Posts Categorized: Mineral

CivMin Alumna Profile: Natasha Vaz  

Of all the engineers to graduate from University of Toronto’s Lassonde Mineral Engineering program, Natasha Vaz (MinE 0T2), is one of the most successful and distinguished. She’s the Chief Operating Officer at Kirkland Lake Gold and, since last fall, Chair of the Ontario Mining Association…

3D-Permeability in Jointed Sandstone within True-triaxial Cell

The testing plan was for a study to evaluate the transport properties of the proposed sandstone specimens under steady state method to be tested within geophysical imaging true-triaxial testing set up at rock fracture dynamic facility, University of Toronto. This…

Alumnae from the west

Imperial Oil Duo Imperial Oil sent two University of Toronto alumnae to host an information session on campus. We sat down for a chat with Karsmina Kam (Min 0T8), Mine Performance Team Lead and Joyee Pu (Min 1T4 + PEY),…

Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Properties of Cobourg Limestone

  The demand for underground radioactive waste repositories makes  the study of thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) processes in rocks an increasingly important topic. In collaboration with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) we  conducted triaxial deformation experiments on Cobourg limestone, an argillaceous sedimentary rock found in…
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