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Rimas
Pakalnis

 

Associate Professor

 

Direct Contact Information

Rm: 513 Frank Forward

Tel.: 604 822 3988

Fax: 604 822 5599

rcp@mining.ubc.ca


Dr. Pakalnis

Additional Responsibilities

 

Biography

B.A.Sc., Mining Engineering, McGill University, Canada
M. Sc. Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ph.D., Mining Engineering , University of British Columbia, Canada

 

Rimas Pakalnis is a Professor in mining engineering at the University of British Columbia. He is a graduate of McGill and the University of British Columbia where he received his B.Eng, MASc and PhD (1986). Dr. Pakalnis is the author of over fifty technical papers on developing geotechnical design methods for underground openings.

 

Research areas include applied mine design and currently focused on the design under consolidated backfill. He has consulted/researched to over one hundred mines throughout the world. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in British Columbia and Ontario.

 

Research Interests

  • Rock mechanics design of underground mines
  • Mining under paste back fill
  • Blasting

 

Biography


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