Mining Industry of the Future Initiative (MIFI)
MIFI is a forward-looking research group at Missouri S&T advancing mining research through creativity, innovations, and collaborations.
MIFI is a multidisciplinary research group at S&T dedicated to advancing research and development that shapes the future of mining making it safer, smarter, and more sustainable.
Our current focus includes:
- Wireless communications & smart mining
- Automation, robotics & intelligent systems
- Green energy & decarbonization
- Climate change & energy transitions
- Surface mining & formation excavation
- Tailings engineering & management
- Change management for mining 4.0
- Critical minerals & supply chain
- Immersive technologies & Miner Trainings
- Mine safety, health & hazard engineering