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EDUCATION:
* Colorado School of Mines: Golden, Colorado
M.S. Mining and Earth Systems Engineering, December 2004
Area of Emphasis: Surface and Underground Mine Design. GPA: 3.6/4.0
* National Mining University of the Ukraine: Dnipropetrovs'k, Ukraine
B.S. Mining Engineering (Honors Diploma), June 1999
Area of Emphasis: Mine Surveying. GPA (equivalent): 4.0/4.0
LANGUAGES: Fluent English, Russian, and Ukrainian.
AFFILIATION: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (April 2003 - Present).
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
* Surface Mine Design – Prepared Term Project on open pit mine planning and design concepts, geologic block modeling techniques, cutoff grade analysis, ultimate pit limit determination, production scheduling, economic evaluation, haul road design, loading and hauling, dispatch systems, crushing and conveying systems, drilling and blasting, explosives, mine reclamation, environmental monitoring.
* Underground Mine Design – Prepared Term Project on ore body evaluation, mine planning, mining methods, mine development, mine equipment, mine design and ground support evaluation, underground mining methods.
* Geostatistics – Prepared a Term Project on classical invariant and multivariate statistics, traditional geologic resource modeling techniques, spatial statistics: the theory of recognized variance, structural analysis, and geologic resource modeling techniques, volume-variance relationship, recoverable reserve estimation, resources and reserve classification.
* Mine System Analysis – Linear programming and its applications for the mining industry, cutoff grade optimization, simulation, and network flow analysis.
* Linear Programming – Prepared Term Project on geometric interpretation of linear programming problems, the simplex method, the revised simplex method, and the product form of the inverse, duality theory, duel simplex, and applications, sensitivity analysis, complementary slackness and applications. Production planning, staffing, scheduling, blending and product mix applications, modeling and solving the problems on the computer. Study efficiency and implementation issues, decomposition methods for large-scale problems.
* Mine Valuation – Compared ore reserves versus time value of money and cash flow. Learned the various investment criterions, tax considerations, risk and sensitivity analysis, escalation and inflation and cost of capital.
* Mechanical Excavation – Learned the history and development of mechanical excavators, the theory and principles of mechanical rock fragmentation, design and performance of rock cutting tools, design and operational characteristics of mechanical excavators such as: continuous miners, roadheaders, tunnel boring machines, raise drills, shaft borers, impact miners, and slotters. Familiarized with applications to mine development and production, performance prediction and geotechnical investigations, costs versus conventional methods, new mine designs for applying mechanical excavators, case histories, future trends and anticipated developments and novel rock fragmentation methods including water jets, lasers, microwaves, electron beams, penetrators, electrical discharge and sonic rock breakers.
* Rock Mechanics – Prepared several class assignments covering topics such as: design of mine layouts developed in both underground and surface. Underground mining sections include design of coal and hard rock pillars, mine layout design for tabular and massive ore bodies, assessment of caving characteristics of ore bodies, performance and application of backfill, and phenomenon of rock burst and its alleviation. Surface mining portion covers rock mass characterization, failure modes of slopes excavated in rock masses, probabilistic and deterministic approaches.
* Rock Slope Engineering- Introduction to the analysis and design of slopes excavated in rock. Rock mass classification and strength determinations, geological structural parameters, properties of fracture sets, data collection techniques, hydrological factors, methods of analysis of slope stability, wedge intersections, monitoring and maintenance of final pit slopes, classification of slides. Deterministic and probabilistic approaches in slope design. Collection of data and specimens in the field for determining physical properties required for slope design. Application of numerical modeling and analytical techniques to slope stability analysis for hard and weak rock conditions.
* Tunneling – Studied the various methods of tunneling construction, evaluated ground conditions, estimated tunnel support requirements, learned the various methods of mechanical tunneling for both; hard rock and soft ground as well as the required ancillary systems, equipment, and safety.
* Inventing, Patenting and Licensing – Prepared Term Project on the terminology and overview of technical inventions, the various forms of intellectual property, patent statutes, and patenting and licensing laws.
* Surveying – Learned the various methods and performance of the mine surveyor networks during all stages of development, building and operation of deposits, the theory of geodesic mine survey measurements and the estimation of their accuracy.
* Post- graduate Course Completed: Microtunneling Short Course- February 2005.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
* Operating Systems: Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
* Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
* Software: AutoCAD, SLIDE, DIPS, Phase II, Mathcad, Mine Sight, Surpac 3D, Caterpillar FPC, Surfer, What's Best? (Excel add-on), SLIDE, DIPS, and Phase II.
* Programming: Visual Basic, AMPL, and AutoLISP.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
March 2002 to June 2003, March 2005- to Present - Ellis International Services: Denver, Colorado.
* Part time position (consultant): Assistant & Mining Engineer
* Responsibilities: Data compilation and entry for minerals appraisals. Preparation and composition of minerals appraisal documents, maps, and reports. Provided assistance with mining engineering reviews. Emphasis on sand and gravel properties of Colorado. Mineral processing and cost calculation of it.
May 2005 to July 2005 – SRK: Lakewood, Colorado
* Part time position (consultant): Mining Engineer- Translator
* Responsibilities: Technical translation of the engineering documents for the projects.
March 2005 to April 2005 - Pincock, Allen & Holt: Lakewood, Colorado
* Part time position (consultant): Mining Engineer- Translator
* Responsibilities: Technical translation of the engineering documents, Mine planning and engineering- Capital and Operating Cost, Labor Cost, Equipment Selection, Analysis and Specification, Performance of the graphic documentation for the projects in Auto Cad, Corel.
June 2000 to October 2001 - Aerogeodezia: Kiev, Ukraine.
* Position: Land Surveyor.
* Responsibilities: Performed reconnaissance surveys, plotted and drew maps for civil engineering applications; including: residential and commercial buildings and railroads. Created topographic and mine surveyor plans based on the available topographic and air stereo photographic surveys; the basic processes of field and laboratory works on the stereo photographic survey of the open pit mining.
September 1999 to April 2000 - Krasnoarmeysk West Mining Company, Ukraine.
* Position: Mining Engineer
* Responsibilities: At the modern 1.5 million ton/year, underground, longwall, coking coal mine in the Donetsk coal field, surveyed underground mine workings and prepared mine maps. Improved the overall efficiency of the operation by conducting accurate survey studies. Assisted with mine planning and design.
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