Shane_Teek

Mr. Shane Tabor Teek

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Professional Information

Geotechnical Consultant - Geotechnics Africa

  • Geologist Engineering Geologist

Consulting

  • Gravity Groundwater Pumping Engineering Geology Contaminant Transport Aerial Seepage Borehole Logging
    Mining Shear Strength of Underground Materials Structural Geology

Educational Background

  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Civil Engineering - University of Stellenbosch : 04/02/2018 - 05/03/2021
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Earth Science (Geology) - University of Stellenbosch : 11/02/2013 - 30/12/2017
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Earth Science Honours Degree (Environmental Geochemistry & Geology) - University of Stellenbosch : 11/01/2016 - 22/12/2016

Honors & Awards

  • Silver Medal Presidents Award (Duke of Edinburgh), 2010

Work Experience

  • Geotechnics Africa : ( 06/01/2020 - Present )
    • Geotechnical Consultant
  • Stellenbosch University : ( 12/02/2018 - 31/03/2020 )
    • Masters Student

    • Geotechnical Engineering Masters Candidate working on the shear strength and failure behaviour of mine waste rocks from the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the Canadian Malartic Mine (Canada).
  • Stellenbosch University : ( 05/02/2018 - 31/12/2019 )
    • Masters Student

    • My master's project places a focus on the scale effects associated with the direct shear test. To study these scale effects I am making use of mine waste rock from two mines, one in Quebec, Canada (Mine: Canadian Malartic) and the other is in Gauteng, South Africa (Mine: Modderfontein). This study is centred around the scale effects observed in the industry sized direct shear test (60 x 60 mm and 100 x 100 mm), but has a subordinate aim in identifying the best means of sample particle size distribution (PSD) modification when a material's PSD is too large to meet the ASTM requirements for a particular direct shear apparatus.
  • Polytechnique Montreal : ( 04/02/2019 - 31/05/2019 )
    • Research Intern

    • Conducted many basic laboratory characterization techniques (hydrometer and sieve analysis, Fine and coarse-grained Gs testing, I assembled permeameters and conducted permeability tests - constant and falling head). Furthermore, I conducted research on the direct shear test and aided in the installation of a new Large Scale Direct Shear apparatus which Polytechnique Montreal acquired from VJ Tech.
  • Remote Exploration Services : ( 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017 )
    • Exploration Geologist

    • Ground geophysics exploration project in Northern Cape, RSA.
      Ran DGPS survey on heavy minerals exploration project West Coast, RSA.
      Managed XRF Laboratory on Copper exploration project on the Central African Copperbelt, Zambia.
      Involved in research and development of Lithium exploration in Southern Africa as well as the processing of various copper minerals.

Languages

Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
English High High High
Afrikaans High High High
French Medium Low Low

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