Faculty Recognized

3-11-97

University Park, Pa --Richard Hogg, professor of mineral processing at Penn State, will receive the Arthur F. Taggart Award of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. Hogg, who serves as chair of the Mineral Processing Section in the Department of Mineral Engineering and chair of the geo-environmental engineering program, is being honored for a series of papers in the area of flocculation and dewatering.
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Subhash Chander, professor of mineral processing at Penn State, has been elected as a distinguished member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc. Chander, an authority on the electrochemistry of sulphide minerals, has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 1983.
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Christopher J. Bise, professor of mining engineering and chair of the Mining Engineering Section in Penn State'sDepartment of Mineral Engineering, has been chosen to receive the 1996 Faculty Award of the Old Timers Club in recognition of his accomplishments in the field of mining engineering. The Old Timers Club Inc., a group of leading mineral industry executives, was founded in the 1930s to promote the mining engineering profession and industry.
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R.V. Ramani, head of Penn State's Department of Mineral Engineering, is editor of the 26th Proceedings of the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry, published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. The papers were given at a conference APCOM sponsored by Penn State and held at University Park in September 1996. Professor Ramani served as general chairman for the conference.
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Dr. Stephen R. Turns, professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, has been awarded the Forest R. McFarland Award by the Society of Automotive Engineers Inc. The award is given to individuals for outstanding service in the organization of technical sessions for SAE international meetings and conferences.
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Contact: Vicki Fong (814) 865-9481 (office) vyf1@psu.edu