Professor Ganguli's research interests span a variety of topics from operations research to coal combustion. His past work includes development of control algorithms for coal loading, SAG mill process control, mine production simulation, 3D mine design and combustion of low rank Alaska coal. He has also helped design (ground control aspects) a multi-seam underground coal mine. He is a Professional Engineer (Mining Engineering) in the States of Alaska an Alabama. He is also a qualified underground coal mine foreman in the State of Alabama. Please visit his personal website (link below) to learn about his research.
Ph.D. in Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1999
M. S. in Mining Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1995
B. E. in Mining Engineering, Osmania University, India, 1991
Research Projects:
Low Rank Coal Grinding Performance vs. Power Plant Performance, Funded by DOE
Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay-Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska, Funded by DOE
Platinum Resource Estimation off of Goodnews Bay, Alaska, Funded by DOI/MMS
Estimation of Gravel Resource Potential of Southeast Chukchi Sea Continental Shelf off Shismaref, North Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Funded by DOI/MMS
Enhancement of Submarine Tailings Disposal Expert System Knowledge base, Funded by DOI/MMS
Effect of Measurement Errors on Control Algorithm, Funded by UAF
Sophisticated Calibration Methods for On-line Analyzers, Funded by DOE, Usibelli Coal Mine & GVEA
Selected Publications:
Ganguli, R. and Bandopadhyay, S., Mine Ventilation, Editors: Proceedings on the Tenth U.S./North American Mine Ventilation Symposium, Taylor and Francis Publishers, May, 2004.
Chatterjee, S., Bandopadhyay, S., Ganguli, R., Bhattacherjee, A., Samanta, B. and Pal, S.K., 2007, “General Regression Neural Network Residual Estimation For Ore Grade Prediction Of Limestone Deposit,” Mining Technology.
Dutta, S., Ganguli, R. and Samanta, B., 2005, “Investigation of two Neural Network Methods in an Automatic Mapping Exercise,” Applied GIS, Vol. 1 No. 2.
Yu, S., Ganguli, R., Walsh, D.E. Bandopadhyay, S., and Patil, S. L., 2004, “Calibration of On-line Analyzers Using Neural Networks,” Mining Engineering, Vol. 56, No. 9, pp. 99-102 (September).
Basu, A., Ganguli, R. and Sturgul, J., 2002, “Technology Implementation in Learning and Teaching (TILT),” Mineral Resources Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 129-135.
Ganguli, R. and Bandopadhyay, S., 2002, “Expert System for Equipment Selection,” International Journal of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 163-170.
Ganguli, R., Wilson, T.E., Bandopadhyay, S., 2002, “STADES: An Expert System for Marine Disposal of Mine Tailings,” Mining Engineering, April, pp 29-34.
Ganguli, R., 2001, “A Critical Review of Analyzers,” Mineral Resources Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 4 (December), pp. 435-445.
Ganguli, R., 2001, “A Concept to Meet Quality Specifications of Coal on a Per Car Basis Rather Than On A Trainload Basis,” Mining Engineering, November, pp. 52-56.
Ganguli, R., and Yingling, C., 2001, “Algorithms to Control Coal Segregation Under Non-Stationary Conditions, Part I: Moving Window and SPC Based Updating Methods,” International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol. 61, Issue 4, pp. 241-259.
Ganguli, R., Yingling, J.C., Zhang, J., Sottile, J., and Kumar, R., 1999, “Optimal Control of Coal Segregation Using on-line Quality Analyzers,” Mining Engineering, April, pp. 41-48.
Ganguli, R., and Bandopadhyay, S., 2003, “Neural Network Architecture vs. Network Performance,” Proceedings, APCOM, SAIMM Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa, May.
Ganguli, R., 2002, “Effect of Variance on Control Algorithm,” Proceedings, APCOM/SME, Phoenix, February, pp. 519-525, Publishers: SME – This paper won the Robert Peele award in 2004.
Patents:
US Patent Office, Patent#: 6,675,064, Jon Yingling and Rajive Ganguli: Process for the Physical Segregation of Minerals
Awards and Honors:
Flame Safety Lamp Award, 2005, State of Alabama
Robert Peele Award, 2004, SME
Carol Feist Outstanding Advisor Award for 2002-2003, UAF
Nominated for International Who’s Who for Professionals, 2002-2003
Selected for Leadership Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Recognized as a Future Leader of the mining industry, SME, 2000
Recipient of a Prize from Mineral and Metallurgical Society of America (MMSA) for the Paper “Time Series Analysis of Coal Imports and Energy Imports”, 1996
Recipient of a Prize for the Paper “Roadheaders for Coal Face Mechanization,” from the Institution of Engineers (IE), India, 1991
Winner of the All India Mining Quiz Competition, 1990
