Academic Qualifications:
- PhD (Rock Mechanics – Hokkaido University)
- M.Eng (Rock Mechanics – Hokkaido & Kyushu University)
- B.Min.Sc (Mining Engineering - University of Zambia)
- School Certificate (Hillcrest Secondary Technical School)
Dr. Pardon Sinkala obtained a Bachelor of Mineral Sciences degree in Mining Engineering in 2014 from the University of Zambia. He did a Master of Engineering in Rock Mechanics under the Cooperative (Joint) Program for Sustainable Resources Engineering (JPSRE) between Hokkaido University and Kyushu University in Japan and graduated in 2020. He continued his studies at Hokkaido University and obtained a PhD in Rock Mechanics in 2023.
Membership to professional bodies
- Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ)
- Member of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
- Member of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
Rockburst, Seismicity, and Ground Control.
1. Sinkala, P., Nishihara, M., Nakayama, Y., Fujii, Y., Kodama, J., Fukuda, D. and Chanda, E. (2022), Creep Damage Model for Rockburst at Mufulira Mine in Zambia. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. 39. 10.1007/s42461-022-00668-z. [IF: 1.695].
2. Li, Z., Fujii, Y., Kodama, J., Fukuda, D., Dassanayake, A. B. N. and Sinkala, P. (2022), A Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for Rocks Based on a Strain-Dependent Elastic Modulus, Lithosphere, Vol. 2021 (Special 7), 1409110, https://doi.org/10.2113/2022/1409110. [IF: 3.069]
3. Sinkala, P., Fujii, Y., Kodama, J., Fukuda, D. and Ellan, C. (2021), Brittle creep failure as the rockburst mechanism at Mufulira Mine, Copperbelt Province, Zambia. 3K0101-08-07, MMIJ Fall Annual Meeting, Online, Sep. 16.
4. Sinkala, P., Nishihara, M., Fujii, Y., Fukuda, D., Kodama, J. and Chanda, E. (2019), Investigation of Rockburst in Deep Underground Mines, A case study of Mufulira Mine, Copperbelt, Zambia, ARMA Symposium, Paper 19-16, June 23-26, NY.
5. Sinkala, P., Nishihara, M., Fujii, Y., Kodama, J., Fukuda, D. and Chanda, E. (2019), Analysis of seismicity at Mufulira Mine, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, Proc. MMIJ Spring Meeting, Vol. 6, No. 1, 3K0101-10-08, Mar. 8, Chiba, Japan.
6. Sinkala, P., Fujii, Y., Kodama, J. and Fukuda, D. (2018), An Overview of Copper Mining in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, Proc. MMIJ Hokkaido Branch Spring Meeting, pp. 35-36, Kitami, Japan, June 16.
7. Sinkala, P. and Radhe, K. (2014). Improving the Geomechanics Conditions for Effective Ground Control; Case Study of Chibuluma South Mine, Zambia. MSMI 2014, Atlantis Press, pp. 379-384, June 14-15, Changsha, China.
Theses
1. Prediction of Rockburst at Mufulira Mine, Copperbelt, Zambia, [carried out during PhD program].
2. Investigation of Rockburst at Mufulira Mine in Zambia, [carried out during Master’s program].
3. Improving the Geomechanics Conditions for Effective Ground Control; Case Study of Chibuluma South Mine, Zambia, [carried out during undergraduate program].