EME Faculty
Jamal Rostami |
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Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering |
| office: | 102 Hosler Building | |
| phone: | 814-863-7606 | |
| email: | jur17@psu.edu | |
| fax: | 814-865-3248 |
Bio
Educational Background
Ph.D. (Mining Engineering), Colorado School of Mines, 1997
M.Sc. (Mining Engineering), Colorado School of Mines, 1991
B.Sc. (Mining Engineering) University of Tehran, 1987
Registrations and Certifications
Professional Engineer (PE) Maryland (since January 2005)
Professional Engineer (PE) Virginia (since June 2006)
Hazardous Waste Site Worker 40 hour Training
10 hour OSHA Health & Safety Training
Confined Space Entry
Active Research Projects
Areas of Specialty and Research Interests
Underground construction, mechanical excavation, tunneling, geotechnical investigations, construction bid preparation, development of geotechnical reports (GBR, GIR, GDR, GDSR), construction management, construction claim and evaluation, micro-tunneling, pipe jacking, trenchless technology, and novel rock fragmentation techniques. Also, mine design and development, rock blasting and fragmentation, rock reinforcement and ground control, mechanized coal Longwall or Room and Pillar mining operation, mining in evaporates, underground space design, computer modeling and simulation of mechanical excavators, rock physical modeling.
In addition, the following subjects are of interest for future research work:
- Civil heavy infrastructure tunneling, underground construction
- Mining Applications including underground, surface, coal and metal
- Mechanical tunneling, excavation, and rock fragmentation
- Trenchless technology, pipejacking, microtunneling, and horizontal directional drilling (HDD)
- Rock tunneling methodology, machine selection and feasibility study
- Mechanical shaft sinking and raise boring for mining and dam construction
- Soft ground tunneling and machine selection criteria for various applications
- Study of drilling rates and performance as well as bit selection
- Drilling and blasting software development
Selected Publications
- Farrokh, E., Rostami, J, 2008, "Estimation of Tunnel Convergence Using TBM Operational Parameters and Chip Size, A Case History of Ghomroud Water Conveyance Tunnel," Tunneling & Underground Space Technology, Elsevier Publication.
- Rostami, Jamal, 2008, "Hard Rock TBM cutterhead modeling for design and performance prediction," Geomechanik und Tunnelbau, Ernst & Sohn, (Austrian Journal of Geotechnical Eng.), January 2008.
- Ramezanzadeh, A., Rostami, J., Tadic, D. 2008, "Impact of Rock Mass Characteristics on Hard Rock TBM Performance," 13th Australian Tunneling Conference, Melbourne, Australia (under review and comments).
- Gertsch, L., Rostami, J., Gustafson, R., 2008 "Review of Lunar Regolith Properties for Design of Low Power Lunar Excavators," Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical engineering, Arlington, VA, August 11-16, 2008.
- Farrokh, E., Rostami, J, 2007, "The Relationship Between Tunnel Convergence and Machine Operational Parameters and Chip Size for Double Shield TBMs," Proceedings of Rapid Excavation and tunneling Conference (RETC), June 2007, Toronto, Canada.
- Rostami, Jamal and Kozminski, Ted, 2007, "Improved Machine Productivity in Selected Chinese Coal Mines by Cutterhead Optimization Of Axial Roadheaders," SME 2007 Annual Meeting in Denver Colorado.
- Farrokh, E., Rostami, J, 2007, "Estimation of Tunnel Convergence Using TBM Operational Parameters and Chip Size, A Case History of Ghomroud Water Conveyance Tunnel," Manuscript Submitted to Tunneling & Underground Space Technology, Elsevier Publication. (Under review).
- Rostami, J., 2005, "Cerchar Abrasivity Testing and Their Implications on Geotechnical Investigations," Tunnel and Tunneling International Magazine, Oct. 2005.
- Rostami, J., Ozdemir, L, Bruland, A., Dahl, F, 2005, "Review of Issues Related to Cerchar Abrasivity Testing and Their Implications on Geotechnical Investigations and Cutter Cost Estimates," Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Seattle, WA, June 27-29, 2005.
- Ramezanzadeh, A., Rostami, J., Kastner, R., "Influence of Rock Mass Properties on Performance of Hard Rock TBMs," Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, Seattle, WA, June 27-29, 2005.
Recent Activities and Awards
Academic and Professional Services
- Representative of Mining & Exploration Div. in oversight committee of Mining Engineering Magazine, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME), March 2006 to present
- Chair of Geomechanics Unit Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME) 2006
- Member of Underground Construction Subcommittee, Transportation Research Board (TRB), January 2006-present
- Founder and Vice President, Iranian Academic Association (IAA), Washington DC Chapter, 2002-present
- Co-Chair, 1st International Conference on Traffic Accident (TAC2005), December 17-18, 2005, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. (Co-sponsored by IAA-DC chapter)
- Member of Board of Directors, Institute of Advance Drilling, USA, (since spring 2004
- Member of Board of Directors, Iranian Society for Rock Mechanics (1999-2001)
- Member of Executive committee of the First Iranian Rock Mechanics Conference, January 29-30, 2002
- Member of Executive committee of the 5th Iranian Tunneling Conference, Fall 2001
- Member of Jackling and Rock Mechanics Award Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME)
- 1998 Chairman of Mechanical Mining Unit Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME)
- Member of Mechanical Mining Unit Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME)
- First ranking graduate in class of mine extraction engineering, 1987, University of Tehran
- Recipient of a scholarship from Ministry of Higher Education of Iran in mining Eng. 1987
- Graduate student representative in Mining department., CSM, academic year 1992-1993
Professional Memberships
- SME-AIME, Society of Mining, Exploration, and Metallurgical Engineering, (SME)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Underground-Construction Association (UCS of SME)
- Iranian Society of Mining Engineers
- Iranian Society for Rock Mechanics
- University of Tehran-Engineering Faculty Alumni Association
Research Interests
- Underground construction
- Mechanical excavation
- Tunneling
- Geotechnical investigations
- Construction bid preparation
- Development of geotechnical reports (GBR, GIR, GDR, GDSR)
- Construction management
- Construction claim and evaluation
- Micro-tunneling
- Pipe jacking
- Novel rock fragmentation techniques