Academic background

Dr. Michael Galetakis has received his Diploma in Mining Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1983 and his PhD. Degree in Surface Mining of Lignite Deposits, from the Technical University of Crete, Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, in 1996. In 2001, he was elected Lecturer at the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering of the Technical University of Crete, and in 2005 Assistant Professor at the same department. He is the director of the Research Unit 'Quality Control - Health and Safety in the Mineral Industry'. He has participated in several research programs as scientific coordinator or as researcher and he has published more than 70 papers in scientific journals and in congress proceedings.

Courses:

2000-Present: Teaching at the Technical University of Crete, Department of Mineral Resources Engineering of the following courses:

Research Interests:

His research interests include diverse topics in Surface Mining Systems, Quality Control, Occupational Health and Safety, AI applications in the Mineral Industry.
Particular aspects include:

• Quality control for the mineral industry (on-line quality control, statistical quality assurance methods, mine planning/production scheduling and quality control).
• Mine planning and design (continuous and conventional surface mining systems, quarrying and reclamation techniques).
• Health and safety in mining, quarrying and in constructions (tunnels, excavations ).
• Application of simulation techniques, including statistical and geostatistical methods, neural networks, fuzzy and expert systems, in diverse sectors of the mineral industry (exploration, exploitation, quality control, assessment of occupational and environmental risk).

Funded Research Projects (2000 - Present)

Publications:

- Papers on Quality Control for the Minerals Industry

- Papers on Mine Planning and Design/Reclamation

- Papers on Application of Stochastic Methods, Simulation and AI Techniques (Fuzzy, Neural Networks)

- Papers on Health and Safety in Mining and Quarrying

Distinctions

• Reviewer in several national and international journals (Journal of Simulation Practice and Theory, Enviromental Engineering and Management, LNCS-AIE, Mining and Metallurgical Annals, Technical Chronicles-Scientific Journal of Technical Chamber of Greece).
• Member of the editorial board of the honorary edition of the late Prof. K. Kavouridis.
• Invited lectures, University of Bari, Italy, 2008. Quarry dust utilization for building and construction application.
• Session chairman of SDIMI 2005, Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Minerals Industry, Aachen, Germany.
• 2004 Participation in the National Scientific Committee of “AMIREG 2004 – Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology”, Chania, Greece, 2004.
• Session chairman of APCOM 2002 - Int. Symposium Computer Application in the Mineral Industries.
• Participation in Organizing Committee of IGCP 276, International Geological Correlation Program, Chania, 1988.
• Lasithiotakis fellowship (1978) for graduate studies.

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