Syd S. and Felicia F. Peng Ground Control in Mining Scholarship

Past Scholarship Winners

Abduljeleel Ajibona

Thesis Title: Understanding Caprock Integrity During Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) in Subsurface Rocks

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Alim Elibol

Thesis Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A STABILITY MAPPING PLATFORM FOR STONE MINES THAT WILL COMBINE NUMERICAL MODELING AND EMPIRICAL CRITERIA

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Alper-Kirmaci

Thesis Title: Improvement of Rib Support Design Utilizing Recent Advancements of the Coal Pillar Rib Rating (CPRR) System

Department: Missouri University of Science and Technology

Year: 2023

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Ava Azadi

Thesis Title: Predictive Simulation of Weak Rock Mass Behavior: A Constitutive Model Approach

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Maria Alejandra Franco Montoya

Thesis Title: A suggested method to interpret direct shear test results based on the current state of the practice

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Rosbel Jimenez

Thesis Title: Analysis of the Brittle Failure Mechanism of Underground Stone Mine Pillars

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Kayode Komolafe

Thesis Title: Tunnel Scale Models for Prediction of Stope Damage using Machine Learning and Numerical Modelling as a Novel Tool for Support System Optimization in Underground Mines.

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Madison Haydn-Myer

Thesis Title: Enhancing Rock Slope Failure Predictions During Earthquakes

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Mehrdad Imani Tilenoei

Thesis Title: Monitoring of time-dependent progressive damage in rocks

Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Depar (Colorado School of Mines)

Year: 2023

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Zach Wedding 

Thesis Title: Underground stone or hard rock mines typically employ the room-and-pillar mining method

Department: Not Provided

Year: 2023

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Lukman Alabede

Thesis Title: Investigation of causes of elevated quarry floor and modeling its effects on mining operational cost- More Advanced Approach

Department: Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Tech.

Year: 2022

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Milad Ghahramanieisalou

Thesis Title: Not provided

Department: Ph.D. Mining Engineering Graduate of University of Nevada-Reno

Year: 2022

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Francisco Gil

Thesis Title: Identification of different types of lithologies based on the intensity values registered in point clouds that were obtained using a mobile laser scanner

Department: Not provided

Year: 2022

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Jose Alberto Gomez Llerena

Thesis Title: Tackling Geotechnical Risks in Open Pit Mining Using High-Resolution Uav Imaging and Advanced Image Processing

Department: Not provided

Year: 2022

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Saeede Kadivar

Thesis Title: Assessing the environmental footprints of gold production in Nevada

Department: Not provided

Year: 2022

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Alireza Kamran Pishhesari

Thesis Title: Artificially Intelligent Mining Systems for Safer and Healthier Automated Operations

Department: University Of Nevada, Reno

Year: 2022

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Kutay Emre Karadeniz

Thesis Title: Advancing Refuge Alternatives in Mine Emergencies Using Advanced Numerical Simulation and Field Scale Testing

Department: Not provided

Year: 2022

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Peter Kolapo

Thesis Title: Development of an Automated Roof Bolting Machine for Underground Coal Mines

Department: Not provided

Year: 2022

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Sikandar Kumar

Thesis Title: Investigation into the stability of bord and pillar workings under deep cover

Department: Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India

Year: 2022

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Mahdi Shahsavar

Thesis Title: Autonomous Excavation System

Department: Not provided

Year: 2022

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Luis Velasquez

Thesis Title: Extent assessment of blast-induced fractures using a stochastic approach

Department: Master of Science in the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky

Year: 2022

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Gaobo Zhao

Thesis Title: Brittle failure criteria of entry roof and its support system optimization in underground mines

Department: Not provided

Year: 2022

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