Mining Engineering

GOALS/OBJECTIVES

To operationalize the Mining Engineering curriculum that will produce competent mining engineering graduates for the Philippine Mining Industry who are likewise qualified for international practice; responsive to the current social, economic, and environmental issues and able to cope up with the global technological advancement.

MAJOR COURSE DESCRIPTION

Professional Courses

EM 311
PRINCIPLES OF MINING
Principles of mineral exploration, mine development, exploitation and rehabilitation. Introduction to surface and underground mining methods. Socioeconomic importance and characteristics of the mineral industry.

EM 312
SURFACE MINING
Merits of surface mining, engineering and economic factors in the selection and use of various equipment and systems in surface mining, ore estimations, grade control, mine planning, cost estimation, slope stability and control, placer and coal mining operations.

EM 411
UNDERGROUND MINING
Criteria for the selection of underground mining method including coal mining. Techniques, unit operations and mine systems involved in the different underground mining methods. Development planning, engineering layout and extraction. Underground haulage systems, draw and grade control.

EM 412
ROCK MECHANICS
Introduction to rock mechanics. Physical and engineering properties of rocks, rock failures and fundamentals of rock mass and rock response to applied loads. Principle of the design of underground openings and pit slopes, ground support, tunneling, and other practical applications.

EM 511
MINE ECONOMICS
Fundamentals of feasibility studies, methods of sampling, ore reserve estimations and statistical analysis for evaluating mineral deposits, engineering economic principles with emphasis on the economic evaluation of mineral development and mining projects.

EM 512
MINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
The course is designed to provide knowledge on the environmental management, design and rehabilitation in the mine.

EM 514
MINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND ETHICS
The mining and environmental laws, policies, implementing rules and regulations, legal and ethical issues affecting the practice of Mining Engineering, Mine safety rules and regulations.

EM 515
MINE MANAGEMENT
Introduction to mine administration, corporate planning, organization, maintenance management, mine labor cost analysis, industrial relations and human resource development. Concept of corporate social responsibilities and quantitative management techniques.

EM 516
MINE SAFETY
Causes and prevention of mine accidents; safety management and organization; mine rescue training; mine safety and health regulations; introduction to the principles of quantitative risk assessment in a mining context.

EM 511
MINE VENTILATION
Fundamentals of mine ventilation, including gas, dust, temperature and humidity control. Economics of airflow, natural and mechanical ventilation. Analysis and design of ventilation systems.

EM 512
MINE RESEARCH AND STUDY
Research methodology, technical report writing and presentation on selected topics with emphasis on mine practices and current issues.

EM 523
MINE DESIGN
Analysis and design of materials handling systems including hauling and hoisting, mineral resource and ore reserve estimation, mine ventilation, mine dewatering, compressed air and power systems. Application of operations research in mining.

EM 421
MINERAL EXPLORATION
The course deals with the prospecting and exploration methods, geologic mapping, stratigraphy, structural geology, geophysics, geochemistry and geo-botany, drilling and orebody modeling.

EM 513
OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR EM
The course deals with application of quantitative approach to decision making with the technique to optimize production results related to the mining profession. It introduces the student to various concepts, tools and techniques in decision-making.

EM 507
EM COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION COURSE 1
This course will cover the review of the basic covered in Mining Engineering Licensure Examination.

EM 508
EM COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION COURSE 2
This course will cover the review of the basic covered in Mining Engineering Licensure Examination.

EM 422
MINE SURVEYING

EM 500
MINE AND PLANT PRACTICE
On-the-job training in mineral exploration, mining operation and mineral processing plant or facility.

Allied Courses

CE 221
ELEMENTARY SURVEYING
Theory and practice of surveying techniques and instruments including tape, compass, transit, theodolite and level; running a traverse and leveling, preparation of plans of survey, and relocation of boundaries.

ES 310
BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
This course provides the students a sound background in the theory and concepts of the fundamental and basic laws of electricity and magnetism. Practical applications such as electrical equipment, electrical safety, blueprint reading, house and commercial building wiring, and lighting are introduced.

ME 314
FLUID MECHANICS
It covers properties of fluid, pressure intensity, static pressure, relative equilibrium of liquids, kinematics of flow and fluid dynamics, flow through orifices, nozzles, venturi meters, weirs and flow meters.

GEOL 311
PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY
Study of earth materials, the nature and consequences of endogenic and exogenic geologic processes; Plate tectonics.

GEOL 321
ELEMENTARY MINERALOGY
A systematic approach in identifying and understanding the different rocks and ore forming silicates as well as non-silicate minerals. An introduction to mineral crystallography, to the physical and chemical properties and occurrences and uses on minerals.

MET 422
MINERAL PROCESSING
Comminution (crushing and grinding), concentration (gravity, magnetic and electrostatic separation), screening, classification, dewatering treatments, materials handling, material balance and accounting, tailings disposal.

GEOL 421
PETROLOGY
Concepts of rock origin-distribution, mineral association and chemical composition of rocks that compose the crust and upper mantle. The use of chemical and physics in interpreting rock forming processes. Megascopic examination (modal constitution, texture, and fabric) and classification of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

GEOL 422
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Mechanics of structural geological deformation; nature, origin, types and field examples of primary and secondary rock structures; photo-interpretation of geologic structures.

GEOL 512
MINRAL DEPOSITS
Ore deposit types and origin of mineral deposits with emphasis on Philippine examples.

MET 321
TECHNIQUES OF METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS
The course is designed to provide basic knowledge on the conventional/classical and modern methods of analyzing minerals and metallurgical products, both in solid and liquid forms. These include fire assaying, Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometer, gravimetric and volumetric methods, X-ray diffraction and similar methods.

MET 311
PRINCIPLES OF METALLURGY
An introduction to mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, and electro-metallurgy, and to adaptive metallurgy. Terminology, principles, processes, flow diagrams, and overview of local and foreign metallurgical industries.

GEOL 511
MINERAL RESOURCES OF RP
The course places emphasis on the different mineral deposits of the Philippines. It conducts lectures on the mineral resources of the Philippines emphasizing its geology, development and conservation.