Dr. Mehran Koleini, Head of QA/QC Supervision@Hydropower Energy at MGCE - Ministry of Energy

Summary

Mehran got his PhD. from University of Pretoria - RSA, in the field of Geo-Engineering/Rock Engineering in 2012. He has three decades professional experience in civil and mining projects around the world like Iran, African countries (South Africa, DRC- Congo, Nigeria...), Middle East and Central Asia.

Mehran also has four years of teaching experience in higher education institutions as a visiting lecturer in Iran.

At present he is Head of QA/QC Supervision@Hydropower Energy at MGCE - Ministry of Energy.

Research interests:

Geo-Engineering/Geotechnics,
Rock Engineering,
Mineral & Energy Resources,
Photo-Elastic Modeling,
Experimental Tectonic Modeling ( Analogue Modeling ),
Paleoseismology & Seismic Stratigraphy,
Geotechnical Centrifuge,
Hydropower Dams (HPP & HVTL),
Tailing Dam/Tailing Storage Facilities (TSF),
Tunneling & Underground Spaces,
Open pit & Underground Mines,
Karstic & Hard Rock Aquifers,
Stratigraphy & Micropaleontology.

Professional Membership:

South African Council for National Scientific Professions (SACNASP),
South African National Institute of Rock Engineering (SANIRE/ISRM),
South African National Committee on Large Dams (SANCOLD/ICOLD),
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM),
Iranian Geotechnical Society (IGS),
Iranian Mining Engineering Organization (IMEO),
Swiss Geological Society (SGS),
Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA),
World Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Technology (WASET); (International Committee of Geotechnical & Geological Engineering),
Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA),
African Research Nexus (ARN).

He is peer reviewer of the following Scientific Int. Journals:

International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (GEGE) - Springer,
Journal of Carbonates and Evaporites (CAEV) - Springer,
European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering (EJECE) - Taylor & Francis,
Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology (JMPG) - Elsevier,
Journal of Natural Hazards (NHAZ) - Springer,
Journal of Mountain Sciences (JMS) - Springer, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),
The Open Civil Engineering Journal - Bentham Open Publishers (Certificate of recognition of eminent contribution),
Honorary Member of LONDON Journal of Engineering Research (LJER).

Orcid ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9672-5716

- Mehran also has been Acknowledged by editorial board of Int. Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, SPRINGER Int . Publisher , for excellent review in 2019 and 2020.

- Certificate Awarded by BENTHAM Science Publishers in Recognition of Eminent Contributions. The Civil Engineering Journal.