Senior Researchers
Dr. Sergio Sepúlveda
Associate Professor, FRBC Chair in Resource Geoscience and Geotechnics
Email: ssepulve@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Engineering geology, landslide mechanisms, rock slope stability modelling, applications of remote sensing on rock mass characterization, slope stability and tunnels, debris flows, glacial and volcanic landslide hazards, landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping, earthquake-induced landslides, earthquake site effects relationships with topography and surface geology.
Prof. Doug Stead
Professor Emeritus
Email: dtead@sfu.ca
Research interests: Application of remote sensing techniques in the evaluation of slope instability, numerical modelling in rock slope stability, applications of mixed/virtual reality in engineering geology, application of rock engineering principles in the evaluation of natural hazards, influence of structural geology and tectonic damage on rock slope instability, open-pit geomechanics, underground mining geomechanics, numerical modelling of hydrofracture, 3D modelling of underground excavations, applications of combined FDEM-DFN in rock engineering, new methods of rock mass characterisation based on connectivity, numerical modelling of underground block caving with special reference to induced subsidence, integrated acoustic emission-numerical modelling of brittle rock fracture.
Dr. Sonia D’Ambra
SFU Adjunct Faculty and Principal Mining Rock Mechanics Engineer at Hamilton & D’Ambra Consulting Inc.
Email: sonia.dambra@gmail.com
Research interests: Rock mechanics, rock mass characterization and structural interpretation, rock slope design and stability assessment, open pit design, numerical modelling, excavation/infrastructure interaction analysis, slope stability monitoring.
Dr. Davide Elmo
SFU Adjunct Faculty and Associate Professor at UBC
Email: delmo@mining.ubc.ca
Research interests: Rock mechanics, rock engineering design, numerical modelling, discrete fracture network engineering applications in rock engineering and mining, cognitive biases in rock engineering design.
Dr. Marc-Andre Brideau
SFU Adjunct Faculty and Senior Engineering Geologist at BGC Engineering Inc.
Email: mbrideau@bgcengineering.ca
Research interests: Rock slope stability, geohazard risk assessment, landslide runout analysis.