Mining Education Australia

MEA 2010 Workshop

Ailsa — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:38:02 +0000

Lecturers and staff from all four MEA Universities (UQ, UoA, UNSW, WASM) meet last week (7 – 9 July) at the National Wine Centre Adelaide to review course materials and brainstorm new teaching iniatives for 2011.

Goals for MEA in 2010

Webmaster — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:32:35 +0000

Professor Peter Knights new Executive Director of MEA discusses goals for MEA in 2010.

William Hartley (interview)

Webmaster — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:27:11 +0000

William Hartley 4th Year MEA student from University of Queensland talks about what he got out of the AUSIMM New Leaders Conference held recently in Kalgoorlie.

Dr Basil Beamish wins Award

Webmaster — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:16:24 +0000

Dr Basil Beamish have been recognised by The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) in the annual awards of Australia’s Mining industry professional society. Professor White was made an Honorary Fellow of The AusIMM for his committed service to the profession and the institute. Dr Beamish was awarded the prestigious Jim Torlach Health and Safety Award for his commitment to mine health and safety throughout his career both in academic research and teaching as well as time spent in industry. The awards will be presented in May at The AusIMM’s Annual Awards dinner to be held this year in Wollongong.

The commendations from the institute read as follows:

Dr Basil Beamish MAusIMM

Basil Beamish has shown inspirational leadership and commitment throughout his professional career including service to the Queensland coal industry as a Mines Rescue Team vice-captain and captain, during which time he led teams which won national mines rescue competitions and a Healy Cup (1983) in the Queensland competition. Basil’s work also resulted in increased awareness of the health and safety risks associated with spontaneous combustion and coal seam gas through regular presentations at AusIMM conferences and industry workshops in Australia and New Zealand.

From his significant contribution to combating the outburst hazard problem in underground operations as a key member of a mining research team at Collinsville Coal Mine in the 1980s to his current role as a Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering at The University of Queensland, Basil has been a leader in advancing fire and explosion prevention and mining education.

John McPherson (interview)

Webmaster — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:20:01 +0000

John McPherson 3rd year MEA student talks about why he believes Mining Engineering is a good choice for him. He also talks about competing in the 2010 Mining Games.

Scot Campbell (interview)

Webmaster — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:42:24 +0000

3rd year MEA student and scholarship holder Scott Campbell at UNSW talks about learning Spanish and traveling to South America.

3rd year MEA students at UNSW

Webmaster — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:30:37 +0000

Scott and Jonathon from the UNSW 2010 Mining Games team

Webmaster — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:29:44 +0000

Meet International Student from Thailand. Witoon Thunhasirivet

Webmaster — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:09:06 +0000

A video about Witoon Thunhasirivet an MEA student from Thailand who is studying in Kalgoorlie and his reasons for choosing to study in Australia.

Welcome to 2010 students

Webmaster — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:58 +0000

Welcome to all new mining engineering students to MEA this year. Alicia, Keiran and Brett from Kalgoorlie WASM Campus have started the year enthusiastically and are keen to partake in the upcoming Mining Games. Alicia is setting up a women at WASM group so stay posted for more news on the group.