Individual work on some selected problem in the field of mining engineering. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Individual work on some selected problem in the field of mining engineering. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Principles of surface excavations designs related to quarries and mines; including orebody description, pit layouts and excess spoil disposal areas, stability of the slopes, material handling and surface drainage control. Surface mine planning and scheduling, equipment selection, cost estimating, optimization.

Automation techniques for controlling equipment and processes, including applications of sensors, transducers, motor starters, variable-frequency motor drives, linear actuators, and proportional hydraulic valves. Ladder logic programming of programmable automation controllers (PACs) and programming human-machine interface (HMI) touch-screen panels.

Overview of technologies used for generating electricity from location, recovery, transportation and storage of fuel to the types of technologies used to convert the fuel to electricity. Included is a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each technology and how they must adapt to be viable in the future. Technologies covered include coal, natural gas, nuclear, biomass, wind, solar and advanced technologies.

First course of a two-part capstone design project. Emphasis is on ore reserve evaluation, development of a preliminary mine plan, design of auxiliary processes, teamwork, and oral and written communication. Minable reserves will be quantified and quality distribution assessed. An appropriate mining technique will be identified and implemented into a proposed mine design. Laboratory, three hours per week.

Flowsheet modeling and analysis for coal preparation and ore dressing plants. Topics include unit models for comminution, gravity separation, and froth flotation; relevant techniques for solving systems of nonlinear equations; convergence acceleration techniques; sequential modular, simultaneous modular, and equation-solving flowsheeting frameworks; flowgraph techniques for analysis of certain classes of mineral processing circuits.

A detailed investigation of a topic of current significance in mining engineering. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits, but only three credits can be earned under the same title. A particular topic may be offered at most twice under the MNG 699 number.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.