Dr.-Ing. Alexander Hennig Deputy Director Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, 31.05.2017
Knowledge to Resource the Future RWTH Aachen University – 2015
Students in Professors Total 42,298 538
International Staff (Full-Time Students 5,510 9,191 Equivalent)
Total Budget New enrolments 8,190 839.5 in Mio €
Graduates 6,480 4,833 Publications
2 RWTH Aachen University – Students by discipline WS 14/15
Natural Sciences Engineering 23% 57% 42,298 Students Medicine, 7% Dentistry 13% Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics
3 RWTH Aachen – Performance indicators & reputation
HOCHSCHUL RANKING
Ranking nach Excellence Gleichstellungsaspekten Ranking
• 2016: RWTH is the best German University for Minerals & Mining • Many rankings certify RWTH best scores • Allensbacher IfD: 70% of German managers have got a positive image of RWTH Aachen – no other university was better evaluated
4 RWTH Aachen Campus – Europe‘s biggest technological campus
. The campus project secures the growth of RWTH Aachen University . It follows the guideline: “Research needs space“ . The area is to grow by 800.000 m2 to 2.5 km2 . The investment volume amounts to 2 billion € . 10.000 workplaces directly and indirectly created
5 RWTH Aachen – Faculties
1 Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences
2 Architecture
3 Civil Engineering
5 Georesources and Materials Engineering
6 Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
7 Arts and Humanities
8 Business and Economics
10 Medicine
6 Faculty of Georesources & Materials Engineering
Mining Recycling
Exploration
Sustainability
Products
Metallurgy
Process engineering
7 Faculty of Georesources & Materials Engineering
Faculty 5 Georesources and Materials Engineering
Division of Mineral Division of Materials Division of Earth Resources and Raw Sciences and Sciences and Materials Engineering Geography Engineering
8 Division of Mineral Resources and Raw Materials Engineering
1. Mineral Processing
2. Mineral Resources Engineering
3. Mining, Environmental and European Law
4. Processing and Recycling
5. Mine Surveying, Mining Subsidence Engineering and Geophysics in Mining
6. Mining and Metallurgical Machinery
7. Nuclear Engineering and Technology Transfer
8. Technology of Energy Resources
9 Chair of Sustainable Resource Extraction & Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering
Ambition
Excellence in Public Relations, Teaching and Research
Internationally recognised mining institute
10 Background
The Institute
• Founded in 1880 • Restructured in 2015 • Fields of Teaching & Research Underground Mining Open Pit Mining Rock Mechanics Simulation and Modeling Deposit Characterisation Mineral Economics Environmental Issues Health & Safety
11 Chair of Sustainable Resource Extraction & Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering
Finances Sabine Schulzen Director & Deputy Directors Administration Karine Valtat-Kreutz Prof Dr Bernd Lottermoser / Dr Alexander Hennig Sandra Zimmermann 9 Technology Benita Rath & 5 Research Fields Administration
Responsible Deposit Mining IT + Mine Planning Mining Processes Economics Workshop Mining Characterisation Realtime Mining Smart H O Energy 2 Bernhard Herff IMPaCT LoCoSu Dr Markus Dammers Blue Mining Dr Alexander Hennig Tobias Braun Dr Ana-Sophie Hensler Dr Felix Lehnen Lukas Bodych
EMC Academic Public Relations Third-Party Research Teaching Advisor / Occupational Services/ Lara Schnellen Funding / Infrastructure Events Acquisition Examinations Safety Internal Tasks Devices Thesis Concepts Presentations Personal & Finances Laboratories QVM Event & Strategies Congresses Relations to FRE, FB5, Collections Library Projects Events RWTH Marketing Lochnerstraße Modelling-Centre Administration „Relations“ Iris Schümmer
19 PhD Candidates & Post-Docs Study Coordination Dr Peter Vossen Dr Maria Wierzbicka-Wieczorek Indium Dr Daniela Gallhofer LoCoSu
12 Teaching
Mineral Resources Engineering • BSc Raw Materials Engineering • MSc Raw Materials Engineering
European Mining Course • MSc European Mining Course
Knowledge to Resource the Future Teaching
Graduates
Raw Materials Engineer
Process Mining
technology MSc
Starting 5th Term: Mining or Process technology BSc
Internship of 60 working days in the Mining Industry or as a “Beflissenen“- Apprenticeship supervised by the Mining Authority
14 Teaching
1st Year, 1st semester ECTS European Mining Course Aalto Helsinki Business Strategy and Risk Evaluation in Mining 5 Mineral Resource Definition 10 Environment and Sustainable Development 5 • Partner University since 1996 Applied Rock and Soil Mechanics 5 Field Experience and Project in Hard Rock Mining 5 • Full Time Two-Year Master Programme 1st Year, 2nd semester RWTH Aachen • Triple Master Degree Feasibility Studies and Project Managment 3 Reserve Modelling and Estimation 3 Underground Mine Design 4 • Partner Universities: Surface Mine design 4 Financial Modelling 2 Helsinki (FI) 1st Semester Mine Ventilation 3 Equipment Selection, Maintenance 4 Aachen (D) 2nd Semester Case Study 7 2nd Year, 1st semester TU Delft Delft (NL) 3rd Semester Soft Skills and Leadership 3 Legal, Health and Safety 10 Master Thesis 4th Semester Investment scenarios (owner/operator): identifying & mitigating project risk 3 Mine Operational Management 2 Business and Quality Management and Improvements in Mining 5 Project Execution/Implementation Plan, Scenarios (Owner vs. Contractor) 7 2nd Year, 2nd semester Location 4 Final Thesis 30
15 Research
Current Projects and Fields of Expertise
Knowledge to Resource the Future Research
Our Research Fields of Expertise
Mining Processes
Mining Responsible Economics Mining
Mine Planning
Deposit Characterization
18 Research: Cooperation with industry partners
Current Third-Party Projects (Examples) 1. Christian Buxbaum-Conradi: Sustainable utilization of an complex salt deposit by raising the primary resource efficiency 2. Max Berner: Dynamic simulation model for mining extraction processes 3. Sebastian Spürk: Developing an Evaluation System for an Efficient and Sustainable Exploitation of Mineral Deposits 4. Sebastian Volkmann: Extraction of maritime resources of the deep-sea 5. Antje Matthäus: Real-time optimization of extraction and logistic processes of highly complex deposits
Services
19 Research: New Projects
2016: 1.4 Million € 1. Environmental behaviour of indium at metalliferous mine sites: Principles, processes and prediction 2. Low-cost surveys for high-technology metals: Applying field portable instruments under quasi- realistic conditions in Subsahara-Africa 3. Demand-based Exploration strategies 4. IMP@CT: Integrated Mobile Modularised Plant and Containerised Tools for sustainable, selective, low- impact mining of small, high-grade or complex deposits
20 Announcement and Call for Papers:
• Well established with more than 300 international participants each year • Key note speakers, oral & poster presentations • 3 Topics: Mineral resources, Mining technologies, Responsible mining • Abstract submission and early bird registration until 01 April 2017 • Various sponsoring opportunities and exhibition booths • Dinner Party at the historic Town Hall • Visit: www.aims.rwth-aachen.de
Knowledge to Resource the Future Thank you and Glückauf
Prof. Dr. Bernd Lottermoser
MRE – Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering RWTH Aachen University
Tel: +49 241 80-97976 [email protected] www.mre.rwth-aachen.de
Knowledge to Resource the Future