Faculty Directory
Metallurgical Engineering
Chandran,
Ravi
135 S. 1460 E. Rm 412
Phone: 581-7197
Email: Ravi@mines.utah.edu
General
Research Interests: Nanostructured amterials, composite
materials, mechanical behavior of materials, material selection
in mechanical design, modeling and simulation.
Student
Participation: Helping in small exploratory research projects
Background
Needed: Undergraduate senior
Outside
Majors: Metallurgical engineering, mechanical engineering,
materials science and engineering, mathematics physics
Keywords: Materials, mechanics, modeling, microscopy
Student generated projects may be considered
Fang,
Z. Zak
412 WBB
Phone: 581-8128
Email: zfang@mines.utah.edu
General
Research Interests: Metallic alloys, hand materials, powder
metallurgy.
Student
Participation: Lab research assistant.
Background
Needed: Any.
Outside
Majors: MSE, ME, Chem E, Civil E.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Free,
Michael L.
416 WBB
Phone: 585-9798
E-Mail: mfree@mines.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Corrosion, electro-metallurgy,
electrode-position.
Student Participation: Perform electrochemical tests
and compare data with mathematical models.
Background Needed: Some chemistry and calculus.
Outside Majors: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering,
Materials Science.
Miller, J.D.
412 WBB
Phone: 581-5160
E-mail: jan.miller@utah.edu
General Research Interest: Applied surface chemistry,
in situ spectroscopy; multiphase fluid flow, particulate separations;
x-ray computed tomography, environmental issues, atomic force
microscopy.
Student Participation: Laboratory experimentation,
data analysis; develop reconstruction algorithm and do programming;
set up and design of experiments involving analytical techniques
such as FTIR and DCP.
Background Needed: Upper division courses in chemistry,
physics, chemical engineering, metallurgy, computer science,
electrical engineering.
Outside Majors: Chemical Engineering, Materials Science
& Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry.
Key Words: Surface chemistry, FTIR Spectroscopy (IRS),
environmental remediation, particle separation, process engineering.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Moats, Michael
412 WBB
Phone: 581-4013
Email: michael.moats@mines.utah.edu
General Research Interests: Interaction between electrochemistry
and materials specifically in the areas of electrocatalyst,
corrosion and extractive metallurgy.
Student Participation: I am looking for an undergraduate
researcher to help in one of two areas - development of novel
electrocatalysts for wastewater decontamination and study
corrosion of stainless steel in copper electrowinning solution.
The student will learn basic electrochemical techniques and
sample preparation on both projects.
Background Needed: General laboratory skills and basic
understanding of chemistry would be helpful.
Outside Majors: Chemistry and Materials Science.
Key Words: Electrochemistry, catalysis, thin films,
nanostructures, extractive metallurgy.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Sohn, H.Y.
412 WBB
Phone: 581-5491
E-mail: h.y.sohn@utah.edu
General Research Interest: Advanced materials synthesis, including inorganic nanopowders.
Student Participation: Work in the laboratory independently or together with graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows.
Background Needed: It depends on the available projects, but a solid background in math and science is definitely helpful.
Outside Majors: Chemistry, Physics and other engineering disciplines.
Key Words: Nanopowder, materials synthesis reactions involving metallic compounds, chemical processes.
Student generated projects may be considered.
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