Kevin J.

About Kevin J.

A professional engineer with 20+ years of research and industrial experience in mining…

Experience

1. Sr Design Engineer - Ground Control, Structure, and Tunneling

   Jennmar

   Jul 2007 — Present

   Duties and experiences include: 1) Conducting research and developing innovative ground control products and methodologies, 2) Providing consulting and engineering support services to clients and customers, 3) Analyzing geological and geotechnical condition and developing optimal ground support system, 4) Designing underground structures and excavations in rock and soil, 5) Material testing and characterization of pumpable crib material, pumpable mine seal grout, spray-on liner grout, chemical grouting with PUR, 6) Conducting mine seal engineering design and applying for mine seal design approvals from governmental agencies, and 7) Providing ground control designs (ribs, cable/bolt, grouting) for new/existing civil tunnel/shaft and railway tunnel rehabilitation projects, etc. Major achievements included: 1) Steel structure designs for various underground and surface applications, 2) Development of Stress, Geology, and Support (SGS) system for underground mine openings, 3) Accomplishment of more than 17 U/G mine slope design projects, 4) Development and analysis of yieldable roof bolt, 5) Development of impact resistant steel structure for roof fall rehabilitation and highwall protection, 6) Material testing, engineering design, developing 5 pumpable mine seal design applications, and assisting approvals by MSHA, 7) Development and testing of pumpable crib grout, spray-on liner grout, etc, 8) Long distance grout pumping and dynamic flow analysis, 9) Chemical grouting (PUR & urea-silicate) analysis and evaluation, 10) Rehabilitation steel sets design for aged long-term underground mine entries, 11) Steel rib designs and rock bolting plans for civil tunnel/shaft and railway tunnel, 12) Slope stability analysis and landslide control, 13) Steel pile and anchored retaining wall design, 14) Damage evaluation of residential foundation/basement,(15) Residential stormwater drainage system design and evaluation.

Skills

• Vulcan
• Composite Material Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Ground Control
• Surface Mining
• Surveying
• Modeling
• Mining
• Coal Mining
• Reserves
• Geology
• Numerical Simulation
• Mining Engineering
• Geotechnics
• Structural Engineering
• Metallurgy
• Underground Mining
• Base Metals
• Rock Mechanics
• Hydrogeology
• Iron Ore
• Geostatistics
• Feasibility Studies
• Gold
• Tunneling
• Minerals
• Project Planning
• Soil
• Mineral Processing
• Drilling
• Numerical Analysis
• Geological Mapping
• Mineral Exploration
• Maintenance Management
• Coal
• Slope Stability
• Tunnels
• Copper
• Steel
• Engineering