Dimitar Kaykov

Inspiring Senior Assistant Professor with a background in mining engineering and a proven track record in academic research, conference presentations, teaching and student mentoring. Demonstrated an initiative in applying a data-driven approach and predictive modelling, contributing to the advancement of the mining industry.

• Student of the year award for high achievements in the field of Technical sciences – National assembly of students' councils - 2018
• Scholarship grant for exellence – Assarel Medet JSC - 2017
• Award for excellence from Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology – Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology - 2016

• Research project to solve pressing technological problems in quarries for the extraction of natural stones (based on the "Kazanite - 1" rhyolite quarry, Bratsigovo, Bulgaria) - 2022 (Univerisity of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski")
• Geotechnical assessment of geotechnical facilities and mining sites - 2021 (Univerisity of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski")
• Optimizing key design features of combined mining waste disposal facilities with the consideration of backfilling pits and quarries - 2020 (Univerisity of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski")
• Possibilities of applying electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) for information gain and increasing the production efficiency for the "Ada tepe" open-pit mine ("Khan Krum" gold project, Bulgaria) - 2020 (Univerisity of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski")

• Kaykov, D. (2024). Problems And Possibilities Related to The Interpretation of the Stability Graph Method via Machine Learning Models. Proceedings of the XI International Geomechanics Conference. 16-20 September 2022, Varna, Bulgaria, ISSN 1314-6467, pp 168-175.
• Kaykov, D. & Petrova, V. (2024). A preliminary assessment of a limestone quarry’s direct and indirect carbon footprint. The Eurasia Proceedings of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (EPSTEM), 29, 28-40
• Kaykov, D., Arsova-Borisova, K. & Kutsarov, K. (2023). A Design of Experiments Approach for Establishing Key Factors Determining the Profitability of Ultimate Pit Limits. Annual of University of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski", 66(66), pp 43–52.
• Kaykov, D. & Terziyski, D. (2023). Possibilities for defining the complexity of blasting conditions for the purpose of blast-induced rock movement prediction. Proceedings of the XVII International Conference of the Open and Underwater Mining of Minerals, Varna, Bulgaria, ISSN 2535-0854, pp 84-91.
• Kaykov, D., Terziyski, D., Arsova-Borisova, K. & Stajić, M. (2023). A Non-Linear Optimisation Approach to In-Pit Haul Road Design. Sustainable Extraction and Processing of Raw Materials Journal, Vol. 4, ISSN 2738-7151, pp. 47-57.
• Kaykov, D. & Dimitrov, L. (2022). A stochastic approach for determining a sustainable cutting pattern for irregularly shaped stone blocks. Zbornik na trudovi: Tehnologija na podzemna i površinska eksploatacija na mineralni surovini, XIII Stručno sovetuvanje so meǵunarodno učestvo PODEKS – POVEKS ’22, 14-16 October, Ohrid, North Macedonia, ISBN 978-608-65530-6-7, pp. 183-193.
• Kaykov, D. & Stoycheva, N. (2022). A study of the relationship between the quarrying direction and the orientation of rock discontinuities for the “Kazanite-1” quarry. Proceedings of the X International Geomechanics Conference. 19-23 September 2022, Varna, Bulgaria, ISSN 1314-6467, pp. 246-253.
• Koprev, I., Garkov, I., Kaykov, D. & Terziyski, D. (2022). Studying blast induced rock movement in open-pit mining with small benches. Eleventh EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting, Maastricht Conference Proceedings, ISBN 978-0-9550290-7-3, pp. 191-204.

· XI International Geomechanics Conference - 09/16/2024 – 09/20/2024, Varna, Bulgaria

· 6th International Conference on Research in Engineering, Technology and Science (ICRETS) (online participation) - 08/22/2024 – 08/25/2024, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

· 66th International Scientific Conference (Annual conference of the University of Mining and Geology) – 10/20/2023, Sofia, Bulgaria

· XVII International Conference of Open and Underwater Mining of Minerals - 09/18/2023 – 09/22/2023, Varna, Bulgaria

· 65th International Scientific Conference (Annual conference of the University of Mining and Geology) - 10/21/2022, Sofia, Bulgaria

· XIII International Conference "PODEKS-POVEKS" - 10/14/2022 – 10/16/2022, Ohrid, North Macedonia

· 8th National Scientific and Technical Conference with International Participation - Technologies and Practices in Underground Mining and Mine Construction - 10/04/2022 – 10/07/2022, Devin, Bulgaria

· 11th EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting - 09/26/2022 – 09/28/2022, Maastricht, Netherlands

· X International Geomechanics Conference - 09/19/2022 – 09/23/2022, Varna, Bulgaria

· National Scientific Conference "Management and Safety of Tailing Ponds" (online participation) - 10/28/2021

· 64th International Scientific Conference (Annual conference of the University of Mining and Geology) – 10/22/2021, Sofia, Bulgaria

· XVI International Conference of Open and Underwater Mining of Minerals - 09/06/2021, Varna, Bulgaria

· 63rd International Scientific Conference (Annual conference of the University of Mining and Geology) - 10/23/2020, Sofia, Bulgaria

· XV International Conference of Open and Underwater Mining of Minerals - 06/03/2019 – 06/07/2019, Varna, Bulgaria

· 62nd International Scientific Conference (Annual conference of the University of Mining and Geology) – 10/25/2019, Sofia, Bulgaria

· 60th International Scientific Conference (Annual conference of the University of Mining and Geology) – 10/20/2017, Sofia, Bulgaria

· X International Conference “PODEKS-POVEKS” - 11/03/2017 – 11/05/2017, Ohrid, North Macedonia

· DIM ESEE-2 2023 – Innovations in Extraction (online participation) - 10/18/2023 – 10/20/2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia

· DIM ESEE-2 2022 Spin-off  – Innovations in Exploration - 05/03/2022 – 05/05/2022, Telkibanya, Hungary

· DIM ESEE 2018 – Deep Intelligent Mining - 10/15/2018 – 10/20/2018, Dubrovnik, Croatia