Higher Education
The following programs offer degree opportunities in Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering and Explosives related research. Contact each university for more information.

Scholarship opportunities are available through the SEE Education Foundation. For more information visit ISEE’s web site at: http://www.isee.org/FPeducation.htm


University of Auckland
Primary Contact: Dr. John D. St. George
Address: Department of Civil & Resource Engineering
Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: +649 3737 599
Fax: +649 3737 462
Web site: www.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/


Colorado School of Mines
Primary Contact: Dr. Mark E. Kuchta
Address: 1500 Illinois Street
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: (303) 273-3306
Fax: (303) 273-3719
Web site: www.mines.edu/


Colorado State University
Primary Contact: Dr. Wayne A. Charlie
Department of Civil Engineering
Address: Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: (970) 491-5048
Fax: (970) 491-7727
Web site: www.colostate.edu

Degrees
Undergraduate: Civil Engineering
Graduate: Mining Engineering
Doctorate: Geotechnical Engineering


Eastern Kentucky University
Primary Contact: Mr. Tom Thurman
Address: 220 Stratton Building
521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475-3102
Phone: (859) 622-1052
Fax: (859) 622-1530
Web site: www.fireandsafety.eku.edu

Degrees
Undergraduate: Fire and Safety Engineering Technology; and Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation.


University of Kentucky Mining Engineering
Primary Contact: Profressor G.T. Lineberry
Address: 230 Mining & Mineral Resources Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0107
Phone: (859) 257-8026
Fax: (859) 323-1962
Web site: www.engr.uky.edu/


University of Leeds
Primary Contact: Mr. William J. Birch
Address: Department of Mining
Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom
Phone: + 44 113 2332795
Fax: +44 113 2467310
Web site: www.leeds.ac.uk/


Louisiana Tech University
Primary Contact: Matthew J. Hrebar
Address: PO Box 10348
Ruston, LA 71272
Phone: (800) LATECH or (318) 257-3036
Web site: www.latech.edu/


Michigan Technological University
Primary Contact: Stanley J. Vitton, Assistant Professor
Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering
Address: 1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
Phone: (906) 487-2527
Fax: (906) 487-2493
Email: vitton@mtu.edu
Web site: www.mg.mtu.edu/

Degrees
Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate: Mining Engineering


Middle East Tech University
Primary Contact: Mr. Hasan Aydin Bilgin
Mining Engineering Department
Address: Inonu Blvd. ODTU
Ankara 6531 TURKEY
Phone: +90 312 2105814
Fax: +90 312 2101265
Web site: www.eee.metu.edu.tr/


Missouri University of Science & Technology
Primary Contact: Dr. Paul N. Worsey
Explosives Engineering Program
Department of Mining and Nuclear Engineering
Address: 226 McNutt Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409-0450
Phone: (573) 341-4753
Fax: (573) 341-6934
Email: mining@mst.edu
Web site: http://explosives.mst.edu & http://mining.mst.edu/

Degrees
Undergraduate: Mining Engineering with Quarry or Explosives emphasis,
Undergraduate certificate and minor in explosives engineering
Graduate and Doctorate: Explosives Engineering certificate, minor and MS
 and Mining Engineering MS, ME (distance) and PhD


Montana Tech of The University of Montana
Mining Engineering Department
Address: 1300 W. Park Street, Butte, MT 59701
Phone: (406) 496-4262
Fax: (406) 496-4260
Web site: www.mtech.edu/mining

Degrees
Undergraduate and Graduate: Mining Engineering

University of Nevada-Reno
Primary Contact: Dr. Jaak K. Daemen
Address: MacKay School of Mines
Mining Engineering MS 173, Reno, NV 89557-0139
Phone: (702) 784-4309
Fax: (702) 784-1766
Web site: www.mines.unr.edu/

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Primary Contact: Dr. Catherine Aimone-Martin
Address: Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Mineral Engineering Department
Phone: (505)835-5346
Fax: (505) 835-5252
Mechanical Engineering Department
Phone: (505) 835-5693
Fax: (505) 835-5209
Email: geneng@nmt.edu
Website: www.nmt.edu

Degrees
Undergraduate and Graduate: Mineral (Mining, Geotechnical, Geological) Engineering and Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Explosives Engineering.

Northwestern University
Primary Contact: Dr. Charles H. Dowding
Address: Department of Civil Engineering
Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: (847) 491-4338
Fax: (847) 491-4011
Web site: www.civil.northwestern.edu/

University of Pardubice
Primary Contact: Prof. Svatopluk Zeman
Department of Theory & Technology of Explosives
Address: CZ-532 10 Pardubice, The Czech Republic
Phone: +420 40 603 8024
Fax: +420 40 603 8024
Email: kttv.fcht@upce.cz
Web site: www.upce.cz/~kttv

Degrees
Graduate, Doctorate and Retraining: Courses for research and industrial practice. Our R&D activities include commercial and military explosives technology, analysis and testing, pyrotechnics, safety engineering, industrial application of EM and development of devices for EM testing.

Queen's University
Primary Contact: Dr. Takis Katsabanis
Address: Department of Mining Eng. Queen's
Goodwin Hall, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Phone: (613) 533-2197
Fax: (613) 533-6597
Web site: www.queensu.ca/

University of Queensland
Primary Contact: Dr. Karl Zipf
Department of Mining Minerals & Materials Engr.
Address: Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
Phone: +617 3365 4780
Fax: +617 3365 3888
Web site: www.uq.edu.au/

South Dakota School of Mines
Primary Contact: Dr. Charles A. Kilche
Address: 501 East Saint Joseph St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-1972 or (800) 544-8162
Fax: (605) 394-6131

University of Toronto
Primary Contact: Professor Bibhu B. Mohanty
Department of Civil Engineering
Address: 35 St. George St., Toronto, ONT M5S 1J4 Canada
Phone: (416) 978-4576
Fax: (416) 978-6813
Web site: www.utoronto.ca/

University of Utah
Primary Contact: Mr. Michael Kim McCarter
Department of Mining Engineering
Address: 135 S. 1460 E, #313, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0113
Phone: (801) 581-7198
Fax: (801) 585-5410
Email: mineeng@mines.utah.edu
Web site: www.mines.utah.edu/mining

Degrees
Undergraduate and Graduate: Mining Engineering

Virginia Tech
Primary Contact: Mario Karfarkis
Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering
Address: 100 Holden Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-5085
Fax: (540) 231-4070
Web site: www.eng.vt.edu/

Degrees
Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate: Mining Engineering