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Ph.D., P.Eng. earned his degrees B.Sc. at the University of Tuzla, M.Sc at the University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia), and Ph.D. at the Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) in Mining Engineering. His research interests focus on reliability, maintenance optimization, operational research and surface mining. He works as Reliability Engineer with Hydro-Quebec. He is also appointed as Adjunct Professor at University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières (Reliability Engineering), Laval University in Quebec City (Mining Engineering, Surface Mining), and University of Waterloo (Life Cycle Management of Nuclear Engineering Systems), where he is involved in several research projects. Prior to his work at Hydro-Québec, he worked in mining industry as well as researcher and university-teacher at the University of Tuzla and at the Laval University. He is the member of Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, Society of Reliability Engineers and Canadian Nuclear Society.

Biography:
Bacc - Mining Engineering, University of Tuzla, Bosnia, 1983
MSc - Mining Engineering, University of Belgrade, Yougoslavia, 1991
PhD - Mining Engineering, Laval Univeristy, Canada, 2002
Research and teaching at University of Tuzla (Bosnia) and Laval University (Canada)

Know-how and experience:
Open-pit mining, Queueing Theory in mining engineering, Reliability, Bucket Wheel Excavators, Reclaimers and Stackerreclaimers, Drilling and Blasting. PhD Thesis - Mathematical model of functioning and technical selection of bucket wheel reclaimers and stackerreclaimers