Qualifications
- New South Wales and Queensland Coal Mine Ventilation Officer certificate (2008)
The University of New South Wales
- PhD in Mining Engineering – Mining Geomechanics (2006)
The University of Queensland
- ME in Mining Engineering – Mine Ventilation (2001)
The University of Queensland
- BEng in Mining Engineering (1998)
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia
Employment
- Graduate Mining and Geotechnical Engineer (1999 – 2000)
PT Freeport Indonesia, Open Pit Mine Operation and Underground Mine Geotechnical Departments
- Postgraduate Researcher in Mining Engineering (2000 – 2001)
Department of Mining, Minerals, and Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Researcher in Mining Engineering (2002 – 2006)
Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC), The University of Queensland
- Ventilation Officer trainee and Underground Miner (2006 – 2008)
Anglo Coal Australia, Grasstree mine, Bowen Basin, Queensland
- Production Engineer – Ventilation and Mine Control (2008 – 2010)
Barrick Australia Pacific, Kanowna Belle mine, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
- Regional Ventilation Engineer (2010 – 2011)
Barrick Australia Pacific, Kanowna Operations, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
- Sessional Lecturer (2008 – 2011)
Department of Mining Engineering and Mine Surveying, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, Kalgoorlie-Boulder
- Lecturer (2011 – present)
Department of Mining Engineering and Mine Surveying, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Professional Societies
- Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy – The AusIMM (2000-present).
Teaching Areas
- Mine Ventilation
- Underground Mining System
- Mine Geotechnical Engineering
Research Interests
- Mine Ventilation
Selected Recent Publications
- Halim, A., 2009. Installation and commissioning of new primary fans at Barrick’s Kanowna Belle Mine, Kalgoorlie, Australia, in Proceedings of 9th International Mine Ventilation Congress, New Delhi, India vol 1 (Ed. D.C. Panigrahi), pp 113-121 (Oxford and IBH Publishing, New Delhi).
- Halim, A., Trueman, R., Castro, R., 2008. Quantifying the effect of concurrent draw on extraction zone in block caving mines using a large scale 3D physical model, Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Section A: Mining Technology, vol 117, no 3, pp 128-135.
- Trueman, R., Castro, R., Halim, A., 2008. Study of multiple draw zone interaction in block caving mines by means of a large 3D physical model, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, vol 45, issue 7, pp 1044-1051.
- Castro, R., Trueman, R., Halim, A., 2007. A study of isolated draw zones in block caving mines by means of a large 3D physical model, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, vol 44, issue 6, pp 860-870.
- Gillies, A.D.S., Wu, H.W., Mayes, T.I., Halim, A., 2002. Measurement of airflow through regulators and real time integrated airflow monitoring, in Proceedings of North American and 9th US Mine Ventilation Symposium, Kingston, Canada, (Ed: E. De Souza), pp 301-308 (Balkema, Rotterdam).