Kalgoorlie Can You Dig It! The prefect opportunity to showcase the benefits of students learning and living at one of the state’s oldest educational facilities, ‘The Western Australian School of Mines. Come along and help inspire the students. Friday, 16th October, 2015 12-2pm Building 215 Engineering Pavilion Bentley Campus, Curtin University
Curtin to wind-up its Sydney operation Media release Thursday 17 September 2015 In a move to more closely align with its strategic vision, the Curtin University Council, in discussion with Navitas Ltd, made a decision late yesterday to close its Sydney campus by early 2017. The Sydney campus in Chippendale, which opened in 2005, currently has over 800 international students enrolled in Curtin undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Curtin University provides the curriculum, quality oversight and branding, while education partner Navitas manages the campus and delivers the programs. Curtin Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said that although the Sydney campus was returning a financial surplus, the University had a very clear vision for its future global positioning. Based on the outcomes of two independent expert reviews, the University had concluded that a Curtin presence in Sydney did not fully align with its current focus or vision
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Professor Lindsay Collins on 2 September. Lindsay was a stalwart of the Department of Applied Geology, having joined the lecturing staff in 1971. He was a dedicated teacher and enjoyed nothing more than taking students on field trips to Shark Bay and adjacent areas, demonstrating the continuity of earth processes over time. In the past Professor Lindsay’s appointments included: Assistant Director Perth, CRC LEME, 1999- March 2005: Head, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University,1997-1999: Chair, Consortium for Ocean Geoscientists of Australian Universities 1992: Director, National Key Centre for Resource Exploration, 1988- Associate Professor, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University. His research was focused on marine science, especially the coral reefs that fringe the coast of northwest Australia and his work there will be a lasting legacy to his professionalism and research ethic. We extend our sympathy to family, friends and innumerable past students who were fortunate to have studied under Lindsay in his forty-four years of service to Curtin.
Presented by Prof Roger Thompson of the Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University and Dr Leigh Wardle, Mincad Systems and facilitated through the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE), this one day Course will introduce the principles of mine haul road design. Topics covered include philosophy of provision, road building material selection and characterisation, road-user (truck and traffic) requirements, fundamental geometric design concepts, structural (layerworks) design, sheeting (wearing course) selection and improvement and road maintenance management. The Course will also introduce rolling resistance assessment methodologies and from a haul road maintenance perspective, haul road performance assessment and optimisation strategies, as a basis for designing or upgrading new or existing roads. Register here
Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2015 mining.com A team of Australian geoscientists from the Western Austrlain School of Mines, Curtis University, has discovered the earliest known occurrence of reidite, one of Earth’s rarest minerals that forms when shock waves from meteorite impacts hike up pressures and temperatures to extreme levels. Working with the University of St Andrews, the team, led by Professor Steven Reddy from the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR) at the Western Australian School of Mines, discovered the reidite in shocked zircon at Stac Fada, Scotland. Read Article
Join the WA School of Mines Alumni for the annual Politics of Mining Q & A with Norman Moore as the moderator, with special panel guests David Flanagan, Sharon Warburton, Wendy Duncan, Bill Marmion, Simon Bennison, Bill JohnstonKPMG Board Room 6pm – 8pm
ROYLE (Paul G) AWASM (Mining 1949) Deepest sympathy to Pamela & families, on Paul’s peaceful passing after 101 yrs. Paul, our oldest Member, WA School of Mines Alumni returned to Kalgoorlie after WW11, to complete his mining studies. We are proud of his qualities, proven by a successful career around the world, Flt-Lt Pilot, RAF Bomber Command, the last surviving Member of “Stalag 111 Great Escape”, & participating in the “WASM Centenary of Surveying” aged 98, a proud ambassador of our School.