Member Spotlight
Gord Winkel
Professor and Director
University of Alberta
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Become a MemberIn November 2004 the Council of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) recognized and welcomed the Rock Engineering Society of CIM (RES) as a constituent society of the Institute.
The Rock Engineering Society traces its origins to 1984 when the Rock Mechanics Committee of the CIM was formed by members of the metal mining, coal mining and geology divisions.
The last 25 years found a large number of volunteers from the Rock Mechanics community working towards developing and disseminating information and knowledge through workshops, technical meetings and the work of ad hoc sub committees.
The priorities of the RES have evolved in response to the needs of the industry, and the interests of its members, and have included backfill, instrumentation, rock support, rock bursts, soft rock etc.
The Rock Mechanics Committee has sponsored technical volumes on support, monitoring and backfill, and worked closely with the Canadian Geotechnical Society to represent Canada in the International Society for Rock Mechanics.
The Society’s mission is to:
Contact us: RES@cim.org
The Rock Engineering Society of CIM (RES) is the Canadian mining based group promoting research, technical advances and the sharing of information in rock mechanics.
The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), through their Rock Mechanics Division (RMD), also promotes research, technical advances and the sharing of rock mechanics information, in civil engineering areas, as well as mining.
As a member of RES or CGS, you are eligible to join the Canadian Rock Mechanics Association (CARMA) and the International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM). Membership to CARMA provides access to many of the Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposium papers, as well as to the International Society of Rock Mechanics, their publications, as well as access to OnePetro, which also is a significant source of rock mechanics literature.
CARMA and the RES both provided funding for the highly successful Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposia, including the 22nd Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposium held in Kingston in 2022.
Please note that you must be signed in to purchase an ISRM membership.
Member Spotlight
Gord Winkel
Professor and Director
University of Alberta
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