The Geomechanics Research Centre (GRC) is offering research fellowships to motivated grad students interested in microseismicity, rock mechanics and numerical modeling. Research project include underground field work experience, numerical and laboratory simulations of microseismic events are experienced during mine excavations, and geophysical investigations in mining environment.

Where:
GRC is world recognized research centre for mining and underground engineering.
Since its inception in 1987, GRC has focused its research on geomechanics for ground control. It has established an internationally recognized reputation of advanced and innovative geomechanics research. In 1998, GRC was integrated into MIRARCO. This research company, focusing on geomechanics mine design, mining technology and environmental monitoring, has emerged as one of world's leading groups in applied mining research.

What:
Rocks and rock masses are very complex materials (jointed, folded, faulted, anisotropic, heterogeneous, etc.), and, depending on the stress and strain conditions, respond by yielding, creeping, and eventually collapsing. The rock reaction may be instantaneous but often is delayed. These time dependent failure processes may occur far from the mining activity, and can trigger unexpected events (seismic hazards) that are difficult to predict in advance. This project is about to understand and model the trigger process that leads to brittle failure processes far from the initial source (e.g., rockbursts remote from mining).
The aim of this project is to develop, test and demonstrate the validity of a new "observational" approach to numerically predict time-sequences and locations of brittle failures during rock excavation based on innovative geomechanical interpretations of complex multi-dimensional geophysical and seismological data.

Who:
Students with background in physics, geology, applied geophysics, geo-engineering, and mathematics are encouraged to apply.
Applications will be evaluated continuously until the positions are filled.

How:
For more information regarding GRC research and expertise, please see our website at www.mirarco.org or contact Mr. Sean Maloney.