Getos Ltd - Zhurin

D.Sc. Sergei N. Zhurin

Phone: +7(0722)351577

Fax: +7(0722)261756

E-mail: zhurin@usa.net

Summary of Qualifications

Specialty areas:

Underground mining engineering, Geomechanics
Contemporary stress measurements and modeling
Land subsidence control
Water protection for underground mining
Mining designers consulting

Special Licenses

Underground mining supervision license

Open pit blasting license

12 invention licenses (USSR, Russia)

Special Skills

Field methods for rock stress determination (field in-situ stress measurements within two iron ore deposits in KURSK MAGNETIC ANOMALY region at depth range from 220 to 650 meter in quartzite, granites and iron ores using hydraulic fracturing and overcoring technique).
Laboratory determining the strength and deformability of rock materials (uniaxial and triaxial compressive and tension).
Field stress, strain and displacement monitoring using wire/rod extensometers, electric/mechanical strain gages, surveying. Two/three dimensional finite element analysis of in-situ stresses and stresses around underground openings (all stages of preprocessing, solving and postprocessing with different software tipes).
Strong computing skills in MS-DOS, Windows, technical programs and applications (Spreadsheet packages (EXCEL, SUPERCALC); packages for data analysis and visualization (STATISTICA, SURFER, TECPLOT); Database packages (PARADOX, dBase); Mathematical packages (MATLAB)).

Experience

Employment experience:

scientific research for fifteen years, 12 scientific research projects was carried under my supervision in VIOGEM institute since 1986;
projects elaboration and construction of underground mining for two years.

7/1996 - Present. Research Institute of Dewatering Mineral Deposits, Geology & Mine (VIOGEM), Belgorod, Russia

Responsibilities: Leading Scientist in the Department of Rock Mechanics:

underground dam projects, control and construction consulting;
safety and long term stability of large underground cavities;
optimization of deep borehole mining control systems;
geological data base creations;
environmental/safety audits.

6/1997 - 12/1999. Getos Ltd., Chief Consultant in Geomechanics.

12/1993 - 7/1996, Yakovlevo Mine, Yakovlevo, Belgorod Region, Russia

Responsibilities: Chief of Mine Technical Department and Mine Research Laboratory

Technical Director function to develop and implement a current mine construction;
supervision of mine project group, creation and realization of the current underground mining projects in complicated hydrogeological condition ( 650 m deep, 500 m water head, uniaxial ore strength less than 10 MPa).

5/1988 - 12/1993, Research Institute of Dewatering Mineral Deposits, Geology & Mine, Belgorod (VIOGEM), Russia

Responsibilities: Head of Rock Stress/Land Subsidence Laboratory

Supervision on research groups of 5-15 scientists

land subsidence control during mining and dewatering (Ukraine & KURSK MAGNETIC ANOMALY);
geomechanics of deep borehole iron ore mining;
elaboration of methods to protect undermined mining shafts and civil constructions;
in-situ stress field determination at Yakovlevo iron ore deposit (KURSK MAGNETIC ANOMALY);
deep borehole mining designers consulting;
developing of engineering methods for monitoring underground openings stability, land subsidence and geotechnical mining.

4/1980 -5/1988, Research Institute of Dewatering Mineral Deposits, Geology & Mine, Belgorod (VIOGEM), Russia

Responsibilities: Engineer and researcher of Rock Stress/Land Subsidence Laboratory

1) optimization of underground cavities form and parameters;

2) contemporary stress measurements;

3) engineering geology investigations;

4) protection underground mining from water.

Education

Doctor of Sciences in Rock Physics (Department of Rock Mechanics in Moscow State Mining University, 1998). Dissertation Topic: "Rock state monitoring for underground iron ore mining in complex hydro-geological conditions".
Doctor of Philosophy in Technical Sciences (Department of Underground Mining in Kriviy Rog Mining Institute, 1986). Dissertation Topic: "Cavity rational parameters substantiation for underground mining of thick orebodies based on time dependent pillar bearing capacity research"
Master of Science Degree in Physical Process of Mining (Department of Rock Mechanics in Moscow State Mining University, 1980) - GPA 5.0/5.0. Thesis: "Rock damage determination through electric conductivity measurement"

Associations

Member of International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM),
Member of the Association of Russian Geomechanics (ARG),
Member of the International Academy of Mineral Resources.

Language Skills

Russian: Fluent, written and spoken
English: Good, TOEFL score is 513

Publications

38 technical and scientifically publications, some of them are listed below:

Kazikaev J,M, Grigoriev A.M., Fomin B.A., Zhurin S.N. Ensuring the stability of rock masses accommodating large underground cavities." Safety and Environmental Issues in Rock Engineering, Proc. ISRM Symp., Lisboa; 21-24.06.1993" Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995, p.1047-1051.
Kazikaev J.M., Fomin B.A., Zhurin S.N. The particularities of rock massif current stress state in conditions of complicated geological structures on measurement data base."Rock at Great Depth, Proc. Int. Symp., Pau; 28-31 08.1989", Vol.3, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1989, p.1011-1015.
Kazikaev J.M., Zhurin S.N. Pillar reliability evaluation with due regard for time factor in the process of maintaining stability of large underground caverns. "Large rock caverns: Proc. Int. Symp.., Helsinki, 1986", Vol.1., Oxford e.a., 1987, p. 673-680.
Zhurin S.N., Mozgovoy V.I., Sery S.S. The software for the geomechanic problems for complex hydro-geological conditions. // Proc. 3 Int. Symp "Development of deposits of mineral resources and underground construction in complex hydro-geological conditions " - Belgorod, 1995. - y. 199-205. (in Russian)
Zhurin S.N., Kosiakov S.I. Prediction and control land subsidence during dewatering marganez ore \\ Engineering geology, N 6, 1992. - p.50-58 (in Russian)
Zhurin S.N., Kosiakov S.I. Experimental research of process of consolidation of deep saturated rocks at complete removal of neutral water pressure ( for conditions Yakovlevo iron ore deposit KURSK MAGNETIC ANOMALY). // Engineering geology, N 4, 1990, - p 24-31 (in Russian)
Dunaev V.A., Seryi S.S., Gerasimov A.V., Zhurin S.N., Bychovets A.N., Slavskii B.V. Geological and Structural mapping of Kovdor deposit for solution of geomechanical problems of mining operations with usage of computer technologies. // Mining Journal, N 4, 1998, pp. 41-46. (in Russian)