Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Ph.D., CD, P.Eng., PE

The use of Fiber Optics for Monitoring the Ground as well as Support Elements in Underground Excavations

• Professor of Civil Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada.
• Director at the Queen’s-RMC GeoEngineeirng Center.
• Founder and Director of the RMC Green Team.
• Professional Engineer in Canada and in Europe with over 25 years of experience in geotechnical/geological and geo-environmental engineering.
• Recently awarded the Thomas Roy Award by the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) for “outstanding contribution to Engineering Geology in Canada”;
• Immediate past Engineering Geology Division Chair for the CGS and Canadian Representative of the IAEG.