UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL: Copperbelt University, School of Mines and Mineral Sciences, Mining Engineering Department
CURRENT POSITION: Lecturer II
E-mail: samiselow@cbu.ac.zm, wwsamiselo@yahoo.com, samiseloww@gmail.com
Mobile: +260 977788344, +260 966603137, +260 955163885
OFFICE LOCATION: Room 8, American Corner/DHIPS Office Block
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Years: 2012 – 2014; Diploma in Information Technology, Copperbelt University, Zambia.
Years: 1991 – 1992; MSc. Engineering Rock Mechanics, Imperial College, London University, UK.; Thesis: Rock – Tool Friction as a Cuttability Predictor.
Years: 1978 – 1983; Bachelor of Mineral Sciences – Mining Engineering, University of Zambia, Zambia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
- Member of The Rock Mechanics Society of Zambia
- Member of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ)
COURSES TAUGHT (Undergraduate)
- DMI 360 – Rock Mechanics (Diploma)
- MI 320 – Mine Development
- MI 410 – Principles of Rock Mechanics
- MI 510 – Advanced Rock Mechanics
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1993 to date: Lecturer II – Mining Engineering, CBU
January 1989 – December 1992: Lecturer III – Mining Engineering, CBU
October 1986 – December 1988: Lecturer – Mining Engineering, Zambia Institute of Technology, Zambia.
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
August 1983 – September 1986: Senior Assistant Mine Engineer, Luanshya Division, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mine Method Selection
Ventilation Requirements
Rock Mass Characterisation Slope Stability in Rock Masses
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Last 10 years)
2019 to date – Course delivery to DDEOL and Solwezi Satellite campus in Rock Mechanics, Mine Development and Ground Control Instrumentation.
April 2019: Team leader in Mining Engineering Curriculum validation for TEVETA Programmes run at Luanshya Crafts Training Institute (TEVETA & CLM organised)
November, 2019: Participated at 2nd National Conference on Geology, Mining, Metallurgy and Ground Water Resources, Kitwe
2018/2019: – Participated in Geotechnical consultancy for new Refinery site at KCM, Nchanga Mine.
PUBLICATIONS (Last 2 Years)
Victor Mwango Bowa, Wallace Samiselo, Ebelia Manda, Lei Yan, Wei Zhou, Agabu Shane and Sydney Chinyanta, Wedge Failure Analysis of the Slope Subjected to Uplift Forces by Analytical Method at Chingola Open Pits F & D, Journal of Mining and Environment (JME) Vol. 12, No. 4, 2021, 941-952