Ehsan Ghazvinian
Senior Engineer
Dr. Ghazvinian specializes in geomechanics of brittle rocks. He offers expertise in continuum and discontinuum modeling of underground excavations prone to brittle fracturing and spalling. He has experience in application of numerical models to sequencing life of mine simulations and predicting potential seismic hazards in deep underground excavations.
Dr. Ghazvinian also has expertise in state-of-the-art laboratory testing and data interpretation. His experience in working with rock mechanics laboratories globally has led him to becoming a working group member for preparing the ISRM Suggested Method for laboratory determination of crack initiation and critical damage thresholds for brittle rocks.
Education
Ph.D., Geological Engineering (Geomechanics), 2015
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
M.A.Sc., Geological Engineering (Geomechanics), 2010
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, 2008
K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Professional Memberships
International Society for Rock Mechanics
American Rock Mechanics Association
Canadian Geotechnical Society
Awards & Recognition
Best AfriRock 2017 (ISRM International Symposium) paper by a young author (2017)
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Industrial Graduate Scholarship, Queen’s University funded by NWMO for three years (2011)
Carl Reinhardt Fellowship, Queen’s University (2008, 2013)