in geomechanical aspects of Civil and Resources Engineering

Dr. Ali Soofastaei is an AI scientist and an industrial global project leader. He leads innovative industrial projects in AI applications to improve safety, productivity, and energy efficiency and reduce maintenance costs. Dr. Soofastaei completed his Ph.D. at The University

Dr. Michael Behm graduated from Technical University in Vienna in 2006 with a PhD in Engineering Sciences focusing on geophysics. He worked as a university assistant in both teaching and research in the fields of crustal seismology and near-surface geophysics

Professor Jan Hofman is Professor of Water Science and Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath. He has over 30 years’ experience in research and development in the water sector. Jan is the Director of

I’m a Subject Matter Expert and and results driven senior Enterprise GIS solutions architect,  Senior Consultant, and a ArcGIS Certified ArcGIS instructor with extensive experience of over 20 years+ using  the design, development, implementation, training of Enterprise geospatial platforms and

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Newcastle University (UK) and founder of OptimalSlope Ltd (http://optimalslope.com/). He is Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering. Prof. Utili is member International Technical Committee 208 “Slope stability in engineering practice”, serves

Prof Yaman received his master and PhD degrees from Drexel University (USA) in Environmental Engineering. He worked at MT Associates (NJ, USA), Roux Associates (NJ, USA) and RT Environmental Services (PA, USA) as an environmental engineer. Prof Yaman worked as