My research
interests focus on the reliability of complex energy systems, especially in oilsands. Reliability is the likelihood that some system
will remain operating properly for a required length of time. As systems become
more complex, it becomes harder to predict whether something will last, and
what to do as a system begins to fail.
I am currently
working on integrated oilsands systems, an area which combines systems
modeling and analysis, reliability engineering, and classification techniques.
I am also interested in robotic systems for remote and hazardous environments,
such as robotic aircraft to monitor pipelines for leaks, and rovers for
ensuring that tailings deposits are safe. This is part of making industrial
processes more sustainable.
Before coming to U
of A, I was an industrial researcher in oilsands
processes for Syncrude Canada Ltd.,
including mining automation and extraction processes. Prior to that, I did
reliability research, and developed remote tooling and robotic systems, for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL).
M.G. Lipsett Ph.D. P.Eng.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
5-8J
tel: 780-492-9494 fax:
780-492-2200
As holder of the
Ernest & Gertrude Poole Chair in Management for Engineers, I direct the
Engineering Management program in the Faculty of Engineering here at the
University of Alberta. This is an exciting area of engineering, which
recognizes that the complex technological problems of today can only be solved
through teamwork and effective organizations. More detail is available on the
MEC E website on engineering management undergraduate courses, graduate
programs, and research interests of the faculty involved in engineering management.
You can also contact me with questions.
Until December
2009, I was the Associate Chair for Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering
and Engineering Management. Prof. Peter Schiavone now
has this role.
In the Fall 2012 term I am teaching:
ENG
M 401 & ENG M 620 Section X1, Fundamentals of Engineering Finance,
offered Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings (MWF 5:00 pm to 5:50 pm); ENGM
620 has additional investment analysis group project work beyond the ENGM 401
material, and a seminar on Wednesdays 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm.
This is where we
discover that engineering is technology at the right price, and that all value
cannot be measured with money.
Registration is
now open for both ENGM 401 X1 and ENGM 620.
In the Winter term, I will be
teaching:
ENG
M 541 & ENG M 670, Modeling and Simulation of
Engineering Systems. with lectures on
Wednesdays from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in ETLC 2-001, and a lab for ENGM 541 on
Thursdays from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in ETLC 2-005.
This course shows
us that sophisticated engineering analysis can be done based on a small number
of basic formulations in mathematical physics expressed as differential
equations that are derived from lumped-parameter representations of a physical
system. As well, many engineering systems can be very well represented without
deep insights into the physics, using a discrete-event formulation.
Lectures for ENGM
541 are concurrent with ENG M 670, but the graduate course has a significant
amount of additional material, more assignment requirements, a more substantial
project, and additional evaluation criteria.
ENGM 541 (which
will be re-coded as MECE 467 in 2013) fulfills the technical elective
requirement for a simulation course in the Mechanical Engineering program.
Please see the course on-line Moodle site and contact me if you would like more
details.
Registration for Winter 2013 is now open.
Existing
oilsands production methods are energy intensive and
have ongoing operability and reliability challenges. Current plants use economy
of scale and integrated operations to improve unit cost of production, which is
economical only for large, high-quality orebodies.
This strategy introduces issues of net land disturbance, material handling
costs, and process robustness.
Although
the fundamentals of bitumen separation processes are being extensively
investigated, other aspects of bitumen production have received less attention,
particularly how oilsand mining methods affect
downstream extraction separation performance and equipment reliability. Many
techniques exist for monitoring and controlling the performance of mechanical
systems and chemical processes. There are also many techniques for monitoring
and refurbishing the condition of such systems to restore system reliability. There
is, however, little understanding of the relationships between them and a
framework for controlling reliability within the constraints of production to
improve the utilization of equipment and processes. New, more integrated
processes will rely increasingly on process control for robustness and on-line
assessments of reliability to achieve production targets and run lengths while
reducing energy intensity, environmental footprint, and costs.
This
research program in reliable integrated oilsands
systems considers issues of design and reliable operation of complex industrial
systems, with a focus on oilsands bitumen production
equipment for surface deposits and near-surface marginal orebodies.
The objectives of this research program are:
·
to
develop a framework for controlling the reliability of a system with process
constraints or interdependencies;
·
to
develop model-based understanding of complex systems such as oilsands bitumen production, and
·
to apply this understanding to new production
methods that more sustainable (reduced energy intensity, emissions, and cost of
capital and operation, including maintenance and reclamation).
Short-term
objectives address process performance and reliability of components and
systems in discrete-event mining systems and continuous extraction and material
handling systems, and the potential for automation.
This
research area combines systems analysis, modeling and identification,
reliability engineering, and classification techniques to develop:
·
methods
to detect anomalous equipment behaviour;
·
direct
measures of equipment condition - ideally on-line;
·
methods
to evaluate machine condition by indirect methods, when direct methods are
unavailable and incipient failure is detectable by a change in process
performance;
·
mechanistic
understanding of damage processes and their relationship to process dynamics;
·
characterization of maintenance and
refurbishment processes to determine to what extent reliability is restored.
Examples
of bitumen production systems reliability relationships include:
·
shovel tooth loss leading to crusher damage leading to screen
blinding leading to reduced throughput
·
screen cloth opening increase to improve throughput leading
to bigger lumps leading to PSV wear
·
solids loading leading to centrifuge fouling, sloughing,
imbalance, and failure
·
slurry PSD leading to higher deposition velocity leading to
increased pump and pipe wear
Longer-term
objectives are more sustainable production and reclamation methods, and novel
methods for extracting bitumen from new orebodies.
I am always
interested in hearing from potential students who have their own funding. I am
not actively recruiting new students at this time, but I will be starting some
new projects in 2013 at both the Master’s and Ph.D. level. Please contact me
for details.
Possible
topic areas for graduate students (and in some cases undergraduate students as
well) include the following:
·
characterizing physical relationships between process
variables and system integrity (damage mechanisms in time-varying energy
systems such as oil sands and solid-oxide fuel cells)
·
developing methods to measure directly indicators of
equipment condition for components in demanding service (e.g. on-line
tomographic inspection of pump component geometry and networked embedded
sensors for machinery diagnostics)
·
evaluating methods for anomaly detection, fault detection,
and fault identification for components in time-varying energy systems (such as
wear in slurry lines and gear damage in wind
turbines) using mode classification
·
developing new methods for sampling and analyzing multiphase
fluids in pipelines and vessels to assess mixing and separation performance
(physical models and full-scale systems)
·
developing new methods for on-line cleaning of solids and
fouling inside tanks and vessels (both workspace access and cleaning head
methods)
·
developing new methods for sampling muds and subaqueous soils
from ponds and evaluating densification in place
·
developing optimal control methods for integrated at-face
surface mining and bitumen flotation systems
·
evaluating the technical and economic potential for remote
surface mining operations, including operability, maintenance, and automation
·
dynamic modeling and control of shovel systems
(characterization of locomotion in oilsands; system
identification of shovels; shovel control methodologies for sensing, trajectory
generation, and hybrid force control for digging; targeting preferred ore at a
face; optimal loading strategies for heterogeneous ores; assessment of
autonomous operation vs. human-in-the-loop operator assistance)
·
developing concepts for teleoperated
or autonomous robots in hazardous environments (earthmoving equipment for
capping soft tailings and for densifying MFT in
place; biohazard lab inspection of animal condition)
·
developing novel methods for bitumen extraction from
inaccessible orebodies (deep fragmentation and dense
slurry production, monitoring and control of robotic underground tooling on
drill strings)
·
developing novel repair and refurbishment methods for exergy conponents, such as
robotic weld repairs in tanks and pipes, or on wind turbine structures
·
modeling maintenance processes.
Note that all
students listed have explicitly given permission to disclose their name.
PDF:
Dr. Giri Mani worked with me in 2009 to study causal
relationships in industrial processes that affect long-term reliability, particularly
nonlinear system modeling and identification techniques. Dr. Mani is continuing
this work since completing his PDF. The focus was on Semi-Markov modeling, but
processes involving non-Gaussian noise are also being considered using
sequential Markov models (particle filtering). One expected outcome is a method
for anomaly detection in process upsets in oilsands
extraction and their relationship to system reliability causal factors.
PhD:
□ Rezsa Farahani is applying model-based
analysis for assessing technological risks for novel oil production methods.
□ Mohammad
Hajizadeh is applying Kalman filtering and particle filtering techniques to
anomaly detection in time-varying systems, with a focus on mobile mining
equipment.
□ Tamran Lengyel is developing new
methodologies for design of electromechanical systems, with a detailed case
study designing robotic tooling for characterizing soft tailings
□ Phil
Michailides is examining how different groups within an organization become
personally engaged with corporate social responsibility.
□ Nicolas Olmedo is developing dynamic
wheel-soil interaction models as part of a project to deploy and demonstrate a
robotic system to characterize soft tailings deposits.
□ Cesar Poveda is developing a new
framework for assessing the sustainability of oilsands
projects, based on conventions such as LEED.
□ Christina
Seidel is developing methods for assessing the value and environmental
impacts of materials that can be burned for fuel, converted for other uses
(with an energy and emissions impact), or disposed in landfill (co-supervised
with Prof. D. Checkel).
□ R. Vaghar
Anzabi is developing new methods for detecting geometric faults in
deformable bodies, with applications to condition monitoring of haul truck
tires.
□ Nima Yousefi
is developing methods of fault-tolerant control for excavators, including
machine damage and soft ground conditions, with modeling and experimental
aspects.
I
am also the supervisor of record for Joanne Phillips, Rishad
Hakkim, and Ahmed Foutoh.
MSc:
□ Waqas Awan is applying value-stream
mapping and other system performance methods to maintenance modeling and
benchmarking in heavy oil
□ Stephen Dwyer is investigating how autonomous
robotic vehicles can be used for
environmental monitoring of industrial processes (NSERC CGS scholarship)
(co-supervisor W Moussa).
□ Victor Jaimes
is developing experimental methods for characterizing the relationship between
slurry process conditions and wear damage rates in pipelines, using a
laboratory-scale slurry flow loop and a novel wet-slurry wear testing apparatus
□ Amanda
Kotchon is developing a laboratory method for image-based feature
extraction for fault detection in deformable bodies (haul truck tires)(Queen Elizabeth II scholarship).
□ Derek Loewen
is conducting characterization studies of the relationship between slurry flow
near the wall of a slurry pipe, shear forces, and wear rates.
□ Jamie Yuen is developing methods for
pipeline inspection using remote sensing (NSERC CGS scholarship) (co-supervisor
W Moussa).
Undergraduates:
□ Derek Russell is developing a protocol
for relating oilsands ore processability
to hyperspectral features.
□ Nerissa Wong is using image analysis to
determine statistical features of slurry particle flow.
□ Julie Diep is
analyzing particle trajectories to assess how much energy is transferred to a
pipe wall during collisions.
□ Todd Van Mechelen
is characterizing the performance of a novel MEMS wireless sensor.
□ Amanda Kotchon was a Research Assistant
for the underground fragmentation and dense slurrying
project from January to August 2009, developing and conducting experiments on oilsand fragmentation.
□ Stephen Dwyer worked on a robotic system
for characterizing soft tailings deposits (which he also worked on in 2008).
Stephen also worked on instrumentation development and calibration under the
terms of a Dean’s Research Award.
□ Jamie Yuen worked on validating a
traction model for a wheeled vehicle in soft sand.
□ Nicolas Olmedo designed and developed a
remote operator workstation and graphical user interface for the tailings
rover. He also worked on parameter estimation for validating a soil traction
model as part of a traction control scheme for navigating on very soft soils.
He is now a PhD student.
□ A MECE 460 team developed a design for a
robotic tool for taking samples of soft tailings (B Ferguson, M
Janssen, N Kummer , K Martin),
□ A MECE 460 team developed a design for a
robotic tool for core drilling on Mars at depths of up to 5 m (S Dwyer,
Funding for these
projects comes from NSERC, The Centre for Oil Sands Innovation (COSI), Syncrude
Canada Ltd., and the
Other:
I am working with
Prof. Benoit Rivard in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences on using hyperspectral reflectance spectrometry to characterize oilsands and oilsands tailings.
This work has been supported by the U of A School for
Energy & Environment, Shell, and the Oilsands
Tailings Consortium. Field studies will take place at Shell Albian
Sands in Summer 2010.
□ Marc Evans
investigated the rheology of dense multiphase slurries for subterranean oil
sand slurry production (co-supervised with Prof. D. Nobes). He works for Allan vanguard in Ottawa.
□ Nathan
Starchuk modeled the reliability of distributed manufacturing and material
handling systems, for applications as diverse as medical clothing manufacture
in China and relocatable mining systems. He is a
design engineer in Edmonton.
□ Mohamed
Ashraf Ismaeil developed a concept for carbon
capture and deep-ocean storage in the Antarctic (paper study and technical,
economic, and environmental assessment) (co-supervisor Prof. P. Flynn). He
works as a project engineer for Novopro in Edmonton.
□ Vivek Bhushan developed a set
of models relating process variability and damage mechanisms of a
laboratory-scale mechanical flotation cell. Vivek is
now a business analyst in Calgary with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
□ Anthony Lam
developed and evaluating system concepts for underground oilsand
fragmentation and slurry production methods (co-supervised with Prof. D. Nobes). He successfully defended his thesis in July 2010.
□ Suheil El-Sayed characterized
the physical relationships between slurry pipeline process variables and
pipeline integrity, using simplified parametric modeling of slurry flow related
to damage mechanisms. He successfully defended his thesis in April 2010, and
now works for Stantec.
□ Roberto Gallardo modeled the reliability
of a repairable component as a multi-state system and conducted numerical experiments
on the sensitivity of PM interval on costs. He defended in late 2009 and is now
a PhD student with J Doucette. (co-supervised with Prof. M. Zuo).
□ Markus Timusk,
PhD, successfully defended his PhD thesis in April 2006. His topic was
operating mode classification, novelty detection, and fault classification on
machinery operating in non-steady-state conditions (co-supervised at Queen's
University with Prof. C.K. Mechefske). Dr. Timusk is now an Associate Professor
at Laurentian University.
□ Andrea Scaffo-Migliaro
modeled an at-face mining and slurrying method as a
discrete-event system with both production and reliability
constraints, defended the thesis in late 2006, and now works as a
maintenance engineer for the City of
□ Wesley Gilbert developed a control method
for a gravity settling process to recover from process disturbances, and
defended his MSc in July 2005 (co-supervised by Prof. F. Forbes in Chemical
& Materials Engineering). Wes now works as a process control engineer in
Vancouver.
□ In 2008, Allen Feng developed a robotic
system prototype for using machine vision for remote health monitoring in
hazardous environments. Allen is now a medical student in Baltimore.
□ Pavel Pineda worked on control systems and
data acquisition for experimental systems. He is a maintenance engineer with
CNRL.
·
Extraction
Process Research: improved recovery and product quality of bitumen from oilsand/water slurries
·
Optimal
Trajectory Generation for Control of a Separation Process
·
Integrated
Systems and Reliability Research: anomaly detection and mode classification for
equipment operating in non-steady state
·
Mining
Automation: autonomous excavation and condition monitoring over wireless
nondeterministic communication networks
·
Leader
of a team of twenty researchers
AECL, Chalk River Laboratories
·
Condition-based
maintenance and reliability of systems
·
Remote
tooling and robotic systems development for reactor maintenance
·
Robotic
excavation: integrating range-vision for telerobotic control in remote
environments with geometric uncertainty
·
Robot
Looseness Fault Diagnosis
·
Design
of a High-Bandwidth Haptic Interface for a Planar Hybrid Position/Force Hand
Controller
·
Transition
between Proximity and Force Control of a Robotic Manipulator
THESIS:
Robot
Looseness Fault Diagnosis, 1995 (pdf, 30
MB).
PATENTS:
“Apparatus
and process for coalescing bitumen in an oil sand slurry,” Barry Bara, Michael
Lipsett, Waldemar Maciejewski,
Samson Ng.
Canadian
Patent 2,445,645, issued May 20, 2008.
US Patent 7,481,318,
issued January 27, 2009.
Two patents pending.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 2000-2008 (students underlined)
RJ-1.
M.G. Lipsett*, R. Gallardo-Bobadilla.
“Modeling Risk in Discrete Multi-State Repairable Systems.” Engineering Asset Management Review (EAMR-D-11-00001 Accepted), 10 pp.
RJ-2.
M.G.
Lipsett*, V. Bhushan. “Modeling Erosion Wear
Rates in Slurry Flotation Cells.” J.
Failure Analysis & Prevention, DOI 10.1007/s11668-01-9496-2, published
on-line 11 Aug 2011, 15 pp.
RJ-3. C.A. Poveda, M.G. Lipsett*. "Rating System for
Sustainability of Industrial Projects with Application in Oil Sands and Heavy
Oil Projects: Areas of Excellence, Sub-Divisions, and Management
Interactions." J Sustainable
Development, Vol. 4, No.4 August 2011, 11 pp.
RJ-4.
CA. Poveda, M.G. Lipsett*. "A Rating System for
Sustainability of Industrial Projects with Application in Oil Sands and Heavy
Oil Projects: Origins and Fundamentals" J. Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, No. 3, June 2011, 10 pp.
RJ-5.
B. Rivard*, D. Lyder,
J. Feng, A. Gallie, E. Cloutis, P. Dougan, S. Gonzalez,
D. Cox, M.G. Lipsett. “Bitumen Content Estimation of Athabasca Oil Sand from
Broad Band and Infrared
Reflectance
Spectra.”
Canadian J. of Chemical
Engineering. CJCE-09-0112.R1, June 2010, 9 pp.
RJ-6.
W.A.M. Gilbert, J.F. Forbes*, M.G. Lipsett. “Trajectory
Planning for Grade Transitions: A
Restricted Form
Approach.” Canadian
J. of Chemical Engineering. Vol. 88, June 2010,
pp432-441.
RJ-7.
M.A. Timusk, M.G. Lipsett,
J. McBain, C.K. Mechefske*.
“Automated Operating Mode
Classification
for Online Monitoring Systems.” ASME J Vib & Acoustics. Vol 131 Aug.2009,10 pp
RJ-8.
S. Dessureault, M.G. Lipsett,
M. Scoble. “Achieving the Benefits of Information Technology in Surface and
Underground Mining Processes.” Canadian
Institute of Mining Bulletin. March/April 2009. paper
#23, 5 pp.
RJ-9.
M. Timusk, M. Lipsett
and C.K. Mechefske*. “Fault detection using transient
machine signals,” Mechanical Systems and
Signal Processing, Vol 22 No 7 October 2008, 27
pp.
RJ-10.
M. Lipsett. “Mining Innovation,” CIM Bulletin May 2008, pp. 42-43.
RJ-11. M.G. Lipsett. “Innovation: Where Will the
Next Good Idea Come From?” CIM Bulletin,
January 2007, 2 pp.
RJ-12. M.A. Timusk, C.K. Mechefske,
M. Lipsett. "A Pragmatic Framework for On-Line Neural Network Based Fault
Detection of Machinery." International
Journal of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management,
8(1), January 2005, pp. 35-41.
RJ-13. M.G. Lipsett. "Oilsands
Extraction Research Needs and Opportunities." Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 82, No. 4, July
2004, pp. 626-627.
RJ-14. M.G. Lipsett. "Information
Technology in Mining: An Overview of the Mining IT User Group." CIM
Bulletin vol. 96, Jan. 2003.
RJ-15. M.G. Lipsett, G.R. Baiden.
"Mining Information Systems Development." CIM Bulletin vol. 94, Jan.
2001.
RJ-16. S. Blouin, A. Hemami, M.G. Lipsett. "Qualitative Review of Models
for Earthmoving Processes." Journal of Aerospace Engineering, March 2000.
RJ-17. M.G. Lipsett, "An Infrastructure for
Surface Mining Equipment Teleoperation." CIM
Bulletin, vol. 93, September 2000.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2000-2008 (students underlined)
RC-1. L. Mottola*, M.J. Scoble, M.G. Lipsett. “Machine
Monitoring and Automation as Enablers of Lean Mining.” Proc. 2nd Int’l Future Mining 2011, Sydney, Nov 22-23, 2011 (accepted), 6 pp.
RC-2. M. G. Lipsett, J. D. Yuen*, N.
A. Olmedo, S. C. Dwyer. “Condition Monitoring of Remote Industrial Installations Using Robotic
Systems.” Proc. World Congress on
Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) Cincinnati Oct 2-5, 2011. (Invited)
RC-3. J. Wolodko, A. Fotouh*,
and M.G. Lipsett. “Manufacturing and Mechanical Characterization of Natural
Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites.” Proc AES-ATEMA’ Int’l Conf. Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials
and their Applications, Montreal August 1-5, 2011, 7 pp.
RC-4. M. Hajizadeh, M.G. Lipsett*. “Anomaly detection in
mining haul truck suspensions using wavelet analysis
of strut pressures and parametric modeling of strut damage.” Proc 8th Int’l Conf on
Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies (CM 2011 and
MFPT 2011), Cardiff, UK 20-22 June 2011, 12 pp.
RC-5. M.G. Lipsett*, R. Vaghar
Anzabi, A. Kotchon, and D.S. Nobes. “Condition monitoring for mining haul truck
tires.” Proc 8th Int’l Conf on Condition Monitoring and
Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies (CM 2011 and MFPT 2011), Cardiff,
UK 20-22 June 2011, 12 pp.
RC-6. B. Rivard*, J. Feng,
V. Bhushan, and M. Lipsett. “Infrared
Reflectance Hyperspectral Features of Athabasca Oilsand Ore and Froth.” Proc IEEE Int’l Conf
on Remote Sensing (Whispers 2011) Lisbon Portugal 3 June, 4 pp. (Best Paper
Award)
RC-7. N.A. Olmedo*, S.C. Dwyer, J.D. Yuen, MG
Lipsett. “Soft Soil Parameter Estimation and Traction Control of a Gas Powered
Rover for Environmental Monitoring of Oil Sands Tailings.” Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Vancouver June 2011 4 pp.
RC-8. V. Bhushan, M.G. Lipsett*. “Damage Modeling and Condition
Monitoring of Flotation Cells.” Proc 24th
Int’l Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management
(COMADEM) Stavanger Norway, May 30 – June 1 2011, 10 pp.
RC-9. R. Vaghar Anzabi,
M.G. Lipsett*. “Reliability analysis and condition monitoring methods for
off-road haul truck tires.” Proc 24th
COMADEM Stavanger Norway, May 30 – June 1 2011, 10 pp.
RC-10.M.G. Lipsett*, Benoit Rivard. Conceptual
Design of a Remote System for Characterizing Oilsands
Tailings Deposits.” Proc 2nd Int’l Oilsands
Tailings Conf. Edmonton Dec 6-8, 2010, 8 pp.
RC-11. RY Moghaddam*, MG Lipsett. “Modeling, Simulation
& Fault Detection in Excavators with
Time-Varying Loading.” Proc 2010 IEEE/ASME
Int'l Conf on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics,
Montreal July 6-9 2010, 6 pp.
RC-12. S. Dwyer, J. Yuen, A. Hakman,
M. Mills, C. Wong, N. Olmedo, D. Sloan, R. Worobec,
A Jazayeri, S. Redl, J.
Bottoms, J. Schoepp, H. Evans, C. Lee, D. St. Pierre,
D. Pollard, M. G. Lipsett,
D.
G. Elliott. “Methodology and Design of a Small-Scale Unmanned Aircraft System
for Georeferenced Image Acquisition,” Proc 2010 AUVSI Student UAS Competition, St.
Inigoes, MD, June 16-20, 2010, pp. 10.1-10.20.
RC-13. D. Loewen*, S El-Sayed,
and M.G. Lipsett. “Harmonic Filter Design for a Fluid Shear Sensor.” Proc. Can Soc for Mech Eng CSME FORUM 2010 June
7-9, 2010, Victoria BC, 6 pp.
RC-14. RY Moghaddam*, MG Lipsett. “Design, Commissioning
& Modeling of a Shovel Test Rig for
Fault Diagnosis of a Time-Varying
System.” Proc.CSME FORUM June 7-9, 2010,
Victoria, 8 pp.
RC-15. M.G. Lipsett*. “Methods for Assessing
Dynamic Performance of Shovels.” Proc.18th
Int´l Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection Banff Nov 2009, 9
pp.
RC-16. SC Dwyer*, MG Lipsett. “A Robotic System to Cap
Soft Tailings Deposits.” Proc. Mine Waste
2 Banff, Nov, 2009, 5 pp.
RC-17. MG Lipsett.* “Incorporating Damage Models
in Deterministic System Models to Model Reli-ability
in Time-Varying Systems.” Proc BINDT Condition
Monitoring, Dublin June 23, 2009, 10 pp.
RC-18.S El Sayed, M Lipsett.* “Monitoring Wear in Slurry
Pipelines.” Proc. 22nd Int’l COMADEM
Congress San Sebastian, June 11 2009
RC-19. MG Lipsett, S El-Sayed.* “Simple
Predictive Model of Slurry Wear in a Pipeline with Bed Flow.” Proc Global Petroleum Congress,
RC-20.
MD
Evans,* DS Nobes, MG Lipsett. “Design of an Apparatus for Determining
the Effects of Acoustic Stimulation on the Rheological Properties of Oils and
Multi-Phase Fluids.” Canadian Congress of
Applied Mechanics, Halifax June 2009 (extended abstract)
RC-21. R.Y. Moghaddam*, M.G. Lipsett. “Reliability Assessment
and Condition Monitoring of a Shovel Test Bed,” Proc 3rd World Congress on Engineering Asset Management Beijing, Oct
2008.
RC-22.
M.
Lipsett, “Modeling wear damage accumulation in slurry pipeline systems,” Proc British Inst NDT
Condition Monitoring 2008, Edinburgh, July 2008.
RC-23.
M.G.
Lipsett, R.Y. Moghaddam*, “Dynamic Effect of Ground Looseness on
Hydraulic Shovel Performance.” Proc 5 Intl Workshop
on Bifurcations, Instabilities and Degradations in Geomaterials,
Lake Louise, May 2008.
RC-24.
M.G.
Lipsett*, M-J Zuo, A. Scaffo-Migliaro,
“Operability and Maintainability of In-Pit Oil Sands Bitumen Production
Systems.” World Heavy Oil Congress,
Edmonton March 10-12, 2008.
RC-25.M.G. Lipsett*, A. Scaffo-Migliaro.
“Modeling and Simulation of the Operability and Reliability of an Oilsands At-Face Slurrying
System.” 57th Canadian Chemical
Engineering Conference/Oilsands 2007, Edmonton,
Oct 30, 2007.
RC-26.
M.
Timusk*,
M Lipsett , C.K. Mechefske,
“Automated Duty Cycle Classification for Online Monitoring Systems.” Proc. ASME International Design Engineering
Technical Conference, 20th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and
Noise, Symposium on Engineering Asset Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA,
4-7 September 2007. (MMO)
RC-27.M. Lipsett, R. Gallardo, M. Zuo.
“Modeling Risk in Discrete Multi-State Repairable Systems.” Proc.
Second World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (EAM) and The Fourth
International Conference on Condition Monitoring, 11-14 June 2007,
Harrogate UK, 10 pp.
RC-28.
W.A.M.
Gilbert, J.F. Forbes,
M.G. Lipsett. "Trajectory Planning for Grade Transitions: A Restricted
Form Approach." Proceedings Advanced
Process Control Applications for Industry Workshop, Vancouver BC, Apr.
26-28, 2004. (NSERC)
RC-29.
M.A.
Timusk,
C.K. Mechefske, M. Lipsett. "A Unified
Methodology for Anomaly Detection in Unsteady Systems." Proceedings 21st Canadian Machinery
Vibration Association Vibration Seminar, Halifax NS Oct. 27-31 2003. (MMO)
RC-30.
M.G.
Lipsett. " Discrete-Event Modeling and Control of
Truck-Shovel Mining Operations." Proceedings CSME Forum,
RC-31. M.G. Lipsett. "Intelligent Systems
for Oilsands Surface Mining." Proceedings 3rd
International Conference on Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing of
Materials, Vancouver, 2001.
RC-32.
M.G.
Lipsett*, L. Mottola. "Discrete-Event Modeling and Control of Mining
Equipment and Systems." International Advanced Robotics Program: 1st
International Workshop on Advances in Robotics for Mining and Underground
Applications, Oct. 2-4, 2000,
RC-33.
R.
Gillett; M.G. Lipsett*. "Robotics Leading the Way to Sustained Human
Presence in Space." Proceedings ISR2000,
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (REFEREED ABSTRACTS) 2000-2008 (students underlined)
NC-1. M. Hajizadeh*, MG Lipsett. Detecting Faults in Haul
Truck Suspension Struts. Can Chem Eng Conf
Saskatoon Oct 2010.
NC-2. V Bhushan, MG Lipsett*. Modeling erosion damage on
the walls of a flotation cell, Proc.
MITACS
Annual Conf. Edmonton May 2010.
NC-3. M. Godin, B. Peachey, M. Jamieson, M.
Lipsett, T. Heidrick, Evaluation of Oil Sands Research and Innovation Effectiveness.
CANMET 2009. (162 pp)
NC-4. M. Godin, M. Lipsett*, B. Peachey, T. Heidrick, “Direct Contact Steam Generator for Heavy Oil and
Oil Sands Applications.” Proc. Global
Petroleum Conference Calgary AB June 10-12 2008.
NC-5. M.G. Lipsett*. “Robotics and Automation
in Oil Sands Bitumen Production and Maintenance.” Proc. National Conference of Canadian Institute of Mining, Edmonton
AB May 5-7, 2008, 12 pp.
NC-6.
M.A.
Timusk,
C.K. Mechefske*, M. Lipsett. "Mechanical Fault
Detection in Machinery Operating under Non-Steady-State Condition."
Proceedings CIM Conference 2004,
Edmonton AB, May 9-12, 2004. (MMO)
NC-7.
M.G.
Lipsett. "Modeling the Flow of Information in Mine Maintenance
Systems." MineSpace 2001, CIM AGM,
NC-8.
R.A.
Hall*, L. Daneshmend, J. Wong, M. Lipsett.
"Reliability Analysis as a Tool for Equipment Evaluation and
Selection." Proceedings CIM Mining Millennium,
NC-9.
M.G.
Lipsett. "Intelligent Interactive Remote Operations: Prototype System
Results." Proceedings CIM Mining Millennium,
BOOK CHAPTERS
M.G. Lipsett, R.Y.Moghaddam.
“Modeling Excavator-Soil Interaction.” To appear in Bifurcations, Instabilities and Degradations in Geomaterials, R. Wan, Ed. Springer (2011).
M.G. Lipsett. “Reliability
and Maintenance of Oilsands Bitumen Production
Systems.” Oilsands Handbook. J. Masliyah &
J. Czarnecki, editors, U Alberta Press (submitted).
Special Lectures & Invited Talks (Partial List
since 2007)
SL-1. “Some Links between Reliability and
Safety.” Plenary Keynote, CIM Mining
Safety & Reliability Conference, Calgary, Oct 12, 2011.
SL-2. “Combining Physics-Based Models with
Signal-Based Methods for Diagnostics and Prognostics.” Plenary Keynote, 8th Int’l Conf
Condition Monitoring 2011, Cardiff, June 20, 2011.
SL-3. “Oilsands
Systems: Challenges and Opportunities for Natural Sciences, Engineering,
Industry, and Communities.” How Science
and Clean Tech Can ‘Green’ the Oil Sands, Canada 2020 Panel, Ottawa April
29, 2010. (Session Moderator: S. Fortier, President of NSERC)
SL-4. “Reliability and Maintenance in Oilsands Operations.” Oilsands Heavy Oil Materials & Integrity Workshop. Edmonton Oct 28,
2009. (plus follow-up invited tutorial session at
OSHOW 2010.)
SL-5. “Terrestrial Analogues for Space Mining:
Opportunities for Technology Implementation and Commercialization.” Plenary, Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sci. Symp, Toronto, June 8, 2009.
SL-6. “Reliability
and Sustainability of Oilsands Bitumen Production.”
TU Freiberg, June 18, 2007.
SL-7. “Reliability and Maintenance in Oilsands Operations.” Shanghai Jiaotong
U, April 2007.
Committees and Other Service Work
I am involved in a
number of National and regional organizations:
Vice-Chair,
Management Committee,
International Society for Condition Monitoring, 2011 - .
Group Chair (Engineering), NSERC Joint Committee on Grants and
Scholarships (COGS), 2006-10.
Member,
Interdisc. Adjudication Comm., Canada Research Chairs,
2004-05,-08,-11. Chair 2005-06.
Director, Board of Directors, Precarn
Inc. 2005-09. Vice Chair, 2007-09. Chaired
Research Management Committee, 2002-2005, 2006-09.
Chair, Management Advisory Board, Alberta
Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning, 2007-09.
Member, NSERC IRC site visit 2010 / Vanier Scholarship Committee 2008,
2013-15 / Steacie
Committee, 2004.
Member, Extraction Res. Group, Canadian Oilsands Network for R&D (CONRAD) 2001-5 Chair 03-5
Director, Society for Innovative Mining
Technologies, Canadian Institute of Mining, 2006 - present.
Member, Tech. Program Comm. & Session
Organizer, COMADEM 2009-12, MFPT CM 2009-12.
Warden Camp 3 (Edmonton) and Professional Assoc’n APEGGA Ethics Workshop Volunteer
Committee Member, Thesis Examinations (about 12/yr), Academic Planning, Faculty Hiring, Chair Selection,
Tenure & Promotion, Academic Appeals, U of A Press, University of Alberta,
2006 - present.
Reviewer, NSERC, CRC, MMO, OCE, Industry Canada (Precarn), CONRAD, Fuel,
J. Field Robotics, IEEE Trans. Ind. Electronics, Can. J. of Chem. Eng.,
IEEE/JRS Conf IROS, Int’l Conf
Robotics & Automation, CIM, CANCAM, ASME Pipeline Materials Symposium,
Int’l J of Condition Monitoring, J Measurement, J Geotechniques.
Leader, 182nd Riverbend Scouts.
(2001 - 2011).
Some non-technical books I’d recommend (alphabetically by
author):
·
Bradbury, Ray. “The Martian
Chronicles” and “Fahrenheit 451”
·
Card, Orson Scott. “Ender’s Game”
· Clarke, Arthur C. “Childhood’s
End” and “2001: A Space Odyssey”
·
Curtis, Charles, and Greenslet,
Ferris. “The Practical
Cogitator”
· Dick, Philip K. “Ubik” and “Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
· Golding, William “Lord of the Flies”
·
Heinlein, Robert. “Stranger in a Strange Land”
·
Helprin, Mark. “Winter’s Tale”
· Hemingway, Ernest “For Whom The
Bell Tolls” and “The Complete Short Stories”
·
Huxley, Aldous. “Brave New World”
·
Lem, Stanislaw. “The Cyberiad”
·
Melville, Herman. “Moby Dick”
· Miller, Walter M. (Jr) “A Canticle
for Leibowitz”
· O’Brian, Patrick “Master and
Commander” (all twenty books in the series - really)
·
Orwell, George. “Animal Farm”
·
Pirsig, Robert. “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
·
Thoreau, Henry David. “Walden”
·
Tolstoy, Leo. “War and Peace”
What I’m reading right now: “A Game of Thrones”
Here’s a video clip you might enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hds3jvjZY-Y