Simit Raval

University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney

Associate Professor Simit Raval is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mining Engineer and the Co-Director of the Laboratory for Imaging of the Mine Environment (LIME), at University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. He leads a group of researchers focused on utilising data from sensors mounted on various platforms, from satellite through to UAVs/drones, to visualise, identify and monitor the environmental and safety aspects of the operations. He has received more than $2 million as competitive research grants, published widely in journals and conferences besides delivering number of invited presentations in academia, industry, and governments. He has supervised PhD research projects involving drone-based smart sensing (hyperspectral and LiDAR), underground mobile laser scanning, image-based automated material characterisation, mine automation, mine rehabilitation/closure, climate change and asteroid mining.      

He is passionate about technology enabled teaching and regularly receives invitations to present teaching innovations at various forums in Australia and overseas. He is recipient of SIX teaching awards including International Tim Shaw Award for innovation in teaching and learning (2018) and UNSW Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2020).