Date and place of birth: February 3, 1959, Magdeburg, Germany

Affiliation: Professor at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Freiberg, Germany.

Academic degree/rank: Professor, Doctor of Science in Engineering.

Website: https://roscongress.org/en/speakers/drebenshtedt-karsten/biography/

Scopus ID: 35614644400

Education & professional development:

• Graduate of the Moscow Mining Institute;
• Carsten Drebenstedt successfully defended Candidate’s dissertation on striping with bucket wheel shovels at Mikhailovsky Iron Ore Mine nearby Zheleznogorsk, USSR.

Research interests:

The scope of his research activities embraces a wide range of issues associated with engineering of mining and haulage machinery systems, efficient nature management and environmental protection, rehabilitation and reclamation of disturbed land, computer-aided modeling and mine planning.

Academic and professional recognition/ research activities and public services:

• Full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences;
• Visiting Professor and Invited Lecturer at the Kazakh National Technical University, Namibia University of Science and Technology and at the Ural State Mining University;
• Doctor of Honor at the Moscow State Mining University (affiliated with NUST MISIS in 2014) and at the National University of Mongolia in Ulan-Bator;
• Member of the Society of Mining Professors (SOMP);
• Chairman of the Ring Deutscher Bergingenieure—a professional association of German mining engineers;
• One of the founders of the Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg.

R&D projects

Professor Drebenstedt has implemented dozens of international-scale projects in science and education:

• DAAD/GIZ/AMEA—Academic Mining Education in Afghanistan;
• DAAD—German-Mongolian University for Science and Technology, School of Mining and Technology (GMIT);
• Grant-supported R&D projects at NUST MISIS.

Professor Carsten Drebenstedt is the author of 316 publications, including 14 monographs and textbooks, 11 patents. He is a doctor of honor at many universities worldwide and the winner of a grants competition at NUST MISIS.

The main publications:

• Alekseenko A.V., Drebenstedt C., Bech J. Assessment and abatement of the eco-risk caused by mine spoils in the dry subtropical climate. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022, 44 (5), 1581–1603, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-00885-3;
• Enany P., Shevchenko O., Drebenstedt C. Particle transport velocity in vertical transmission with an airlift pump. Fluids, 2022, 7(3), 95, https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids7030095;
• Enany P., Shevchenko O., Drebenstedt C. Experimental evaluation of airlift performance for vertical pumping of water in underground mines. Mine Water and the Environment, 2021, 40 (4), 970–979, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-021-00807-w
• Pedregal Montes A.I., Abeywickrama J., Hoth N., Grimmer M., Drebenstedt C. Modeling of ion exchange processes to optimize metal removal from complex mine water matrices. Water (Switzerland), 2021, 13 (21), 3109, https://doi.org/10.3390/w13213109;
• Abeywickrama J., Grimmer M., Hoth N., Grab T., Drebenstedt C. Geochemical characterization of fouling on mine water driven plate heat exchangers in Saxon mining region, Germany. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021, 176, 121486, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121486
• Bykova M. V., Alekseenko A. V., Pashkevich M. A., Drebenstedt C. Thermal desorption treatment of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils of tundra, taiga, and forest steppe landscapes. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021, 43 (6), 2331–2346, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00802-0;
• Korshunov G. I., Eremeeva A. M., Drebenstedt C. Justification of the use of a vegetal additive to diesel fuel as a method of protecting underground personnel of coal mines from the impact of harmful emissions of diesel-hydraulic locomotives. Journal of Mining Institute, 2021, 247 (1), 39–47, https://doi.org/10.31897/PMI.2021.1.5;
• Barchanski F., Borg G., Daniels A., Drebenstedt C., Frenz W., Galler R., Grigo W., Grosser R., Kulik L., Lottermoser B., Neu T., Niemann-Delius C., Roumpos C. Stricter climate protection - earlier coal phase-out? World of Mining - Surface and Underground, 2021, 73 (1), 1–2;
• Pollack K., Bongaerts J. C., Drebenstedt C. Implementation of renewable energy into the mining industry: a hybrid energy system. Advances in Raw Material Industries for Sustainable Development Goals, 2021, 473–480.
• Vu T., Bao T., Drebenstedt C., Pham H., Nguyen H., Nguyen D. Optimisation of long-term quarry production scheduling under geological uncertainty to supply raw materials to a cement plant. Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2021, 130 (3), 146–158, https://doi.org/10.1080/25726668.2021.1894398;
• Kazanin O., Sidorenko A., Drebenstedt C. Intensive underground mining technologies: Challenges and prospects for the coal mines in Russia. Acta Montanistica Slovaca, 2021, 26(1), 60–69, https://doi.org/10.46544/AMS.v26i1.05;
• Terekhov Y., Litvinov Y., Fenenko V., Drebenstedt C. Management of land reclamation quality for agricultural use in opencast mining. Mining of Mineral Deposits, 2021, 15(1), 112–118, https://doi.org/10.33271/mining15.01.112;
• Drebenstedt C., Argimbaev K. R. Korkinsk brown coal open pit as a case study of endogenous fires. International Journal of Engineering, Transactions A: Basics, 2021, 34 (1), 292–304, https://doi.org/10.5829/IJE.2021.34.01A.32;
• Tran Q.-H., Nguyen H., Bui X.-N., Drebenstedt C., Arnoldovich B. V., Atrushkevich V., Nguyen V.-D. Evaluating the effect of meteorological conditions on blast-induced air over-pressure in open pit coal mines. Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and Responsible Mining. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021, 109, 170–186, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60839-2_9
•  Bui X.-N., Lee C., Drebenstedt C. Preface. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021, 109, v-vi;
• Bykova M.V., Alekseenko A.V., Pashkevich M.A., Drebenstedt C. Thermal desorption treatment of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils of tundra, taiga, and forest steppe landscapes. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00802-0;
• Tran Q.-H., Nguyen H., Bui X.-N., Drebenstedt C. et. al. Evaluating the Effect of Meteorological Conditions on Blast-Induced Air Over-Pressure in Open Pit Coal Mines. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021, 109, 170-186, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60839-2_9;
• Bui X.-N., Nguyen H., Drebenstedt C., Tran H.-V. T. et. al. Utilizing a Novel Artificial Neural Network-Based Meta-heuristic Algorithm to Predict the Dust Concentration in Deo Nai Open-Pit Coal Mine (Vietnam). Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021, 109, 203-223, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60839-2_11;
• Vu T., Drebenstedt C., Bao T. Assessing geological uncertainty of a cement raw material deposit, southern Vietnam, based on hierarchical simulation. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 2020, 30 (6), 819-837, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2020.05.022;
• Nguyen H., Drebenstedt C., Bui X.-N., Bui D.T. Prediction of Blast-Induced Ground Vibration in an Open-Pit Mine by a Novel Hybrid Model Based on Clustering and Artificial Neural Network. Natural Resources Research, 2020, 29(2), 691-709, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-019-09470-z;
• Abbaspour H., Drebenstedt C. Introducing system dynamics and analytical hierarchy process based software for selecting the best transportation system in mines. International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research, 2020, 9(3), 5648-5655;
• Mensah M. K., Mensah-Darkwa K., Drebenstedt C., Annam B.V. et. al. Occupational respirable mine dust and diesel particulate matter hazard assessment in an underground gold mine in Ghana. Journal of Health and Pollution, 2020, 10 (25), 1-9;
• Kalkofen D., Mori S., Ladinig T., Daling L. et. al. Tools for Teaching Mining Students in Virtual Reality based on 360° Video Experiences. Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VRW 2020, 2020, 9090430, 455-459, https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00096;
• Abbaspour H., Drebenstedt C. Determination of transition time from truck-shovel to an ipcc system considering economic viewpoint by system dynamics modelling. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 2020, 289-295, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33954-8_36;
• Pollack K., Bongaerts J.C., Drebenstedt C. Towards low-carbon economy: A business model on the integration of renewable energy into the mining industry. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 2020, 422-430, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33954-8_49;
• Adero N. J., Drebenstedt C., Prokofeva E. N., Vostrikov A. V. Spatial data and technologies for geomonitoring of land use under aspect of mineral resource sector development. Eurasian Mining, 2020, (1), 69-74, https://doi.org/10.17580/em.2020.01.14;
• Drebenstedt C. Use of brown coal ash for the amelioration of dump soils. Scientific and Practical Studies of Raw Material Issues - Proceedings of the Russian- German Raw Materials Dialogue: A Collection of Young Scientists Papers and Discussion, 2019, 129-134, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003017226-19;
• Drebenstedt C. Holistik responsible mining approach. Scientific and Practical Studies of Raw Material Issues- Proceedings of the Russian- German Raw Materials Dialogue: A Collection of Young Scientists Papers and Discussion, 2019, 191-199, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003017226-27;
• Ritter R., Drebenstedt C. Output prediction of semi mobile in pit crushing and conveying systems (Smippc). Scientific and Practical Studies of Raw Material Issues- Proceedings of the Russian- German Raw Materials Dialogue: A Collection of Young Scientists Papers and Discussion, 2019, 63-70, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003017226-9;
• Fedorov G., Agafonov Y., Drebenstedt C. Disinfection of waste waters of industrial enterprises by vibroacoustic method. Scientific and Practical Studies of Raw Material Issues - Proceedings of the Russian- German Raw Materials Dialogue: A Collection of Young Scientists Papers and Discussion, 2019, 165-170, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003017226-24;
• Grafe B., Shepel T., Drebenstedt C. Innovations in mechanical rock excavation at tu bergakademie Freiberg. Scientific and Practical Studies of Raw Material Issues - Proceedings of the Russian- German Raw Materials Dialogue: A Collection of Young Scientists Papers and Discussion, 2019, 34-45, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003017226-5;
• Abbaspour H., Drebenstedt C., Paricheh, M., Ritter R. Optimum location and relocation plan of semi-mobile in-pit crushing and conveying systems in open-pit mines by transportation problem. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 2019, 33(5), 297-317, https://doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2018.1435968;
• Shepel T., Drebenstedt C. Percussive cutting of hard rocks with point attack picks: Dependency of specific energy consumption and number of blows per unit length of cut groove on impact energy and cutting parameters. International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 2019, 10(2-4), 217-232., https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMME.2019.104453;
• Drebenstedt C., Alekseenko A. V. Environmental impact of abandoned mine wastes on an urban area in nw caucasus. Innovation-Based Development of the Mineral Resources Sector: Challenges and Prospects - 11th conference of the Russian-German Raw Materials, 2019, 223-229.
• Nguyen H., Drebenstedt C., Bui X.-N., Bui D.T. Prediction of Blast-Induced Ground Vibration in an Open-Pit Mine by a Novel Hybrid Model Based on Clustering and Artificial Neural Network. Natural Resources Research, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-019-09470-z;
• Abbaspour H., Drebenstedt C., Badroddin M., Maghaminik A. Optimized design of drilling and blasting operations in open pit mines under technical and economic uncertainties by system dynamic modelling. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 2018, 28 (6), 839-848, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2018.06.009;
• Abbaspour H., Drebenstedt C., Dindarloo S.R. Evaluation of safety and social indexes in the selection of transportation system alternatives (Truck-Shovel and IPCCs) in open pit mines. Safety Science, 2018, 108, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.04.020;
• Shepel T., Grafe B., Hartlieb P., Drebenstedt C., Malovyk A. Evaluation of cutting forces in granite treated with microwaves on the basis of multiple linear regression analysis. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2018, 107, 69-74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.04.043;
• Drebenstedt C. Mining engineering education at the Freiberg Mining Academy in the light of social changes and globalization: Problems and solutions. Gornyi Zhurna = Mining Journall, 2018, (6), 93-97, https://doi.org/10.17580/gzh.2018.06.19;
• Liu P., Hoth N., Drebenstedt C., Sun Y., Xu Z. Hydro-geochemical paths of multi-layer groundwater system in coal mining regions — Using multivariate statistics and geochemical modeling approaches. Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 601-602, 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.146;
• Firmansyah F., Drebenstedt C. Economic impact of bauxite beneficiation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: Input-output analysis. IMCET 2017: New Trends in Mining - Proceedings of 25th International Mining Congress of Turkey, 2017, 313-321;
• Sobko B., Drebenstedt C., Lozhnikov O. Selection of environmentally safe open-pit technology for mining water-bearing deposits. Mining of Mineral Deposits, 2017, 11 (3), 70-75, https://doi.org/10.15407/mining11.03.070;
• Zhai X., Wu S., Wang K., Drebenstedt C., Zhao J. Environment influences and extinguish technology of spontaneous combustion of coal gangue heap of Baijigou coal mine in China. Energy Procedia, 2017, 136, 66-72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.10.326;
• Taušová M., Čulková K., Domaracká L., Drebenstedt C. et. al. The importance of mining for socio-economic growth of the country. Acta Montanistica Slovaca, 2017, 22 (4), 359-367.