2009
“QEMSCAN: Challenges and Opportunities,” Erich Petersen, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 25 November 2009
"An Approach for Modeling Breakage Rates in Grinding Mills with Material Breakage Data and Mill Collision Frequency," Tugcan Tuzcu, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 18 November 2009
"Pretreatment of Copper Ore Prior to Heap Leaching," Phanindra Kodali, Thesis Defense, Friday, November 13, 2009
"A Study of Integrated Leaching and Electrowinning of Copper from Chalcopyrite Ore Using Chloride Media," Prashant Kumar Sarswat, Thesis Defense, Thursday, November 12, 2009
“States of Adsorbed Dodecyl Amine and Water at a Silica Surface as Revealed by Vibrational Spectroscopy,” Xuming Wang, Research Asst. Prof., Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 November 2009
“Advances in Mine Wastewater Treatment,” D. Jack Adams, Research Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 4 November 2009
“Anisotropic Surface Chemistry Features of Kaolinite Particles as Revealed by AFM Surface Force Measurements,” Vishal Gupta, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 28 October 2009
“Recovery of Palladium from Spent Electroless Plating Solution,” Nathan Warner, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 21 October 2009
“Research Opportunities and Challenges in the Development of Energy Sources,” Dr. Manoranjan Misra, Director of the Renewable Energy Center & Professor of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, seminar, Thursday 8 October 2009
“Survey of University Analytical Instrumentation,” Brian van Devener, College of Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 7 October 2009
“Imaging Applications in the Mineral Industry,” Prof. James Donovan, Asst. Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 30 September 2009
“Fall 2009 Safety Meeting,” Environmental Health & Safety, University of Utah, seminar, Friday 25 September 2009
"Investigation of Gold Sorption by Bacteria," Shamita Anil Shitole, Thesis Defense, Thursday, September 24, 2009
“Electrolytic Copper Refining: Pre-Passivation Behavior of Copper Anodes,” J. Brent Hiskey, Visiting Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, & Associate Dean for Research and Administration, College of Engineering, University of Arizona, seminar, Wednesday 23 September 2009
“Bioleaching of Yanacocha's Copper Sulfide Ores with Mesophiles and Extreme Thermophiles,” Dr. Jaeheon Lee, Sr. Metallurgist, Newmont Mining's R&D Center, Colorado, seminar, Wednesday 16 September 2009
“Will Lead-Based Anodes Ever be Replaced in Aqueous Electrowinning?” Michael S. Moats, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 9 September 2009
“Mineral Processing of Lunar Regolith Simulant,” Prof. William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, seminar, Wednesday 2 September 2009
"Deportment of Copper, Silver, Bismuth and Selenium during Solvent Extraction of Gold," Priyank Gupta, Thesis Defense, Thursday, August 20, 2009
“The Role of Process Mineralogy in Mineral Processing, with a Focus on Flotation,” Professor Dee Bradshaw, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, University of Queensland, seminar, Tuesday, August 4, 2009
"Oxidation Behavior of Low Carbon Steel and Pure Copper in Oxygen and/or Water Vapor at Elevated Temperatures," Jei–Pil Wang, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, July 22, 2009
"Improving the Fundamental Understanding of Copper Electrowinning," Youness Khouraibchia, Thesis Defense, Friday, July 17, 2009 "Plant Design and Optimization with MODSIM Plant-Wide Simulator," Dr. Claudio Schneider, professional development short course, June 24-26, 2009 Spring 2009“Deportment of Selected Impurities in Solvent Extraction of Gold,” Priyank Gupta, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 29 April 2009 “Current Efficiency and Electrical Energy Consumption in Copper Electrowinning,” Youness Khouraibchia, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 22 April 2009 “Ballistic Testing and Evaluation of Mild Steel and TiB," Madhusudan Jagannathan, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 15 April 2009 "Oxidation Behavior of Pure Copper in Oxygen and/or Water Vapor at Elevated Temperature,” Jei-Pil Wang, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 15 April 2009 “Pretreatment of Copper Ore Prior to Heap Leaching,” Phanindra Kodali, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 8 April 2009 “Liberation Features from Simulated Random Breakage of Muliphase PARGEN Particles,” Wenjing Xu, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 8 April 2009 “An Introduction to Mill Mapper: A grinding mill condition monitoring and optimization tool,” Jochen Franke, Manager, Business Development, Scanalyze Corporation, Australia, seminar, Wednesday 1 April 2009 “Computational Studies of Liquid Interfaces,” Liem X. Dang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, seminar, Wednesday 25 March 2009 “Gold Recovery from Thiosulfate Solutions Using Activated Carbon Pretreated with Copper-Cyanide: Mechanism, quantification and elution,” Mariam Melashvili, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Montana Tech, seminar, Tuesday 24 March 2009 “Fatigue of Nickel Base Superalloy René 88DT,” Paul N. Chang, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 March 2009 “Exploitation of Anomalous Diffusion Behavior to Obtain Deeper Boride Coating in Titanium,” Biplab Sarma, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 4 March 2009 "Chemical Vapor Synthesis and Characterization of Metallic Nanopowders Relevant to Hydrogen Storage Materials," Jin Won Choi, Dissertation Defense, Friday, February 27, 2009 “The Development and Application of Process Mineralogy at Xstrata Process Support,” Norman O. Lotter, Ph.D., P.Eng., Manager — Process Mineralogy, Xstrata Process Support, Falconbridge, Ontario, Canada, seminar, Friday 27 February 2009 “Chemical Vapor Synthesis and Characterization of Metallic Nanopowders Relevant to Hydrogen Storage Materials,” Jin Won Choi, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 25 February 2009 “Microstructural Control of Directionally Solidified Superalloy during Pulsed-Laser Deposition,” Leijun Li, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, seminar, Wednesday 18 February 2009 “Properties and Applications of Ultrahard Materials,” Dan Belnap, R&D Manager, Smith International/MegaDiamond, Provo, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 February 2009 “Aluminum Investment Casting Metallurgy,” Michael Snow, Engineering Manager, GSC Aluminum, Ogden, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 4 February 2009 “Engineering Lab Safety,” Brianne Garzarelli, Research Safety Manager, Environmental Health and Safety Department, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 28 January 2009 “Electromagnetic Continuous Casting Process for Metal Alloys,” Dr. Joon Park, Senior Researcher, New Materials Research Department, Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Pohang City, Korea, seminar, Wednesday 21 January 2009
2008Fall 2008“Will There Be a Nuclear Power Renaissance?” Gary Sandquist, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 10 December 2008 “Hydrogen Storage Materials Research: Trends and Challenges,” Dr. Zak Fang, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 26 November 2008 “Recent Advancements in Understanding Deep Drilling,” Sidney Green, TerraTek / Schlumberger Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 19 November 2008 "Investigation on the Penetration Depth of an Annular Gas-Solid Jet into a Liquid Bath," Nurzhan Dyussekenov, Thesis Defense, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 “Current Practice and Operation of High Mass Transfer EMEW® Direct Electrowinning,” Charlie Loo, Electrometals, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, seminar, Monday 17 November 2008 “Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries,” Dr. Subbarao Gundlapalli, Professor, Material Sciences, University of Singapore, seminar, Thursday 13 November 2008 “Novel Ironmaking Technology with Greatly Reduced CO2 Emission and Energy Consumption,” Dr Hong Yong Sohn, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 12 November 2008 “Characterization of Environmental Nanoparticles,” Shoeleh Assemi, Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 5 November 2008 “Catalytic Conversion of Lignin to Liquid Biofuels,” Wlodzimierz W. Zmierczak, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 29 October 2008 “Dimethyl Ether, the Next–Generation Fuel,” Sajo P. Naik, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, October 8, 2008 “Metallurgical Performance of High-Pressure Grinding Rolls,” Tolga Depci, Middle East Technical University, Turkey and Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 1 October 2008 “Metallurgical Performance of High-Pressure Grinding Rolls,” Tolga Depci, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 1 October 2008 “Effect of Particle Size of Activated Carbon on Stripping,” Tolga Depci, Middle East Technical University Turkey, seminar, Wednesday 24 September 2008 “The Significance of Mineralogy in the Analysis of Mineral Separation Processes,” Mohamed Al–Wakeel, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 17 September 2008 "Penetration Behavior of an Annular Gas-Solid Jet Impinging on a Liquid Bath," Sung–Sil Park, Thesis Defense, Monday, September 15, 2008 “Hollow Fiber Membrane Technology for Cyanide Removal and Recovery,” Rajesh Raitani, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 3 September 2008 “Effect of Organic Fouling on Gold Adsorption and by Activated Carbon,” Amrita Mahapatra, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Tuesday 2 September 2008 “Pretreatment of Activated Carbon for Gold Recovery from Thiosulfate Leach Liquors,” Nick Gow, Montana Tech, seminar, Wednesday 27 August 2008
Summer 2008"The Effect of Organic Additives' Properties on Microroughness of Copper Electrodeposited from Chloride Media," Aphichart Rodchanarowan, Dissertation Defense, Friday, August 22, 2008 "Hollow Fiber Membrane Technology for Removal and Recovery of Cyanide from Process Solutions," Rajesh Raitani, Thesis Defense, Thursday, August 21, 2008 "Bench-Scale Flash Reduction of Iron Ore Concentrate," Yao Zhang, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, July 16, 2008 "Grain Growth, Densification and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline WC/Co," Xu Wang, Dissertation Defense, Friday, July 11, 2008 "Study of the Mechanical Behavior of WC-Co Composite Using Hertzian Indentation Technique," Haibo Zhang, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 "Chemical Vapor Synthesis (CVS) of Tungsten Nanopowder in Thermal Plasma and Its Sintering Behavior," Kyu Sup Hwang, Thesis Defense, Friday, June 20, 2008 "Light Metal Alanates and Amides for Reversible Hydrogen Storage Application," Jun Lu, Dissertation Defense, Thursday, June 19, 2008 "Chemical Vapor Synthesis (CVS) and Characterization of Tungsten Carbide-Cobalt Nanocomposite Powder," Taegong Ryu, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 "The Influence of Process Parameters on Coated Titanium Anodes and Copper Electrowinning Deposits," Chayata Piriyapong, Thesis Defense, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 "Preparation of Complex Lithium Based Hydrogen Storage Materials Using a High Temperature Vapor Phase Reactor," Brady Glenn Butler, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 "Process and Properties of a Novel Laminated Pcd Composite," Stephen Curtis Johnson, Thesis Defense, Thursday, May 1, 2008 "Surface Chemistry of Talc Surfaces," Baseer Abdul, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, June 2, 2008
Spring 2008“Biological Treatment of Mine Waste Water,” Dr. Jack Adams, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 23 April 2008 “Chemical Vapor Synthesis and Characterization of Tungsten Carbide-Cobalt Nanocomposite Powder,” Taegong Ryu, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Monday 21 April 2008 “Sintering and Properties of Nanocrystalline WC/Co,” Xu Wang, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Thursday 17 April 2008 “Bench-Scale Flash Reduction of Iron Ore Concentrate,” Max Yao Zhang, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 16 April 2008 “Chemical Vapor Synthesis of Tungsten Nanopowder in Thermal Plasma,” Kyu Sup Hwang, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 16 April 2008 “Preparation of Lithium-Based Complex Metal Hydrides for On-Board Hydrogen Storage Applications,” Brady Glenn Butler, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Thursday 10 April 2008 “Silicon Nitride: A new biomaterial,” Dr. Ashok Khandkar, Amedica Corp. Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday 9 April 2008 "Exploration in Three-Dimensional Lattice-Boltzmann Simulation for Fluid Flow in Porous Media," Alvaro Videla, Dissertation Defense, Thursday, April 3, 2008 “The Influence of Process Parameters on Coated Titanium Anodes and Copper Electrowinning Deposits,” Chayata Piriyapong, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 2 April 2008 “Processing and Properties of a Laminated PCD Composite,” Steve Johnson, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 2 April 2008 “Characterization of Functionally Graded WC-Co Hard Metals Using Hertzian Indentation Technique,” Haibo Zhang, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 26 March 2008 “An Introduction to Magnetoencephalography (MEG),” Dr Pegah Afrah, MD, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 12 March 2008 “Development of Enabling Technologies for Fossil Energy,” Jim Hwang, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Director, Institute of Materials Processing Michigan Technologi, seminar, Thursday 6 March 2008 “Molecule-Based Magnets: New Chemistry and New Materials for this Millennium,” Prof. Joel Miller, Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 5 March 2008 Special Course, "METSO PROSIM: Taking Mineral Processing Plant Simulation to a New Level," John A. Herbst, Chief Scientist Process Technology, and William Pate PBM Chief Scientist, Optimization Services, Mining - Process Technology, Metso Minerals Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 28-March 1, 2008 "Preparation of Nanopowders by Supercritical Fluid and Glycothermal Processes," Professor Dae Young Lim, Pai Chai University, Daejon, Korea, seminar, Friday 29 February 2008 “The Effect of Organic Additive's Properties on Microroughness of Copper Electrodeposited from Halide Media,” Aphichart Rodchanarowan, University of Utah Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday 27 February 2008 “Addressing Atomic-Scale Electronic States with Single Electrons,” Dr. Clayton Williams, Department of Physics, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 20 February 2008 “Recovery of CO2 from Flue Gases: ASH performance,” Dr. Jan Hupka, Research Professor, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, & Professor, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, seminar, Thursday 14 February 2008 “Self–Ordered TiO2 Nanotubular Arrays as Electrodes for Energy Conversion,” Dr. Krishnan Raja, University of Nevada, Reno, seminar, Wednesday 13 February 2008 "Nanostructured Bulk Titanium Boride: Synthesis and Properties," Shawn Elwyn Madtha, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 “Processing of Fossil Fuels: Trends and Research Prospects,” Jaroslaw W. Drelich, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, seminar, Thursday 7 February 2008 “Colloidal Force Microscopy: Novel Technique for Mapping Charge-Mosaic Surfaces in Electrolyte Solutions,” Jaroslaw W. Drelich, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, seminar, Wednesday 6 February 2008 "Surface Chemistry in the Flotation of Trona and Other Soluble Carbonate Salts," Orhan Ozdemir, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, January 30, 2008 “Limitations to Recovery in the Flotation of Sulfide Ores,” Luis Roman, Metallurgical Engineering University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 30 January 2008 "Stabilizing Ruthenium Dioxide Coatings for Low Current Density Oxygen Evolution," Prachi Shrivastava, Thesis Defense, Friday, January 25, 2008 “Microsystems: A career and a vehicle promoting engineering,” Ian R. Harvey, Research Associate Professor, MechE, ECE, & Associate Director, Utah nanofab, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 23 January 2008 Limitations to Recovery in the Flotation of Sulfide Ores," Luis Alberto Roman, Thesis Defense, "Thursday, January 17, 2008 “Case Studies on Gravity Concentration and Classification,” Kodukula Bhaskar, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 16 January 2008 “Effect of Electrodeposition Parameters on Iron-Nickel Coatings,” Nikit Phadke, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 9 January 2008
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