"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would

It?"   – Albert Einstein

Blueprint, the paper presentation contest held as part of Engineer attracts some of the best minds from all over the country. Participants are invited to present papers spanning various research topics pertaining to the different branches of engineering.

• Environmental problems due to mining (noise, air, ground water)
• Noise in mines
• New developments in Mining machineries
• Slope stability and Strata control (Subsidence)
• Mine Systems engineering (OR) [application of operation research to mining problems]
• GIS and remote sensing
• Land Reclamation
• how to close a mine ( Mine Closure)
• Rock Mechanics
• New trends in Drilling and Blasting (viz. chemical explosives)
• Sea bed mining
• Controlled Blasting
• Underwater Blasting
• Hazards due to mining and there prevention
• New Trends In Rescue Operations carried out in mines

Note: The topics listed above are only indicative and not exhaustive. If your research does not fall in one or more of the above categories, but is related to Mining Engineering in general, please do not hesitate to submit your paper. We will accept and review research in other fields related to Mining Engineering as well.

• Team size for paper presentation is restricted to 4, although there may be more number of authors to the paper. Officially, Team size can be a max of 4.
• Last date for online submission of abstracts - 20th October 2011
• Notification of acceptance - 22th October 2011
• Last date for submitting final presentation paper – 26th October 2011

Please download the concerned document below

Rupak Udayanan - (+91) 9482085115

Gowrishankar - (+91) 9945626307

Mail your queries/submissions to blueprint@engineer.org.in