Hossein Changani
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Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108 **********@*****.***
Mining Engineer with over 8 years’ site based experience as in hard-rock/soil tunneling projects, short term and
long term planning, tracking underground construction progress, supporting and optimizing infrastructure requirements,collecting and interpreting geological data while managing collaborative relationships with technical teams:
8 years as professional in surface and underground space design, planning rock instrumentation, monitoring and ground control, rock mass classification (RMR,Q,GSI)
Highly proficient in applying numerical analysis to designing rock support system and analyzing slope stability(UDEC, FLAC2D&3D) and ventilation survey and design with VnetPC.
Designed, led, and completed 2 tunneling projects (subway and water conveyance) on time, on budget, for maximum current and future safety
Focused team members on importance and application of specific data, ensuring purposeful data collection
Education
Master of Science, Mining Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT May 2014
Focus: Rock mechanics
Master of Science, Mining Engineering, Amirkabir University, Tehran, Iran March 2005
Focus: Tunneling, underground design
Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran January 2002
Computer Skills
Itasca Software: FlAC 2D, FLAC 3D, UDEC, 3DEC
Vulcan
Rock science software: Unwedge, Dips, Roclab ANSYS, LSDYNA
MATLAB
AutoCAD(2D,3D)
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, MS-Project) Microsoft Visual Basic
3DM analysis software (ADAM Technology)
VnetPC
Experience
Research Assistant, University of Utah August 2012- Present
- Studying Moisture and porosity effect on dynamic behavior of Utah’s sandstone
- Evaluating slope failure and ground control in three CS Mining company mines, as part of Rock Mechanics Group
- Expert in Rock mechanics static tests Such as Uniaxial, Tri-axial, Brazilian tension, Point load and dynamic tests with Split Hopkinson pressure Bar machine
Mining engineer, Mehr-Azin Coal Co. (Isfahan, Iran) March 2012- August 2012
- Designed mine, as well as short-term and long-term plan for ore production.
- Presented critical analyses of technical and production data to manage ment for final decisions.
Tunnel Engineer, IMN Consultant Engineering Institute. (Tehran-Iran) December. 2008- March 2012
NATM Tunneling(1.5 km Access tunnel)and Mechanized Tunneling(10 km tunneling by double shield TBM)
- Led geotechnical data collection, rock mass classification, modeling, risk analysis, ground support design .
- Led prediction, preparing and defining work scope for passing throu ghout poor ground condition.
- Evaluated, designed and optimized infrastructure requirements including ventilation, dewatering, compressed air.
- Modeled numerical calibration for predicting rock mass behavior, based on ground -behavior monitoring and data analysis.
Tunnel Engineer, LANIZ Consultant Engineers Co. (Tehran-Iran), April 2004-December 2008
- Prepared short-term and long-term plans and controlled subway tunnel project.
- Focused on time and cost saving in tunneling process: multi step-tunneling, primary support, and final lining.
- Defined work scope and collaborated with executive team and vendors.
Mining engineer, FARIYAB Mining Co. (Tehran-Iran) August 2003-February 2004
- Performed ore modeling, geotechnical investigations, back-filling designing (concrete & rock fill).
- Designed artificial pillars in underground chromite mine.