Peter K Kaiser

Affiliation

Laurentian University

Biography

Since 1987 until his recent retirement, Dr. Kaiser was Professor of Mining Engineering and Chair for Rock Engineering and Ground Control at the Bharti School of Engineering of Laurentian University in Canada. Between 2007 and 2015, he was seconded to the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) as Founding Director and then as Director of the Rio Tinto Centre for Underground Mine Construction (RTC-UMC). He is a specialist in applied research for underground mining and construction. His interests lie in geomechanics, mine design, rock engineering and the application of innovative technologies to increase mine safety and productivity. He is the author of more than 400 technical and scientific geomechanics publications. He has received many awards including awards from the Canadian Geotechnical Society and from the Canadian Institute of Mining. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and the Canadian Academy of Engineers and in 2013 was awarded the Julian C. Smith Medal of the EIC for "Achievement in the Development of Canada" and named the “Tunneller of the Year” by the TAC, the Tunnelling Association of Canada. He was recently selected to give the Sir Allan Muir Wood lecture at the World Tunnelling Congress 2016 on “Challenges of tunnel constructibility”, and, most recently, to present the Mueller lecture at the ISRM Congress 2019 in Brazil entitled “From common to best practices in underground rock engineering”.