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Monash University
seeks to work in
partnership with
Australian and
global mining
and resource
companies to

boost productivity
and business
success through
both technology
and workforcebased innovation.

Why Monash?
The mining and resource industry comprises
businesses in the exploration, development and
production of minerals and energy assets such
as coal, gas, oil andrenewables.
Australias mining industry is being challenged
by the higher costs of doing business and
falling global commodity prices. The industry is
switching its focus from growing its asset base
to increasing the profitability of production.
The energy sector is seeking more economical
forms of gas production to meet increasing
worldwidedemand.
Monash University seeks to work in partnership
with Australian and global mining and resource
companies to boost productivity and business
success through both technology and workforcebased innovation. We have a long history in driving
productivity gains in the mining industry, mainly
through two groups the Maintenance Technology
Institute and the Institute of Railway Technology.
Both institutes enjoy a reputation for excellence
in solving technical issues for the mining industry.
Their innovative solutions have been adopted by
companies all over the world to decrease costs,
increase profitability and improve safety.
Monash recently established a new Bachelor
of Mining Engineering (Honours), which has
the theme the mine of the future. Thisdegree
incorporates automation, environment,
sustainability, people and community, safety,
project management and teamwork, economics,
communication skills, innovation and leadership.
Our research strengths in mining and resources
are grouped around six themes:
Exploration
Productivity-enhancing technologies
Adding value to production
Business operations
Sustainable development
Cutting energy costs.

Brilliant opportunities
Monash University is a global leader in innovative and
multidisciplinary research. Ranked among the top one per
cent of universities in the world, Monash has grown to
become Australias largest university.
Monashs five Australian campuses are complemented by a
strong and expanding international presence in Italy, India,
Malaysia, South Africa and China. We also recently established
an alliance with Warwick University in the United Kingdom.
As Australias largest university which undertakes groundbreaking research, Monash University has an enormous
breadth of expertise to assist mining and resources
companies to improve operations and drive business success.
Monash undertakes more contract research with industry than
any other Australian university. The majority of this work is with
leading Australian and international mining companies.
We can connect your organisation with the right people
to meet your needs and put together a research and
development team that works for you. We work with a wide
variety of external partners, in a range of ways, including:
commissioned research, strategic partnerships, consulting
and licensing of innovations.

Contact us
innovation@monash.edu
+61 3 9905 9910
monash.edu/industry

Exploration
There is a long term trend for a huge
global demand for minerals, in spite of
the recent downturn. However mineral
discoveries are reducing, getting deeper
and harder to find. New knowledge is
needed to underpin future exploration.
Monashs geoscientists conduct research
to understand how, when and where
mineral deposits form in the Earths
crust. We are generating predictive
models that guide more economical
mineralexploration.
The mining industry considers that some
government regulation is impacting its
global competitiveness. Monash has
research and policy expertise across
a range of regulatory areas and has
experience working with the mining
industry on how policy, legislation,
and other regulatory requirements
impact upon mining, energy, and
resources. We can provide academic
and consultancyexpertise in cultural
heritage,native title and human rights.

EXPLORATION

Delivering

impact

Mapping that
improvestheodds
To improve the likelihood of a drill core finding rich deposits
of nickel, you need an excellent 3D map.
The Vale mining company needed such a map to future
proof its business. It needed to locate underground
ore deposits large enough to extend the life of its
hugely successful surface mining operation at Voiseys
Bay,Canada.
The Voiseys Bay area contains about five cubic kilometres
of a special rock called troctolite, which crystallised from
a magma that rose through the Earths crust over a billion
years ago. Nickel-bearing ore deposits are known to occur
in this rock type, often deep below the surface.
Dr Peter Lightfoot, Chief Geologist Nickel, Brownfield
Exploration, North Atlantic at Vale underlines the best
possible combination of geoscience is required to inform
the decision making process about where to drill to drive
success within present and future exploration.

For Professor Sandy Cruden, understanding a billion

years of development of an ore body in the Earths crust is
fascinating detective work. As Professor of Tectonics and
Geodynamics at Monash, he studies the pure science of
the processes that have formed the structure and properties
of the Earths crust and its evolution through millenia. From
his studies, he creates models for identifying the structural
controls on how magma is emplaced and the likelihood of
creating the right environment for deposits of rich ore.
Professor Cruden describes his work as identifying the right
conditions for finding the precious needle in the haystack.
Dr Lightfoot describes the Monash teams valuable
structural analysis and detailed insights into magma
chamber morphology as assets to the exploration
programs at Voiseys Bay.
The focus of Professor Crudens expertise and the source
of Vales success lay in the same place - to map and
understand the geology of the area so mining can start in
those places most likely to deliver the vital ore deposits.
Vale predicts its underground operation will start producing
ore in 2019, when the Voiseys Bay open pit deposit
is supposed to run out, and is expected to remain in
production after 2030.

EXPLORATION

Mineral exploration
Monashs geoscience researchers have a successful track
record of collaborative research with the mining industry. Our
geoscientists are advancing the knowledge of the physics and
chemistry behind how mineralisation occurs in order to develop
better models and targeting tools for predicting where ore
deposits lie deepunderground.
Monashs geoscientists have access to a range of analytical and
technical equipment for mineral exploration and geotechnical
surveys, along with innovative methods. Our capabilities include
the Australian Synchrotron and powerful 3D modelling tools for
developing predictive models that guide mineral exploration.
From 2014, Monash will be running short courses for industry
mineral geologists to train them in interpreting regional
geophysicaldata.

Indigenous communities
Monash offers education, research and consulting expertise
across many aspects relating to Indigenous communities. We
cover culture, preserving Indigenous archaeology, Indigenous
education, legal issues such as native title law, human rights, and
Indigenous and rural health. The Monash Indigenous Centre can
work with the mining industry to meet Indigenous cultural heritage
legislative requirements and develop culturally appropriate training
for non-Indigenous staff.

EXPLORATION

Regulations and corporate

social responsibility
Monashs law academics have research expertise across many
aspects of national and international business law, regulation and
policy. This expertise covers general approaches to regulation,
commercial law, corporate social responsibility, native title, human
rights, energy law, environmental law and regulation of natural
resources. This expertise can be harnessed to assist the mining
industry. Monash has extensive experience in governmental
advisory work, consultancies, and research and training.

Sustainable development
The Monash Sustainability Institute can assist the industry
to continue to improve its sustainable development practices
through research, education and action. MSIs expertise covers
resource management, behaviour change, the interface between
social and environmental sustainability, and legal frameworks
for extractive industries. For legal frameworks, Monash focuses
on research in local content requirements, competitive bidding,
taxation, community engagement and development, framing
and negotiation of investment and community agreements and
leveraging mining investments for infrastructure development.

Our key people

Mineral exploration
Professor Sandy Cruden

Professor Cruden is an expert in the field of tectonics

and geodynamics. His expertise can be applied to
developing enhanced exploration models for a variety
of commodities.
Professor Jol Brugger

Professor Brugger is a synchrotron geosciences

expert and investigates the mobility of metals in
the Earths crust and environment. This expertise
enables the use of techniques, including the Australian
Synchrotron located next door to Monashs Clayton
campus, to improve minerals exploration and
mineralprocessing.

Legal frameworks for sustainable development

Jacqueline Mandelbaum

To improve the
likelihood of a
drill core finding
rich deposits of
nickel, you need an
excellent 3D map.

Ms Mandelbaums expertise is in optimising legal

frameworks to promote sustainable development
from mining industry investments, understanding that
industry investments should remain profitable but also
allow the host country to benefit.

Indigenous communities
Professor Lynette Russell

Professor Russell is an anthropological historian

and director of the Monash Indigenous Centre.
The centre offers expertise in Australian and Papua
New Guinean Indigenous archaeological and
anthropologicalresearch.

Native title law and policy

Melissa Castan

Ms Castans expertise is in human rights law, native

title issues and Indigenous legal issues. MsCastan
was a key person in the nationwide Aurora
Project,a capacity building initiative for native title
lawandpractice.

Human rights
Associate Professor Adam McBeth

Associate Professor Adam McBeth is a deputy

director in the Castan Centre for Human Rights
Law. He has expertise in international human
rights law including the application of this law to
corporations and the social impact assessment of
businessactivities.

Regulation
Associate Professor Pamela OConnor

Associate Professor OConnors expertise is in

regulation of resources and land management.
Her current research activities relate to regulation
of carbon, property rights, and regulation of urban
waterresources.

EXPLORATION

Productivityboosting

technologies

The mining industry is responding to

challenging market conditions by reducing
costs, increasing productivity and
operating more efficiently. The industry is
moving to remote operations, increased
automation and predictive maintenance
of mining assets. Monash can help the
industry to improve productivity with
new technologies and developments
in equipment performance, railway
technologies, optimisation and scheduling,
big data analytics and robotics.

PRODUCTIVITY-BOOSTING TECNOLOGIES

Delivering

impact

Keeping mining
trains on track
The Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) has been
improving the reliability and safety of mining companies
railway systems for over 40 years. One of IRTs
competencies is improving the interface where wheel
meets rail. The director of IRT, Mr Ravitharan says the
wheel-rail interface is the foundation of any rail operation:
Get this wrong at your peril.
The institute has modified wheel and rail profiles to
optimise the contact conditions. This innovation is helping
companies to cut costs in wheel and rail maintenance
and renewal. Among those to implement the new profiles
isRioTinto.
Rio Tintos superintendent of asset management Michael
Courtney says the design changes suggested by the
Monash team make it easier for the trains to steer correctly
along the track. This also reduces damage. In the past five
years the company has rolled out a reshaping program,
grinding rails to match a new profile design provided by
IRT. The result has been a drop in defects and broken rails
along its 1200-kilometre network.
Another IRT innovation championed by Mr Courtney is
the instrumented ore car. Monash first trialled monitoring
equipment fitted to an ore car at BHP Billiton Iron Ore
in 2002. IRT has now retrofitted more than 70 ore cars
around the world with instrumentation. These instrumented
cars are linked via GSM and satellite networks to offices
at Monash, providing continuous, near-real-time track
monitoring without interrupting production.
Mr Ravitharan says fitting the equipment to a standard
operational car means the dynamics of the trains
performance on the tracks can be assessed as they are
running. Potential problems are communicated to railway
operators in near real time.

PRODUCTIVITY-BOOSTING TECNOLOGIES

Delivering

impact

Optimising optimisation
Large scale businesses constantly review their end to
end processes to identify opportunities for cost savings.
Inhighly complex businesses, there are many variables to
be assessed before the right decision can be made. Using
the variables to generate the right solution requires out of
the box thinking and tremendous analytical capabilities.
Greaterefficiency in operations returns significant
rewards as a collaboration between Monash, Constraint
Technologies International (CTI) and Qantas has underlined.
At the heart of the Monash approach to optimisation is
a gifted analyst/algorithm designer/mathematician; an
expert in modelling and solving combinatorial optimisation
problems. Together with his colleagues Professor Maria
Garcia De La Banda and Dr Guido Tack, Professor Mark
Wallace leads a team of PhD researchers focused on
finding solutions that take into account numerous variables.
They have a proven track record in designing state of the
art software solutions in travel, transport and logistics.
CTI has been delivering airline optimisation systems for 20
years. Since 2005, the Head of Research and Development
at CTI, Ian Evans has worked with Professor Wallace and
his team to drive the evolution of transport and logistics
systems. CTI knows the value of working with a lead
researcher who is aware of the latest advances as they
occur as this means their business can access new
approaches rather than having to wait years for them to be
written up and published.
One CTI project was to develop a flexible crew rostering
system to address complex business rules, safe working
requirements, workplace agreements, leave and training
allocations and crew preferences as well as technical
requirements. Professor Wallace and his team delivered a
solution that CTI was able to customise for sale to Qantas
and major airlines in Asia and India.
Professor Wallaces skilled research team solves these and
other complex resource planning and scheduling problems
using a range of algorithms, constraint programming and
hybrid techniques. Their applications create cost saving
solutions in managing terminals, maintenance programmes,
crew rostering and equipment management.

PRODUCTIVITY-BOOSTING TECNOLOGIES

Maximising dragline
productivity
Australian and international coal mines have been able
to increase the productivity of their draglines, thanks to
Monashs Maintenance Technology Institute.
Draglines are used primarily in surface mining for the
removal of overburden above coal. These huge machines
can move over 100 cubic metres of material at a time
in their bucket, at a rate of one bucket per minute. This
means even minor improvements in dragline productivity
can lead to large increases in mine profitability.
The managing director of MTI, Gerard Chitty, says that
MTI has completed dragline capacity assessments and
production improvements for over 75 draglines.
We have calculated the safe working capacity at
various operations including BMA, Rio Tinto, Anglo
Coal, Wesfarmers, Glencore and BHBP Energy Coal
SouthAfrica. Following these assessments and
implementation of structural upgrades, most draglines are
operating at 110 to 125 per cent of the original design RSL
(rated suspended load) within a safe working envelope.
MTI uses high tech monitoring systems and applies a five
step process to maximising the performance of draglines.
MTI is developing and trialling real time monitoring systems
for other mining equipment such as excavators, shovels,
large mining trucks and drills.
Mr Chitty said we are able to remotely monitor in real time
and stream data to our Melbourne base from all mobile
equipment on site to provide feedback on issues such
as damage or poor performance. We are able to identify
operators who might need further training and highlight
specific areas where improvements are needed.
MTI prides itself on providing comprehensive,
independentadvice that makes a real financial impact
onthe miningindustry.
We estimate that we have helped our clients achieve
business benefits of about $10 million to $25 million
dragline per year, said Mr Chitty. Considering the large
number of draglines that have been upgraded on MTI
recommendations, the total estimate of financial benefits
runs into several hundreds of millions of dollars.

 We estimate that we have helped

our clients achieve business
benefits of about $10 million to
$25 million per dragline peryear

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Performance improvement

Condition monitoring

The Maintenance Technology Institute (MTI) is dedicated to

improving the performance and reliability of plant and equipment
using the latest technologies and state-of-the-art analysis
techniques. MTI has been delivering research and consulting
services to the mining industry for over 14 years. Its clients include
BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Glencore Xstrata, Anglo Coal, Peabody,
Wesfarmers and Caterpillar.

Monitoring the condition of major mining equipment can detect

a problem before failure, allowing maintenance to be scheduled
and maximising production output. Condition monitoring is also
a critical aspect of asset management to control operational
expenditure and predict future capital expenditure.

MTI offers:

productivity and capacity assessments

safety and integrity assessments

new designs, design reviews and modifications for

improving reliability and performance
operator behaviour assessment and training for
improving performance

structural, mechanical and electrical system health monitoring,

including in difficult-to-inspect places

fracture and fatigue analysis

vibration monitoring and assessment

modelling of mechanical properties

sensors and wireless networks

process optimisation over the long term

data mining and management of monitoring data

life extension of ageing plant

condition forecasting

real time monitoring and operator feedback systems.

visualisation of complex data

optimisation of maintenance scheduling.

Railway technologies
Monashs Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) has been delivering
technology-based solutions to the railway industry, including
heavyhaul, for over 40 years. IRT provides research and
development services to BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals
Group and Vale (Brazil), and more than 100 other railway-based
entities. IRT has developed instrumented ore care technology
tosupport track reliability. This in turn has increased productivity
andsafety for industry.
IRTs primary areas of expertise are track structure design and
maintenance, rail welding, wheel-rail interface, vehicle and
track instrumentation, vehicle and train performance, condition
monitoring, component testing, failure analysis, quality control
andauditing, standards development and personnel training.

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Monash has extensive research expertise in monitoring of

equipment and complex structures:

PRODUCTIVITY-BOOSTING TECNOLOGIES

Big data analytics

Mining companies increasingly depend upon advanced
computational infrastructure. This means the volume of data
being transferred and stored quickly becomes vast, known as
big data. This data can be used to great advantage if it is
correctly compiled, analysed and evaluated. Monash can assist
companies gain a competitive advantage by better exploiting their
data assets. For example, analysing big data can improve the
understanding of factors that affect productivity or time between
required maintenance, meaning processes can be refined to
decrease operational expenditure.

Optimisation and scheduling

Monash is developing optimisation and visualisation technologies
to solve complex problems. These technologies are helping
organisations to improve the quality and efficiency of their
operations and services. Monash has partnered with industry
and government in transport, logistics, production planning,
resource allocation and scheduling. The potential benefits of using
optimisation in the mining industry include:

crew rostering, equipment allocation and task scheduling to

meet production requirements

Our key people

Performance improvement
Gerard Chitty

Mr Chitty is the director of the Maintenance

Technology Institute, which has 15 specialist
engineering and research staff to deliver
research services to the mining and heavy
engineeringindustries.

Railway technologies
Ravi Ravitharan

production scheduling to maximise supply at minimal cost and risk

Mr Ravitharan is the director of the Institute of Railway

Technology, a leading technology service provider to
heavy haul and mass transit railway systems.

strategic planning to schedule large numbers of investments to

maximise net present value.

Robotics, automation,
and autonomous systems

Condition monitoring
Professor Wing Kong Chiu

Professor Chiu is an expert in structural health

monitoring and structural integrity. His expertise
has been applied to improve monitoring aircraft
structures, freight trains, buried water pipes and
reconstructivesurgery.

There is a growing role of automated machines and robotics in the

mining and resource industry as they are able to perform highly
repetitive tasks quickly and safely, with less wear on trucks and
other equipment. Monashs expertise in this area includes:

robotic systems

sensing and control, including remote sensing

long reach manipulators

automation and automated handling systems

Big data analytics

Professor Geoff Webb

Professor Webb has expertise in data mining,

knowledge acquisition, machine learning and user
modelling. He creates new technologies to make
sense of data and his work with industry has improved
process control and crew scheduling.

autonomous aerial vehicles and swarm methodologies for tasks

such as area coverage, exploration, monitoring and surveillance

haptics and virtual reality

mechatronic systems

process planning and control.

Optimisation and scheduling

Professor Mark Wallace

Professor Wallaces expertise spans different

techniques and algorithms for optimisation and
their integration and application to solving complex
resource planning and scheduling problems.
Professor Kate Smith-Miles

Professor Smith-Miles leads a new initiative called

MAXIMA, which uses high end mathematical expertise
to solve complex challenges in research and industry.
Professor Smith-Miles has consulted widely to
industry in the areas of optimisation, data mining and
intelligent systems.

Robotics
Professor Bijan Shirinzadeh

Professor Shirinzadehs research interests are in

robotics, automation, sensing and control. His work
can be applied to mining processes by improving
robotic systems in an industrial environment.

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Adding value to production

In addition to new and innovative
technologies to boost productivity, Monash
expertise can help the mining and resource
industry improve its operations and
add value to raw commodities through
advanced engineering and industrial design.
Our areas of expertise in the production
andpost-production phases include:

mining engineering

extraction and recovery of metals

brown coal technologies

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ADDING VALUE TO PRODUCTION

unconventional gas extraction

technologies
adding value to metals high
performance materials and corrosion
industrial design.

Delivering

impact

Safe underground
transport vehicles
Monash is helping to improve the conditions for workers in
Australian underground coal mines. Using a combination
of engineering and industrial design, researchers have
been developing practical solutions for vehicles that
transport workers in underground mine tunnels.
By global standards the mining sector in Australia has
an enviable mine safety record. However safety audits of
Australian coal mines in the mid-2000s identified safety
issues relating to the use of underground transport
equipment, which contributed to injuries amongst mine
workers. The emissions from these diesel powered
vehicles also represent a considerable health hazard.
With funding from the Australian Coal Association
Research Program, the Australian Research Council
and industry partners Kestral Coal and GE-Industrea, a
multidisciplinary team at Monash used a human-centred
approach to research the safety, operation and function of
underground transport equipment.
The team developed a set of guidelines and specifications
for a new compact and lightweight concept vehicle
for underground mining, with improvements to seating
ergonomics, impact attenuation and occupant safety.

Associate Professor Arthur de Bono, Head of the

Department of Design, said the multidisciplinary approach
and strong links with the mining industry through
Monashs Maintenance Technology Institute (MTI) was
the key. Our design solution was informed by the
requirements of industry and our engineers giving us the
structural and technical parameters.
Dr Daya Dayawansa head of research at MTI said
working with industrial designers led to design outcomes
far in excess of those that could have come from
engineersalone.
The impressive results of this research led the industry
partners to again join with Monash and new partner
Swinburne University of Technology on a new project
aimed at developing an alternative electric power system
for mining vehicles. This system will not only be zero
emission but will meet the challenging environment found
in underground mines.
Associate Professor Damon Honnery, a lead researcher
on the project and an expert in pollutant formation
says our long term goal is to remove diesel powered
vehicles completely from mines and improve the working
environment for underground miners.

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Mining engineering

High performance metals

Monash can help Australias mining industry achieve its aim to

generate more profitable production from its enlarged asset
base. In 2013 Monash established a flagship Division of Mining
and Resources Engineering in response to industry demand.
The division will leverage Monashs position as Australias leading
engineering university and provide the mining industry with high
quality education and research.

Monash has major activities underway in the science and engineering

of metals and alloys, which can add significant value to the
raw material. These include intelligent design and development
of high performance light alloys, development of innovative
processing technologies such as additive manufacturing, material
characterisation, and modelling and simulation of metal processing
and resulting mechanical properties.

Monash has a long history of advancing fundamental knowledge

in the fields of civil engineering, rock and soil mechanics, waste
management and environmental management. Monash has
worked with global mining and resource companies to improve
their operations, including improving the stability of large open
cut mines.

The bulk of Monashs research isin light alloys based on aluminium,

magnesium and titanium. We also have significant activity in steel
and copper. Monash has state-ofthe-art experimental testing and
characterisation facilities to underpin thisresearch.

With the establishment of a dedicated mining division, Monash

will expand its current expertise to other critical areas in mining
engineering such as mine health and safety, ventilation, mine
automation, drilling and blasting and mining methods. We are
also currently exploring rapid and mass mining technologies
to enhance production. Researchers are developing expertise
in applying tunnel boring machines and other mechanised
excavations in mining and discrete and dynamic numerical
modelling techniques of mass mining.

Corrosion

Extraction and recovery of metals

Monash is undertaking exciting research in ionic liquids and
electrochemistry which offers unique horizon opportunities
in improving electrowinning processes for extracting copper,
titanium, magnesium and precious metals. This expertise could
be applied to investigate the recovery and recycling of gold and
other precious metals from mining and electronic wastes.

Industrial design
Monashs industrial design researchers generate ideas and undertake
practice that lead to the creation of new paradigms, novel approaches
and fresh insights. They are working with mining, transport, medical
and manufacturing industries to integrate design thinking and worldclass design practices into businesses. Professional services offered
by Monash include:

Brown coal

Australia has vast reserves of low-rank brown coal. Monash

is exploring how cleaner energy can be produced from these
reserves by reducing the energy required for dewatering of the
coal and also through the use of new approaches to gasification/
combustion, such as oxy-fuel, chemical looping and fuel cells.
Monash also investigates the creation of value added products
from coal, such as liquid transport fuels, blast furnace coke,
bitumens and carbons.

Unconventional gas
extraction technologies
In the energy resources sector, unconventional gas sources such
as tight sand, coal seam and shale offer low-carbon alternatives
to coal. The global consumption of gas has been increasing
at a rate of three per cent a year since 2000 and there are
huge untapped unconventional gas reserves across the world.
Expansion of the unconventional gas industry will require new
technologies to make this energy source economically feasible
and have minimal environmental impact.
Monash is researching new environmentally friendly and effective
techniques for reservoir development and gas extraction
from unconventional sources. We have unique capabilities for
development of new techniques, including one of the worlds
largest high pressure, high temperature testing chambers.

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Monashs expertise in corrosion research can protect infrastructure

and equipment and extend the working life of mine assets. Monash is
researching the monitoring, mechanism and mitigation of corrosion.
Our researchers have experience in solving corrosion problems for
mining and mineral processing companies. Monashs corrosion
expertise is broad and includes corrosion-assisted cracking of steels,
microbially-induced corrosion, coatings for light alloys and steels,
modelling of corrosion, and corrosion of concrete reinforcements.

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ergonomic and usability analysis assessment of tools, equipment

and workplaces
product documentation computer aided design for design
documentation
three dimensional visualisation a comprehensive range of services
such as 3D images and animations
prototyping the latest digital making technologies such as rapid
prototyping and laser cutting.

Our key people

Mining engineering

Brown coal

Professor Jerry Tien

Professor Alan Chaffee

Professor Tien is Head of the Division of Mining and

Resources Engineering. His speciality areas include
mine ventilation, diesel particulate matter emissions,
mine fires, coal mining, mine planning and mine
feasibility studies.

Geomechanics

Professor Chaffee is researching new and more

efficient uses for brown coal, including its conversation
to chemical and other value-added products. He is
developing improved approaches to and materials for
carbon dioxide capture and utilisation.

Gas extraction technologies

Professor Jian Zhao

Professor Zhao is an international expert in rock

mechanics and rock engineering, including
mining applications. His research and engineering
practice covers tunnel boring machine (TBM)
excavation, rock cavern construction, oil storage
caverns, rock fracturing, earthquake effects and
discontinuummodelling.

Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage

Professor Pathegama Gamage is an expert in

the movement of fluids through rock. His team is
developing stimulation methods for recovery of gas
from unconventional reservoirs.

High performance metals

Professor Chris Davies

Slope stability

Professor Davies is an expert in the

thermomechanical processing of metals. He designs
new alloys and new processing routes by combining
advanced modelling and experiment with physical
simulation of industrial processes.

Professor Jayantha Kodikara

Professor Kodikara has expertise in the stability of

compacted soils. He has undertaken fundamental
research into modelling of unsaturated soil behaviour,
atmosphere/ground/structure interaction, and soil and
rock fracture and water flow.

Extraction and recovery of metals

Professor Doug Macfarlane

Professor Macfarlane researches ionic liquids and is

a leader in the Australian Research Council Centre of
Excellence for Electromaterials.

Corrosion
Professor Nick Birbilis

Professor Birbilis is a leader in corrosion research

and corrosion control in a variety of metals and using
different protective coatings.

Industrial design
Associate Professor Arthur de Bono

Associate Professor de Bono and his team of

industrial designers look at innovations in design
formajor research and corporate organisations.

A multidisciplinary team at Monash used a

human-centred approach to research the
safety, operation and function of underground
transport equipment.

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Business

operations

The mining industrys productivity

drive applies to business processes
and workforce management as well
as technological enhancements. The
industry is looking to increase production
without increasing costs by enabling
people to do their jobs better and
improving the efficiency of operations.
Atthe same time, the health and safety
of mine workers is an ever present issue.
Monash can help in these areas by
improving workplace safety and injury
outcomes, equipping the workforce with
the skills to build a more efficient and
productive workplace, and improving
business operations and services.

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BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Delivering

impact

Healthy workers in
the aluminium industry

Safer light vehicles for the

mining industry

Over the past 10 years Monash University, together with

the University of Western Australia, assisted the aluminium
industry to protect the health of workers.

Thousands of mining workers use light four wheel drive

vehicles to check gas lines, travel off road to carry out
maintenance or simply travel from site to site as part of
their working day. Dr David Logan, Senior Research Fellow
at the Monash Injury Research Institute recently worked
with Rio Tinto to support a review of their vehicle fleet
including what vehicles types were most suited to certain
miningapplications.

In 1994, Alcoa of Australia initiated Healthwise, a research

program looking at links between work and long-term
health in its employees. At the time, Alcoa employed
approximately 6000 people and produced 30 per cent of
Australias aluminium. Healthwise investigated the health
of workers in Alcoas bauxite mines, alumina refineries,
aluminium smelters, power stations, rolling mills and
shipping terminals.
Professor Malcolm Sim, the director of the Monash
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health was
a lead researcher in Healthwise. Professor Sim says
wemonitored the health of thousands of Alcoa workers
and applied robust epidemiological research methods to
examine the relationship between exposure to substances
such as bauxite, sulphur dioxide, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons and particulates and the health outcomes
ofworkers.
Our research in the Healthwise program helped to clarify
the causative agents for occupational asthma and lung
cancer. Importantly we showed that mortality rates for
circulatory disease, respiratory disease and cancer are
statistically significantly lower for Alcoa employees than the
general population he said.

Dr Logan says that understanding the unique safety features

of each model of a vehicle fleet is critical to improving the
driving safety performance of an organisation. In particular
features such as electronic stability control can assist greatly
in reducing the likelihood of losing control of a vehicle.
Regional Health and Safety Superintendent at Rio Tinto,
Alex Rutter said we engaged Monash to help us review
the features and applications of our light vehicle fleet
because they are highly regarded in research into this field.
Mr Rutter said that Monash was professional throughout
the engagement and the research and advice provided
was easy to apply to the development of new guidelines for
vehicle purchasing and application. Monash assisted us to
ensure important policy decisions were grounded in up to
date research.

To enhance occupational health and safety practices within

the company, Alcoa regularly communicated the research
findings from Healthwise to its employees.

Rebecca Perrett, Health and Safety Manager from Rio Tinto

Iron Ore said the work that Monash did provided up to date
research and information to support business strategy.
Theresults helped us to develop a purchasing strategy
for safety requirements that were well received within the
business.

Alcoa reported that the Healthwise program leads the

way in occupational health research. The company has
highlighted the importance of engaging internationally
renowned experts such as Professor Sim, in the field
ofepidemiology.

Dr Logan strongly suggests that mining companies follow

Rio Tintos lead and consider safety features when they
are replacing their fleet. He notes that electronic stability
control has been shown to reduce single vehicle driver injury
crashes in four wheel drives by around 65 per cent.

Monash University, together with the University of

Western Australia, assisted the aluminium industry
to protect the health of workers.
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Occupational health,
safety and injury
Monash University is internationally renowned for its injury, safety
and occupational health research. We are focused on using our
research expertise to deliver actionable workplace improvements
with partner organisations. Monashs expertise in these areas can
monitor the health of workers, identify any factors causing ill health
or injury and help to inform control measures.
The major areas of research are:

Workplace safety, injury outcomes, transport safety and

disaster resilience at the Monash Injury Research Institute.
Theinstitutes clients have included Australia Post, VicRoads,
Orica, Exoon-Mobil and OneSteel Newcastle.

Workplace productivity
Innovation in workplaces requires managers and other
employees to change their mindsets and ways of working.
Workplace based training is a specialised skill and Monash
provides development programs for trainers in diverse industry
settings to enable them to attain teaching and communication
skills. These skills will translate into better on the job learning that
ultimately builds more efficient and productive workplaces.
Monash has successfully conducted programs for Visy Industries
and Nova Systems Aeronautical Engineering. Learning programs
offered include:

leadership, including organisational and executive

leadershipcourses
workplace learning and communication skills development
ina variety of work contexts

Vehicle safety at the Monash University Accident

ResearchCentre.

The Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental

Health investigates the health effects of occupational and
environmental exposures.

train the trainer

coaching and mentoring for different workplaces.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Alertness, Safety

and Productivity, headquartered at Monash, will develop
the next generation of shift scheduling and workplace
design techniques, alertness assessment devices, better
sleep programs, and a range of innovative strategies to
reducefatigue.

Human resource management

and workplace relations
Monash has the largest group of management educators and
researchers in the Asia-Pacific region. Monashs pioneering human
resources and workplace relations research informs teaching and
makes a significant contribution to management knowledge and
professional practice, across a range of areas including:

organisational change

human resource management

leadership skills

change management

employee and industrial relations.

Global business operations

In order to operate efficiently and effectively, companies in the
mining industry need to adopt global standards and integrate
end to end business processes internally and in their supply
chains. Monash has expertise in:

analysing supply chains and developing appropriate strategies

total quality management and organisational performance

planning and integration of advanced technologies

internationalisation strategy and its components

business to government relationships

business regulations.

Monash offers research and consulting services in these areas and

has been engaged by mining and resources companies to identify
effective practices for recruiting and retaining engineering and
scientific talent, as well as to encourage and foster innovation.

Monash University is internationally

renowned for its injury, safety and
occupational health research.
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Our key people

Occupational health, safety and injury
Professor Malcolm Sim

Professor Sim is an occupational physician and

epidemiologist who leads the Monash Centre
for Occupational and Environmental Health. He
researches the human health effects of occupational
and environmental exposures and has worked
extensively with bauxite mining, aluminium production
and petroleum refining companies.
Professor Lesley Day

Professor Day is the deputy director of the Monash

Injury Research Institute. She has expertise in injury
epidemiology, surveillance, and the design and
evaluation of injury interventions. Her research spans
diverse topics including falls prevention, workplace
injuries, program evaluation and research translation.
Professor Shantha Rajaratnam

Monash Injury
Research Institute

recently worked
with Rio Tinto

to support a review
of theirvehiclefleet.

Professor Rajaratnam is an expert in sleep and

circadian science. His research aims to understand
how shift work and sleep disorders impact alertness,
safety, productivity and health. He has used innovative
technologies to monitor alertness in occupational and
transportation settings.

Human resource management

Professor Greg Bamber

Professor Bamber researches human resource

management, workplace relations and international
industrial relations. He researches with and advises
governments and private sector organisations across
many industry sectors.

Workplace productivity
Dr Philip Riley

Dr Riley is an expert in adult learning and development

and is course leader for leadership and training programs.

Global business operations

Professor Amrik Sohal

Professor Sohals expertise includes operations and

supply chain management, logistics and technology
and innovation management.

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Sustainable

development

A commitment to sustainable
development is critical for mining and
resource companies to maintain their
licence to operate in the community over
all stages of a mine or wells life. It also
makes good business sense. Responding
to sustainability challenges is a key
research priority for Monash University.
Ourinnovative and cross-disciplinary
work in sustainable development is
having a real-world impact in Australia
andoverseas.
Sustainable development includes
pursuing opportunities to be more energy
efficient. It is estimated that energy costs
currently constitute as much as fifteen
per cent of total mining and mineral
processing input costs. Monashs
strengths in the area of energy research
are in energy storage, energy systems,
renewables and clean energy. Such
solutions can help the mining industry
to become more energy efficient, and
therefore manage operational costs and
achieve corporate sustainability goals.

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Delivering

impact
Tough stuff for tough
environments
Monash researchers are helping to design safe and reliable
containment facilities for mining wastes.
To identify the right lining for the disposal of hazardous
waste in a mining environment pushes the performance
of geosynthetics beyond the limits typical for other
environmental and engineering applications. It requires highly
specialised research conducted in custom built facilities.
Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd (Geofabrics) is a
manufacturer of geosynthetic products used in road and
railway construction, mining and resources projects, landfill
and coastal engineering.
Brendan Swifte, Managing Director of Geofabrics supports
research into this area, stating design engineers are asked
to provide efficient and effective solutions to address the
problems faced by their clients. The more the engineer
understands about the interaction between the waste and
the lining system, the better the design outcome.
He says that mining wastes will vary widely, depending upon
the ore to be mined and processed. Some wastes are
very aggressive and the chemical interaction with the lining
systems can be very complex. To understand the nature of
the interaction requires technical expertise he says.
Professor Malek Bouazza is a world-leading researcher
in geosynthetics. He is a civil engineer, internationally
renowned for his research in geosynthetics and
environmental geotechnics.
At Monash, Professor Bouazzas team has the facilities to
run highly sophisticated laboratory tests and specialised
modelling of thermo-hydro-chemical permeability of liners to
refine the design of liner systems used in mining operations.
Brendan Swifte, says working with Professor Bouazza is
an excellent investment because Professor Bouazzas
focused research delivers practical outcomes that are
readily implemented within our industry.

Monash researchers are helping

to design safe and reliable containment
facilities for mining wastes.
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Sustainable practices

Water treatment and management

Working principally through the Monash Sustainability Institute

(MSI), Monash University is partnering with academia, government
and private institutions to find new solutions to todays
sustainability challenges. Monash draws together the best minds
from the fields of science, economics, law, engineering, health and
psychology. MSI offers a range of sustainability programs:

Water is integral to most mining activities and is typically the

prime medium that carries pollutants into the wider environment.
Monashs capabilities in water research span many areas.
Theseinclude:

Green Steps, a multi-award winning program that gives

students and people in the workplace the practical skills
tomake their workplace practices more sustainable

ClimateWorks Australia has substantial experience in working

with industry to identify opportunities for energy efficiency

Carbon Decision Making and Risk Management tool to enable

businesses to best manage and mitigate their carbon liability.

The mining industry often produces large quantities of solid waste.

For example large-scale open-cut coal mining requires the removal
of large amounts of overburden. With a general trend of declining
ore grades for most commodities, more waste is being generated
because higher quantities of ore need to be processed. The issue
of mine waste provides a number of opportunities for innovative
engineering solutions for solid waste management.
Our research areas are:

application of industrial ecological tools to waste issues

creating wealth from mining wastes

sustainable resource management

carbon sequestration in mine tailings

BehaviourWorks Australia, a behavioural change research

centre for environmental sustainability

Mine waste management

abatement and prevention of acid rock drainage

and metal leaching

geosynthetic liners for containment and mine site remediation

aquatic chemistry and measuring the impact of human activity
on waterways
environmental analytical services in a NATA accredited laboratory
groundwater management, sustainability and impacts
frommining
stormwater treatment and control and water recycling
sustainable chemistry horizon opportunity to treat waste
water and improve chemical processes.

Sustainable chemistry
Mining chemicals and reagents play a vital role in mineral
extraction, but the costs of chemicals are increasing and many
are potentially damaging to the environment. Monash has been
leading green or sustainable chemistry for more than a decade.
We are designing new chemical products and processes that are
non-toxic, energy efficient, waste free and more economical.
Green Chemical Futures is a large-scale program at Monash
for supporting research and education in sustainable chemistry.
It includes a new purpose-built facility at the Clayton campus.
Green Chemical Futures also encompasses the Victorian Centre
for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing (VCSCM) at Monash
and CSIRO, a research and training centre dedicated to assisting
industry to deploy more sustainable manufacturing processes
through sustainable chemistry. The VCSCM can help the mining
industry to change mining processes such as replacing solvents
and improving the treatment of tailing dams and waste water.

use of mining wastes in downstream economic activities

such as civil engineering construction.

Monash Universitys engineering researcher

Professor Ana Deletic is helping Australian
businesses adopt new technologies and
systems to manage water more sustainably.
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Cutting

energy costs

Energy materials

Renewable energy sources

Monashs energy research program is focused on advanced

materials and technologies for highly efficient energy harvesting
and energy storage. Areas of strength are:

Monash researchers are working to improve the efficiency of

renewable energy sources to make them a viable alternative to
coal-powered electricity and petroleum. Monashs core areas of
expertise in renewables are:

electromaterials preparation and characterisation of ionic

liquids and other materials for energy storage including
batteries, electrodes, solar cells and electronic textiles
photovoltaics new solar cell concepts, from development
to commercialisation, including dye-sensitised and hybrid
organicinorganic solar cells

membranes polymer based membranes for gas separation

and fuel cells

graphene investigating converted graphenes for batteries,

solar cells, fuel cells and superconductors
high temperature energy materials.

Mining and resources companies have significant energy needs.

Monash research expertise can help mining and resources
companies plan and implement their energy procurement and
management strategies. This includes:

solar fuels catalytic inorganic materials for use in water

splitting and carbon dioxide reduction

Energy systems

energy systems modelling, including a unique capability to

accelerate simulation speeds with high performance computers
smart grids with mobile sensors, and wireless
communicationstechnologies

alternative fuels biofuels/bioenergy in different feedstocks

andproduction methods
wind energy fundamental aerodynamic research, wind
farm placement, wind turbine aerodynamics, and the
MonashWindTunnel fracture properties of rocks, energy
production, continent and basin scale modelling and energy
content assessment
solar cells development of low cost and light weight dye
sensitised cells and organic cells as alternatives to silicon
waferbased cells.

Clean technology
Monash researchers are investigating ways in which clean energy
can be produced from coal and pioneering technologies for
capturing carbon via geo-sequestration.
Our research includes:

brown coal drying technology, combustion and gasification,

combined with co-processing with minerals

process efficiency improvement through integration and simulation

geo-sequestration of carbon dioxide

pre and post combustion carbon dioxide capture technology.

power systems analysis and design and intelligent plant remote

monitoring and management
a short course for industry about the business benefits of smart
grids demand management.

Monash research expertise

can help mining and resources
companies plan and implement
their energy procurement and
management strategies
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Our key people

Sustainable practices
Professor Dave Griggs

Professor Griggs is the director of the Monash

Sustainability Institute which delivers solutions to
sustainability challenges using a multidisciplinary,
partnership approach.

Mine waste management

Dr Mohan Yellishetty

Dr Yellishettys researches the development and

implementation of industrial ecological principles to
mining and minerals industries for the management of
environmental impacts. He has expertise in life cycle
assessment to achieve raw materials efficiencies and
acid rock drainage and mine waste management,
offering innovative solutions to mine site rehabilitation
and mine waste management.

Corporate responsibility and sustainability

Professor Bryan Horrigan

Professor Horrigan is Dean of the Faculty of Law

and has both academic expertise and professional
experience in the regulation and practice of corporate
social responsibility and sustainability in Australia
andinternationally.

Water treatment and management

Professor Ana Deletic

Professor Deletic is a leading international researcher

in water. Her specialties are innovative designs for
stormwater harvesting systems and sustainable
wastewater planning.

Sustainable chemistry
Professor Milton Hearn

Professor Hearn is the Associate Director, Green

Chemical Futures and Director, Victorian Centre for
Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing. He has been
instrumental in expanding the field of sustainable
chemistry at a national and international level.

Energy materials
Professor Udo Bach

Professor Bach focuses on the development of novel

nanostructures for their application in solar cells and
sensors. Dye-sensitised solar cells are a major focus
of his work.

Energy systems and renewables

Dr Ariel Liebman

Dr Liebmans expertise is in modelling and simulation

of electricity markets using high performance
computing platforms. He also specialises in simulation
and analysis of the economics of smart grids and
demand management.

Clean technology
Professor Sankar Bhattacharya

Professor Bhattacharyas research includes advanced

coal and biomass utilisation for power and fuels
production through gasification and combustion.
He has undertaken research for multiple energy
companies and resource government departments.

Professor Malek Bouazza

Professor Bouazza is an expert in geosynthetics and

environmental geotechnics and gives specialist advice
to industry in Australia and overseas, particularly into
improving waste containment systems.

Monash Solar Group. Photo: Eamon Gallagher.

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Centres of

research excellence and facilities

Monashs centres and institutes conduct ground-breaking

research across a diverse range of areas. We have a strong,
integrated network of world-class technology research platforms
to underpin our research effort, as well as provide access to our
industry and collaborative research partners.
See monash.edu/research/centres and platforms.monash.edu

The Maintenance Technology Institute was established in 1999

as a joint initiative between BHP Billiton and Monash University
to provide comprehensive industry-focused research and
development. The focus of MTI is to optimise plant and equipment
performance for mining companies in Australia and internationally.

Division of Mining and Resources Engineering

Australian Synchrotron

This division provides mining engineering education and research.

It was established in 2013 in response to industry demand for
mining engineering graduates. The division builds on Monashs
reputation for high quality teaching and research in engineering.
Newcrest Mining Limited and MMG Limited are founding
supporters of the division. The division is based at the Clayton
campus, with opportunities to link into Monashs campuses in
Malaysia, Indiaand China.

The Australian Synchrotron is one of Australias premier research

facilities, used to undertake cutting edge geosciences research.
The facility enables the use of techniques unavailable via
conventional methods, leading to research discoveries which
impact all aspects of resources production, from exploration
andmining through to minerals processing.

Institute of Railway Technology

CAVE2 is a virtual reality environment that enables scientists to

manipulate ultra-high-resolution visualisations of data. It is the
most advanced facility of its type in the world, an immersive
hybrid 2D and 3D visualisation tool comprising 80 LCD panels
in an eight metre, 320-degree, curved-wall formation. These
capabilities are underpinned by an ultra-high speed 10 gigabit
per second connection to the Monash network to support
collaborative research.

The Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) is the premier track and

vehicle railway research centre in Australia. IRT is one of the main
technology service providers to heavy haul railway operations and
leading mass transit railway systems, and provides a one-stop
technology access point for the international railway industry. IRT
evolved from BHPs Melbourne Research Laboratories in January
2000, and has been advancing the railway industry through
technology for over 40 years.

CAVE2. CONNECTOME image courtesy of University of Illinois. Photo: Philip Chan.

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Maintenance Technology Institute

CAVE2

Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy

The centre provides advanced instrumentation, expertise and
training in electron microscopy and atom probe microscopy,
enabling researchers to solve key problems in the physical
sciences and engineering. The centres suite of instrumentation
can determine the composition, structure and bonding of materials
down to the atomic scale.

Monash e-Research Centre

The centre provides specialist advice and customised e-research
solutions, including high performance computing, modelling and
simulation facilities, storage and management of research data,
advanced collaboration platforms, visualisation platforms and
specialised server hosting.

Monash Wind Tunnel

The Monash Wind Tunnel is a low-speed aerodynamic testing
facility. It is the largest wind tunnel in the southern hemisphere and
is open to industry partners, academics and students. The Wind
Tunnel undertakes aerodynamic and wind noise research and
development services for various industries.

MAXIMA Monash Academy for Cross and

Interdisciplinary Mathematical Applications
MAXIMA uses high-end mathematical expertise to solve complex
research, societal and industrial problems via collaborative
research and consultancy projects. MAXIMA expertise includes
modelling and simulation, optimisation, probability and stochastic
processes, design of experiments, data mining, numerical
analysis, continuum mechanics, particle mechanics and
dynamical systems.

Green Chemical Futures

The Green Chemical Futures program will bring together cuttingedge educational spaces with Monash Universitys worldleading capacity in green chemistry research and innovation.
The initiative also focuses on partnerships including helping
businesses find ways to lower energy consumption, use less
water, produce less pollution, and achieve greater sustainability
in their production processes.

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Monash alumni

Peter Meurs BE (Mech) (Hons) 1981

Peter Coleman BEng, MBA

Director Developments, Fortescue

CEO and Managing Director, Woodside

Mr Meurs commenced at Fortescue Metal group in 2010 and

became an executive director in February 2013. Before joining
Fortescue Mr Meurs held the position of Managing Director
atWorley Parsons.

Peter Coleman has 29 years experience in the global oil

and gasindustry. He joined Australias largest independent
oil and gas company, Woodside, in 2011 as CEO and
ManagingDirector.

Mr Meurs has a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering

from Monash University. He said I have great memories of my
years at Monash. As a result of the example and encouragement
of great teachers like Professor Kenneth Hunt I developed a
passion for innovation and challenging current practice which
has continued with me.

Prior to joining Woodside he held a range of executive roles at

ExxonMobil including Vice President Development, which saw
him responsible for leading all development and project work in
the Asia-Pacific.

During my career I have been blessed with many opportunities

to try new things including the application of new techniques
for installing offshore pipelines, strengthening offshore oil and
gas platforms, new approaches to designing and documenting
instrumentation systems, alliance style relationship contract
development and most recently delivering a major iron ore
expansion for 30 per cent less capital and about half the
schedule of established industry norms. Ive also had the
opportunity to play a part in the development of two of Australias
great companiesWorley Parsons and now Fortescue Metals.

My time at Monash University provided me with the gift of

knowledge and the drive to constantly inquire and better myself
thank you for helping me fulfil my potential.

Monash University provided

me with the gift of knowledge
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Opportunities
for collaboration
Mining and resource companies can engage with
Monash University through a variety of mechanisms.
Specific contract research
We have expertise across many areas of research. We can provide you with direct access to
Monash researchers and their facilities and develop a tailored research project that works for
you. In a research contract, you can specify the research to be carried out that will help you
obtain a commercial outcome for your business.
We can:

identify and facilitate meetings with Monash research teams

provide advice and negotiate the commercial aspects of an agreement

review legal documents and coordinate legal advice.

Consultancy
You may wish to purchase the skills and expertise of university staff and equipment to help
resolve a specific problem or gain competitive advantage.
We offer:

technical expertise and advice

specialist testing facilities

bespoke management development and training

expert witnesses

academics for advisory boards.

Monash Consulting Services can connect your organisation to internationally respected experts
across a diverse range of fields including science, engineering, health sciences, economics,
sustainability and education. Monash Consulting Services simplifies the process of companies
engaging with Monash by locating required expertise, managing all contractual negotiations and
the administrative details related to consulting.

Collaboration through leveraging government funding

The Australian Government has a range of funding programs such as the Australian Research
Council (ARC) schemes to foster and support collaborative research and development between
university researchers and external partner organisations.
For organisations with research-related challenges and opportunities, these programs are a
cost effective way of engaging in research with Monash University.

Licensing
Monash is recognised for its success in developing new products and services with our
commercial partners including the commercialisation of inventions and development of
intellectual property.

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Further information
Industry Engagement and Commercialisation
Monash University
Clayton Campus
Wellington Road
Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3800
www.monash.edu.au/industry

The information in this brochure was correct

at the time of publication (April 2014).
MonashUniversity reserves the right to alter
thisinformation should the need arise.

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