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Phil Dight is a Professor in the Australian Centre for Geomechanics at the University of Western Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering from the University of Melbourne, and a PhD from Monash University. His research expertise spans geotechnical engineering design, mining risk management, and open pit geomechanics. He is particularly focused on slope modeling, slope monitoring, and microseismic monitoring of open pit mines. Prof. Dight has extensive experience in stress measurement techniques using rock memory and has contributed to the development of pre- and post-peak rock testing methodologies and constitutive 3D models. Throughout his career, he has led significant research projects including the Stress Measurements 3D Property Project, which seeks to understand rock properties and predict rockburst vulnerabilities, and initiatives involving microseismic monitoring in open pits. With a high h-index and numerous citations, his work significantly influences the field of geomechanics and mining engineering.
University of Western Australia • Perth, Australia
Leading research and teaching in geotechnical engineering and mining.
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