MINE3124 Mine Ventilation (Practical)

Mine Ventilation is a required course for the Mining Engineering degree. In underground mines, the condition of air needs to meet certain quality and quantity standards; the threshold limits for the designed values are based on human safety and comfort. Maintaining a comfortable work environment is a cost-effective process, however, the condition of the underground environment directly affects the productivity and effectiveness of the workforce. This course deals with various issues of underground mine ventilation and provides the students with the important concepts and principles that they need to understand as a mining engineer.

Mine Ventilation is taught at the University of Queensland with a similar structure to that at University of Adelaide, the University of New South Wales and Curtin University. These four universities deliver a common curriculum for years 3 and 4 of the Bachelor degree in Mining Engineering. Dr Saiied Aminossadati is the national Mine Ventilation course leader and coordinates the structure, design of the course materials and assessments across the four universities each year.

Dr Aminossadati has more than 20 years of academic and industry experience and has published more than 100 highly ranked journal and conference papers. His work on underground mine ventilation and monitoring has gained him international recognition and he established the first Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Laboratory, and the first Fibre-optic Sensing Application Laboratory at The University of Queensland. Amin has more than 4 years research and experience on the application of fibre sensors in mining and collaborates with a number of national and international institutes in this field. He uses his close relationship with the mining industry to introduce new technologies in this industry.

Amin uses an active learning strategy in this course to motivate his students to learn and understand this critical aspect of mining. He gets great satisfaction from teaching and achieves consistently high SECaT scores. His commitment to his students’ learning has been recognised with multiple program and teaching awards.