Current Team

Post-Doctoral Collaboration

Name	Research Topic	Supervisor(s)

Doctoral Students

Name	Research Topic	Supervisor(s)
Vanessa Bateman	Engineering geology for grouting of karstic foundations	Diederichs, Hutchinson
Paul-Mark DiFrancesco	Development of physics engine workflows and tools for complex slope process models	Hutchinson
Evan Dressel	Delineating seismic hazard based on incremental stress-strain response in seismogenic volumes	Diederichs
Ioannis Farmakis	Segmentation of point clouds for slope stability assessment	Hutchinson, Vlachopoulos
Caitlin Fischer	Observational design for stress-driven rock response in jointed ground	Diederichs
Steven Gaines	Brittle damage assessment and impacts on hydromechanical behaviour	Diederichs
Fedilberto Gonzalez	Displacement-based support design for rockburst conditions	Diederichs
Simone Markus	Hydromechanical coupling for excavations in jointed rock	Diederichs
Timothy Packulak	Strength and deformation of foliated rocks	Diederichs, Day

Master's Students

Name	Research Topic	Supervisor(s)
Ethan Malicki	FDEM modelling of foliated rocks	Day, Diederichs
Emanuel Castillo Cardona	UAV-based Photogrammetry analysis of White Canyon	Hutchinson, Day
Erin Dowling	Stratigraphic control on geohazards at Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park	Day, Steel
Émélie Gagnon	The role of calcite in vein geomechanics	Day
William Hoyle	Impact of testing configuration on shear strength parameters	Day, Diederichs
Amanda Hyslop	Shoreline geomechanics and risk of sea stacks and shore stacks	Day
Ruairidh MacPhail	Video analysis for rockfall fragmentation simulation parameters	Hutchinson
Mark McDonald	Reconciling output from static rock testing with acoustic properties	Diederichs
Zach Nuhring	Calibration of physics engine models for rockfall simulation	Hutchinson, Harrap
Jack Park	Systems-level geohazard risk assessment in southwestern British Columbia	Hutchinson
Camila Troncoso Klein	Analysis of Dutchman's Ridge Landslide Geological Model and stability	Hutchinson

Undergraduate Students

Name	Research Topic	Supervisor(s)
Cassidy Teodoro-Neville	Geological influences on rock performance	Day