IUCRC Phase II+ Colorado School of Mines: Center to Advance the Science of Exploration to Reclamation in Mining (CASERM)

IUCRC 第二阶段科罗拉多矿业学院：推进采矿复垦勘探科学中心 (CASERM)

• 批准号: 2310920
• 负责人: Thomas Monecke
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2310920&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Phase; II+; Colorado; Mines

Mining is essential to modern society's transition to a sustainable future. Meeting the global demand for earth resources is a grand challenge. The Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) to Advance the Science of Exploration to Reclamation in Mining (CASERM) is a collaborative effort between Colorado School of Mines, Virginia Tech, industry partners, and government agencies. The Center is interdisciplinary. It strengthens and promotes cross-disciplinary discoveries in geophysics, geochemistry, mineralogy, computational science and statistics. Knowledge transfer to all areas of the mining and related geoscience sectors is a core Center mission. The Center's activities transform the way geoscience data are used in the exploration and mining industry sector beginning with the mineral exploration stage and continuing through mine closure and environmental remediation. Center research activities focus on dramatically improving the way global mineral exploration and mining of ores and other natural resources are done, replacing industry experience- and empiricism-based decisions with innovative science and technology-based solutions that inform decision making, increase the chances of exploration success, and reduce financial risk. Center goals include promoting socio-economic prosperity and helping reduce the environmental impact of mining. Broader impacts include workforce development, an essential element of Center activities. It includes not only graduate and undergraduate students training and involvement in industry-relevant research but also invites industry participation in university research activities focused on advancing the state of the mining sector of the economy; and not simply responding to the needs of a single company. The Center also engages with community college instructors and students who work with university faculty and students on projects of mining sector importance further advancing its workforce training goals by engaging students working toward two-year degrees or certificates. The Center to Advance the Science of Exploration to Reclamation in Mining (CASERM) is focused on advancing the exploration/mining industry sector through the establishment of a cooperative partnership with industry that conducts pre-competitive research and workforce development of benefit to the mining industry, academia, and society. The purpose and long-term vision of the Center is for addressing serious research challenges and providing an engine of knowledge creation in the development of 3-D subsurface geologic models for mineral deposits; integrating diverse geoscience data to inform decision making and minimize geological risk; devising new, faster, and more accurate assessments of the economic potential of drill core and other geological specimen taken from the field; advancing the science of mineral exploration; and improving mining operations and safety. It has five industry-driven research thrusts: (1) mineral exploration and mineral system models; (2) geological modeling and resource characterization; (3) advanced technology solutions; (4) mine development and operations; and (5) social and environmental impacts of mining. The Center's vision requires collaborations across a broad range of disciplines. For the Colorado School of Mines Site, the intellectual foundation stems from its unique, cross-disciplinary collaborations and outstanding faculty across the mining value chain. Its collaboration with its partner Site, Virginia Tech, brings expertise in AI and machine learning, mining engineering, novel geophysical techniques to increase mine safety, and mining operations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

采矿对于现代社会向可持续未来的过渡至关重要。满足全球对地球资源的需求是一个巨大的挑战。行业 - 大学合作研究中心（IUCRC）推进了采矿（Caserm）探索科学的探索科学（Caserm），这是科罗拉多州矿业，弗吉尼亚理工学院，行业合作伙伴和政府机构之间的合作努力。该中心是跨学科的。它加强并促进了地球物理，地球化学，矿物学，计算科学和统计学方面的跨学科发现。知识转移到采矿和相关地球科学部门的所有领域是核心中心任务。该中心的活动改变了地球科学数据在勘探和采矿行业中使用的方式，从矿产勘探阶段开始，并通过矿山封闭和环境修复继续进行。中心研究活动的重点是极大地改善全球矿产勘探和矿石和其他自然资源的采矿方式，以创新的科学和技术解决方案为基于经验和经验主义的决策取代了行业经验和基于经验主义的决策，从而为决策提供了依据，增加了勘探成功的机会，并降低了财务风险。中心目标包括促进社会经济繁荣并帮助减少采矿的环境影响。更广泛的影响包括劳动力发展，这是中心活动的基本要素。它不仅包括毕业生和本科生培训和参与与行业相关的研究，而且还邀请行业参与大学研究活动，旨在推进经济领域的采矿领域；而不是简单地响应单个公司的需求。该中心还与社区大学的讲师和与大学教职员工一起工作的学生和学生进行开采部门重要的项目，进一步促进其劳动力培训目标，通过使工作的学生达到两年学位或证书。通过与行业建立合作伙伴关系，推进采矿科学科学（Caserm）的探索科学（CASERM）的中心致力于推进勘探/采矿业部门，该伙伴关系在开展委托研究和劳动力发展对矿业，学院，学院和社会的利益中开发福利。该中心的目的和长期愿景是应对严重的研究挑战，并在开发3-D地下地质模型的矿物质矿床中提供知识创造的引擎；整合多样化的地球科学数据，以告知决策并最大程度地降低地质风险；设计新，更快，更准确的评估钻头和其他地质标本的经济潜力；推进矿物探索的科学；并改善采矿业务和安全性。它具有五个行业驱动的研究推力：（1）矿物探索和矿物系统模型； （2）地质建模和资源表征； （3）高级技术解决方案； （4）地雷开发和运营； （5）采矿的社会和环境影响。该中心的愿景需要在广泛的学科上进行合作。对于科罗拉多州矿业学院的网站，知识基金会源于其独特的跨学科合作和整个采矿价值链中出色的教师。它与合作伙伴网站Virginia Tech的合作，为AI和机器学习，采矿工程，新颖的地球物理技术提供了专业知识，以提高矿井安全性和采矿业务。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来获得支持的。