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Organisation - Staff Roles & Activities

The following table outlines the activities of staff in the core areas of:

School administration
Undergraduate coursework
Postgraduate coursework
Research activities

Also the organisational structure of Mining Education Australia (MEA) at UNSW is provided.

Further information on staff responsibilities can be found in

Head of School of Mining Engineering
	Professor Bruce Hebblewhite

Administrative Support
	Mrs Carol Bell; Mrs Rosie Hall; Mrs Kim Russell
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Undergraduate Program
	Program Director - Dr Paul Hagan
	Program Co-ordinator - Dr Rudrajit Mitra
	Student Advisor - Dr Chris Daly
	Undergraduate program support - Mrs Carol Bell; Mrs Rosie Hall
	Mr Duncan Chalmers
		Mine Ventilation
	Dr Chris Daly
		Engineering Design; Energy & Mineral Resources - Use or Abuse? (a General Education course)
	Adjunct Professor Russell Frith
		Geotechnical Engineering
	Dr Paul Hagan
		Mining Project Development; Rock Breakage; Mining Research Project I & II
	Professor Bruce Hebblewhite
		Mineral Resources Engineering
	Associate Professor David Laurence
		Socio-Environmental Aspects of Mining; Underground Mining Systems; Mine Management; Mining in a Global Environment;
	Mr Ed Malone
		Resource Estimation & Project Evaluation
	Dr Rudrajit Mitra
		Mineral Resources Engineering; Fluids & Thermodynamics, Mine Ventilation;Mining Systems; Surface Mining Systems; Mine Feasibility
	Dr Serkan Saydam
		Resource Estimation and Project Evaluation; Mine Planning; Mine Design & Optimisation
	Dr Glenn Sharrock
		Engineering Mechanics; Mining Geomechanics; Mine Geotechnical Engineering
	Dr John Watson
		Engineering Mechanics; Structural Mechanics; Fluids & Thermodynamics; Mining Geomechanics
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Postgraduate Program
	Program Director - Associate Professor David Laurence
	Postgraduate program support - Mrs Kim Russell
	Mr Duncan Chalmers
		Graduate Diploma in Mine Ventilation; Blasting & rock fragmentation
	Adjunct Professor Russell Frith
		Graduate Diploma in Coal Mine Strata Control
	Dr Paul Hagan
		Management systems - projects, processes, contracts, contractors; Drilling, blasting & machine excavation
	Professor Bruce Hebblewhite
		Technology management in mining; Mining processes & system; Graduate Diploma in Coal Mine Strata Control
	Associate Professor David Laurence
		Mining law; Environmental management for the mining industry; Hazard Identification, Risk and Safety Management in Mining
	Associate Professor Roy Moreby
		Graduate Diploma in Mine Ventilation
	Mr Ed Malone
		Mine feasibility, planning and project evaluation; Advanced mineral economics; Geology & geophysics
	Dr Serkan Saydam
		Mine feasibility; planning and project evaluation
	Dr Glenn Sharrock
		Mining geomechanics; Advanced rock mechanics; Technology management in mining; Mining processes & systems
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Research
	Research Director - Professor Bruce Hebblewhite
	Postgraduate Co-ordinator (Research Students) - Dr Serkan Saydam
	Research Co-ordinator (Projects) - Dr Glenn Sharrock
	Dr Yuejun Cai
		Geomechanics; Stability of underground excavations; Mining systems
	Mr Duncan Chalmers
		Mine ventilation
	Dr Chris Fowler
		Mine ventilation; Dust; Windblasts; Frictional ignition
	Dr Paul Hagan
		Ground support systems; Machine cutting of rock; Acoustic emissions in cutting;* Assessment of rock cuttability; Mine planning*
	Professor Bruce Hebblewhite
		Geomechanics; Mine safety; Mine subsidence; Mining systems
	Associate Professor David Laurence
		Mine management; Environmental management; Legislation; Mine safety; Community engagement
	Dr Rudrajit Mitra
		Mining geomechanics; Acoustic emission and laboratory tomogaphy; Mine ventilation
	Dr Serkan Saydam
		Mining geomechanics; Ground support; Mine planning and design; New mining methods
	Dr Glenn Sharrock
		Mining geomechanics; Particle flow modelling; Mining seismology; Finite element analysis
	Dr John Watson
		Finite element analysis; Boundary element analysis
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Mining Education Australia (MEA) Joint Venture
	Executive Director - Professor Bruce Hebblewhite
	Program Leader (UNSW) - Dr Paul Hagan
	Administration Assistant - Ms Julia O'Sullivan
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Page last updated on 22/4/08

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