Research & Expertise
The School of Engineering and Computer Science at Laurentian University conducts applied and fundamental research addressing challenges in mining, computing, automation, sustainability, and industrial systems.
Located within Canada’s mining innovation ecosystem, our faculty collaborate with industry, government, and community partners while supporting graduate research opportunities.
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Artificial Intelligence Automation Bio-Inspired Engineering Bioprocess Engineering Computational Modelling Computer Vision Cybersecurity Data-Driven Systems Decision Support Digital Mining Energy Systems Extractive Metallurgy Fluids Geomechanics Ground Control Heat Transfer Human–Computer Interaction Hydrometallurgy Intelligent Systems Machine Learning Manufacturing Materials Math & Network Operations Mine Planning Mine Ventilation Mineral Processing Optimization Robotics Rock Mechanics Software Engineering Solid Mechanics Sustainable Systems
Mining & Mineral Resources
🪨 Mining Geomechanics & Ground Control
Keywords: Underground mining · Rock mechanics · Ground control · Mine safety
Research investigates rock mass behaviour, ground support systems, mining-induced seismicity, and underground excavation design, with particular emphasis on deep and hard-rock mining environments.
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📈 Mine Planning, Optimization & Digital Mining
Keywords: Smart and Sustainable Mining · Optimization · Simulation
Faculty apply optimization, simulation, and data-driven methods to mine planning and operations, including mine-to-mill integration, uncertainty-based planning, and next-generation digital mining systems.
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⚙️ Mineral Processing & Metallurgy
Keywords: Mineral Processing · Pyrometallurgy · Hydrometallurgy
Addresses challenges in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy through innovative communication, pyrometallurgical, and hydrometallurgical technologies to reduce energy consumption and environmental impacts.
(Photograph courtesy of Vale)
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Engineering Systems & Sustainability
🔋 Industrial Sustainability & Energy Systems
Keywords: Sustainability · Energy systems · Resource efficiency
Research focuses on sustainable engineering solutions for industrial systems, including energy efficiency, decarbonization, renewable integration, process optimization, and the recovery and reuse of waste heat and industrial emissions across mining and manufacturing applications.
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🌊 Fluids, Heat Transfer & Computational Modelling
Keywords: CFD · Multiphase Flows · Heat Transfer · Numerical Methods · Computational Simulation · Fluid flow laser measurement systems
Research focuses on the development and application of mathematical and computational models for complex physical systems, including multiphase flows, heat and mass transfer, and large-scale simulations. Areas of expertise include computational fluid dynamics (CFD), numerical methods for partial differential equations, and advanced modelling techniques for engineering applications.
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🧪 Materials, Manufacturing & Structures
Keywords: Advanced materials · Additive manufacturing
Research advances the development and processing of advanced materials, composites, and structural systems through additive and innovative manufacturing techniques, materials characterization, and sustainable bio-based industrial production technologies.
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🧬 Biomedical & Bio-Inspired Engineering
Keywords: Biomechanics · Biomedical systems
Faculty apply engineering principles to biological and medical systems, including biomechanics, biomedical instrumentation, and imaging.
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📡 Decision Support, Diagnostics & Intelligent Monitoring
Keywords: Condition monitoring · Fault diagnostics · Predictive maintenance · Intelligent sensing
Faculty develop intelligent decision support systems for industrial applications, integrating sensing, instrumentation, data acquisition, and artificial intelligence to monitor equipment health, detect anomalies, and support predictive maintenance and operational decision-making.
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Computing, AI & Mathematics
🤖 Robotics, Automation & Intelligent Systems
Keywords: Autonomous systems · Robotics · AI
Faculty develop robotic, autonomous, and intelligent systems for industrial applications, including mobile robotics, intelligent control, automated construction, and AI-enabled perception and decision-making.
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🧠 Artificial Intelligence & Data-Driven Systems
Keywords: AI · Machine learning · Data science
Research spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and knowledge-based systems, developing advanced computational methods for engineering, computing, automation, and intelligent data analysis.
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🛡️ Cyber-Physical Systems, IoT & Secure Computing
Keywords: Cybersecurity · IoT · Embedded systems · Cloud computing · Human-machine interaction
Research focuses on secure and intelligent cyber-physical systems, including embedded and IoT technologies, cloud and network security, human-machine interaction, edge computing, and AI-driven automation for connected systems and infrastructure.
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🖱️ Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Keywords: HCI · Extended Reality (XR) · Game design
Research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, including User experience, Human-Machine Intelligence, AR (Augmented Reality)/ VR (Virtual Reality)/ XR (Extended Reality), Game design, Digital twin, Blockchain technologies, Responsible AI, Computer Ethics and HCI in healthcare.
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📈 Mathematical Programming, Network Optimization & Operations Research
Keywords: Linear and Nonlinear Optimization · Data Routing · Transportation · Telecommunication Network
Research focuses on the design and the analysis of the algorithms for solving large-scale linear and nonlinear optimization problems, including NP-hard problems. Faculty are also interested in network optimization problems and their application in telecommunication and transportation networks.
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