Tim Joseph, PhD, PEng

Tim JosephAssociate Professor
Director of the Alberta Equipment-Ground Interactions Syndicate (AEGIS)
School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering
University of Alberta
3-042 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources
Engineering Facility
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G7
Phone: (780) 492-3810
Fax: (780) 492-0249
E-mail: tim.joseph@ualberta.ca
Personal website: http://www.civil.ualberta.ca/mining/tjoseph/index.htm  

Research Interests

  1. scaled rapid dampening suspension for ultra class oil sand haulers and
  2. scale tire – oil sand interaction. The next area will combine the two pieces of work and conduct large scale field testing looking at multi component (suspension – tire – ground) interactions.
  3. Cyclic performance of oil sand under extreme adverse loading conditions is a separate piece of work. These projects draw considerable field assistance and participation from industry.

Research projects currently in progress

  1. Cyclic performance of shovel hoist ropes
  2. real time hauler g-level structural and tonne-kilometre-per-hour analysis
  3. rolling resistance change, hauler fuel usage and emissions
  4. vibration induced deterioration of oil sand ground beneath in-pit operating crushers
  5. use of emulsions as water inflow blockers in sandstone and other porous media