Dr. Ugur Ozbay

Professor

Office Phone: (303) 273-3710
E-mail: mozbay@mines.edu

Academic Appointment and Responsibilities

1998 – Present: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Mining Engineering

Professor

Courses taught on a year round basis include: 

MNGN321 - Introduction to Rock Mechanics

MNGN445/545 - Rock Slope Engineering

MNGN418/508 - Advanced Rock Mechanics

MNGN506 - Design and Support of Underground Excavations

MNGN526 - Modeling and Measurements in Geomechanics

1997 – 1998: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Professor Centennial Chair of Rock Mechanics

1996 – 1997: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Acting Head of Department, Department of Mining Engineering

1991 – 1997: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer

Professional Experience

1981 – 1991: Chamber of Mines Research Organization, Johannesburg, S.A.

Project Manager, Principal Engineer,

Chief Engineer, Senior Engineer.

1980-1981: Westrand Gold Mine, Randfontain, S. A.

Research Engineer

1977 – 1980: Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, Ankara, Turkey

Mining Engineer

Professional Certifications

Registered Professional Engineer, ECSA (Engineering Council of South Africa)

Education

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ph.D. Mining Engineering , 1987

“Design Considerations for Mining of Hard Rock Tabular Deposits Situated at Moderate Depths.”

M.Sc. Mining Engineering , 1983.

“A study of the Application of Short Delay Blasting to Narrow Reef Gold Mining of South Africa.”

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

B. Sc. Mining Engineering, 1977

Honors and Awards

CSMAA Alumni Teaching Award, in recognition of Record of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2004 at the Colorado School of Mines.

Outstanding Faculty Member in Department of Mining Engineering, Awarded by Graduating Seniors of Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Spring 2002, Fall 2001.

Silver Medal awarded five times by the refereed journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for the best paper in 1991, 1995, 1995, 1995, 1999.

Salamon Prize a warded by the South African National Group on Rock Mechanics for the best paper in 1991.

Service to Professional Societies & Organizations (2005/2006)

Symposium Chair, 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, June 17-21, 2006

Editorial Committee, Journal of Coal Science and Engineering of China

Editorial Committee, Journal of Earth Science, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Rock Mechanics Award Committee, SME (Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration)

ISRM Commission on Education member, (International Society for Rock Mechanics).

Faculty Advisor to SME Student Chapter at the Colorado School of Mines

Current Professional Organization Memberships (2005/2006)

Fellow Member of South African Institution of Mining and Metallurgy

Member, Society of Mining Engineers (SME), Denver, Colorado.

Member, American Rock Mechanics Association

Professional Publications, Presentations & Short-courses

Books

Chapter contributions to: Rock Engineering Practice for Tabular Hard Rock Mines, Edited by A. J. Jager and J. A . Ryder. 1999

Chapter contributions to: A Textbook on Rock Mechanics for Tabular Hard Rock mines, Edited by J. A. Ryder and A. J. Jager. 2002

Papers

Isago, N., Mashimo, H. and Ozbay, U. (2005) Performance analysis of friction stabilizer bolt in pull test by numerical modeling. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Japan.

Schissler, A., Badr, S., Salamon, M. and Ozbay, U. (2004) Yield Pillar Design at Depth Based on Review of Case Histories. Transactions Volume 316, 2004, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, CO, 8 p.

Ozbay U. , Badr, S., and Salamon, M. 2004. Design considerations for yield pillars in Deep Longwall Mines. International Mine Safety Professionals Society Conference in Salt Lake City Utah.

Sagawa, Y., Yamatomi, J., Ozbay, U., Shimizu, N., Ito, K., and Takahashi, A. (2003) Stope Design in the Sanjin Deposit of the Hishikari Gold Mine. Journal of the Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan. Vol. 119, pp. 370-375.

Miller, B. H., Ozbay, M. U., Steele, J. P. H. Chip formation in mechanical Excavation: An indicator of machine. SME 2002 meeting, Phoenix.

Calderon, A.R., Ozbay, M.U. Shear strength determination by back-analysis of slope failures using maximum likelihood method. ARMA DC Rocks symposium in Washington DC in 2001.

Ozbay, U (2001) A case study on safety factor and failure probability of rock slopes. Invited Keynote address, 17th International Mining Congress in Turkey, 2001.

Salamon, M D G, Ozbay, M U and Madden, B J. (1998) Life and design of bord and pillar workings affected by pillar scaling. S. A. Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Journal. vol.98, no.4.

Research and Related Activities

Rock slope stability, underground mining rock mechanics, numerical modeling applications to rock engineering design, risk and probabilistic approaches in rock engineering, monitoring and instrumentation, laboratory rock testing.