{"id":18161,"date":"2024-07-30T10:25:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T02:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/our-community\/science-engineering\/wasm-wombats-shine-at-the-46th-intercollegiate-mining-games\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T01:00:04","slug":"wasm-wombats-shine-at-the-46th-intercollegiate-mining-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/our-community\/science-engineering\/wasm-wombats-shine-at-the-46th-intercollegiate-mining-games\/","title":{"rendered":"WASM Wombats Shine at the 46th Intercollegiate Mining Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Westgold-Womens-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18167\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the WA School of Mines (WASM) Kalgoorlie Wombats participated in the 46<sup>th<\/sup> Intercollegiate Mining Games (IMG) competition hosted by Montana Tech University in Butte, Montana. The competition provides a unique experience for students to connect with academics and high level operational and corporate mining and resource personnel from across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prestigious event saw over 300 competitors participate from all over the world, including three Australian teams; the University of Queensland, Curtin\u2019s Wombats and Wallabies (Curtin Bentley\u2019s team). The Wombats sent 23 competitors across four teams, including their first women\u2019s team in 4 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With female participation in STEM remaining limited, in the past, the Wombats have struggled to fill a women\u2019s team, often resorting to co-ed teams. This year marked a significant achievement with the formation of a women\u2019s team. The success of the team has sparked interest among new students, and the Wombats are hopeful for another women\u2019s team in the 2024\/25 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Westgold-Womens-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Westgold-Womens-4.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Westgold-Womens-4-768x807.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The transition from our Australian summer to North America\u2019s winter was challenging. Although prepared for the cold, the teams could not have prepared for the high altitude (1650m above sea level). Despite these challenges, the Wombats achieved commendable results in the competition. The Women\u2019s team placed 4<sup>th<\/sup>, narrowly missing the podium. The Men\u2019s C team finished 14<sup>th<\/sup>, Men\u2019s A team finished 5<sup>th<\/sup> and the Men\u2019s B team just missed out on a back-to-back win by securing 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Mens-A-Barminco-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18174\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The WASM Wallabies teams did an incredible job with the Wallabies Women\u2019s team placing 7<sup>th<\/sup>, including the first prize in the Survey section while the Men\u2019s team placing 13<sup>th<\/sup>. An amazing effort by all of Curtin\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Mens-A-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18170\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the competition, students had the opportunity to tour Montana\u2019s Tech\u2019s student run underground mine. They also visited Rio Tinto\u2019s Kennecott mine (the world\u2019s largest open pit operations) and TradeStar, who specialise in building bomb trucks for open pit mining operations. These inclusions provided the students with a deeper understanding of large-scale mining operations and cutting-edge mining technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since their establishment in 1999, the WASM Wombats continue to embody the spirit of excellence and tradition, inspiring future generations to achieve greatness in the field of mining. The trip was a once in a lifetime experience that will stay in the memories of all the participants for decades. We are grateful for the support of generous funders helping the teams to participate in the IMG competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the WA School of Mines (WASM) Kalgoorlie Wombats participated in the 46th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18180,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18161\/revisions\/18180"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}