Doug Milne is a Geological Engineer with an MSc and PhD in mining based rock mechanics from Imperial College and UBC. His 15 or so years of industry experience includes BC Hydro, Noranda Mines and Piteau & Associates. He has been a professor of geological engineering at the University of Saskatchewan for the last 25 years and his areas of research interest include stope stability and dilution, empirical design methods, as well as rock mass classification and field instrumentation.