Principal Investigator
Prof. Agus Sasmito
Ph.D. (NU Singapore), B.Eng (Gadjah Mada Univ.)
Mine Multiphysics Research Group Leader
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 115
Phone : (514) 398 3788
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Ahmad Zueter
Ph.D. (McGill), M.Sc. (Heriot-Watt Univ.), B.Eng. (American Univ. Sharjah)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 127B
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Project: Thermosyphon coupled with thermal energy storage for ground freezing
Ph.D. students
Muhammad Abdur Rasyid
M.Eng. (U. Queensland), B.Eng. (Inst. Technol. Bandung)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 101
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Project: Effect of microwave irradiation in comminution and mineral processing (co-supervised with Prof. F. Hassani)
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Minghan Xu
B.Eng. (McGill)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 127B
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Project: Sustainability of mining in permafrost under changing climate
Adel Ahmadihosseini
M.Sc., B.Sc. (Sharif University of Technology)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 101A
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Project: Microwave assisted rock fragmentation (co-supervised with Prof. F. Hassani)
Azlan Aslam
M.Sc. (McGill), B.Eng. (NUST, Pakistan)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 127B
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Project: Effect of microwave irradiation on mineral liberation (co-supervised with Prof. F. Hassani)
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Khalil Hashem
M.Sc. (Brunel Univ.), B.Sc. (Eastern Mediterranean Univ.)
Department of Civil Engineering
McGill University, Canada
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Project: Numerical and experimental modelling to support climate change adaptation of tailing management facilities in cold regions (co-supervised with Prof. L. Sushama)
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Mohammad Zolfagharroshan
M.Sc., B.Sc. (Amirkabir Univ. of Technology)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 127B
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Project: Geothermal energy extraction
Mohammaderfan Mohit
M.Sc., B.Sc. (Sharif Univ. of Technology)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : 127B
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Project: Spray freezing for heating and cooling
Hamidreza Ermagan
M.Sc., B.Sc. (Semnan Univ.)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 127B
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Project: High temperature thermal energy storage using granular materials
Muhammad Saad Khan Tareen
M.Sc. (Buffalo), B.Sc. (Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, Pakistan)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : 127B
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Project: Heat transfer enhancement in thermosyphon
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Kim Leong Liaw
M.Sc., B.Eng. (Petronas, Malaysia)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office: 127B
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Project: Heat transfer enhancements in single and two-phase flow systems
Visiting Ph.D.
- Erlei Su (visiting PhD from Chongqing University, China; 2019 – 2020), Project: Transport Phenomena of CO2 Injection in Coal Seam
- Jiyuan Zhao (visiting PhD from Shandong University of Science and Technology, China; 2019 – 2020), Project: Water in Rush in Coal Mine
- Amin Kamyar, (visiting PhD from U of Queensland, 2017), Project: Ice Slurries Heat Exchanger.
- Zishuang Liu, (visiting PhD from China Univ. Mining Technol. Beijing, 2016-2017), Project: Backfill Pipeline Transportation.
Master Students
Ika Rahayu
B.Eng. (UPN Veteran Yogyakarta)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 127B
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Project: Geothermal energy extraction
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Ivana Ivana
B.Eng. (ITB, Indonesia)
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
McGill University, Canada
Office : FDA 101
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Project: Mine ventilation
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ALUMNI
- Ahmad Zueter, Mathematical modeling of artificial ground freezing systems for mining industries
- Saad Akhtar (Analytical and numerical investigation of spray freezing for mine heating)
- Khashayar Teimoori (Modeling of microwave for rock pre-conditioning, co-supervised with Prof. Hassani)
- Mahmoud A. Alzoubi (Artificial ground freezing)
- Leyla Amiri (Rock-pit seasonal thermal energy storage for mine heating and cooling (co-supervised with Profs. Hassani and Madiseh))
- Joshua Sovechless (Experimental and modeling studies of hydrocyclone for mineral processing (co-supervised with Prof. Waters))
- Darryel Boucher (Experimental and modeling studies of spiral concentrator for mineral processing (co-supervised with Prof. Waters))
- Ika Rahayu (Thermosyphon for selective artificial ground freezing)
- Benitta Chaedir (Tape insert for heat and mass transfer enhancement)
- Putra Hanif Agson Gani (Numerical investigation of conjugate porous media model: mine ventilation and geothermal)
- Matthew Fong (Thermal energy storage)
- Aurelien Nie-Rouquette (Underground freezing in uranium mines)
- Bhargav Bharathan (Slurry and paste pipeline transport for materials handling in mines)
- Dilip Sembakutti ( Investigation of pipeline wear in paste-backfill transport)
- Noorullah Speen Jan
- Prof. Saiied Aminossadati of University of Queensland (2017)
- Prof. Yu-Guo Gao of North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (2016-2017, 2019)
- Prof. Peng Xu of China Jiliang University (2015)
Undergraduate Students
- Kevin Xiao (MIME 484, Winter 2020): Fort Hills economic pit limit assessment
- Benitta Chaedir (Research Assistant, 2018 – 2019): Mathematical modeling of drying in porous media; Ventilation air methane; fuel cells; heat exchanger
- James Rybinski-Turriff (MIME 484, Fall 2019): Modeling of truck-loader productivity in open cast coal mine
- Youssef Elmor (MIME 484, Fall 2019): Design and optimization of mature fine tailings drying in out-of-pit tailings area
- Victor Auger (Graduate Research Trainee, Universite de Lorraine, summer 2019) Analytical solution of two-phase Stefan problem
- Rimen Abdallah (MITACS Globalink, summer 2018): Numerical simulation of droplet spray freezing
- Jin Ryoo (MIME 484, winter 2018; COOP, summer 2018): Discrete element modeling for artificial ground freezing
- Sharun Kuhar (MITACS Globalink Program, IIT Kanpur India, Summer 2017): Hydraulic transport of mineralized slurry in pipeline system.
- Mo Zaki (COOP, summer 2017): Experimental pipe wear test in paste backfill transportation: erosion and corrosion
- Jin Ryoo (COOP, summer 2017): Experimental ground freezing coupled with geothermal heat extraction
- Ya Ting (Kira) Shao (COOP, winter 2017): Experimental artificial ground freezing.
- Jiamin (Leila) Ren (MIME 484, winter 2017): Effect of underground fleet electrification on the ventilation and cooling requirements.
- Paulo Bermudez (MIME 484, winter 2017): Mine ventilation optimization and control in room-and-pillar mines.
- Matthew Fong (COOP, Summer 2016; MIME484, Fall 2016; Research Assistant, winter 2017): Optimization of mine ventilation design in underground mine using computational fluid dynamics model.
- Michael Chan (COOP, Summer 2016): Hydraulic transport of mineralized slurry in pipeline system.
- VRKS Sai (MITACS Globalink Program, NIT India, Summer 2016): Investigation of two-phase flow water and species transport in a dead-end anode PEM fuel cells.
- Mohamed Zaki (MIME484, Winter 2016): Numerical and experimental study of flow and wear characteristic of non-Newtonian backfill pipeline system.
- Jenson Hu (MIME484, Winter 2016): Ventilation optimization at Ekati diamond mine.
- Victor Desrosier (MIME 484, Fall 2015): Control optimization for ventilation on demand.
- Joyce Song (MIME 484, Fall 2015): Numerical study of non-Newtonian Herschel-Bulkley fluid in underground pipeline.
- Anass Jadal (COOP, Summer 2015): Experimental and numerical study of paste-fill flow.
- Yannic Kassi (COOP, Summer 2015): Experimental and numerical study of backfill slurry flow.
- Sean Lu (COOP, Summer 2015): Simulation of methane and dust control in underground mine face.
- Gauthamraj Somarajan Pillai (MITACS Globalink Program, IIT Kanpur India, Summer 2015): Energy-efficient thermal management in deep underground mines.
- Eric Gaudreau (MIME 484, winter 2015): Modeling of the natural heat exchanger at Creighton mine to increase the cooling capacity.
- Jing Tian Feng (MIME 484, winter 2015): Simulation of underground mine ventilation.
- Owen Cluet (MIME 484, winter 2015): Underground Methane Management and Explosion Prevention through CFD Simulation.
- Mac Garrison (MIME 484, Fall 2014): An Assessment of the Impacts of Autonomous Systems in Mining.
Collaborators
- Professor Arun S Mujumdar : Bioresource Engineering and Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University Montreal QC Canada.
- Professor Erik Birgersson : Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Professor Tariq Shamim : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University
- Professor Ferri Hassani : Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal QC Canada.
- Professor Joonsoo Bae : Department of Industrial and Information System Engineering, Chonbuk National University, South Korea
- Dr Jundika C Kurnia: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Technology of Petronas, Malaysia
- Professor Peng Xu : College of Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, PR China
- Professor S. Aminossadati : The University of Queensland, Australia
- Dr Juan P Solano : Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Spain
- Dr. Muhammad Aziz: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
- Professor Ali Ghoreishi Madiseh : Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada
- Dr. Lishuai Jiang: College of Mining and Safety Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
- Dr. Atsushi Sainoki: IROAST Kumamoto University, Japan