Events 2005-2012
Fall 2010
“The Effect of Current Reversal on Coated Titanium Anodes,” Francis Elnathan, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 8 December 2010
"Competing Fatigue Mechanisms in Ni-Base Superalloy René 88DT," Paul N. Chang, Dissertation Defense, Thursday, December 2, 2010
“Developing and Testing the Bearing Materials of Next-Generation Orthopaedic Implants,” Anthony Sanders, Ortho Development Corporation, Draper, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 1 December 2010
“The CH53K Heavy Lift Helicopter - Aurora Flight Sciences Design and Manufacture of the Composites Main Rotor Pylon and Engine Nacelles,” Bill Fawcett, Aurora Flight Sciences, Bridgeport, West Virginia, seminar, Wednesday 24 November 2010
"Surface Charge Features of Kaolinite Particles and Their Interactions," Vishal Gupta, Dissertation Defense, Tuesday, November 23, 2010
“Quasicrystals and Their Unusual Properties,” Prof. Orest G. Symko, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 17 November 2010
“Coarsening during Sintering of Powder Compacts: The story continues,” Vineet Kumar, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 3 November 2010
“Innovation in Metals Production — Faster, Cheaper, Safer,” David Robertson, Professor Emeritus at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Elliott Lecture, Thursday 21 October 2010
“Life at Mach 5,” Mr. Kent Rominger, Vice President - Test & Research Operations - ATK Space Systems, Former NASA Space Shuttle Pilot, Utah ASM Chapter & Material Advantage Student Chapter Meeting, Thursday 21 October 2010
“Energetic Materials: Leveraging the Electron,” Sarah B. Hiza, Ph.D., ATK Aerospace Systems, Promontory, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 20 October 2010
“A Study of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance: Experiments and Modeling,” Anil V. Virkar, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 6 October 2010
“Failure Is Not an Option, It's a Career,” Brett Fuller, Autoliv, , Brigham City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 29 September 2010
“Solar Powered Stirling Engine Flexure Bearing Fatigue Analysis and Testing,” Randy Jones, Principal Engineer, Infinia Business Unit, Autoliv Americas, Brigham City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 22 September 2010
“Light-Trapping in Optically-Thin Solar Cells by Dielectric Particle Scattering,” James Nagel, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 15 September 2010
“Ceramic Laminate That Exhibits Threshold Strength and Its Thermal Shock Properties,” Haksung Moon, Ph.D., Principal Materials Engineer, B&D Dental Technologies, West Valley City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 8 September 2010
"Energy Partitioning in Ballistic Impact Fragmentation of TiB Ceramic," Madhusudan Jagannathan, Thesis Defense, Thursday, September 2, 2010
“An introduction to the Material Point Method (MPM) for high-rate large deformation of advanced engineered materials with complicated microstructures,” Dr. Rebecca Brannon, Associate Professor, University of Utah Mechanical Engineering, , seminar, Wednesday 1 September 2010
“Energy Partitioning in Ballistic Impact Fragmentation of TiB Ceramic,” Madhusudan Jagannathan, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 25 August 2010
"Probing the Local Atomic Structure of Iron-Based Magnetostrictive Single Crystals," Gavin John Garside, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Spring 2010
"Material and Energy Flow Simulation and Economic Analysis for a Novel Suspension Ironmaking Technology," Haruka Kimura, Thesis Defense, Friday, May 14, 2010
“Basics of Titanium and Titanium Corrosion in Industrial Application,” R. David Goin, Business Development, ATI Wah Chang, Albany, Oregon, seminar, Wednesday 28 April 2010
“Atomistic-Scale Understanding of Water at Oxide Surfaces – Structure, Dynamics, and Energetics,” Jianwei Wang, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, , seminar, Wednesday 21 April 2010
“Local Atomic Structure of Fe-Based Magnetostrictive Single Crystals,” Gavin Garside, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 14 April 2010
“New Nanoscale Interfaces for Hydrogen Detection and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells,” Dr. Tao Xu , Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, seminar, Wednesday 7 April 2010
“A New Method for Making Functionally Graded WC-Co by Carburizing Heat Treatment of Fully Densified WC-Co,” Jun Guo, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 31 March 2010
“Materials Technology for Supercritical and Ultrasupercritical Power Plants,” Marshal Clark, Structural Integrity Associates, Inc., & Adjunct Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, Wednesday 17 March 2010
"Membrane Separation of Cyanide Species," Aleksandra Opara, Thesis Defense (Environmental Engineering), Wednesday, March 10, 2010
“A Unique Application for Continuous Ion Exchange,” Mike Rockandel, Principal Advisor, Processing Technology and Innovation, Rio Tinto, seminar, Wednesday 10 March 2010
“Material and Energy Flow Simulation and Economic Analysis for a Novel Suspension Ironmaking Technology,” Haruka Kimura, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 24 February 2010
“Equilibrium Constants and Free Energies of Formation of Molybdosilicate and Molybdenum Blue Species,” H. H. Huang, Montana Tech, , seminar, Wednesday 17 February 2010
“Performance of Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts in Visible Light,” Jan Hupka, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 10 February 2010
“Estimation and Prediction of the Susceptibility of AA 5083 Alloy to Thermal Exposure Corrosion Damage,” Soumya Kar, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 3 February 2010
“Advancing Nuclear Engineering Curriculum and Research at the University of Utah,” Tatjana Jevremovic, Energy Solutions Presidential Endowed Chair; Director, Nuclear Engineering Program; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; & Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 27 January 2010
“Nano sizes and quantum computing: ab initio prediction of new material properties (solving Schrodingers equation, HΨ = EΨ),” Keith Prisbrey, Adj. Prof., Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 20 January 2010
“A Study of Integrated Leaching and Electrowinning of Copper from Chalcopyrite Ore Using Chloride Media,” Prashant Kumar Sarswat, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 13 January 2010
"Recovery and Refining of Secondary Precious Metals," Dr. Rajesh Mishra, short course, January 7-8, 2010
"An Approach for Modeling Breakage Rates in Grinding Mills with Material Breakage Data and Mill Collision Frequency," Emrah Tugcan Tuzcu, Dissertation Defense, Thursday, January 7, 2010
2009
Fall 2009
“HP/HT Sintering of Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride,” X. Sean Yao, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 9 December 2009
“Synthesis and Characterization of Light Metal Based Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage Materials,” Young Joon Choi, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 9 December 2009
"Palladium Recovery from Semiconductor Waste Solutions," Nathan Todd Warner, Thesis Defense, Monday, December 7, 2009
“Protective Liners for Mineral Processing Equipment,” Mike Nelson, Mining Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 2 December 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
Summer 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
2008
Fall 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
2007
Fall 2007
"Effect of Electrodeposition Parameters on Iron-Nickel Coatings," Nikit Phadke, Thesis Defense, Friday, January 4, 2008
"Recovery and Refining of Secondary Precious Metals," Dr. Raj K. Mishra, Short Course, 3-5 January 2008.
"Tribology of TiB Coated Titanium and Nanostructured TiB Materials," Curtis Dixon Lee, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, January 2, 2008
"Biaxial Flexture Testing of Germanium Single Crystal Wafers," Cody Pearce, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, December 12, 2007
“Barrick's Goldstrike Roaster Facility,” John Pekrul, Barrick Gold, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday 5 December 2007
"Evaluation of Selenium Reduction: Microbes, Proteins and Bioreactor Performance," Madhuri Nanduri, Thesis Defense, Thursday, November 29, 2007
"Magnetic, Magnetostriction and Elastic Behaviors of Fe-Binary Alloys," Swieng Thuanboon, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, November 28, 2007
“Biaxial Flexure Strength of Germanium Single Crystal Wafers,” Cody Pearce, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 28 November 2007
“Investigation of Magnetostriction in Fe-Based Binary Alloys,” Swieng Thuanboon, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 14 November 2007
“Applications of a New X–Ray Nanotomography (CT) System ,” S H Lau, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Xradia Inc, Concord, California, seminar, Wednesday 31 October 2007
“Technology Development for Copper Extraction,” Dr. Shijie Wang, Senior Engineer, Copper Operations, Kennecott Utah Copper, seminar, Wednesday 24 October 2007
“Incorporating Mineralogical Assessment into the Interpretation of Flotation Behaviour,” Prof. Dee Bradshaw, Centre for Minerals Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa, seminar, Wednesday 17 October 2007
“Hydroseparators,” Prof. Mike Nelson, Mining Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 3 October 2007
“Design and Evaluation of an Electrochemical Bioreactor for Water Treatment,” Nicol Nuku Newton, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 26 September 2007
"Design and Evaluation of Electrochemical Bioreactor for Water Treatment," Nicol Nuku Newton, Thesis Defense, Tuesday, September 25, 2007
“Analysis of Heap Leaching with a Computational Model,” Jim Gebhardt, Process Engineering Resources, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 19 September 2007
“Discrete Element Method: Theory and application to tumbling mills,” Prof. Raj K. Rajamani, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 12 September 2007
“Oxygen-Evolving Anodes for Water Splitting,” Dr. Chett Boxley, Ceramatec, Salt Lake City, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 5 September 2007
“Metallurgical Research and the Marriott Library,” April Love, Associate Librarian, Marriott Library, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 29 August 2007
“Laboratory Safety Training,” Christina K. Kulakowski, Health and Safety Services Coordinator, University of Utah Environmental Health and Safety, seminar, Wednesday 22 August 2007
Summer 2007
"Influence of Grate and Grate-Pulp Lifter Arrangements on the Slurry Hold-Up and Particle Size Distribution," Trailokya Patra, Thesis Defense, Friday, August 17, 2007
"Exploratory XMT Studies of Grain Boundary Fracture for Multiphase Particles," Daniel Garcia, Thesis Defense, Wednesday, August 15, 2007
“Water in Confined Systems: From nanotubes to proteins,” Prof. Jayendran C. Rasaiah, Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, seminar, Thursday 2 August 2007
"Flotation Chemistry of Selected Alkali Halide Salts and Naturally Hydrophobic Minerals: A molecular dynamics simulation study," Hao Du, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, August 1, 2007
“Newmont's Phoenix Mine — Project update and process metallurgy,” Art Ibrado, Chief Metallurgist, Phoenix Operation, Newmont Mining Corp., seminar, Wednesday 18 July 2007
“Metal Matrix-Ceramic Composites: Processing and Properties,” Prof. M. K. Surappa, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, seminar, Thursday 28 June 2007
“Use of Field-Flow Fractionation to Analyze Aquatic Colloidal Particles,” Dr. Ron Beckett, Water Studies Centre and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, seminar, Tuesday 26 June 2007
Spring 2007
"Growth of Dual Titanium Boride Layers on Titanium: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation," Nishant Tikekar, Dissertation Defense, Friday, May 11, 2007
"High-Temperature Oxidation of MoS2 Concentrate with Water Vapor," Edgar Blanco, Thesis Defense, Monday, April 30, 2007
"Quantifying the Effects of Mass Transport on Surface Roughness of Copper Electrodeposits from Chloride Media," Ravindra Jayant Bhide, Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, April 25, 2007
“Strange Aircraft Accidents and Unusual Metal Fatigue Failures,” Prof. Ravi Chandran, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 25 April 2007
"Magnetostriction and Electrochemical Studies in Single Crystals of Iron–Gallium Alloys," Tanjore V. Jayaraman, Dissertation Defense, Monday, April 23, 2007
"The Effect of Activated Carbon Particle Size on Gold Cyanide Adsorption and Elution," Francis Elnathan, Thesis Defense, Thursday, April 19, 2007
"High-Frequency Eddy-Current Separation of Metallic Granules from Waste Streams like Foundy Sand, e-Scrap, and Other Wastes," Swadhin Saurabh, Wednesday, Thesis Defense, April 18, 2007
“Advanced Simulation Technology,” John A. Herbst, General Manager, Metso Minerals Optimization Services, Colorado Springs, Colorado and Research Professor, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 11 April 2007
“Production of Silica Nanoparticles by Flame Aerosol Process,” Dr. Hee-Dong Jang, Leader, Nano-Materials Group, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Korea, seminar, Tuesday 10 April 2007
“Chemistry of Deformation: From atomic bonding to dislocations to strength,” Dr. Dallas R. Trinkle, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, seminar, Wednesday 28 March 2007
“Computational Study of Nanostructures: From Nanowire Structure Prediction to Quantum Island Growth Simulation,” C. Z. Wang, Ames Laboratory — U.S. DOE and Department of Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, seminar, Wednesday 14 March 2007
“Electron Backscatter Diffraction: Characterizing the Orientation Aspects of Microstructure,” Dr. Stuart Wright, Director of Technology, TSL Products, EDAX-TSL, Draper, Utah, seminar, Wednesday 7 March 2007
“BioCeramic Materials,” Dr. Ashok Khandkar, CEO, Amedica Corporation, Salt Lake City, seminar, Wednesday 28 February 2007
“A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Water Structure and Adsorption States at Talc Surfaces,” Hao Du, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 21 February 2007
M.S. Thesis Defense, "CFD Simulation of Flame Spray Process for Silica Nanopowder Synthesis from Tetraethylortho Silicate (TEOS)," Yanhui Ji, Feb 21, 2007.
“What Controls the Performance of Ceramic Armor?,” Raymond A. Cutler, Ceramatec, Inc., seminar, Wednesday 14 February 2007
“Design of Solid State Galvanic Cells for Thermodynamic Property Evaluation in Oxide Systems,” Dr. Niladri Dasgupta, Materials Science & Engineering Dept., University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 7 February 2007
“Surface Analysis by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy,” Loren Rieth, Research Asst. Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 31 January 2007
“Synthesis of Nanostructured Titanium Boride,” Shawn Elwyn Madtha, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 24 January 2007
“Wear and Tribological Characteristics of Titanium Boride Coated Titanium,” Curtis Dixon Lee, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, seminar, Wednesday 17 January 2007
“Copper Smelting and Recycling in Japan,” Professor Takahiko Okura, Venture Business Laboratory, Akita University, Akita, Japan, seminar, Monday 8 January 2007
2006
Fall 2006
M.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
2005
Fall 2005
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Modeling of 75– and 250–mm hydrocyclone and exploration of novel designs using computational fluid dynamics," Jose Angel Delgadillo Gomez, Dec 15, 2005.
M.S. Thesis Defense, "Development of Flotation Technology for Trona Industry," Amit Jain, Dec 14, 2005.
M.S. Thesis Defense, "Characterization and Liberation Analysis of Copper Minerals from the Floatation Circuit at 'Negociacion Minera Santa Maria de la Paz'," Juan Francisco Medina, Oct 10, 2005.
“Laboratory Safety,” Jeff Throckmorton, Sr Staff Industrial Hygienist, U of U, seminar, 7 Sept 2005.
“Synthetic Energy Carriers for the 21st Century,” Wlodzimierz W. Zmierczak, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 14 Sept 2005.
“Model–Based Optimization of Industrial Thermal Processing of Materials,” Satyam Sahay, Group Leader, Thermal Processing of Materials, Tata Research Development & Design Centre, Pune, India, Friday seminar, 23 Sept 2005.
“Nanotechnology at the U of U,” Ian Harvey, Assoc. Director, & Loren Rieth, Research Asst Prof & Univ. Surface Scientist, Utah Nanofab Lab, U of U, seminar, 28 Sept 2005.
“The Development of a Composite Energy-Saving Anode for Copper Electrowinning,” Michael Moats, Asst Prof, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 5 Oct 2005.
“The Effect of Hydrophobic Surface Modification on Bulk Cohesive Strength,” Kerry Johanson, Industry Professor, Particle Engineering Research Center (PERC) at the U of Florida, seminar, 30 Sept 2005.
“Modified/Activated Carbon Technology Center (A Water–Treatment Technology Development Center),” Jack Adams, Research Prof, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 12 Oct 2005.
“Center of Excellence for Novel Titanium Boride Surface Hardening,” Ravi Chandran, Professor of Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 19 Oct 2005.
“Atomic Force Microscopy for Optimization of Post-CMP Surface Cleaning in the Semiconductor & Hard-Drive Industry,” Jakub Nalaskowski, Research Asst Prof, U of U, Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, 26 Oct 2005.
“LES Modeling & Design of Hydrocyclones,” Jose Delgadillo, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 2 Nov 2005.
“Magnetic Sensor & Actuated Materials,” Dr. Sivaraman Guruswamy, Professor of Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 9 Nov 2005.
“New Technique for Treatment of MoS2 Concentrate with Water Vapor to Extract Values at High Temperature,” Edgar Blanco, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, 16 Nov 2005.
“Thoughts on platinum processing and research,” Dr Thys Vermaak, Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 30 Nov 2005 “Liquid-Phase Sintering of Functionally Graded WC-Co Composites,” Oladapo Eso, Metallurgical Engineering, U of seminar, U, 7 Dec 2005.
Summer 2005
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Air–Sparged Hydrocyclone Flotation for Oily Wastewater Treatment," Marcin Niewiadomski, Aug 12, 2005.
M.S. Thesis Defense, "Grinding Mill Shell Liner Wear and Its Influence on the Breakage Field," Sravan Prathy, Jul 18, 2005.
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Processing and Magnetostriction Studies in Binary Iron Alloys," Rob Corson, May 20, 2005.
M.S. Thesis Defense, "Magnetostriction Studies in Ni–Based Alloys," Purushottam Kumar, May 12, 2005.
M.S. Thesis Defense, "Microstructural analysis of cemented tungsten carbide using OIM," Vineet Kumar, May 9, 2005.
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Sintering Studies of WC–Co Powders," Praveen Maheshwari, May 9, 2005.
Spring 2005
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Crystallization Characteristics of NaCl Crystal Size Distribution Associated with a CMSMPR Crystallizer," Byung Sang Choi, Mar 10, 2005.
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, "Magnetostriction and Texture Development in Binary and Ternary FeGa Based Alloys," Pinai Mungsantisuk, Feb 24, 2005.
“An Introduction to Water Flow & Salt Transport in Unsaturated Soil (Porous Media),” S. Lee Barbour, Professor of Civil & Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Thursday, seminar, 13 Jan 2005.
“The Significance of Atomic Force Microscopy in Research & Education,” Jakub Nalaskowski, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 19 Jan 2005.
“Performance Evaluation & Design of Grate & Pulp Lifters in Semiautogenous Grinding Mills,” Dr Sanjeeva Latchireddi, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 26 Jan 2005.
“Software Development for the 3D Image Analysis of Multiphase Particle Beds,” Alvaro Videla, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 2 Feb 2005.
“The Effect of Binary Alloying on the Magnetostriction of Iron,” Rob Corson, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 9 Feb 2005.
“Hydrocyclone Modelling: Large-Eddy Simulation CFD Approach,” Jose A. Delgadillo Gomez, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 16 Feb 2005.
“Design of Mechanical Flotation Machines — New Approach,” Dariusz Lelinski, FFE Minerals USA Inc., Salt Lake City, Tuesday seminar, 22 Feb 2005.
“Magnetostriction & Texture Development in Binary & Ternary FeGa-Based Alloys,” Pinai Mungsantisuk, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 23 Feb 2005.
“Single Crystal Growth & Magnetostriction Studies in Ni-Based Alloys,” Purushottam Kumar, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, 2 March 2005.
“Advances in Iron Ore Pelletization by Understanding Bonding & Strengthening Mechanisms,” Dr. S. Jayson Ripke, Chief Metallurgical Engineer, Cleveland-Cliffs, Wabush Mines, Wabush, NL Canada, Thursday seminar, 3 March 2005.
“Flotation of Nano- & Submicron-Sized Particles,” Dr. Anh Nguyen, Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle, NSW Australia, seminar, 9 March 2005.
“Metallographic Examination of Heavily Eroded Structural Steel from World Trade Center Buildings 1, 2 & 7,” George F. Vander Voort, Director of Research & Technology for Buehler Ltd., Lake Bluff, Illinois, seminar, 9 March 2005.
“Biotechnology in Mineral & Material Processing,” Dr. Namita Deo, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York City, New York, seminar, 23 March 2005.
“Microstructure & Deformation Physics of Nanocrystalline Materials by Multi-scale Computer Simulation,” Dr. Dieter Wolf, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Lab, Illinois, seminar, 28 March 2005.
“Passivation of Copper Electrorefining & Dimensionally Stable Anodes,” Michael Moats, ELTECH Systems Corp., seminar, 22 April 2005.
“Powder Bed Simulations Using Real Particle Shapes — Applications from packing to caking,” Dr. Nishanth Gopinathan, NSF Particle Engineering Research Center, U of Florida, Gainesville, seminar, 30 March 2005.
“Dispersions of Concentrated Fine Particulates: Interplay between rheology, polymer adsorption, & interparticle forces,” Dr. Abbas A. Zaman, Particle Engineering Research Center, U of Florida, Gainesville, seminar, 6 April, 2005.
“Faceting Analysis of Cemented Tungsten Carbide Using Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM) Technique,” Vineet Kumar, U of U, Metallurgical Engineering, seminar, 20 April 2005.
“The Use of the DEM in the Modelling of Dry Ball Mills,” Prof Michael Moys, School of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, U of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, seminar, 4 May 2005.
“Crystallization of NaCl from a Concentrated CaCl2-KCl Solution in a CMSMPR Crystalizer — Observation of crystal size distribution & model validation,” Byung Sang Choi, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, Thursday seminar, 28 April 2005.
“Grinding Mill Shell Liner Wear & Its Influence on the Breakage Field,” Sravan Prathy, Metallurgical Engineering, U of U, seminar, April 27 2005.
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