Head of Mining Engineering Department
MEA Node-WASM (Curtin University)
Email: e.topal@mea.edu.au
Phone: 08 9088 6156
Fax: 08 9088 6151
Qualifications
B.E. in Mining Engineering, SDU, Turkey, 1993
MSc. in Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1998
MSc. in Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines, 2002
Ph.D in Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2003
Employment
1993-1994 Second Shift Supervisor and Assistant Manager, Modul Marble Company, Isparta Turkey.
1994-1996 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, at Suleyman Demirel University, Mining Engineering Department, Isparta, Turkey.
1997 – 2003 Teaching Assistant, at Colorado Schoolo of Mines, Mining Engineering Department, Colorado U.S.ASummer 2001 Research Associate in Kiruna Mine, Sweden .
Aug. 2005-Dec.2005 Research Associate, Mining Engineering Department, McGill University, Canada Research Chair & BHP Billiton Chair in Mine Planning Optimization
2003-2006 Assistant Professor Dr. at Dicle University, Mining Engineering Department, Turkey.
2007-2009 Senior Lecturer at The University of Queensland, Mining Engineering Department.
2009-PresentA/Prof. and Head of Mining Engineering and Surveying Department, Western Australian School of Mines, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University, Australia.
Professional Societies
Member of the AUSIMM
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) Member 1996-2003
Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey Member
Teaching Areas
Hard Rock Mine Design and Feasibility
Advanced Surface Mine Planning and Design
Advanced Underground Mine Planning and Design
Operation Research
Research Interests
Underground and Surface Mine Planning and Optimisation
Operation research
Mineral and Energy Economics
Resource Estimation
Selected Recent Publications
Topal, E., Shafiee, S., 2010, “General Overview for Worldwide Trend of Fossil Fuels” Book Chapter , Nova Science Publishers, Inc. NY, USA. Chapter 6, pp 203-224.
Topal, E., Ramazan, S., 2010, “A New MIP Model For Mine Equipment Scheduling By Minimizing Maintenance Cost” (EJOR) European Journal of Operation Research, Vol 207, issue 2, pp 1065-1071.
Nehring, M., Topal, E., Little, J., 2010, “A New Mathematical Programming Model for Production Schedule Optimisation of Underground Mining Operations” (SAIMM) South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Journal , Vol 110, issue 8, pp 1-11.
Shafiee, S, Topal, E., 2010, “A Long-Term View of Worldwide Fossil Fuel Prices” Applied Energy, Vol 88, issue 3, pp 988-1000.
Nehring, M., Topal, E., Knights, P., 2010, “Dynamic short term production scheduling and machine allocation in underground mining using mathematical programming” IMM Transactions Section A, Mining Technology, Vol 119, No 4, pp 212-220
Groeneveld B., E, Topal., Leender,B., 2010, “A New Methodology for Flexible Mine Design’ Advances in Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning I, AusIMM Spectrum Series Volume 17, Australia, pp 113-123.
Shafiee, S, Topal, E., 2010, “An overview of global gold market and gold price forecasting” Resource Policy Journal. Vol 35, issue 3, pp 178-189.
Topal, E., Sens, J., 2010, “Proposed methodology for Underground Stope Boundary Optimisation” Journal of Coal Science & Engineering, Volume 16, Number 2, pp 113-119.