Doctor's Degree in Mining and Earth Systems Engineering at Colorado School of Mines |
Colorado School of Mines
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Colorado School of Mines is a Public, 4-year or above Research Universities (high research activity) with 4,560 students in Golden, CO.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Bachelor degree, Masters degree, Doctor's degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Colorado School of Mines
Doctor's degree
Mining and Earth Systems Engineering
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Since the school was founded more than a century ago to train gold rush miners, mining engineering has changed greatly, becoming increasingly multidisciplinary, incorporating advanced technologies and capitalizing on new scientific discoveries. Complimenting the core mining engineering program, the department has developed the Earth Systems Engineering specialty to address the growing demand for technical professionals in the fields of geomechanics underground construction, tunneling and excavation engineering, in addition to the core mining engineering program. The combination of these specialties distinguishes the program from others and provides a breadth of opportunities for our graduates.
Research
The Mining Department's research specializes in the following areas:
Advanced integrated mining systems incorporating automation & robotics, underground excavation (tunneling) & construction
Computerized mine design & related applications (including geostatistical modeling)
Geomechanics, rock mechanics & stability of underground openings, explosive engineering
Mineral processing and extraction technologies
Mine safety engineering
Site characterization & geotechnical investigations, modeling & design in geoengineering, tunneling, underground construction
Sustainable engineering in the mining minerals industry including geothermal energy and other none conventional energy resources such as oil shale
Explosive engineering
Most research is conducted in the following facilities:
The Mining Research Laboratory
The Newmont Rock Mechanics and Stiff Testing Laboratory
The Ingersoll-Rand Mechanical Fragmentation Facility
The Computer-Aided Mine Design Laboratory
The Mine Ventilation Laboratory
The Edgar Mine
The Max Bowen Mineral Processing Laboratory
Degree Program
The program has two distinct, but closely related, specialties in mining engineering and earth systems engineering.
The mining engineering specialty is predominantly oriented toward the traditional technical fields that comprise mining engineering. Opportunities exist to pursue graduate studies and research in areas such as mine planning and development, computer-aided mine design, rock mechanics, operations research, mine mechanization, rock fragmentation, mine evaluation, mineral processing, occupational health and safety, sustainable development, mineral resources management, and other similar mining related topics.
The interdisciplinary earth systems engineering specialty combines mining engineering fundamentals with civil, geotechnical, environmental and other engineering areas into advanced study tracks in earth (rock) systems, rock mechanics and earth (rock) structural systems, underground excavation, and construction systems. This specialized program is designed for engineers with different subdisciplinary backgrounds who are interested in working and/or conducting research in tunneling, excavation, underground construction, and non-traditional areas related to the mining, construction, and energy industries. Graduate work focuses on subjects such as site characterization, environmental aspects, underground construction and tunneling (including microtunneling), excavation methods and equipment, mechanization of mines and underground construction, management aspects as well as modeling and design in geoengineering.
All graduate students are required to complete two of the three core courses during their first academic year of study at Mines, depending upon their specialty and background.
MNGN 508 – Advanced Rock Mechanics
MNGN 512 - Surface Mine Design
MNGN 516 - Underground Mining
Doctor of Philosophy
This degree is designed for students interested in pursuing a specialized career in industrial or university research or education. It requires a minimum of 72 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree, including a minimum of 24 credit hours of research and a 12-credit-hour minor program. The doctoral thesis must be a significant, original contribution to the technical or scientific literature and must exhibit satisfactory literary merit. The thesis must be successfully defended before a doctoral committee. Doctoral students are required to complete two semesters of full-time residence. The department can request a waiver from this requirement in very special cases when the student can have complete professional support in another institution or company laboratory.
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