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INSTITUTE COLLOQUIUM ON PERSPECTIVES FROM AN ENGINEER: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE MINERALS AND ENERGY INDUSTRIES |
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IIT Bombay is organising Institute Colloquium on Tuesday, 8th September 2009. The details are as follows:
Speaker: Prof. Robin Batterham Group Chief Scientist, Rio Tinto Limited, and Professorial Fellow, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Topic: “Perspectives from an Engineer: Making a difference in the minerals and energy industries”
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Time & Venue : 3.30 p.m., Institute Auditorium
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This talk will cover three broad areas. Firstly, the overarching need to consider all aspects of sustainability in minerals and energy. Some experiences will be outlined of how poverty alleviation, long term employment and environmental requirements can be compatible with mining developments.
In the second part, we will consider transformational technologies and why so few are successful. The example of iron smelting will be used to show the critical importance of underlying R&D into the fundamentals of industrial processes.
The third and major part of the talk will concentrate on climate and energy challenges common to India and Australia. Comminution energy, the mine of the future and better coal utilisation will be discussed.
About the speaker: ===============
Professor Batterham is Group Chief Scientist, Rio Tinto Limited and a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. As Group Chief Scientist, Professor Batterham is responsible for developing the Group’s long term response to climate change and energy usage.
He has had a distinguished career in research and technology, in the public and private sectors. He worked with CSIRO in areas such as mining, mineral processing, mineral agglomeration processes, and iron making.
From 1988, Professor Batterham has held senior positions in Technology Development with CRA Limited, now Rio Tinto Limited. During this time, he led the development of a processing route for what is now recognised as the world's largest economic zinc mineralisation. He also contributed significantly to the HIsmelt process to develop a novel direct smelting technology for iron making.
Professor Robin Batterham was Chief Scientist to the Australian Federal Government from 1999 to 2005. As Chief Scientist, Dr Batterham:
§ provided advice on science, technology and innovation issues to the Australian Government; § provided a link between Australian Government and science, engineering, innovation and industry groups; § was Executive Officer of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC). Professor Batterham remains a member of PMSEIC.
Professor Batterham is Past President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers; is Chairman of the International Network for Acid Prevention; and President of the National Science Summer School; Vice President of the International Mineral Processing Congress; and currently is President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).
Fellowships and offices in major professional societies include: § Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science § Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering § Corresponding Fellow of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences § Foreign Fellow Royal Academy of Engineering
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Associate of the National Academy of § Fellow Institution of Chemical Engineers § Fellow Institute of Engineers Australia § Fellow Australian Institute of Management § Fellow Iron & Steel Society America § Fellow Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy § Fellow of Australian Institute of Company Directors § President (Honorary) of the National Youth Science Foundation (Summer School)
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President of
the International Mineral Processing Congress, 1991-94 and 2010, and
Professor Batterham has given some hundreds of invited keynote lectures, has been a member of a number of major reviews of higher education and government research organisations, and has produced nearly 200 papers, publications and patents. He was editor for 12 years of the International Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling and is a recipient of the Kernot medal from Melbourne University, the Chemeca Medal and the AusIMM Institute Medal 2004.
Professor Batterham is also an organist, holding a position at Scots Church in Melbourne.
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