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Research and Education

Pells Sullivan Meynink has a total commitment to increasing the teaching and research activities in the fields of Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology.

Staff are encouraged to extend our practice by engaging in scholastic and research activities.

Our senior staff teach in the Masters programs at University of New South Wales (UNSW) in the Schools of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering and Mining Engineering.  Tim Sullivan, Robert Bertuzzi, Mark Eggers, Garry Mostyn, Alex Duran, Gareth Swarbrick, Mark Fowler and Andrew de Ambrosis teach or have taught in the following post-graduate courses in UNSW; Tim, Garry and Gareth hold adjunct academic positions.

CVEN9500	Eng Geology and Geotechnical Models
CVEN9506	Geotechnical Mapping and Logging
CVEN9511	Geotechnical Models and Site Investigation
CVEN9513	Advanced Foundation Engineering
CVEN9522	Rock Engineering
CVEN9525	Fundamentals of Geomechanics
CVEN9630	Groundwater Hydrology and Resources Analysis
CVEN9799	Environmental Geomechanics
MINE8710	Mine Slope Stability
MINE8710	Mine Slope Stability – Rock Mass Strength Classification and Analysis
Eng Geol	In partnership with Australian Geomechanics Society

Please visit UNSW's website www.unsw.edu.au for more information on the courses.

A further important initiative is the establishment of the PSM Senior Lecturer of Rock Mechanics at UNSW.  This position is occupied by Dr. Kurt Douglas.

In addition, our senior staff teach, or have taught, courses at: The University of Adelaide, The Australian Centre for Geomechanics (WA), and The University of Sydney.

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