Faculty and Staff

 

 

 

 

 

Navid Mojtabai,  Department Chair

 


Associate Professor
B.S., M.S. New Mexico Institute of and Technology
Ph.D. University of Arizona

 

 

 

Drilling and blasting, ground vibration analysis, mine planning 

and equipment selection, site investigation, geotechnical 

engineering, engineering economics

 

 

505-835-5836

mojtabai@nmt.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catherine T. Aimone-Martin

 

 

Professor
B.S. Michigan Technological University
Ph.D. Northwestern University

 

 

 

Drilling and blasting, rock fragmentation, vibration control and 

blast-induced structural response, soil mechanics, foundation 

design and analysis, slope stability, geostatistics

 

 

505-835-5346

caimone@nmt.edu

 

 


 

 

William X. Chavez, Jr.

 

 

Professor
B.S. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

 

 

 

Mineral economics, ore mineralogy and petrology, applied 

mineral exploration and field mapping, mine waste 

characterization, ore deposits, and natural resource utilization

 

 

 

505-835-5317

wxchavez@nmt.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ali Fakhimi

 

Associate Professor
B.S. Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
M.S. University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

 

 

 

Distinct element and finite element simulation of 

geomaterials, constitutive modeling of soil and rock, 

rock and soil stability analysis, development of new codes for 

numerical analysis of geomaterials

 

 

 

 

505-835-6577

hamed@nmt.edu

 

 


 

 

 

 

Kalman I. Oravecz

 

 


Professor Emeritus
B.S., M.S.. University  of Durham, United Kingdom
Ph.D. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

 

 

 

Rock mechanics and surveying, stability of mining excavations, mining 

induced surface subsidence, high precision deformation measurements, 

and boundary element code development

 

 

 

oravecz@nmt.edu
 

 

 

 

 

Marilyn Morris

 

Administrative Support

 

505-835-5345

mining@nmt.edu

 

 

 

ADJUNCT FACULTY

 

 

 

 

 

Phil Kozushko            

 

Waldo Mine Technician, Mine Health and Safety

 


 

 

 

 

Ibrahim Gundiler       

 

Hydrometallurgy and mineral processing

 

 

 

James Barker            Industrial Minerals

Virginia McLemore    Economic Geology
Cynthia Wimberly      Natural resources law
Dale S. Preece           Computer modeling of blast-induced rock motion
                                      and fragmentation; design of shaped charges
Ingar Walder               Geochemistry, mine reclamation, mine waste
                                       characterization