Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering

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Funded Research Positions for MS and PhD programs in Mining Engineering

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IF IT'S NOT GROWN, IT'S MINED

Mining and the sustainable development, extraction and production of mineral and energy resources is as important today as ever. Virginia Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering is helping students become the next generation of mining engineering leaders! Learn more about mining and engineering and our program.

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MINING & MINERALS ENGINEERING BY THE NUMBERS!

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Gerald Luttrell honored with emeritus status , redirect
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Graduate research brings New Horizon Scholar full circle , article
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Mining Engineers make it to finals of NASA's Mars Ice Challenge , article
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Kaiwu Huang recognized for fundamental research efforts of “exceptional scientific importance” , article
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“Dust Mitigation is a Mining Engineering Specialty” , article
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Researchers file for Patent to Recover Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts , article

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Accreditation

The B.S. program in Mining Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. Learn more about the department's accreditation, mission and educational objectives.