George S. Ansell Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering plays a role in all manufacturing processes which convert raw materials into useful products adapted to human needs. The primary goal of the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering program is to provide students with a fundamental knowledge-base associated with materials-processing, their properties, and their selection and application.
The emphasis in the Department is on teaching and research focused toward materials processing operations which encompass: the conversion of mineral and chemical resources into metallic, ceramic or polymeric materials; the synthesis of new materials; refining and processing to produce high performance materials for applications from consumer products to automobiles, aerospace and electronics; the development of mechanical, chemical and physical properties of materials related to their processing and structure; and the selection of materials for specific applications.
Recent Departmental Highlights:
January 2012
Prof. Patrick Taylor will be presenting an invited talk at the Fourth Freiberg Innovations Symposium. His talk will discuss challenges and opportunities in the mineral processing industry. The Symposium is focused on Strategic Raw Materials.
Will Garrett a MME graduate student wrote a short article describing the set up of the department's slip casting lab for recent issue of the American Ceramics Society Bulletin.
Graduate Student Karem Tello has recieved the AIME Henry DeWitt Smith Scholarship. The funds will allow her to attend the TMS 2012 Conference in March.
November 2011
Last month Research Associate Prof. Jinahua Tong presented an invited lecture as an outstanding alumnus at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Science. He spoke on proton conducting ceramics for highly-efficient energy conversion devices.
October 2011
Prof. Ivar Reimanis was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Ceramic Society. He was installed at the 113th Annual Meeting of ACerS in Columbus, OH.
Prof. Kip Findley participated in the third Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium. The Frontiers of Engineering Education program creates a unique venue for the nation's most innovative young engineering educators to share and explore interesting and effective innovations in teaching and learning.
Blair Wendt a senior MME student received an honorable mention for his poster at the MS&T Conference in the undergraduate division. His work was entitled Utilizing Alginates to Create Green Chemistries for Gel Casting. He is working with Prof. Brian Gorman on this project.