MNGE 270-3 Introduction to Mining Engineering. Introduction to Mining Engineering (Non-Mining majors only).  Importance of mining in a country's economy; stages of mining: prospecting and exploration, development and exploitation; unit operations of mining, surface mining systems, underground mining methods, novel mining methods, mineral processing, marketing of minerals. Prerequisites: sophomore standing or consent of instructor.

MNGE 320-3 Surveying for Engineers. Land Surveying. Tacheometry and correlation. Aerial Surveying. Production measurement. Analysis of survey data for engineering design. Geophysical and borehole surveying. Laboratory. Prerequisite: MATH 150, ENGR 102 or consent of instructor.

MNGE 392-1 to 6 Mining Engineering Cooperative Education. Supervised work experience in industry, government or professional organizations. Students work with on-site supervisor and faculty adviser. Reports are required from the student and the employer. Hours do not count toward degree requirements. Mandatory Pass/Fail. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.

MNGE 400-3 Principles of Mining Engineering. Introduction to role of mining in the economics of the minerals industry.  Mine exploration and valuation. Mining methods and equipment. Explosives and blasting. Blast hole layout considerations. Exploration program design. Geophysical logging. Land acquisition and control. Public relations and environmental quality. Field trips. Not for graduate credit for Mining Engineering majors. Prerequisite: GEOL 220 or concurrent enrollment or consent of instructor.

MNGE 401-1 Mining Environmental Impacts and Permits. Socio-economic impacts of mining industry. Analyzing the markets for coal and its products. Mining operations and related environmental impacts. Mining permits. Prerequisite: MNGE 400 or consent of instructor. 

MNGE 405-1 Field Trip. Visit several mining operations and prepare a report. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 400 and Geology 390.

MNGE 409-2 Underground Exploitation Systems I. Study of mineral deposits evaluation. Underground mining methods for coal and non-coal deposits. Design of mine production and its ancillary systems and subsystems.  Prerequisite: MNGE 400, GEOL 419 or concurrent enrollment. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors.

MNGE 410-2 Underground Exploitation Systems II. Advanced study of systems for underground coal and non-coal deposits. Design of system elements such as mine layout. Prerequisite: MNGE 409, consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors.

MNGE 411-2 Mine Machinery. Analysis and design of underground and surface mining machinery. Equipment and parts selection. System development. Preventive maintenance. Prerequisite: MNGE 410. 

MNGE 413-3 Mine and Industrial Power Systems. Electric circuits, transformers, motors and their industrial applications. Electrical power distribution; systems design and components selections. Pneumatic and hydraulic power principles. Prerequisite: PHYS 205 and MATH 250. 

MNGE 414-2 Surface Exploitation Systems I. Surface mining methods and equipment.  Economics of stripping ratio, cut-off grade and equipment selection. Surface blast design basics. Prerequisite: MNGE 400, ENGR 361.  Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors.

MNGE 415-2 Surface Exploitation of Systems II.   Surface blast design and economics. Sizing, selection, balance and economics of equipment fleets for surface operation. Prerequisite: MNGE 414, consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors.

MNGE 417-3 Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers.   Probability and statistics concepts, analysis of engineering experimental data. Fitting experimental data to distribution functions. Regression analysis. Quality control in production systems. Reliability in engineering processes. Stochastic simulation of engineering systems. Prerequisite: MATH 250 or consent of instructor. 

MNGE 418-3 Mining of Ore Deposits.   Analysis, planning and design of surface hardrock mines and underground mining system. Analysis of mining and equipment costs. Prerequisite: MNGE 400, GEOL 390. 

MNGE 420-3 Mineral and Coal Processing.  Principles of processing minerals, aggregates and coal, including unit operations of comminution, classification, solid-solid separation, dewatering and tailings disposal. Laboratory investigations of the fundamental principles governing unit operations including size reduction, mineral liberation, classification mineral recovery and dewatering. Laboratory.  Prerequisite: MNGE 400, CHEM 200, PHYS 205b, MATH 305, ENGR 313 or CE 370a & b or concurrent enrollment. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors. 

MNGE 421-3 Mineral Processing Plant Design. Engineering design of unit operations used for minerals, aggregates and coal processing including crushing, grinding, industrial screening, classification, gravity separation, flotation, and dewatering.  Overall plant performance optimization and flow sheet design. Laboratory. Prerequisite: MNGE 417 or concurrent enrollment and MNGE 420. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors. 

MNGE 425-4 Mine Ventilation Systems Analysis and Design. Thermodynamic principles in mine ventilation.  Study of the theories and practice of natural and forced mine ventilation.  Fan and mine characteristics.  Ventilation network analysis.  Mine ventilation design and problem analysis. Laboratory. Prerequisite: MNGE 410, ENGR 313 or CE 370a & b. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors. 

MNGE 430-3 Economics of Mineral Resources. Economics of mineral resources. Investment decision making criteria; economic viability of mining projects, financing mining projects; sensitivity and risk analyses. Prerequisite: MNGE 400, ENGR 361, or consent of instructor. 

MNGE 431-3 Rock Mechanics: Principles and Design. Analysis of stress and strain, elementary elasticity, stress distribution around openings, engineering properties of rocks, artificial support and reinforcement, slope stability. Laboratory. Prerequisite: ENGR 311 or CE 350. 

MNGE 435-3 Operations Research and Computers in Mine Design. Mine systems analysis, operations research and statistics in decision making, production engineering, mine planning, optimization, linear programming, computer simulation.  Prerequisite: either MNGE 410 and MNGE 415, or MNGE 418 alone, also ENGR 222 and ENGR 361. 

MNGE 440-4 Material Handling Systems. Analysis and design of material handling systems such as belt conveying, hoisting, and pumping.  Mine power systems design.  AC and DC motor applications.  Material handling systems economics.  Prerequisites: MNGE 409, MNGE 414 or concurrent enrollment.  Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors. 

MNGE 445-3 Mine Equipment Maintenance Engineering. Mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems in mining equipment. Equipment maintenance problems in mines and minerals processing facilities. Cost of lost production. Cost centers and identification of high cost problem areas in mining operations. Principles, design and development of maintenance systems. Maintenance organization, responsibility, and scheduling. Prerequisite: MNGE 409, MNGE 414. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors. 

MNGE 450-3 Industrial Minerals.( Same as Mining Engineering 550) Processing of key industrial minerals including Kaolin Clay, Talc, Mica, Carbonates and Aggregates. Ultra fine grinding and surface property based seperation processes. Mining and Utilization aspects.
Prerequisite: 420,421.

MNGE 455-3 Mine Environment, Health and Safety Engineering. Analysis of mine environmental impacts and their mitigation, safety problems and rules and regulations, hazards and accidents. Sealing and recovery of mines.  Design of mine emergency plans, safety methods and health hazard control plans.  Acid mine drainage, minerals waste disposal environmental remediation.  Prerequisite: MNGE 409, MNGE 414, MNGE 417 or concurrent enrollment. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors.

MNGE 460-3 Mineral Systems Design. Projects in planning and design of surface and underground mining systems.  Evaluate and design mining subsystems; integrate subsystems and procedures into a preliminary mine design; and optimize operations from exploration to closure. Two lectures and two two-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisite: MNGE 409, MNGE 414, MNGE 420, MNGE 425, MNGE 431 or consent of instructor.

MNGE 470-3 Experimental Methods in Rock Mechanics. Supplement theoretical knowledge gained in MNGE 431 with laboratory experiments.  Physical property tests for specific gravity, moisture, density porosity of rocks.  Unconfined and confined compressive strength, tensile strength, shear strength, photoelasticity, static and dynamic strain measurement systems, field instrumentation techniques.  Laboratory.  Prerequisite: MNGE 431. 

MNGE 475-3 Analysis and Design of Mine Excavations. Rock classification; design of shafts, slopes, tunnels and underground chambers; support requirements; design of slopes; design of underground mining systems from ground control point of view; design of impoundments. Prerequisite: MNGE 410, MNGE 415, MNGE 431. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors. 

MNGE 480-3 Rock Fragmentation Systems. Principles of rock fragmentation. Drilling and mechanics of rock penetration, drillability indices. Chemistry of explosives. Design of blast patterns in surface and underground mines and quarries, prevention of air blast, vibration and noise. Prerequisite: MNGE 415. Consent of instructor for graduate students and non-majors. 

MNGE 511-3 Advanced Ground Control. Ground control in viscoelastic, plastic, and jointed rocks, artificial rock stabilization, in-situ stresses, minimizing structural damage due to subsidence, bumps and rock bursts. Prerequisite: MNGE 431 or consent of instructor. 

MNGE 519-2 Advanced Mine Environment and Pollution Control. Study of the design of coal dust control plan; methane control. Design of mine illumination system, noise control and water pollution control. Prerequisite: MNGE 410, MNGE 415. 

MNGE 530-3 Mine Management. Study of basic management principles, labor relations, and coal wage agreement. Costing methods and cost control. Operations organization and performance analysis. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. 

MNGE 535-3 Rock Fragmentation. Principles of rock fragmentation, cutting and drilling, mechanics of rock penetration, drillability indices, use of explosives in rock fragmentation, design of blasting patterns in surface and underground mines, prevention of air blast and noise due to blasting, chemical fragmentation. Prerequisite: MNGE 415, MNGE 431 or consent of instructor. 

MNGE 540-3 Production Engineering in Coal Mines. Operations analyses of production cycles in surface and underground coal mining systems, mine planning and design using computer models, computer simulation, economic analysis of mining systems. Prerequisite: MNGE 435 or consent of instructor.

MNGE 545-3 Tunneling. Tunneling through consolidated and unconsolidated geologic materials - cut and cover, drilling and blasting, and rapid excavation tunneling techniques. Classification systems for geologic materials, hydrological investigations, tunnel linings - types, requirements and their design. Instrumentation. Prerequisite: MNGE 431 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. 

MNGE 580-1 to 2 Seminar. Collective and/or individual studies in coal extraction or utilization. 

MNGE 592-1 to 5 Special Investigations. Special studies of coal extraction or utilization problems. 

MNGE 599-1 to 6 Thesis.

MNGE 601-1 per semester Continuing Enrollment. For those graduate students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation, thesis, or research paper. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research, or the minimum thesis, or research hours before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Graded S/U or DEF only.