“Educating and Leading Mining Engineers into the Future”

Department of Mining EngineeringUniversity of Pretoria

Overview

InternationalSociety of Mining ProfessorsFriday the 27th of June 2014

Maslow Hotel

Vision“To be a leading research‐intensive university in Africa, recognised

internationally for its quality, relevance and impact, as also for developing people, creating knowledge and making a difference locally

and globally”

Mission“In pursuing recognition and excellence in its core functions of research,

teaching and learning,and integrating engagement with society and communities into these,

the University ofPretoria will use quality, relevance, diversity and sustainability as its

navigational markers”

University of Pretoria

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Mission

Excellence in Mining Engineering Education and research,

internationally recognized and well-rounded in technical and non- technical skills

Department of Mining Engineering

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Sasol Chair in SHECHarmony Chair in Rock Engineering and Numerical ModellingSHEC Executive certificate course for managers (e-learning)

Sasol Mining Rock Engineering development programSasol Engineering Leadership Academy

Mining Engineering Leadership AcademyPsychometric tests for all our students (habits, brain thinking preference)

New Mining Engineering Department officesKumba Virtual Reality Centre for Mine Design

Explosives Engineering blasting courseGMIRM course for companies

Established Research Capabilities The Mining Resilience Research Institute (MRRI)

Internationalisation of the Department and its staff through the SOMPQuality Mining Engineering program

English Literacy for all mining studentsVery active Tuks Mining Society for students

A highly qualified Mining Engineering Lecturers team

The Department in a nutshell

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Current Academic/Support staff summary

1 Associate Professor5 Senior Lecturers 1 Junior Lecturer

Sasol Chair holder (1 x Associate Professor) Harmony Chair holder (1 x Senior researcher)

8 Postgraduate full time students1 Educational Councillor

1 Postgraduate administrator/Budget controller1 Instructional Designer

1 Personal Assistant1 English Instructor

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Projects/Postgraduate/Chair related staff summary

3 Extra ordinary Professors1 Honorary Professor

2 Postgraduate contracted in lecturers1 Full time postgraduate PhD student

10 Contracted-in industry risk lecturers1 Kumba VR Centre manager

1 MRRI Project Manager

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DEAN EBIT

AAUNInter‐Departmental HOD

Mining Industry Related Ronny Webber‐Youngman All postgraduate students available for general Admin SupportResearch Activities Daleen Gudmanz, Nitha Bruyns

P/G Eugene Preis

METF  MAB MQA HR SOMP EXTRA ORDINARY PROFS Industry PR BE at UP CE at UP 5th floor&VR Non TechnicalJohann Louw Clive Knobbs (CK)

Erna Gerryts (EG)P/G Amos Muridili

Shadowmatch, HBDI, EQ (EG)English literacy (Isabella Venter)

PMP (CK,EG)M&L (CK)

RESEARCH FINANCES & MASUP MARKETING COMMUNICATION U/G & P/G PROJECTSJan du Plessis Pierre Bredell (PB) Erna Gerryts Wolter de Graaf (WdG) Jannie Maritz (JM) (TBC)

P/G Theo Kagogo P/G Chris Tonkin Nitha Bruyns P/G Goodman Guliwe P/G Megan Neser P/G Wynand van ZweelJeritha Mapotho Jeritha Mapotho P/G students P/G student(s) Jeritha Mapotho P/G students

Budgets Website TMS Admin Vacation work (MB)MASTERS PHD'S Cashflow control Brochures SMS's Academic issues Instructional design (NB)

Funding  News articles Engineering weeks P/G co‐ordinating Pre‐lecture reading (NB)Purchase orders Magazines PR SAIMM Inter. Student Exchange Edumine & VTTV (JM)

SASOL OTHER Open day Student projects PSS700 (JM) Mine visits/tours (PB)Jan du Plessis Faculty marketing Infrastructure PSC410 (PB)Stephan Heyns Schools Security (MB)Clive Knobbs Archive (NB,CB)Erna Gerryts Nitha Bruyns NOTE: This organogram relates to all other activities other than lecturer academic and own research activitiesNitha Bruyns and P/G student allocations for academic subject support and research/chair related activities

2 x P/G studentsNIHL, DustSELA / MELA

SHEC certificate subjectsOther projects

GEN DEPT ADMIN

DOME staff responsibilities Organogram

CHAIRS 

(MRRI)Department of Mining Engineering (DOME)Mining Resilience Research Institute

Project LeaderRob Smart

Numerical modellingrock engineeringother projects

HARMONYJohan HanekomFrancois MalanJohn Napier

2 x P/G students

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Largest number of postgraduate students ever

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New facilities in the Faculty EngineeringNew facilities in the Faculty Engineering

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The Engineering Mining Industry Study CentreThe Engineering Mining Industry Study Centre

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Department of Mining EngineeringUniversity of Pretoria

New Offices

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Value of investment R 50 millionDate of completion April 2015

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The University of PretoriaThe University of Pretoria

Wishes to be instrumental in improving the resilience of the MiningIndustry in South Africa by:• Investigating some of underlying causes of the under

performance of Mining in South Africa• Researching possible ways of addressing these.• Collaborating with other organisations working on related topics• Sharing the findings of integrated bodies of research conducted

by UP.

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The University of PretoriaThe University of Pretoria

Has therefore decided to• Establish a Mining Resilience Research Institute (MRRI)• Conduct Research, initially in three areas (to serve as pilot

projects), which will refine its offering and demonstrate the powerof an integrated approach.

• "Distressed Mining Communities" project work done under theauspices of the Office of the President

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MRRIMRRI

Mission“Through rigorous, integrated, scientific research, contribute

practically implementable solutions which will increase the resilience of the Mining Industry”

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Post Graduate Research Focus Areas

ROCKBREAKING/Explosive Engineering

Sasol Nitro

SAFETY AND HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (SHEC) Sasol Chair

including Risk Management

ROCK ENGINEERINGHarmony Chair in Rock Engineering and Numerical

Modelling

VENTILATION ENGINEERING (Hard Rock Mines,coal mines)

KUMBA VIRTUAL REALITYCENTRE FOR MINE DESIGN

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP(Including HBDI, Shadowmatch, EQ)

GUIDED SPECIAL STUDIESApplied research

COMPULSORY SUBJECTALL B.Eng and BSc Applied Science

Honours students

MASTERS AND PHD’S

U/G MINE DESIGN

MINERAL ECONOMICS

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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Mining Engineering Leadership AcademyMining Engineering Leadership Academy

MissionIn the interests of safety and production

create socio-technical graduates with leader and leadership capabilities

Leadership Ξ Safety culture Ξ

Production

Focus on the Leader and Leadership

• South African study• Canadian survey• National Assoc. of Colleges and Employees• AACU and college learning for the new global century• Training magazine• Monash university( Australia)• Sally Male et alia (Australia)• Journal of Engineering Education

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Lack of leadership skills, as shown by:Lack of leadership skills, as shown by:

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Objectives of leadership programmeObjectives of leadership programme

• Self awareness, communication and co-operation• Measurement of changes in behaviour, habits and attitudes• Preparation of students for the demands of a volatile work

environment• Identity change from student to employee• Research projects examining leadership profiles

SOMPSOMP

• SOMP membership- approximately 200 Members (all Tuks lecturers SOMP members)- 70 Universities- 40 Countries

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Major contributions 2012/2014

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Impact of VR in risk minimisationImpact of VR in risk minimisation

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ConclusionConclusion

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• The Department is a very healthy state in terms of new initiatives,quality staff and quality students

• The Department will boast with world class facilities in the very nearfuture

• Industry support has increased over the last few year and is expectedto continue

• Non technical skills including M&L as part of the curriculum has nowestablished itself as a valuable contributor to our students’ miningcareers

• The MRRI I predict will in future be a very important facility in terms ofthe contribution it will make in helping to solve the industry problems

• Quality education and research are not negotiable

AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

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• The University of Pretoria in supporting all our initiatives andinterventions

• My staff for supporting me in all the activities that we are currentlyinvolved with

• All the industry contributors for whom without their support none of ourprojects would have been possible, including the METF, SACMA,AMMSA, MQA and the SAIMM

• SOMP agreeing to allow us to host the SOMP 2014 conference inSouth Africa, indeed a great privilege

• To my family supporting me in tough times“The dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow”

Professor David Block