Robert Sharon Editor

Robert Sharon has more than 35 years of experience in mining geomechanics and holds a degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Utah. He has global consulting and mining company experience that included leading the corporate technical team at Barrick Gold Corporation with responsibilities spanning geotechnical design and performance for open pit and underground operations, tailings and heap leach facilities, and water management structures. In 2018 he formed Sharon Geotechnical LLC, a private consultancy, and also serves as a Principal Geotechnical Consultant for Piteau Associates Ltd.

Erik Eberhardt has more than 25 years of experience in rock slope engineering and holds a PhD in Geological Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. He is currently the Director of the Geological Engineering program at the University of British Columbia and a professor of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering where he specialises in rock mass characterisation, geotechnical monitoring and advanced numerical modelling. Widely published, he received the 2013 Canadian Geotechnical Society’s John A. Franklin Award for outstanding technical contributions to rock mechanics and rock engineering, and the 2017 Thomas Roy Award for outstanding contributions to engineering geology.