Welcome to the December edition of CORESafety TV’s “Stories from the Field,” brought to you by the National Mining Association.

These days, there aren’t quite as many college students enrolled in Mining Engineering classes as there once were.  Times have changed, as has the mining industry at large.

But make no mistake – for those who are choosing to follow this course of study at various U.S. schools, or even just taking elective classes, there is still plenty of interest being expressed in the future of mining.

Sekhar Bhattacharyya is an associate teaching professor at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. He shares his insights into mining with a small, but spellbound, group of students each week.

Recently, CORESafety’s Paul Krivokuca paid a visit to the school to meet with Professor Bhattacharyya, Undergraduate Program Chair Barbara Arnold and some Mining 230 students.

Learn more on this month’s episode of CORESafety TV – 

Be sure to watch CORESafety TV over the next year as we update you on a variety of other mining-related collegiate stories.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• To learn about the Penn State Mining Engineering program, click here.
• To see if Mining Engineering is right for you, go here.
• To watch a Penn State video on this topic, click here.

To visit our CORESafety website, click here.