The Mellow Met Newsletter - Department of Metallurgical Engineering

The Mellow Met Newsletter
No. 29 — March 2007
An Extraction of the News for Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah
Message from the Chair
miss Peter, but his influence will endure.
New nanotechnology courses are
Dear Alumni and Friends,
being offered, both an introductory
The department has kept up efforts
course and an advanced course on Table of Contents
to maintain a high standard of excelnanoparticle technology. In addition, Message from the Chair ........................................ 1
lence during 2006. Some details of
several special topics courses are Accreditation Help ................................................. 1
these efforts follow in this 29th edition
Recruiting ................................................. 1
being given, on atomic force micros- Student
Moving to the New Ivor Thomas Lab .................... 2
of the Mellow Met Newsletter, tocopy,
vibrational
spectroscopy,
lattice
Faculty & Staff News ............................................. 3
gether with information on the status
Awards .............................................................. 3
Boltzmann method for flow simulation,
of the department, as well as alumni
In Memoriam — Dr. R. Peter King.................... 3
discrete element method and other
news. We are always pleased to have
Hellos & Goodbyes ........................................... 4
topics.
Assorted Honors ............................................... 4
alumni visit, and you are most welDr. Jan D. Miller
Research
funding
is
healthy,
with
List of Personnel.................................................... 4
Chair and
come to come when the opportunity
Ivor Thomas Professor contracts from NSF, DOE, DOD, and Student Recognition .............................................. 4
affords itself.
4
CAST, plus contracts and gifts from Enrollment..............................................................
New Graduates...................................................... 5
During 2006 much preparation was done for
industry.
The
department
has
four
Centers
of
Department Research: Funding ............................ 6
construction of the new Ivor Thomas Laboratory.
USTAR Initiative................................................ 6
The building is now complete, and equipment has Excellence funded by the State of Utah.
Pyrometallurgy .................................................. 6
been relocated from the Ore Dressing Laboratory Some interesting new projects are in proHydrometallurgy................................................ 6
gress,
such
as
molecular
dynamics
simuElectrocatalysts................................................. 6
(ODL), which together with the old Ivor Thomas
lation of interfacial water, synthesis and charElectrometallurgy .............................................. 6
Laboratory was demolished in January 2007.
Advanced Fuels Development.......................... 7
In two years we expect that the new Sutton acterization of activated carbons and modiBioremediation .................................................. 7
fied
activated
carbons,
surface
chemistry
of
Building will be completed on the site of the ODL,
Physical Metallurgy
anisotropic
phyllosilicates,
– Fatigue, fracture, titanium boride................... 7
and many of our space prob– Magnetic and electronic materials ................. 7
advanced fuels from biolems will be alleviated. Until
Check out our new
Mineral Processing ........................................... 8
mass,
biotechnology
for
then we are a bit crowded, but
Powder Metallurgy & Nanocrystals................... 8
water
treatment,
nanowebsite
at
http://www
.
X-Rray Computed Tomography........................ 8
everyone has worked together
thermal diode strucWater Treatment ............................................... 9
metallurgy.utah.edu/ scaled
to try and make necessary
tures, electrochemical mi- Alumni News
accommodations.
1930s-2000s & Friends..................................... 9
cromachining, fuel cell
In Memoriam ................................................... 10
Graduate student enrollment remains high.
research,
materials
development
for
hydroDonors ................................................................. 11
Undergraduate enrollment had a slight upward
Speakers.............................................................. 11
tick. New scholarships have been established by gen storage, bioimplant materials, online Alumni Activities Questionnaire........................... 12
control
of
SAG
mills
with
an
instrumented
Phelps Dodge, Barrick, and Rio Tinto, for which
Address Updates by Email .................................. 12
lifter package, nanocrystalline materials, and
we are especially grateful.
Accreditation Questionnaire
We still have a faculty position open in the area iron oxide reduction.
It is expected that future research activities will for B.S. Alumni
of mineral processing.
The Accreditation Board for
We lost one of our retired faculty this year, Dr. involve fossil fuel projects on the processing of oil
Peter King. We in the Department of Metallurgi- sands and oil shale as supported by Utah Heavy Engineering & Technology requires
us to do a questionnaire on our
cal Engineering are quite fortunate to have had Oil Center (UHOC) and the new USTAR Utah Bachelor’s degree program every
Fossil
Fuel
Energy
Program.
Peter with us during the past decades. His contriyear. A copy is enclosed for BS
All the best for the new year.
butions to the department have been substantial
as professor, director, and chair, and his international reputation extends beyond us here in the
College of Mines and Earth Sciences. Peter’s pursuit of excellence and academic rigor served as a
role model for all of us to emulate. Clearly we will
Jan D. Miller
Ivor Thomas Professor
of Metallurgy
Student Recruiting
Science Day
graduates.
It would be most helpful if
especially 1987 to 2006 U of U BS
grads would com plete the
questionnaire for us. You may return
it to us in the business-reply
envelope or fill it out on-line at
www.metallurgy.utah.edu. Ask your
employer if he/she would help us by
filling out the on-line employer
survey.
The department participated in
the U’s annual Science Day on November 11th. Hundreds of high
school students from around the region came to the University of Utah to
attend science and engineering presentations and learn about various
related programs. Prof. Mike Free met with more than twenty-five
students who expressed some interest in studying metallurgical
engineering. In addition, several professors gave presentations about
state-of-the-art departmental research topics. Profs. Jan Miller and
C. L. Lin presented "3D Analysis of Internal Structures Using Cone
Beam X-Ray Micro CT," Prof. Jakub Nalaskowski presented
"Exploring the Nanoworld Using Atomic Force Microscopy," and Prof.
Free presented "On the Cutting Edge: Metals and your world."
Open House
Dr. Michael Free describes our undergraduate program
to an attendee at the U’s 2006 Science Day.
The department’s open house for potential undergraduates was
February 9. We had nineteen students, plus about that many parents,
come for a tour of our labs, dinner, and a presentation on curriculum and
careers in metallurgical engineering.
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Salvaging ductwork for scrap metal
The old Ivor Thomas Laboratory and Ore Dresslng Lab
building, with the William Browning Building behind it
Moving to the new Ivor
Thomas Laboratory
The College of Mines and Earth Sciences
began construction in January 2007 of the
Sutton Geology Building, at the site of the
old Ore Dressing Laboratory and Ivor Thomas Laboratory. This new building will be
occupied by the Department of Geology and
Geophysics. Some of the vacated space in
the Browning building will become available
to Metallurgy in the next few years for expansion.
The new Ivor Thomas Laboratory (ITL) is
complete. It is located on Central Campus
Drive, across the road from the Alumni
House and adjacent to the Energy & Minerals Research Office building (the old Bureau
of Mines building).
Many alumni may have distinct memories
of the Ore Dressing Lab and working with
equipment there, in addition to the many
past and present faculty who spent numerous hours there in teaching and research.
Research such as the grinding circuit control
program and the tar sands program had
their home in ODL. There may be many of
your best (and worst) research moments
The Ore Dressing Lab comes down
Old dedicatory plaque
that can be linked to the legacy of the ODL,
and to those of you who have worked and
studied in that building, the department expresses its gratitude for contributing to that
research and keeping it up and running.
For the past few months, the department
was faced with the arduous task of moving
all of the equipment from the ODL to the
new Ivor Thomas Laboratory. These include
Jan Miller's and Raj Rajamani's mineral
processing equipment and ball mills, Rocky
Sohn's high-temperature reactors and furnaces, Ravi Chandran's hot press, Siva
Guruswamy's induction unit, and Zak Fang's
ultrahigh-pressure cold press. The faculty
had the difficult challenge of reinstalling
these massive pieces of equipment and
accessories and restoring functionality
while minimizing the research downtime.
Given the fact there are a large number of
research projects in progress, it was quite a
task. A few pieces of light equipment were
moved to the Browning Building. Although
we have less laboratory space in the new
Ivor Thomas Laboratory (about 4,700 sq. ft.
in the new building as opposed to the old
space the department held — about 9,000
sq. ft), the good news is that the equipment
is in an entirely new facility with utilities,
drainage, and ambience meeting current
building-code standards.
The research equipment is installed in the
new location, and the new ITL is now functional. We invite you to visit our new facility
when next you are on campus.
The Metallurgical Engineering faculty in front of the new Ivor Thomas Laboratory.
Left to right: Drs. Ravi Chandran, Mike Free, Zak Fang, Mike Moats, Rocky Sohn,
Jan Miller, Raj Rajamani, and Siva Guruswamy.
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Faculty and Staff News
Jan Miller with Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr
and Greg Critchfield, Vice Chair of the State
Advisory Council on Science & Technology
and President of Myriad Genetic
Laboratories (right to left)
Governor’s Medal for
Science and Technology
On January 4, 2007, Dr. Jan D. Miller
was presented the Governor’s Medal for
Science and Technology for 2006. The
Governor’s Medal recognizes career
achievements and/or distinguished service
that has benefited the State of Utah in
science and technology.
In Memoriam —
Dr. R. Peter King
1938-2006
The world lost an outstanding scholar and
human being on September 11, 2006 when Dr. R.
Peter King, Professor
Emeritus, died at the age
of 68. His accomplishments over his lifetime
were truly remarkable.
Peter was born in
Springs, South Africa, on
March 13, 1938. His youth was spent on a
gold mine. In 1956 he met Ellen, who would
become his constant companion, loving wife
and partner for the rest of his life. Peter
graduated cum laude with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Witwatersrand University in 1958 and received a M.Sc. from Wits
in 1962. Upon graduation he received a
scholarship from Shell for doctoral studies at
Manchester University. Peter and Ellen got
married in Manchester, and this is also
where they started their family.
In 1963 Peter received his Ph.D. and
returned to South Africa. From 1963 to 1990
he taught at Wits and led a research group
at the National Institute of Metallurgy. Honors during this period include being elected
President of the South African Institute of
Mining Metallurgy. He was appointed a Life
Fellow of SAIMM and Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Prime Minister. Peter was awarded the Gold Medal of
2007 EPD
Technology &
Science Awards
Dr. H. Y. “Rocky”
Sohn received the
2007 Extraction and
Processing Science
Award
from
The
Minerals, Metals and
Materials
Society
(TMS) of AIME, for his
paper, "The Influence
of Chemical Equilibrium
on Fluid-Solid Reaction
Rates and the Falsification of Activation Energy," published in
Metall. Mater. Trans. B. The award
recognizes a paper representing “notable
contributions to the scientific understanding
of the extraction and processing of
nonferrous metals.” This makes Rocky the
first-ever four-time recipient of this
prestigious award.
In addition, TMS named Dr. Jose R.
Parga Torres (PhD 1987), Professor at
Instituto Tecnologico de Saltillo, Mexico,
and Dr. Jesus L. Valenzuela (ME 1989),
Professor at Universidad de Sonora,
Mexico, recipients of the 2007 EPD
Technology Award, for their paper “Arsenic
Removal by Electrocoagulation Technology
in Comarca Lagunera Mexico,” by
Jose R. Parga, David L. Cocke,
the SAIMM in 1991.
Peter first came to the U as a Visiting Professor, on sabbatical in
1987. In 1990 he returned as a Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and the Director of
the Generic Mineral Processing
Center in Comminution, and in 1999
he became department chair.
Peter and Ellen became citizens of
the United States of America in
1995.
He received the 2002 Antoine M.
Gaudin Award from SME for his
seminal research in mineral liberation. In
2003 Peter was elected to the National
Academy of Engineering for “recognition of
the development of useful techniques to
quantify mineral liberation and in leadership
in internet education of mineral processors.”
He was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mineral Processing and
was a member of the Undergraduate Council at the University of Utah.
He published more than 150 scholarly
papers on fundamental aspects of mineral
processing. He was the author or coauthor
of five books, the most recent of which are
Introduction to Practical Fluid Flow, and
Modeling and Simulation of Mineral Process
Systems.
His wife, Ellen, says that Peter was always very busy preparing lectures but often
took time to visit the national parks and to
ski. Peter very much enjoyed being with his
seven grand-children. He recently ex-
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Jose Parga, Rocky Sohn, and Jesus
Valenzuela (left-right), at the TMS meeting
in Orlando, Florida, where the
department’s faculty and alumni took two
major extraction and processing awards
Jesus L. Valenzuela, Mehmet Kesmez,
Jewel A. G. Gomes, Hector A. Moreno, and
Ventura Valverde. The paper is the result of
an international partnership and longrunning research activity in electrocoagulation between Tecnologico of Saltillo and
Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. This
award, established in 1955, recognizes a
paper containing notable contributions to
the advancement of the technology of the
extraction and processing of nonferrous
metals.
Champion H Mathewson Award
Ravi Chandran (left) is presented the
Mathewson Award by Dr. Teresa Pollock,
the 2006 President of TMS
At the 2006 TMS Annual Meeting in San
Antonio, Dr. Ravi Chandran received the
2006 Champion H Mathewson Award of
TMS for notable contributions to metallurgical science in the award period.
pressed to Ellen a regret that he hadn’t had
an opportunity to teach his grandsons how
to make and fly airplanes, and he longed to
return to the African game parks.
We will all miss you, Peter.
Peter is survived by his wife Ellen, his
children Andrew (Angela), Janet (Richard),
and Jeremy (Sylvia), and grandchildren. His
brother Dudley died March 13, 2007.
Hellos & Goodbyes
Mellow Met Award for Excellence in
Teaching Metallurgical Engineering. He has
been appointed Advisor of LS-Nikko Co.,
Korea, which is one of the world's largest
copper smelters.
In late August 2006, Rocky was honored
by the "Sohn International Symposium on
Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials: Principles, Technologies and Industrial
Practice," held in San Diego, California and
sponsored by TMS. More than 540 papers
were presented, about a thousand researchers and scholars attended, and nine
proceedings volumes were published. All of
these were the highest numbers for a standalone symposium of this nature.
Executive Secretary Kay Argyle recently
observed her 25th employment anniversary
with the U.
We congratulate Prof. Mike Moats on his
new family member, Morgan Judith Moats,
born November 11, 2006.
In November 2006, Dr. Colleen Hough
accepted a job with Idaho Technologies Inc.
Colleen worked with Jack Adams on the
biotechnology research program.
Honors
Dr. Zhigang Zak Fang was recently
granted tenure and promoted to Associate
Professor.
The University of Pretoria, South Africa,
will confer an honorary doctorate upon Jan
Miller in April 2007.
It was a big year for awards for Dr. H. Y.
“Rocky” Sohn. For the third time in the last
four years, students gave him the 2006
Emeritus
J. Gerald Byrne
[email protected]
Milton E. Wadsworth
Distinguished Prof.Emeritus
[email protected]
Ferron A. Olson
C. H. Pitt
Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus
Adjunct
Susan L. Halgedahl
List of Personnel
The faculty totals thirty-five, with eight
academic, eight research, fifteen adjunct,
and four emeritus appointments.
Raj K. Rajamani
Associate Professor
Professor
801/585-9798
801/581-3107
[email protected]
[email protected]
Siva Guruswamy
Claudio L. Schneider
Professor
[email protected]
Gerald T. Cashman
Adjunct . Prof.
GE Aviation
[email protected]
Terry Chatwin
Adjunct Assoc. Prof.
Director, UEES, Univ of Utah
801/581-6348
Eneco
Research Professor
Research Professor
[email protected]
801/581-5309
[email protected]
719/386-0268 (Colorado)
Professor
[email protected]
801/581-5491
[email protected]
Ravi Chandran
Jan D. Miller
Jan Hupka
Wlodzimierz Zmierczak
Professor
Ivor Thomas Prof. & Chair
Research Professor
Research Assoc. Prof.
801/581-7197
[email protected]
801/581-5160
Weol D. Cho
Michael Moats
Research Assoc. Prof.
Assistant Professor
801/581-6278
801/581-4013
[email protected]
[email protected]
Zhigang Zak Fang
Jakub Nalaskowski
Associate Professor
Research Assoc. Prof.
801/581-8128
[email protected]
801/581-4356
[email protected]
Brady Butler swept the board in 2006.
He was selected as the 2006 Valedictorian
for the College of Mines and Earth Sciences
and received the Oblad Medal of Excellence
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor
Qiang Yu
Antofagasta, Chile
Adjunct Prof.
USG Corp, Libertyville IL
Douglas Halbe
847/970-5135
[email protected]
Adjunct Professor
801/582-3655
[email protected]
801/581-3060
Support Staff
[email protected]
Ms. Karen Haynes
Mr. Jim Davis
Office Support Coordinator
Technician
Ms. Kay Argyle
Ms. Dorrie Spurlock
Executive Secretary
Secretary
Research Staff
Mr. Doug Knaphus
Dr. Jose Delgadillo
Dr. Peng Fan
Dr. Jinshan Li
Kay & Karen
College and was the 2005 Outstanding
Freshman.
Ryan Morrison was the Outstanding
Freshman Student, with a gpa of 3.8.
Students
in Metallurgical Engineering. His 4.0 gpa
earned Outstanding Senior Awards both
from the department and from the Young
Alumni for the college.
Brady previously received the department’s Outstanding Sophomore and Junior
Student Awards. His scholarships include
the Kennecott, Copper Club, Cooper Hansen, Franklin & Elizabeth Alex, Oblad Energy, Catherine Singer, and Departmental.
He attended East High in Salt Lake.
Brady is now working
Enrollment
on his master’s with Zak
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Fang.
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Zane Wyatt received
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the Outstanding Junior
50
Student Award for his 3.9
40
gpa. Zane came to the U
30
from Castleford, Idaho.
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The
Outstanding
10
S op hom o re
S tu den t
0
Award went to James D.
P a r a mo r e .
J am es ’s
g.p.a. was 4.0. James
transferred to the U from
Salt Lake Community
Undergraduates
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Undergraduate
Saskia Duyvesteyn
303/470-3524 Colorado
[email protected]
Research Professor
Jose Delgadillo won the 2006 Graduate
Seminar Award for Best Student Presentation for his seminar on large eddy simulation
modeling and design of hydrocyclones. The
audience complimented his visual aids. His
previous degrees are from the University of
San Luis Potosi in Mexico.
The Teaching Assistant Award went to
Edgar Blanco. Edgar was T.A. for Dr.
Sohn’s “High-Temperature Chemical Processing” class, Fall 2005. He received his
B.S. from the Universidad Nacional Jorge
Bas, Peru, and a Masters from the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin, and briefly
attended BYU. He is finishing up his Masters under Rocky Sohn’s supervision and
will do a Ph.D. with Jan Miller.
Terry Ring
Adjunct Assoc. Prof.
Adjunct Professor
Structural Integrity Associates 801/581-6915 Chem & Fuels Eng
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
[email protected]
Carlos Garcia
Hong Yong Sohn
Graduate
Yan Kucherov
[email protected] Adjunct Professor
[email protected]
John A. Herbst
Student Recognition
Adjunct Prof.
Central South University
Changsha, PRC
Research Asst. Prof.
Chen Luh Lin
[email protected] [email protected]
Yuehua Hu
Rong Yu Wan
Academic & Research
+48-58-347-1791 (Poland)
Adjunct Assoc. Prof.
Utah Engg Experiment Station
775/778-8762
D. Jack Adams
801/585-7349
John R. Hamilton
Adjunct Asst. Prof.
Barrick, Elko, Nevada
801/581-7217
[email protected]
801/585-3963
[email protected]
Adjunct Professor
Salt Lake City
Marshal D. Clark
Michael L. Free
Adjunct Assoc. Prof.
Geology & Geophysics, U of U
William D. Callister
4
Years
New Metallurgical Engineering Graduates for Fall 2005, Spring 2006, & Fall 2006
Bachelor of Science
Cameron Barton
Barton, Cameron Lewis ...... Fall 2005
Bird, Taylor S.................. Summer 2006
Butler, Brady G. ................ Spring 2006
Gause, Hally Michelle.......... Fall 2005
Harding, Joseph Ray........... Fall 2005
Johnson, Stephen Curtis .... Spring 2006
Tayler, Merrill J. ................ Spring 2006
Warner, Nathan ................ Spring 2006
Brady Butler
College of Mines & Earth Sciences
Valedictorian;
Oblad Medal for Excellence in
Metallurgical Engineering;
2004 Outstanding Sophomore,
2005 Outstanding Junior, & 2006
Outstanding Senior Student Awards.
Outstanding Senior Award for
CMES, Young Alumni.
Taylor Bird
2005 Outstanding
Sophomore
Student Award.
Doctor of Philosophy
Steve Johnson
Joe Harding
2006 UEES Team of
Excellence Award
Hally Gause on field assignment in Valdez
doing some corrosion inspection for the
Ballast Water System for Alyeska.
Master of Science
Jose Delgadillo
2006 Graduate Seminar Award,
2004 Department Teaching
Assistant Award,
2004 College of Mines & Earth
Science Teaching Assistant Award
Odie Mena
Delgadillo Gomez, Jose Angel . Summer 2006
Amit Jain
Alvaro Videla
“Modeling of 75- and 250-mm Hydrocyclones
and Exploration of Novel Designs Using
Computational Fluid Dynamics” [Rajamani]
Niewiadomski, Marcin Michal
Jei-Pil Wang
Francisco Medina
............. Fall 2006
“Air Sparged Hydrocyclone Flotation for Oily
Wastewater Treatment” [Miller]
Hupka, Lukasz Jan .................... Spring 2006
“Particle-Surface Interactions in Post-Lap
Cleaning of Alumina/Titanium Carbide
Wafers” [J. D. Miller]
Jain, Amit ....................................Spring 2006
“Development of Flotation Technology for Trona
Industry” [J. D. Miller]
Panda, Krutibas ......................... Summer 2006
Medina, Juan Francisco .............Spring 2006
"First Principles Density Functional Theory
Calculations of Anisotropic Elastic Constants of
Titanium Borides" [Chandran]
“Characterization of Copper Minerals from the
Flotation Circuit at ‘Negociacion Minera Santa
Maria de la Paz’” [J. D. Miller]
Mena, Manolete .......................... Fall 2006
“Chemical Vapor Synthesis of WC–Co
Nanoparticles” [H. Y. Sohn]
Videla, Alvaro R. ....................... Summer 2006
“Development of Three-Dimensional Image
Computer Tools for X–Ray Computed
Tomography Analysis of Multiphase Particulate
Systems” [J. D. Miller]
Marcin
Niewiadomski
Krutibas Panda
Wang, Jei–Pil................................. Fall 2006
Lukasz Hupka
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“Kinetics of Copper Dissolution in Na2O-Based
Slags” [W. D. Cho]
Department Research
Funding
Research funding remains up.
1993
$1,806,516
2000
$556,807
1994
$2,152,553
2001
$719,431
1995
$527,661
2002 $1,668,319
1996
$1,577,976
2003 $1,584,815
1997
$1,958,009
2004 $1,918,661
1998
$1,524,154
2005 $1,604,616
1999
$727,815
2006 $1,512,107
Hydrometallurgy
Francis Elnathan, Amrita Mahapatra,
and Shili Zheng are studying the use of
activated carbon and magnetic activated
carbon for gold recovery from alkaline cyanide solution under Jan Miller’s supervision.
Flow through packed particle beds is the
topic for Alvaro Videla’s (MS 2006) PhD
thesis. Alvaro is using 3D x-ray CT information to define complex geometry of the pore
network structure and simulating the unsaturated flow behavior using the lattice Boltzmann method, with advice from Profs. Lin
and Miller.
With Prof. Miller, Dr. Jinshan Li continues to look at noncyanide hydrometallurgy
strategies for the treatment of gold ores,
including leaching, solution concentration
and purification, and recovery.
Electrocatalysts
Prof. Mike Moats has enjoyed a fruitful
first year with the department. His group is
working on two projects, funded by DOE/
CAST and Phelps Dodge Mining Company.
Prachi Shrivastava is focused on improving
anode technology for primary metal electrowinning systems by stabilization of ruthe-
Pyrometallurgy
Dr. H. Y. Sohn has a new $200,000 project funded by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM),
"Mathematical Modeling of Flame Reaction
Process for the Synthesis of Silicon Compounds from Waste Silicon Sludge," running
through April 2010. A project on suspension
hydrogen reduction of iron oxide concentrate, funded by American Iron & Steel Institute & U.S. DOE, is underway, as well as
one on metallic iron whiskers growth during
the reduction of iron oxide, funded by the
U.S.-Egypt Joint Science and Technology
Board/NSF. He published 21 papers during
the year.
He and Prof. Zak Fang have three continuing projects funded by the U.S. DOE, on
bulk nanocrystalline cemented tungsten
carbide, chemical vapor synthesis of metal
hydrides for reversible hydrogen storage,
and nanocrystalline intermetallic coatings
for metal alloys in coal-fired environments.
Dr. Dong Won Lee of Nanopowder Materials Group at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Changwon, Korea
visited from September to October 2006 to
discuss nanopowder synthesis with Prof.
Sohn's research group and to plan international collaboration.
State of Utah Establishes USTAR
Plan to Advance Technology
Development at Universities
The State of Utah has established the
Utah Science Technology and Research
(USTAR) initiative to bolster Utah’s economy with high-paying jobs. The intent is to
recruit world-class research teams in carefully targeted disciplines. These teams will
develop products and services that can be
commercialized in new businesses and
industries. $40M has been allocated over a
five-year period. In addition, construction of
a $130M USTAR building is planned for the
campus, funded by $100M from the State
via the USTAR initiative and the balance
from the U.
nium dioxide for oxygen evolution. Chayata
Piriyapong is working on understanding
rapid voltage escalations experienced by
iridium dioxide electrocatalysts in copper
electrowinning. The ultimate goal is to develop improved anodes that can reduce the
power consumption of worldwide primary
metal operations by 400 mW. Mike’s research group is rounded out with an undergraduate researcher, Steve Merrill.
Mike was awarded an NSF travel grant to
visit Dr. Adalgisa Andrade at the University
of Sao Paulo-FFCLRP in Brazil to develop a
collaborative research program on developing electrocatalysts for wastewater electrolysis and direct ethanol PEM fuel cells.
Another international collaboration is being formed with Dr. Masatsugu Morimitsu
of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Dr.
Morimitsu visited in October 2006 to establish plans for a joint research program develDr. Weol Cho is developing two new
technologies. The first is a new synthetic
oxide flux system based on titanium oxide to
remove nitrogen from molten metals including steels and superalloys. The new flux
was found to have a much higher affinity for
nitrogen than other oxide fluxes reported
previously. The nitrogen content can be
lowered to an extremely low level using the
flux. The preliminary study was presented at
the Sohn International Symposium and has
been submitted to Materials and Metallurgical Transactions for publication. An application of utility patent on the discovery of the
flux has been filed by the Technology Commercialization Office.
The other project is to develop a new
process to eliminate copper impurities from
solid ferrous scrap, in particular auto scrap.
The trace amount of copper causes a detrimental effect to various steel properties. For
this reason, ferrous scrap containing copper
has not been recycled effectively by the
steel industry, especially not by the EAF
minimill industry. The proposed process will
remove copper without melting scrap, unlike
other processes attempted previously. Labscale fundamental studies are currently
underway to fully develop the technology.
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Currently eight USTAR programs at the
university have been authorized:
• Fossil Energy
• Biomedical Device Innovation
• IT Networks & Memory
• Circuits of the Brain
• Personalized Medicine
• Nano-Technology Bio-Sensors
• Imaging Technology
• Diagnostic Imaging
Each USTAR program will have about
$5M over a five-year period to accomplish
the initiative’s goals. It is expected that the
Department of Metallurgical Engineering will
be able to participate in the USTAR
programs on Nanotechnology Biosensors
and Utah Fossil Energy.
oping “intelligent” electrocatalysts that can
inhibit side reactions while promoting desired reactions.
Mike co-authored four papers in 2006 on
electrocatalytic coatings for industrial electrolysis, particle microelectrodes from flotation concentrates and tailings, and anode
passivation in copper electrorefining.
In May 2006, Phelps Dodge Mining Corp.
invited Mike to deliver a one-day short
course on alternative anodes for copper
electrowinning, in Safford, Arizona. Eighteen process and research engineers from
all of Phelps Dodge’s North American electrowinning operations attended the course.
Finally, Mike has been invited to join the
Copper Refining Group, a North American
industry consortium of all operating copper
refineries. Mike is only the second academic
invitee in the 20-year history of the Group.
Electrometallurgy
Prof. Mike Free’s research group works
in the areas of metal extraction, electrodeposition, corrosion, and electrochemical
machining. They are currently working on
electrodeposition methods to produce alloy
coatings that have appropriate values of
stress, resistivity, composition, and coefficient of thermal expansion to meet the demands of the electronics industry.
The group is also working on projects to
improve gold and copper recovery during
extraction from gold and copper ores. Another project is underway to reduce energy
consumption in the copper industry by
more than 50% using nontraditional hydrometallurgical and electrometallurgical processing.
Future projects are in various stages of
development, including work in nanoparticle removal, fuel cells, agglomeration, precipitation, corrosion modeling, metal extraction modeling, and electrochemical micromachining. In addition, they are collaborating with Prof. Guruswamy’s group in a corrosion study involving magnetostrictive
alloys.
The work in the electrometallurgy group
has resulted in research opportunities for
several undergraduate and graduate
students this past year.
Advanced Fuels Development
Dr. Wlodzimierz Zmierczak initiated
development of processes for production of
two types of new generation fuels from
lignin, an abundant biomass component.
They include conversion of lignin to bio-jet
fuel and to bio-naphthenic kerosene. The
bio-jet fuel project, funded by DARPA, is
realized as teamwork with North Dakota
University. In the framework of this project
The group will provide the technology for
production of aromatic component of the
fuel. The goal is generation of JP-8 jet fuel
from biomass feedstocks. The bionaphthenic kerosene project, funded by
BioFuels Development Group, leads to
production of high-performance jet and
rocket fuels.
Wlodek and Jan are starting a large
long-term R&D project on production of
dimethyl ether (DME) from synthesis gas
generated in the coal gasification process.
This project will develop catalysts and
reactors for commercial production of
dimethyl ether (DME) and consecutive
conversions of this primary product to
olefins, gasoline, and diesel fuel.
Wlodek continues projects on lignin to
bio-gasoline (PureVision Technologies,
Inc.) and naphthenic kerosene from refinery
naphtha feedstock projects.
Bioremediation
Microbes, plants, and their components
(biomaterials) are being harnessed to clean
various wastewaters of inorganic contaminants. Bioremediation can be used to clean
up oil spills and remove metals, salts, and
other chemicals from the soil, water, and
waste materials. Additionally, biotechnologies have enabled scientists to harness
the genes and gene products of different
plants and microbes to increase their usefulness in bioremediation. Research conducted under programs directed by Dr.
Jack Adams and Jan Miller is developing
new biotreatment products and bioprocesses based on these concepts.
This research is being conducted by
Nicol Newton, Madhuri Nanduri, James
Kennedy, and Brett Richins. Bioremediation processes and products developed by
this team are being integrated into biotreatment and bioremediation processes for
mine wastes and wastewaters.
Physical Metallurgy —
Fatigue, fracture, titanium boride
Dr. Ravi Chandran’s State Center of
Excellence on titanium boride materials is in
its fourth year. Four grad students are creating titanium boride-coated titanium materials
and nanostructured titanium boride for applications ranging from biomedical implant
devices to bearings, gears, and dies. The
Center is funded by the State Office of Economic Development and by Ortho Development Corp., of Draper, Utah.
The students, principally Curtis Lee, in
collaboration with Loveridge Machine Co. of
Salt Lake, have designed and built a pin-ondisk wear machine to enable testing of implant materials submerged in bovine serum,
a medium simulating human blood. The
machine has force and torque sensors in
Titanium boride-coated ball bearings for
use in industrial/aerospace applications.
Polished by Industrial Techtonics in Detroit.
Physical Metallurgy—Magnetic
and Electronic Materials
The activities of Prof.
Siva
Guruswamy's magnetic and electronic
materials group include developing highperformance magnetostrictive alloys for
sensor and actuator and other applications,
research on nanoscale magnetic structures,
development of solid-state thermal diode
structures, examining deformation and damage in silicon, germanium, and compound
semiconductor crystals and wafers, and
examination of issues related to failures in
lead cable sheathing in high-voltage underground power transmission systems.
The clean-room facility for magnetic
materials and thin film development work,
the high-temperature metallic single-crystal
growth facility, and magnetic measurement
capabilities have seen further improvements
over the past year. Research in nanoscale
magnetic and electronic structures
is anticipated to expand during the
coming year.
We are fortunate to have
excellent graduate students Jay
Jayaraman, Swieng Thuanboon,
Deepak Thimmegowda, Adirek
Janwong, Cod y
Pearce,
Padungkiat Kwannnikom and
Passakorn Duangmuan working
on various projects. We are deeply
saddened by the serious accident
Hally Gause (BS 2006) in
Dr. Guruswamy’s clean room.
(Actually, we staged this photo for
our new undergraduate brochure.)
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three axes and is intended to measure subtleties associated with dynamic friction between contacting hard surfaces. The Center
has also made the first titanium boridecoated balls for use as ball bearings for
industrial/aerospace applications.
Anil Kumar completed his master’s thesis, developing a materials information system for efficient database storage of materials property data of commercial metallic
materials. He has joined a database software company in Detroit, Michigan.
Two new students have joined Dr.
Chandran’s group. Biplab Sarma, formerly
at Essar Steel Ltd., India, has joined Dr.
Chandran’s group for PhD research on titanium boride materials. Paul Chang transferred from the Department of Mechanical
Engineering to work with Dr. Chandran on
fatigue of superalloys. In a collaborative
project between the University and GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Paul will explore
the nature of duality of fatigue brought about
by stray inclusions in superalloys.
Dr. Chandran also received a one-year
Small Grant for Exploratory Research from
NSF, for understanding and controlling the
uncertainty in fatigue of superalloys. GE
Aircraft Engines Corp. will provide material
for the study, which may help in establishing
long-term collaborations in this area. Dr.
Gerald Cashman of GE Aircraft Engines
visited in November for discussions.
to Deepak's brother recently, and we pray
for his complete recovery. Jason Neff has
taken employment with Syllarus and is
anticipated to finish his MS work during the
year.
It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr.
Nakorn Srisukhumbowornchai and his
family back to Salt Lake City. He is here as
a Visiting Professor during 2006-07, working
at the Magnetic Materials Laboratory as a
part of Center of Excellence activities. He is
currently a faculty member and Acting
Division Head at the King Monghut's Institute of Technology, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Thanks to support from the University
and many individuals, we have been able to
bring the TEM back on-line. A popular new
course in the principles and practice of
transmission electron microscopy was
offered Fall semester, enabling students
from various groups on campus to operate
the TEM independently. Efforts to obtain a
next-generation TEM facility are underway.
The Magnetic Materials Laboratory was
recognized as a Finalist for the Stoel Rieves
award and as one of the winners of the
Edison Innovation Showcase competition
held in Salt Lake City in 2006.
Visitors this year include Dr. K. L. Murty
from NC State, Dr. Raghaw Rai, Free Scale
Semiconductor (Motorolla), Austin Texas,
Dr. Srini Srinivasan, Los Alamos, Drs.
Greg Peisert and Brian Lent, JGAI, and
visitors from Norway and Detroit. Dr. Rai
presented an invited lecture on "Failure
Analysis of Semiconductor Devices during
Device Development and Manufacture."
Mineral Processing
Dr. Miller’s students Edgar Blanco and
Francisco Medina are investigating aspects of the flotation of gold ores such as
factors that limit effluent recovery, cindlugin
liberation issues, and surface chemistry
factors. Students working on other flotation
research include Orhan Ozdemir (trona),
Hao Du (other soluble salts), and Lukasz
Hupka (phosphate rock).
Preferential grain boundary fracture in
multiphase particles is being studied by
Daniel Garcia, under the direction of Profs.
Lin and Miller, using 3D x-ray CT information to define the extent of preferential
breakage as a function of the loading rate
and other variables.
Dr. Raj Rajamani’s research group just
completed a DOE project on energy reduction in SAG mills via redesign of shell lifters
and discharge pulp lifters. Cortez Gold
Mines, Crescent Valley, Nevada cooperated immensely with the project. They actually redesigned the shell and pulp lifter as
recommended by the University of Utah
team. In January 2007 they reported a net
plant work index reduction of 3.6 kWh/ton.
During the course of this project Sravan
Kumar Prathy completed his M.S. thesis
and went to work for Metso Minerals in
Colorado Springs. Trailokya N. Patra will
be completing his M.S. thesis on pulp lifters
in May 2007. Dr. Sanjeeva Latchireddi,
postdoctoral fellow on this project for three
years, took up a chief engineer position at
Outokumpu Technology, Centennial, Colorado.
In summer 2006, Dr. Jose Delgadillo
completed his Ph.D. on the computational
fluid dynamics of hydrocyclones using large
eddy simulation as the turbulence model.
He continues to work with Dr. Rajamani on
the CFD of heavy-media cyclones. Jose
has been substituting as lecturer for the
mineral processing class for the past two
years. He received excellent reviews from
his 2005 class of 13 students.
Tugcan Tuzcu is applying a nonlinear
population balance model to ultrafine grinding — that is, the evolution of particle size
distribution in stirred mill and planetary
mills. He is pursuing a Ph.D.
It has been a challenge for Swadhin
Saurabh to magnify the Lorentz force in his
eddy current device. Lately, he figured out
how to do this successfully. He will be completing masters degree soon.
Vishal Durisetti pursued the problem of
measuring impact spectra in grinding mills.
He devised load cell package and wireless
transmissions to go on the grinding mill.
The force spectra of impacts were successfully gathered via wireless and a control
computer. DOE is funding the project with
the aim of helping mill operators monitor
grinding mills more closely.
X-ray Computed Tomography Lab
phy have limited its application to biological
studies.
The resolution for x-ray projection-type
computed tomography is commonly thought
to be determined by the x-ray source spot
size. Only recently have x-ray sources with
spot sizes of 1 µm or less become available. These micro-focus x-ray generators
combined with advances in image detector
technology have given us nano-tomography
systems with submicron resolution.
Jan Miller and Dr. C. L. Lin plan to expand the existing laboratory to provide 3D
multiscale imaging of multiphase systems,
both at the small, nano-scale end (hundreds
of nanometers in resolution) and at the larger milli-scale end (millimeter level of resolution). The cost for the expanded laboratory is estimated at $1,000,000.
For scale-up purposes, a milli-CT scanner will be installed suitable for imaging of
larger multiphase systems at the millimeter
level of resolution. Key differences between
the milli-CT scanner and CT scanners commonly available in medical facilities include
the use of high-energy x-ray sources and
systems with higher resolution and the ability to handle dense materials and large objects and to operate the system under insitu conditions such as flow in packed particle beds or porous media.
In addition to the current research programs, the proposed expanded CT laboratory (nano-micro-milli) will be of particular
interest for analysis of exploration/production cores without tedious sample preparation. The cores can be directly examined
in the field using a mobile system.
Powder Metallurgy
& Nanocrystals
Metal Hydride Center of Excellence led by
Sandia National Lab, funded by DOE.
To prepare future engineers and scientists for the challenge of the everchanging
technological development in the real world,
Zak now offers a class entitled “Selected
Topics on Nanoparticles for Engineers.” The
class was taught the first time in Fall 2006,
and it attracted students from both in and
outside the department.
Xu Wang and Haibo Zhang were the
respective winners of second and third
prizes for metallography during the annual
conference of the American Powder Metallurgy Institute.
Two more undergraduates, Eric Riddle
and Megan Hotchkiss, joined James Paramore to work in the group as undergraduate research assistants.
David Harding has pseudo-graduated
and gone to work for Diamicron in Orem,
Utah. David started in the department as a
freshman over eight years ago. He has
passed his doctoral qualification exams.
Oladapo Eso defended his doctoral dissertation and has started his career with
Alldyne Advanced Materials, a division of
Alleghany Corporation. Vineet Kumar finished his Masters program and will be returning for a Ph.D degree.
During the past six years, the X-ray micro
computed tomography (CT) instrumentation
has provided for 3D visualization and analysis of multiphase systems at a resolution of
ten microns. This custom-designed, stateof-the-art equipment has been used by researchers from multiple departments for
advanced research in core analysis; mineral
exposure/liberation; fluid transport analysis
of heap leaching systems; colloid transport
and deposition in porous media; tooth
enamel mineralization; metrological analysis
of micro-electro-mechanical systems; LB
multiphase flow simulation in porous media
(particle beds and exploration drill core);
and characterization of cellular polycrystalline diamond, structured composites and
advanced alloys, of porous brittle solid
structures, of energy resources, and of
structural analogs of geological material
observed by the Martian Rover.
Because X-ray CT imaging nondestructively measures the material characteristics
of a sample at each volume element in
three-dimensional space, multiphase systems can be quantified while structure and
dimensions are being measured. In addition, for porous structures the internal surface (interface) and pore network connectivity can be determined.
At present, multiscale (scale-up) analysis, from nanometers to meters, is a major
issue in the science and engineering community. Although electron tomography using
STEM can provide true nanometer resolution, sample preparation, penetration depth
of dense material, and limited view tomogra-
The Powder Metallurgy group under
Prof. Zak Fang’s direction is working on
synthesis of nanocrystalline materials including nanoparticles and consolidation of
nanoparticles into bulk nanocrystalline materials, functionally designed composite
hard materials containing cemented tungsten carbide and polycrystalline diamond,
and hydrogen storage materials.
The Utah State Center of Excellence on
Functionally Designed Cemented Tungsten
Carbide and Diamond Composite was established.
An ultrahigh-pressure rapid hot consolidation press is finally installed and tested. It
consolidates nanosized powders for fabrication of bulk nanocrystalline materials. Materials that have been consolidated on this
press include nano tungsten carbide, nano
tungsten, nano boron carbide, and nano
tantalum carbide.
Hydrogen-storage materials research
made significant progress. We published
several papers and applied for patents on
two breakthrough materials and reactions
that are potentially usable for hydrogen storage. As the result, we are now the lead organization for research on amide-related
materials for hydrogen storage within the
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Water Treatment
A unique project on water treatment is
being carried out with Newmont under Jan
Miller’s supervision, with focus on waste
water treatment for Yanacocha Gold Mine,
Peru. One of the world’s largest membrane
units was installed at Yanacocha by
Harrison Western for removal of contaminants in the cyanide solution, such as
arsenic, lead, mercury, zinc, selenium,
copper, thallium, cyanate, and thiocyanate.
The unit has performed effectively since
installation, but concerns regarding accumulation of contaminants in the process
water have stimulated research.
The project involves testing membrane
equipment at Harrison Western laboratories
to evaluate the utility of membrane technology in conjunction with solution chemistry
to recover and/or remove cyanide from
process waters such as those encountered
at Yanacocha. Rajesh Raitani, a PhD
student in the Environmental Engineering
option, will carry out speciation of various
oxyanions and cyanoanions in permeate
and the concentrate streams in order to
develop a process strategy for treating the
concentrate stream prior to recycle to the
plant operations.
Alumni News
1930s
Wilbur L. Kennicott (BS 1939) retired as
Vice President of Engineering after 41 years
with Kennametal in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
He has nine patents. He received his 75th
Anniversary Medal from ASME. He is a Life
Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers.
1960s
K. S. Mortensen (PhD 1967) has retired
after 37 years as a Professor of Mechanical
Engineering at Brigham Young University in
Provo, Utah.
1980s
Cary D. Young (BS 1983) survived the
evacuation of Houston during Hurricane
Rita! He is Principal Technical Professional
at Kellogg Brown & Root (Houston), involved in the engineering, procurement, and
construction of large-scale refining, petrochemical, and mining facilities for clients
around the world. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas. Previously he worked for Noltex as Asst. Tech
Manager, Equistar Chemicals, and Celanese. He is married with two sons, Mark
(13) and Jeffrey (9).
Heidi Bastian (BS 1985) (née Bieniosek)
is concentrating on being a mother. The
family moved to Nooksack, Washington in
April 2006. Her husband Clint works as an
Engineer for Anvil Corp., designing oil refineries. Their three children were as excited
about the move as their parents.
Ramana G. Reddy,
American Telugu
Association Excellence
in Engineering Award
American Telugu
Association
Excellence in
Engineering Award
The Wardells at state volleyball, when Brighton High won the
5A State Volleyball championship. Justin (13) and Jonah (7),
Ramana G. Reddy Aubrey (20), Megan, Erica (17), and Don. Erica was one of
(PhD 1980), the ACIPCO
the starting middle blockers for the team.
professor of metallurgical
and materials engineering and the
department head at the University of
Alabama, has been awarded the American
Telugu Association Excellence in
Engineering Award. This prestigious award
recognizes dedication to the promotion of
literary, cultural, educational, religious,
social, economic, health, and community
activities for people of Telugu origin.
Friends of the
Department
Dr. Zhorro Nikolov received the Outstanding
Research Faculty Award
from Drexel University.
Zhorro is the Director of
the Centralized Materials
Characterization Facility,
and a Research Professor
in the Department of Zhorro Nikolov,
Materials Science and
Outstanding
Engineering at Drexel Research Faculty
University College of Award, Drexel
Engineering, Philadelphia,
University
Pennsylvania.
1990s
Qiang Yu (PhD 1991) was promoted to
Senior Research Associate at USG in April
2006. Qiang started his career at USG Research in 1991. He has completed numerous inventions related to the manufacture of
gypsum wallboard, including MCM, fireresistant additives, and wet gypsum accelerator. Qiang received the 1998 USG Technology Award for discovery of MCM, and the
technology was the basis for the “Next Generation SHEETROCK®” marketing program.
More recently, Qiang is lead researcher on
USG’s weight reduction program. A crossfunctional team is exploring how to commercialize this technology. He has ten patents
and eight patents pending. He is an Adjunct
Professor in our department and listed in the
Who’s Who in Science & Engineering.
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2007 Distinguished Teaching
Award, University of Utah
Don Wardell (BS 1985, MS 1987), an
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Management at the University
of Utah's David Eccles School of Business,
received a Distinguished Teaching Award
from the U. This award honors faculty with
eight or more years of service at the U,
recognizing outstanding teaching, innovative pedagogy, concern for students, and
exemplary contributions to the educational
process outside the classroom. (Other recipients of this award whose names you
might recognize include John Herbst, 1986,
and Milton Wadsworth, 1978.)
Don’s wife Megan is also an alumna —
BS 1985.
Don has taught at both undergraduate
and graduate levels, including teaching
classes in Spanish at INCAE in Costa Rica.
He received a Ph.D. from Purdue University's Krannert Graduate School of Management. He has been honored with the
David Eccles School of Business's Masters
Teaching Excellence Award, the Brady
Superior Teaching Award, and the Marvin
J. Ashton Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. His research interests
are mainly in the areas of quality management and Six Sigma, and especially statistical process control.
2000s
Suraj Jain (MS 2001) graduated from
Duke University with an MBA in June 2004.
He was named 2004 Fuqua Scholar for his
academic achievement. He started work
with Reckitt Benckiser (makers of Lysol,
Dettol, Airwick, etc.) as Assistant Brand
Manager, and was promoted to Associate
Brand Manager in the summer of 2005.
We’d love to hear from you. Let us
know what’s going on in your life – fill
out the alumni activity questionnaire at
the back of the newsletter or send us
a letter (photos welcome).
In Memoriam
Bryant Jacobs Bullen
(BS 1948)
1925-2006
Bryant
Jacobs
Bullen passed away
peacefully June 27,
2006, at age 80, of
myleodysprastic
syndrome. He was
born September 22,
1925 to Bryant and
Helene Jacobs Bullen in Logan, Utah.
When he was five years old, his father
died following surgery. His mother obtained
work in Salt Lake City to support him, aided
by his grandmother, Eleanora Jacobs. Bry
Arthur Harvey Leigh
(MS 1952)
1913-2007
Arthur
Harvey
Leigh passed away
on Sunday, January
14, 2007 at the age of
93 in Boulder City,
Nevada. He was a
former resident of the
St George, Utah, area
for more than 13
years. He was born
in Lone Pine, California on November 30,
1913 and raised in
Ely, Nevada.
In 1936 he graduated from the University of Nevada Reno
with a BS in chemistry. He worked as a
chemist for Kennecott
Copper in McGill, Nevada.
Art married Ruth Nell Dart in 1940. She
preceded him in death in 1991 after 51
years of marriage.
During World War II, he served in the
Army Air Corps as a glider pilot from 1941
until 1946. He continued to serve his country in the Air Force Reserve, retiring in 1973
as a Lt. Colonel.
He worked for Kennecott Copper in Salt
Lake for almost 30 years, retiring in 1978
as general manager of the silver refinery.
He belonged to the Masonic Temple, the
Elks, and Kiwanis. He is survived by his
daughter Linda Leigh, a pharmacist, and
his son Arthur D. Leigh, a business owner.
attended schools in Salt Lake. He married
Beatrice Duke Nov. 16, 1953 in the Salt
Lake Temple.
Bry's work for Galligher Company (later
Baker-Hughes) carried him to South America, Mexico, South Africa, and many other
countries.
He loved barbecue lunches with his sonin-law, Dan, going to IHOP with his son Ted
and his boys, eating at Chuck-A-Rama and
having a quarter pounder at McDonalds. He
dearly loved his country, playing "The Stars
and Stripes Forever" at top volume on national holidays, with his young children
marching around the family room waving
flags.
After retirement, he devoted time to
genealogy. He found a distant cousin on the
Isle of Jersey who still had the French spelling Balleine of his name and went to visit
him, along with his wife. He was thrilled to
photograph headstones of Bullens in the
nearby cemetery and gathered many more
records there. He served faithfully in many
priesthood presidencies.
He is survived by his wife, Beatrice
Bullen, children, Thomas (Diana) Bullen,
Ted (Robin) Bullen, Diane (Dan) Larsen, Jill
(Todd) Crosland, and Pam (Mark) Clawson,
and 22 grandchildren; and preceded in
death by his parents and a sister, Patricia.
Charles Edward Jelden
(BS 1959)
1928-2006
Charles Edward Jelden
passed away
peacefully in Bountiful,
Utah on May 13, 2006,
with his wife of 49 years
and his daughter at his
side. He was born June
29, 1928 in Topeka,
Kansas to Vera Cates
and Edward Jelden, the
oldest of three brothers, and spent most of
his youth in Columbus, Nebraska. He was
preceded in death by his parents and
brother Jim.
Charles served in the U.S. Army from
1948 to 1951. He retired from Kennecott
Copper Corp. in 1984.
He married Geraldine Fitt on May 29,
1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They spent 49
years together and had four daughters:
Jacquelyn (Gary) Insch, of Morgantown,
West Virginia; Jennifer (Ed) Sahm, of San
Diego, California; Stacey (Roger) Reese, of
Bloomington, Idaho; Lisa (Joel) Sappenfield, of Kaysville, Utah; and thirteen muchloved grandchildren. The grandkids will
always remember grandpa and his $2 bills,
movies, and Popsicle runs!
Anyone who knew Charles knew of his
fascination with cameras and the cinema —
his breadth of knowledge was legendary.
He loved people, and no one was a
stranger for long. He also had a fondness
for animals, children and food.
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John L. Ballif, III
(MS 1954, PhD 1968)
1926-2006
John Lyman Ballif, III passed away age
80 on Saturday, May 20, 2006, following a
short illness. He was born May 17, 1926, in
Salt Lake City, son of John Lyman Ballif,
Jr., and Cora Hansen, and grew up there.
He received his B.S. degree from the
University of Colorado at Boulder (1946).
He was a U.S. Naval Reserve officer from
1943 to 1960.
John married Barbara Nielson of Blanding, Utah, in 1952.
He worked in the
aerospace and nuclear
energy industries in
California and Washington until 1975 when
he returned to Salt
Lake City to work as a
consulting engineer.
Later he and Barbara
moved to Provo and
then to Idaho Falls
where he continued his
consulting work before retiring in 1991.
John and Barbara served three missions together during the ‘90s, training
leaders in an inner city branch in Birmingham, Alabama and serving as missionaries
in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and
in the mission office of the Austria Vienna
Mission, which serves Austria, Serbia,
Croatia and Slovenia. In between, they
returned to reside in Provo.
John cared for Barbara during the last
difficult years of her life. He is survived by
his children, Christina Ballif Parkinson
(Alan), John (Lezlie), Joseph (Janet), David
(Chris), Jeffrey (Nancy), Mark (Julia); 27
grandchildren
and
nine
greatgrandchildren.
Donors
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We’d like to thank the individuals and organizations who provided (designate the specific program you wish to support) or using the
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enclosed card and U.S. business-reply envelope.
AMEC, Vancouver, British Columbia
Theodore Greaves (BS 1975), Clovis,
Montana Tech Foundation, Butte, Montana,
American Chemet Corp., East Helena,
California
in memory of Peter King
Scott Hartman (BS 1979), Hayden, Idaho
Ravindra Nadkarni (PhD 1967), SLC
Montana
Barrick Gold of North America, SLC
Karen Haynes, SLC, in memory of Peter
Ramaswam Neelemeggham (PhD 1972),
Robert Bartlett (BS 1953, PhD 1961), El
King
South Jordan, Utah
Thomas Henrie (PhD 1955), Orem, Utah
Newmont Mining Corp., Englewood,
Dorado Hills, California
Edward & Larue Baumgarten, St. George,
INOTEC, SLC
Colorado
Hychem, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Ferron Olson, SLC
Utah, in memory of Arthur Harvey Leigh
Dr. Frank Brown, SLC, in memory of Peter
Kennecott Utah Copper, Magna, Utah
Kent & Diane Peterson, St. George, Utah, in
King
Wilbur Kennicott (BS 1939), Ligonier,
memory of Arthur Harvey Leigh
Neera & Subhash Chander, State College,
Phelps Dodge Mining Co., Phoenix, Arizona
Pennsylvania
Insoo Kim (PhD 1999), Busan, Korea
Karen Quinn (BS 1994), SLC
Pennsylvania, in memory of Peter King
Stanley Channon (MS 1948), Valley Springs, Krebs Engineers, Tucson, Arizona
Claudio Schneider (PhD 1995), Rio de
Willard Labrum (BS 1939), SLC
California
Janeiro, Brazil, in memory of Peter King
Cognis Corporation, Tucson, Arizona
Jan & Patricia Miller, SLC, in memory of
Varian Medical, SLC
Dawson Metallurgical Labs, SLC
Xuming Wang (MS 1999, PhD 2004),
Peter King
Libertyville, Illinois
Speakers
Information on our weekly graduate seminar is on
our website, http://www.metallurgy.utah.edu/events.
To receive notices, contact Kay at (801) 581-6386 or
[email protected] or using the alumni activities questionnaire. Specify email or fax (local calls, to
a dedicated fax line). The list below doesn’t include
the many seminars given by graduate student researchers within our department.
Spring 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, 14 March 2007
“Electron Backscatter Diffraction: Characterizing the
Orientation Aspects of Microstructure,” Dr. Stuart
Wright, TSL Products, EDAX-TSL, Draper, Utah, 7
March 2007
“BioCeramic Materials,” Dr. Ashok Khandkar, CEO,
Amedica Corporation, Salt Lake City, 28 Feb 2007
“What Controls the Performance of Ceramic Armor?”
Raymond A. Cutler, Ceramatec, Inc., 14 Feb 2007
“Design of Solid State Galvanic Cells for Thermodynamic Property Evaluation in Oxide Systems,” Dr.
Niladri Dasgupta, Materials Science & Engineering,
U of U, 7 Feb 2007
“Surface Analysis by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy,” Prof. Loren Rieth, Electrical Engineering, U
of U, 31 Jan 2007
“Copper Smelting and Recycling in Japan,” Professor
Takahiko Okura, Venture Business Laboratory,
Akita University, Akita, Japan, 8 Jan 2007
Fall 2006
“Fossil Energy Research in North America: The Perfect Storm,” Prof. Philip J. Smith, Chemical Engineering and Director, Utah Heavy Oil Center, The
U of U, 25 Oct 2006
“Synthesis of Nano-Structured Powders by Chemical
Processes,” Dr. Lee Dong-Won, Korea institute of
Machinery and Materials, 27 Sept 2006
“Molecular Recognition Technology for Hydrometallurgical Applications,” Mr. Neil Izatt, IBC Advanced
Technologies, Inc., 20 Sept 2006
“Fracture Toughness Based Models for the Prediction
of Power Consumption, Product Size, and Capacity
of Jaw Crushers,” Dr. James Donovan, Mining
Engineering, U of U, 13 Sept 2006
Summer 2006
“The Chemistry of Grinding Sulphide Ores,” Stephen
Grano, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of
South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia,
28 July 2006
“Interfacial Forces in Flotation Separation Systems,”
Jakub Nalaskowski, U of U, Metallurgical Engineering, 22 June 2006
“Novel Metamaterials for Producing Polymer Nanocomposites,” David J. Chaiko, Nano Clays, Tucson,
Arizona, 25 May 2006
“Surface Forces in Foam Films,” Liguang Wang, Center for Advanced Separation Technologies, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 30 May 2006
Spring 2006
"Modeling Acid Rock Drainage — Predicting the Future of Mining Rock Piles," Prof. Edward M. Trujillo,
Chemical Engineering, U of U, 19 April 2006
"Failure Analysis in Power Plant Components and
Systems," Marshal Clark, Pacificorp, Salt Lake
City, 12 April 2006
"Strain Engineering and Nanomechanical Architecture
for Self Assembly of Nanostructures," Prof. Feng
Liu, Material Science & Engineering, U of U, 29
March 2006
"Challenges in Metallic Interconnect Development for
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells," Dr. S. Elangovan, Ceramatec, Salt Lake City, Utah, 22
March 2006
"Solid-Liquid Interactions and Functional Surface Wettability," John
Ralston, Ian Wark Research
Institute, University of South
Australia, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, Australia, 16 March 2006
"Transmission Electron Microscopy
for Process Development, Manufacturing, and Failure Analysis of
Semiconductor Devices,"
Raghaw Rai, Austin Silicon
Technology Solutions, TSO
F r ees cal e S e mico n du ct or
(formerly Motorola), Austin,
Texas, 10 Feb 2006
"Laboratory Safety," Ms. Christina
Kulakowski, Environmental
Health & Safety, U of U, 8 Feb
2006
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"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, 1 Feb 2006
"Multicomponent Reactive Transport Modeling in
Variably Saturated Media," Ulrich Mayer, University
of British Columbia, Department of Earth and
Ocean Sciences, 27 Jan 2006
"Gas-Based Direct Reduction of Iron Oxide," Mr. Alim
Ullah, Danarex, Danieli & Co., Buttrio, Italy, 25 Jan
2006
"The Role of Surfactant in Chemical Etching and
Particle Removal Associated with Chemical Mechanical Planarization during Integrated Circuit
Manufacturing," Prof. Michael Free, Metallurgical
Engineering, U of U, 11 Jan 2006
The faculty and staff wish you a
prosperous year and hope you will visit us
when the opportunity arises.
Yours,
Ravi Chandran
Professor of Metallurgy
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