About

Sharique Khan is a highly experienced Senior Geotechnical & Rock Engineer with over 15 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, specializing in rock mechanics. He is skilled in advanced computational geotechnics & rock mechanics, numerical modeling of underground openings, tunnels design & analyses, finite element analysis, design and analysis of slope protection measures, landslide hazard zonation and mitigation measures, earthen and rockfill dam studies, rockfall simulations & design of protection measures, foundation design and restoration schemes, and ground improvement techniques. He is proficient in software like PLAXIS 2D/3D, Rocscience Dips, Swedge, Unwedge, RSdata, RS2, RS3, rockfall, Slide, Talren, GEoslope, Flac 2/3D, Udec, Xdisp, Wallap. Sharique has worked on projects in the UK, Hongkong, and Singapore, working on Eurocodes & national standards. He has experience in advanced rock mechanics investigations, quantitative ground characterization methods, laboratory investigation methods, and advanced soil dynamics testing like cyclic triaxial, resonant column, resilient modulus, cyclic simple & direct shear testing, and unsaturated soil testing. He has sound experience in advanced structural and geotechnical instrumentation, planning a monitoring scheme for dam, tunnels & caverns, monitoring of instruments, data analyses, and interpretation of monitoring data. Sharique has been involved in Metro Projects, detailed geotechnical investigations, building condition survey, non-destructive testing, pile testing, geophysical, and vibration monitoring works. He has experience in building damage strain analysis, ground settlement analysis, and design of temporary geotechnical works in metro projects. Currently, Sharique is working as a Senior Group Engineer at Atkins. Previously, he has worked as a Lead Specialist Tunnels at Cowi and Joint Manager Geotechnical Engineering at Aimil Ltd. At Aimil, he was the technical lead for Aimil consulting division ATES, supervising multiple technical processes operating in the division like geotechnical investigations, design and analysis of tunnel supports, caverns, slope stabilization, ground improvement, foundations, temporary works in metro projects, etc. He was also the technical manager of NABL testing Lab of Aimil, building condition surveys, NDT projects, geophysical survey works. Sharique holds a Master of Technology (MTech) in geotechnical engineering with rock mechanics from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee,