The Intelligent Miner’s feature “Evolving Mining Education” focuses on the current state of mining education in universities and how to better align education with real…
2020/12/08
NBK and BRIMM
News
Here you can find all the news from the The Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and the Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM). Please note that articles about BRIMM will take you to BRIMM’s website.
2020/11/19
Adjunct Professor Justin Himmelright is one of AME’s 2020 Award Recipients
Congratulations to our Adjunct Professor Justin Himmelright for being recognized by AME with an award for developing the Indigenous Peoples in Mining Course for UBC…
2020/10/19
Mining Our Way to a Low Carbon Future
Click here to watch Lucy Crane’s TED Talk on the topic of Mining Our Way to a Low Carbon Future.
2020/10/15
Mining PhD student Michael Ryan MacIver nominated as a 2020/2021 SME Henry Krumb Lecturer
Our PhD student Michael Ryan MacIver was nominated by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME, Denver, CO) as a 2020/2021 SME Henry Krumb…
2020/10/07
Mining Engineer graduate Nathan Skubovius offers advice about finding ways to enter the mining industry
Please click here to read the article from Canadian Institute of Mining.
2020/10/05
Congratulations to Jesse Peters, recipient of two scholarships
The Department of Mining Engineering is pleased to announce that 4th year BASc student, Jesse Peters, is this year’s recipient of two prestigious scholarships, the…
2020/10/01
Mining alumna Holly Burton is a leadership coach for women
Please click here to read the story by Globe and Mail. Rolfe, K. (2020, September 14). Leadership coach Holly Burton: ‘Part of the work that…
2020/09/11
A mining business model to capture value for all stakeholders – Jocelyn Fraser
Producing value for all stakeholders in a mining project, such as shareholders, government, and community, is an ambitious and sometimes complex undertaking. One approach to…
2020/09/08
NBK student Akash Tirkey elected to lead UBC chapter of Engineers Without Borders
Past Involvement With Engineering Without Borders: Over the past three years, I have thoroughly enjoyed contributing to and learning from several different projects at Engineers…
2020/07/22
Dr. Davide Elmo’s student Beverly Yang won the 2020 CGS Student Competition
We are pleased to announce that Beverly Yang won the 2020 Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) Student Competition in the Undergraduate Report (Individual) category for their…
2020/06/26
Dr. Davide Elmo contributes to study of the effectiveness of physical distancing
Physical distancing (or social distancing) is the paradigm presented by public health experts and public officials as the best, albeit indirect, tool to slow the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak. Around the world countries have imposed strict lockdown procedures in an effort to maximize physical distancing. However, those solutions are temporary and not economically viable in the long-term. As we begin to consider relaxing lockdown measures there is the need to effectively simulate physical distancing at the scale of large and densely populated urban areas. Fracture networks are highly developed models of connectivity between fractures. Thus if fractures are used…
2020/06/12
In memory of Emeritus Professor Andrew L. Mular
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Emeritus Professor Andrew L. Mular. Professor Mular was a well-liked professor by many of…