Murray Fredlund , Ph.D., PE

Dr. Fredlund received his training from the University of Saskatchewan and Texas A&M University and has published over 50 research papers on topics related to database design, finite element modeling, and unsaturated soil knowledge-based systems. In 1997 he started SoilVision Systems Ltd. with a database software product called SoilVision which could be used to estimate unsaturated soil behavior. He has since directed the development of six other finite element software packages covering areas of groundwater flow, contaminant transport, geothermal analysis, air-flow analysis, stress / deformation, and slope stability. The software products of SoilVision Systems Ltd. are used in over 45 countries by consultants, universities, government agencies and multinational corporations. More recent work has involved supervising the development of the state-of-the-art 2D/3D SVSlope slope stability software as well as being a principle investigator in charge of numerical modeling for the Questa Weathering Study which examined the long-term stability of waste rock piles in the mining industry. Recent work has also been related to the development of large-strain consolidation software and its application to uranium, gold, and oil-sand tailings. Work has continued with involvement with dewatering of oil-sand tailings through the application of large-strain consolidation software.