One of the unique attributes of our department is our in-house interdisciplinary collaboration and research. Our researchers bring expertise from different segments of the scientific community and work together to bring new perspectives to existing scientific conversations.
EME faculty and students have access to excellent experimental and computational laboratories.
These research centers and initiatives are led or co-led by EME faculty:
The hydrology laboratory is used to research permeability testing of rock and soil samples and strength testing of granular materials. The fluids laboratory is used for fluid flow and flame demonstration experiments.
Surface mining educates students in computer-aided surface mine design, calculation, and selection of appropriate surface mining systems. The professional surface mining software includes SURPAC (geological modeling and mine design), TALPAC (loader-trucks simulation), DragSim (dragline simulation), and XPAC (mine planning and scheduling). Students also have access to a rock mechanics laboratory and ventilation laboratory.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering facilities include petrophysics, drilling and completion (Chevron Lab), and production (Baker Hughes Production Lab) laboratories. We also have several research laboratories that include multi-phase fluid flow systems, a medical x-ray computerized tomography system, and a high-resolution industrial CT scanner.
EME Faculty are affiliated with these research centers:
