Ozdemir Engineering

CAREER HISTORY:

Professor of Mining Engineering :: Colorado School of Mines, 1977-2009

Taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in the CSM Department of Mining in the areas of mechanical hard rock and soft ground/soil tunneling, raise boring and shaft drilling, design and construction of underground structures, geotechnical site investigations, excavation project management, microtunneling, rock mechanics and underground mining. Served as the advisor of a large number of Masters and Ph.D. students.

Director, Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI) :: Colorado School of Mines, 1981 to 2009

Director of the Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI), which is, regarded as one of the leading research organizations in the world in the development of new mining and underground construction technologies. In this position, developed and provided the technical and financial management of a large number of projects funded by a multitude of domestic and international mining and civil construction companies, equipment manufacturers, geotechnical and design firms, contractors, owners and various United States government agencies. In addition, performed a significant amount of collaborative research with various well-known mining and underground construction research establishments in different countries. Contributed to the development and introduction of numerous mechanical hard rock and soft ground mining, tunneling, raise and shaft boring and underground construction technologies. Responsible for the development of design optimization techniques, machine selection and performance evaluation of mechanical excavators including hard rock TBMs, EPB and Slurry machines. . Conducted extensive field work in hard rock and soft ground tunneling project sites around the world.

Director, Microtunneling Research Institute (MRI) :: Colorado School of Mines, 1992 to 2009

Director of Microtunneling Research Institute which conducted research and development in the rapidly growing field of microtunneling. Research areas included machine selection, design and performance optimization, new cutting tool development, mini-disc application to microtunneling, performance estimation and costing model development, laser guidance systems, muck transport, obstacle detection and site investigations related to the use of microtunneling techniques both in soils and rock. The projects were conducted by a multitude of domestic and international microtunneling equipment manufacturers, owners,