Course Lecturer Application Form
Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
Fall 2025 Course Lecturer Positions
Deadline to Apply: June 15, 2025
MIME 200 Introduction to the Minerals Industry (Lab Portion) and MIME 250 Introduction to Extractive Metallurgy (Lab Portion)
The course lecturer will be in charge of the laboratory section of the two courses.
MIME 200: Economic importance of the minerals industry. Mining: legislation, regulations, criteria for exploiting an ore: mining methods, equipment. Extractive metallurgy: mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy. Environmental protection.
MIME 250: Introduction to physical, hydrochemical, electrochemical and thermochemical processing in the production of metals and materials; description of the industries, basic processing concepts, unit operations and an introduction to environmental exchanges. Size reduction and classification, particle separation, stoichiometric and mass balance calculations, chemical equilibria, aqueous processing, smelting and refining.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
Education:
Graduate level training in mining or materials engineering with PhD preferred
Experience:
Hands-on experience setting up and teaching mineral processing and metallurgy in a laboratory setting
Other qualification requirements:
Professional Engineering License, P.Eng., preferred
Salary: $11,479
Course runs from August 27, 2025 to December 3, 2025
MIME 413/513 Strategic Mine Planning with Uncertainty
This is a shared assignment as co-instructor with a McGill Professor to assist with 50% (approx. 19.5 hours) of this course
Overview: Mining & Materials Engineering: Strategic decision-making for mine planning given uncertain metal supply from orebodies and commodity demand. Stochastic optimization techniques in mine design and production scheduling. Uncertainty quantification and orebody representation. Stochastic mine optimization in applications from open pit and underground metal mines. Introduction to sustainable development and utilization of mineral resources.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
Education:
PhD preferred; Master's degree depending on concentration and abilities
Experience:
Demonstrated teaching and research experience with strategic mine planning
Other qualification requirements:
Effective communication skills
Salary: $5,739.50 for 50% of this course
Course runs from August 27, 2025 to December 3, 2025
MIME 425/525 - Applied Stochastic Orebody Modelling
This is a shared assignment as co-instructor with a McGill Professor to assist with 50% (approx. 19.5 hours) of this course
Overview: Representing uncertainty in orebody models and shortcomings of conventional methods including reserve reporting and Mine planning. Stochastic spatial sequential simulation methods. Joint simulation of multiple correlated elements. Simulation material types. Introduction to geometallurgical modelling. Additional drilling, reserve classification, grade control and mine planning optimization. Risk quantification in life-of-mine production schedules.
Course description: https://www.mcgill.ca/study/2021-2022/courses/mime-425 https://www.mcgill.ca/study/2021-2022/courses/mime-525
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
Education:
PhD in mining preferred; Master's degree may be considered depending on research expertise in the related area
Experience:
Expertise in random field models and spatial simulation, as well as their application in mining, mining operations and mine planning. Experience in direct sequential simulation and min/max autocorrelation factors with mining applications, as well as multi-point geostatistics.
Other qualification requirements:
Specialization in geostatistical simulations in mining; theoretical and practical knowledge. Experience with SGEMS and software. Eligibility for professional registration as a member of a Canadian professional association.
Salary: $5,739.50 for 50% of the course
Course runs from August 27, 2025 to December 3, 2025
MIME 465 – Metallic and Ceramic Powders Processing
Overview: Mining & Materials Engineering: Powder metallurgy and ceramic processing. Fabrication, characterization and properties of powders. Powder consolidation techniques. Sintering and densification mechanisms. Properties of porous compacts. Design of fabrication process. Particularities and classification of ceramic systems.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
Education:
Graduate level training in the field of powder processing and powder metallurgy with PhD preferred. PhD student can be considered. Candidates with knowledge in the field can also be considered.
Experience:
Have passed MIME465 or MIME665 or an equivalent powder course at another institution; Teaching experience and/or hands-on research experience in the field of powder metallurgy preferred.
Other qualification requirements:
P.Eng. preferred
Salary: $11,479
Course runs from August 27, 2025 to December 3, 2025
MIME 569 Electron Beam Analysis of Materials
Course Lecturer shared assignment with a McGill Professor to assist with 33% (approx. 13 hours) of the course
Overview: Mining & Materials Engineering: Emphasis on operation of scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Topics covered are electron/specimen interactions, hardware description; image contrast description; qualitative and quantitative (ZAF) x-ray analysis; electron diffraction pattern analysis.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
Education:
PhD required
Experience:
Extensive experience with SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) including theory, as evidenced by research and teaching experience.
Other qualification requirements:
Monte Carlo simulation programs in C++ to model X-Ray emission and electron scattering to perform quantitative electron microscopy in the SEM with transmission.
Salary: $3,826.33 for 33% of the course
Course runs from August 27, 2025 to December 3, 2025
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