2009Summer 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
2007Fall 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.
2004Fall 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
2001Fall 2001 Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Fatigue of a Beta Titanium Alloy: Crack Nucleation, Growth and Mechanics," Sushant Jha, Dec 20, 2001. M.S. Thesis Defense, "Processing and Mechanical Behavior of Cold Rolled Brass–Steel and Nickel–Niobium Multilayer Composites," Firdosh Kavarana, Oct 22, 2001. “Surfactant Surface Structures as Revealed by Soft Contact AFM Imaging,” Vamsi K. Paruchuri, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday August 29, 2001 “Synthesis and Characterization of TiB Coatings for Titanium by Using Pack Boriding,” Shampa Aich, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday September 5, 2001 “Which Industrial Processes Disrupt the Nitrogen Cycle?,” Dr. Jan Hupka, Research Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, and, Professor, Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, seminar, Wednesday 12 September 2001 “Pore Structure Analysis of Particle Beds for Fluid Transport Simulation during Filtration,” Dr. C. L. Lin, Research Assoc. Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 19 September 2001 “Experimental Validation of Discrete Element Method,” Michael Moys, Professor Metallurgy and Materials, University of Witwatersrand, seminar, Johannesburg, South Africa, “The Joys of Rockbreaking — Real World to Computational Wizardry,” Malcolm Powell, Leader Comminution Group, Mineral Processing Research Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Rescheduled to, seminar, Friday September 28, 2001 “Experimental Validation of Discrete Element Method,” Prof. Michael Moys, Chemical Engineering, School of Process & Materials Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, seminar, Thursday, October 4, 2001 seminar, “Synthesis and Characterization of TiB Coatings for Titanium by Pack Boriding,” Shampa Aich, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, October 10, 2001 “Trithiocarbonate Collectors for Sulfide Mineral Flotation,” Ronel Du Plessis, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday 17 October 2001 “Design and Synthesis of Magnetic Activated Carbons for Adsorption of Gold from Alkaline Cyanide Leaching Solutions,” Gustavo Munoz-Rivadeneira, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday October 31, 2001 “New Collector Chemistry for Sedimentary Phosphate Rock,” , Xuming Wang, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday 24 October 2001 “Synthesis and Characterization of Composites and Functionally Gradient Materials Based on Ti-TiB System,” Krutibas Panda, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, 135 S 1460 E Rm 412, Salt Lake City UT 84112–0114, seminar, Wednesday 31 October 2001 “Recent Developments on Liberation Technology,” Dr. Claudio Schneider, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 14 November 2001 “Spectroscopic Analysis of Interfacial Water,” Dr. Zhorro Nickolov, Sofia University, Bulgaria, seminar, Wednesday 28 November 2001
Summer 2001 “Horizons in Surface Science: From Life-Time of Micelles to Nanoparticles of Advanced Materials,” Dr. Dinesh O. Shah, Stokes Professor of Chemical Engineering and Anesthesiology, University of Florida, Monday May seminar, 14, 2001, EMCB “Polymer-Surfactant Interactions at the Mineral Surface,” Dr. Zygmunt Sadowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, seminar, Tuesday May 29, 2001 “Composite Hard and Superhard Materials with Functionally Designed Microstructure,” Dr. Zak Fang, Director, Materials R & D, Smith Tool, Smith International, Inc., Houston, Texas, seminar, Thursday, 12 July 2001 “Cast Iron Research in the New Millennium: Thermal Analysis and Microstructural Control,” Oscar Marcelo Suárez, Department of General Engineering, University of Puerto Rico — Mayagüez, Wednesday July seminar, 18, 2001, 3:00 p.m. “CETEM — Mineral Research in Brazil,” Dr. Adão Benvindo da Luz, Centre for Mineral Technology (CETEM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, seminar, Tuesday August 14, 2001
Spring 2001 “Fatigue of Beta-Titanium Alloys,” Shankar Srinivasan, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday January 10, 2001 “Microstructure-Sensitive Design: A Quantitative Approach to New Materials Development,” Prof. Brent L. Adams, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, seminar, Wednesday January 17, 2001 “Magnetic Personalities,” Jeff Shield, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday January 24, 2001 “Cryogenics: Practical Applications for Today's Industry,” Robert Brunson, Cryocon Inc., Ogden, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 31 January 2001 “Investigation of Gear Failure in a Printing Press,” Mr. Clyde Larsen, American Metallurgical Services, Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 7 February 2001 “Role of Advanced Ceramics in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Technology for Distributed Power,” Prof. Anil Virkar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 21 February 2001 “The Reflux Classifier,” Giang Nguyentranlam, ARC Centre for Multiphase Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia, TODAY Thursday, 22 seminar, February 2001 3:30 p.m. “The Transition of Corrosion Pitting to Surface Fatigue Cracks in 2024-T3 Aluminum Alloy,” Mr. Paul Nolan Clark, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday February 28, 2001 “Modernization of Operations in MagCorp,” Mr. Tom Tripp, Magnesium Corporation of America, Rowley, seminar, Utah, March 7, 2001 “Analysis of Interaction Forces in CMP Processes,” Dr. Jakub Nalaskowski, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 21 March 2001 “A New Cone-Beam X-Ray Microtomography Facility for 3D Analysis of Multiphase Materials,” Dr. C. L. Lin, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 28 March 2001 “Nitrogen removal from industrial effluents,” Dr. Tadeusz Ziminski, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, Friday 23 seminar, March 2001, 4:00 p.m. “A Wafer Drying Technology to Address sub-180 nm Semiconductor Processing Requirements,” Rao Yalamanchili, SCP Global Technologies, Boise, Idaho, Friday 30 March 2001, seminar, 2:30 p.m. 707 WBB “Finite Element Analysis of Fracture Mechanics in Functionally Graded Materials,” Imad Barsoum, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 4 April 2001 “Electromigration in Copper Alloy Interconnects,” Vikrant Bansore, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 April 2001 “Raman Studies of Hydration in Aqueous Solutions of Simple Poly(Oxyethylene)s,” Dr. Zhorro Nikolov, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, 25 April, 2001 “Foam stability in the presence of hydrophobic particles and oils,” Marcin Niewiadomski, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 18 April 2001
2000Fall 2000 “On-Line Delivery of Graduate-Level Education: Some short and longer term implications of the introduction of on-line education will be discussed, particularly as they may affect the present generation of graduate students.,” Prof. R. P. King, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday August 30, 2000 “Using Surfactants to Enhance Particle Removal from Metal Surfaces,” Prof. Michael Free, University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday, September 6, 2000 “Mineral Matter Transformation during Pulverized Coal Combustion,” Eric G. Eddings, Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday September 13, 2000 “Rheology of Surfactants that Self-Assemble into Cylindrical Micelles,” Professor Jaye Magda, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday September 20, 2000 “Potential for Imbedded Sensors as Process Monitors, Strain Gauges and Material Properties,” Professor Joel DuBow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday September 27, 2000 “Acoustic Refrigeration,” Professor Orest Symko, Department of Physics, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, October 4, 2000 “Magnetostrictive Fe-based alloys,” Nakorn Srisukhumbowornchai, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, October 11, 2000 “Influence of substrate texture in Co-Cr-based thin film data storage media,” Mehmet Tarakci, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, October 18, 2000 “Molecule corrals as templates for nanostructures,” Professor Thomas Beebe, Jr., Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, October 25, 2000 “Electrochemical Characterization of Anode Passivation Mechanisms in Copper Electrorefining,” J. Brent Hiskey, Associate Dean for Research and Administration, College of Engineering and Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, seminar, Monday, October 2, 2000 “Reconsideration of Nuclear Power in the 21st Century,” Dr. Gary Sandquist, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 1 November 2000 “Electrodeposition of Zinc-Nickel Alloy Coatings on Low Carbon Steel outside Conventional Electroplating Baths,” Parijat Bhatnagar, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 8 November 2000 “Electrochemical Phenomena in Leaching Systems,” Milton E. Wadsworth, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 15 November 2000 “Particle Technology for the Design of Improved Building Materials,” Srinivas Veeramasuneni & Steve Suchech, USG Corporation, Libertyville, Illinois, seminar, Wednesday 29 November 2000 “Processing Trends in the Mineral Industry,” Mark C. Collett, Vice President, Project Development, Roberts & Schaefer, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday, December 6, 2000
Summer 2000 “Hydrometallurgy and Electrochemistry at Monash University,” Matthew Jeffrey, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, seminar, Monday 8 May 2000 “Ion Enhanced Synthesis of Materials,” Dr. Michael Nastasi, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, seminar, Wednesday, June 28, 2000 “Principles and Practice of Soil Washing,” Dr. Jan Hupka, Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, seminar, Tuesday, 18 July 2000 “Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone Technology Applications in Environmental Protection,” Dr. Jan Hupka, Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, seminar, Wednesday 19 July 2000 “Interaction Force of Fine Particles — Influence of AFM Colloidal Probe Deformation,” Robert Aranowski, Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, seminar, Thursday, July 27, 2000
Spring 2000 “Simulation of Charge Motion in Tumbling Mills by the Discrete Element Method,” Raj K. Rajamani, Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, January 12, 2000 “Practice Seminar Session (Registered students in Met.E. 6800),” Altaf Khan, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday January 19, 2000 “Practice Seminar Session (Registered students in Met.E. 6800),” Padmabhushana Desam, Xuming Wang, and Ronel DuPlessis, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday January 26, 2000 “PHYSICA+ Software for Computational Modeling of Metallurgical Processes,” Dr. Jim Gebhardt, Process Engineering Resources Inc, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday February 2, 2000 “Development of Discrete-Fracture, Multiphase Models for Flow through Porous Media,” Milind D. Deo, Associate Professor, Dept of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday February 9, 2000 “Precious Metals Refining,” Dr. David Kinneberg, Vice President — Production, Metalor USA Refining Corp., North Attleborough, Massachusetts, seminar, Monday February 14, 2000 “Separation and Extraction of Lead-Zinc Metals from Egyptian Ore at Red Sea Coast,” M. K. Abd El Rahaman, Central Metallurgical R&D Institute, Egypt, seminar, Wednesday February 23, 2000 “Electrochemistry,” Ian Ritchie, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, seminar, Thursday, 2 March 2000 “Practice Seminar, (1) Treating Sulfide Minerals for Gold and Copper Recovery, Hector Suarez, (2) Microstructural and Mechanical Behavior of In-Situ Ti-TiB Viskers, Shampa Aich,” Hector Suarez, Shampa Aich, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday March 22, 2000 “Metallurgy of Induction Bending of Pipes and Tubes,” Firdosh Kavarana, Metallurgist, Shaw NAPTech, Inc., Clearfield, Utah, seminar, Wednesday March 29, 2000 “Structure and Properties of Cobalt-Based Magnetic Alloys,” Liyun Chen, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday April 5, 2000 “The Solubility of As2S3 in Relation to the Precipitation of Arsenic from Process Solutions,” Courtney Young, ASARCO Professor & Head of Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Montana Tech, seminar, Wednesday April 12, 2000 “Advanced Magnetic Particles for Particulate Recording Media,” Dr. Yang-ki Hong, Magnetic and Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Dept. of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Idaho, Thursday, April 13, 2000, 11:00 a.m., Room 124 EMCB, Metallurgical Engineering and seminar, Materials Science and Engineering “Flotation of Automotive Shredder Residue Plastics,” Ewelina Mutkoswka, Department of Environmental Engineering,, through the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday April 19, 2000 “An electrochemical investigation of the role of lead and sulphide on the dissolution of gold in aqueous cyanide,” Roelf Sandenbergh, Head, Department of Materials Science, & Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa, seminar, Wednesday April 26, 2000 “An electrochemical investigation of the role of lead and sulphide on the dissolution of gold in aqueous cyanide,” Roelf Sandenbergh, Head, Department of Materials Science, & Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa, seminar, Wednesday April 26, 2000
1999Fall 1999 “Flowsheet Optimization — Is this possible yet?,” Dr. R. P. King, Professor and Chair, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, August 25, 1999 “Oxidation of Fe3Al Doped with Yttrium,” Insoo Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, September 1, 1999 “Advances in Coppermaking Technologies Driven by Environmental Forces,” H. Y. Sohn, Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, September 15, 1999 “Gypsum Crystallization in the Presence of Phosphate,” Marcin Niewiadomski, Dept of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday September 8, 1999 “Dealing A Priori with Incongruent Vaporization Behavior of Transition Metal Carbides,” Dr. Darryl P. Butt, Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday, September 22, 1999 “The Physics of Highest Energy Cosmic Rays: An Introduction to the High Resolution Fly's Eye,” Dr. Charles Jui, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday September 29, 1999 “Molecule Corrals: Nanometer-Scale Containers for Learning about Molecules and Surfaces,” Professor Thomas P. Bebe, Jr., Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, October 6, 1999 “New Life for an Old Technology: Radio Tracer Analysis of Sluice-Box Performance,” Dr. Mike Nelson, Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday October 13, 1999 “A New and Comprehensive Model of Flotation,” Dr. J.-P. Franzidis, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, University of Queensland, seminar, Friday, October 8, 1999 “Electrochemistry of Oxygen Reduction in Silver and Gold Cyanidation,” Dr. Milton E. Wadsworth, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday October 20, 1999 “The Role of Carbonaceous Matter in the Preg-robbing Behavior of Goldstrike Ore,” Philip A. Schmitz, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday October 27, 1999 “Development of an On-Line Coal Washability Analysis System Using X-Ray Computed Tomography,” Dr. C. L. Lin, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 3 November 1999 “Contamination of Silicon Surface in Semiconductor Industry — An AFM Study,” Jakub Nalaskowski, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, November 10, 1999 “A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Model for a Bubble Separation Tank,” Padmabhushana R. Desam, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday, November 17, 1999 “Phosphate Flotation: Challenges and Recent Developments,” Xuming Wang, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 1 December 1999 “Office Paper Deinking Studies: Lab to the Pilot Plant,” Dr. John Borchardt, Staff Research Chemist, Tomah3, Milton, Wisconsin, seminar, Wednesday 8 December 1999 “The Flotation Chemistry of Auriferous Pyrite in Newmont's N2TEC Process,” Ronel Du Plessis, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 15 December 1999
Summer 1999 “AFM measurements of interparticle forces: Some applications in colloid stability and granular systems,” Dr. Simon Biggs, Centre for Multiphase Processes, Department of Chemistry, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, seminar, Friday 11 June 1999 “Magnetic Effects on the Structure of Electrolyte Solution,” Dr. Ko Higashitani, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, seminar, Monday 5 July 1999 “Development Studies and Plant Testing of Trithiocarbonate (TTC) Collectors for Sulfide Mineral Flotation in South Africa,” Dr. John Davidtz, Dept of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, seminar, Thursday, 8 July 1999 “Metallurgical Testing of Exploration Samples,” Phil Thompson, President of Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories, Salt Lake City, seminar, Thursday 15 July 1999 “Interaction of Flotation Collectors with Boron Minerals,” Professor Mehmet S. Celik, Istanbul Technical University, Minerals and Coal Processing Section, Istanbul, Turkey, seminar, Thursday 22 July 1999 “Effect of Monovalent Salts on the Flotability of Minerals,” Murat Muduroglu, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, seminar, Thursday, 19 August 1999
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