Monash University Resources Engineering

Monash University has been named one of the world’s top performing universities against the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals! Now ranked 18th globally, a significant outcome with the number of universities tabled in 2021 doubling to feature 1,115 universities worldwide!

https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/monash-champions-global-sustainability

Who doesn't love a good Sankey diagram!

The 2020 U.S. energy flowcharts are out! The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on our daily lives and it is evident in how we used energy. Due mostly to the pandemic:

🇺🇸 Overall energy use decreased by 7 percent.
☀️ Solar energy use increased by 19 percent.
🏠 Residential energy use increased by 2 percent.
💨 Wind energy use increased by 10 percent.

What stands out to you?

Learn more at https://www.llnl.gov/news/pandemic-drives-down-us-energy-use-2020.

The Monash Solar Decathlon team is holding an Industry Night on the 7th of April in LG02 of the TED Building from 6-8pm.

The Team will be presenting their 3 designs that they prepared for this year's US Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon. A networking hour with light catering will follow.

To attend, please RSVP at the following link (required under COVIDSafe Event Management restrictions):

https://bit.ly/3bCUO12

What do Bill Gates, CSP and Rio Tinto have in common?

This Bill Gates-backed startup will soon help power a giant mine Heliogen, the Bill Gates-backed clean energy startup, is bringing its field of mirrors to the Mojave Desert.

The Hydrogen Economic Fairways Tool (HEFT 💪💪) is now online!

The new tool is the product of an ongoing collaboration between GA (Laura Easton & Feitz) and Monash (myself & Wang) to assess the economic viability of potential hydrogen projects across the whole of Australia. Built on our opensource Bluecap code, the tool includes of assessments of hydrogen production from both Green (Wind, Solar PV, CSP, and hybrid) and Blue (Steam Methane, and Coal) sources.

To access the tool
1. Go to: https://portal.ga.gov.au/persona/hydrogen
2. Click on the "Tools" item in the top right of the window.
3. Click on the "Economic Fairways Mapper" in the drop-down menu.

Enjoy!

Looks like Glencore is hiring!

Mining giant advertises for multiple roles across its Queensland metals and coal businesses | Queensland Mining & Energy Bulletin A multinational mining company began a recruitment drive following a new deal for its $500 million project in Far North Queensland.

Geotechnical expert, Dr David Oliveira will be presenting to RSE3060 on excavation methods for Tunnels and Rock Caverns today!

The Resources Engineering Student Society (RESS) is a student-run organisation based at Monash University (Clayton Campus), comprising of students from the two streams of Resources Engineering - Mining and Renewable Energy.

RESS holds a variety of events for Resources Engineering Students, including industry nights, presentations, vacation work information events, trivia and BBQs. Its a great way to meet people in Resources Engineering and make industry contacts.

Sign up at https://clubs.msa.monash.edu 
1. Search for ‘RESS’
2. Select Resource Engineering Student Society (RESS)
3. Join (its free!)

Visit facebook.com/ResourcesEngineering/ for more information or email [email protected]

Join us for a presentation marking the online launch of HEFT!💪💪

Hydrogen can be used for a variety of domestic and industrial purposes such as heating and cooking (as a replacement for natural gas), transportation (replacing petrol and diesel), and energy storage (by converting intermittent renewable energy into hydrogen). The key benefit of using hydrogen is that it is a clean fuel that emits only water vapour and heat when combusted.

To support implementation of the National Hydrogen Strategy, Geoscience Australia in collaboration with Monash University are releasing the Hydrogen Economic Fairways Tool (HEFT). HEFT is a free online tool designed to support decision making by policymakers and investors on the location of new infrastructure and development of hydrogen hubs in Australia. It considers both hydrogen produced from renewable energy and from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage.

Date: 24th March 2021
Time: 11am – 12pm
Location: Webinar
Cost/bookings: Free, Please register via the 'Register Now' button on the Public Talks homepage (https://www.ga.gov.au/news-events/events/public-talks)
Audience: General
More information: [email protected]

Would you like an opportunity to present your research output to the world of Rock Mechanics and Geomechanics?

American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) is holding the 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium in Houston, Texas on June 20-23, and there would be the first student chapter research competition of this kind! This contest is aimed at Masters and PhD students to give a 10-15 mins presentation of their works related to one of the disciplines below which will then be followed by 3-5 mins of questions from the judges.

Civil
Mining
Geomechanics
Petroleum
Interdisciplinary research

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact the Monash Postgraduate Student Representatives by March 13.

More information about the symposium is available at https://www.armarocks.org/texas-2021-symposium/ -id-1

Best Regards,

ARMA-MONASH Student Chapter
CivilEng PostGrads

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