Experts directory

Mr LA Maseko

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Engineering
Department: Mining Engineering
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 011 471 3185
E-mail: masekla@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Coal mine methane
  • Work integrated learning

Qualifications

  • BSc (Eng), University of the Witwatersrand
  • MSc (Eng), University of the Witwatersrand

Currently teaching

  • Mining Engineering

Fields of academic interests

  • Coal mine methane
  • Spontaneous combustion
  • Rare earth elements
  • Work-integrated learning

Field of Specialisation

  • Mining Engineering

Journal articles

  • Maseko, LA. 2018. A review of work-integrated learning in South African mining engineering universities. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 118(12):1315–1323.

Paper presentations

  • Maseko, L.A. 12-13 March 2018. Overcoming challenges in the mining industry through sustainable mining practices. Society of Mining Professors 6th Regional Conference 2018.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
  • Southern African Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM)
  • Golden Key International Honour Society

Other

Mr Lucky Maseko is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mining Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), Unisa. He has been handling modules ranging from Metalliferous Mining and Surface Mining to Engineering Management and Work-integrated Learning.

Before he joined Unisa, Lucky worked in different positions in the mining industry for ten years. The companies he worked for include the former Johannesburg Consolidate Investment Group (JCI), South Deep, Anglo Coal (Greenside Colliery) and the Mpumalanga Department of Education.