Research interests within the School include the following topics:
- Numerical modelling in mining geomechanics
- Pillar mechanics and design procedures
- Weak/soft rock engineering performance
- Rock reinforcement systems
- Underground mining methods
- Operations research/simulation
- Mine fill and extraction systems
- Mine environmental management and mine closure
- Mine safety and training
- Windblasts and caving mechanics
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Rock cutting and machine mining
- Undersea mining
- Virtual reality training and simulation
- Mine seismicity
