Applied Surface Chemistry

Course will provide the background necessary to acquire a basic understanding of surface characterization and surface chemistry principles relevant to adsorption, colloidal stability, electrokinetic behavior and hydrophobicity. Examples and discussion will include how these principles apply directly to multi-disciplinary areas such as separation science, solid/liquid separation, dispersion and environmental remediation.

Mine Design Project II

Students will undertake a major design project such as the overall design of a mining system, includinig design of major components of the system and economic evaluation. Students will write reports documenting this design, which will also be presented orally before a group of peers and invited experts. Lecture, two hours; lab, three hours.

Data Analysis And Design Of Experiments

An introduction to experimental design. Topics include a review of statistical inference on a single sample, statistical inference on two samples, analysis of variance, randomized blocks, Latin squares, two- factor factorial design, the general factorial design, 2k factorial design, blocking and confounding in the 2k factorial design, two-level fractional factorial design, response surface methods, experiments with random factors. Course emphasizes mining applications.

Advanced Geomechanics II

Review of 3D state of stress and strain, stress redistribution around mine openings, tunnels, wellbores, intact rock and rock mass properties, rock mass failure criteria, role of discontinuities and failure along discontinuities, rock reinforcement and support, numerical modeling in Geomechanics, FEM, FDM.

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