Ming Cai
Biography
Dr. Cai is a Full Professor in Laurentian University's School of Engineering and holds a position as Geomechanics Research Chair. Dr. Cai holds Bachelor and Master degrees from Tsinghua University in China and a Ph.D degree from the University of Tokyo in Japan. Prior to joining Laurentian, he worked for Mansour Group Inc., MIRARCO, Tokyo Electric Power Services Ltd., and Tsinghua University and had over 30 years’ research, education, and industry experience. He has a wide variety of interests in rock mechanics and rock engineering, and has made exceptional technical and scientific contributions to many topics, including constitutive modeling of rock masses, rock mass characterization, rock support, interpretation of AE and microseismic monitoring data, and rock failure process simulation, etc. Dr. Cai is the author/co-author of more than 200 scientific publications. Dr. Cai is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada.
Education
- Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo)
- M.A.Sc. (Tsinghua)
- B.A.Sc. (Tsinghua)
Academic Appointments
Editorial Board Member of
International Journal of Georesources and Environment (IJGE)
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Geohazard Mechanics
Rock Mechanics Bulletin
Deep Resources Engineering (Associate Editor)
Research
- Rock support in burst-prone grounds
- Rock failure process simulation
- Brittle rock failure mechanism
- Mining induced seismicity
- Rock mass characterization
- Constitutive modeling of jointed rock masses
- Design of underground excavations
- Tunnel stability
- Numerical simulation methods (continuum, discontinuum, and hybrid methods)
Awards
- NSERC Discovery grant, Alliance grant, and multiple CRD grants
- Industry grants
- ISRM Congress best paper award
- John A. Franklin Award
Teaching
Courses taught:
ENGR-1056 Applied Mechanics I
ENGR-1057 Applied Mechanics II
ENGR-2026 Engineering Materials
ENGR-2076 Mechanics of Materials - I
ENGR-2346 Rock Mechanics
ENGR-2356 Underground Mining Methods
ENGR-2587 Mechanics of Materials - II
ENGR-3387 Ground Control
ENGR-4127 Mining Engineering Design Project
ENGR-5307 Advanced Rock Mechanics
ENGR-5317 Application of Rock Mechanics in Mine Design
ENGR-5396 Topics in Mining Engineering
Publications
- Author and co-author of more than 250 publications
- See the list at Google Scholar