Behind the Scenes with Bryan

In this ode to my father, I hope I can evoke some wonderful memories from your own past.

Karen and Monica have a different way to couple social and technical aspects of tailings management.  They have jointly launched their new Tailings Area of Social Risk (TASR) solution. The method looks to align tailings management with principles of social inclusion and participation, while respecting the scientific process to define the areas of risk.

Lois is a geotechnical engineer working in the mining industry.  Lois and I discuss her ideas on mine closure and much more.  

Pascale is a geotechnical engineer with a PhD from the University of British Columbia.  Pascale worked in academia for several years before joining Itasca.  Amongst other things Pascale and I discuss numerical modeling of tailings facilities.

Gavan is a geotechnical/dams engineer based in Melborn, Australia. He is now working for himself at Hunter Geotechnical.  Hunter and I discuss challenges and rewards of working in the industry.

Jorge is an Assistant Professor Geosystems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.  Amongst other things, Jorge and I discuss the TAILENG program.

In this episode I speak with Keith Russell and Anuj Arya of the global energy transition advisory firm Partners in Performance.  You can find out more about their services as they relate to mining at https://www.pip.global/en/industry/metals-and-mining/

Marcelo Llano is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer with Red Earth Engineering Pty Ltd in Brisbane.  Marcelo and I discuss various topics and challenges regarding tailings management practices.  

Martin is a geotechnical engineer with Knight Piesold in the UK.  Martin and I discuss many topics related to tailings, but also some challenges being neuro-diverse.  

Arnoud and I discuss how his company uses blockchain to assist supply chain matters, paperlessly. You can find out more about his work at www.minehub.com

Dave is the Vice President, Engineering at EFI Global.  As VP of Engineering, Dave is responsible for the oversight of the engineering service line; product delivery, quality, training and mentoring, business development, and executive team liaison. This role also includes teaching continuing education classes to individuals in the insurance, engineering, and architecture industries on topics...

Timothy D. Stark is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with an expertise in Geotechnical Engineering. Dr. Stark has been conducting interdisciplinary research and teaching on the static and seismic stability of natural and manmade slopes, such as dams, levees, floodwalls, and waste containment facilities, railroad geotechnics, geosy...

Juan and I discuss his recent research with a CPT calibration chamber and the use of the NorSand model for tailings.  As Juan says in his LinkedIn profile: "This work presents novel CPT testing in a calibration chamber of mostly contractive silty tailings, the characterization within the critical state mechanics framework using NorSand, and the comparison of the laboratory data with spherical cavi...

Andrea, Tomas and I discuss the status of their new Domino filter and also how they are using IoT and AI to help monitor their equipment remotely, keeping it healthy and happy.  You can find out more about their products and services at https://www.diemmefiltration.com/

In this episode Diana, Josh and I discuss their new Nevada-based company, Nexus Environmental Consultants.  You can find out more about their offerings at https://nexus-env.com/

Henry Petroski is an American engineer specializing in failure analysis. A professor emeritus both of civil engineering and history at Duke University, he is also a prolific author. Petroski has written over a dozen books.  

In this episode, Franco and I discuss risk analyses and how he conducts risk assessments for tailings facilities.  You can find out more about him at his website:  www.riskope.com 

In this episode John and Lanny teach us about a new way to more closely monitor the location of the supernatant pond on your TSF. You can reach John at www.aamonitoring.net You can reach Lanny at www.satshot.com

In this episode Tim and I discuss many of the confusing aspects of non-fungible tokens.  

In this episode Tim and I discuss many aspects of the confusing world of crypo currency.

Elena is a geotechnical engineer and Assistant Professor of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Elena and I mostly discuss her new findings of the Mount Polley TSF failure and how that changes the way we need to think about slope stability.  This work is the subject of Elena's PhD dissertation.  Her summary paper can be found at htt...

Jeff is a geotechnical engineer with Geokon.  We chat about new developments in instrumentation, and especially their new in-place inclinometer.

Cristina is a Research Fellow (Geotechnical Engineering) at The University of Western Australia, and is part on the MIRA project, which is looking into instrumentation and monitoring for tailings facilities.

Jim is a consulting metallurgist with Woods Process Services in Reno.  In this episode Jim and I chat about metallurgy, and the MPD conferences in Colorado and Nevada.

Among other things, in this episode Tim and I discuss the status of Integra's Delamar project.