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Dr. Gelu Olivian Madear
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Professional Information
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PhD or Equivalent
- Dr. - University of Petrosani : 01/11/1990 - 30/04/2000
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MSc or Equivalent
- M.Sc. - Polytechnic Institute of Turin : 01/10/1994 - 01/11/1995
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BSc or Equivalent
- B.Sc. - University of Petrosani : 16/09/1985 - 30/06/1990
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Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 2017
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Chartered Engineer UK Engineering Council, 2017
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REVERO Consulting : ( 01/04/2019 - Present )
- Technical Director
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• Responsible for serving directly as Project Manager/ Design Manager for some of the consulting/ engineering projects to be undertaken by the client;
• Working closely with the team for new projects at local and international levels, including business development missions and preparation of technical & fee proposals;
• Dealing with civil-structural design team;
• Involved in Contaminated Land Assessment Projects;
• Management of sub-consultants and design team.
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GOLDER (UK) : ( 05/11/2017 - 22/02/2019 )
- Principal Geotechnical Engineer
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Grasberg Block Cave – implementation of displacement controllers (Lining Stress Controllers) into the Lining/ Support of Extraction Level (tunnels) at Grasberg Mine – PT Freeport Indonesia, using FLAC2D and FLAC3D modelling. Rockmass has been considered as a Hoek-Brown material, whereas the shotcrete exhibited a strain-softening behaviour; LSCs were modelled using a Double-Yield constitutive material.
Research & Development Projects:
1. Implementation of CODE ASTER in SALOME MECA within LINUX environment for Computational Geomechanics;
2. Implementation of MOOSE Framework within LINUX environment for Computational Geomechanics;
3. CivilFEM for tunnelling projects;
4. Block Caving Modelling – a comprehensive methodology to liner design for tunnels at extraction level in block caving mining;
5. FracMan integration with FLAC3D – derivation of Discrete Fracture Networks (DFNs) in FracMan and implementation of a Synthetic Rockmass Model (SRM) in FLAC3D based on DFNs generated in FracMan using a grid upscaling process (Oda Geomechanics);
6. Machine Learning for better prediction of Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR) in FracMan.
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Alan Auld Engineering : ( 21/07/2014 - 03/11/2017 )
- Principal Geotechnical Engineer
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• Specialising in geomechanical/ geotechnical analysis and design of complex underground structures, in various ground conditions;
• Responsible for detailed 2D/ 3D modelling of complex ground conditions for the Jansen Project Potash Mine – including creep behaviour/ thermal analysis, and geomechanical design aspects of the Cigar Lake mine in Canada;
• Technical design support and numerical analysis of various London Underground tunnels;
• Geotechnical design for temporary works, earthworks (inclusive of soil nailing and anchoring), slope stability and site investigations for various projects in UK and abroad.
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CAMBRA Consulting : ( 01/11/2007 - 30/06/2014 )
- Technical Director
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• Responsible for serving directly as Project Manager/ Design Manager for some of the engineering projects to be undertaken by the company;
• Working closely with the team for new projects at local and international levels, including business development missions and preparation of technical & fee proposals;
• Dealing with civil-structural design team;
• Multidisciplinary technical coordination;
• Involved in Environmental Impact Assessment Projects;
• Management of sub-consultants and design team;
• Tracking of preventive and corrective actions ensuring smooth work-flow and meeting business deadlines.
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Polytechnic of Namibia : ( 04/10/2010 - 15/07/2011 )
- Professor/ Director Geomechanics
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Teaching Courses:
• Geomechanics:
• Soil & Rock Mechanics;
• Exploration & Geophysics;
• Mineral Deposits;
• Continuum Mechanics & Finite Element Method;
• Mine Planning
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Severn Trent Engineering, Birmingham, UK : ( 15/08/2005 - 31/10/2007 )
- Geotechnical Engineer – Team Leader
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• Manage projects throughout England and independently manage a portfolio of site investigation projects;
• Supervising and monitoring the technical aspects of all the office’s fieldwork operations, scheduling laboratory testing and the timely preparation and submission of interpretative reports for clients;
• Contribute to risk assessment and specification document;
• Gathering data, carrying out engineering analysis, preparing and marketing proposals;
• Responsible for the production of design solutions and drawings, covering a range of project requirements from new build to modification, maintenance, refurbishment, foundation design and coordinating civil or structural engineering with geotechnical assessment;
• Responsible or manage multi-disciplinary projects and coordinate with other engineering disciplines including, structural, tunnel or civil engineers;
• Ensure rock slope stability, excavatability and earthworks material acceptability assessments are collated to project dictates;
• Interpreting ground investigations, geological and geomorphological mapping, detailed soil and rock logging, ground work investigations and earthworks construction and contaminated land risk assessment;
• Ensuring the geotechnical aspects of the design are correctly implemented including geo-environmental desk study reports to identify potential geotechnical hazards;
• Interpretation and verification of ground investigation data and parameters building up a ground model to assist in the tender design;
• Supporting colleagues or directly managing project scoping, design, contractual or financial management;
• Responding to the contractors needs with respect to geotechnical queries and constructability/ programme driven design changes;
• Become integral to the division's operations and contribute to the business and graduate/ junior colleagues and team's technical development.
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HASWELL Consulting Engineers, Birmingham, UK : ( 04/11/2002 - 31/07/2007 )
- Design Tunnel Engineer
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• Provide effective, accurate and timely reports to line management on team and/ or group activities;
• Responsible for timely production and delivery of reliable design solutions, reports, specifications or drawings;
• Support all aspects of tunnelling activities, ranging from no-dig micro tunnels through to large scale road and rail infrastructure tunnels undertaken by the team;
• Support all aspects of other tunnelling services, including hard and soft ground tunnelling and the design of ground treatment systems undertaken by the team;
• Provide specialist skills which include numerical modelling of the geotechnical structures, using continuous and discontinuous methods, blast design, soil/ rock mass classification, rock characterization, stability analysis, design of soil/ rock reinforcement and support, using both deterministic and probabilistic methods;
• Provide specialist skills which include geotechnical/ geomechanical numerical modelling using FLAC, PHASE, SLOPE/ W (GEO-SLOPE) – for the following areas: Underground Tunnelling, including groundwater; Cut-and-Cover methods; Piled foundations/ Embankments; Footings; Slope stability analysis; Material testing; Non-linear behaviour of geologic materials.
• Offer further skills which comprise experience in Environmental Impact Assessments of infrastructure projects, and design of Geotechnical and Civil Engineering structures, including groundwater modelling;
• Responsible for management of preliminary property protection (settlement) studies, Tunnelling Methodology Report, cost estimates, feasibility studies, construction methods and coordination with systems and station consultants;
• Involved in detailed design calculations and drawings for tunnel main bore and potential involvement in drawing productions, design feasibilities and interfaces between tunnels, shafts and other underground spaces;
• Involved in designing sprayed concrete lining, canopy tubes/ spile canopy support, face support measures, lining footings, cross passage and niche junctions;
• Become integral to the division's operations and contribute to the business and the team's technical development;
• Assist in the management of new graduate engineers supporting their development and capability;
• Responsible for helping to organise, plan and execute many aspects of the assessment program including site testing and inspection, analysis, classification and reporting.
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University of Petrosani, Petrosani, Romania : ( 16/09/1996 - 31/10/2002 )
- Lecturer
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Teaching Courses:
1. Undergraduate level: Tunnelling and Metro Tunnels; Civil Engineering: Concrete, Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete; Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering/ Underground Construction; Construction of Urban Utilities (including micro tunnelling); The Use/ Reuse of the Underground Spaces; Environmental Protection; Radioprotection.
2. Postgraduate level: Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Schemes; The Use/ Reuse of the Underground Spaces; Contaminant Transport Modelling and Landfill Design.
Academic:
• Coordinate undergraduate students in tunnelling and numerical modelling;
• Coordinate postgraduate students in environmental impact assessment of the mining industry;
• Director of the M.Sc. Course in EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment at the Faculty of Mining.
Funded Projects:
• Applied for financing to the EU PHARE/ TEMPUS program and then Project Manager of the TEMPUS S-JEP-11268-96 “Curricula Development and Study Programs for European Master in Environmental Engineering” and responsible for the organization of the Computer & Environmental Laboratories, and the Open Distance Learning Module, within the Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Mining & Environmental Engineering – University of Petrosani; duration of the project 1996 – 1999; total budget 353,850 EURO (approx. 480,000 USD at the time of approval).
Consulting:
• Consultant for Romanian mining companies, on both hard rock and coal mines;
• Local expert for international consulting companies: Dames & Moore, International Mining Consultants Ltd., Earthsciences, from United Kingdom, within EU PHARE projects.
Other Funded Projects as Consultant:
• Regional Development Study for the Jiu Valley – Romania. PHARE Project No. RO 9504 – 01.04 – L005. Consortium led by IMC Consulting Ltd.;
• Regional Development Study for Gorj County – Romania. PHARE Project No. RO 9504 – 01.04 – L004. Consortium led by IMC Consulting Ltd.;
• Regional Development Study for the Mining Region of Jiu Valley, Hunedoara County – Romania. PHARE Project No. RO 9504 – 01.04 – L005. PHARE Energy Program 1995 Task 1 – October 1998;
• Training for each of the Pre – accession Instruments. PHARE Project No. RO 9807 – 01 – L3.01. Consortium led by IMC Consulting Ltd.
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University of Petrosani, Petrosani, Romania : ( 03/09/1990 - 31/07/1996 )
- Teaching & Research Assistant
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Taught and assisted in teaching methods of Underground Constructions and Explosives techniques (i.e. Use and Characteristics of Explosive; Energy Balance and Blast Design; Controlled Blasting; Drill-and-Blast Tunnelling; Mechanized Tunnelling – Roadheader and TBM; Shaft Sinking; Raise Boring; Tunnelling in Special Conditions – weak rocks, water bearing strata, squeezing & swelling rocks etc.) to approximately 400 undergraduate students during the six years these courses were taught.
Research and consulting activities in Geomechanics/ Underground Construction.
TUNNELLING EXPERIENCE
| Language | Read Level | Written Level | Spoken Level |
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| Romanian | High | High | High |
| English | High | High | High |
| Italian | High | Medium | High |
| French | High | Medium | High |
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Radon dispersion air modeling in Banat mining area
Book Chapter published in Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2000 on pages 919 to 924
Authors: G.O. Madear
http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203747124-173
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Radon dispersion air modeling in Banat mining area
Book Chapter published in Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2000 on pages 919 to 924 Authors: G.O. Madear http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203747124-173 |
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