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Research guidelines

General collection of information useful for graduate students.

Guidelines related to PhD research

PhD Upgrade from MASc

Letters of recommendation for scholarships

How to survive a thesis defence

Engineering and Applied Sciences Graduate Council Manual December 2014

 

 

 

Useful Links

Mining

  • Queen's Mine Design Wiki
  • Hard Rock Miner's Handbook
  • Natural Resources Canada - Mining
  • SME
  • CIM

Rock Mechanics

  • World Stress Map Project
  • International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
  • American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)

Earth Sciences

  • USGS earthquakes hazard program
  • Visible Geology
  • Andrew Ganse inverse theory resources

Software

  • Rocscience including Hoek's Corner
  • Rick Allmendinger's software
  • Seismology software
  • Fault and stress analysis software
  • Digital photo to 3D image conversion
  • CloudCompare
  • Point Cloud Library
  • Unreal Engine - VR environment creation

Journals

  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Journal of the South African Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
  • Engineering Geology
  • Tunnels and Tunnelling
  • International Journal of Geomechanics
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Pure and Applied Geophysics
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