Student Positions

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MINING ENGINEERING TA POSITIONS FALL 2025

MIME 200 Introduction to the Minerals Industry

Instructor: Ferri Hassani

TA – Demoing/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 19 hrs

Duties: Preparation of and leading tutorial.

Requirements: Possesses B. Eng in Mining. Requires public speaking ability. Must have previously taken this course and preferably have previously been a teaching assistant for this course. Past TA duties must include tutoring. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 290 Industrial Work

Instructor: TBD

TA – Marking/Other: 1 at 28 hrs

Duties: This TA posting is for MIME 290, 291, 392, 494 and 495. Duties include correspondence with students via email and MyCourses, uploading course material and entering grades.

Requirements: Past TA duties must include marking or other. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 320 Extraction of Energy Resources

Instructor: Ferri Hassani

TA - Marking/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 29 hrs

Duties: Preparing and conducting tutorials and problem solving. Assisting computational labs. Assisting design project. Grading assignments, design and midterm exams.

Requirements: Must be able to use ANSYS software (minimum intermediate level). Must have knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Requires public speaking ability. Past TA duties must include marking and tutoring. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 329 Mining Geology

Instructor: Shahé Shnorhokian

TA - Marking/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 60 hrs

Duties: Preparation and leading of tutorials.

Requirements: Requires public speaking ability. Past TA duties must include demoing, tutoring. Must have experience in geologic mapping, geotechnical fieldwork, and geostatistics, previously taken this course or any related course in mining geology. Preferably have previously been a teaching assistant for this course or its equivalent. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 330 Mining Geotechnics

Instructor: Shahé Shnorhokian

TA - Demoing/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 82 hrs

Duties: Preparing and leading tutorials.

Requirements: Requires public speaking ability. Past TA duties must include demoing, tutoring. Must have previously taken this course, its equivalent, or any related course in geotechnical engineering. Preferably have previously been a teaching assistant for this course or its equivalent. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 413/513 Strategic Mine Planning with Uncertainty

Instructor: Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos

TA – Demoing/Marking/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 77 hrs

Duties: TA must oversee and manage the computer-based laboratory sessions for the supplemental course assignments and needs to know stochastic mine planning optimization on programs and applications. TA will ensure all files and comments related to laboratory sessions are up to date to ensure that sessions run smoothly. TA will grade lab and supplemental course assignments and projects; Hold office hours for 1 hour/week.

Requirements: Requires public speaking ability. Must have previously taken MIME 513 or a course of equivalent content on stochastic mine planning optimization. Student must have experience with stochastic mine planning and the use of commercial mine optimization software (GEOVIA Whittle). Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 421 Rock Mechanics

Instructor: Shahé Shnorhokian

TA - Demoing/Marking/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 84 hrs

Duties: Preparation for and leading of tutorial and hands-on computer modelling sessions.

Requirements: Requires public speaking ability. Open to graduate students only with excellent knowledge of rock mechanics and numerical modeling techniques for underground mining applications. Must have previously taken this course and preferably have previously been a teaching assistant for this course. Past TA duties must include demoing, tutoring. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 425/525 Applied Stochastic Orebody Modelling

Instructor: Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos

TA – Demoing/Marking/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 77 hrs

Duties: Preparing and leading tutorials.

Requirements: Requires public speaking ability. Past duties must include marking or demoing and leading tutorials. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

MIME 426 Mine Design and Feasibility Study Project

Instructor: Hani Mitri

TA –Marking/Tutoring/Other: 1 at 133 hrs

Duties: Conducting tutorial, hands-on computer modeling sessions, lab preparation. Grading reports and entering marks.

Requirements: Must have previously taken this course and must preferably have previously been a teaching assistant for this course. Past TA duties must include grading, leading tutorials and demonstration of computer modeling. Work dates: 2025-08-27 to 2025-12-03

 

 

MINING ENGINEERING GRADER POSITIONS FALL 2025

MIME 200 Introduction to the Minerals Industry

Instructor: Ferri Hassani

Grader 1 at 35 hours

Duties: Grading homework, quizzes, midterms.

Requirements: Must have previously taken this course and must preferably have previously been a teaching assistant for this course. Past duties must include marking.

MIME 329 Mining Geology

Instructor: Shahé Shnorhokian

Grader 1 at 42 hours

Duties: Grading assignments and midterm examinations.

Requirements: Must have knowledge of Mining Geology and previously taken this course or an equivalent. Must preferably have previously been a teaching assistant for this course. Past duties must include marking.

MIME 330 Mining Geotechnics

Instructor: Shahé Shnorhokian

Grader 1 at 12 hours each

Duties: Grading mid-terms and entering all course grades into MyCourses.

Requirements: Must have taken this course or equivalent. Past duties must include marking

MIME 413/513 Strategic Mine Planning with Uncertainty

Instructor: Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos

Grader 1 at 65 hours

Duties: Grading homework and midterm exams.

Requirements: Must have previously taken MIME 513. Past duties should include marking.

MIME 421 Rock Mechanics

Instructor: Shahé Shnorhokian

Grader 1 at 12 hours

Duties: Grading mid-terms and entering all course grades into MyCourses.

Requirements: Must have taken this course or equivalent. Past duties must include marking.

MIME 425/525 Applied Stochastic Orebody Modelling

Instructor: Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos

Grader 1 at 65 hours

Duties: Grading homework and reports.

Requirements: Past duties must include marking. Must have successfully completed MIME 425.

 

FORMS

TA Application fillable form

Teaching Assistant Workload Form

A.G.S.E.M. Membership Form

PDF icon Grader Schedule Form

PDF icon Personal Data Form

 

 

Term

Posting

Deadline

Summer

Second Monday of March

14 calendar days

Fall

Third Monday of May

14 calendar days

Winter

Third Monday of October

14 calendar days

 

 

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