Experience

Teaching:

	Mi Eng 231 - Introduction to Rock Mechanics
	Ge Eng 477 - Discontinuous Rock
	Ge Eng 371 - Rock Engineering
	Ge Eng 375 - Aggregates and Quarrying
	Ge Eng 343 - Subsurface Exploration
	Ge Eng 350 - Senior Design
	Ge Eng 310 - Senior Seminar
	Ge Eng 110 - Introduction to Geological Engineering

Research:

	Blast Fragmentation Sizing and Characterization
	Measurement of Aggregate Shape
	Multivariate Analysis of Bore Hole Discontinuity Data
	Concrete Surface Roughness Measurement
	Mobile Highway Sign Retroreflectivity Measurement
	Measurement of Aggregate Flat and Elongated
	Highway Rock Fall Hazard Rating System
	Fiber Reinforced Polymer - Concrete Bond Strength
	NDT of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Materials and Installation
	Forensic Reconstruction of Disjointed Fracture Surfaces
	Rock Fall Raveling Studies Using Terrestrial LIDAR

Software Sales:

	WipFrag™ granulometry (fragmentation) image analysis software.
	WipJoint™ joint network analysis measurements.
	WipFrag System2™ conveyor belt fragmentation analysis
	WipShape particle analysis system

Services:

	Mail in photo/video granulometry analysis service
	WipFrag™ customization, custom installations
	WipBreak™ tunnel overbreak measurements
	WipRuf™ joint roughness measurements

Research and Development:

	Geomechanics image analysis
	WipShape 3-D aggregate shape measurement

	Earth 438, Engineering Geology
	Civil E. 253, Geology for Engineers

Geotechnical Consultant:

	Slope stability analysis and slope remediation
	Rock characterization and testing
	Air photo analysis and terrain studies
	Geophysical EM studies, depth to bedrock
	Soil characterization, sewage disposal, frost penetration, bearing pressure

Engineering, Scientific, and Industrial Custom Software Solutions:

	Granulometrie of fragmented rock in mines, using digital image analysis. (Inco Mines Research)
	Real time algorithm development and software maintenance for ARAN (Automatic Road ANalyzer) subsystems (Roadware Corp)
	Algorithm development for analysis of underground in situ block size, jointing and block geometry, and support analysis from scanline mapping data (Centre de Technologie Noranda)
	Data acquisition, reduction and display
	Custom and real time programming
	Image processing and vision systems

Hydrogeologic Consultant and Well Pumping Contractor:

	Well yield and interference testing
	Aquifer characterization and resource evaluation
	Water quality testing
	Environmental Impact studies

Consultant, Excavaciones Soporte Y Tecnologia, Guadalajara, Mexico:

	Digital image analysis technology transfer
	Lecturing on rock engineering to the Comission Federal de Electricidad

Rock Slope Stability Modeling:

	Design of proposed open pit slope angles
	Design of support for dry-dock extension, Nova Scotia
	Stabilization designs for road cuts, Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia, and Hamilton Mountain access roads, supervision of remedial work, Hamilton roads
	Investigation of pier nose failures, Limestone Dam site, Northern Manitoba

Site Investigations, Rural Estate Development:

	Soil evaluations for septic system, foundation, and road base design; slope stability evaluation
	Hydrogeological evaluations, water resources, impact on existing developments, well testing, water quality analysis

Drilling Supervision:

	Aggregate resource evaluation
	Core Logging

Site Investigations, First Nation Communities:

	Terrain evaluation for village expansion or relocation, including air photo interpretation, Geophysical (EM) surveys, test pits, and auger holes: Magnetowan, Cape Croker, Chapleau, Whitefish Falls, Poplar Hill, Grassy Narrows, Tyendinaga, Constance Lake, Serpent River Reserves
	Location and preliminary design of landfill sites, Tyendinaga, Parry Island and Constance Lake Reserves
	Design and location of village flood control dikes and dams, including location of construction materials and evaluation of foundation bearing capacities: villages of Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, and Fort Albany

Block Size Determination, Fragmented Rock:

Gradations determined by digital image analysis of fragmented rock from muck piles and stockpiles from quarries in Brazil, Virginia, Iowa, Beamsville, Acton, and Burlington

	Supervision of graduate student research
	Teaching of undergraduate laboratories
	Purchasing and maintenance of computer facilities
	Software development and maintenance
	Coordination of underground and field activities

Research Activities:

	Digital image analysis techniques for rock discontinuity characterization
	Method of shadow profilometry for measuring roughness
	Method of laser light sectioning for surveying underground openings and measuring overbreak and underbreak in tunnels
	Image analysis techniques for measuring size distributions of fragmented rock

1985 - Consultant: Groundwater Research Institute, University of Waterloo:

Development and implementation of portable field data acquisition system

1984 - Research Assistant: Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo:

Feasibility study for the use of image analysis for rock discontinuity characterization

1983 - Research Assistant: Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo:

Bibliographic research into nature and properties of very sensitive clays

1983 - Research Assistant: Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo:

Development of a portable battery powered, microprocessor based, hermetically sealed data-logger for field use in engineering and hydro-geology

1981 - Computer Programmer: Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo:

	Debugging of groundwater modeling algorithms; Development of data processing systems for laboratory fracture flow tests
	Analysis of fracture system in Stripa mine, Sweden

1981 - Field Geologist, Precambrian Division, Ontario Geological Survey:

Geological Bedrock Mapping of the Sudbury Eruptive in selected townships west of Sudbury

1980 Geological Assistant, Precambrian Division, Ontario Geological Survey:

Running lines by pace and compass; Organization and operation of field camp