Block stability analysis using deterministic and probabilistic methods

Mehdi Bagheri disputerade den 14 december på KTH, Stockholm, instutionen för Byggvetenskap, avd. Jord- och Berg.

Opponent: Prof Charlie C. Li, Geologi og bergteknikk, NTNU, Trondheim, Norge
Arbetet har bedrivits inom BeFo:s projektprogram mellan 2009-2011, med hanledning av Prof em Håkan Stille, KTH.
Avhandlingen rapporteras i en BeFo-rapport i januari 2012.

Influence of heat on the physical and mechanical properties of selected rock types

Christine Saiang avlade sin licentiatexamen 19 december 2011 på Luleå tekniska universitet,
Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser Avdelning: Geoteknologi.

Cost Management for Underground Infrastructure Projects: A Case Study on Cost Increase and its Causes

Peter Lundman disputerade den 25 mars på Luleå tekniska universitet, avdelningen för geoteknologi.
Arbetet har bedrivits inom BeFo:s projektprogram mellan 2007-2011.

Berit Danielsen Ensted

presented her doctoral thesis The applicability of geoelectrical methods in pre-investigation for construction in rock on  28th of January, 2011, at Lund University of Technology, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering. Prof. Hansruedi Maurer, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland was the faculty opponent.

Rock Engineering Research Foundation (BeFo), financed a majour part of the project through it's principals.