New Directions in Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, Recycling and Waste Minimization: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Patrick R. Taylor: Education
Sponsored by: Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration, TMS Extraction and Processing Division, TMS: Pyrometallurgy Committee, TMS: Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy Committee, TMS: Materials Characterization Committee, TMS: Energy Committee, TMS: Recycling and Environmental Technologies Committee
Program Organizers: Ramana Reddy, University of Alabama; Corby Anderson, Colorado School of Mines; Erik Spiller, Colorado School of Mines; Edgar Vidal, NobelClad; Camille Fleuriault, Eramet Norway; Alexandra Anderson, Gopher Resource; Mingming Zhang, Baowu Ouyeel Co. Ltd; Christina Meskers, SINTEF

Tuesday 2:30 PM
March 21, 2023
Room: 33C
Location: SDCC

Session Chair: Alexandra Anderson, Gopher Resource; Adamantia Lazou, National Technical University of Athens

2:30 PM  Invited
Examples of Innovations in Metallurgical Engineering Education and Curriculum Development at the University of Utah: Michael Free1; 1University of Utah
     The University of Utah has implemented innovations in metallurgical engineering education and curriculum development that will be discussed in this presentation. One example of a set of innovations includes a variety of tools in hydrometallurgy. This set of innovation includes the development of a textbook for hydrometallurgy that is directly connected, organized, and synchronized with class lectures, assignments, and tests. The course is divided into modules that correspond with chapters in the textbook. The course labs are sequenced to correspond with lectures. Data from labs are used to calculate design parameters for a design project. In 2017 the Department of Metallurgical Engineering revised its curriculum in an effort to modernize and allow students more scheduling and course selection flexibility. This curriculum development included the addition of six areas of emphasis from among which the students must choose one as part of the metallurgical engineering B.S. degree requirements.

3:00 PM  Invited
Extractive Metallurgy Education – On the Rim of Extinction or in the Beginning of a New Era: Merete Tangstad1; 1Norwegian University of Science and Technology
     It has been a decreasing trend on programs for extractive metallurgy in the world. As the extractive metallurgy programs have been merged with the more general material science or other programs, the depth of the discipline is also changing. At the same time, the industry is also employing more students from other disciplines. Based on all these factors, a roadmap for the extractive metallurgy education and training is needed. This training is essential to the global challenges we have today within sustainability.In Norway, with a vital Al, Mn and Si industry, the education program within extractive metallurgy has been important for the industry. The industry is partly located at the university and there are continued common research projects. This means that the students will have research based lecturing from this industry, and also that the students will be working in this industry through summer jobs and in research projects.

3:30 PM  Invited
Options for Sustaining Metallurgical Engineering Education: Evgueni Jak1; Peter Hayes1; Maurits Van Camp; 1University of Queensland
     To design, develop and efficiently operate the new technologies needed by the metallurgical industry we need a skilled workforce with a sound understanding of the key aspects of the value chain and metal processing cycle. That is, we need a workforce with specialist expertise in metallurgical engineering with the ability to use advanced computer-based tools to analyse, predict and control these processes. With few exceptions, the availability of and enrolments in metallurgical engineering education programs around the world are low, and programs are under-resourced. There are major issues in relation to curricula, content, delivery, attracting students and financial sustainability. In this context we explore the approach taken to the development of the metallurgical engineering program at the University of Queensland, and the teaching of pyrometallurgy to undergraduate students and to engineers working in the metallurgical industry. These examples illustrate the importance of engagement with, and support from, industry.

4:00 PM Break - Sharing Skills and Best Practices in PYROmetallurgy (SPYRO) - VR Training Demonstration (available during the break): Presenter: Gaurav Tripathi, Eramet - This demonstration utilizes Virtual Reality to offer a rare glimpse of a full scale industrial environment in an immersive and interactive manner. This unique training module exposes the learner to the challenges and potential hazards present in a pyrometallurgical plant with an emphasis on safety.

4:20 PM  Invited
Art + Engineering at South Dakota Mines: Brett Carlson1; 1South Dakota Mines
    Engineering is inherently a creative and hands-on profession. Thus, the incorporation of kinesthetic and innovative programming in engineering education can and should be used to enable student understanding of core principles. In this regard, the introduction of a co-curricular blacksmithing program into the Metallurgical Engineering program in 2010 transformed the program in terms of overall student engagement and program enrollment. A new program that expands these co-curricular activities and integrates artistic aspects into welding, casting, glass blowing, and ceramics into the Metallurgical Engineering program will be discussed, and initial assessment results presented.

4:50 PM  Invited
Open Innovation in Battery Recycling R&D: Joseph Grogan1; 1Gopher Resource
    Gopher Resource is a battery recycler committed to developing solutions to the challenges around sustainable materials production. Adopting an Open Innovation approach, through collaboration with government, academia, and industry partners, we have projects focused on solid waste minimization, GHG impact reduction, and reduced water intensity. Today I will discuss the benefits of our Open Innovation strategy, in both leveraging the strengths of academic research and supporting education in extractive metallurgy.

5:20 PM Panel Discussion