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a couple of operational innovations. 2008 he become a professor at the THGA in the field
of mining technology. Additionally he held the position of a Vice President responsible for
research and development. Since 2015 he works as a part-time professor for the THGA.
Dr. Chris Doran
Dr. Chris Doran is a Mining Technology Consultant at Mitacom, a company specialising
in technology services related to mobile equipment safety and automation for minerals
and resource industry clients in Australia, Southern Africa and South America, including
development of requirements for collision avoidance and introduction of advanced
technologies and automation systems into mining operations. Dr. Doran is a key participant
in several industry programs to improve mobile equipment safety, promote interoperability,
a driving innovation between mining houses, mobile equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and
technology providers. He is also an active contributor to the development of national and
international standards for safety and interoperability in the field of earthmoving and mining.
Prof. Dr. Marek Jerzy Jaszczuk
Professor Marek Jaszczuk PhD, DSc is employed at the Department of Mining Mechanization
and Robotics of the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the Silesian University of Technology in
Gliwice, Poland. His subject covers issues related to the identification of external and internal
loads of mining machinery, especially shearer-loaders, armored face conveyors and hydraulic
roof supports, as well as the interaction of mining machines with their natural environment.
He is the author and co-author of original mathematical models and software for computeraided design of cutting drums for longwall shearers and multi-criteria optimization of design
features of the hydraulic roof supports. For the solutions resulting from the research he and
his team won the Team Award of the Prime Minister for the outstanding national scientific
and technical achievement and the 1st degree Award of the Minister of Labour and Social
Policy. They have also been awarded medals of prestigious innovation exhibitions at home
and abroad, including: Warsaw, Brussels, Nuremberg, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and SuZhou.
He is the author and co-author of 4 academic textbooks, 5 monographs, over 90 articles
in domestic and foreign journals, over 50 papers delivered at national and international
conferences and the scientific editor of 5 monographs. He gained 15 patents for innovative
solutions.
Oleg Nagovitsyn, Dr. Eng.
Oleg Nagovitsyn, Dr. Eng. is Deputy Director of the Mining institute of the Kola Science
Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Oleg Nagovitsyn’s scientific activity is connected with the studies aimed at development of
the software which realizes the functions of a mining-and-geological information system for
the mining and mineral processing. The geo-information system is based on the application
of subject-oriented databases, visualization and integration; spatially related geological,
technological, geophysical, geomechanical and monitoring data which form a single geoinformation space of the mining and processing enterprise. The practical significance of the
studies lies in the fact that the developed software, educational and methodological materials
realize the computer technology of geological modeling, design and planning of mining
operations.
a couple of operational innovations. 2008 he become a professor at the THGA in the field
of mining technology. Additionally he held the position of a Vice President responsible for
research and development. Since 2015 he works as a part-time professor for the THGA.
Dr. Chris Doran
Dr. Chris Doran is a Mining Technology Consultant at Mitacom, a company specialising
in technology services related to mobile equipment safety and automation for minerals
and resource industry clients in Australia, Southern Africa and South America, including
development of requirements for collision avoidance and introduction of advanced
technologies and automation systems into mining operations. Dr. Doran is a key participant
in several industry programs to improve mobile equipment safety, promote interoperability,
a driving innovation between mining houses, mobile equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and
technology providers. He is also an active contributor to the development of national and
international standards for safety and interoperability in the field of earthmoving and mining.
Prof. Dr. Marek Jerzy Jaszczuk
Professor Marek Jaszczuk PhD, DSc is employed at the Department of Mining Mechanization
and Robotics of the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the Silesian University of Technology in
Gliwice, Poland. His subject covers issues related to the identification of external and internal
loads of mining machinery, especially shearer-loaders, armored face conveyors and hydraulic
roof supports, as well as the interaction of mining machines with their natural environment.
He is the author and co-author of original mathematical models and software for computeraided design of cutting drums for longwall shearers and multi-criteria optimization of design
features of the hydraulic roof supports. For the solutions resulting from the research he and
his team won the Team Award of the Prime Minister for the outstanding national scientific
and technical achievement and the 1st degree Award of the Minister of Labour and Social
Policy. They have also been awarded medals of prestigious innovation exhibitions at home
and abroad, including: Warsaw, Brussels, Nuremberg, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and SuZhou.
He is the author and co-author of 4 academic textbooks, 5 monographs, over 90 articles
in domestic and foreign journals, over 50 papers delivered at national and international
conferences and the scientific editor of 5 monographs. He gained 15 patents for innovative
solutions.
Oleg Nagovitsyn, Dr. Eng.
Oleg Nagovitsyn, Dr. Eng. is Deputy Director of the Mining institute of the Kola Science
Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Oleg Nagovitsyn’s scientific activity is connected with the studies aimed at development of
the software which realizes the functions of a mining-and-geological information system for
the mining and mineral processing. The geo-information system is based on the application
of subject-oriented databases, visualization and integration; spatially related geological,
technological, geophysical, geomechanical and monitoring data which form a single geoinformation space of the mining and processing enterprise. The practical significance of the
studies lies in the fact that the developed software, educational and methodological materials
realize the computer technology of geological modeling, design and planning of mining
operations.