Fall 2007"Effect of Electrodeposition Parameters on Iron-Nickel Coatings," Nikit Phadke, Thesis Defense, Friday, January 4, 2008 "Recovery and Refining of Secondary Precious Metals," Dr. Raj K. Mishra, Short Course, 3-5 January 2008. "Tribology of TiB Coated Titanium and Nanostructured TiB Materials," Curtis Dixon Lee, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, January 2, 2008 "Biaxial Flexture Testing of Germanium Single Crystal Wafers," Cody Pearce, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 “Barrick's Goldstrike Roaster Facility,” John Pekrul, Barrick Gold, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday 5 December 2007 "Evaluation of Selenium Reduction: Microbes, Proteins and Bioreactor Performance," Madhuri Nanduri, Thesis Defense, Thursday, November 29, 2007 "Magnetic, Magnetostriction and Elastic Behaviors of Fe-Binary Alloys," Swieng Thuanboon, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, November 28, 2007 “Biaxial Flexure Strength of Germanium Single Crystal Wafers,” Cody Pearce, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 28 November 2007 “Investigation of Magnetostriction in Fe-Based Binary Alloys,” Swieng Thuanboon, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 14 November 2007 “Applications of a New X–Ray Nanotomography (CT) System ,” S H Lau, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Xradia Inc, Concord, California, seminar, Wednesday 31 October 2007 “Technology Development for Copper Extraction,” Dr. Shijie Wang, Senior Engineer, Copper Operations, Kennecott Utah Copper, seminar, Wednesday 24 October 2007 “Incorporating Mineralogical Assessment into the Interpretation of Flotation Behaviour,” Prof. Dee Bradshaw, Centre for Minerals Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa, seminar, Wednesday 17 October 2007 “Hydroseparators,” Prof. Mike Nelson, Mining Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 3 October 2007 “Design and Evaluation of an Electrochemical Bioreactor for Water Treatment,” Nicol Nuku Newton, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 26 September 2007 "Design and Evaluation of Electrochemical Bioreactor for Water Treatment," Nicol Nuku Newton, Thesis Defense, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 “Analysis of Heap Leaching with a Computational Model,” Jim Gebhardt, Process Engineering Resources, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 19 September 2007 “Discrete Element Method: Theory and application to tumbling mills,” Prof. Raj K. Rajamani, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 12 September 2007 “Oxygen-Evolving Anodes for Water Splitting,” Dr. Chett Boxley, Ceramatec, Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 5 September 2007 “Metallurgical Research and the Marriott Library,” April Love, Associate Librarian, Marriott Library, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 29 August 2007 “Laboratory Safety Training,” Christina K. Kulakowski, Health and Safety Services Coordinator, University of Utah Environmental Health and Safety, seminar, Wednesday 22 August 2007 
Summer 2007"Influence of Grate and Grate-Pulp Lifter Arrangements on the Slurry Hold-Up and Particle Size Distribution," Trailokya Patra, Thesis Defense, Friday, August 17, 2007 "Exploratory XMT Studies of Grain Boundary Fracture for Multiphase Particles," Daniel Garcia, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, August 15, 2007 “Water in Confined Systems: From nanotubes to proteins,” Prof. Jayendran C. Rasaiah, Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, seminar, Thursday 2 August 2007 "Flotation Chemistry of Selected Alkali Halide Salts and Naturally Hydrophobic Minerals: A molecular dynamics simulation study," Hao Du, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 “Newmont's Phoenix Mine — Project update and process metallurgy,” Art Ibrado, Chief Metallurgist, Phoenix Operation, Newmont Mining Corp., seminar, Wednesday 18 July 2007 “Metal Matrix-Ceramic Composites: Processing and Properties,” Prof. M. K. Surappa, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, seminar, Thursday 28 June 2007 “Use of Field-Flow Fractionation to Analyze Aquatic Colloidal Particles,” Dr. Ron Beckett, Water Studies Centre and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, seminar, Tuesday 26 June 2007
Spring 2007"Growth of Dual Titanium Boride Layers on Titanium: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation," Nishant Tikekar, Dissertation Defense, Friday, May 11, 2007 "High-Temperature Oxidation of MoS2 Concentrate with Water Vapor," Edgar Blanco, Thesis Defense, Monday, April 30, 2007 "Quantifying the Effects of Mass Transport on Surface Roughness of Copper Electrodeposits from Chloride Media," Ravindra Jayant Bhide, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, April 25, 2007 “Strange Aircraft Accidents and Unusual Metal Fatigue Failures,” Prof. Ravi Chandran, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 25 April 2007 "Magnetostriction and Electrochemical Studies in Single Crystals of Iron–Gallium Alloys," Tanjore V. Jayaraman, Dissertation Defense, Monday, April 23, 2007 "The Effect of Activated Carbon Particle Size on Gold Cyanide Adsorption and Elution," Francis Elnathan, Thesis Defense, Thursday, April 19, 2007 "High-Frequency Eddy-Current Separation of Metallic Granules from Waste Streams like Foundy Sand, e-Scrap, and Other Wastes," Swadhin Saurabh, Wednesday, Thesis Defense, April 18, 2007 “Advanced Simulation Technology,” John A. Herbst, General Manager, Metso Minerals Optimization Services, Colorado Springs, Colorado and Research Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 April 2007 “Production of Silica Nanoparticles by Flame Aerosol Process,” Dr. Hee-Dong Jang, Leader, Nano-Materials Group, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Korea, seminar, Tuesday 10 April 2007 “Chemistry of Deformation: From atomic bonding to dislocations to strength,” Dr. Dallas R. Trinkle, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, seminar, Wednesday 28 March 2007 “Computational Study of Nanostructures: From Nanowire Structure Prediction to Quantum Island Growth Simulation,” C. Z. Wang, Ames Laboratory — U.S. DOE and Department of Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, seminar, Wednesday 14 March 2007 “Electron Backscatter Diffraction: Characterizing the Orientation Aspects of Microstructure,” Dr. Stuart Wright, Director of Technology, TSL Products, EDAX-TSL, Draper, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 7 March 2007 “BioCeramic Materials,” Dr. Ashok Khandkar, CEO, Amedica Corporation, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday 28 February 2007 “A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Water Structure and Adsorption States at Talc Surfaces,” Hao Du, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 21 February 2007 M.S. Thesis Defense, "CFD Simulation of Flame Spray Process for Silica Nanopowder Synthesis from Tetraethylortho Silicate (TEOS)," Yanhui Ji, Feb 21, 2007. “What Controls the Performance of Ceramic Armor?,” Raymond A. Cutler, Ceramatec, Inc., seminar, Wednesday 14 February 2007 “Design of Solid State Galvanic Cells for Thermodynamic Property Evaluation in Oxide Systems,” Dr. Niladri Dasgupta, Materials Science & Engineering Dept., University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 7 February 2007 “Surface Analysis by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy,” Loren Rieth, Research Asst. Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 31 January 2007 “Synthesis of Nanostructured Titanium Boride,” Shawn Elwyn Madtha, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 24 January 2007 “Wear and Tribological Characteristics of Titanium Boride Coated Titanium,” Curtis Dixon Lee, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 17 January 2007 “Copper Smelting and Recycling in Japan,” Professor Takahiko Okura, Venture Business Laboratory, Akita University, Akita, Japan, seminar, Monday 8 January 2007
2006Fall 2006M.S. Thesis Defense, "Impact Spectra Measurement in Grinding Mills," Vishal Duriseti, Nov 30, 2006. “High-Frequency Eddy-Current Separation of Metallic Granules from Waste Streams like Foundry Sands, E–Scrap, and Other Wastes,” Swadhin Saurabh, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 29 November 2006 “Dimensionally Stable Anodes: A landmark in electrochemical technology,” Prachi Shrivastava, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 15 November 2006 “CFD Simulation of Flame Spray Process for Silica Nanopowder Synthesis from Tetraethylorthosilicate,” Yanhui Ji, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 8 November 2006 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Liquid Phase Sintering of Functionally Graded WC-Co Composites," Oladapo Eso, Nov 6, 2006. “Surface Chemistry in the Flotation of Trona and Other Soluble Carbonate Salts,” Orhan Ozdemir, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 1 November 2006 “Fossil Energy Research in North America: The Perfect Storm,” Prof. Philip J. Smith, Professor & Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering and Director, Utah Heavy Oil Center, The University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 25 October 2006 “The Elution of Gold Cyanide from Activated Carbons,” Francis Elnathan, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 18 October 2006 “Novel Double-Layer Titanium Boride (TiB2 + TiB) Coatings on Ti-6Al-4V and CP-Ti Substrates,” Nishant Tikekar, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 October 2006 “Synthesis of Nano-Structured Powders by Chemical Processes,” Dr. Lee Dong-Won, Principal Researcher at the Korea institute of Machinery and Materials, seminar, Wednesday 27 September 2006 “Molecular Recognition Technology for Hydrometallurgical Applications,” Mr. Neil Izatt, Vice President of Corporate Development for IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc., seminar, Wednesday 20 September 2006 “Fracture Toughness Based Models for the Prediction of Power Consumption, Product Size, and Capacity of Jaw Crushers,” Dr. James Donovan, Mining Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 13 September 2006 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Magnetic Activated Carbons for Gold Adsorption from Alkaline Cyanide Leaching Solutions," Gustavo Munoz-Rivadeneira, Aug 25, 2006. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Kinetics of Copper Dissolution in Na2O-Based Slags," Jei–Pil Wang, Aug 24, 2006. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Design and Development of Material Database Information System," Anil Kumar, Aug 22, 2006. Summer 2006“The Chemistry of Grinding Sulphide Ores,” Stephen Grano, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, seminar, Friday 28 July 2006 “Interfacial Forces in Flotation Separation Systems,” Jakub Nalaskowski, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Thursday 22 June 2006 “Novel Metamaterials for Producing Polymer Nanocomposites,” David J. Chaiko, Ph.D., Vice President, Nano Clays, LLC, Tucson, Arizona, seminar, Thursday 25 May 2006 M.S. Thesis Defense, "Effect of CaSO4 Pelletization Conditions on Pellet Strength and Reactivity for Converting SO2 to Elemental Sulfur by Reaction Cycles Involving CaSO4/CaS," Moo–Eob Choi, Jun 30, 2006. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Chemical Vapor Synthesis of WC–Co Nanoparticles," Manolete Mena, Jun 13, 2006. “Surface Forces in Foam Films,” Liguang Wang, Center for Advanced Separation Technologies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, seminar, Tuesday 30 May 2006
Spring 2006 "Design and Development of Material Database Information System," Anil Kumar, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 26 April 2006 "Modeling Acid Rock Drainage — Predicting the Future of Mining Rock Piles," Prof. Edward M. Trujillo, Department of Chemical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday 19 April 2006 "Failure Analysis in Power Plant Components and Systems," Marshal Clark, Pacificorp, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday 12 April 2006 "Strain Engineering and Nanomechanical Architecture for Self Assembly of Nanostructures," Prof. Feng Liu, Material Science & Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 29 March 2006 "Challenges in Metallic Interconnect Development for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells," Dr. S. Elangovan, Ceramatec, Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 22 March 2006 "Solid-Liquid Interactions and Functional Surface Wettability," John Ralston, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, Australia, seminar, Thursday 16 March 2006 "Ordering and Magnetostriction in Iron-Gallium Alloys," T. V. "Jay" Jayaraman, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday 8 March 2006 "Metal Hydrides/Metal Amides System for Hydrogen Storage," Jun Lu, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 1 March 2006 "Functionally Designed Polycrystalline Diamond-Tungsten Carbide Composite," David Harding, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 22 February 2006 "Transmission Electron Microscopy for Process Development, Manufacturing, and Failure Analysis of Semiconductor Devices," Raghaw Rai, Austin Silicon Technology Solutions, TSO Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola), Austin, Texas, seminar, Friday 10 February 2006 M.S. Thesis Defense, "Particle–Surface Interactions in Post–Lap Cleaning of Alumina/Titanium Carbide Wafers," Lukasz Hupka, Feb 10, 2006. "Laboratory Safety," Ms. Christina Kulakowski, Health & Safety Services Coordinator, Environmental Health & Safety, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 8 February 2006 "Rheology of Mineral Suspensions and UCT Machine Vision System for Flotation: Research Activities in Mineral Processing at the University of Cape Town," Liza Burdukova & Gordon Forbes, University of Cape Town, South Africa, seminar, Wednesday 1 February 2006 "Multicomponent Reactive Transport Modeling in Variably Saturated Media," Ulrich Mayer, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, seminar, Friday 27 January 2006 "Gas-Based Direct Reduction of Iron Oxide," Mr. Alim Ullah, Manager, Process Technology, Danarex, Danieli & Co., Buttrio, Italy, seminar, Wednesday 25 January 2006 "Impact Spectra in Grinding Mills," Vishal Duriseti, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 18 January 2006 "The Role of Surfactant in Chemical Etching and Particle Removal Associated with Chemical Mechanical Planarization during Integrated Circuit Manufacturing," Prof. Michael Free, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 January 2006
2005Fall 2005 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Modeling of 75– and 250–mm hydrocyclone and exploration of novel designs using computational fluid dynamics," Jose Angel Delgadillo Gomez, Dec 15, 2005. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Development of Flotation Technology for Trona Industry," Amit Jain, Dec 14, 2005. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Characterization and Liberation Analysis of Copper Minerals from the Floatation Circuit at 'Negociacion Minera Santa Maria de la Paz'," Juan Francisco Medina, Oct 10, 2005. “Laboratory Safety,” Jeff Throckmorton, Sr Staff Industrial Hygienist, U of U, seminar, 7 Sept 2005. “Synthetic Energy Carriers for the 21st Century,” Wlodzimierz W. Zmierczak, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 14 Sept 2005. “Model–Based Optimization of Industrial Thermal Processing of Materials,” Satyam Sahay, Group Leader, Thermal Processing of Materials, Tata Research Development & Design Centre, Pune, India, Friday seminar, 23 Sept 2005. “Nanotechnology at the U of U,” Ian Harvey, Assoc. Director, & Loren Rieth, Research Asst Prof & Univ. Surface Scientist, Utah Nanofab Lab, U of U, seminar, 28 Sept 2005. “The Development of a Composite Energy-Saving Anode for Copper Electrowinning,” Michael Moats, Asst Prof, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 5 Oct 2005. “The Effect of Hydrophobic Surface Modification on Bulk Cohesive Strength,” Kerry Johanson, Industry Professor, Particle Engineering Research Center (PERC) at the U of Florida, seminar, 30 Sept 2005. “Modified/Activated Carbon Technology Center (A Water–Treatment Technology Development Center),” Jack Adams, Research Prof, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 12 Oct 2005. “Center of Excellence for Novel Titanium Boride Surface Hardening,” Ravi Chandran, Professor of Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 19 Oct 2005. “Atomic Force Microscopy for Optimization of Post-CMP Surface Cleaning in the Semiconductor & Hard-Drive Industry,” Jakub Nalaskowski, Research Asst Prof, U of U, Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, 26 Oct 2005. “LES Modeling & Design of Hydrocyclones,” Jose Delgadillo, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 2 Nov 2005. “Magnetic Sensor & Actuated Materials,” Dr. Sivaraman Guruswamy, Professor of Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 9 Nov 2005. “New Technique for Treatment of MoS2 Concentrate with Water Vapor to Extract Values at High Temperature,” Edgar Blanco, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, 16 Nov 2005. “Thoughts on platinum processing and research,” Dr Thys Vermaak, Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 30 Nov 2005 “Liquid-Phase Sintering of Functionally Graded WC-Co Composites,” Oladapo Eso, Metallurgical Engineering, U of seminar, U, 7 Dec 2005.
Summer 2005 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Air–Sparged Hydrocyclone Flotation for Oily Wastewater Treatment," Marcin Niewiadomski, Aug 12, 2005. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Grinding Mill Shell Liner Wear and Its Influence on the Breakage Field," Sravan Prathy, Jul 18, 2005. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Processing and Magnetostriction Studies in Binary Iron Alloys," Rob Corson, May 20, 2005. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Magnetostriction Studies in Ni–Based Alloys," Purushottam Kumar, May 12, 2005. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Microstructural analysis of cemented tungsten carbide using OIM," Vineet Kumar, May 9, 2005. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Sintering Studies of WC–Co Powders," Praveen Maheshwari, May 9, 2005.
Spring 2005 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Crystallization Characteristics of NaCl Crystal Size Distribution Associated with a CMSMPR Crystallizer," Byung Sang Choi, Mar 10, 2005. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Magnetostriction and Texture Development in Binary and Ternary FeGa Based Alloys," Pinai Mungsantisuk, Feb 24, 2005. “An Introduction to Water Flow & Salt Transport in Unsaturated Soil (Porous Media),” S. Lee Barbour, Professor of Civil & Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Thursday, seminar, 13 Jan 2005. “The Significance of Atomic Force Microscopy in Research & Education,” Jakub Nalaskowski, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 19 Jan 2005. “Performance Evaluation & Design of Grate & Pulp Lifters in Semiautogenous Grinding Mills,” Dr Sanjeeva Latchireddi, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 26 Jan 2005. “Software Development for the 3D Image Analysis of Multiphase Particle Beds,” Alvaro Videla, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 2 Feb 2005. “The Effect of Binary Alloying on the Magnetostriction of Iron,” Rob Corson, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 9 Feb 2005. “Hydrocyclone Modelling: Large-Eddy Simulation CFD Approach,” Jose A. Delgadillo Gomez, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 16 Feb 2005. “Design of Mechanical Flotation Machines — New Approach,” Dariusz Lelinski, FFE Minerals USA Inc., Salt Lake City, Tuesday seminar, 22 Feb 2005. “Magnetostriction & Texture Development in Binary & Ternary FeGa-Based Alloys,” Pinai Mungsantisuk, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 23 Feb 2005. “Single Crystal Growth & Magnetostriction Studies in Ni-Based Alloys,” Purushottam Kumar, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 2 March 2005. “Advances in Iron Ore Pelletization by Understanding Bonding & Strengthening Mechanisms,” Dr. S. Jayson Ripke, Chief Metallurgical Engineer, Cleveland-Cliffs, Wabush Mines, Wabush, NL Canada, Thursday seminar, 3 March 2005. “Flotation of Nano- & Submicron-Sized Particles,” Dr. Anh Nguyen, Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle, NSW Australia, seminar, 9 March 2005. “Metallographic Examination of Heavily Eroded Structural Steel from World Trade Center Buildings 1, 2 & 7,” George F. Vander Voort, Director of Research & Technology for Buehler Ltd., Lake Bluff, Illinois, seminar, 9 March 2005. “Biotechnology in Mineral & Material Processing,” Dr. Namita Deo, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York City, New York, seminar, 23 March 2005. “Microstructure & Deformation Physics of Nanocrystalline Materials by Multi-scale Computer Simulation,” Dr. Dieter Wolf, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Lab, Illinois, seminar, 28 March 2005. “Passivation of Copper Electrorefining & Dimensionally Stable Anodes,” Michael Moats, ELTECH Systems Corp., seminar, 22 April 2005. “Powder Bed Simulations Using Real Particle Shapes — Applications from packing to caking,” Dr. Nishanth Gopinathan, NSF Particle Engineering Research Center, U of Florida, Gainesville, seminar, 30 March 2005. “Dispersions of Concentrated Fine Particulates: Interplay between rheology, polymer adsorption, & interparticle forces,” Dr. Abbas A. Zaman, Particle Engineering Research Center, U of Florida, Gainesville, seminar, 6 April, 2005. “Faceting Analysis of Cemented Tungsten Carbide Using Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM) Technique,” Vineet Kumar, U of U, Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, 20 April 2005. “The Use of the DEM in the Modelling of Dry Ball Mills,” Prof Michael Moys, School of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, U of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, seminar, 4 May 2005. “Crystallization of NaCl from a Concentrated CaCl2-KCl Solution in a CMSMPR Crystalizer — Observation of crystal size distribution & model validation,” Byung Sang Choi, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, Thursday seminar, 28 April 2005. “Grinding Mill Shell Liner Wear & Its Influence on the Breakage Field,” Sravan Prathy, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, April 27 2005.
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