CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Geomechanics and Mine Design

• Development of a drift support design methodology for underground hard rock mines
• Utilization of virtual reality Mining Exploratorium in exploration planning meetings
• GPR field trials for determining the ideal frequency bandwidth for use in potash mines
• Numerical simulation of acoustic emission and its application to stability monitoring of large-scale underground excavations

Ground Support

• Excavating at depth with automation- A challenge for geomechanics
• Field and Laboratory evaluation of shotcrete performance
• Rock mechanics for nuclear waste management

Mining Technology Click here for Project Descriptions

• Water-Jet Scaling to Reduce Drift Development Rates
• Long-Term Mine Planning through New Data Integration Techniques
• Harsh Environments Initiative Brings Space Technologies to the Resource Sector
• Crack Detection Radar -- A Solution to Assess Rockmass Integrity

Environmental R&D Click here for Project Descriptions

• Acquisition of an Inductively Couple Plasma Atomic Emission System
• Pedological Impacts of Metals on Regional Soils
• Analytical Centre for Environmental Sciences;
• Investigation of Anthropogenic Metal Distribution within Surface Soils and Vegetation within the Sudbury Smelter Footprint
• Regional Background Metal Concentrations in Soils within the Sudbury Smelter Footprint
• Metal Speciation in Selected Sudbury Area Soils
• Development of Sensitive Techniques for the Chemical Analysis of Aerosolic Particles
• Particulate Airfall Monitoring within the Sudbury Smelter Footprint
• Sudbury Soils Project
• Feasibility Assessment of Aerobic Bioreactor For Digestion of Agricultural, Municipal and Forest Industry Waste Materials
• The 4 000 Lakes Project
• Pedological Impacts of Metals in the Sudbury Basin
• Regional Aerosol Fallout Investigation
• Investigation of Fluid Replacement Guidelines in Mine Operating Equipment
• Applications Development for Prototype Automated Microwave Sample Digestion System
• Remote Monitoring Station (REMOST) for Harsh Environments
  

Data Visualization and Virtual Reality Mining Exploratorium Program through the Centre for Integrated Monitoring Technology (CIMTEC) Click here for Program Descriptions

Research Program Components:

• Mineral Exploration and Geosensing
• Mine Design and Geomechanics
• Mining Technology
• Mining Environment and Mine Closure
• Environmental Monitoring
• Biology Research
• Health and Safety