Dr. Sean Dessureault is a member of the University of Arizona's Mining and Geological Engineering Department and currently holds the position of Assistant Professor. His research is related to the effective use of information systems in mines which includes disciplines such as data mining, systems engineering, and business process design. He founded a consulting company that provides corprorate IT strategy, Data Warehouse design & implementation, and automation strategy for for some of the world's largest mining companies. He is one of the founders for the University of Arizona's chapter of Engineers Without Borders. He teaches Sustainable Development, Management Operations Technology and Equipment Operations Technology to senior level students. He teaches a professional short-course series on the effective use of modern IT in mining both nationally and internationally. This website is designed to provide some background of expertise, links to teaching resources, and key strategies for research and industry-interaction.

PDF of academic resume (CV).
PDF of professional resume (CV).

MGE 422 - Engineering Sustainable Development

Also listed as 522 (graduate section),this guides student into learning the concepts of sustainable development, especially focused on engineering projects.

Also listed as 515 (graduate section) and GEE 415 (geological engineering),this course looks at all processes used to break rock from the ground. This includes cutting machines, along with drilling and blasting.

MGE 407 - Equipment Operations Technology

Also listed as 507 (graduate section) this course looks at all soft (management, operations research, software, IT, etc...) and hard (equipment, automation, etc...) technology needed to design materials handling systems in modern mines. It is applicable to all mining, civil, and industrial engineers.

MGE 409 - Management Operations Technology

Also listed as 508 (graduate section) this course gives students a background in Operations Research, accounting, information technology and databases, spreadsheets, strategic management, and personal growth tools using applied examples. This course is applicable to all engineers.

Interests - brief list and technical descriptions of my research interests. I am actively looking for Graduate students interested in similar projects with work experience in the minerals or IT sectors.

Publications - downloadable pdf files of some selected publications.

APCOM - I was the chairman for the 32nd International Symposium on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industry (APCOM), held in Tucson Arizona in 2005. Some of the keynote speeches are available for download.

Professors are encouraged to undertake private consulting to a maximum of 20% of their time during the school year and up to 100% of the summer. In November 2005, I started MISOM Consulting Services, a fully ensured and registered company. View the website for more details.