Fall 2004 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Dissolution of Alumina, Copper Oxide and Nitrogen in Molten Slags: Thermodynamics and Kinetics," Peng Fan, Dec 20, 2004. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Blending and Grinding of Nuclear Oxides," Vikas Devrani, Dec 17, 2004. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Parallellization of Millsoft 3D Code," Amol Joshi, Dec 11, 2004. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Pulsed Electrodeposition of Metal Ions from Dilute Aqueous Solutions," Andrew Wessman, Nov 29, 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Understanding the Effect of Surfactant Adsorption Phenomena on Corrosion Inhibition," Dong Youp Ryu, Nov 16, 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Electrodynamic separation of metallic granules from flowing mixed waste stream," Harini Goneguntla, Oct 29, 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "First Principles Density Functional Theory Calculations of Anisotropic Elastic Constants of Titanium Borides," Krutibas Panda, Sep 21, 2004. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide to Elemental Sulfur by Cyclic Process Involving Barium Sulfide and Barium Sulfate," Marijanka Savic, Aug 23, 2004. “Air Stripping for the Recovery of Cyanide Using Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone (ASH) Technology,” Bartosz Dabrowski, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 7 July 2004 “Evaluation of SAG Mill Performance from an Operator's Perspective,” Dr. George Banini, Technical Expert — Comminution, FMI, Indonesia, formerly Senior Metallurgical Engineer — Comminution, Kennecott Utah Copper, seminar, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 “U of U Environmental Health and Safety,” Jeff Throckmorton, Sr. Industrial Hygienist, Environmental Health and Safety Department, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 “First Principles (DFT) Calculations of Anisotropic Elastic Constants of Titanium Borides,” Krutibas Panda, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 “Research Activities on Fuel Cell Technologies at KIST,” Dr. Heung Yong Ha, Principal Research Engineer, Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Inst. of Science and Technology (KIST), seminar, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 “From Satellite Systems to Medical Models: Applications of Rapid Prototyping at Javelin 3D,” Dr. Alaire Emory, Senior Partner, Javelin 3D, Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 “Friction Stir Welding — An Overview and Perspective for the Future,” Dr. Tracy W. Nelson, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, seminar, Tuesday, 28 September 2004 “Quantitative Characterization of Anisotropic Networks of Internal Interfaces,” Dr. Craig S. Hartley, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Virginia, seminar, Friday, 1st October, 2004 “Recent Developments in Aluminum Smelting,” Prof. T. R. Mankhand, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India, seminar, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 “Liquid-Phase Sintering of Functionally Graded WC-Co Composites,” Oladapo O. Eso, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 “Heavy Wall, High Strength Induction Bends for the Offshore Industry: Processing & Mechanical Behavior,” Firdosh Kavarana, Metallurgist, Shaw NAPTech, Inc., Clearfield, Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 27 October 2004 “Ceramic Matrix Composites for Turbine Engines,” Paul J. Walsh, Vice President, High Temperature Composites Unit Goodrich Corporation , Santa Fe Springs, California, seminar, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 “Crystal Growth Modeling and Nanotechnology: Research and educational opportunities for MatLab programming,” John A. Venables, Departments of Physics & Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, and University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, seminar, Wednesday, 10 November 2004 “Understanding the Effect of Surfactant Adsorption Phenomena on Corrosion Inhibition,” Dong Youp Ryu, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 “The Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone's Contribution to Advancement of Environmental Technology,” Prof. Jan Hupka, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, and University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 24 November 2004 “Pulsed Electrodeposition of Metal Ions from Dilute Aqueous Solutions,” Andrew Wessman, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 1 December 2004 “Orientation Imaging Microscopy of Fatigue Cracks,” Michael Oja, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 8 December 2004 
Spring 2004 M.S. Thesis Defense, "Mineral Exposure Analysis for the Prediction of Copper Recovery in Column Leaching Experiments," Christian F. Roldan, Apr 23, 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Reaction Kinetics of Gold Dissolution in Acid Thiourea Solutions," Jinshan Li, Apr 19, 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Interfacial Chemistry in the Fluorite and Calcite Flotation Systems," Keqing Fa, Apr 8, 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Surface Analysis of Selected Hydrophobic Materials," Sylwia Wisniewska, Apr 2, 2004. “Environmentally Friendly Route to Copper Production from Chalcopyrite,” Rafael Padilla, Professor, University of Concepcion, Chile, and Visiting Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 14 January 2004 “Methodologies for the Evaluation of Grinding Media Performance at Full Plant Scale,” Jaime Sepulveda, Moly-Cop Grinding Systems, Santiago, Chile, seminar, Wednesday, 21 January 2004 “Gold Lixiviants: What If We Lost Cyanide?,” Marc LeVier, Newmont Metallurgical Services, Englewood CO, seminar, Thursday, 22 January 2004 “Biological Treatment of Metals and Inorganics in Mining Waters,” Jack Adams, Weber State, seminar, Wednesday, 4 February 2004 “Conversion of Long Life Nucleides into Metallic Chlorides,” Dr. Marcelo R. Esquivel, Chemical Kinetics Division, Bariloche Atomic Center, National Atomic Energy Commision (Argentina), Bariloche, Argentina, seminar, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 “Can Green Engineering Secure Sustainable Development?,” Dr. Jan Hupka, Chemical Technology, Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, seminar, Wednesday, 18 February 2004 “Sustainability and Environmental Issues in Project Development,” Jim Alto, Vice President, Norwest Corporation, Denise Dragoo, Partner, Snell and Wilmer, Salt Lake City, Friday, 20 February 2004, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., seminar, Room 212 WBB “Flotation Technology and Challenges for the PGM Industry,” Dee Bradshaw & Lesley Parolis, Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa, seminar, Friday, 27 February 2004 “Pattern Formation and Nonintuitive Behavior of Particles during Agglomeration, Mixing and Segregation,” Dr. B. K. Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Kanpur, India, seminar, Wednesday March 3, 2004 “Thermomechanical Fluctuations of Atomic Force Microscope Cantilevers,” Dr. Anh Nguyen, University of Newcastle, Australia, seminar, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 “Status of Plastics Recovery Technology from End-of-Life Electronics Plastics, End-of-Life Auto Plastics, and End-of-Life Beverage Bottles,” Ronald Kobler, President, Recovery Plastics, Inc., seminar, Friday, 12 March 2004 “Probing the Mechanical Properties of Materials with Nanoindentation,” Prof. George M. Pharr, The University of Tennessee, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division, Knoxville, Tennessee, seminar, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 “Gelcasting Techniques for Flaw Tolerant Structural Ceramic Laminates,” Prof. Katherine T. Faber, Materials Science & Engg, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, seminar, Wednesday, 31 March 2004 “Nonlinear Optical Interactions on a Nanoscale,” Prof. Vladislav Yakovlev, Femtosecond Laser Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, seminar, Monday, 22 March 2004 “CVD Nanocrystalline Diamond — The Secrets,” Dr. Raymond G. Thompson, President, Vista Engineering Inc., Alabama, seminar, Wednesday 24 March 2004 “Characterization and liberation analysis of copper minerals from Negociacion Minera Santa Maria de la Paz,” Francisco Medina, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 “Ferric Reduction in Acidic Media,” Ravi Bhide, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 14 April 2004 “Copper Oxide Solubility in Na2O–Based and CaO–Based Slags,” Peng Fan, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 “Comprehensive Models of Heap Leaching Processes: Challenges and Progress,” Professor Mark Cross, Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis, University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, England, seminar, Monday, 3 May 2004
2003Fall 2003 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Microscale Fracture Studies in Geological Materials with Implications for Mineral Liberation," Stewart Middlemiss, Dec 15, 2003. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Ferric Ion Reduction in Acidic Media," Ravindra Bhide, Dec 10, 2003. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "High–Temperature Corrosion of Fe3Al in Chlorine–Containing Environments," Gilsoo Han, Oct 21, 2003. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Surface Micelles as Revealed by Soft Contact Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging," Vamsi Paruchuri, Sep 22, 2003. “Interfacial Phenomena in Flotation and AFM as a Tool for Their Characterization,” Jakub Nalaskowski, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 20 August 2003 “3–D X–ray Microtomography and Applications,” Dr. C. L. Lin, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 27 August 2003 “Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing – Recent Advances,” Dr. Alair Emory, Javelin 3D, Inc., Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday 3 September 2003 “Failure Analysis of Microchips Using TEM and Metallization during Chip Manufacturing,” Dr. Hong Zhang, Applied Materials, Inc., San Jose, California, seminar, Wednesday 10 September 2003 “Welding Clad Steel,” Mr. Bill Komlos, Arc Technical Services, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday, 17 September 2003 “Room-Temperature Plastic Deformation in Ceramics,” Dr. Raymond Cutler, Ceramatec, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday, 24 September 2003 “Recent Developments in the Mechanisms of the Dissolution of Sulfide Minerals,” Dr. Michael J. Nicol, Professor at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, seminar, Friday, 19 September 2003 “Functionally Designed Materials Using Co-Extrusion: Processing, Properties, and Applications,” Professor Greg Hilmas, University of Missouri Rolla, Department of Ceramics Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 1 October 2003 “Inspection of High Energy Steam Piping Systems in Fossil Power Plants,” Dr. Marshal Clark, Engineering System Inc., Denver, Colorado, seminar, Wednesday, 8 October 2003 “The Leonardo, the Utah Science Center, and the University of Utah — A Unique Opportunity and Partnership,” Joe Andrade, Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, Materials Science, and Pharmaceutics; and Chair/Director of The Leonardo and the Utah Science Center (joeandrade@uofu.net), seminar, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 “Plasma Technology and Materials Research at the INEEL,” Dr. Peter Kong, Senior Scientist, Idaho Engineering and Environment National Lab, seminar, Wednesday 22 October 2003 “Composite IsoTruss Structures,” David W. Jensen, Director, Center for Advanced Structural Composites (Home of IsoTruss™ Structures) , Professor of Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University, seminar, Wednesday 29 October, 2003 “Domain Wall Structures and Magnetic Configuration in E-beam Patterned Submicron Magnets for Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) Applications,” Yang-Ki Hong, Professor and Director, Magnetic and Electronic Materials Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, seminar, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 “High-Temperature and High-Pressure Synthesis of Diamond and Cubic Boron Nitride,” Dr. Clayton Gardinier, R&D Manager, Diamicron, Inc., Orem, Utah, rescheduled for seminar, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 “Computer-Aided Design of Steels for High-Temperature Applications,” Dr. Vinod Sikka, Manager, Materials Processing, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, cancelled seminar, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 “Research and Laboratory Safety,” Jeff Throckmorton, Environmental Health and Safety, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 “Adhesion and Rolling Friction Forces between Micro Sized Particles,” Dr. Lars-Oliver Heim, Mack-Planck Institute of Polymer Research, Mainz, seminar, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 “Isolation of Major Load Interaction Mechanisms in Variable Amplitude Metal Fatigue: Residual Stress and Crack Closure Effects,” Dr. R. Sunder, Director, BiSS Research, Bangalore, India, Monday, 15 December 2003, seminar jointly hosted by Metallurgical seminar, Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2003 M.S. Thesis Defense, "Measurement and Prediction of Corrosion Inhibition of Mild Steel Using Surfactants," Wanlin Wang, May 20, 2003. “Surface Characterization of Hydrophobic Materials,” Sylwia Wisniewska, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 8 January 2003 “Bioceramics in Orthopedic Applications [joint seminar with MSE],” Dr. R. (Alan) Lakshminarayanan, Post-doctoral Research Fellow & Adjunct Asst. Professor, Department of Orthopedics, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 “Survey of Materials Science Issues in Superabrasives [joint seminar with MSE],” Dr. Dan Belnap, R&D Manager, Smith Megadiamond, Provo, Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 22 January 2003 “High-Temperature Corrosion of Fe3Al in Chlorine-Containing Environments,” Mr. Gilsoo Han, Graduate Student in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Wednesday, 29 January 2003, seminar, 4:10 p.m., 120 EMCB “Electromigration in Cu and Cu Alloy Thin Films,” Dr. K. S. Ravi Chandran, Associate Professor of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Wednesday, 5 February 2003, seminar, 4:10 p.m., 120 EMCB “Molecule-based Magnets – Chemistry and Physics,” Joel S. Miller, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 “The impurity effects on an Al grain boundary by ab initio calculation,” Guang-Hong Lu, Postdoc, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah, Wednesday 19 February 2003, seminar, 4:10 p.m. 120 EMCB “Aspects of Corrosion Fatigue and Corrosion Effects on Structural Integrity Research in the Quality and Integrity Design Engineering Center (QIDEC),” Professor David W. Hoeppner, P.E., Ph.D., Director of QIDEC, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Wednesday, 26 February 2003, seminar, 4:10 p.m., EMCB 120 “Control of Surface Wettability by External Stimuli,” Professor John Ralston, Professor of Physical Chemistry and Minerals Processing, Ian Wark Research Institute, The ARC Special Research Centre for Particle and Material Interfaces, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide SA, Australia, seminar, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 “DMR/Metals Research at NSF and Highlights of Nuclear Materials Research at NCSU,” Professor K. Linga (KL) Murty, Program Director, Metals Research, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, &, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, March 6, 2003, seminar, 3:30 p.m., WBB 211 “Joint Seminar with Materials Science & Engineering, Influence of surface dipoles on protein adsorption to membranes,” Dr. David W. Britt, Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Department of Biological and Irrigation Engineering, Wednesday 12 March 2003, seminar, 4:10 p.m., 120 EMCB “Joint Seminar with Materials Science & Engineering, Probing nanomagnetism in patterned magnetic structures,” Professor Jing Shi, Department of Physics, University of Utah, Wednesday 26 March 2003, seminar, 4:10 p.m., 120 EMCB “From Self-Organization to Design of Nanostructures: A road under construction,” Dr. Demitris Kouris, Professor & Chair, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, seminar, Wednesday, 2 April 2003 “Surface Chemistry Consideration in the Flotation of Fluorite and Calcite,” Keqing Fa, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 9 April 2003 “Estimation of Ultimate Recovery in Heap Leaching Operations Using High Resolution Cone Beam X-ray Microtomography (XMT),” Christian F. Roldán, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Wednesday, seminar, 16 April 2003 PQT “Prediction and Measurement of Corrosion Inhibition of Mild Steel Using Surfactants,” Wanlin Wang, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 “Interfacial Phenomena in Flotation and AFM as a Tool for Their Characterization,” Jakub Nalaskowski, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 20 August 2003
2002Fall 2002 “Materials Modeling and Simulation: From the atomic to the mesoscopic scales,” Dr. Feng Liu, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Center of Computational Design of Nanostructured Materials, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 28 August 2002 “Wire Bonding 1 mil Au Alloy Wire Coated with Biocompatible Coatings to Micro Electrode Arrays,” Nephi Harvey, IGERT Engineer/Research Associate, University of Utah Micro-Fabrication Laboratory, seminar, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 “Friction Stir Welding: A Revolution in Joining,” Prof. Carl Sorensen, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 18 September 2002 “Materials in the Orthopedic Industry,” Tony Sanders, Ortho Development Corporation, Draper, Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 25 September 2002 “Pulse Electrodeposition of Zinc-Nickel Alloy Composite Coating,” Lei Chen, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Tuesday, 1 seminar, October 2002, 11:30 a.m. “The Effects of Mechanical Stress Levels on the Nucleation and Growth of Corrosion Pits on Aluminum Alloy 2024-T3,” Sergio Limon Tapia, Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 “Minerals Education in America — Where Are We Headed?,” Mr. Marc LeVier, Manager, Metallurgical Services, Newmont Mining Corporation, Englewood, Colorado, seminar, Wednesday, 23 October 2002 “Correlation of CSP Bending Fatigue in a Cell Phone to a Unique Predictive Cyclic Bending Test,” Dr. Ian Harvey, University of Utah, Department of Mechanical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 30 October 2002 “Electrodynamic Separation of Metal Granules from Mixed Waste Stream,” Harini Naidu, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 13 November 2002 “The Use of QemSCAN Automatic Mineralogical Analysis in Mineral Processing Applications,” Phil Thompson, President, Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 “Oil Pollution: Prevention and Treatment,” Jan Hupka, Research Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, and, Professor of Chemical Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, seminar, Wednesday, 4 December 2002 “Oil Pollution: Prevention and Treatment,” Jan Hupka, Research Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, and, Professor of Chemical Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, seminar, Wednesday, 4 December 2002
Summer 2002 M.S. Thesis Defense, "Electromigration in Cu and Cu Alloy Thin Films," Vikrant Bansore, Aug 16, 2002. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Magnetic and Magnetostrictive Properties of Nickel Base Alloys," Kevin Duy Nguyen, May 16, 2002. “Laboratory Safety,” Jeff Throckmorton, Senior Industrial Hygienist, Environmental Health and Safety, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 1 May 2002
Spring 2002 “Intro to Graduate Seminar Series for Spring 2002,” Dr. Raj K. Rajamani, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday January 9, 2002 “Practice Seminars,” 1. Rob Corson (15 minutes), 2. Ali Al-Hazemi (15 minutes), 3. Shampa Aich (15 minutes), (Everyone is invited to listen to speakers who want to improve their skill of effective technical seminar delivery),, seminar, Wednesday January 16, 2002 “Pulse Electrodeposition of Zn–Ni Matrix Composite Coating,” Lei Chen, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, January 23, 2002 “Practice Seminar,” 1. Christian Roldan, 2. Oladapo Eso, 3. Nan Boonyachut, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday January 30, 2002 “Continuous Load Monitoring in Ball and Semiautogenous Grinding Mills with Internal Strain Sensors,” Sture Persson* & Kent Tano†, *Metso Minerals, Sweden, †LKAB, Sweden, seminar, Monday March 4, 2002 “Practice Seminars,” Pinai Mungsantisuk, Jose Delgadillo, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday March 13, 2002 “Practice Seminar,” Sadegh Firoozi, Amol Joshi, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday 20 March 2002 “Bubble-Particle Interactions: Recent Progress & Challenges,” Anh Nguyen, University of Newcastle, Australia, seminar, Wednesday 27 April 2002 “E–CAT Rakeless Thickener Technology,” Philip Lake, Operations Manager, EIMCO, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 “Practice Seminar,” Harini Naidu and Manish Sharma, Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, 10 April 2002 “Pulp Lifters: Their Influence on the Mill Performance in Autogenous Grinding and Semiautongenous Grinding Mills,” Dr Sanjeeva Latchireddi, Research Associate, Department of etallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 24 April 2002
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