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Position: University Emeritus
Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department
Education: BS Montana School of Mines; MS Missouri School of Mines; ScD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Interests: Chemical processing of wastes and other materials; process modeling and development; pyrometallurgy; thermodynamics; materials synthesis Phone: 303-273-3779 |
"My main interests are in the development of new methods for the chemical processing of wastes and for materials synthesis. I believe that as we head into the 21st century tremendous opportunities exist for the recovery of metals from waste materials and for the synthesis of new materials. Our objective is to be at the forefront of the activity by developing new process technologies.
Presently, I have five funded research projects. One project targets the development of new chemistry for the extraction and recovery of vanadium from wastes and other materials. A second looks at potential new uses of sodium as a process reagent. The third is an experimental study on the use of vapor transport chemistry to recover antimony and arsenic from waste and secondary materials.
Another project is devoted to the recovery of lead from waste leady mattes. The fifth project is an investigation of the use of pyrohydrolysis for the removal of halogens from EAF dust. As the current research projects show, most of the work undertaken by my research groups is experimental in nature.
In addition to my teaching and research activities I am an active consultant to a number of major companies, primarily in the areas of process development and simulation."
