BEng (Mining)
Elamurugan (Ela) has more than 12 years of specialised experience in Surface and Underground Mining operations and Geotechnical Engineering. Ela worked as a Mine Production Engineer and Geotechnical Engineer in India since 2012 after graduating from The College of Engineering, Guindy with a bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering. Having relocated to Australia, Ela has been working with MineGeoTech since November 2024.
Technical capabilities include:
- Geotechnical engineering in surface (open pit) and underground mining operations
- Slope stability radar (SSR)
- Production and operations in mechanised open pit & underground metal mines
- Empirical and numerical modeling
- Preparation and maintenance of the ground control management plan (GCMP)
- Pit and waste dump stability standards
- Cemented Paste Backfill Engineering
- Mine seismic monitoring and interpretation
- Truck dispatch system
- Interaction of open pit and underground operations
- Technical statutory works related to Mines Safety (e.g., Directorate General of Mines Safety)
Software skills include Unwedge, DIPS, RocData, RS2, RS3, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Map3D, Flac3D, Leapfrog, Datamine, Mine seismic monitoring software, Blastware and MS Office.