Prof. Krishna Kanta Panthi

Professor
Department of Geoscience and Petroleum (IGP),Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Prof. Dr Ömer Aydan

Professor
Ömer Aydan obtained his BSc degree in Mining Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, in 1979 and MSc degree in Rock Mechanics and Excavation Engineering from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1982, and his PhD in Rock Mechanics from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1989.

Dr. Nick Barton

Dr. Nick Barton is
International consultant: rock engineering, tunnelling, hydropower, metro, nuclear waste research, EDZ, fractured reservoirs. Non-linear rock joint behaviour, JRC, JCS, dilation, permeability, pre-grouting, jointed rock mass behaviour, non-linear shear strength criteria.

Dr Kazuki Sawayama

Assistant Professor
Institute for Geothermal Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Dr Vikram Vishal

Professor
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay