Doctor of Philosophy in Geo-Engineering
The Department of Mining Engineering in collaboration with the Geological Engineering faculty of the Department of Geological Sciences, offers a Ph.D. in geo-engineering. Applications for this interdisciplinary areas within the degree include mine ventilation, mine environmental, reclamation, remediation and restoration studies, mine automation and robotics, rock mechanics, drilling and blasting, materials handling, ore reserve characterization, geostatics and mineral economics. Prospective students are encouraged to contact faculty members with specialization in the area in which the student wishes to pursue to discuss a program of study that would be mutually beneficial, attractive and productive. Applicants should preferably have an engineering degree and knowledge of basic geological sciences. Students with other backgrounds can and are encouraged to apply if they have research interests concurrent with faculty interests. Applicants may be required to complete undergraduate coursework prior to full admission. Degree completion requirements are listed in the Graduate School web page.Ph.D. Geo-Engineering Admission policy
In order to be admitted to the Ph.D. in Geo-Engineering program applicants should have obtained the M.S. degree in geological engineering or in mining engineering, and should have completed the thesis option degree program. Applicants who have completed an M.S. degree in a closely related discipline (e.g. geology, civil engineering, geophysics, mechanical engineering, hydrology, physics, etc..) will be considered for admission. It is likely that applicants with such degrees will be required to complete prerequisite requirements, i.e. courses that will not count towards their degree completion requirements.
The fundamental deficiencies that will be evaluated, depending on an applicant’s previous education, are most likely to be fundamental engineering sciences and geology. (It is assumed that all applicants will have completed basic science requirements, e.g. mathematics, physics, and chemistry, at least through the level required for completing a B.S. in engineering in an accredited engineering program.)
Fundamental engineering sciences include statics, dynamics, strength of materials, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and electrical circuits. Applicants will be expected to have completed at least 12 semester credits in some combination of any of these subjects in order not be required to complete deficiencies in these topics. Applicants who have passed the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering Exam) will have satisfied the basic engineering sciences requirement.
Prior to full admission applicants must have completed at least 12 semester credits in geology.
Applicants who obtained the M.S. degree with a non-thesis option will be required to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the admitting faculty an equivalent level of research competency and promise.
In order to be admitted applicants must have a minimum cumulative graduate GPA of 3, and a combined score of at least 1,050 on the verbal and the quantitative parts of the GRE (V + Q ³ 1,050.)
Students who are admitted to an M.S. program in geological engineering or in mining engineering may be recommended to pursue the Ph.D. degree directly, i.e. without completing the M.S. degree first. This approach requires a strong recommendation from the student’s advisor and advising committee. The student pursuing this route still needs to meet all other program and Graduate School requirements for admission into a Ph.D. program.
For more questions please contact Dr.Pierre Mousset-JonesProspective students may also refer link to Graduate School
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