Team members in the attached
picture are William Heasley, Peter Hunter, Ethan Marcoux, Dalton Walker, Daniel
Koelfgen and Jackson Roberts.
RAPID CITY, SD (Feb. 2, 2018) – A
team of students from the South Dakota School
of Mines & TechnologyDepartment
of Mining Engineering and Management will take part in The National Stone,
Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) student design competition. The team
is heading to phase two of competition, competing at the Society for
Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration (SME) conference in Minneapolis in
February.
The competition involves a
technical design stage and an oral presentation stage. Students are tasked with designing a real-world quarry.
Participants are not allowed to discuss the details of their projects in public
during the competition. The SD Mines team was one of six out of 16 teams
selected to move on to the final round.
“We are delighted by the team's performance,” says
Andrea Brickey Associate Professor of
mining engineering at SD Mines and the team’s faculty advisor. “They have worked hard
preparing for the competition and it is reflected in their placement,”
she adds.
The Department of Mining
Engineering and Management at SD Mines is among the top programs in the United
States. At SD Mines, students receive hands-on experience with industry-grade
equipment, management training, and the opportunity to survey and work underground
with officials at the Sanford Underground
Research Facility. Mining
engineering and management students also train with professional mine rescue
teams, intern at major companies across the mining industry, and interact with
a wide variety of national and international mining experts.
Teams at this year’s NSSGA mines
design competition came from the United States, Canada, Peru, Netherlands and
India. Team members in the attached picture are William Heasley, Peter Hunter,
Ethan Marcoux, Dalton Walker, Daniel Koelfgen and Jackson Roberts.