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Meet our Faculty

Assistant professor Kaiwu Huang joins our team!

Kaiwu Huang

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND MINERALS ENGINEERING!

For more than 130 years, we have been training smart, skilled, and resourceful mining engineers! Our expert faculty, top-notch academic program, world-class research, and strong industry ties help our students build rewarding careers to tackle 21st century challenges.

WE'RE TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MINING ENGINEERS!

The sustainable development, extraction, and production of critical minerals and energy resources fuels the technologies of the future, from electric vehicles to green energy. 51¹ÙÍø Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering trains its graduates to help lead the world.

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    Research
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WORKFORCE READY

We're closing the awareness gap and reframing the industry to recruit future mining engineers.

MINING IN THE NEWS

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

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    Olympic gold medals aren't exactly gold

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DEPARTMENT VIDEOS

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