Facilities

Laboratory Facilities

The mining engineering program operates four teaching laboratories (Mineral Processing Laboratory, Rock Mechanics Laboratory, Mine Ventilation and safety Laboratory, and Mine Surveying Laboratory). The table below describes purpose, condition, and adequacy, number of student's stations in addition to area occupied by each lab.  Moreover, testing equipment available in each laboratory are shown in appendix C attached by the end of this report.

Laboratory Facilities (Mining Engineering Program)

There are other laboratories outside the department that utilized by our student e.g., Geology lab (EMR 201) run by the Earth Science Collage., and other labs in chemical and physical departments.

The laboratories are generally adequate for the program instruction. Summary for each laboratory is as follows:

Mineral Processing Laboratory: Building 40, Room L4E35 & Room L4G19

The laboratory operations involve crushing, grinding, screening and separation of useful minerals to produce a concentrated ore. The students perform experiments for crushing, grinding, screen analysis, and testing various methods of concentration based on differences in gravitational, magnetic, electromagnetic, and surface properties of various minerals. The laboratory is utilized for teaching in Mineral Processing MINE 342, Applied Mineral Processing MINE 441 courses and in relevant advanced research.  The laboratory is adequate for its purposes.

Rock Mechanics Laboratory: Building 40, Room L4E43

This laboratory is designed to teach students how to determine various mechanical properties of rocks. It involves sample preparation by using diamond drills, cutting and trimming and end grinding. The experiments include testing cores for compression, punch shear, direct shear and tensile strength. Young’s Modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio are also determined by the use of strain gauges and corresponding instruments. The laboratory is utilized for teaching in Rock Mechanics MINE 311 and Applied Rock Mechanics MINE 411 courses. The laboratory is also used for research in the fields of ground support and rock fragmentation. The laboratory is adequate for its purposes.

Mine Ventilation and Safety Laboratory: Building 40, Room 24E51

The laboratory is well equipped with instrumentation for the analysis of mine air for various constituents such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane etc. It also has mine rescue and safety equipment and supplies for the demonstration of rescue and safety aspects of mining engineering accidents. The laboratory is utilized for teaching in Mine Ventilation and Safety MINE 422 and Mine Environment MINE 424 courses. The laboratory is adequate for instruction to the students in the program to cover various aspects of mine ventilation and safety.

Mine Surveying: Building 40, Room 24E61

The laboratory is well equipped with instrumentation for applications for plane surveying and underground survey using both traditional equipment (Theodolite) and modern tools (Total Stations and GPS). The laboratory is utilized for teaching in Mine Surveying MINE 401 and Tunnels Engineering MINE 421 courses. The laboratory is adequate for instruction to the students in the program for various aspects of mine surveying applications.