On August 15, Professor Ismet Canbulat, Dean of the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering at the UNSW in Sydney, and Associate Professor Zhang Chengguo from UNSW visited the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Rock Burst Mechanism and Prevention and Control Technology of LNU for research and exchange, and were invited to deliver a thematic academic report. Professor Pan Yishan, Secretary of the Party Committee of LNU, attended the report meeting and delivered a speech. Wang Aiwen, Deputy Director of the Institute of Disaster Rock Mechanics, presided over the academic report meeting.
Professor Ismet delivered a presentation titled “Opportunities and Challenges in Deep Mining”. Drawing on his 30 years of experience in both academia and industry, he systematically elaborated on the instability mechanisms of rock masses in deep mines, risk control technologies, and practical cases from over 50 mines worldwide. The rock mass classification system and support design method developed by his team have provided a scientific paradigm for the safe development of resources under complex geological conditions. Professor Ismet stated that digital technologies are driving the transformation of geotechnical engineering from experience-driven to data-driven, and collaborative innovation is the core path to addressing the risks of deep mining.
In his report titled “Rock Burst Disasters and Intelligent Support in Deep Mining”, Associate Professor Zhang Chengguo presented the technological breakthroughs of digital twin technology in the prediction of rock mass dynamic disasters. By integrating immersive visualization and real-time monitoring data, the intelligent early warning model developed by his team has been applied in a number of hard rock mines in Australia, significantly reducing the incidence of dynamic disaster accidents. He pointed out that rock burst prevention and control requires breaking down the disciplinary barriers between geomechanics and information technology, and that the dynamic response capability of intelligent support systems will be a key research focus in the next decade.
Pan Yishan extended a warm welcome to the arrival of Ismet Canbulat and Zhang Chengguo, and introduced the university’s experiences and practices in adhering to a problem-oriented approach and thoroughly implementing an integrated school-running mechanism that connects real problems in social scenarios across talent cultivation, scientific research, and social services. He stated that he hopes Professor Ismet Canbulat and Associate Professor Zhang Chengguo will continue to pay attention to the construction and development of the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Rock Burst Mechanism and Prevention and Control Technology of LNU, offer valuable suggestions for the laboratory’s construction, and leverage the advantages of both parties to carry out cooperation and exchanges.
Before the meeting, Professor Ismet and Associate Professor Zhang Chengguo, along with their delegation, visited the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Rock Burst Mechanism and Prevention and Control Technology of LNU. They also had in-depth exchanges with the laboratory researchers on topics such as deep mining disaster monitoring and prevention technologies.
More than 60 representatives of faculty members and students from the Institute of Disaster Rock Mechanics, the School of Environment, and the School of Information attended the academic report.
