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N. H. Maerz, Ph.D., P. Eng.
Program Head, Geological Engineering
Associate
Professor of Geological Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla,
Senior Research Investigator, Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center,
UMR |
Expertise:
 | Imaging technologies for the mining, blasting, and materials handling industries. |
| Aggregate sizing and shape measurement. |
| Rock engineering in discontinuous rock masses. |
| Joint characterization. |
| Rock mass classification. |
| Rock slope stability. |
| Road pavement analysis. |
| Terrestrial LIDAR. |
Research Offerings:
| Imaging applications: granular materials and rock. |
| Imaging applications: tunnel profilometry, rock roughness measurement. |
| Imaging applications, material characterization, industrial inspection. |
| Rock characterization: rock mass classification, joint mapping, block size, pre and post
blast assessment. |
| Data collection: efficiency, safety, minimal intrusiveness. |
| Improving links between data collection and modeling. |
| Large sample data collection, reduction, analysis, and presentation; digital data
structures. |
| Investigation of joint genesis. |
| LIDAR Applications. |
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