Dr. Chengkai Fan

09/2024 - Now Assistant Professor, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Université Laval, Canada

01/2024 - 04/2024 Assistant Instructor Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada             2023-2024     

PhD in Mining Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada                                                       2019-2023

MSc in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China                               2016-2019

Visiting Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia          2017-2017

BS in Geological Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China                                           2012-2016

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

• 2024: International Outstanding Young Scholar Award, ICMSSE

• 2023: Jacob H Masliyah Graduate Award in Oil Sands Engineering, $2,000

• 2023: Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship, $31,000

• 2023: Graduate Students’ Association Academic Travel Grant, $500

• 2023: Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award (Travel Grant), $1,500

• 2022: Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship, $12,000

• 2019: University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship, $10,000

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Wuhan, China

• 2018: China National Scholarship

• 2018: Outstanding Student Award

Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China

• 2016: Outstanding Graduate Award of Anhui Province

• 2015: First-Class Industrial (Hongda Blasting Engineering Group Co., Ltd.) Scholarship

• 2015: First-Class University Scholarship

• 2014: China National Encouragement Scholarship

• 2013: China National Encouragement Scholarship

Université Laval

Winter 2026, GMN-8001/8002/8003/6001/6002 Doctoral Seminar I, II, III and Master's Seminar I, II

Fall 2025, GMN-8001/8002/8003/6001/6002 Doctoral Seminar I, II, III and Master's Seminar I, II

University of Alberta

Winter 2024, MINE 330 Mine Transport and Plant Engineering

Journal Referee

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Structural Concrete, Applied Computing and Geosciences, Applied Sciences, Methods and Protocols, Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, Expert Systems with Applications, Chemosphere, Applied Energy, Energy, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Gas Science and Engineering, Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Automation in Construction, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Earth Science Informatics, Results in Engineering, Scientific Reports, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, International Journal of Coal Science & Engineering, Green and Smart Mining Engineering

Editor for Journal

• 2026-2027, Green and Smart Mining Engineering, Editorial Board Member

• 2025-2026, Buildings, Guest Editor (Machine learning-driven modeling and optimization in structural engineering, with Drs. Enming Li and Bin Xi)

• 2026-2027, MetaResource, Youth Editorial Board

• 2025-2027, Smart Underground Engineering, Youth Editorial Board

• 2025-2026, Green and Smart Mining Engineering, Youth Editorial Board

• 2024-present, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (IF=10.2), Editor

Grant Review

• FRQNT 2026-2027 Doctoral Research Fellowships 12/2025

• FRQNT 2025-2026 Doctoral Research Fellowships 12/2024

Committee Service

• GMN Undergraduate Program Committee, Committee Member        12/2025

• FRQNT Evaluation Committee Member                                  12/2025

• CSCE Cold Regions Technical Committee, Committee Member                                                              10/2025

• International Committee on Mine Safety Science and Engineering, Committee Member             05/2025

• FRQNT Evaluation Committee Member                                  12/2024

• Canadian Mining Schools Committee, Committee Member                                                                       11/2024

Sessions Organized at Professional Meetings

• Co-organizer, invited session on AI in Mining: Coping with the transformation, 2025 Canadian Mining Education Forum, Montreal, QC

• 2025-present, Institut intelligence et données (IID)

• 2025-present, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE)

• 2025-present, Centre de recherche sur la géologie et l'ingénierie des ressources minérales (Centre E4m)

• 2024-present, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)

• 2022-present, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)