Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining Strategic Development
Principal Investigator (PI): Julia Neilson, Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining
The UArizona Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining works closely with mining industry professionals to identify environmental issues. CESM then develops research projects and educational initiatives that focus on reducing the effects of active and closed mining sites on the environment and surrounding communities.
CESM depends on partnerships with mining companies that provide access, guidance and other support for faculty and student researchers who to do work in revegetation of mining sites, reclaiming mine waste, controlling dust emissions and mitigating erosion of waste materials called tailings, among other subjects.
CESM needs additional support for its various projects. The new funding will allow a research scientist/program coordinator to develop new scopes of work with existing partners and strike contracts with new mining industry partners.
Additionally, this person will expand research translation outreach, including preparing for a fall 2022 conference presentation to federal and state agencies on CESM research related to mine closure.
Funds also will go toward recruiting undergraduate and graduate students for dissertation and thesis research. While most of these student researchers come from the Department of Mining Engineering, the funding will help tap students from other UArizona programs, such as the School of Natural Resources and the Environmental Science department and Chemical and Environmental Engineering department.
For more information on this project, please contact: Julia Neilson