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TENTATIVE-Workshop on Education in Underground Engineering and Science in the United States
This one-day workshop is being proposed for a National Science Foundation
grant; it is listed as tentative until the grant is approved. The Workshop on
Education in Underground Engineering and Science in the U.S. will address the
state of underground engineering and science education in this country and to
recommend curriculum improvements or modifications. The proposed Deep Underground
Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) plans to undertake many underground
engineering and science projects, and the U.S. rock mechanics community must be
ready to make the most of this new opportunity. The U.S. rock mechanics community
must have the proper education foundation to answer the challenges ahead.
The workshop will bring together faculty members from disciplines that use rock
mechanics, to discuss the state of underground engineering and science education
in this country and to recommend curriculum improvements or modifications. The
purposes of these deliberations are: - To address new technologies and new problems;
- To assess the teaching of underground engineering and science at the undergraduate
level; and
- To better prepare graduates to serve the objectives of their future
employers such as universities, industry, consulting companies, or research laboratories,
and to improve their capability to interact with many other professionals
Workshop Organizer: Peter Smeallie, Executive Director,
June 27, 2008—One Day- No Cost
Workshop on Laser and Photogrammetric Methods for Rock Tunnel Characterization
In the last decade, there have been tremendous advances in the techniques and technologies for the characterization of rock tunnels.
The general procedure is as follows: - Collect information on rock exposed in
a tunnel (e.g., using high-resolution cameras or laser scanners);
- Produce a
digital-3D surface draped with photographs (DTM) of the tunnel surface;
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Analyze the DTM to characterize the rock mass (e.g., take dip direction and dip
measurements, joint spacing, etc.), and calculate over/underbreaks.
- After shotcreting,
collect new information, create a DTM, and compare with previous DTM to calculate
shotcrete thickness.
Advantages of using these technologies are several: - The
ability to acquire information from a safe spot, without the need to venture under
unsupported ground;
- The ability to identify features that are otherwise not
apparent when working close to the rock face;
- The use of quick methods;
- Minimal
impact on construction activities; and
- Permanent documentation of the rock and
shotcrete thickness for reporting and legal issues.
Workshop participants will learn the issues involved in developing such techniques, the possibilities offered
by the new technologies, the difficulties and pit-falls the end-user must be aware
of in the different stages (data collection, rendering, and rock mass analysis),
how to address these problems, and various systems developed
to this purpose.
Besides topics that presenters see relevant to underground applications, presenters will be asked to address the following points:
- Difficulties in positioning equipment correctly due to muddy invert, water ponding in the invert, water falling from the roof, ventilation systems, other equipment at the heading
- Importance of lighting: shades and rock color
- Difficulties in using the equipment altogether when support must be immediately installed in bad ground
- Possibility of using subsequent scans/photographs to detect and measure tunnel wall displacements in 3D
- Techniques to measure shotcrete thickness: if there is convergence (as always happens when the face moves ahead), how do you take that into account in measuring shotcrete thickness?
- Techniques to measure: excavated material per round, over break or under break
- Is surveying still necessary? If so, what do you need from a surveyor?
On Saturday afternoon, practical demonstrations will be carried out in the Devil's Slide Tunnel currently under construction in the San Francisco area (subject to owner approval and contractor's permission). On Sunday morning, participants will analyze the data to characterize the rock mass.
Workshop participants are encouraged to attend the short course Lidar for Rock Engineering Design and Geoengineering Research to be held on Sunday afternoon. Separate registration is required to attend this short course.
Number of participants: In order to be able to access the tunnel site, the number of participants is limited to 30. Box lunch will be provided. Heavy boots or shoes must be worn.
Workshop Chair: Fulvio Tonon, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Workshop Presenters: Andreas Gaich, President, 3G Software & Measurement GmbH (Austria); Jason Birch, Managing Director, ADAM Technology (Australia); John Kemeny, Professor, University of Arizona (USA); and Jeramy Decker, Tunnel Engineer, Kiewit Pacific (USA)
June 28-29, 2008--1 1/2 Days--$150
Short Course on Earth Stresses Borehole Stability, Well Design
Borehole stability problems lead to direct losses of several billion dollars per year worldwide. Also, excessively
conservative casing programs can be very expensive, particularly in offshore
situations where operating costs are high. Drilling near salt domes, in high-pressure,
hightemperature (HPHT) areas, and in massively depleted sequences presents particular
challenges.
This course focuses on rock mechanics and natural stresses and pressures,
as applied to wellbore design and drilling strategies. It is also an introduction
to the principles and use of rock mechanics for drilling, completions and reservoir
engineers. Attendees will learn how to reduce the incidence of borehole stability,
how to manage risk in drilling in difficult areas, and how to reduce the number
of casing strings. They will gain a clear understanding of how various drilling
mud systems work, allowing better design and management of drilling operations.
Drilling in underbalanced or overbalanced conditions will be introduced, along
with strategies for preventing mud losses, particularly in drilling depleted
reservoirs and difficult cases. Those taking this course will find that they
can help their companies save money in drilling operations by reducing lost
time and by making better decisions in cases of instability or difficult conditions.
We will look at issues such as drilling through depleted zones, drilling in
salt, hydraulic fracturing as a completions approach, as well as hydraulic fracturing
during drilling operation. Shale mechanics is a vital part of borehole stability,
and we will explore the mechanics of shale in the borehole wall in substantial
detail.
The course is not intended to provide a “cookbook”
approach to drilling. The complexity encountered in drilling is so large that
a cookbook approach is likely to be either overly conservative or actually dangerous.
A process of intelligent reassessment is recommended, based on rock mechanics
principles and knowledge of the geology and the stresses. Areas that are well-handled
in the industry or by service companies, such as drilling hydraulics, pumping,
LWD, geosteering and mud mixing, are not discussed because they are routine
and wellunderstood. The course instead focuses on physics and mechanics so that
geoscientists, engineers and drillers can better plan for conditions in situ,
and also be prepared to look critically at data and make decisions based on
a proper understanding of the issues.
The course material comprises all the PowerPoint files used during the presentations, plus a number of typical solved
problems. The course material contains many new ideas and novel approaches,
and will be a resource for years to come. The PowerPoint slides are provided
in paper form so that you can make notes on them in the discussions. All the
presentations are provided on a CD with all files accessible for future use.
Participants are encouraged to use the author’s materials for their own engineering
work (with acknowledgements). A collection of a number of articles from the
author’s files and from the literature is included on the course CD. These references
are useful sources of additional material that can be used to broaden and deepen
your knowledge of various issues. List of Topics
1. Geoscience and Rock Mechanics
2. Stresses and Pressures in the Earth
a. Gravitational Stresses and the Source of Lateral Stress
b. Tectonic Conditions and Departure from Gravitational Stresses
c. Typical Stress Regimes, Faulting d. Diagenesis and Stresses (Fractured Shales, Limestones, Sandstones)
3. Mechanical Properties of Rocks
a. Strength Properties: What is Cohesion? What is Friction?
b. Deformation Properties of Rocks
c. Measurement of Properties in the Laboratory
d. Estimation of Properties Using Other Data Sources
4. Stresses Around a Borehole I: Calculations
and Models
a. Introduction to Linear Elastic Stress Analysis Around a Hole
b. The Effects of Rock Yield and Ductile Behavior
c. Is a Complex Analysis Approach Useful in Petroleum Geomechanics?
5. Stresses Around a Borehole II:
a. Effects on Hole Stability
b. Circulation Temperatures: Cooling and Heating Effects
6. How to Estimate and Measure In Situ Stresses
a. Geological Inference
b. Direct Measurements (LOT, XLOT, HF)
c. Indirect Measurements (Cores, Logs…)
7. Drilling in Unusual Pressure Regimes I: Overpressure
a. Overpressured Regimes
b. Drilling with Overbalanced Conditions at the Shoe
c. Drilling Below Overpressured Zones – the Stress Reversion Domain
8. Unusual Pressure Regimes II: Underpressure and Overbalance
a. Sources of Low Pressure and Calculations
b. Drilling Depleted Reservoirs
c. Underbalanced Drilling
d. Avoiding Formation Damage
9. Drilling Strategies in Wells with Mud Loss Problems
a. The Nature of the Mud Loss Phenomenon b. Techniques for Natural and Induced Fractures
c. Mud Measurement Measurements While Drilling
d. Better Design of LCM Pills and Cements for Lost Circulation
10. Shale Drilling and Rock Mechanics
a. Types of Shale (Smectitic, Quartz-Illite, Fractured Shales)
b. Geochemical Reactivity of Shales
c. How Oil-Based Mud Works in Shale
d. Filtrate Chemistry and Water-Based Muds
e. Pore Pressure Changes in Shale While Drilling
11. Special Topics in Shale Behavior
a. Measurement of Shale Properties using Index Testing
b. Osmotic Pressure Development
c. Drilling Fractured Brittle Shales
d. Monitoring Cuttings on the Shaker Screen: Chip Geometries
e. Dielectric Properties
12. Borehole Stability and Casing Programs in Salt Drilling
a. Stresses Around Salt Structures
b. The Behavior of Salt as a Function of Stress and Temperature
c. Mud Management in Salt Drilling
13. Drilling Shallow Horizontal Multi-Lateral Wells
a. Real Time Well Trajectory Control
14. Other Rock Mechanics Issues in Drilling Activities
a. Drilling in Geothermal Areas
b. Drilling in Highly Tectonic Areas: Trajectories and Strategies
15. Waste Disposal and Environmental Factors in Drilling
a. Cuttings and Waste Annular Injection (Offshore)
b. Waste Disposal Onshore Using Slurry Fracture Injection
16. Introduction to Rock Mechanics Issues in Well Completions
a. Damage from Drilling (Mechanical, Chemical, Capillary Damage)
b. Cementing and Stresses: How to Avoid Cement Losses
c. Perforating and Cavity Completion Approaches Daily Schedule
Each day will approximately follow
this schedule:
8:30 am Start presentations
10:00 Coffee and discussions
10:15 Presentations
12:00 Lunch
1:00 pm Presentations
3:00 Coffee
and discussions
3:15 Presentations and discussion of issues arising
4:30 End of
day’s activities.
Instructor: Maurice B. Dusseault is a professor of Geological Engineering
in the Earth Sciences Department, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He
spent three years as a roughneck and drilling mud technician prior to completing
his BSc (1971) and PhD (1977). From 1977 to 1982, he occupied a Research Professor
Chair at the University of Alberta funded by the Alberta Oil Sands Technology
and Research Authority. During this period, he began his interest in new production
technologies and drilling rock mechanics. In 1982, Maurice became Chairman of
the Geological Engineering Program at the University of Waterloo and was also
Director of the Porous Media Research Institute from 1995 to 2000. He carries
out research in petroleum geomechanics (drilling, hydraulic fracturing, reservoir
geomechanics), new production methods, and deep waste disposal. He has co-authored
two textbooks and over 370 professional articles in conferences and journals,
and works with industry as an advisor and instructor. He has developed courses
in Introduction to Petroleum Rock Mechanics, New Oil Production Technologies,
Drilling Rock Mechanics and Earth Stresses for Petroleum Engineers, Hydraulic
Fracturing Geomechanics, Reservoir Geomechanics, and Oilfield Waste Disposal.
Dr. Dusseault was a SPE Distinguished Lecturer in the year 2002-2003, visiting
19 different countries and speaking about new oil production technologies to
28 separate SPE Sections. He has presented his short courses in 12 different
countries over the years, and has a reputation for giving clear presentations
based on simple but useful material.
June 28-29, 2008--2 Days--$495
Short Course on Applications of Block Theory for Surficial and Underground Rock Excavations
The objective of the short course is to show the applications of block theory for rock mass surficial and underground
excavations. The course lecture notes that is equivalent to about 250 pages
will be produced on a CD and will be distributed at the start of the course.
A few computer programs will be applied to joint data from Three Gorges dam
site, China and a mine in Arizona to illustrate the applications.
Course Content
Part 1: Block Theory and Applications to Surficial Excavations (1day): Basics
of stereographic projection; stereographic projection of a joint pyramid; projection
of sliding direction; types of blocks; theorem for finiteness; theorem on the
removability of a finite, convex block; symmetry of block types; jointed blocks
in 2D and 3D; stereographic solution for jointed blocks; conditions for removability
of blocks intersecting surface excavations; identification of key blocks in
surficial excavations using stereographic projection; procedures for designing
rock slopes; modes of sliding; sliding force; kinematic conditions for lifting
and sliding; stereographic projection for the joint pyramid corresponding to
a given sliding direction; comparison of removability and mode analyses; application
of block theory for surficial excavations using discontinuity data from the
Three Gorges dam site and a mine in Arizona to find maximum safe slope angles;
computer demonstration on applications of block theory.
Part 2: Block Theory Applications for Underground Chambers (2/5 day): Key blocks
in the roof, floor and walls; blocks that are removable at edges; blocks that
are removable at corners; applications for an underground chamber; choice of
direction for an underground chamber; intersections of underground chambers;
pillars between underground chambers.
Part 3: Block Theory Applications for
Tunnels (3/5 day): Geometric properties of tunnels; blocks with curved surfaces;
tunnel axis theorem; types of blocks in tunnels; the maximum key block; computation
of the maximum key block using stereographic projection methods; removable blocks
of the portals of tunnels. Who Should Attend: Civil, mining and geo-engineers
and geologists who are involved in surface and underground excavation analysis,
design and construction activities associated with jointed rock masses will
benefit from the short course.
Daily schedule for each day follows:
8:30 am Lectures/computer
demonstrations
10:15 Coffee break
10:30 Lectures/computer demonstrations
12:15
pm Lunch
1:15 Lectures/computer demonstrations
3:00 Coffee break
3:15 Lectures/computer
demonstrations
Instructor: Pinnaduwa H.S.W. Kulatilake, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE,
is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Arizona. He
has over 28 years of experience in rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering,
and application of probabilistic and numerical methods to geotechnical engineering.
He has written over 145 papers and is a member of several technical committees.
He has delivered 12 keynote lectures and 32 other invited lectures throughout
the world on topics related to fracture network modeling, probabilistic geotechnics,
mechanical properties of joints, rock slope stability and mechanical and hydraulic
behaviour of rock masses. He is a research paper reviewer for 16 technical journals
and an editorial board member for the International Journal of Rock Mechanics
& Mining Sciences and the International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological
Engineering. He has taught short courses on stochastic fracture network modeling,
rock slope stability analysis and block theory in Sweden, Mexico, Austria, United
States, Canada, Hong Kong, Poland, Finland, Australia, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
He served over 20 years either as the primary or the sole examiner for the geological
engineering professional exam conducted by the Arizona State Board of Technical
Registration. He was a Visiting Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology
and Lulea University of Technology in Sweden as part of his sabbatical leave.
Also, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute,
for another part of his sabbatical leave. Due to the contributions that he made
on teaching, research, consulting and service activities, he was elected to
the Fellow Rank of the American Society of Civil Engineers at the relatively
young age of 45. In 2002, he received distinguished Alumnus Award from the College
of Engineering, Ohio State University and Outstanding Asian American Faculty
Award from the University of Arizona in recognition of his achievements and
contributions made to the advancement of his profession. In December 2005, Eurasian
National University, Kazakhstan conferred him “Honorary Professorship”. In August
2007, he organized a very successful International Conference on Soil & Rock
Engineering in Sri Lanka. June 28-29, 2008--2 Days--$495
Short Course on Applied Rock Mechanics and Reservoir Geomechanics
This short course includes introductory content, background material, case studies and
topics of primary importance. The preliminary agenda follows: Day 1: Primer
in Geomechanics and Rock Properties - Stresses, Reservoir Scale, Features
Introduction
to Rock Mechanics and Definition of Stress, Strain and Strength
Structural Properties
for Deepwater, Shelf and Onshore FieldsReservoir Types and Interaction with
Geomechanics
Data Requirements - Rock Behavior Types
- Conditions of Load and
Deformation Applications
- Rock Failure Criteria
Mechanical Properties Determination
- Laboratory-Scale Rock Mechanics Measurements
- Field-Scale Mechanical Properties
- Reservoir Identifications
Day 2: Geomechanic Applications
Reservoir Scale
Geomechanics - Reservoir Characterizations
- Reservoir Depletion
- Wellbore
Integrity During Production
- Injection Mechanics
Injection Mechanics - Injector
Completion
- Injection Performance
- Partitioning
- Field Applications (DCI,
Waterflooding, Acid Gas Injection, etc.)
Instructors: Dr. Ahmed Abou-Sayed,
Ph.D. is the founder, President and CEO of Advantek, International. Dr. Abou-Sayed
has extensive petroleum industry experience in the areas of production geomechanics,
fracturing/stimulation, well integrity and stability, sand control, produced
water management and waterflooding. He is an accomplished individual and classroom
instructor. Dr. Abou-Sayed specializes in deepwater reservoir exploitation.
He possesses a strong knowledge of techno-legal issues related to environmental
permitting of subsurface waste disposal and injection. He is an effective lateral
thinker and problem solver with track record of successfully contributing to
increased production and reduced cost through innovative solutions. Dr. Abou-Sayed
initiated, developed and implemented the FRACPACK technology in Alaska (1986)
and large-scale solids injection projects. He is the holder of five U.S. patents
and the recipient of two Chairman Outstanding Achievement Awards in both BPX
and ARCO. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of ARMA and is a Distinguished
Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Dr. Abou-Sayed is the author and/or
co-author of 60 publications, over 90 conference papers, and 150 technical reports
on Reservoir Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing, Well Completions, Rock Mechanics,
Log Interpretation, Wellbore Stability, Viscous Oil Recovery, Produced Water
Management, Waste Disposal and Environmental Evaluation and Permitting.
Mr. Karim S. Zaki is the Director of Operations and Technical
Lead for Advantek, International Corp in Houston, Texas, and serves as the Chief
Technology Officer for Informateks International Inc. in Cairo, Egypt. He holds
a MS in Mechanical Engineer from Texas A & M University. Mr. Zaki began his
career in 2000 as a reservoir geomechanics engineer. He quickly progressed to
Senior Engineer and then Technical Lead just after four years where he performed
analysis and design of geomechanics projects specifically those pertaining to
associated waste stream management. He developed technical software to improve
analysis schemes and methods and developed and deployed best practice websites
on Produced Water and Drill Cuttings Injection. After seven years, Mr. Zaki
is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the engineering staff, oversees
technological advances in proprietary software and is the assurance lead for
both Advantek and Informateks. He has over 15 publications to his credit including
an article in the Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and currently serves as an editor
for SPE publications. June 28-29, 2008--2 Days--$750
International Workshop on the Application of Geophysics to Rock Engineering The International Society
for Rock Mechanics Commission on the Application of Geophysics to Rock Engineering
presents 8th workshop on the application of geophysics to rock engineering.
The workshop will cover several topics on geophysical applications in rock engineering
such as seismic and EM wave propagation in a rock and geophysical imaging and
modeling of rock masses. Ten to fifteen technical papers will be presented in
the one-day session. The workshop is open to all, and the registration fee includes
a copy of the proceedings. Workshop Chair: Professor Toshifumi Matsuoka, Civil
and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan; Workshop Secretary
General: Dr. Toru Takahashi June 29, 2008--1 Day--$70
A Short Course on Working with Melanges, Fault Rocks and Other Bimrocks: An Overview of Characterization, Design and Construction Considerations
San Francisco is a city having many picturesque hills that are actually large resistant blocks surrounded by weaker sheared rock. They are of the geological type locality of the Franciscan Complex ("the Franciscan"), a regional scale jumble that covers a large proportion of Northern California. The Franciscan is world-famous amongst geologists for its melanges (French: mélange or mixture), heterogeneous, complex geological mixtures of competent blocks of varied lithologies, embedded in sheared matrices of weaker rock. Melanges are also a part of the family of bimrocks (block-in-matrix rocks), complex geological mixtures of hard blocks within weaker soil-like matrices, such as fault rocks, breccias, lahars, and weathered rocks. Relatively little is known about engineering geological characterization and geomechanical properties of bimrocks although these troublesome rocks are common throughout the world.
This one-day short course will introduce geo-practitioners to the problems of bimrocks, as well as some rational approaches useful for the characterization, design and construction. It is assumed that participants will have already participated in the associated one-day field trip (Saturday, June 28th). Attendees will be provided with literature and notes.
Participants in the short course are encouraged to ask these questions:
- How can I produce dependable maps and cross sections in bimrocks?
- What is a block? What is matrix?
- What should I measure?
- Everything is so chaotic: why bother describing it at all?
- What is the strength of a melange?
- What does all this geology stuff have to do with rock engineering?
Outline:
- Overview of geology of the Franciscan and formation of melanges
- Characterization and classification of fault rocks and melanges
- Investigation of bimrocks with examples from recent tunnel projects in the Austrian Alps and abroad.
- Engineering field practice, from outcrop studies and drill core logging, through mapping of local and regional geology
- Anticipating and solving problems with tunneling through fault zones, and state-of-the-art methods in engineering geological face mapping (3D-evaluation) and displacement monitoring
- Questions and answers
Instructors:Dr. Edmund Medley is a geological engineer with nearly 30 years of international experience in geological and geotechnical engineering. His career includes chapters as a mineral exploration prospector, lecturer, vagabond and bimrock researcher. He is currently a Senior Consultant with Geosyntec Consultants in Oakland, California where he practices geological Engineering and performs failure investigations. He has an international reputation for his research and interests in researching melanges and other species of geological complexity. He is licensed as an engineer and geologist in USA, Canada and the UK and has contributed to over 50 papers on various geological engineering topics.
Prof. Wulf Schubert is Head of the Institute for Rock mechanics and Tunneling at the Technical University of Graz, Austria. Prof Schubert has over 25 years of professional experience in design, construction and consulting for over 1200 km of underground projects in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. A Founding Partner of Gruppe Geotechnik Graz (3G), he has also served terms as Vice-President of the International Society of Rock Mechanics, President of the Austrian Society for Geomechanics, and is past Chief Editor of Felsbau, the Society' s Journal. He is the author over 50 papers. Prof. Schubert has interests and experience in many areas of tunneling, including the influence of heterogeneous rocks masses on tunnel stress fields, innovative techniques for characterizing geological complexity and the use of 3-D visualization and modeling for tunneling.
Prof. John Wakabayashi is a structural geologist with over 18 years of experience spanning a wide range of applied geoscience disciplines, including engineering geology, environmental geology, and neotectonics/seismic hazard studies. He worked as an independent consultant 15 years, before becoming a Professor of Geology at California State University, Fresno. He is best known for his extensively published research on active and ancient plate boundaries, research that has gained him international recognition. The core of his research, much of which was conducted as a hobby before becoming an academic, has concerned the evolution of subduction complexes, particularly the Franciscan Complex of California. Dr. Wakabayashi has been particularly active as a field trip leader, especially for localities in the Franciscan Complex, Sierra Nevada and San Andreas fault system. He has led field trips for international, national, and local geologic organizations, and university departments (including several from outside of the USA).
June 29, 2008--1 Day--$275 (20 Minimum)
Short Course on Lidar
for Rock Engineering Design and Geoengineering Research
Ground-based Lidar (also
called 3D laser scanning) is being used more and more for rock engineering applications
and rock mechanics and geoscience research. Applications include semi-automated
rock mass characterization for surface slope stability and underground stability,
monitoring of rock slopes and tunnels for displacements and rockfall occurrences,
and detailed site characterization for engineering and geoscience research.
This Sunday afternoon (June 29th) half-day short course follows the Workshop
on Laser and Photogrammetric Methods for Rock Tunnel Characterization Separate
registration is required to attend the workshop. The short course will provide
detailed information and hands-on training on how to utilize Lidar for the applications
mentioned above. The focus of the short course will be on “best practices” for
the use of Lidar in the field and the use of semi-automated point cloud processing
software for analyzing the Lidar data. All participants will receive a 6-month
license for the Split FX point cloud processing software.
Participants will also receive a CD containing numerous tutorials from actual
field case studies. The short course will start with an overview of rock mass
characterization and rock mass monitoring using Lidar, followed by a series
of demonstrations and hands-on tutorials. The short course will conclude with
discussions on the various applications, and expected improvements in the technology
(hardware and software) in the future. This short course should be of interest
to practicing engineers as well as university faculty and graduate students.
The short course can also serve as an FX users group meeting for those already
using Split FX.
The short course schedule (preliminary) is as follows:
1:00
pm
- Introductions
- Overview of rock mass characterization
and monitoring using Lidar
- Make sure everyone has Split FX software installed
on their laptops
1:30
- Demonstrations and hands-on tutorials on basic FX features,
including point cloud manipulation and editing, meshing, auto fracture extraction
and editing, stereonet plotting, line/area/volume measurements, and data export
3:00 Break
3:15
- Demonstrations and hands-on tutorials on advanced and new
FX features, including photo-draping, trace delineation on draped photos, change
detection for displacement and rockfall monitoring, and advanced image processing
analysis
4:30 - Discussions on current and future applications, expected future
improvements in the technology (hardware and software), Q & A
5:00 End
Instructor:
Dr. John Kemeny, Professor, University of Arizona. Dr. Kemeny is a professor
in the Department of Mining and Geological Engineering at the University of
Arizona, and also partner and Director of Research at Split Engineering, LLC.
Dr. Kemeny has over 25 years of experience in rock mechanics and over 15 years
experience with using new technologies such as digital image processing and
Lidar for rock engineering applications. June 29, 2008--1/2 Day--$125 |
