Geotechnical Instrumentation and Applications

Myint Win Bo, Ph.D., is President and Chief Executive Officer of Bo & Associates Inc., an engineering services firm specializing in geotechnical, environmental, and geological engineering, hydrogeology, and material testing. Dr. Bo is also an adjunct professor for several universities, including York University and Toronto Metropolitan University, where he has supervised research students for many years. He is an experienced practicing engineer, geologist, environmentalist, scientist, and entrepreneur as well as an educator who has worked around the world in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. He graduated with a BSc in geology from the University of Yangon (Rangoon), received a Postgraduate Diploma in hydrogeology from University College London, UK, and an MSc from the University of London, UK. He obtained his Ph.D. in civil engineering (specializing in geotechnics) from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Certificate of Executive Managementand Leadership from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Dr. Bo is a Fellow of the Geological Society, London, UK, and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK, and has been serving professional societies at both national and international levels for many years and has presented more than 40 special and keynote lectures and workshops at international conferences, tertiary institutions, and professional associations. He is the author of five books, five book chapters, and more than 200 technical papers in international journals and conferences. Dr. Bo is an Editor for five international journals, including Environmental Geotechnics and Geotechnical Research, both published by the ICE, UK. His works have been cited more than 5,500 times in refereed journals and proceedings. Dr. Bo is a winner of more than $1 million in research grants and a winner of many awards for personal achievements as well as designing many award-winning projects aroundthe world.

Jeffrey Barrett, MScE., P.Eng., is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer with GEOKON, an international geotechnical and structural instrumentation manufacturer. He has over 15 years of industry experience, including seven years with instrumentation manufacturers and ten years with a global engineering firm. He has a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, an M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering, and a Diploma in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of New Brunswick. As a consulting engineer, he has held several roles, including national technical lead for numerical modelling, project manager, and technical lead for multidisciplinary projects in the mining and civil construction sector, including geotechnical investigations, instrumentation and monitoring, NI 43-101 mining studies, detailed design, construction, operations, dam safety inspections, dam safety reviews, and mine closure. He led the numerical modelling analysis of several high-profile projects relating to slopes, tailings dams, water dams, and coal combustion residual (CCR) facilities in Canada and the United States. In the geotechnical instrumentation sector, he has worked extensively in the research and development of new geotechnical and structural instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and data interpretation software. Instrumentation projects include several high-profile sites, including high-speed rail lines in China, metro projects in Egypt, Boone Dam, Oroville Dam, Samarco Mine, Zelazny Most Tailings Dam, and Canadian oil sands projects.

Myint Win Bo 博士是 Bo & Associates Inc. 的總裁兼首席執行官，該公司是一家專注於岩土工程、環境工程、地質工程、水文地質學和材料測試的工程服務公司。Bo 博士同時也是多所大學的兼任教授，包括約克大學和多倫多大學，他在這些學校指導研究生多年。他是一位經驗豐富的實踐工程師、地質學家、環保人士、科學家和企業家，同時也是一位教育工作者，曾在北美、歐洲、亞洲和太平洋地區工作。他在仰光大學獲得地質學學士學位，並在英國倫敦大學獲得水文地質學研究生文憑和碩士學位。他在新加坡南洋理工大學獲得土木工程博士學位（專攻岩土工程），並在美國麻省理工學院獲得高級管理與領導證書。Bo 博士是英國倫敦地質學會和英國土木工程師學會的院士，並在國內外的專業社團中服務多年，曾在國際會議、高等院校和專業協會上發表超過 40 場特別和主題演講及工作坊。他是五本書籍、五個書章以及超過 200 篇國際期刊和會議的技術論文的作者。Bo 博士擔任五本國際期刊的編輯，包括由英國土木工程師學會出版的《Environmental Geotechnics》和《Geotechnical Research》。他的作品在同行評審的期刊和會議中被引用超過 5,500 次。Bo 博士獲得超過 100 萬美元的研究補助金，並因個人成就獲得多項獎項，同時設計了許多獲獎的項目。

Jeffrey Barrett 碩士，P.Eng. 是 GEOKON 的高級岩土工程師，該公司是一家國際岩土和結構儀器製造商。他擁有超過 15 年的行業經驗，其中包括在儀器製造商工作的七年和在一家全球工程公司工作的十年。他擁有土木工程學士學位、岩土工程碩士學位，以及新不倫瑞克大學的技術管理與創業文憑。作為一名顧問工程師，他擔任過多個角色，包括數值建模的國家技術負責人、項目經理以及在礦業和土木建設領域的多學科項目的技術負責人，涉及岩土調查、儀器和監測、NI 43-101 矿业研究、詳細設計、施工、運營、大壩安全檢查、大壩安全評估和礦山關閉等。他主導了幾個與坡度、尾礦壩、水壩和煤燃燒殘留物（CCR）設施相關的高知名度項目的數值建模分析，這些項目位於加拿大和美國。在岩土儀器領域，他在新岩土和結構儀器、數據採集系統和數據解釋軟體的研究與開發方面有廣泛的工作經驗。儀器項目包括多個高知名度的地點，包括中國的高速鐵路、埃及的地鐵項目、布恩大壩、奧羅維爾大壩、薩馬爾科礦、澤拉茲尼尾礦壩和加拿大油砂項目。