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Professional Societies

Students may join a local student chapter in several professional engineering societies.

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University of Utah Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Chapter

Additional professional societies for metallurgical engineers:

The Society for Mining Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)

ASM International

Metallurgical Society of C.I.M. (Met Soc)


Flotation Cells

Flotation Cells

The flotation process occurs commercially in banks of cells. The cells concentrate valuable minerals from waste minerals to allow efficient downstream processing.




Department of Metallurgical Engineering
135 South 1460 East, Room 412 • Salt Lake City UT 84112-0114
Phone: (801) 581-6386 • Fax: (801) 581-4937
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